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A Bright Performance in the Dark Ages Charles Green from DC Metro Theater Arts called the Academy’s spring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat a “feast for the eyes and ears.” In his review of the performance, he wrote it “features wonderful singing, acrobatics, colorful costumes and excellent lighting, which creates an unbelievable performance.” Another reviewer wrote, “I have a great deal of respect for the Navy and what the midshipmen have planned for their lives, but I really wasn’t expecting much from a school that is most focused on academics and physical fitness. I’m happy to say I have never been more wrong.” Congratulations to MIDN Scott Serrato ’17 (Joseph), MIDN Madeline Reynolds ’19 (narrator) and the rest of the cast, crew and orchestra for a truly bright performance.

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“Slapshot” Hosts the NHL It took more than 200 workers, 20,000 gallons of water and just a week to transform Jack Stephens Field at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium into an outdoor ice rink for the first game of the 2018 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series. On Saturday, 3 March, the Washington Capitals beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 in front of 29,000 sports fans. From the pre-game festivities to the ceremonial first puck, the Naval Academy was front and center. “You’re looking at these young men and women who serve us and give us the privilege to do what we get to do, the freedoms that we have. That was probably my greatest moment, meeting some of the young people who are serving our country,” said Capitals Coach Barry Trotz.

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From left to right, RADM Tim Gallaudet '89, USN (Ret.); CAPT Timothy Gallagher '93, USN; and CAPT Carl Newman '89, USN (Ret.), at the NOAA Aircraft Operation Center.

Get the Goat

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Our first “Get the Goat” winner CDR Konecny ’79, USN (Ret.), with bison and his new hat.

The January-February 2018 issue of Shipmate introduced a new twist—a little Bill the Goat cartoon hidden somewhere in each issue. We are happy to report our first winner, Commander Tony Konecny ’79, USN (Ret.), of Worthington, OH, found him on page 23. Did you find him in March?

What about this Here’s where Bill was hiding in the January-February issue. issue? Good luck!

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It was clear that you were rooting for Paralympic athlete Lieutenant Commander Dan Cnosssen ’02, USN (Ret.), who won gold in the biathlon in PyeongChang. Almost 10,000 saw this post and plenty of you commented with cheers and notes including: “You’re a hero in my eyes.

I admire and respect your loyalty and dedication to your country!!! And now your dedication to the Olympics was awesome!!!”

Thousands of you clicked on our Facebook Superbowl post about how midshipmen would be snacking (6,825 pounds of chicken wings, 2,496 pounds of Adam’s Ribs, 400 Dry Dock pizzas and 2,090 pounds of mac ‘n cheese) and many of you had nutrition-related comments: “Who did the math and thought that is a good plan? Over a 1 1/2 pounds of wings per kiddie?”

A midshipman replied, “I don’t know about you, but I can eat 12 lbs. of wings.” No doubt. One parent said, “Woohoo! Sounds like fun! My son will eat his weight in wings and work it off tomorrow morning in practice, never fear!”

We love getting photos of alumni in action for Instagram like this recent shot (above) of Captain Carl Newman '89, USN, (Ret.); Captain Timothy Gallagher '93, USN; and Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet '89, USN (Ret.), at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center Change of Command where Captain Gallagher assumed command of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters. Rear Admiral Gallaudet is currently the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Keep the photos coming! ® LCDR Cnossen ’02, USN (Ret.), with his silver cross-country medal—because he earned one of those, too.

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LETTER FRoM THE PRESIDEnT

WELCOME HOME

By Byron F. Marchant ’78

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ADM Harry Harris Jr. ’78, USN, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; Lynda Carter; and VADM Ted Carter ’81, USN, Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy, at the first spring parade of the season on 6 April.

his year marked the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award program.

In a beautiful ceremony in Alumni Hall, Rear Admiral Lawrence C. Chambers ’52, USN (Ret.); Admiral James R. Hogg ’56, USN (Ret.); Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr. ’68, USMC (Ret.); Steven S. Reinemund ’70; and Admiral Timothy J. Keating ’71, USN (Ret.) received the 2018 award. They were joined by 47th Vice President of the United States Joe Biden who accepted the award on behalf of Senator John S. McCain III ’58. Complete coverage of the event and recipients will be in the June issue, but you can visit our website for photos and videos now With the spring weather comes an uptick in activity around the Yard and many alumni head back to Annapolis.

In fact, many alumni came back for the Jimmy Buffett concert at Alumni Hall (p. 12)

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and the NHL game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (p. 2). My classmate Admiral Harry Harris ’78, USN, Commander, U.S Pacific Command, reviewed the first

formal parade of the year. Soon, Harris will retire from the Navy to be the next ambassador to Australia and will turn over the “Old Goat,” the award for the oldest Naval Academy graduate on active duty, to Admiral Kurt Tidd ’78, USN, Commander, U.S. Southern Command.

Congratulations to you both.

This spring also marked the return of hundreds of alumni for the Women’s Glee Club Reunion. In addition to other events, the April weekend featured the first midshipmen and alumni joint performance at the Naval Academy Chapel. More than 75 alumni representing 31 classes performed with the Glee Club and honored Dr. Cindy Bauchspies, who has served as the director throughout the past decade and is in her final season at the Naval Academy. These terrific events were supported through the efforts of the USNA Alumni Association Women’s Shared Interest Group.

Welcome home, alumni. See you around the Yard. a IN MEMORIAM

In March, our Naval Academy community lost two members who lived the values of the Academy and will serve as reminders to all of us of what we stand for. LT Caleb King ’12, USN, was killed in an operational loss when the F/A-18 Super Hornet he was flying crashed in Key West.

In the same accident, our larger service academy community lost LCDR James Johnson, USAF, a 2007 graduate of the Air Force Academy.

LT Caleb King Karin Akerson At the end of March, our community suffered yet another loss when Karin Akerson, wife of Naval Academy Foundation Board Chair and Distinguished Graduate Daniel F. Akerson ’70, passed away. Karin was also the daughter and granddaughter of Naval Academy alumni: CDR Robert Awtrey Jr. of the Class of 1944 and CAPT Robert Awtrey of the Class of 1911. She was herself a tremendous champion and advocate for the Naval Academy. Her family’s legacy and generosity are recognized throughout the Academy, including Akerson Tower at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and in Bancroft Hall. I know you all join me in extending your thoughts and prayers to the families of Caleb, James and Karin.

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in this issue DEPA RTMENTS

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4 Feedback 6 Letter from the President Byron F. Marchant ’78

8 All Hands 8 Advertisers Index 34 An ocean Away LCDR Doug Robb ’05, USN, and LCDR John Kennedy ’07, USN

36 bravo Zulu 37 Alumni Products/Services 39 class news 119 chapter news 138 Last call 161 classified Ads 168 Staff and Assistance

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ARTWORK COURTESY OF THE 1991 LUCKY BAG

From the Eighth Company to the 87th Commandant of Midshipmen, Captain Robb Chadwick ’91, USN, shares his thoughts on the Academy, the Brigade and recent headlines in a Q&A with Shipmate nearly a year into his tour. 14

SEA TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS Twenty years ago, the Academy added Sea Trials to test plebes with both physical and mental challenges. Read why and what’s changed for the Class of 2021. 26

ARMED WITH CAMERAS Pictures may be worth a thousand words, but they were even more valuable to the Navy during World War II. Take a look back at Edward Steichen and the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, and how Shipmate covered the new combat photography unit in 1943.

18 Shipmate turns 80 in May. Take a look back with eight stories over eight decades. Thanks for being a part of its history—and its future! 30

Our Mission To serve and support the United States, the naval service, the Naval Academy and its alumni by furthering the highest standards at the Naval Academy; by seeking out, informing, encouraging and assisting outstanding, qualified young men and women to pursue careers as officers in the Navy and Marine Corps through the Naval Academy; and by initiating and sponsoring activities which will perpetuate the history, traditions, memories and growth of the Naval Academy and bind alumni together in support of the highest ideals of command, citizenship and government.

SHIPMATE is the official alumni magazine of the United States Naval Academy. Distributed worldwide, the mission of the magazine is to keep alumni, midshipmen, parents, donors, legislators, faculty, administrators and friends informed, interested and excited about the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation.

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This Bill is hiding somewhere in this issue. Find him and email us at getthegoat@usna.com with the correct page number and you will be entered into a drawing for a prize from the Alumni Association. Good luck! The drawing is limited to the first 100 correct answers, so get reading.

On the Cover “Flood Tide” Photo by Lou Vest ’65.

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2018 Brigade Boxing Championships Feature Record Number of Female Competitors

CAPT Amy Bauernschmidt ’94, USN, spoke on ABRAHAM LINCOLN during the ship’s Women’s History Month observance on the mess deck.

Bauernschmidt May Become Navy’s First Female Aircraft Carrier CO

“Very few times in my life have i actually sat there and thought about the fact that i was a woman doing this because for the most part, i was treated as a naval officer and an aviator. then somewhere in fifth or sixth place, it was oh, well she’s a woman.”

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PHOTO BY OF MATTHEW COLE, CAPITAL GAZETTE

In September 2016, Captain Amy Bauernschmidt ’94, USN, became the first woman to hold the title of executive officer aboard a nuclear warship when she reported to ABRAHAM LINCOLN, one of 11 aircraft carriers stationed around the world. This year, Bauernschmidt is looking to make history once again as the Navy’s first female aircraft carrier commanding officer (CO).

“It’s by no means easy. You’re competing with people who are just as smart as you, just as accomplished as you, doing the same things you’re doing—it’s hard,” said Bauernschmidt.

The CO competition requires Bauernschmidt to spend 15 to 18 months as the commanding officer of the San Diegobased amphibious transport dock ANCHORAGE, and her performance as commander will help determine whether she will be selected to command an aircraft carrier.

Designated a naval aviator in 1996, Bauernschmidt has accumulated more —Captain Amy Bauernschmidt ’94, USN, than 3,000 flight on the role gender has played during hours. In 2011, she her 24-year Navy career. earned the Admiral Jimmy Thach and Captain Arnold J. Isbell awards for tactical innovation and excellence, and in 2012, she received the Battle Efficiency award. ®

This year marked the 77th Brigade Boxing Championships and a record number of female boxers were on hand to compete. Female boxers have participated in the championships for more than a decade, but the 2018 fights included the highest number yet—10 women facing off in five bouts.

Seven more have been practicing regularly in Navy boxing Coach Jim McNally’s gym in Macdonough Hall. He credits past boxers including national champion Second Lieutenant Stephanie Simon ’17, USMC, for the recent increase in female competitors. Simon was one of the first female boxers to begin sparring at the Academy.

“I’ve always known through athletics I could inspire young women to do and dream of things they don’t necessarily think they can do. More and more women were seeing others box, and saying ‘why can’t I?’ They saw us embrace our femininity and go out and succeed at boxing,” said Simon.

Collegiate rules don’t allow men and women to fight in competitions, but in McNally’s gym everyone practices together and receives the same treatment and expectations regardless of their gender. For more information about the Brigade Boxing Championships and the winning boxers, visit www.navysports.com. ®

In the 139 lb. bout, MIDN Portia Norkaitis ’21 (red helmet), challenges MIDN Caprice Kelty ’18 (blue helmet), during the 77th annual Brigade Boxing Championships.

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Academy Leadership ........................................11 All Academy Challenge....................Back Cover Annapolis Fine Homes......................................12 Army Residence Community ..........................13 Bay Woods ..........................................................9 Boeing ................................................................35 Falcons Landing ................................................33 Herff Jones ........................................................36 Indian Motorcycle ..............................................3 Indian River Colony ..........................................22 Jostens ................................................................32 Navy Mutual Aid ..................Inside Back Cover Palo Verde Nuclear ..........................................29

The Economist ................................Poly-bagged USAA Corporate Ad Sales........Inside Front Cover USAA Credit Card ..............................................5 USNA Foundation ............................................16 Willow Valley ....................................................17 Alumni Products and Services Alumni House Rental ................................38 Alumni Merchandise: Chairs ....................37 Anchors Away Alumni Travel 2018 ..............................37 Service Academy Career Conference................................38

Eddie Meyers ’82 isn’t used to being on the sidelines, but it’s a role he’s come to cherish.

As the most decorated football athlete the Academy has ever seen, Meyers set numerous school records and spent every summer of his six Elana Meyers Taylor (left), daughter of Eddie Meyers ’82, competed in her third Olympics with the U.S. Olympic bobsled team. years after graduation training with the Atlanta Falcons while on break from service with the Marine Corps.

He played in exhibition games and carried the rock 23 times for 108 yards and a touchdown before suffering a career-ending injury in 1987.

This year it was Meyers’ daughter, Elana Meyers Taylor, who was at the center of attention as she competed in her third Olympics, winning a silver and a bronze medal as the driver for the U.S. Olympic bobsled team.

“My father’s NFL dreams never really felt like motivation to me, but it was something to aspire to. He was such a great athlete, the least I could do is try and use my athletic talent to represent my country in a different way. He represented as a Marine. Maybe I could do something to represent as an athlete,” said Taylor. ®

PHOTO COURTESY OF LINNEA RHEBORG, GETTY IMAGES

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOBSLEIGH & SKELETON FEDERATION

U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team Driver Cnossen ’02 Wins Third has Naval Academy Roots Paralympic Medal for Team USA Lieutenant Daniel Cnossen ’02, USN (Ret.), won his third Paralympic medal on 13 March when he took home silver in the men’s sitting middledistance biathlon at the Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Earlier in the games he won silver in cross-country skiing and gold in the men’s sitting biathlon 12.5K race.

The games in Taras Rad of Ukraine (center) celebrated his victory in the PyeongChang marked men’s biathlon 12.5K sitting event with U.S. silver medalist LT Daniel Cnossen ’02, USN (Ret.), and bronze medalist Cnossen’s second Andrew Soule, also from the U.S. Paralympics after losing both of his legs just above the knee after stepping on an IED while serving as the platoon commander for SEAL Team One in Afghanistan in 2009. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star with Valor from the Secretary of the Navy for his service in combat. ®

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Moritz ’65: A Doctor’s View on the Opioid Crisis

Midshipman David Liedtka ’18 and Midshipman Michael Walker ’18 have been named KnightHennessy and Churchill Scholars, respectively.

Liedtka was named one of 49 scholars in the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program’s inaugural cohort of students. More than 3,600 candidates competed for the scholarships, which provide full funding for students to pursue a graduate degree at Stanford University.

Liedtka is a computer science and information MIDN Liedtka technology double major at the Academy and will commission as a cryptologic warfare officer.

He plans to pursue a master’s degree in computer science at Stanford.

Walker is the first midshipman since 1986 to be awarded the Churchill Scholarship to the University of Cambridge this spring. The Churchill Scholarship provides funding to American students for a year of master’s study in science, mathematics and engineering at the University of Cambridge, based at Churchill College.

MIDN Walker A mechanical engineering major, Walker plans to pursue a master’s of philosophy in engineering at Cambridge and will attend Naval Nuclear Power School after graduating from Cambridge. ®

Colonel Dennis Moritz ’65, USA (Ret.), spent more than 20 years as a thoracic and cardiac surgeon in Huntington, WV, a university town devastated by the national opioid crisis. Challenged by a classmate to explore the causes and potential solutions to the issue, Dr. Moritz penned a thought-provoking essay but died in a motorcycle accident Huntington, WV, a university town on the in November 2017 before he could edge of the Ohio River, experienced 27 overdoses in 4 hours on 14 August 2017. share his views widely. Classmate Captain Dennis Neutze ’65, USN (Ret.), worked with the Alumni Association to publish Dr. Moritz’s insights. Read his complete essay at www.usna.com/moritz. ®

Roger Tetrault ’63 became the 10th member of the Military Heritage Museum’s Wall of Warriors at a dinner in his honor on 23 February at the Twin Isles Country Club in Punta Gorda, FL. Tetrault was selected based on his distinguished military service and major contributions to the local community.

Following his graduation from the Academy, Tetrault served 22 years as a surface warfare officer and Navy pilot during which he earned the Navy Commendation Medal and Meritorious Unit Commendation among other citations. During his Tetrault ’63 civilian career he served as president of Electric Boat, builder of nuclear submarines for the Navy; president of the General Dynamics Land Systems Division, which provided tanks and other armored vehicles to the Army and Marine Corps; and he retired as CEO and chairman of the board of McDermott International, a multinational engineering and construction company. Tetrault and his wife, Linda, established the Tetrault Family Foundation which builds and funds the Peace River Botanical and Sculpture Garden on Riverside Drive in their community of Punta Gorda.

And in 2013, Tetrault was named a U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate.

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Navy Swimmer Makes it to NCAA Championship PHOTO BY PHIL HOFFMANN/NAVY ATHLETICS

Tetrault ’63 Named to Wall of Warriors

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Midshipmen Named KnightHennessy, Churchill Scholars

Midshipman Lauren Barber ’19 traveled to Columbus, OH, in March 2018 to compete in the NCAA Women’s Swimming Championship at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the Ohio State University campus. Barber’s best MIDN Barber ’21 earned three qualifications in the 100-meter performance came breaststroke, 200-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley for the NCAA championships. on the last day of the Championship when she recorded a time of 2:11.35 to place 36th in the 200 breaststroke. She was seeded 50th in the 200 breaststroke at the meet with her qualifying time of 2:12.28 and was just one of 12 in the field of 55 swimmers to improve upon her qualifying time during the competition.

“We are thrilled that Lauren qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championship,” said Navy women’s swimming head coach John Morrison. “Missing the meet her sophomore year after making the meet her freshman year was very hard to take. This season, Lauren showed her maturity and resolve to learn, grow and make significant adjustments in and out of the pool to make the meet. She would be the first to tell you that her teammates helped her through the entire year to get to this point, so her NCAA experience will certainly be a big tribute to her teammates and all they have accomplished together.”

The weekend marked Barber’s second NCAA Championship appearance of her career as she previously competed in the 200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke at the 2016 meet when she was a plebe. She is one of only five Navy swimmers to qualify for the NCAA Championship during the program’s Division I era which began in 1992. ®

Navy Competes in Fifth Annual Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition

The Baltimore Orioles announced a multi-year partnership with Navy Athletics on 28 February. The partnership kicked off with an Army-Navy doubleheader at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on 25 March and will continue with an Orioles exhibition game in March 2019 in Annapolis, MD. Proceeds from the doubleheader will be split evenly between the Naval Academy Athletics Association and the Fisher House Foundation, which provides a “home away from home” for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA medical centers. The Orioles will play another major league team at the Naval Academy’s Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium next year and will host Navy baseball at their Sarasota, FL, complex during spring training in the years to come.

“These are exciting times to be partnered with the Orioles on a number of events,” said Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk.

“The baseball team will enjoy an amazing experience, and the doubleheader is a fantastic way to showcase the great Army-Navy rivalry.” ®

Three Naval Academy midshipmen competed in the fifth annual Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition from 9 to 11 March.

Midshipman Hannah Rose ’18, Midshipman Kevin Murray ’20 and Midshipman Russ Bauer ’20 joined more than 70 law students, military academy students and national security law experts from around the United States and South America for the legal competition designed to expose rising professionals to the practice of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and real-world challenges IHL practitioners face during armed conflict. This marked Navy’s first appearance at the competition and while the team did not place in the top four, A team of three midshipmen competed in the all three midshipmen received 2018 Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law praise for their preparation, Competition, marking Navy’s first appearance at debate and oratory skills. ® the annual competition.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY

Navy Athletics and Baltimore Orioles Announce Multi-Year Partnership

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A spring snowstorm cut the fourth annual Joint Service Academy Cyber Security Summit short, but the abbreviated schedule on 20 March still offered robust discussion and dialogue. The event, which the Naval Academy hosted for a second year with sponsorship from Palo Alto Networks, offered a variety of sessions including the above panel discussion moderated by MajGen John Davis USMA ‘80, USA (Ret.), vice president and chief security officer-federal at Palo Alto Networks and featuring, from left, VADM Michael Gilday ’85, USN, Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet; RADM Kevin Lunday, USCG, Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command; VADM Nancy Norton, USN, Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency; LtGen William Mayville USMA ’82, USA, Deputy Commander for Operations, U.S. Cyber Command.

Commander Erwin Wunderlich ’75, USNR, (Ret.), has spent the last decade chasing Civil War history. After 20 years in active and reserve submarine assignments, he altered his course and began writing historical fiction and non-fiction novels about the war in honor of his grandmother’s grandmother, a family hero and Civil War widow. During his search for information about the war, Wunderlich often comes across artifacts from the same time period in thrift stores, garage sales and antique malls. Feeling obligated to rescue the items for preservation, he has amassed quite Arthur Henry Wright, pictured an impressive collection of artifacts. The fall of here as a midshipman second 2017 brought Wunderlich’s most interesting class in 1864, fought in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August find to date—a photo he was given by a man of 1864 and passed away from in Ohio. His instincts told him there was yellow fever in 1881. more to the photo, which the previous owner believed to be a Navy sailor, so he took it to the Naval Academy Library’s Special Collections. It only took a few weeks for Special Collections to match the photo to Midshipman Arthur Henry Wright of the Class of 1864.

Wright was born in Ohio and had been admitted to the Academy on 28 September 1860. Navy records indicate that he fought in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August of 1864 and passed away as a Lieutenant Commander in Key West in 1881.

If you come across a historical photo that you believe may have Naval Academy ties, contact USNA Special Collections at www.usna.edu/Library. ® PHOTO COURTESY OF USNA LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

PHOTO COURTESY OF PALO ALTO NETWORKS

Anchor to the Past: Cyber Leaders Return to Annapolis for 4th Annual Summit Yes, History’s Rocks Still Turn Over

It’s Been a Lovely Cruise…

PHOTO BY MIDN SARAH REILLY ‘18

Midshipmen, faculty and staff turned out in Alumni Hall on 28 March for the Spring Brigade Concert featuring Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. As the show neared its end, Buffett returned to the stage sporting a Naval Academy bathrobe often bestowed on distinguished visitors to the Academy. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer and Superintendent VADM Ted Carter Jr. ’81, USN, also presented him with the Navy Superior Public Service Award, one of the highest honors the Department of the Navy can present to a civilian it does not employ.

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Men’s Basketball Ends 20-Win Season

The Navy women’s basketball team fell to Virginia Tech in a first round Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) game on 16 March. The Hokies were able to score five points in the last 10 seconds of the game, rallying their team to a 76-64 win over the Midshipmen.

The game marked the second year in a row and the third time in five years that Navy has played Virginia Tech in the WNIT tournament. They met in 2017 in the second round of the tournament with the Hokies posting a 75-64 victory.

The Navy women’s basketball team took on the Virginia Tech Hokies in Virginia Tech advanced to the the first round of the Women’s National second round of the event where Invitational Tournament for the second they faced George Mason. For more year in a row this March 2018. information about the 2018 Navy women’s basketball season, visit www.navysports.com. ®

Navy’s men’s basketball team wrapped up their 2017-2018 season at 20-12 after falling to Holy Cross in a Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal game on 1 March in Alumni Hall. While 2018 marked the first season in 18 years that Navy won 20 games, the midshipmen were unable to come out victorious in their postseason game, when Holy Cross outscored them 49-34 to take the 16-point road victory.

Navy’s four-member senior class, Midshipman Shawn Anderson ’18, Midshipman Bryce Dulin ’18, Midshipman Tom Lacey ’18 and Midshipman Nourse MIDN Bryce Dulin ’18 looks to pass as he is covered by Holy Cross’ Malachi Fox ’18, won 68 total games and 38 Alexander in the first half of the Navy Patriot League games over the past men’s basketball game against Holy Cross. four years together.

“It’s been such an enjoyable ride with these guys,” said Lacey. “The life of a basketball player is fleeting. The bonds you make with the coaches and the guys around you will really last forever.” ®

PHOTO BY PAUL GILLEPSIE, CAPITAL GAZETTE

PHOTO COURTESY OF VIRGINIA TECH

Navy Women’s Basketball Takes on Virginia Tech in WNIT

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FEATURE

BACK TO BANCROFT Captain Robert B. Chadwick II ’91, USN (Ret.), returned to the Academy as the 87th Commandant of Midshipmen last summer, 32 years after his father, Rear Admiral Stephen K. Chadwick ’62, USN (Ret.), held the position. Captain Chadwick sat down with Shipmate to discuss his background, experiences in the role and insights into today’s Academy.

[1] What has surprised you most

When Commandant of Midshipmen CAPT Robert B. Chadwick II ’91, USN, leads meetings, he looks directly at the portrait of his father, former Commandant RADM Stephen K. Chadwick ’62, USN (Ret.), which hangs on the conference room wall alongside previous Commandants.

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about the Naval Academy in 2018?

I like to say that I’ve been a customer of the Naval Academy for 27 years at various levels of responsibility and command, and I have been a pretty satisfied customer. So, I certainly didn’t expect to find things messed up when I got here. But one of the things that has surprised me is the amazing talent of the Brigade as a whole. Academically, the load is more challenging than when I was here, but GPAs are significantly higher. It speaks to our ever-improving admissions process, but maybe you have to chalk some of it up to evolution of the species. No matter where you go: the classroom, the athletic fields, our music department … the talent continues to amaze me.

I was also surprised and pleased that we added senior enlisted leaders in the companies. We had them at the Naval Academy Prep School when I went there, and I was surprised they were not at the Academy when I arrived. Seeing the role they play in the development of midshipmen, it was long overdue, but one of the most positive developments of the last several decades. The fleet perspective they bring is just so valuable.

[2] You assumed command of CoWpeNS overnight after its skipper was relieved of duty—the third of the last four commanding officers to be unceremoniously relieved. Tell us about the strategies you used to restore morale.

I took command with about 24 hours’ notice. Initially it was supposed to be a month, but it ended up being four very rewarding months. Virtually every program had been evaluated as unsatisfactory and the ship was deemed not safe to sail. My charge from the Strike Group Commander was to get her safe to sail again. I was coming into a situation with a lot of chaos and dysfunction, and one of my first priorities was to not add to that chaos and dysfunction. My approach was, if all the programs weren’t satisfactory, I would need to immediately clear up any confusion about the expectations.

I made it clear that the wardroom and the chief’s mess were accountable for their responsibilities, but I also made it clear that I was there for them, and was going to work tirelessly to get them the resources and the time they needed to fix those programs and get our ship safe to sail. The way the crew responded showed the resilience and incredible talent that is present in our sailors in the fleet and I could not have been more proud of them. In four months, every program was graded as satisfactory, with some being described the “best on the waterfront.”

It was a tribute to the quality of our Navy’s sailors, which was certainly highlighted in the aftermaths of the recent collisions on FITzGERAlD and JOhN S. MCCAIN.

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Speaking of those collisions, what role do the Academy and the future officers it’s training have to play in improving the situations that may have led to these incidents?

I think the result of the investigations and the comprehensive review that followed are putting a lot of attention on how we’re preparing our officers. We’re taking a look at the four-year seamanship and navigation instruction and looking

at whether we’re providing information at the right times in the right sequence.

This review has shown that the Naval Academy remains the gold standard.

It’s not because our midshipmen are necessarily better than ROTC midshipmen or graduates from OCS. We just have an embarrassment of riches in terms of resources, whether it be sailing instruction during Plebe Summer or the incredible underway training that our Yard Patrol (YP) craft and state-of-the-art simulators provide. In fact, this summer, for the first time ever, we’re going to have 80 ROTC midshipmen coming to Annapolis to do summer cruises on our YPs. But while there may be a recognition that we’re the gold standard, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be taking a hard look to make sure we’re doing it right and that we get them out the door with the tools they need. We’re not graduating junior officers ready to command at sea, but they should be able to immediately contribute to the safe navigation of their ships.

[4] What can you tell us about the recent NCIS investigation into alleged drug dealing at the Academy?

The investigation began because some of the classmates of those implicated found out about it and took the approach “not on my watch” and reported it. As I sit here, the investigation continues, but midshipmen are already being held accountable. My frequent message to the Brigade is that our character is not judged by our self-image, but rather by our choices and actions. I can’t make those choices for them and their families can’t make those choices for them.

They have to—and they have to live with the consequences, both good and bad.

Many times midshipmen are told that their success here is all based on time management. Time management is important, but I would argue it’s a distant second to choice management. Another message I give to the Brigade is that I don’t care what’s happening at other universities. Remember the t-shirt they started selling in the Mid Store a few

years ago, “N*t College?” That’s a message midshipmen have to embrace.

The expectation here is different, and they should relish that difference.

That increased expectation is based not only on the fact that the taxpayers are paying for their education, but more importantly, what they’re going to be charged to do when they graduate from here—lead sailors and Marines.

[5] When do you think we’ll see our first female graduate at BUD/S? I don’t want to speculate on when that’s going to happen. The focus now needs to be on the fact that the opportunity is there. There’s a recognition within the special warfare community of how effective our screening process for BUD/S is, and we’ve been working with the special warfare community to ensure that we are able to integrate women, and I think it’s just a matter of time. I can tell you interest is growing among female midshipmen.

[6] What are some of the major things midshipmen need to remember as they go through this four-year experience and prepare for leadership?

In addition to what I said earlier about choice management being key, I think it’s appreciating early that the Naval Academy is a leadership laboratory, and leadership opportunities don’t come just from having multiple stripes on your shoulder boards. There are leadership opportunities in the classroom, on the sports fields, in extracurricular activities … embrace every leadership opportunity you get. You’ve got a quiver on your back, and you’re constantly putting arrows in. Even the bad leaders you encounter provide arrows in the quiver you can use to remind yourself that’s not who you want to be. I don’t expect our midshipmen to be either Chester Nimitz or Chesty Puller on the day they graduate, but I want them to leave here confident that they have taken advantage of every leadership opportunity, that they have a thirst for continuing to learn and are ready to make an immediate impact. a

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CAPT Steichen photographed above the deck of LEXINGTON (CV 16) in November 1943.

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ARMED WITH CAMERAS

By Tim Brady

EDWARD STEICHEN AND THE NAVAL AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT CAPTURED REMARKABLE HUMAN IMAGES FROM WORLD WAR II. or rank-and-file seamen serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, life was a mix of long, dull voyages punctuated by episodes of violent and deadly action. Few historical documents capture the essence of the sudden and dramatic shifts in this life quite as vividly as do the pictures taken by naval photographers throughout the war.

From devastating Kamikaze attacks on destroyers to bombarding Japanese defenses on a long string of Pacific atolls; and from Navy flyers huddled pensively in pre-strike meetings to the death spiral of a Japanese zero plunging into the ocean, naval photographers captured it all. They photographed blasted carrier decks in the middle of the South Pacific and the snow- covered Aleutian Islands. They were on the black beaches of Iwo Jima and captured images of sailors playing basketball on makeshift deck courts. A naval photographer shot the surrender of the Japanese on MISSOURI in September 1945; another caught a group of shipmates, caps in hand, standing above a row of shroud-encased bodies about to slip from the deck of the carrier INTREPID into their watery grave.

Throughout the war, naval photographers, embedded in units and on ships, took intelligence photos from the air, shot combat images and recorded the daily work of their sectors, risking their lives in an attempt to show the war to the American public. In the process, they captured thousands of images now scattered throughout the National Archives in pockets

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of research destinations, assigned to battles, ships, admirals, geographic locations and various offices within the U.S. Navy.

Of the thousands of photographers who served and recorded images, one small cadre of talented photojournalists deserve special mention. Organized by Edward Steichen, one of the country’s most famed photographers, the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit by war’s end would be recognized as among the most important documentarians of World War II. Employed first as a means to boost recruitment of much-needed Navy fliers, the handpicked squad would ultimately be sent to ships and aircraft carriers throughout the Pacific where they would

Steichen sent out his men with a single command: Don’t photograph the war, photograph the people. capture the heartbeat and drama of war in images that remain deeply compelling to this day.

When Steichen arrived in Washington, DC, in the fall of 1941 to offer his photographic services to the United States Army Air Force, there was much to recommend his work. he had long been recognized as one of the country’s greatest photographers in a career that stretched back to the early 20th century. Along with his mentor and colleague Alfred Steiglitz, he had been instrumental in lifting photography from a trade to an art.

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laboring in New York and Paris, Steichen had rubbed elbows with and photographed many of the era’s great artists while also contributing to the revolution in modern arts that flourished before the Great War. he was caught in France for a time when World War I began, ultimately serving with the American Expeditionary Force as a photographer with the Signal Corps. his original intention was to “be a photographic reporter, as Mathew Brady had been in the Civil War.” The U.S. Army, however, had different plans. They needed aerial photographers to serve as intelligence sources, so Steichen took to the air, learned the necessary skills of an aerial photographer, and became head of photography for U.S. Army intelligence and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel by the end of the war.

After World War I, Steichen once again reinvented himself, this time as a highly paid and sought-after fashion photographer.

Working out of a New York studio for clients like the J. Walter Thompson ad agency and Vogue, Steichen shot portraits of scores of hollywood and New York celebrities, including Greta Garbo, Charlie Chaplin and Fred Astaire. So successful was he that Steichen announced his retirement in the late 1930s, having grown tired of commercial photography.

As this history suggests, Steichen was no kid when he traveled to Washington, DC, in 1941 to volunteer his services for the war effort. In fact, at 62 he was well beyond the age limit for induction into the Army Air Force, and was turned down flat by his old branch of service. he had returned to New York and was working on a project for the Museum of Modern Art when, a few months later, Captain Arthur Radford, commander of training for aviators for the U.S. Navy, contacted him with an offer. It was soon after the attack on Pearl harbor and the Navy needed to fill its rosters with pilots—thousands of them—so a public

PHOTO BY A MEMBER OF CAPT STEICHEN'S UNIT

Throughout World War II, naval photographers shot combat images, risking their lives to show the war to the American people.

U.S. Navy steward’s mates passing the time with a card game in their berthing space on board an aircraft carrier the evening before their ship launched strikes on Manila, Philippines in November 1944.

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relations campaign featuring striking images of the exciting life of a Navy pilot was in the works. Could Steichen help? he quickly began recruiting a small team of photographers.

Steichen sought experienced picture-takers, men who had worked as journalists or documentary photographers or were accomplished portrait photographers. The P.R. campaign was only to be the first assignment for this unit and Steichen wanted a versatile team prepared to shoot both combat and intimate portraits of shipboard duty.

Most of the first half dozen recruits—Wayne Miller, Charles Kerlee, Fenno Jacobs, horace Bristol, Victor Jorgensen and Barrett Gallagher—fit the bill. Steichen relied on Radford’s pull within the Navy to obtain the necessary institutional freedoms the team members needed if they were to collect their photos unencumbered by standard Navy regulations. Unlike regular Navy photographers, for instance, all unit members were commissioned as officers upon entry into the service.

Steichen himself knew how to grease the skids. his skills as a premier portrait photographer were put to good use among the admiralty of the U.S. Navy. Both in Washington and in honolulu, en route to his first trip into the combat zone in the fall of 1943, Steichen took dozens of photos of Navy officers accustomed to stiff studio portraits. Shot by Steichen in naturalistic lighting in a style that actually suggested character and personality, the portraits impressed the Naval hierarchy, who clamored to be photographed by the famous shooter. he could then use the good graces generated by these portraits to promote his unit’s work.

The first member of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit assigned to an assault unit was horace Bristol, who sailed with the carrier SANTEE in the invasion of North Africa. Charles Kerlee, a well-known los Angeles advertising photographer [this description of Kerlee seems to contradict Brady's earlier depiction of this unit being composed of photojournalists rather than studio photographers] before the war, was sent to the South Pacific

PHOTO BY CAPT STEICHEN OR A MEMBER OF HIS UNIT

Iwo Jima Operation—A U.S. Marine, with his M1 rifle close by for instant use, reads his freshly received mail as combat continues in March 1945. Note the impromptu camp stove in the dugout, beyond the Marine’s left leg.

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with SUWANEE, then followed its captain back to the newly baptized YORKTOWN (named in honor of the first YORKTOWN, sunk at Midway), sailing out of Norfolk in early 1943. he was joined there by motion picture cameraman Dwight long, who would spend months documenting life aboard this newest of carriers.

Even as these men began preparing for the harrowing task of shooting combat photos, they captured life on the big ships, including indelible images of the sheer might of the U.S. Navy. Steichen sent them out with a simple command: Don’t photograph the war; photograph the men. The humanizing

lExINGTON at Pearl harbor. It soon sailed for Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and Steichen, though by then 64, immediately got busy. On his second day aboard, while shooting photos of the ship’s landing officer, an out of control aircraft careened directly toward him. Steichen wound up in the safety net surrounding the deck, which saved him from plunging into the ocean.

Meanwhile, Kerlee had sailed on YORKTOWN to Wake Island and Miller was on SARATOGA at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, and with lExINGTON after it suffered Kamikaze attacks in the Japan Sea. horace Bristol moved from North Africa to the Aleutian Islands. Beyond the carriers, group members also photographed life on battleships, submarines, hospital ships and more. They flew countless missions with hellcat fighters and torpedo bombers, shooting sky-high images of maneuvers and invasions.

Dwight long, filming on YORKTOWN, mounted cameras on the wings of Navy aircraft, side-by-side with the planes’ machine guns. he collected startlingly realistic images, the likes of which had never before been seen. Steichen himself went ashore at Iwo Jima on his second visit to the Pacific in 1945, shooting the aftermath of the invasion there and at Okinawa.

The images he gathered while serving on lExINGTON were

They photographed life on battleships, submarines, and hospital ships; they flew missions with Hellcat fighters and torpedo bombers. images they gathered served the double purpose of portraying life on the ships and providing inspiring images for the home front. Beginning in late 1942 and into 1943, Steichen collected some of these images into a traveling exhibit called “The Road to Victory,” an unabashed effort to promote the war and the Navy’s role in it. Unit photos were also published in national magazines such as U.S. Camera and Popular Photography, as well as in newsweeklies such as Life, Look and The New York Times Magazine.

Steichen himself entered the action in November 1943 when, along with Victor Jorgenson, he boarded the new carrier

Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arthurgwain Marquez, assigned to Fleet Combat Camera Pacific (FCCP), shoots video during FCCP's Summer Quick Shot Exercise 2017 in Azusa, CA.

SHUTTER TO A CLOSE In February, the Navy announced it would cut two combat camera (COMCAM) units—Fleet Combat Camera and Expeditionary Combat Camera—by 1 October. While the units will be cut, the responsibility will be moved to the “existing Navy Public Affairs Support Element Command,” said Lieutenant Lauren Chatmas, USN, spokesperson for the Pentagon.

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CAPT Edward J. Steichen, USNR, escorts RADM Forrest P. Sherman, USN, of the Class of 1918, through the Navy War Photograph exhibit at the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC, 6 December 1945. They are viewing a photograph of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, USN, of the Class of 1905, signing the Japanese instrument of surrender on board MISSOURI on 2 September 1945. RADM Sherman is behind Fleet Admiral Nimitz in the photo they are viewing.

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collected in a book called The Blue Ghost, while long’s film footage was assembled and edited (with Steichen as director) into a documentary that premiered in hollywood in December 1944. A few months later, “The Fighting lady” would win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature which featured Admiral John S. McCain Jr. ’31, USN (Ret.).

The Naval Aviation Photographic Unit took images of the war right up until the very end, following U.S. forces into occupied Japan to capture compelling shots of newly liberated American POWs, newly imprisoned Japanese soldiers and the devastating aftermath of hiroshima. By the end of the fighting, Steichen had been promoted by U.S. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal to head all U.S. Navy combat photography.

The unit disbanded in the fall of 1945. A fraction of its work was published in the literally titled book U.S. Navy War Photographs. Steichen also put together a second traveling exhibition of war photographs called “Power in the Pacific,” which served as a bookend to his “Road to Victory” exhibit from the start of the war.

Early in the history of the unit, Steichen had argued that his photographers should get individual credit for their photographs. long tradition in the U.S. Navy, however, stipulated that any

PHOTO BY CDR STEICHEN

image taken by a Navy photographer be simply stamped “Official U.S. Navy Photograph.” All the photos taken by World War II Naval photographers are lumped together in archives, and sorting out Naval Photographic Unit photos from the rest is difficult (except for in those cases in which Steichen himself designated them by author).

The U.S. Naval Academy is fortunate, then, to possess a collection of some 3,000 photographs donated by longtime Steichen friend Tom Maloney, who edited U.S. Camera magazine during the war. Now part of the Naval Academy’s Special Collections & Archives Department, many of these photos can be viewed in the archives’ digital collections.

After the war, Steichen was appointed photographic director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In the 1950s he put together one of the greatest photographic exhibits of the century, “The Family of Man.” This groundbreaking exhibit demonstrated the humanizing qualities of photography, a vital task in an era marked by the violence and death of two World Wars—both of which Steichen had served in with distinction.

The noted photographer lived a long and full life, dying in 1973, just two days before his 94th birthday. a Tim Brady is an accomplished writer of history. His books include the volumes “A Death in San Pietro: The Untold Story of Ernie Pyle, John huston, and the Fight for Purple heart Valley” and “Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS CONTESSA.”

Crewmen on board LEXINGTON laughing as they listen to a VF-16 pilot describing his squadron’s 17 to 0 victory over Japanese planes in the Marshalls & Gilberts area on 23 November 1943.

CLOSE TO THE CAMERA AND THE VEST “I’ve always been one of those people who looked at stuff and thought I could do that,” said Captain Lou Vest ’65, USMM, who pilots ships through the busy Houston Ship Channel. “I found out that writing a novel was a lot harder than it looks and painting one of those seemly simple Frank Stella canvases never looked like the real thing, but photography stuck.”

As an ensign, he bought his first camera in Subic Bay. Unfortunately, it was stolen a few years later, and he didn’t replace it. Some 20 years later, he again picked up the camera—this time to document his work on the channel. He continued to take photos and purchased an early digital camera. In 2005, his daughter persuaded him to start a Flickr account to share his images. A curator for the Houston Center for Photography discovered his albums and asked to include some of Vest’s photos in an exhibit.

“That was the beginning of a whole new area for me,” he said. “It meshed very well with my goal of bringing the port into the cultural awareness of the city.” And it’s worked. Just a few years ago, the city celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Houston Ship Channel. Vest attended the event and his photos were highlighted. While there, he met a retired Texas State Highway officer who took a retirement job at the Port of Houston inspired by Vest’s photos.

“I asked if he was mad at me, and he said he wasn’t!” recalled Vest.

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A LOOK BACK: Originally printed in Shipmate, April 1943

CAMERAS IN BATTLE THE NAVY’S NEW COMBAT PHOTOGRAPHY UNITS

By Lieutenant Carleton Mitchell Jr., USNR WILL RECORD HISTORY AS IT IS MADE. From the editor: This article has been reprinted from April 1943 and has not been altered for today’s Shipmate style including grammar, capitalization and spelling. The photographs used in the article are not from the original publication as, at the time of the writing, the author noted: “no material has had time to reach the Navy Department.” Rather, images from the Combat Photography Unit have been used to illustrate the article.

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s warfare has become more complex, inventions of an essentially non-military nature have been given military application. The astute commander has been quick to seize upon every scientific discovery that might raise the efficiency of his organization. One such adaptation is graphically shown by the use of

A burning enemy plane rolls over on its back in a desperate attempt to crash-dive an escort carrier of the Pacific Fleet during air action west of the Marianas.

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radio, without which today’s pattern of warfare would be impossible— the civilian might think of the radio in terms of entertainment, but the Naval officer considers it a vital factor in communications.

Another non-military article of tremendous military importance is the camera. The Germans, from the first days of the Polish campaign, have made extensive use of film. Nazi combat photographers have been in every action. Not only does the High Command possess a record of tactical operations and the performance of equipment under battle conditions, but Dr. Goebbels has received the most powerful weapon of psychological coercion ever forced.

In any military organization, the most important application of the camera is its use in aerial reconnaissance. It is vital that a Fleet or Force Commander know the conditions that he will encounter.

A photograph, because it can be studied at leisure and carefully analyzed—and because certain types of film unmask camouflage— is much more accurate than visual observation.

Next in importance for Naval purposes are photographs that could be termed “Combat Intelligence.” Under this heading might be listed all sowing tactical maneuvers of the enemy, assessments of damage resulting from combat or disaster, type of enemy ships or aircraft, and allied information of value both to the officer on the spot and those distant whose duties require such knowledge.

Other uses for film, both still and motion picture, include the preparation of training films, which have been of incalculable value in the personnel expansion program. Still another use is for release to the public, keeping American people informed of the tremendous job being done by the Navy, stimulating a willingness to make necessary sacrifices and adding an incentive to production. No other media can so powerfully bring the realities of war home to a civilian.

Finally, there is the obligation of building a complete historical file.

In an effort to secure additional photographic coverage of Naval activities, the Office of Public Relations, in cooperation with the Photographic Division of the Bureau of Aeronautics, has formed camera groups called Combat Photography Units. The Units are being attached to Fleet and Force commander, and, although their

Two men of the PBY CATALINA are hauled to safety over the side of a submarine.

primary assignment is to record naval engagements, they will obtain material of all types except those of a purely reconnaissance nature.

Each Combat Photography Unit consists of an officer, two enlisted motion picturemen and one still photographer. They have been trained together as a unit, under the direction of the officer.

The officers have had photographic experience in civilian life, and have attended the Naval School of Photography at Pensacola. Before leaving for assignments, all were given advanced courses in motion picture technique.

At present nine units have received assignments, being geographically distributed to assure maximum coverage. In addition to their orders, Unit officers carry letters requesting that they be allowed to make photographs involving classified material in accordance with the provisions of General Order 179, which states: “Security shall be maintained by proper handling of negative material in accordance with instructions regarding the disposition of classified matter.” All film will be reviewed by competent Naval authority, and should be forwarded undeveloped in accordance with the provisions of General Order 179, except as modified by local orders within certain commands. This letter also requests that the Units be included in any projected operations.

Combat Photography Units are not designed to replace or dispose photographic ratings attached to the Fleet. Instead they supplement present coverage. Their equipment, especially motion picture, is better adapted to the job they are supposed to do. By working together as a unit, they are able to secure more material.

The Units have been formed essentially as service organizations.

Each officer carries a list of subjects desired by various bureaus.

Whenever it is possible, material will be made in accordance with

these requests. The question of public release does not necessarily enter into film of this type. Handled in accordance with all security regulations, it will be routed through the Bureau of Aeronautics to the Bureau making the request.

Combat Unit personnel have an A-V(S) designation and consequently are attached to the Bureau of Aeronautics; however, they are nominally under the Director of Public Relations. Units are attached directly to Commanders in Chiefs of Fleets, and Commanders of Naval Forces, and are not operating as part of Fleet or District Public Relations Officers, unless so directed by the command concerned. While they will emphasize releasable quality and types of photographic coverage, they will also secure specialized material for study by the interested bureaus, technical and intelligence purposes, the preparation of training films, and the formation of an historical library.

These Units are an experiment, representing an effort to utilize trained personnel and scarce equipment to the maximum advantage, with a minimum waste of material. Officers of the Fleet may be of great assistance in the procurement of needed photographic coverage by cooperating with any units that might be under their command.

It should be emphasized that all film made by the Combat Units is subject to full Naval security control—and that the security of classified materials is not compromised by the photographing, but by the subsequent handling of the film. a Lieutenant Carleton Mitchell, Jr., U.S.N.R., has been designated as Officer-in-Charge, Combat Photographic Section.

Smoke from a cruiser’s big guns, operating with the Pacific Fleet, spells doom for the enemy.

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PHOTO BY MSC 2ND CLASS TODD FRANTOM

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SEA

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING

By Commander Michael Wisecup ’98, USN

It has been described as a Crossfit session on steroids and the ultimate test of each plebe class, and compared to Hell Week for Navy SEALs or the Marine Corps Crucible.

Sea Trials turns 20 years old this spring.

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Plebes conduct a log-carrying exercise as part of the U.S. Naval Academy Sea Trials.

nder the direction of thenSuperintendent Admiral Charles Larson ’58, USN, the Class of 1997 envisioned a new way to test plebes. Ultimately developed by members of the Class of 1998, Sea Trials became an 18-hour non-stop event to test the physical and mental strength of the plebe class through a series of obstacle courses, endurance events, military skills and academic tests.

The purpose was to focus the second semester of plebe year training to achieve something tangible. Daily plebe professional development sessions and Saturday morning training tended to lose focus in the second semester. Admiral Larson challenged the upperclass to fix it.

Before a ship goes to sea, it is tested in sea trials to ensure its structural integrity, performance and strength. Sea Trials, too, would test the moral, mental and physical strength of the plebe class before they became upperclassmen.

Adhering to the leadership principle— to lead by example—the initial iteration was tested on the upperclass first. Needing to prove the safety, value and sequence of events, the Classes of 1998, 1999 and 2000 braved the late winter cold of Annapolis and completed the first version of Sea Trials in March 1998 thus ensuring that the Class of 2001 was not being asked to do something its leaders had not already done themselves.

Twenty years later Sea Trials continues to be strengthened and improved through the leadership of each subsequent class. It remains an event that reinforces the value of teamwork and where upperclassmen have to prepare and then lead their men and women through arduous conditions, reinforcing their bonds as a company, a class and a Brigade.

Reflecting on what was created 20 years ago, these qualities have greater importance than we could have ever imagined as midshipmen.

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The importance of teamwork in the Navy and Marine Corps is present every day. Learning how to contribute in a team, prepare a team, to lead in a team and to follow in a team are all critical skills a junior officer needs to learn and constantly improve.

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Just as Sea Trials is hard and challenging, so is nearly every assignment in a professional career.

Hard is the norm in life, and usually the completion of one challenge does not end in a ceremony or parade, but usually in the assignment of another hard job the next day. Learning to work hard is critical.

1998 was the great experiment, Sea Trials, completed with great success. A culmination of all that is taught plebe year, Sea Trials put the Class of ’01 through many grueling and tiring tasks.

In squads, the plebes learned teamwork while completing an E-course, land navigation, chart work, group runs and plenty of PT. Let us not forget the cadre, a dedicated group of upperclass who gave up two weekends in order to make sure the event ran smoothly. Who could have asked for better weather!

If it ain’t rainin’, we ain’t training! Naturally, everyone saw this as just another obstacle to overcome. Planned and implemented by mids, the success of the Sea Trials proved many nay-sayers wrong, showed the leadership capabilities of the Class of 1998, and guaranteed that it will continue in years to come.

Perhaps the most profound impact is in the legacy of Sea Trials. Like improving a foxhole, we created and left a legacy that improved the quality of midshipmen. In every position, if we can all leave behind one thing that improves the situation, the performance of the unit or the qualities of our men and women, then we did our job as leaders and met the standard expected by the American people. a

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There is a saying in the SEAL Teams to “earn your Trident every day.” It is as true in the SEALs as it is in every community. Every day an individual must strive to prove his or her worth and the value brought to the team.

It isn’t sufficient to exist or live off former successes. We chose to serve, so we do it, every day.

Plebes form a human tunnel for their classmates to crawl through.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE 1948 LUCKY BAG

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE 1998 LUCKY BAG

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1948 Herndon Climb.

1998 Herndon Climb.

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STORIES IN EIGHT DECADES SHIPMATE MARKS 80 YEARS OF PUBLISHING FOR NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI AND FRIENDS

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lthough the Association of Graduates (AOG) was formed in 1886, it took more than 50 years to publish the first Shipmate magazine. Plagued with financial woes and little staff to run the organization, the AOG had a rough start. In 1931, the organization was incorporated and renamed the Alumni Association. Their primary goal was to make the organization financially able to produce a magazine. The alumni around the nation had formed active branches and chapters, but the Association did not have a good way of communicating all of their activities and share news from the Academy. With an endowment fund of $5,000 and $4,000 in an operating fund, the fledgling Alumni Association launched the first issue of Shipmate magazine for members in 1938.

Eighty years strong, the magazine has reported on the activities of alumni, classes, chapters and the Brigade of Midshipmen— and so much more. While the printing process and means of communications have certainly shifted and changed, the goal of Shipmate—to tell the story of the Academy through its alumni— has remained.

Check out these stories and more at www.usna.com/ Shipmate. Every page of every issue over the last 80 years is available to members of the Alumni Association. Thank you for being a part of Shipmate’s history.

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1938 “If this, Volume 1 No. 1, brings to you any of the purport and desire of those who are responsible for its being, then that work and effort is not in vain.” And, in the same issue, it was reported that “Besides the endowment fund, the organization has on hand about $4,000 which we hope will enable it to issue ‘SHIPMATE.’” (May, pages 1-2) Cover from 1938.

1948 Dunking drills at the Academy were big news and described in Shipmate: “Learning how to dunk may not seem an essential part of a midshipman’s training but it is, and 732 third class midshipmen took part in ‘dunking drills’ at the Naval Academy during May. Every afternoon ‘sections’ of dripping midshipmen may be seen emerging from the Severn River and struggling into life raft.” (June, page 10)

1958 Paul Schratz ’39 attended the Brussels World’s Fair and reported back in the September issue: “There has been considerable discussion and criticism of the United States exhibit at the Brussels World’s Fair—that maybe we dropped the ball, particularly in comparison with the Soviet exhibit.” He also ranked his experiences: Most thrilling exhibit? The Walt Disney Circarama. Most appreciated? Free rest rooms. Biggest disappointment?

The hotdogs. (page 17)

Clothed in old “white works” and socks, the midshipmen dive into the cold water of the Severn River. This is part of the indoctrination in dunking at sea which each midshipman third class must know.

1968 PHOTO COURTESY OF GETTY IMAGES

The January issue leads off with a photo essay of the construction of Michaelson Hall. (page 2)

View of the American Pavilion with terrace and fountains in the foreground at the Brussels World’s Fair on 18 April 1958.

Michaelson Hall as seen from Macdonough Hall. The math tower is in the foreground, the science tower to the rear. The enclosed ground floor, from which the towers rise, accommodates the physics, chemistry and electrical laboratories. The Naval Academy’s new 750,000-gallon elevated water tank is in the background to the right of the smoke stack.

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1978 General Louis H. Wilson, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, provided an update on the state of the Marine Corps on its 203rd anniversary: “… soldiers of the sea forming a Corps that is an effective member of a powerful Navy-Marine amphibious team, trained and knowledgeable in maritime affairs, prepared and able to serve to advantage whenever required. Yes, send the Marines, because we are ready. We are ready to go today if the call should come and ready in our preparations for tomorrow.” (November, page 17-18)

GEN Wilson, Commandant

1988 Cover of May 1988.

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Shipmate’s Golden Anniversary Editor Colonel Wes Hammond ’51, USMC (Ret.), writes on the 50th anniversary of Shipmate: “During its half century, Shipmate has seen several logos and in the future some younger editors, perhaps still unborn, will institute more modifications to keep up with the changes in taste of alumni.” (May, page 6)

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2008 “This is a unique opportunity to recognize one of our own in a most meaningful way,” said Brooks McFeely ’95.

The January-February issue highlighted the christening of the Navy shell ERIk kRISTENSEN the previous fall. (page 6) a PHOTO BY MCS 1ST CLASS CHAD J. MCNEELEY

The 57th Superintendent, Vice Admiral John R. Ryan ’67, USN, shared his views on returning to the Academy: “My initial impressions of the Academy are good ones.

Most of the ‘thrust vectors’ are positive and I’m pleased with what I’ve seen. The Academy is a much better VADM Ryan institution than the one I graduated from in 1967. It is also a better institution than the one I left in 1975 after completing a tour here as a junior officer.” (December, page 4)

The Naval Academy varsity crew rows the memorial shell dedicated in honor of Lieutenant Commander Erik S. Kristensen ’95, USN, at the ceremony on Saturday, 17 November 2007.

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AN OCEAN AWAY

SPEED OF TRUST

By Lieutenant Commander Doug Robb ’05, USN, and Lieutenant Commander John Kennedy ’07, USN e both remember where we were on 28 December 2014 when news broke that a commercial jetliner, AirAsia Flight 8501, had crashed off the Indonesian coast and into the Java Sea. Lieutenant Commander Doug Robb, USN, a surface warfare officer, was serving as Destroyer Squadron Seven operations officer, forward deployed to Singapore. Lieutenant Commander John kennedy, USN, an explosive ordnance disposal officer, was assigned as a company commander at Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One in Pearl Harbor.

Despite 7,000 miles of physical distance between us, our training was about to be put to the test. As the saying goes, this was not a drill. Little did we appreciate how much our Naval Academy

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training—from seemingly mundane (and frankly, annoying) tasks like memorizing our plebe rates in Bancroft Hall—had prepared us to navigate unforeseen challenges in the fleet years after leaving Annapolis.

This mission was no exception.

For Robb, drawing on this experience meant fast and accurate recall of fleet operating procedures and international protocols to de-conflict the multinational search, which included U.S. surface combatants, replenishment ships and helicopters working alongside units from eight other countries. For kennedy, it meant validating gear load out, running operations checks on remote operating vehicles and assembling a team of eight Navy divers to deploy to Singapore within 24 hours.

LCDR Doug Robb ’05, USN, (right) and LCDR John Kennedy ’07, USN, reunited as colleagues at the Pentagon three years after working together in the western Pacific.

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We were one small part of a much broader operation spanning nearly a month, and in the end, our teams conducted a safe and effective search that culminated in a clear SONAR image of the plane’s fuselage on the final day.

Fast-forward nearly three years to today where we share an office and a job title. Though we never met face-to-face during the search and recovery effort, our operational experiences together established the trust and confidence underpinning our current working relationship, which ranks among the strongest we have ever had in our careers.

We quickly learned how the other thinks, communicates and writes, thereby flattening an otherwise steep learning curve. Despite being more than a decade removed from the Yard, this also serves as a testament to our common background and like-minded approach to problem solving.

As we reflect on our time together— then and now—three important lessons stand out, applicable to seasoned officers and prospective graduates alike. First: in times of crisis, you don’t rise to the level of your expectations, but rather fall to your level of training. Never miss an opportunity to develop the professional competence of your sailors and Marines.

Second: great things happen when no one cares who gets the credit—whether you are conducting an international search and rescue operation or serving as an action officer on a large staff. And finally: cultivate “speed of trust” with your classmates, companymates and teammates. You never know when you will serve with them again—whether your career spans four years or 40. a LCDR Robb, USN, and LCDR Kennedy, USN, are speechwriters in the Pentagon. The views expressed here are their own.

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BRAVO ZULU 1960s

’69: David C. Jarrett was appointed to the board of directors of the Kentucky Veterans Program Trust Fund by Kentucky Governor Matthew G. Bevin.

1970s ’72: Tom Wolfe and the University of Nebraska Press announced the publishing of the second edition of Wolfe’s book, Out of Uniform: Your Guide to a Successful Military-toCivilian Career Transition. ’74: CAPT Robert Stumpf, USN (Ret.), was inducted into the Alexandria City Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame.

1980s ’81: Dan Quattrini has been named associate director of class giving for the United States Naval Academy Foundation. VADM DeWolfe Miller III, USN, was promoted to vice admiral and commander, U.S. Naval Air Forces. ’88: CDR Charles Litchfield, USN, has been named chief financial officer at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

1990s ’90: David “Chip” Wasson has been named corporate vice president, corporate strategy at Huntington Ingalls Industries. ’91: CDR Gary Null, USNR (Ret.), received a Doctor of Philosophy in Systems and Engineering Management from Texas Tech University.

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Rear Admiral Skillman ‘86 Takes Command of Expeditionary Strike Group 2 Rear Admiral John Skillman ’86, USN, relieved Rear Admiral Jeff Hughes, USN, as Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2, during a change of command ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship KEARSARGE on 9 March 2018. Skillman has spent the past 18 months in Oslo, Norway, attached to NATO as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Joint Warfare Center where he visited many European countries including the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, France and Spain. He took a few minutes during the change of command ceremony to express his gratitude for the opportunity to take command of more than 12,000 sailors and Marines stationed RADM John Skillman ’86, USN. aboard 13 ships and 10 deployable commands.

“This strike group is extraordinary with the sailors and Marines within 23 subordinate commands, truly more than the sum of its parts,” said Skillman. “It contains not only the ships and squadrons, but the naval beach group with its assault craft units, both landing craft air cushion and landing craft utility and beach masters, tactical aircraft control squadrons and the assault construction battalion.” ®

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’64: Tom Hawk has released his second CD, “Earning My Spurs,” featuring four yodeling songs and eight non-yodeling songs.

’92: Joseph White received the Creator Awards’ largest prize for his work with Global Vision 2020.

CDR David Brett-Major, MC, USN (Ret.), assumed the Sanford Chair in Tropical Medicine at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University. ’93: Bradley Gresham has been named chief operating officer at DECO, Inc. ’96: Hon. Lee Marsh has been appointed a circuit judge in Florida’s second Judicial Circuit.

2000s ’00: Ronald Ibbetson, has been promoted to principal of Ridgemont Equity Partners. ’05: LCDR Mike Dodson, USN, has received a second Gates Scholarship for his doctoral research at Cambridge University.

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CLASS NEWS

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On Tuesday January 30th my daughter, Suzi, and son-in-law, David Cordish, who have done many wonderful things for me over the years - some of them previously noted in this column - hosted my immediate family and a few close friends, making a total of seventeen at one table as the photo accompanying the column depicts, for a reception and dinner at the Baltimore Country Club to celebrate my attaining the age of one hundred three. No classmates, unfortunately, were alive to be present. Three however had previously reached the age of one hundred; one had held on to become one hundred one, and another lived to be one hundred two. It was not even possible for me to have a few friends within a decade of my years attend because of their infirmities due to advanced age. However enthusiasm on the part of more youthful ones, those about a decade younger, assured the success of the party. After the guests were seated I remained standing to congratulate David whose birthday was also this day although he modestly directed the celebration toward me, and they responded with a loud and sus-

’35: Celebrating with family and friends

tained round of applause. I added that it meant much to me for them to attend the party.

To bolster those remarks I referred to Academy records that were kindly provided by Timothy Elizabeth Woodbury, Director of Academy Memorial Affairs, and I thanked her. They confirm that on my birthday, as on the previous three, I was the oldest living Academy graduate. They add that no other of the more than fifty-one thousand living Academy graduates is now alive at the age of one hundred three or more. And, records of the years since the founding of the Academy serve to substantiate that just three others have lived to my age but not beyond; five, though, had held on long enough to reach one hundred four; and the advanced age of one hundred five was gained by four. Only two, one in the class of 1907 and the very oldest Academy graduate in USNA history from the class of 1921 lived to be one hundred six. He died after reaching that age plus eight months and ten days.

Suzi from her post as my top advisor has ordered me to live at

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least to one hundred six, eight months, and eleven days.

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Greetings 39ers!

Spring will be in full bloom as this issue arrives in your homes, and again brings to mind our grand ’39 wives and widows- especially those we have loved and lost.

On December 17, 2017 we lost Toni Green, (Bob). I first remember meeting Toni at the 70th Reunion in Annapolis, and was taken with her bright eyes (framed by enormous eyeglasses!) and her even brighter, big, wide smile. Toni graduated from UC Berkley in 1938. In June 1941 she married ’39 Classmate, Bob Green and became the quintessential Navy wife, supporting her husband’s career and raising a family.

She faced every new assignment with a sense of adventure, and instilled into her two childrenRobert,’65, and Cathie- her love for travel. When her husband was deployed to the Mediterranean in post-war 1950’s, she took her then 6 year old son to follow his ship around Europe, repeating this same exercise several more times over the years. Toni and Bob loved entertaining ‘39ers at their time

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39/39 CLASS NEWS

‘39: Toni and family in Cancun for her 99th birthday

‘39: Zoe with USNA Gymnastics team

shares in Cancun over the years.

Toni celebrated her 99th birthday (March 28, 2016) in Cancun, surrounded by 20 of her family members. She attributed her long life to always having something to look forward to – and a big glass of red wine daily! Toni will be inured at USNA Columbarium 25 June at 11 am. Please contact her son, Bob Green, if you will be able to attend: rgreen1965@aol.com

could be in DC in ten days, Zoe and her parents telephoned invitations and they were married at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on 2 February.

Her next decades were those of a Navy wife, with frequent separations and long periods apart. Jiggs missed the births of their first three children- George Joseph, Jr, Robert Patrick, and Dennis Nelson (he did not meet Joe, the eldest, until he was over a year old!). The Navy allowed him to be present for the arrivals of Mary Jude and William Michael.

All of the children attended St. Matthew’s parish school, Calvert, where Zoe was Cub Scout Den Mother in the 50’s and a volunteer there until 1967, when she joined the faculty- teaching at Calvert School until it closed in 1967. She then taught at St. Ann’s in Tenleytown and earned a Master’s in Education which allowed her to become the guidance counselor at Holy Cross Academy in Kensington, retiring in 1988.

Zoe and Jiggs became seasoned travelers in retirement, with a special love for the Holy Land, which they visited several times.

(Paris was a close second!). Eleven grandchildren would come along, and then three great-grandchildren.

After Jiggs’ death in 2008, Zoe continued to love visiting the Naval Academy, especially for the Glee Club concerts and the Man’s Gymnastic meets (This past weekend the Army-Navy Gymnastics meet was dedicated to her, and began with a moment of silence in her honor. Her son, Bill (one of the

Toni and Barbara Fidel Adams at Toni’s 100th birthday

May 28th would have been Zoe Largess (“Jiggs”) 97th birthday.

On February 1st, we received the sad tidings from her son, Bill, that Zoe had passed away. Her funeral was held at St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington, DC on 6 February with a number of recent USNA alumni in attendance. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery will advise when date has been determined. The program from the St. Matthew’s service had this biography written by Zoe’s family: M “Zoe McCombs was born in Denver on May 28, 1921 to a family that had come to Colorado for the 1890’s Silver Rush. Her grandfather (as she was fond of telling people) worked for Colorado mining interests and was sent to Washington to 40 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

lobby the U.S. Government, which had defaulted on contracts to buy tungsten and molybdenum during WWI. She and her parents followed in 1923. She attended DC public schools, junior college at Holton Arms, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from George Washington University in 1942.

She studied dance as a young woman, and danced on a number of the city’s stages, including the National Theatre. In the 1930’s she danced at Mahan Hall at the United States Naval Academy, which soon would figure greatly in her life. In 1937, Midshipmen came to DC to march in Franklin Roosevelt’s second inaugural parade. It rained all day, and after the parade, several Mids (including a young man from Massachusetts named George Largess) bought dry socks and then went to Harrowgate Apartments (where one of them had a friend) to change socks. As the news of their presence spread, the teenagers in the building all came to meet the Midshipmen, and as a group, they went down to F Street to celebrate.

Among them was 15 year old Zoe. Neither George (known as “Jiggs” since childhood) nor Zoe ever dated anyone after that. She visited him on weekends in Annapolis, and two years later he proposed to her at the Academy Ring Dance. Zoe converted to Catholicism, and was still at GW when WWII began. So, she and Jiggs had to wait until he could get rare shore leave to marry. She, and her bridesmaids had their dresses, and when Jiggs called to say he

founding members and now Artistic Director of the Washington Stage Guild) became her caregiver, and due to his work as a Midshipman Sponsor, she became a “Sponsor Grandma” to over 20 young men from around the country. Their commissionings, weddings and wingings became her favorite events.

Zoe posing with USNA Easter “pals” just after taking the Mids Bill sponsors to Easter Brunch at the Club.

She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, the John Carroll Society, and Serra International. In 1997, Zoe was honored by the Church, being invested in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalema papal chivalric order in which she rose to the rank of Lady Commander with Star.

Her love of travel continued until her final illness- visiting Chicago (wedding of Brian Colby,’14); Seattle (wedding of Max Klein,’12); Pensacola (Brian Colby,’14-winging ceremony); Norfolk; Austin; Boston and New York -in the past three

39/40 CLASS NEWS years alone. But almost every Sunday, she would sit by the organ at St. Matthew’s Latin Mass, and worship where we have now gathered to celebrate her life.

After communion, we sang “Eternal Father Strong To Save”all four of the original verses. Many of those in attendance, even those with no Navy connection, said it was the most moving part of the ceremony.”

the moment when someone at my side says, ’There! She’s gone,’ there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, ’There she comes!”

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Respectfully submitted, Barbara Fidel Adams ’39 Class Secretary

’40 Life Membership: 40% Donor Participation: 0% Honorary Pres, Sec’y/Treas, and Corr Sec’y: Wendi Winters Daughter of Leigh “Early” Cosart Winters 1734 Chesapeake Dr., Edgewater, MD 21037 c: 410-562-4189; e: WendiWinters1@gmail.com

Zoe at the 118th Army- Navy game (she attended her first in 1937- December 9, 2017 marked her 80th Army-Navy anniversary game!)

Zoe at the 118th Army- Navy game

We bid a fond farewell to Toni Green and Zoe Largess with the following: M “I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, ‘There! She’s gone.’

Gone where? Gone from my sightthat is all. She is as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side, and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her; and just at

It’s late in February when this is being written. Last night, the USNA Music Department opened its annual musical production at Mahan Hall, “Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

The show debuted on Broadway in the 1982. Since then, it has been performed around the world and in over 20,000 school productions.

This one, however, was simply AMAZING! A friend who attended with me and who was reviewing the show was thunderstruck. He, like many Annapolis-area residents, find it astounding that so much musical and dramatic talent slumbers at Bancroft Hall at night. Of the shows I’ve seen the past few years on The Yard, this is The Best One Yet. If you are in town when the Midshipmen are staging their fall Masqueraders drama, or the Halloween or Holiday shows in the Chapel, or the late winter musical – call me up and let’s go! This show was a bargain at $19 – movie tickets cost that much and don’t come with a talented, live orchestra.

Yvonne Lowerre was tickled to find herself featured in a recent Class of 1940 column in Shipmate.

In an email, she recalled that her late husband Warren Lowerre was jokingly described in an edition of Lucky Bag in such a way that Warren’s mother had a conniption fit when she got wind of it. The description was written by William “Bill” Braley, his four-year roommate

and Bill Lowerre’s Best Man at his wedding to Yvonne. After mentioning Warren was from Ohio – he was actually born in New York and grew up in Maryland, but received his appointment to USNA from an Ohio Senator or Congressman – Bill said: “Warren is not a very good roommate and he just lives with me for spite. He smokes the last communal skag....(ends up). But he puts up with me because I‘m, incorrigible.”

Commented Yvonne: “It really was priceless, if you think that way.”

Some sad news. With a few edits, this is the obituary of Coralie Helen Vellis posted on Obituarydata.com and found by the Alumni Association’s Ms. Timothy Woodbury on January 17, 2018.

Her late husband was Class of 1940 classmate Captain Demetrius John “Jimmy” Vellis. He was aboard the USS Dale when Pearl Harbor was attacked Dec. 7, 1941.

He became Gunnery Officer in June 1942 and in that capacity participated in the surface engagement with a superior Japanese force off the Komandorski Islands in the Aleutians in March 1943. The battle lasted four hours and is considered one of the longest surface actions during the war. He passed away Aug. 24, 2007.

His widow Coralie Helen Vellis (nee Anastasopulos), 92, passed away peacefully at home among family on November 30, 2017.

Coralie (Coco) was a vibrant loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend to everyone with whom she wholeheartedly engaged.

Coralie was born in Honolulu, graduating in 1943 from Roosevelt High School where she was a song leader. After graduation, she married her great love of 64 years, Demetrius John Vellis (Jimmy) and began the adventure of a Navy wife. Coralie relished this role, embracing each new locale and command to which they were sent, serving and volunteering with the Navy Relief Society and as president of both Awa L’au Wahine and the USNA wives’ clubs. A natural performer, Coralie spent over two decades performing in or directing Awa L’au Wahine’s Mardi Gras

productions. Her signature song was ‘’Hello Dolly’’.

Even before the fitness craze, she pioneered aerobics classes for 11 years at the Kaimuki-Waialae YMCA, choreographing routines to taped music she had compiled.

Coralie’s warmth and leadership abilities also led her to serve a term as president of the Hawaii Federation of Republican Women.

Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Coralie graduated from University of Hawaii with honors in 1997 with her eldest grandchild. She enjoyed her volunteer work with the Church of the Holy Nativity and the Assistance League of Honolulu, but her greatest legacy is her love of life and her great love for family and friends. Coralie enthusiastically shared her home, her laughs, and her love with family and many strangers who became ‘family’!

Coralie was preceded in death by her infant daughter and husband, Jimmy. She is survived by her son, John D. Vellis,II (Nancy), daughter, Thalia Henning (Peter), grandchildren, Alexis Bowen (Kyle), Dena Henning, James Vellis (Yanet), Steven Vellis, Koren Henning, greatgrandchildren, Demetrius Henning, Jason, Thalia & Eleni Bowen, and Amado & Mateo Vellis.

Coralie’s memorial service was held January 13th at the Church of the Holy Nativity in Aina Haina, Hawaii.

Let’s Get-Together!

Why don’t we plan on getting together before Spring wilts, or, perhaps during the summer or early Fall? Does someone have a pool where we can party – or shall we set a lunch dates at Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia?

Send in your ideas for dates and places to gather.

And, remember, Only ’40 is 4.0!

Best, Wendi Winters

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41/44 CLASS NEWS

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Hello to Class of ’42 Members, Family and Friends, Happy Spring to everyone!!!!!

IN MEMORANDIUM Classmate, Robert “Bob” D. McWethy, 98, passed away 29 January 2018 in Annapolis, Maryland. He was born in Aurora, Illinois, graduated from the Naval Academy in December 1941, as part of the wartime class of 1942. His first assignment upon graduation was to the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA 38), operating in the South Pacific out of Pearl Harbor.

While on the CA 38 he received orders to submarine school in London, CT and after completing his training as assigned to the newly constructed USS Pogy (SS 266), a Gato-class submarine and returned to Pearl Harbor. Pogy made six successful war patrols from Pearl Harbor and Midway Island, sinking two Japanese freighters and a 20,000-ton transport, and in the successful evasion of severe enemy countermeasures. After the war, he served on the USS Picuda and USS Skate. The USS Skate was a target ship for A-bomb tests at Bikini.

From 1952-1954, he commanded the USS Piper, USS Vermillion and USS Providence. He pioneered submarine navigation under the Arctic ice pack while working with his friend Dr. Waldo Lyon, founder and Chief research scientist of the Arctic Submarine Laboratory. Bob was instrumental in drawing up the Pentagon’s plans for navigation of

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the Arctic by nuclear submarine in 1957. As chief of the staff of Submarine Squadron 10, he wrote orders that sent USS Nautilus on its secret crossing underneath the North Pole.

Bob received the Legion of Merit for meritorious conduct as commander of Oceanographic Systems Atlantic and his role in the widespread operations of the Atlantic Sound Surveillance System underwater listening posts during a period of considerable growth and improvement.

After retirement in 1970, he was active in the sailing program at the Naval Academy, served as commodore of the U.S. Naval Sailing Association in 1971, and as offshore coach and race-committee head for midshipmen sailing. He treasured his camaraderie with classmates and friends in his Friday golf group throughout his retirement.

He was preceded in death by his wife Liz. He is survived by Daniel R. McWethy, David A. McWethy (Pam), William C. McWethy (Tamyr), Martha F. Boynton, Margaret E. McWethy Bodie (Steve) and Melissa M. McNitt (James), ten grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.

There will be a Service of Committal at the Columbarium on Friday, 06 April, 2018 at 1000. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Bob’s honor may be made to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Classmate Marcy Mathias Dupre, III, 96, passed away on 17 February 2018 in Pensacola, Florida.

Marcy was born in Newport, R.I. in 1921 where his father, then Lt. JG Marcy M. Dupre, Jr., (USNA 1920) was stationed. The family moved to the Far East where they followed his father’s destroyer to the Philippines and northern China, returning to the USA several years later.

After attending Annapolis High School and Severn School he entered the US Naval Academy in June 1938, graduating with the Class of ’42. He served aboard the USS Brooklyn CL in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, then as Gunnery Officer, Executive and CO of USS Shields in the Pacific under the end of World War II. He won his wings at Pensacola in December 1947.

He carried out several assignments in fleet squadrons and at the Naval

Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD; attended US Naval War College, Newport, RI; served as Public Information Officer at the US Naval Academy and Chief of Plans for the Northern Command, NATO, on the staff of Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, headquartered in Paris. His last assignment in the service was in Logistics Directorate (J-4) of the Joint Staff, Pentagon. He retired in Mach 1964.

Upon retirement he joined Litton Industries, then Northrop Corp., and then Raytheon Company, as Director of International Marketing for Europe, headquartered first in Brussels, Belgium and then Paris until he retired in 1981.

Moved to Pensacola, Florida and enjoyed hobbies that including skiing, sailing, ham radio, travel, clock repair, golf and especially reading.

He is survived by his wife, Marisette, whom he married in Chamonix on 20 October 1962 and four children of a previous marriage, eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on Friday, 23 February 2018 at 9:30 am at Harper Morris Memorial Chapel in Pensacola, Florida.

Irene Viola Casten, 91, widow of late classmate LCDR Ray Casten, passed away on 13 December 2017.

Cherished mother of Chris Barrow, the late Steven Barrow and Greg Berner. She was an admired grandmother of Ken, Sherri, Melanie, Andrew and Great Grandmother of 11 and prized Great-Great-Grandmother of 4. A Memorial Service is to be held at the Naval Academy at a future date.

The Class expresses sympathy for our ’42 losses and pray for all ’42 Classmates, Wives, Widows and their Families.

DID YOU KNOW THAT! The Class of ’42 has a list of ‘80’ members who fought in the Battle of Midway, the greatest in U.S. Naval History. It provides information as to the ship, duty assignment and rank. I would be pleased to provide it, if requested for a specific individual – just let me know.

For example:Crawford, Ens John W. Jr.; Yorktown; Not assigned; Capt

Please keep the Class posted on any exciting news or happenings in your lives. If your email, address or contact information, family or otherwise has changed, please let Joan know. Love keeping in touch with everyone.

HAPPY SPRING!!!! ENJOY ALL THE BEAUTY OF THE SEASON! Respectively submitted, Joan Curtis ’42 Secretary

’43 Life Membership: 65% Donor Participation: 15% Acting Pres and Sec’y: Les Heselton e: heselton43@cs.com

We still have not had any submissions from the Class, but there is good news also.

I did not receive any obituaries this month!

Perhaps our children might have some good stories!

There were eight sons of ’43 in the Class of ’65 and about the same in ’66. There also were some in later Classes and I am sure that there have been several grandchildren over the years. If any of you know any interesting stories about classmates they would be very welcome.

’44 Life Membership: 59% Donor Participation: 3.51% Shipmate Corr Sec’y: William (Bill) Wakeland 9019 Antietam Dr., San Antonio, TX, 78239 h: 210-646-5870; e: wrwake@satx.rr.com

Hello all you ’44ers. I noticed our column in the January-February Shipmate was just BLANK! No class officers listed either. That got my attention. I contacted Shipmate and was informed that our class no longer had any class officers. I volunteered to be a collector of ’44 news, and they gladly said “great”, so here I am starting.

The next deadline is close, I’m being cleared to access the alumni data base for names, address, and e-mail addresses. My plan is to

44/45 CLASS NEWS contact everybody still alive to update data, if necessary, and suggest that they send in something – bit of news, pictures of them and/or descendants that are in the Navy, or even the Army or Airforce.

I’ll start it off by saying we (Gloria and I) live at the ARMY Residence Community (ARC) in San Antonio, Texas. We’ve been here for 15 years and don’t expect to move unless it’s to the grave.

The Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation conducts flights in a Stearman biplane (N2S) for WWII veterans throughout the year. This November 11 they provided this service for the WWII Vets at the ARC. I was one of those who got to “fly” the N2S.

That’s me and my thumb. Recognize me or my thumb? I got about 15 minutes of “stick” time during which I managed not to stall and crash the plane, while I made several level turns. The N2S that I flew has a much larger engine than the N2S I flew in flight training. All of us that went to flight training in 1965 at Ottumwa flew the N2S. This heavier version lands at about 75 kts rather than 43, and is heavier on the stick than the one I soloed with in February 1945.This one clearly is not painted Yellow, therefore it isn’t the true “Yellow peril” Below is a picture of my wife Gloria and me taken at the time of the flight. The novelty of the flight is that the N2S was the first plane that I flew, and now it is the last plane that I will have flown, I presume.

Before I have the addresses from the data base please send me your news and your e-mail, or snail mail addresses or both.

I’m not sure yet what the requirements are for a photo, but probably jpeg should be okay. I’ll inform you when I get the details.

My information is: William (Bill) Wakeland, 9019 Antietam Dr., San Antonio, TX, 78239; Phone: 210-646-5870; Email: wrwake@satx.rr.com

’44: Gloria and Bill at the flight event on 11 November 2017

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Life Membership: 64% Donor Participation: 2.17% Pres: RADM George F. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 1824 Milvale Rd., Annapolis, MD 21409-5923 p: 410-757-4423; e: ellisnav45@aol.com Corr Sec’y: CAPT Emil Saroch Jr., USN (Ret.) 237 Anchorage Ct., Annapolis, MD 21401-6301 p: 410-757-8758; e: emilsarem@verizon.net Website: www.usna.com/classes/1945

In Memoriam (Please note that, at the suggestion of Classmates, henceforth, we will just list deaths in this section. Extensive approved obituaries appear in the Last Call section of Shipmate. Since widows’ obituaries are not published elsewhere, they will appear here.)

VADM George P. Steele II, USN (Ret), 93, passed away 13 February 2018, after a long illness in Chapel Hill NC. Following graduation George entered the submarine service, commanding BECUNA (SS-319), HARDHEAD (SS-365), SEADRAGON (SSN-584) DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629), and the 7th Fleet. George was a great servant of the Navy, the country and the Class.

He is survived by Elizabeth F. Steele, his son James F. Steele, daughter Jane Marcum, four grand-children and fourteen great grand-children.

J. Mitchell Elrod, 96, died on 9 December 2017 in Atlanta.

During World War II, he served as a Naval Aviator commanding a training squadron for French aviators during World War II. He was awarded an honorary commission as Captain, Command Pilot Wings and a commendation by the French Navy for his service. He continued in the U.S. Naval Reserve after the war and retired in 1981 at the rank of Captain.

Mitchell is survived by his wife, Cleone, daughter Beverly, three sons, Edwin, Charles, and James, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held on 11 December.

Spencer K Neale, 95, died on 21 November 2017 at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville VA. During World War II he served on DENVER (CL-58).

He then attended flight training,

winning his wings, resigning and subsequently serving in the Korean War. Following the Korean War, he retired as a LCDR USNR, and then pursued a career with many international airlines eventually retiring at his home in Orange County Virginia. He was a good friend to the Class and frequently made the long drive up with his dear companion Destiny Clark to join us at our monthly Class lunch.

He is survived by his Daughters Danielle Cormier and Dorisse Neale, son Spencer, seven grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren and Destiny Clark, his dearest deeply loved friend and companion.

Josephine Mary Kerr Zech, 93, widow of Classmate Vice Admiral Lando W. Zech, Jr., died on September 22, 2017. Jo graduated from the Rhode Island College of Education in 1945 where she was elected to the Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society in Education. Josephine taught in the Bristol public schools until her marriage to Lando in 1949. They settled in Falls Church, VA. Josephine was a parishioner of the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, VA, a member of the Naval Officers Spouses Club of Washington, D.C., the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy, and a founding member of the Navy Arlington Ladies of Arlington National Cemetery. She is survived by five daughters: Janet Mary Cocke, Joanne Norma Lyons; Nancy Jean Cunnane; Carol Mae Zech; and Patricia Lee Nelson. In addition, she is survived by 12 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren. A mass with burial following was held on 9 January 2018 at Arlington National Cemetery.

We received this note from Lee Van Oss ’73: M It is with sincere regret that I inform the Class of 45 of the passing of my mother, Nola Van Oss, age 96, Navy wife of Classmate Bill Van Oss. Bill and Nola were married at the Academy chapel in June 1944 and embarked on an exciting life together. My mom used to joke that she married

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45/47 CLASS NEWS into the Navy to see the world, but all she got to see was Guam and Newfoundland!

In retirement Bill and Nola travelled extensively and settled in San Francisco until dad’s passing, after which she relocated to be near family in New Hampshire.

Nola will always be remembered for her wry sense of humor and quick wit. She is survived by her son (Lee USNA ’73), daughter in law and two grandchildren.

Best regards to all 45’ers.

“Look Alive!”

—Lee Van Oss ’73 As We Were Kamikaze by Spence Neale for his granddaughter and the 60 Years After Book The date was shortly after the invasion and landing on the island of Leyte. This was in fulfillment of General MacArthur’s famous promise, “I shall return,” made as the Americans were driven from the Philippines by the Japanese Army early in 1942. On 28 October 1944, Leyte Gulf was crowded with warships of the U.S. Navy, which were there in support of the American Army soldiers who had recently landed on the beaches and were slowly driving the Japanese army inland and away from the shore. There were battleships, cruisers, destroyers, PT boats, and many other smaller support craft.

I was in the light cruiser DENVER. I was a newly commissioned Ensign and had joined the ship in September, while she was at anchor in Seadler Harbor in the Admiralty Islands. A great fleet had assembled there in preparation for the Philippine invasion.

Earlier on that day, well before dawn, “General Quarters” had been sounded by the ship’s bugler, and all the crew was on alert and tense at their battle stations. This was standard procedure at dawn, as well as at sunset, since these were the times most likely for the enemy aircraft to attack. I was a junior Gunnery officer in command of one of the ship’s two 5-inch antiaircraft batteries. My station was in the director which aimed and directed the fire of these guns at

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attacking enemy aircraft. This director was the highest manned point on the ship, so fortunately I was afforded a completely unobstructed view-the best on the ship—of the action which was soon to develop. Just as the sun was rising above the horizon the bugle called again. This call was the warning, “Enemy Aircraft Approaching” As we looked up we could see tiny specks in the sky, which we assumed were Japanese aircraft approaching out of the sunexpected but unwelcome-flying directly toward us. We knew they were bent on damaging or even sinking as many of our ships as they were able, and we also knew that some amongst them must be the dreaded kamikaze, the suicide bombers of the Divine Wind. As they reached a point almost directly overhead, their long and deadly dives toward us commenced. At once the hundreds of anti-aircraft guns from all our ships opened fire.

It was the 4th of July multiplied a thousand times. The sky was filled with black puffs of smoke from the exploding anti-aircraft shells. At this stage, of course, we had no idea of which ship each kamikaze pilot had targeted his sights upon.

Was it us, DENVER, or was it one of our neighbors? But soon the mass of diving aircraft began to be individually identified and I was soon able to focus on one that I sensed was flying straight at DENVER. I re-aimed my guns to concentrate fire exclusively on this target, but still it continued its dive undamaged and by this time there was no question that it was coming straight at us. Within seconds-seconds that seemed hours- it had successfully found its intended target and with an unbelievable crash it smashed into us just at the waterline forward and tore an enormous hole in our side. The ship shook as if in an earthquake of the highest Richter scale.

Water flooded in but was soon brought under control. But, most fortunate of all, the hit had been into one of the sailors’ large bunk compartments. And because the whole crew was at battle stations,

no one was killed or even wounded. But poor DENVER was wounded, and she had to limp slowly, very slowly, back to harbor in the Admiralties; there we spent several boring weeks in a dry dock while our hole was patched. Then back to the Philippines for many eventful months of exciting action.

But when the war was finally over we found that we had emerged unscathed in the months that followed the tense few moments around Leyte Gulf.

One reason that this story stayed so firmly lodged in my memory after all these years is that I was so transfixed during those few moments by the realization that I was witnessing the last moments of this young pilot’s life.

He was my age and he was unquestioningly giving his life for his country and his Emperor. I can still see it all and still think of it to this very day…. There were so many lives lost that day at Leyte: American, Philippine, Australian as well as Japanese. There were also ships and airplanes lost, and I had many friends and classmates who died there too and never came home.

Class Business: Join us for lunch with your Classmates and their wives or widows on the second Tuesday of the month at the Fort Meyer Arlington VA at 11:30. We end about 1330 after a tasty lunch and great fellowship. Let Bob Sherman (703) 644-0907 know if you plan to attend. If you are in town for the day or week or month, please come!

Please help the Class by updating or writing your obit.

We need news; please let us know what you have been doing. Please help the column by sending your news, story, or by giving us a call or just sending a picture.

Look (and Stay) Alive with 45!

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ISSUE: July-Aug 2018 Sept 2018 Oct 2018 Nov-Dec 2018

DUE DATE: 29 May 2018 25 Jun 2018 30 July 2018 24 Sep 2018

’46 Life Membership: 57% Donor Participation: 1.17% Pres: CAPT Ernest E. Lowen, USN (Ret.) 9201 St. Marks Pl., Fairfax, VA 22031-3045 p: 703-691-0437; e: navyern@hotmail.com Sec’y/Tres: CDR A.C. Hansmann, USNR (Ret.) 14009 Oakvale St., Rockville, MD 20853 p: 301-871-3496; e: hansmann@1946.usna.com DEFENDI RESPUBLICAM ADOLESCENS, NON DESERAM SENEX

’47 Life Membership: 76% Donor Participation: 1.64% Pres: CAPT Jack M. Stevens, USN (Ret) 200 Ankersa Way, Hunt, TX 78204-3400 Pp: 830-238-4355; e: captjack47@hctc.net Corr Sec’y: Eileen Marousek Daughter of Col. L. Marousek ’47 310 King St, Alexandria VA 22314 p: 703.507.2350 e: eileen_marousek@hotmail.com Treas: Edward J. Myerson

A Note from your Class President: Classmate Stan Turner’s complete obituary is published in several places online. One of them notes: “He graduated 25th in a class of 820 that included a future chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 32 future admirals, two future generals and a future president.” That fact is certainly in keeping with our ’47 Class Motto: “Best on the Severn.”

Submitted: ’47 Class President, Jack Stevens A “Coincidence” note from Al Nimocks!

M In September, 1942, I enrolled as a freshman at Hendrix College, a small liberal arts school in Arkansas. There was no such thing as advance pre-registration in those days so I had no idea who my roommate would be. On registering, I was informed that my roommate would be a young man from South Arkansas named Leslie Pomeroy, Jr. After a couple of days, it became evident that Mr. Pomeroy was a no-show and I was paired with another freshman who was also assigned a no-show roommate.

Sometime during plebe year, I learned that Les and I were classmates. Unfortunately, we were never in the same battalion and so

47/47 CLASS NEWS never became friends. In fact, I doubt that he has ever heard this story.

#1 Navy Fan — Bill Aicklen seen in the photo with his new USNA Sweatshirt (Christmas gift)! (We know he is now appropriately dressed to watch the A-N game in December)! The other photo is with his daughter Frances, son-in-law and grandkids! Bill had a great career with the Navy, 27 years and four commands. He was Captain of The New Jersey, The USS Corey (for whom his dog is named as it was his favorite), The Puget Sound & The Ranier. His best friend was his roommate, Jim LaHaye, who was pilot and was killed in Vietnam. For years the Aicklens stayed closed with Jim’s wife Gloria and their daughter Nancy. Bill’s daughter has fond memories of going to their house and listening to Herb Albert and the Tijanan!!

(Thanks Al – great story).

Great View for Phil Smith: I got a wonderful note from Phil Smith and he is doing well in Wilmington, NC. He sent me a photo of his daily view from his porch! (Really Breathtaking! Thanks Phil)

Wonderful message from Kim Wager. Kim let us know that her Dad aka “Daddy” (Richard Dadisman) passed away this January (funeral this Spring). She sent some lovely photos of her Mom and Dad. She said the blurb about her Dad in Lucky Bag best reflected her Father, so I will requote directly from there: “Daddy” made life around Bancroft a lot pleasanter with his jovial attitude and manner of taking things easy. One could not, however, say that he did not have a strong determination. Why, he’s the kind who’d walk three miles for a beer – and then serve 60 days for drinking it! Dick hailing from the plains of Kansas, and got his first inspiration for the Navy when he tired of running around in a prairie schooner. His first crack at the Navy was jockeying a plane around for Uncle Sam. Reputedly a hot pilot.

Daddy delayed his flying career long enough to come to Annapolis but plans to go back to the air as soon as possible.” Also a photograph with his beautiful wife Marion in 1999! SAILING in Annapolis pre-1950! Plaque commemorating his Service! What a Life!

Touching note from Jimmy Carter: M Rosalynn & I are still doing well in our world wide work at The Carter Center, and I am still teaching at Emory University, at my local Church and enjoying good health. I relish my time at USNA, in the Navy and serving in The Submarine Force and under Admiral Rickover.

(Thank you Mr. President).

Fun Update from Meis: M Good afternoon, friends. For lunch today we went to the famous deli — Nate ’n Al’s — Harriette ’n the “ole guy”!! It was son Gary’s 65th (tomorrow)!! We just happened to run into “my new best pal” Robert Kraft. If you look (at the photo) you will see what happens when you wear a “tee” about the New England Patriots which reads: “GOD!!! FIRST FAMILY! SECOND THEN!! PATRIOTS FOOTBALL (plus a cockeyed red, white and blue hat with the PATS symbol) And you just happen to run into Robert Kraft the the sole owner of the New England Patriots’ Professional Football Team and the reignin’ 2017 Super Bowl Champions.

(Thanks Meis. Great pic)!

Pic of “THE JACKS” - Jack Stevens and Jack Raftery having fun in Vegas!!

Good news from Josh Morriss: I got a recent extension on my Texas driver’s license for two more years — effective 02-21-2018.

(Josh, when I travel to Texas…

I’m calling you for a lift!

Beat Army 2018!

Thanks for your letter).

Throw Back photo of Josh in Annapolis circa 1946!

Celebration of Vern Dupy’s life in Annapolis. Here are some beautiful pictures of the Dupy Clan at Vern’s Service at the Naval Academy. Vern spent his final years at Page Springs Living, Page Springs ARIZONA. “Great weather and a great celebration of Vern’s life and he is back where it all began for him.” — David Dupy. Vern’s daughter, Catherine Chapman is in the photo too!

Who still looks Dapper in their Navy Uniform?

Bo Heininger!

(Looking good Bo!)

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47/48 CLASS NEWS Final Hour: It is with sadness that I notify you of the passing of the following ’47 Classmates: Lionel “Lee” Winans, Vern Dupy, George Pitcher, Doris Miller wife of PG Miller, Bob Bergman, Marie Bernier wife of Raymond, Stephen Marvin and his wife Juanita, Stan Turner, Velma Kwart wife of Philip Kwart, Larry Bilder, Dean Kellogg and William Clark Smith. May they all Rest in Peace!

PROFILE of CAPT Donald “Don” Donohugh: What made you want to go to the Naval Academy?

To get an education that would admit me to Medical School at minimum expense.

Who nominated you to go to the Naval Academy?

Cecil King, Representative from California Did you go directly to the Naval Academy or did you work first or go to another College or Prep School?

I spent a year at UCLA Did you play a sport at USNA or were you involved in a club or activity?

Crew at the Academy What Company were you in?

26th Company. The last 2 years I was Company Commander.

Who was your closest friend(s) at the Naval Academy?

Herb Maw & Bob Barker! (both deceased) Photo of Joan and Herb aka Warren Maw. Thanks Joan!

Who, When and where did you get married?

I married my Hawaii girlfriend in Tokyo.

Her name was Virginia. We married in 1952 and she passed away last year.

What did you do in the Navy & what have you been doing the past few years?

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the levels of medicine. Then returned to the Navy as a Doctor (Commander) and became Captain (both Naval Reserve).

After the Navy I was a Physician, Professor of Medicine and Author Where do you live now?

I live in Pacific Grove, California Do you have any kids, grandkids, great grandkids?

I have 5 kids and 7 Grandkids!

Do you still keep in touch with classmates or their families?

Still in touch with a few Classmates, mostly from 26th Company.

What’s the biggest difference on the Yard from 1947 to today?

I haven’t gone back to the Academy …

Don and Joann Adams, Bea and Don Donohugh

That’s it for this Column! Keep sending me your updates and photos. I love hearing from all of you! Fan of Best on the Severn (FoBoTs)…’47!!” Eileen

’48 Life Membership: 57% Donor Participation: 1.44% Sec’y: CAPT David C. Carruth, USN (Ret.) 7206 Danford Ln., Springfield, VA 22152 p: 703-569-1354; e: slipstk@aol.com Treas: CDR Charles Mertz 1733 Kirby Rd., Apt. 1303, McClean, VA 22101 e: CM7200@aol.com Webmaster: John Tsiknas 15644 Caldas De Reyes San Diego, CA 92128-4414 e: johntsiknas@att.net Website: http://1948.usnaclasses.com

As I typed the head of this column it reminded me that we are coming up on graduation of another Academy Class. No wonder our Class News column keeps getting closer and closer to the front of the magazine.

Of course, that brings to mind that as you read this we also approach our 70th reunion and I have nothing

new to report from the last column.

Local luncheons, pictures to me and photographic coverage in the magazine and posted on our home page.

Graduation also brings with it our presentation of the $1000 award to the top graduate in IT. Last week Charlie Mertz called and said due to health problems he didn’t feel comfortable standing before a group to make the presentation, so I called Phil Rogers 9th Co. and as I knew he would he would, he stepped up to the plate and said he would get a ride, he no longer drives, and give away the money.

We can always count on Phil.

I’ve just talked to Helga and Bob Smith 18th Co. and they both sound great. Bob was out of action, in and out of the hospital and rehab with a broken leg and hip. He has been home for some time now and they are both finally getting rested up.

Their outings, like most of us, consist of doctor’s appointments. Helga says they really miss the monthly luncheons, which Judy put together.

Those luncheons, like ours here in Washington, have faded away.

My mail of all kinds makes the strong point that collectively we are all travelling less and less. For people who spent working lives moving from place to place and enjoying many nations Betty and I miss being able to travel at will. We have, as do you, many very fond memories, and pictures of those experiences. Some of us still get around pretty well, as witness my comments in a recent column of Ty and Bettye Dedman’s trip aboard the Pearl Mist with the Class of ’69 and other Alumni.

An Alumni Update from Ed Chapline 15th Co. in Jan responding to Dick Rubenstein’s passing: M It saddens me to report the passing in November of Dick Rubenstein. He and I were ’48’s sole alumni in the Kansas City area and shared many interests.

I have been spending the winters in Scottsdale, AZ where it is 76 degrees versus -5 degrees now in K.C. Like most of us, I have movement issues, so travel by cane, walker, wheelchair and golf cart as needed. Sally has had some osteoporosis problems so is housebound for the most part.

I follow Navy Football closely and manage 2-3 games in Annapolis a season and this year the Army Navy game, maybe I was the oldest living graduate “present.” I also caught an away game in Tulsa.

As with all of us, many of our close friends are gone. I talked to Paul Riley, he said I was not on the list so please put me down for the proposed 70th, hope to see you there.

Also, next issue “my story” “Ensign meets the U.S. President,” Leadership lesson #one go to the top.

Scribe comment, as I said before some of us can still travel.

Some excerpts from Christmas cards and emails between Harry Belflower 2nd Co. and Joanne Hanlon, Harry first: M Trying to take care of so many descendants at Xmas is always a problem. We are gradually doing less and less as they are all growing older. Today is our son’s 68th birthday. Hard to believe. Betty and I are hanging in there. Almost prisoners in our house. Neither of us can without a lot of help and assistance.

Our daughter tries to come over twice a week to help out. Without her help we would be forced to consider an assisted care facility, something that neither of us want to consider.

Now Joanne: M You are lucky to have your daughter close enough to help.

I have a wonderful neighbor who takes me to the hospital then calls Peter. He is a retired Army Lt Col who is from Texas and went to VMI. Kevin has been gone almost a year and they tell you not to make any major decisions for a year so I’m still here in this big house with the two dogs. When Kevin was alive we used to say we go one day at a time and I guess that still applies. I agree about Christmas gifts. My idea of nothing is going shopping at the mall, and I am not going to go!

Walked the dogs this afternoon and it was cold and winter not here for another 10 days. I expect it will not be a good one. We were lucky last

48/49 CLASS NEWS year. Be happy you are in and warm.

Hope you both stay well.

Scribe’s note: the best I can say for our “winter” is that it has been strange. Hard for me to understand some people rejecting the idea of global warming.

Tom Hayward 21st Co. checked in from Seattle with two articles on heroes from the Academy. Both were good and I forwarded them to the Class.

Bob McClinton 11th Co. is still racing his sailboat in Sequim, WA and earning money for his local Hospice. Hospice gains of course, but the racing keeps Bob young too.

Sam Smith 14th Co. of Conway, AR can no longer use his computer keyboard due to his Parkinson’s disease, so we communicate occasionally by phone.

Those of you who follow Facebook have seen that Rhona Gorder has been lauding the beauties of Escondido, CA and the friendly people there.

Warren Graham 2nd Co. and Nancy are still hanging in there.

Recent high point for them was paying off the horse farm their son manages, 26 show horses are currently boarded there. Warren says Nancy is still teaching English as a second language and plans to continue. She has been teaching for a long time.

Since the last issue I have learned of the passing of three Classmates and four wives.

Classmates: 15th Co.; Hall, R.N.; 7/4/12 18th Co.; Flood, R.H.; 1/26/18 1st Co.; Moore, J.R.; 1/25/18 Wives: Joan Hodder 12/9/17. Wife of Jim Hodder (Deceased) 15th Co. Joan and Jim had three sons.

Josephine Zelov 11/8/17. Wife of Randy Zelov (Deceased) 19th Co. After Randy retired they settled in Bryn Mawr, PA and raised three sons. She was known for her friendliness, enthusiasm, commitment, sincerity, courage, strength, humor, love of life and her dedication to her family. She truly loved interacting and communicating with multiple generations. She was an avid tennis and bridge player.

Joan Wilkie 12/4/17. Wife of John Wilkie (Deceased) 14th Co. They had two sons and a daughter.

Joan worked for many years as an elementary school teacher.

Mildred Moore 11/16/12. Wife of J.R. Moore (deceased) 1st Co. We’ll close with some information from Helen Orr. M Drove to San Diego area to spend Xmas with daughter, Linda and family. Daniel was there on leave from Jacksonville where he is assigned to helicopter sea rescue training. He enjoyed and remained in his SEAL training at Coronado until mid Hell Week when he became dehydrated and no chance to re-hydrate as was allowed previously. He’s a bit bummed out but anxious to get on with Navy service and perhaps go for the Seal Program again once the allotted time has passed. I’ve sold my house and I’m moved in to Fountain View Village in Fountain Hills with two large storage bins full of stuff to still go through—but it’s all here where I can get at it without having to travel back and forth from the house as I have the past two years.

’49 Life Membership: 66% Donor Participation: 3.05% Pres: CAPT Robert Tolbert, USN (Ret.) 1031 Tottenham Ct., Lynchburg VA 24503 e: red49tolbert@verizon.net Vice Pres: CAPT Rick Claytor, USN (Ret.) 9915 Carter Rd., Bethesda MD 20817-1414 e: retxnavy@aol.com (comm. & add.changes) Asst Sec’y: CAPT Mort Neely, USN (Ret.) Sec’y: Paul Laric 299 W. 12th St., #8E, NYC, NY 10014 e: paullaric49@gmail.com Treas: CAPT William Bennett, USN (Ret.) Webmaster: CAPT Robert Tolbert, USN (Ret.) Website: www.usna-class49.org

From the President Last year the Navy had two of its most modern and well-equipped ships involved in collisions at sea with loss of life to members of both ships. The Commander of Seventh Fleet, commander of the Task Force to which they were assigned, Commodore of Destroyer Squadron 15, and Commanding Officers and

Executive Officers of both Fitzgerald and McCain were relieved of their duties. Court martials have commenced for individuals responsible for ship safety when the collisions occurred. The CNO issued a Memorandum for Distribution in October detailing both incidents in which training failure is cited several times. Can the Naval Academy be part of the solution?

Prior to the 70s midshipmen received extensive education in the sciences, seamanship and navigation, and elements of combat systems and ship propulsion systems. Rigorous summer cruises prepared them well for their first shipboard assignments. Since liberalization of Academy curricula, the emphasis on naval science has diminished.

The Navy faces a challenge in providing well-trained crews to man its ships (combatant and non-combatant), submarines, and aircraft where needed, when needed. Young officers destined to be submariners go through Submarine School; those destined to be aviators go through Flight Training — both lengthy courses. The Academy graduates destined for ships have had their “type training” and mariner inculcation remarkedly curtailed.

In the late 40s a similar situation existed with Truman enacting the Military Security Act of 1947, establishing the Department of Defense and the USAF, while SECDEF Johnson and Congress were cutting the Navy and operating budget. Aviator admirals on the West Coast “revolted.” SECNAV John Sullivan agreed with them in 1949 and resigned. Francis P. Matthews became SECNAV. His first official act was being speaker at our graduation and asking to be an honorary “Anchor Man” with Bernie Gewirtz. CNO ADM L. E. Denfeld commissioned graduates in the US Navy, US Marine Corps, and US Air Force. In October, ADM Denfeld also sided with the “Revolt of the Admirals” during congressional hearings and retired soon thereafter. On June 6, 1950, the Korean War proved the need for aircraft carriers and naval aviators and the need remains undiminished.

Who now is willing to risk a career to reestablish the substance of a mariner culture at the Academy to ensure consummate naval warfare training in the face of political correctness?”

Red From Your Scribes ‘49-ers and families were saddened by the loss last December of our classmate RADM Eugene St. Clair Ince, Jr. “Bud,” as he preferred to be called, was among our most popular classmates, for even a nodding acquaintance became a life-long friendship - an attribute that was basic to his outstanding service career and a strong factor in his private life. Foremost in the latter category was his successful pursuit of the love of his life, Jean Marion Gregory, whom he met briefly during summer leave in Chicago in 1948. Back from vacation, he sat in his Bancroft Hall room number 5455, frustrated by the enormous distance that separated him from dear Jean, and unable to thwart her attention from a cadre of imagined Lotharios. Then an idea popped into his head that resulted in… …An Evening Like No Other.

When they parted in Chicago, Jean had promised Bud to come east for the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia.

After the game, they would travel to New York as guests of Bud’s uncle and aunt in their Manhattan apartment. Even if Navy, the underdog, lost to Army, Bud decided to make the rest of the evening the most memorable in their lives. And what could be better than dinner at the world’s foremost hotel, The Waldorf Astoria?

He dashed off a letter on Academy stationery to the Manager of the Waldorf in which he explained his predicament. He explained that he was very much in love with his intended and wanted a very special evening, since her visit from Chicago will be short. He mentioned that a dinner at the famous Waldorf would be the ideal ambiance for his planned marriage proposal. He wished to reserve a table not too far from the orchestra, with candlelight, etc. etc. and a dinner that will be the chef’s favorite APRIL-MAY 2018 • SHIPMATE 47

49/50 CLASS NEWS and most famous. Precisely at midnight, the band should play “Navy Blue and Gold,” to coincide with his marriage proposal. He asked for a confirmation and an estimate of the bill, mentioning that he had saved some money from the meager $13 monthly salary he was earning as a midshipman.

He waited for a response, a bit apprehensively, as he almost regretted sending what he now considered a rather brazen request. To his surprise, a letter engraved with the Waldorf logo arrived a few days later. Bud’s blood pressure reached a peak at the sight of it on his desk.

Signed by the hotel Manager, Mr. Henry B. Williams, it welcomed Bud’s request and assured him of the best the Waldorf could offer in terms of menu, wines, music, flowers, candlelight and general ambiance at an affordable price.

Bud was ecstatic and he quickly replied confirming the reservation.

Underdog Navy almost beat Army, despite their Blanchard and Davis, if it weren’t for the runaway clock in the final seconds, ending in a tie score (21-21). Still to this day, it’s one of the most dramatic encounters in collegiate football. Bud’s and Jean’s spirits were at their peak as they headed for New York where they celebrated the Navy team’s performance and dressed for dinner.

And what a dinner! Renowned chef, René Black, outdid himself for the occasion with a menu unlike any Bud or Jean had ever seen. Each course was better than the previous one and served with wines suitable to the offerings. And if that weren’t enough of a treat, the music for that evening was provided by popular maestro Eddy Duchin and his orchestra. During a break, Eddy came to their table and, noticing Bud’s midshipman uniform, told them that he followed the Army game that afternoon and congratulated Navy on the team’s outstanding performance. Before returning to the bandstand he whispered in Bud’s ear, “Navy Blue and Gold at midnight. Good luck.”

Promptly at midnight, Mr. Duchin raised his baton, bowed to Bud and Jean’s table, and followed with the downbeat for a splendid 48 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

rendition of the Navy hymn. Bud reached for Jean’s hand and with a broad smile asked, “Will you marry me?” Jean looked straight at his sparkling eyes and whispered, softly, “yes” — for Bud the most beautiful word in the English language.

’49: A moment at the Waldorf neither Jean nor Bud have ever forgotten in their blissful marriage.

A Med cruise has always been exciting, despite the fact that English was not the official language in the ports of call. Seeing the sites, ancient and new, tasting the delicacies on Mediterranean menus, and exchanging with the natives what words we knew in their language, were memorable experiences - and sometimes sidesplitting. Here are two I will never forget.

French Lessons When I reported aboard USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) at Cannes, my first duty assignment after graduation, a story of the carrier’s previous Cannes visit was still circulating in the wardroom. The story was recently confirmed in a telephone conversation with my erstwhile shipmate John Paul Gaffigan ‘48, who was on the bridge when the following took place.

The CORAL SEA was approaching her assigned anchorage and word was broadcast throughout the ship for anyone speaking French to report to the bridge. He was to communicate with the tug that was waiting to assist in getting the carrier to the anchorage. A young sailor answered the call.

The Captain handed him the bullhorn and instructed the sailor to tell the tug to come alongside. The sailor acknowledged, grabbed the bullhorn and blared the following for everyone to hear: “Ze tog, come along ze side !!”

The belly-laughs throughout the bridge, including the Captain’s, were irrepressible. Fortunately, the skipper of the tug understood the American sailor’s “French” and proceeded as ordered.

The CORAL SEA anchored at Cannes again a year later. And again word went out for anyone who spoke French to report to the bridge. I volunteered and was instructed to serve as guide for a contingent of French flight cadets coming aboard.

I greeted them with a cheerful “Bienvenu” and proceeded on the tour. They marveled at the enormous expanse of the hangar deck, where crews were busy inspecting and servicing several dozen aircraft.

We then boarded the elevator and were hoisted to the flight deck.

I showed them the catapults, the arresting cables and barrier and explained their functions. I also showed them some newly arrived carrier-based jets, the CORAL SEA’s first, which they examined with great interest.

One of the cadets asked me, “Ou sont vos ailes d’hiver?” (Where are your winter wings?) I asked him to repeat the question as I didn’t understand it. He repeated and flapped his arms for emphasis. I still didn’t understand and handed him pencil and paper and asked him to write his question. He obliged and returned the paper. It read: “Ou sont vos Hell Divers?”

Photo research by Ursula Story research by Paul

Peter Lewis Brett (non-grad), died on January 3, 2018 in Reston, VA. John Schuler McKinnon Benson, Sr., died on January 12, 2018 in Little Rock, AR. Elinor Ufer Thomson, wife of CAPT Alexander Thomson, USN (Ret.) died on January 6, 2018 in Montross, VA. William McKinney “Bill” Fulton, died on December 22, 2017 in San Diego, CA. John C. Portman, Jr. (non-grad), died on December 29, 2017 in Atlanta, GA. Jack R. Leisure, died on December 26, 2017 in Wormleysburg, PA. Clare Burton Gamble (nongrad), died on December 30, 2017 in Lakewood, CO. CAPT William McFarlane, Jr., USN (Ret.) died on January 4, 2018 in West Palm Beach, FL. CAPT William Cole Dotson, USN (Ret.) died on February 2, 2018 in Pittsboro, NC. CAPT Donald Joseph Loudon, USN (Ret.) died on January 27, 2018 in Morgan Hill, CA. Clyde L. Scott (non-grad), died on January 30, 2018 in Little Rock, AR. Carolyn Marie English, wife of Jack L. English, died on February 11, 2018 in Salt Lake City, UT

’50 Life Membership: 69% Donor Participation: 2.16% Pres: CAPT Thomas H. Ross, USN (Ret.) p: 410-757-3745; e: thasross@hotmail.com Vice Pres and Exec. Sec’y: CAPT John J. McNally, USN (Ret.) p: 703-765-8808; e: jmcnallyj@gmail.com Treas: Col William K. Rockey, USMC (Ret.) p: 703-842-3153; e:wkrockey@cox.net

’49: The USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) in the early 1950’s, during deployment with the 6th Fleet in the Med. Photo Credit: By U.S. Navy— U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation

In Memoriam (Class of 1949 April/May 2018) Robert Eugene Sivinski, died on January 7, 2018 in Kilmarnock, VA.

Shipmate Class contact: CAPT Charles L. Mull, USN (Ret.) 25 Thornton Way, Apt. 206, Brunswick, ME 04011 p: 207-729-0073; e: csmull@myfairpoint.net Email System Mgr: William H. Wulftange p: 860-633-5769; e: wwulf7@hotmail.com Webmaster: CAPT J. Patrick Kittler, USNR (Ret.) p: 612 481 7948; e: pkittler@me.com Website: http://usna50.mysite.com

If many of you are like me, dealing with Income taxes is a primary occupation at the present time

50/50 CLASS NEWS (late February). I wish everyone good fortune with your dedicated efforts, which could mean a belated Easter present from Uncle Sam! Sam Powel sends a photo identifying his ability to still achieve a par 3 “Hole-in-One” at the Indian River Colony Club in Melbourne, Florida at age 90. Sam says, “Miracles never cease!” Congratulations, Sam! A recent column published a photo of him and George Darfus celebrating their 90th last July.

A Hole-in-One at age 90!

The San Francisco Bay Area group has been very active. A group of eight met at the Menlo Park Grill in the private “Map Room” of the four-star Stanford Park Hotel (owned

by Stanford University) in Palo Alto on 4 December. All are in the photo, from the top right clockwise: Dick and Caroline Landes, Jeanne and Frank Holcomb, Joe Pausner and his wife Anne Anderson, and Martin and Kathryn Hardy. Kathryn and Frank are graduates of Stanford.

’50: Palo Alto Meeting

They are calling themselves the “Ancient Mariners” now, presumably referring to their status as aging seniors! Except for Joe and Anne, they met again on 12 February at the same location. The second Monday of every other month is their usual meeting schedule. Email Dick at landesr@sbcglobal.net if you can attend while you are in the SFran area. We appreciate Frank pinch-hitting for Joe for the February meeting report.

The Annapolis Area group met on 5 January for their monthly luncheon meeting. Present were: Ed Grunwald, John Henderson, Bryon Lee, Jim Oberholtzer and coordinator and Class President Tom Ross.

Matters of consequence included a decision to continue monthly meetings at Ginger Cove on the first Friday of the month.

JJ McNally delightfully reports, M “The Washington-Annapolis Area group got a jump on the upcoming holiday, hosting our traditional Valentine’s luncheon at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington on Feb. 1st. Our thanks to Bill Rockey for his tireless efforts on behalf of the class for hosting this important event. Although the ranks may be thinning somewhat, a representative number attended, including Bill and Jackie Diehl, Terry Kivlen, John and Gail McNally, Bob and Char Monroe, Fran Powell, Bill and Anna Rockey, Tom and Tippy Ross, Bob Satre and his daughter Mary Anne, Milt and Marion Schultz, Bob and Margy Shultz, Bill Smoot and his daughter Melissa, and Bill Wulftange, who was on hand all the way from Connecticut accompanied by his

guests, Bob and Ninette Reis, who graciously treated all present with a delicious birthday dessert.

“Our class President Tom Ross reviewed the past year’s activities and shared a letter from the Alumni Association which updated the state of the Class Museum Endowment.

We were gratified to learn that our endowment now stands at about $3,550,000, representing a core of $2,500,000+ that has returned about $137,000 in investment and interest each year to the museum director. In addition to funding many additions and improvements to date, the ongoing Sibley lecture series, made possible by the Class Endowment, has been a significant addition to the overall impact of the Museum to the Academy. All of this, of course, can be credited to “Kneebasher” Dick Powell, Roy Snyder, and Milt Schultz, among others who led the effort, and those in ’50 and the several classes who contributed substantially.”

During the business portion of the Valentine luncheon meeting, Nominating Chairman Milt Schultz reported: M “IAW the class of ’50 By Laws, the class members in the D.C. area have governing accountability over the election of officers that should occur every 2 years in January.

I have found no volunteers to take these jobs. Consequently, I have asked the three incumbents to extend their terms for another 2 years.

All have generously agreed.

“Therefore, I propose the following slate: President: Tom Ross, VPres/Exec Sec: John McNally, and Treasurer: Bill Rockey. I also propose a vote of acclamation by the President to meet our needs at this meeting.

I propose also to extend the appointments of the support members for reporting and data management by invitation of the President for another two years.

Tom Ross then secured the acclamation without dissent.”

Thanks, Milt, for your diligence in the execution of our By Laws with the uninterrupted fulfillment of our class officer positions and communications team. The class

is indebted to your efforts.

Congratulations and many thanks to these folks for their past and continued services!

JJ’s summary report continues: M “All was not business, however, as Milt Schultz shared his thoughts and quotes on the true meaning of Valentine’s Day. Bob and Margy Shultz came through again with magic Valentine ring favors for the ladies, and the event was capped by traditional renditions of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” and “Navy Blue and Gold” by the talented male tenors present.”

Thank you, JJ, for the excellent report to our classmates, widows and other readers of Shipmate!

Separately, Milt advised updated Museum financial data that has been included above. He also said that he and Marion plan to stay in their town house in Falls Church.

He says, “Marion downsized 20 years ago and it meets their current needs.”

Impressive obituaries of two non-grads have been reported to the Alumni Association. Mr. Carroll Anstaett of Olean, NY passed away on 31 January. He was quite an athlete and civilian community leader. He played baseball at Navy after, at age 16, playing as a freshman and two years at Miami University.

He resigned, eventually to play professional baseball, and attended Syracuse University on a full scholarship and captain of its team. After graduation he played in the then Boston Braves (now Milwaukee Brewers) farm system. A severe eye injury forced him to leave professional baseball as a player. He joined Smith Barney Investment in 1952, retiring 56 years later. He managed and coached Little League and Babe Ruth League teams, and endowed both Leagues, which included securing ballfields for all age groups. He served on numerous community BOD’s, was president of the NY State Miss America Pageant for eight years, and a judge for five state Pageants. He played golf with well-known professionals and had a hole-in-one at age 81. He established 11 other endowments for local community charities and a permanent APRIL-MAY 2018 • SHIPMATE 49

50/51 CLASS NEWS college scholarship program for Olean High School graduates. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Anne, after 26 years of marriage.

His second wife, Delores, of 36 years survives him along with his two children and five step-children. We send our sincere condolences to Delores and to his extended family.

Mr. James McCausland of Surprise, AZ (1st Co.) died on 13 December 2017. Jim resigned after one year and transferred to Kansas State University, graduating in 1949 with a degree in milling technology.

He married Carol in 1950 and joined the Quaker Oats Company in 1953, beginning a highly successful career of 36 years. He managed plants in six different cities and settled in St. Charles, IL for 26 years. In 1980 Jim was chosen as the first ever layman to be Chairman of the Board of Lutheran Social Services of Illinois.

He continued to serve in several community organizations. He and Carol had three daughters and were blessed with five grandchildren and four great grandchildren, including triplets. They retired to Surprise, AZ in 1991. Carol preceded Jim in death in 2015 after 65 years of marriage.

We send our sincere sympathies to all members of their extended family.

We want to express our regrets and sympathy to Joe Pausner for the passing of his son, Jay, on 1 February in San Mateo. We wish Joe and Anne well in the transition to life without him.

In January, Ed Mclean’s daughter, Cathy, advised that her father was admitted to the memory care section of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in Charlotte Hall, Md. He was a steadfast non-grad member of our class and the Annapolis area group, regularly attending monthly meeting luncheons, and for whatever reason, known as “Fast Eddie.” He will be missed by the Annapolis group.

Deke Forbes’ son, Chris, advises that his dad has moved to an assisted living facility at Atlantic Shores in Virginia Beach, and is doing well.

Additional information has been published in a recent Maine newspaper about the life of classmate John Nolan, who was recognized in our March Shipmate column.

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In December 1962 John was asked to assist with negotiating with Cuban leader Fidel Castro for the prisoner release of 1,100 Americans captured in the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961.

During several visits and over an extended period, he facilitated the procurement of about $50M in medical supplies in exchange for the prisoners’ release. During an interview, he said, “Castro was always reasonable and easy to deal with.

There were no tantrums or fits.”

John added that he rode cross Cuba with him to visit the Bay of Pigs and “fished on his boat while Castro told stories about the invasion, and attended three games of the Cuban World Series with him.” In 1963 to 1968 John served as an assistant to U. S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. He received the D. C. Bar Association Legends in the Law Award in 2003. Anna and Bill Rockey attended the Nolan family-only luncheon prior to the burial services at the Academy cemetery. Being the only Marine present, except for the official burial detail, Bill claims to have represented the U. S. Marine Corps and our class. He said, “Taps was played by the lance corporal, a young woman Marine, that in all the military funerals he has attended, he has never heard that call played so perfectly.” Thanks, Bill, for your representation and for your input for our classmates.

A late notification from daughter Kathie is the passing of Capt. Philip Ryan, USN (Ret), (25th Co.) on 18 February in Annapolis, Md. Phil was captain of our football team and a pillar of our class. Our most sincere condolences are extended to Betsey and their family. More appreciation of his life will be provided in our next column. An obituary may appear in a future Last Call of Shipmate.

And another late notification courtesy of classmate John Stetson is the passing of CDR Earl Dille USNR (Ret) (33rd Co.) on 31 January in St. Louis, MO. We send our sincere condolences to his wife Marty and family. He too will be included in our next column.

Another even later notification is the passing of CDR Charles “Skip”

Orem, USN(Ret) (28th Co.) while on a Caribbean cruise as a result of serious injuries sustained in a terrible accident while on a shore excursion on the island of St. Maarten. Both Skip and Gerry were thrown out of the apparently open vehicle that crashed. He did not survive and died the next day on March 1st.

Gerry was air evacuated to the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami and is recovering there. Skip was an active co-resident in our Thornton Oaks Retirement Community and in several Brunswick-Bath activities.

More about Skip will be included in our next column. Our sincere condolences are extended to Gerry and their three daughters and families.

Bob Monroe provides a very sincere tribute to one of our most respected alumni that I thought would be of special interest to our classmates and other Shipmate readers. Bob writes, M “My best friend of the past 60 years died in January, and since most of you knew of him, and quite a few had met him or were personally acquainted, I thought a few words in celebration of his life might be appropriate. Stansfield Turner was one of those few who are “larger than life.” He excelled at everything. Six-striper in the Class of 1947, varsity football lineman, Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, many seagoing commands, early selectee, Second Fleet Commander, Naval War College President, fourth star as NATO’s CINC South, and four years as America’s Director of Central Intelligence and head if the CIA. He essentially revolutionized each organization he headed. Our friendship, however, had nothing to do with these. As in all great friendships, we just “hit it off” together.

Interestingly, though, we were at opposite poles of politics, religion, and national and social issues – he liberal, I conservative. On Navy matters, however, we were as one (fellow blackshoes?). I relieved him twice in senior Pentagon assignments. Over decades we exchanged papers of interest continually. Two interesting highlights of our friendship. First, when we were both in flag rank, he quartered at Observa-

tory Circle and I in the Navy Yard, for three years we played a set of tennis every morning at first light (literally), alternating in location.

Second, several years after his wife was killed in a plane crash, another marriage was in prospect, but differing religions presented their respective ministers from performing the ceremony. So, making use of a quirk in Virginia law, I performed the wedding ceremony. Stan’s death at 94 was preceded by a lengthy, advancing illness, but nevertheless an irreplaceable loss.”

Thanks, Bob, for your thoughtful memories and for an insight into Admiral Turner’s life.

Hopefully, more overall enlightening news next month.

Please send me some! …With best regards, Chuck

’51 Life Membership: 69% Donor Participation: 2.59% Pres: RADM Leland S. Kollmorgen, USN (Ret.) 5 Park Pl. #619, Annapolis, MD 21401 p: 410-263-0216; e: tlk619@icloud.com Vice Pres: CAPT Thomas A. Boyce, USN (Ret.) 3717 Carrige House Ct., Alexandria, VA 22309-2709 p: 703-780-7525; e: moomapa51@gmail.com Sec’y: Lt Col Wallace G. Christner, USAF (Ret.) 8804 Gibbs Place, Alexandria, VSA 22309 p: 703-780-8632, e: wallace.christner@aol.com Shipmate Sec’y: CDR William F. Foster, USN (Ret.) 501 Glyndon St., Vienna VA 22180-3542 p: 703-938-7812; e: feeny1@icloud.com Treas: CAPT F. Trent Shaver USN (Ret.) 1177 Foxhound Ct., McLean, VA 22102 p: 703-356-5588; e: ftshaver@mindspring.com Class Fundraiser: RADM Guy Shaffer, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bay Front Dr., #125, Annapolis, MD 21403 h: 410-269-6609; e: ghbs51usna@comcast.net Museum Rep: CAPT Bob Small, USN (Ret.) p: 410-849-2149; e: rhsusna51@verizon.net Website: www.usna51.com

President’s Column As I “pen” this from the old Apple I-Mac, the Olympics have been the main highlight of February TV. The Olympic Gold/Silver/Bronze medal races and contests were eclipsed only by the weather. And that old scourge has not disappointed; mid-February posted record High Temperatures of 80 degrees. But quickly settled back to same-old

51/51 CLASS NEWS winter. So, as you read this we are again same old, same old. Or at least I hope so. As we approach our hundreds we don’t need toooooo much excitement.

Since we are nearing, oh! what’s a year or two, the month that will see our 70th Class Reunion we note it is fast approaching - JUNE 2021. Thus, we turn our attention to the planning for that event. Therefore, you can expect your Class President to start mentioning the event and what it might look like. And I guess I am.

One of the more daunting tasks is how to obtain maximum Class Member attendance/participation.

Really! All members do not share our enthusiasm, alas!

You may have noted that my personal hope is to capitalize on new communications technology.

The class of 1934 opened that door by claiming to be the first class to hold an “electronic reunion”.

If you can find your copy of the “Blue Book” from the 65th Reunion you can glean some interesting Class ’51 demographics. The first and most obvious - is that we don’t all live in Maryland. HOW DROLL is that?

Next on pages 25-30 we can observe that the Class (recall that living spouses are considered Class members) is distributed in 33 States. The BIG states are Virginia 69 member addresses, California 60, Florida 40, Maryland 39. There are 3 or 4 that exceed 10 and roughly the same number with only 1. This whets my appetite to do a spread topographically and seek out epicenters.

Why “topographically” and “epicenters” you ask — Intelligently!

Welllll! I respond Sagaciously — It is my thought that if we are to use technology that will provide economical interconnectivity we will need to create some geographical epicenters for a communications network. The real clinker is COST $$$$. But we strive on for a “possibility”. Homework to be done.

Volunteers with useful knowledge eagerly sought. If we do our homework and find efficiencies - we may be on to something.

Stay tuned - please.

Remember - 51’ Second to None!

Lee “ (looking for an epicenter) Scribe’s Report: John McGrew At the close of our last column, I issued the old “Beat Army” edict.

Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams beat the Cadets at their spring finale basketball games at West Point in February. The games were nationally televised and may be a portent of things to come this fall. By the way, is Shirley Povich still the sports “Honcho” at the Baltimore Sun? If so he is one senior “dude” in the business. I did meet his son, Maury Povich, at a professional golf tourney at Lake Tahoe a number of years ago, and his dad was then alive and well.

Just as the Army-Navy football game has gained national recognition along with such events as the Kentucky Derby, the World Series, and the Indianapolis 500, our class has developed some traditional events. Our San Diego group just completed their annual George Washington Birthday event at the San Diego Yacht Club with Andy Kremm and Jean organizing the event. On Tuesday, May 22 the Class Spring Fling luncheon will take place at the Army-Navy Club in the DC area, and hopefully there will be a Navy football game homecoming get together when Navy hosts Houston on October 20. Looking further ahead, “God willing and the river don’t rise” (which has become something of a scary forecast in the era of “global warming”), the 70th Class of 1951 reunion should take place in the spring of 2021.

Stay well!

Classmate Harry Gamber and Jan (703-658-9250) have coordinated the Spring Fling which this year will be May 22 (as mentioned).

It lasts from 11:30 to 1:30 and costs about $32. Last year 35 or 40 attended. Harry still plays golf and enjoys sailing. He has been a major activist in the class.

I had a congenial chat with our class vice president Tom Boyce and we discussed demographics from the alpha to the not yet omega.

The class started in the summer of 1947 with 909 including a number of “turnbacks” some of whom

graduated with us while a number were surveyed out that summer. A few others bailed out for health or other reasons. We graduated about 725. Many of the 184 who did not graduate have elected to “stay” with the class and from this number we have still surviving 209 in various stages of health and well-being.

Tom reported Bob Coleman also monitors the class numbers and I keep a loose balance also. Among our recent losses was Tom Ward one of our VMI men. Many of our classmates probably knew Tom was a nationally recognized authority in the raising and judging of orchids.

Our class must have a million hobbies in our varied backgrounds. Tom Boyce is writing a family history. The Boyces have spent some part of the winters in Florida for a number of years.

The Bob Millers also checked in to their winter quarters near Orlando.

They spend some late summer time at their Canadian retreat. Has this been an unusually cold winter in northern climes? Bob was raised in Pennsylvania in part and Marilyn in Iowa so they know cold. Bob has reported a concern to our board about the condition of the class elevator in the Navy Chapel. Our class has been generous with support of the Chapel organ, elevator and a pew. Phil Pahl has also selected a northern clime in which to retire, Concord, New Hampshire. Phil has a tale to tell of his wanderings right after graduation in 1951 with the late Bill Holmberg which may turn into a real confessional. Watch for it in a future issue of Shipmate. Our chief scribe Bill Foster and his wife Kathy are both fighting off some health problems. This current flu season also has been a doozie in the land.

Another Iowan checking in was Joanne Whyte, widow of Kent Whyte. Their grandson Erik Whyte graduated from the Air Force Academy in June 2017. Erik was on the water polo team for four years and his squadron, apparently equal to a USNA Company, was number one (or Color Company?) at USAFA last year. He was stationed at USAFA following graduation until reporting for flight training in March 2018. His Dad, Keith Whyte, is a retired Air Force Officer.

Joanne Whyte, widow of Kent E. Whyte’ 51, sent Anne Marie Foster (Bill and Kathy Foster’s daughter), photographs of her grandson Erik during his graduation week at The US Air Force Academy in 2017.

Below is a photograph from left to right of Keith Whyte, son of the late Kent E. Whyte ’51 and Joanne Whyte, Erik Whyte, grandson of Kent and Joanne Whyte, and Jen Whyte, wife of Keith Whyte and mother of Erik Whyte. They were attending the parade Graduation weekend at US Air Force Academy.

Joanne Whyte sent me the following Information for the photo: M “Erik Whyte, grandson of the late Kent E. Whyte ’51, and grandmother, Joanne Whyte, at AF Academy Superintendent’s quarters at the Academy. Erik’s squadron commissioning ceremony was there, in honor of his squadron’s achievement as #1 in academic, military and athletic standing. Erik played water polo all four years.”

She also stated: “Erik begins flight training in Columbus, Mississippi in March.

He was on staff at the academy following graduation and has just completed pre- flight training in Pueblo, CO.” Keith Whyte is a retired Air Force Officer.

I know John McGrew knows Joanne since Kent and he both came from Iowa.

Joanne can be reached on: 1-515-825-3301 (home) or 1-515-851-0465 (cell)

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51/51 CLASS NEWS

In my dotage (which I hope means dashing period of senior activity and creativity) I have been thinking of two areas of my life. First what have been “the best of times” (forget “the worst”) and then in a familial sense, what will I have left behind? Tom Boyce and I both agreed that those four years by the bay might have been among the best of times. Not everyone feels that way, of course, and a few have consciously or unconsciously buried the experience.

In my aborted military career, I did have a great year in the Far EastUnited Nations Command in Tokyo in 1953. As an aide to an air force general who was on Mark Clark’s staff, I served with an amazing group of people. Our classmate Ted Rook was the Honor Guard Commander at Pershing Heights. As a bachelor I found close friends who were West Point and VMI grads.

In the family sense, I have for years wondered how the only child of an only child (my father) could beget such a large group of family.

My three children, six grandchildren and two greats are far from a record within our class, and the various “in-laws, spouses, steps etc. led to a

group of 46 people, many of whom are now absent from my life. Then we have another classmate, Eric Nelson, who on the occasion of his 90th birthday last fall had an amazing party involving all 64 of his children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren...yes, ALL of them were there. We are exploring to see if that photo involving all of them, can be printed in our column, and Eric can describe the logistic operation.

Eric Nelson

Eric Nelson sent in a report about his 90th birthday celebration.

M On the weekend of 13 – 15 October 2017, 6 children, 18 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 14 in-law spouses gathered together in Martinsville, Indiana to celebrate Eric Nelson’s 90th birthday, which was 1 October 1927. This event was held in the Indiana University outdoor center called “Bradford Woods”, 2,500 acres containing large areas of woods, hiking trails, recreation

fields, cabins, bunkhouses, dining rooms with kitchens. Everyone on the Nelson Family Tree was present from states all over the Country.

This unique picture was taken after breakfast on Saturday morning about 0915 at the outdoor campfire site. A position diagram had been made and circulated so that all 65 people knew exactly where they were to be in the picture. The second row contains 15 chairs. Eric is seated in the center chair with 3 of his six children on each side. Every parent is either beside each other or behind one another. Children are very close to their parents. The younger children are seated on short logs in the front, with babies in the laps of seated relatives. In the 3rd row people are standing. People in the 4th row are standing on large round logs positioned behind the 3rd row.

The sun was just appearing between the trees, giving the right amount of light for a classic picture.

Later, an identification sheet was made with only the silhouette of each person, along with the name of that person inside the silhouette.

This will enable people 30 – 40 years from now to identify everyone in the picture.

taught naval science at Rice University. After retiring he procured his ship master’s license and skippered oil tankers mostly on the East Coast for the Sunoco Company out of Philadelphia.

One of our main contributing scribes is Barbara Crawford, widow of classmate Dick Crawford. She planned to travel to San Diego and attend our George Washington dinner. She will report on that traditional event.

Your scribe, John McGrew Barbara’s Corner On February 22, I attended the USNA ’51 Annual George Washington dinner at the San Diego Yacht Club.

This is the 26th year of this event.

There were 18 guests, 5 of whom were USNA ’51 graduates, Andy Kremm, Herb Zoehrer, Dick Seymour, Don Haynsworth and Lee Bolt.

As is the custom, a few words were said about our first president.

This year, Andy chose to elaborate on George Washington’s “Rules of Civility” and Herb Zoehrer read Rule #16.

Andy has elaborated on all 16 of these rules, but since that would be very lengthy, I am including Andy’s introduction and Rule 16 only.

I will discuss my conversation with Eric briefly. He lost his wife 20 years ago after 46 years of marriage and moved to Annapolis in the late 1960s ‘s living “across the river.”

He served for 34 years including two years as an enlisted man and he was a submariner. At one point he WASHINGTON’S RULES OF CIVILITY

by Andy Kremm

’51: Nelson Family

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In 1747 George Washington was fifteen years old. In one of his few periods of formal classroom schooling, he was instructed to copy sixteen rules of civil behavior from a collection of over a hundred. His copy book, dated 1747, is on display in the Library of Congress. The rules originally came from an English translation of a Sixteenth Century “French Handbook of Gentlemanly Deportment.” Later, they appeared in a textbook, titled “Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation.” There were one

51/53 CLASS NEWS hundred and ten rules. The fact that the future General and President specifically chose these sixteen rules gives us an uncommon insight into his early thinking as a teenager.

The most likely purpose of the assignment was practice in handwriting and instruction in etiquette.

Whatever the teacher’s instruction and motive, clearly George reviewed all the rules and chose the ones that appealed to his fifteen-year old intellect. As he passed up the first listed rule and many others, he embraced the final, and most profound, numbered one hundred and ten, placing it at the end of his own list.

Looking at the early life of our first president, it is clear that his later military and political achievements were not accidental. While timing and fortune were sometimes fortuitous, by Washington’s late teens he was on a path to stunning destiny.

Despite a lack of formal schooling, young George developed into a first-class thinker while still a teenager. Living with an older, worldly and influential half-brother at his Mount Vernon Estate, Washington learned from tutors and mentors the ways of colonial Virginia gentlemen. Careful listening and keen observation became lifelong habits. These led to early employment with a surveying team. His employer, master of a neighboring estate, allowed him to invest part of his earnings in land. At sixteen, George Washington not only had a paying job but was a landowner as well. By age twenty he was the owner of Mount Vernon. He inherited the estate from half-brother Lawrence who died prematurely.

Why did these rules appeal to Washington? What was their effect in 1747, and what do they mean in America over two hundred years after his death? The author considers each rule of Washington’s choice in the light of these questions.

16. Labour to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of Celestial Fire Called Conscience.

Why would a fifteen-year old lad be concerned with conscience? The other rules of civility Washington chose address manners and social behavior. Not this one. This final rule lies at the core of human

morality, for conscience describes our ability to know right and wrong in our own conduct. Fortunately for us, the General’s ideas about right and wrong dwelled on a high plane.

Perhaps “that little spark of celestial fire” appealed to the poet in The Father of Our Country. Perhaps it drew his youthful imagination to the mystery and majesty of heavenly stars. Whatever his inspiration, he lived this rule all of his life. As the power of listening and observing lifted him to greatness, the spark in his breast always reminded him that he was one of us.

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ALL52NAV RESOLUTION FOR 2018 Participation – The Great Class Going Forward Yes, at our age, getting out and participating can be difficult. But there are rewards in doing so. And the ’52 people are good associates for looking back AND for looking forward.

For some solutions, try carpooling with folks that can drive, even at night. Discover who can do these things and get lined up. You might even strike a great new friendship.

The second fix is more fundamental. We need to get the children and families engaged to carry on and participate.

Start with the luncheons and certainly the coming DGA ceremony for Larry Chambers on March 23 – for all able bodied to attend.

Pretty good that our ancient Class has a DGA. So – reach out to your Classmates and to your families and make something happen. George Ellis of ’45 tells me his Class runs on the children and families. Let’s get ready for that.

And of course – have a HAPPY NEW YEAR and BEST REGARDS, — Jack Scribe’s note: This is the first column submission since 1 January.

So, while some of the news in the foregoing ALL52NAV is behind us, the sentiment is not! Thanks, Jack!

The annual Sweetheart Brunch of the Class of 1952 in the National Capital area took place at the Officers’ Club at Fort Myer, Va., on Sunday, 11 February 2018. Attendees included Garnett and Rita Bailey, Jack and Eileen O’Connell, Bob and Joan Denbigh, Dick and Bobbie Denfeld, Doug, Eloise, & Tilghman Payne, Jerry and Jan Rapkin, Bob and Mimi Schulze, Jim and Lillian Wilson, Bill and Pat Wyatt, and Jack and Jane Young.

At this point in our lives, almost all of our surviving Classmates are fully retired. Not so, Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons, USN (Ret). Ace is the founder, president, and CEO of LYON Associates, LLC, based in Winchester, Virginia. He regularly writes op-ed articles on national security issues, which are published in a number of periodicals. As you know, he regularly sends the op-eds to all classmates. He also continues to give speeches on national security issues throughout the country.

Ace was honored recently by the State of New Jersey for his service, leadership and commitment, with a joint resolution by the State’s Senate and General Assembly on 23 October, 2017. Many more years of success, Ace! Our ranks continue to be depleted as we receive notices of the passing of classmates, class wives, and class widows. Those recently passed of whom I am aware include: Joseph F. Scrudato passed away on 2 December 2017.

“Bud” Fakoury passed away on 3 January 2018.

Harry Martin (Marty) Mitchell died peacefully at home in his sleep on 8 January 2018.

Larry Layman passed away peacefully at home on 20 January 2018.

Richard Ross Pettigrew passed away 23 January 2018.

Ken Smith passed away on 7 February 2018. There will be a Service of Committal at the USNA Columbarium at 1100 on Friday, 4 May 2018.

James Helsel passed away on 7 February 2018.

Their obituaries have been distributed by e-mail, can be found in the Class web-site, www.ToughShoes52.org., and are published in the Last Call section of Shipmate. I encourage you to refer often to the Class web-site, as news items are available immediately as they are posted. This column is not generally published until two to three months after submission, and therefore is not a source of timely news regarding deaths, final services, etc.

This wraps it up for this issue.

The Dark Ages! The term is just as meaningful in February 2018 as it was from 1948 to 1952. Let’s hear what is going on in your life. Please send in your news, both by Chapter and individually. Your Classmates would like to know what you’re up to!

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53/53 CLASS NEWS for hosting and helping put on a Super and Delicious Class brunch at the Army-Navy Club in Arlington, VA Sunday December 11. A joyful party that included 21 of our children and their spouses! Attendees were Nedra Bird; Art and Marcy Bivens, son Jonathan and daughter Christina; Chuck and Alix Fellows, son James and wife Gail, son Peter and wife Helena, son Andrew and wife Gaby; Art and Nell Gilmore, daughter Barbara and husband Gary Grasso, son Steve and wife Nancy; Al and Jean Glazier; Earl and Mary Lou Griggs, daughter Mary Katherine and husband John Rutherford, daughter Meredith Klein and husband James; Dorothy Hoch; Judy Hubal, son Mark and wife Amy; Joyce Jones; Sally Jones; Patricia Mayer; Gene Matheson; Herb and Hazel Tiede, daughter Jan and husband Paul Swicord; Carl Trost and friend Greta Masson, Carl’s son Steve and granddaughter Haley; Pete Walker; Tom Warren and son John; and Chris Zirps.

Carl Trost and Greta Masson

Jon Bivens and John Warren

Sally Jones, Pete Walker, and Gene Matheson

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’53: Bob Hoffman Family Wedding

Mail Bag Bob and Anne Hoffman’s youngest of their six daughters, Christiane, got married at the North Chapel USN Training Center San Diego, CA Sept 30, 2017. Anne sent a photo of their very large family with Bob in his uniform between Anne and the bride with the groom behind him.

Anne also wrote that “Bob holds the record for Class of ’53 (she believes) for begetting the youngest child (by the Original wife) – DOB 9/8/78.”

[Any challenges?]

Max Matteson wrote: M “Noticing the passing of Sue Frost in the Jan-Feb2018 Shipmate reminded me that Jack Frost, Phil Armstrong, and I were shipmates on the USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30) during a Med cruise in the winter of 1956-57. The big event on that deployment was our amphibious group’s week stay in the outer harbor at Alexandria, Egypt, while the English, French, and Israelis took the Suez Canal away from Nasser’s Egypt. Our ships were there to carry away the non-combatant civilians, mostly women and children. Our crew had a great time baby sitting and feeding them all. When it came time to egress, there was a rumor going around that the harbor exit was mined so everyone was to wear life jackets. Of course, there not enough to go around so the enlisted men started shedding their jackets and insuring that all the women and children were safe. So with flags displaced on the upper deck, out we went and apparently there were no mines.”

Passings Virginia Woods Greene, widow of LCOL John W. Greene USMC (Ret.) (Co.24), died December 19, 2017 in Falls Church, VA. “Gini” graduated from Trinity College in 1953, married Jack shortly after his graduation, and “they then embarked on a 20 year adventure in the US Marine Corps, raising their family at duty stations in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, California, and Washington, DC. After the USMC they settled in the Detroit area where she volunteered with many organizations working to overcome racism, poverty, and injustice.” She was preceded in death of her husband of 63 years. Survivors include 11 of her 12 children, 34 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.

Mary G. Sykes, widow of CAPT Lewis B. Sykes USN (Ret) (Co.16), died December 20, 2017 in Williamsburg, VA. She graduated from The Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart in Purchase, NY in 1955. She married Lew in 1955 and “was proud Navy wife and mother with her husband during his 30-year career in the service.” Mary was active with her children’s swimming meets and later served as secretary and membership chairman of the DC AAU Swimming Committee. As a result of her extensive travel with Lew on many of his international business trips she became a travel agent for Thomas Cook and enjoyed planning wonderful trips for others.

She was preceded in death of her husband, Lew, who died in 2015.

Survivors include 5 children and 10 grandchildren….*

Rachele L. Ryan, widow of CAPT William A. Ryan USN (Ret) (Co.16), died December 23, 2017 in Annapolis, MD. She earned a nursing degree from Manhattan State Hospital School of Nursing before eloping with Bill. As a Navy Wife she lived near Pearl Harbor, San Diego, Virginia Beach, New London, Rota Spain, and the Pentagon where Bill completed a 30-year career mostly in the Submarine Force. Along the way Ray raised four sons and practiced nursing, most recently at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis as a recovery room nurse.

Her husband Bill preceded her in death recently Jan 29, 2017. Survivors include 4 sons, 8 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren…* Joseph P. Zebrowski, LCDR USN (Ret) (Co.24) died December 28, 2017 in Costa Mesa, CA. After high school he attended the University of Maryland with the NAVCAD program before entering USNA. Joe wrestled and played football at both Maryland and Navy. Joe served briefly in the fleet before flight training. After earning his gold wings he spent his career as a fighter pilot on ships and stations across the world before retiring to the Los Angeles area where he worked in sales and consulting. Joe was mentioned in both the Sep-Oct 2011 and Nov-Dec 2011 issues of Shipmate [text and photos] titled “Zebrowski’s Banshee Rises from the Grave”…The jet fighter carcass was delivered to the Quonset Point Air Museum for restoration with Joe’s name next to the cockpit. He is survived by his longtime companion Barbara Carr.

Ronald Scott Purvis, LCDR USN (Ret) (Co.6) died January 3, 2018 in Accomac, VA. Scott enlisted in the navy in 1946, was in the NROTC while attending Ohio State University before entering USNA. His Navy service included: had a tour in a destroyer; earned his wings as a Naval Aviator; became an Antarctic parachutist with a dogsled team (For being the first parachute jump in Antarctica a mountain was named “Purvis Peak”); was a flight instructor, was a White House Aide during President Kennedy Administration (1961-63); served in Vietnam

53/54 CLASS NEWS MACV; finished in the Pentagon (OP-007). Awards include Joint Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Navy Unit Commendation. After retiring from the Navy Scott earned a degree at George Mason University then worked in the Real Estate, Insurance, and Finance industries [I was one of his clients years ago]. Survivors include his wife, Lynne Willis, 4 children, and 4 grandchildren….* Charles L. Boyer, LCDR USNR SC (Ret) (Co.17) died January 27, 2018 in Bradenton, FL. Chuck enlisted in the Navy in 1947 and entered USNA via NAPS. Chuck became a Supply Corps Officer, spent 5 years at sea in USNS Ponchatoula and USS Marshall and 5 years ashore. He transferred to USNR in 1964 and retired in 1972. After naval service he earned a master’s degree in Business from Georgetown University and worked in Contract Negotiations for the federal government. Chuck married Elizabeth Carney in 1954 and she died in 1989. He married Bettye Chumley in 1994 and sadly she died August 30, 2017. Survivors include 3 children and 5 grandchildren and numerous step-children/grandchildren/ great-grandchildren….* Andrew D. Dubino, Sr., LCDR USN (Ret) (Co.24) died February 4, 2018 in Greenfield, MA. Andy enlisted in the Navy in 1947, rose to the rank of ET 2/c, and entered USNA via NAPS. He served in USS Tarawa; USS Eldorado; CO of USS Holmes County; XO of USS Beale; Military Assistance Command Vietnam (1969-1970); and CO of Navy Recruiting Station in Minnesota (1970-1973). Awards include the Bronze Star, Navy Achievement Medal, and Navy Commendation Medal. Andy retired to Bangor, ME where he owned a gun store. Later he designed models in the Physics Department at Mt. Holyoke College; wrote columns on hunting and fishing for The Bangor Daily News and The Greenfield Recorder, and wrote a book, Gunsmithing with Simple Hand Tools, still in print. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Nancy, 4 children, 4 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Edwin F. Spar, CAPT USN (Ret) (Co.9) died February 14, 2018 in Springfield, VA. Ed was a qualified Surface Warfare Officer; earned an EE Master’s Degree at USN PG School; then became an Engineering Duty Officer specializing in shipbuilding. Awards included the Korean Service Medal. After retiring from the Navy he worked for Sperry /UNISYS in engineering and marketing. Survivors include his wife, Madelene, 3 children and 7 grandchildren….* *See 50th Year Legacy Book Literary Corner SEA POWER: The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans

By Admiral James Stavridis USN (Ret) Review by Tom Southerland This superbly written book was a delight to read. James Stavridis, a four-star admiral and USNA graduate class of ‘76, was for four years the NATO Supreme Allied Commander.

The book is divided into the “seven seas”: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, South China Sea, Caribbean Sea, Arctic Ocean plus the Outlaw Sea (“oceans as crime scenes”). And with each sea, the Admiral in effect becomes a tour director interspersed with antidotal experiences throughout his naval career, and not without humor in some situations. Each sea covered is loaded with gee-whiz facts, historical and colorful. For those of us who have spent much time in trying to protect our fragile environment, it was so rewarding that Admiral Stavridis’ broad views on behalf of our planet were right in line with most scientists re both the land and the sea.

For starters, USNA grads will get short refresher rundowns on naval history in all the seas. For some of us his focus on certain seas should not only bring back military memories, both good and bad, but nostalgia for later vacation trips.

Because of our Princeton Nature Tours’ extensive tour trips to all seven continents we particularly prized the chapter on the Arctic Ocean. Our first visit in 1993 took

us to the Chukchi Sea where we were stopped by the pack ice just south of Wrangle Island in the Russian Far East. Our second visit was in 2001 and while observing many Polar Bears, we were stopped by the pack ice of Svalbard. The following day, we went to the western side of the Svalbard land mass where we reached 80.42 degrees north.

The author reminds us in his sobering summary, “A Naval Strategy for the Twenty-first Century”, that as an island nation we must continue to strive to be a great sea power. And in it, he discusses how and why our sea power goals have changed since the writings of Alfred Thayer Mahan, and with it the challenges we now face.

This is a book that deserves as wide an audience as possible….[I borrowed the book from the Fairfax Library and recommend it highly] – ACB

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65TH REUNION ALERT! You received an update via snail-mail last October and we just want to remind you. It is at Loews Annapolis Hotel Wednesday 24 to Saturday 27 April 2019. As usual, many of you have put the letter aside and might have lost it in all that stuff you have “put aside.” Special Hotel room rates are in the works.

Updates will be in Shipmate and also on our Class Website.

The following is an extract from “THE 64 FROM ’54” a monograph I had prepared for all Marine

classmates and the next of and next to kin living on the occasion of our fiftieth reunion and was the basis for the short paged on Marine classmates that were in the ’54 Cold Warriors Book prepared by Mike Nassr the class historian at the time. It will provide a sample of early training for them which may have been much different than the other cluster early active duty training experienced.

Marine classmates training after graduation CONTINUED at Quantico Basic School. After graduation on 15 July 64 classmates including a dozen prior Marine enlisted men reported for training to The Basic School, Quantico, where they discovered hundreds of Quonset huts that formed Camp Barrett located in the vast training area West of what is now Interstate 95.

Commanding TBS was Colonel Lew Walt, with two Navy Crosses.

A veteran of WW II and Korea.

He was a big bear of a man and stomped into a classroom like a bull looking for trouble. He later became CG, III MAF in Vietnam, and later retired as Assistant Commandant and a four-star Genera. LtCol. Antonelli was the XO with one Navy Cross, who later also became a general. The other officer instructors and unit commanders were similarly attired with experience and personal decorations. We were assigned, along with over a thousand other newly appointed Second Lieutenants and some eighteen Allied Officers (Koreans, Chinese, Indonesians), into six companies of the 3-54 Basic Class, alphabetically, with the A’s starting with Able Company, and the end of the alphabet with Fox Company (The NATO phonetic alphabet had not yet replaced the WW II alphabet).

We all staked claims to bunks (double-decker “racks”) in Quonset huts, unpacked, drew our M-1 rifles and 782 Gear (packs, cartridge belts, ponchos, shelter-halves, etc.), made our racks (tightly), and realized that it was a BIG step down from Bancroft Hall. Gang showers, washbasins, and other porcelain were located in separate Quonset huts, as were OUTSIDE wash racks.

The married men quickly (and APRIL-MAY 2018 • SHIPMATE 55

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65TH REUNION WEDNESDAY 24 – SATURDAY 27 APRIL 2019

REUNION HIGHLIGHTS: h HEADQUARTERS: Loews Annapolis Hotel h WEDNESDAY: Welcome Aboard Reception (Loews) h THURSDAY: Presentations & Lunch at the New Akerson Tower - Dinner by Battalions (Loews) h FRIDAY: Class Meeting – Memorial Service at the Chapel – Lunch at the Naval Academy Club – Dress Parade (if scheduled) – Reunion Banquet (Loews) h SATURDAY: Farewell Brunch (Loews) Use this link to make reservations at LOEWS: https://www.loewshotels.com/annapolis/usna-class-of-1954-65th-reunion Call: 410-263-7777 to make reservations for up to three days before or after the Reunion at our Class Rate ($179 plus tax).

Visit our Class Website: www.54net.org for up-to-date details of the Reunion.

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54/54 CLASS NEWS quietly) decided that being married and living off base was a better deal.

All they had to do was get to “work” in time in the morning, maintain their “rack” and foot/wall lockers in a Quonset hut, and share a bed and room with their spouse vice live in a hut full of exuberant males and the occasional loud snorer. But, it was exciting! Of course, there were occasions when the married man had to stay overnight with the unit, like many, many times when it was not very convenient to go to and from home: Fredricksburg, Woodbridge, Triangle, or even the dinky town of Quantico, which is surrounded by the base Mainside. Those times were night patrols, night problems, extended tactical events, the times reveille was very early, and other multi-day training events. The bachelors were not glued to the Quonsets after the workday, as the showers were crammed with officers washing (sometimes along with their equipment and weapons as all were equally muddy and cruddy). Wash basins were spilling over with aqua velva and other exotic after-shaves and lotions (guaranteed to entice the young lovelies, who were equally and competitively doused with competing perfumes and powders), as they dashed off to D.C., the Willard and Ambassador Hotels, Mary Washington College nearby in Fredricksburg, and other road houses and places of dance and dine within striking distance.

Weekends extended the range We had an over-abundance of energy, strength and endurance, not to mention money and legal automobiles, for the first time in four long years. We were going to make up for lost time, and most of us did, one way or the other! Candles were burned at both ends and some also in the middle.

Do you remember the hot days of summer, In the beginning, classroom work was stifling. There was no air conditioning, and the steelsided temporary buildings heated like ovens in the hot Virginia sun.

Going out into the boondocks was not much relief, as the humping, snooping, and pooping offset the sitting in the classroom, so we were usually hot and sweaty most of the

time in the summer. But, under the hot sun, you appreciated it when your unit maneuvered into a forest; you could smell and taste the cooler air as you entered the woods. Night training (reconnaissance and combat patrols, night marches, attacks, and defense of positions) was training in the use of your senses of hearing, smell, and night vision.

In early Fall, there was the company in the defense all night problem, where it rained just enough to keep you almost frozen, as well as completely mired in mud. The long hike back in the late-early hours of the next day and washing yourself and your equipment and weapon (Browning Automatic Rifle maybe) in the shower, as the drain ran dark reddish-brown and clogged with mud. Fit as we were, some slept straight through for the next 12 to 16 hours, with permission of TBS. It appears many were tripping on the edge of hypothermia and exhaustion. Remember how it turned cold in November and December. And, during one early December exercise, when we were issued light sleeping bags, as we settled down for the rest of the night in a defensive perimeter (50 % on watch, the others sleeping), we nestled into our bags, utility uniforms, field jackets, boots, rifles, for some sleep.

Early dawn broke on a new snow.

As we awoke, we had to knock off the two or three-inch layer of snow that covered us (and also helped insulate us from the cold). Early birds looked in wonder as mounds of snow suddenly burst open as dark forms emerged from within looking for a moment just like dirty blobs from another planet! We learned a lesson that morning when we found that most M-1 bolts were frozen shut. A light coat of oil meant a LIGHT coat of oil, if any, in cold weather. And lubriplate was necessary in the right places. The Captain -platoon commanders-instructors, all veterans of the recent Korean War, berated us, and with some kidding, made their points that morning.

We listened even more carefully.

Listening was not hard, as our instructors had among them Navy Cross winners, and a good cross section of charismatic characters.

What did we learn in those training months of We learned how to drill and be drilled, wear our uniforms properly, have parades, inspections (personnel, uniform, rifle, junk-on-the-bunk), Marine Corps customs and traditions, ordnance and gunnery USMC style: mortars, artillery, TNT and demolitions, mines and booby traps, machine guns, grenades, flame throwers, rocket launchers, gas and protective masks, bayonets, and other interesting things. We fired most of the weapons available, kept our first pin from our first-hand grenade, didn’t singe much of our face with the flame thrower, and got a hit with the rocket launcher. Armor piercing ammunition worked like a heavy pneumatic drill on stone and concrete.

There were many “picnics,” as we learned to appreciate hot chow brought to us in the field rather than subsist on C Rations. It wasn’t as good as Mother B’s, and we were paying for it out of our subsistence allowance. Take care of your troops; officers eat last, go to sleep last (if ever), set the example, lead, be fair, have integrity, courage, honor, determination, and persistence. There were some really fun times; like during our demolitions classes. It was the Fourth of July but a lot louder, with some danger and damage. Be careful to crimp only on the open end of the detonator, and don’t shove the fuse in hard, or it will go off. Why do you crimp the detonator to the fuse (or primacord) with the crimping tool on the side of your thigh, one asked? “Because if the detonator explodes, you might only lose some of your hands and a piece of your thigh, and not your family jewels.” The instructors had a great sense of humor. As they were showing us while seated in wooden stands how inert TNT was, by hitting it with a hammer, holding a small piece of it to flame, one tosses a block through the air to us in the stands, and just before it is caught, a quarter pound block is detonated immediately behind us. We learn that it takes a lot of convincing to overcome preconceived ideas about explosives, among other things.

How about the time we received

training on how to load pack animals?

Most assuredly, none of our classmates in the other services received such training. There was some speculation that although pack mules and horses were a throwback to the Banana Wars (they were also used in Korea by the Marines – we will use anything to haul the heavy stuff), an adjunct reason was justification for the maintenance of the stables Mainside, which were also available for those on post. There was quite a bit of discussion and kidding at night in the huts before and after taps. Friendships were made, and experiences were gained.

We had some good times. We were becoming Officers of Marines. The finishing process would take a few more years, but we were well on the way. In past wars, second lieutenants did not have any more training than we did before they joined a unit in combat, or one preparing for an operation.

We all assumed the reason why we hiked everywhere during the rigorous Basic School training was because it was part of the training (with Korea still on everyone’s mind). The real reason was we were the last large input of new Lieutenants and we arrived all at once (over 1,100 of us). Quantico did not have the motor transport to move us around and also support the logistic requirements of the field training and exercises. That left almost nothing for troop hauls!! Subsequent Basic School Classes were smaller, and they did more riding!

On 10 November, some of us, in Dress Blues, went to the dedication of the Marine Corps Iwo Jima Memorial near Arlington Cemetery.

That night we had our Marine Corps Birthday ball Mainside at an old Brown field Hangar called Larson Gym, just South of Turner airfield.

We had retired Commandant of the Marine Corps General Alexander A. Vandergrift, Medal of Honor winner, who was Commanding General, First Marine Division at Guadalcanal, as the honored guest and speaker.

Do you remember him saying, “You may look in awe at all of the decorations and stars on this body of mine, but I would, without a moments’

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54/55 CLASS NEWS of 1,120 in the 3-54 Basic Course; a presage for his future. Lieutenants with a regular commission (US) had to come back for one more month of training Mainside, Quantico; we lived in brick barracks squad bays and had single bunks! We received instruction in detailed administration and logistics.

The reserve officers went on to their new duty station.

From Bill Greenlaw: Paul Petzrick is probably our oldest classmate still working at a regular "9 to 5" job. He is a Power Plant Site Assessor in the Power Plant Research Program at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

Paul is involved ion many projects, such as, where to stash all the ash that is generated from coal burning power plants and has been employed by the State of Maryland for over 25 years. Nearby is the Ceritficate of Achievement awarded to Paul.

’55 Life Membership: 61% Donor Participation: 2.25% Pres: RADM Malcolm MacKinnon, III, USN (Ret.)

’54: Paul’s certificate of acheivement

Vice Pres: VADM J. Theodore Parker, USN (Ret.) Treas: CDR Robert P. Pirie Jr., USN (Ret.) Sec’y: CAPT Thomas F. Stallman, USN (Ret.) e: staltom@aol.com Corr Sec’y: Frederick Schoenberger e: fredseod@gmail.com

’54 Gathering for March lunch in Annapolis attended by (L-R) Will Croom, Phil Livingstone, Bill Greenlaw, Jesse Owens, Paul Petzrick and Bill Land.

hesitation, swap it all with you so I could be in your shoes as a new second lieutenant.” Before TBS graduation, we were assigned our primary military occupational specialties (MOS’s): Infantry, Artillery, Tanks, Engineers, or orders to flight school. Many reserve officers

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received MOS’s in Motor Transport, Supply, Administration, Legal, and others. We received orders to our next duty stations, with some having Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) at interim schools.

After completion of the course, Dick Dean (23) stood number one

John Carey Allen (12) passed away on December 31, 2017 in Jupiter, FL. Peter W. Odgers (13) passed away in Bellbrook, OH on January 20, 2018 Joel Davis Patterson (2) passed away on February, 2018 in Rogers, AR. John Watterson Wynne (5) passed away in Indianapolis, IN on February 13, 2018.

65th Reunion, Class of 1955 update Annapolis, April 23 - 25, 2020 Plan to Attend!

We will conduct a class-wide survey in April 2018 (two years before the reunion) in order to update our attendance planning estimate. This feedback will enable the Committee to establish the registration fee and firm up cost estimates for specific

events. Be on the lookout for an email request and format. Please be sure to respond to the survey as the information you provide is crucial to reunion planning.

Volunteers are needed for: Check-in support; Hospitality Suite staffing; Widows coordination; Organizers for Company/Battalion parties. Contact a committee member: Tom Stallman 703 781 1740, staltom@aol.com; Ted Parker 410 280 5120, ted_parker@msn.com; Denny Sullivan 703 683 0733, dsull55@aol.com; Fred Tolleson 703 690 6789, ftolleson@verizon.net .

DoubleTree Hotel: registration will begin in April 2019. $139/night plus local taxes. The contract is flexible enough so we can increase the number of rooms (50 at present).

Joe Chmelik (22) sent in the following update.

M Attached is a photo of our annual Christmas decoration depicting the stockings of our 37 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren produced by our 7 children whose stockings have been retired to the attic. Three are Marines, and one is a Naval Officer (USNA ’12). At the recent well-attended class luncheon, Ted Parker wondered if any of our classmates had more grandchildren. My only other significant achievement (other than being in the same Company as Joe Gattuso) is playing on the 6th Battalion golf team that won the Brigade championship all four years. After retiring from the Marine Corps in 1975, I spent the next 17 years at the Smithsonian, retiring (this time it was my choice) again in 1992. Fred Underwood lives just an hour away so we meet for lunch occasionally.

We dined regularly for many years with the Carter’s who also lived nearby, but he died last June 28th, my 87th birthday. He was a great Naval Officer, and a good friend.

I miss him and my first “wife”, Jim Conway. So far I have survived falling asleep at the wheel on two occasions so Pat and I have stopped our annual drive to Idaho and California where 17 of our grandchildren live. But we are tempted to make just one more (leisurely) attempt

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Some Sunday Brunch

by Fred McLaren (13) The boats at Yokosuka were generally moored in nests of four or five alongside a pier or wharf when in port, and traffic across the interconnecting gangplanks was always heavy during the early morning hours. The on-coming duty section had to be all on board by 7:00 in the morning, and liberty didn’t start for the off-going section until about midday. Mornings, therefore, could be somewhat chaotic with at least a third of the crew stumbling and lurching about as they tried simultaneously to sober up and functionally carry out their watchstanding, repair and routine maintenance duties.

The cooks were no exception. As a rule, submarine cooks took special pains to please their fellow crew members with the best available from onboard and onshore food larders. Steaks, roasts, and lobsters were always in abundance, as were fresh vegetables, fruit, and freshbaked breads and pastries of various sorts. Depending on the day, we all viewed lunch or brunch as the last best chance to get a good, solid meal under our belts before heading off for a liberty on shore where a lot

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more drinking than eating would be done. Greenfish’s cooks and mess handlers (food servers) were a dependable lot, and our messes both officers and crews - often received the Ney nomination from our superiors for Best Mess Afloat.

We trusted them to ensure that we would always be fed well and that all loaded foodstuffs would be of the highest quality and safe to eat.

Cleanliness of the galley and mess hall spaces was generally excellent, in spite of the occasional cockroach infestation, and great care was taken to maintain a high level of cleanliness. Suffice it to say that deployed submarine foodstuffs would be of the highest quality and safe to eat. We could not afford to have even one of its crewmembers take sick for any reason. Any form of food poisoning, for instance, could have disastrous consequences for the entire crew. Thus sanitation and cleaning gear, disinfectants and detergent were always in evidence.

Detergent, along with containers of cooking oil, enjoyed a prominent position on the shelf just above the galley grill. A walk through the galleys of each submarine in the nest at Yokosuka would have revealed almost identical side-by-side stowage of detergent and cooking oil above the grills. Somewhat similar in shape, each container was clearly labeled and, to the best of anyone’s memory, there had never been a problem.

One peaceful Sunday morning in Yokosuka, as Greenfish was moored outboard and crew and officers were quietly enjoying a savory brunch of steak and eggs, we suddenly heard a tremendous commotion topside - shrill voices normally associated with an infuriated mob, yet we were moored within the confines of a large, well-secured base.

What on earth was going on we asked ourselves as we gazed at each other in amazement. The topside watch excitedly called over Greenfish’s IMC system, “Duty officer topside! Duty officer topside!”

Expecting the worst, both the wardroom and crews mess rushed aft and up through the after-battery compartment hatch to the main

deck. Milling around on the gangway and topside was a clutch of shouting and obviously angry men from USS C-, alongside which we were moored. Cowering behind our topside watch, who had a firm hand on his sidearm holster, was a somewhat older sailor dressed in a soiled white uniform. He was unshaven and slovenly looking, and from his appearance it was easy to conclude that he had just returned from a night of heavy drinking. Confronting our duty officer was an incoherent commanding officer from our sister submarine. On seeing him, the older sailor fell to the deck, wrapped his arms around the ankles of our duty officer, and began pleading for asylum while his commanding officer and fellow crewmembers demanded he be returned on board ship. This particular skipper had a reputation for volatility and severity when sufficiently provoked. It was not hard to imagine what the man could expect in the way of rough justice if he were returned. Four Greenfish officers and several of our senior chief petty officers managed to ease themselves into position between the refugee and the mob and gradually calm things down.

Hearing all the commotion, groups gathered on the decks of the other two submarines in the nest.

The C.O. of one of them rushed over to Greenfish and, with soothing words, put his arm around his fellow skipper and asked him what was going on. None of us had as yet even the slightest clue as to the reason for this quite menacing scene. C-’s commanding officer, at this point only slightly more coherent, began pointing at the fugitive, repeating, “The cook, the cook!”

The pursued individual tried to escape below decks but ran into the arms of one of our largest torpedomen who forcibly restrained him and brought him back up. No one was going to be allowed to go below decks on our submarine until we had determined what had triggered the ugly scene.

It seemed that C-’s officers and crew had just seated themselves to enjoy a sumptuous brunch as piles of sizzling steaks were being deliv-

ered to both their wardroom and crews mess. The captain forked one onto his plate, cut off a large juicy piece, and joyfully popped it into his mouth, as did the others. All of a sudden the wardroom and crews mess erupted into a chaos of swearing, spitting, gagging, and general retching. How could a favorite food that looked so delicious taste like a mixture of soap and bilge? The first to reach the galley confirmed that their still-inebriated cook was happily cooking the morning’s steaks with detergent. The acrid smell and smoke alone should have tipped him off as it began to spread through the boat, but he was too drunk to notice. Miraculously, at the approach of angry crew members braced to grab him, the cook found his feet, dropped everything, and ran for it. Bolting out the forward battery compartment hatch. he high-tailed it across the connecting gangway to our boat.

“Permission to go below!

Permission to go below!” he screamed frantically to our startled topside watch as he dashed on board with his shipmates close on his heels.

In the meantime, someone on shore hearing all the commotion called the base duty officer. He arrived with members of the shore patrol to join the teeming throng topside. It was generally agreed that the shore patrol should take the errant cook into custody and depart as soon as possible, which they did.

Since he really couldn’t be charged with anything more serious than cooking a vile meal, he was ultimately deposited for safe keeping in a nearby transient barracks until it was decided what to do with him.

Fortunately for all, the cook was allowed to disappear, never to be seen or heard from again.

Was there a submarine force-wide directive aimed at preventing such a thing from ever happening again?

No. This was probably because the powers that be did not want to admit that it had ever occurred in the first place. This article was from Fred McLaren’s book Silent and Unseen, available from Amazon.

55/55 CLASS NEWS Remembering Pete Blair (8) From the Baltimore Sun, This Week in Sports History, Feb. 5, 1955: “Led by heavyweight Pete “Destroyer” Blair, Navy’s undefeated wrestling team beats Maryland, 21-7. Blair, a defending NCAA champion, decisions Mike Sandusky, the Terps’ star football lineman, 14-1. Blair goes on to win a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics; Sandusky plays nine years in the NFL and makes the Pro Bowl.”

Natalie Butler

Ned Floyd (18) reported on the San Diego Army/Navy Game Party M Dick and Lavon Jones once again hosted the Class in the greater San Diego area for watching the Army game. Unfortunately, Lavon was called away to be with an ailing sister. Others present included Charles and Barb Hagee, Roger and Jo Coffey, Ned and Joy Floyd. We had a good lunch at the half and lots of hors d’oeuvres throughout. The camaraderie was great with old times retold. We congratulate Army on their victory. BEAT ARMY.

Pete Blair

Another article, this time by the Washington Post, was titled “She left U-Conn. — and became college basketball’s leading rebounder at George Mason.” The subject of this story line is Natalie Butler, Pete Blair’s granddaughter. Her father is Vernon Butler, the former Navy star, who remains second all-time in points and rebounds at the Academy.

After being on the U Conn team that won the national championship, Natalie arrived back in Fairfax as a graduate transfer, obtaining an NCAA waiver that allowed her to compete immediately for the Patriots in her final season of eligibility. She became a team captain before playing her first game and then started dominating like few Mason players have. After recording 13 points and nine rebounds in a season-opening loss to Michigan, Butler has turned in 17 straight double-doubles, the most in the country and the eighth-longest streak in Division I history. And she is averaging 15.2 rebounds per game, nearly two more than any other player in Division I basketball.

L to R: Charles and Barb Hagee, Jo and Roger Coffey, Dick Jones, Ned and Joy Floyd.

My Adventures with the EOD by Fred Schoenberger (11) Chapter III In-Ocean Training at UWSS, Key West, 1957 Now that we felt as one with our twin air tanks, Aqua Lung regulator, weight belt, swim fins and face mask, we advanced to off-shore diving via a pair of LCP(R)’s that took our group out to deep water where the bow ramp was lowered and we splashed into the drink with minimum sinkage as per procedure.

We were issued wrist compasses with luminous dials that we used to take a bearing on a shore object before submerging. We swam under water with one arm extended forward and the other, having the wrist compass, tucked against our chest where we could read our heading in degrees and make course changes when necessary. We were assigned

a swim partner to which we were tethered by an eight foot line. This was a safety procedure used mainly for night exercises. Being tethered to another swimmer required that we swim in unison, not dragging one another. It was my luck to be paired with a six foot powerhouse who needed to slow up a bit for my sake. Up to this point, many of us hadn’t experienced the painful experience of “ear squeeze.” As we descend from the surface to 33 feet under salt water, the regulated compressed air we breathe becomes twice our usual surface atmospheric pressure. If this increased pressure isn’t equalized in body cavities like our sinuses, a searing pain in our ears will result, increasing as we descend. This can be relieved by swallowing or pinching our nostrils and blowing our nose, resulting in an audible “pop” followed by relief. A blocked nasal passage due to a bad head cold could cause trouble. Aviators and air passengers experience a similar sensation in reverse. Another technique that must be mastered in open water is to breathe easily and at a constant rate. “Gulping air” depletes the air supply in our tanks and may cause our air supply to run out prematurely - not a good thing. The open ocean dives gave us a true feel for being one with “Mother Ocean” and increased our endurance. The next chapter will take us to swimming a course at night, deep dives and free ascents.

Scatter Shot

Bill Lavallee (8)

Jane & Neil Harvey (11)

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Water entry from LCP(R)

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3 Nov 2018 @ Cincinnati 10 Nov 2018 @ UCF –Orlando, FL 17 Nov 2018 vs Tulsa 24 Nov 2018 @Tulane –New Orleans, LA 1 Dec 2018 AAC Championship 8 Dec 2018 @ ARMY–Philadelphia, PA 1-800-US4-NAVY

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’56 Life Membership: 70% Donor Participation: 4.65% Class Executive Committee Chairman: Col George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) (15) e: gmushalko@cox.net; p: 703-768-4543 Shipmate: Dan Garges, USAF (Ret.) (24) p: 301-340-8197; e: magdan_56@yahoo.com Sec’y: CAPT Doug Hayman, USN (Ret.) (11) p: 410-268-0740; e: dfhayman@comcast.net Webmaster: Bob Keller, USN (Ret.) (12) p: 781-329-5101; e: rmkeller34@verizon.net Website: www.usna56.org “Deo Fidelis et Patria”

US Naval Academy Leadership Conference 2018 once again sponsored by Classmate Mitch Hart and his wife Linda: As in prior years some 45 colleges and universities each sent a delegation of four to six students and a faculty representative to attend the three-day conference.

The Forrestal Lectures are attended by the entire Brigade of Midshipmen filling Alumni Hall. Some examples of the speakers and panelists were: Rear Adm. Frank Morneau (ret.) Senior VP Maritime Applied Physics Corp, Ms. Christine Wormuth former Under Secretary for Defense for Policy, Ms. Leanne Caret – Exec.

VP Boeing Corp, Vice Adm. Cutler Dawson – CEO and President Navy Federal Credit Union. Timothy Broglio - Archbishop for all Military Services and Bill Krauss – owner of Mission BBQ. Also, on Monday night, the delegation was treated to a special panel of Vice President Chaney, Ambassador Madeline Albright and Commandant General James Conway, USMC – a noteworthy group of dignitaries indeed! The title of the conference was “Breaking Barriers – Obstacles are Opportunities.” A synopsis of the discussions follows: Every path to victory is littered with obstacles – some visible and others not. To obtain the deftness and resourcefulness required to overcome an obstacle, leaders on every level must choose a leadership style that enables them to form a resilient and capable team able to “smash through” previous failures and overcome the status quo particularly when the stakes are high. Obstacles can be turned into opportunities by learning to 62 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

capitalize on leadership traits, delegating appropriately to promote the growth of others, and deciding when and how to promote change that will lead to an ultimate path to improvement and success.This is true for all those in leadership roles whether in the military or in business.

56 Class Luncheon at Ft. Meyer, VA: Vickie Roddy, a retired State Department Telecommunications officer of 27 years, was the guest speaker at our East Coast luncheon.

Her duties as an electrical engineer included installing telecommunications networks around the world. This afforded her the opportunity to live, travel and interact with many professionals from a variety of cultures. She discussed the many challenges facing professional women domestically and abroad in gaining credibility as a technical authority in her profession.

Her success was mainly attributed to her ability to articulate specific complex problem-solving experiences to get the timely attention and respect of her male colleagues.

Her presentation was very convincing. She currently works for Raytheon Corporation as a senior engineering manager.

The following announcements are made about the recent passing of classmates and classmate wives.

Full obituaries for classmates will be presented in the Last Call Section of this or in a future issue of Shipmate.

Vernon Allan Dander (05) a native of Stockton, died at the age of 83 on December 23, 2017. Vernon was a member of the famous Sugar Bowl Navy football “Team Named Desire” of 1955, defeating Ole Miss 21 – 0. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant to serve in the US Air Force upon his graduation from the Academy, Vern entered pilot training earning his wings in the spring of 1957. Later that same year, Vernon married his high school sweetheart, Claire Ann Herring. Vernon and Claire deployed to Itazuke Air Base in Kyushu, Japan in the summer of 1958 for his first deployment of three years flying H-21 helicopter missions. After upgrading to the

Sikorsky Pave Low HH-3 long range search and rescue helicopter, he and his crew completed an amazing 196 CSAR missions with six combat rescues flying out of both Da Nang and Khe Sanh in Vietnam. After 24 years of military service, Vernon retired at Hanscom AFB in June 1980. He was hired by Martin Marietta Aerospace as Deputy Program Manager for special intelligence systems and Air Force simulation programing and later recruited by the Environmental Protection in Denver, Colorado.

Upon final retirement in 2011 and he and Claire moved to Linden Ponds in Hingham, MA. Vernon and traveled extensively in retirement throughout the world. Vernon is survived by a proud family including his wife Claire and daughter Katherine of Boston, MA. Richard “Paul” Tucker (03), M.D., died on Sept. 21, 2017, in Hot Springs, Ark., at the age of 82. After graduating from the Naval Academy and serving in the U. S. Air Force for four years, Paul entered medical school and graduated valedictorian from Oklahoma Medical School and completed his residency at the University of Michigan in neurology.

Paul practiced medicine as a neurologist for over 30 years. He traveled extensively, visiting almost every continent and loved writing and performing poetry and singing.

A private graveside ceremony was held in South Louisiana. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne Tucker; his brother, two sons, two daughters and eight grandchildren.

Barbara Mushalko, the beloved wife of George Mushalko (15) passed away peacefully at home on February 24, 2018 at age 82 after a six-month struggle with cancer.

After attending Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross in Washington, DC, she married her Naval Academy sweetheart George on December 1, 1956 and was his beloved wife of 61 years. She truly enjoyed being an “Air Force wife” handling all the social obligations with great grace and dignity. She received boundless joy in cooking, reading, British TV, Navy football tailgating, luncheons, Bible Study, and Women’s Christian Groups. She was a woman of deep

faith who lived by the Spirit with a bright outlook on life, ever willing to help anyone anytime, with an endless love for her family and friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on March 3, 2018, at St Louis Catholic Church, Alexandria, VA followed later by burial at Arlington National Cemetery.

Edward A. Zabrycki (09): Ed passed away at the age of 85 peacefully at home on December 3, 2017 following a lengthy illness. Ed was a Navy Purchasing Manager and enjoyed postings in Japan, Vietnam, Mare Island, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, the Naval Postgraduate School and the Panama Canal Zone. Ed worked for Pacific Gas and Electric after retiring from the Navy. He earned a Masters Degree from Ohio State and loved teaching Supply Chain Management and Economics in the evenings at St. Mary’s College, Golden Gate University and Dominican University.

Lifelong interests included scuba diving and piloting small planes.

Ed is survived by his wife Meg of 42 years and his three sons, one daughter and six grandchildren.

A Memorial Service was held on January 13, 2018.

John Thurber (23): Captain, USN, Ret. passed away on January 18, 2018 at the age of 86. After graduation, he married Joan Norma Orr on June 1, 1956. John was the Captain of the USS Mount Hood, Marine Director of the Panama Canal Commission, Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command in Panama, and the U.S. Naval Attaché with the US embassy in the country of Uruguay. He had 14 years and 3 months of sea duty and retired in 1989. He was an avid recreational scuba diver and he logged over 1500 dives in his lifetime. John and Joan frequented the Cayman Islands’ beautiful diving spots and made diving expeditions to many other places as well. He continued to dive until he was 80 years old. At his request John’s ashes will be scattered in the ocean in the Cayman Islands along with Joan’s who passed away in 2006.

He is survived by a daughter and son.

56/57 CLASS NEWS Carl Alfred Nelson (10) of Chula Vista CA passed away February 3, 2018 at the age of 87 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Following graduation Carl married Barbara Long the following day in the Naval Academy Chapel. Barb died in 2004. Carl spent over 33 years in the Navy; he enjoyed most his command of three ships: the guided missile cruiser USS Worden CG 18, the frigate USS Cook FF 1083, and the fleet salvage vessel USS Cocopa ATF 101. He served four tours of duty during the Vietnam War including one in-county as senior advisor to the commander of combat riverine operations. Carl earned a doctorate in business administration and taught international business at various colleges and universities in the San Diego area. He wrote five books on international trade and published a series of five novels which roughly followed his Navy career. He garnered many awards for his writing which included poetry, short stories, and professional articles, a play, a musical, and two memoirs. In 1981 Carl, as captain of the USS Worden in the South China Sea, rescued 44 Vietnamese ‘boat people’ ages - infant to late 20’s who were facing dehydration, starvation, and possibly death. Fifteen years later they located and treated him as their honored parent, even naming a ‘grandchild’ after him. In 2006 Carl married Dolores Hansen and inherited another family. Carl and Dolores spent 13 years traveling the world together. Carl leaves behind three daughters; six grandchildren and one great-granddaughter and Dolores’s extended family.

’56: Classmate Funeral Attendees.

The attached photo shows 9 of the classmates who attended the funeral services including (L to R): Jim Thomas, Jerry Fulk, Dick Shigley, Jim Murtland, Jay Ransom. Ned Roberts, Don Kennedy, Jim Brunner and Bruce Dolph. Roger Box and Bob Shinn also attended.

Captain Robert A. Schade Jr. (23), USN (Ret.), died at 83 on December 2, 2017 in Houston, Texas due to complications from a previous stroke. Upon graduation from the Academy, he entered the Civil Engineer Corps, and earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and with a M.S. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served a tour in Cambodia as the only naval officer with the Army Military Advisory Group. He returned to Washington, DC, for a tour at the Naval Facilities DC and then deployed for three tours in Vietnam. He was the recipient of three Bronze Stars and survived being shot down in helicopters in enemy territory at least twice.

After Vietnam, he again returned to NAVFAC in Washington, DC, as the Director of the Operational Facilities Construction Division. He was assigned a tour in Guam as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Base Support and the Force Civil Engineer.

He then became the Officer in Charge of Design and Construction of the new National Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. He retired as the Vice Commander of the Atlantic Division NAVFAC in Norfolk, VA, in 1983.

After retirement from the Navy,

he was a Vice President of The Maguire Group, an architectural and engineering firm in Norfolk, VA. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Cecelia McShane Schade; three daughters and six grandchildren.

’57 Life Membership: 67% Donor Participation: 4.41% Pres: CAPT David S. Cooper, USN (Ret.) Vice Pres: CAPT William H. Peerenboom, USN (Ret.) Sec’y: LCDR P. O. Behrends, USN (Ret.) 143-A East Lake Dr., Annapolis, MD 21403 e: pobehrends@aol.com Corr Sec’y: Col William S. Hamel, USMRC (Ret.) 245 Wroxeter Dr., Arnold, MD 21012-2145 p: 410-647-6214; e: BillHamel57@aol.com Treas: COL John D. Regenhardt, USAF (Ret.) Webmeister: CDR C. R. Hall, III, USN (Ret.) e: crhall@comcast.net Website: http//1957.usnaclasses.com/

Much has happened since our last news, regrettably some involving the playing of Taps for classmates.

We note the passing of these friends: Owen C. Baker {24}, known to all as “OC”, died 23 January 2018 in Fairfax, Virginia. Also a retired Marine colonel, OC was passionate about flying all his life. His funeral will be at Arlington, at a later date.

Richard N. Charles (4) died in February in Mobile, Alabama. As a mid, Dick starred on the fencing team and edited the Trident magazine; served with distinction in nuclear submarines and Don Alvin Clark (12), 84, died 10 November 2017, in Salt Lake City, of heart failure. He retired as an Air Force lieutenant colonel and worked in the Defense Department.

His graveside service was held 21 November.

Michael J. Kelly {22}, 83, died 14 February 2018, after a long illness, in Annapolis. Mike retired as a Marine colonel, and engaged in Class activities as much as he could, with the help of his wife Judy.

Victor H. Prushan (1) died November 14, 2017, of pancreatic cancer, in Thousand Oaks, California, at age 81. Vic is survived by his wife Florence and sons Paul,

Marc (Wendy), Robert (Irene), and five grandchildren. He was an enthusiastic contributor to many Class events and conversations.

VP Bill Peerenboom (3) advises us that the Academy’s History Department has confirmed their selections to fill the Class of 1957 Chair in Naval Heritage and our post-doc research fellowship. Once again we seem to have struck gold in persuading two outstanding scholars to join us, for the academic year 2018-2019. Our Distinguished Chair will be Prof. Kathleen B. Williams, who holds a BA from Wellesley College, an MA from Columbia University, and a PhD in military history from the City University of New York.

Recently retired, she now lives in Oakland, California, and teaches part time there at Holy Names University. Her published work includes Secret Weapon: U.S. Highfrequency Direction Finding in the Battle of the Atlantic (Naval Institute Press, 1996); Improbable Warriors: Women Scientists and the U.S. Navy in World War II, (Naval Institute Press, 2001, which won the John Lyman award for best book in U.S. naval history); Grace Hopper:Admiral of the Cyber Sea (Naval Institute Press, 2004, John Lyman award for best biography in U.S. naval history); and The Measure of a Man: My Father, the Marine Corps, and Saipan, (Naval Institute Press, 2013).

Professor Williams

Dr. Mark R. Folse successfully defended his thesis in February. His research interests include WWI-era Marine Corps institutional culture,

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57/58 CLASS NEWS his dissertation being entitled The Globe and Anchormen: U.S. Marines, White Manhood, and American Culture: 1914 – 1939. He was awarded the General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Memorial Dissertation Fellowship, 2015-2016.

In these two scholars we have a new focus on Marines and Marine culture, and Prof. Williams’s work on Rear Admiral Hopper is so timely with the Hopper Building now in construction in the Yard. Our fiftyyear legacy gift continues to give.

Dr. Folse

As does another of our Class’s gifts, about which Jack O’Donnell (4) writes: M In his Reflections at the 60th Reunion, former Class President Fritz Warren (4) mentioned that the Class has funded scholarships which provide aspiring youngsters a year of prep school before entering the Academy. This came as a surprise to many people: he was referring to a scholarship program which was started by Classmate David Mitchell (4).

On his final tour before leaving the Navy, Dave served as flag lieutenant on the staff of Rear Admiral Elliott Loughlin. When Admiral Loughlin retired, he became a director of the Naval Academy Foundation, where he sought to improve Navy athletic programs. One way was to encourage more promising high school athletes to complete prep school prior to applying to the Academy. When he could not locate funding to support the program, he reached out to Mitchell, who had embarked on a successful career. Dave responded with initial 64 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

funding for $150,000 and the David Mitchell Scholarship Fund was founded. A few years later, he changed the name to The Class of 1957 Honor Scholarship Fund. Over the years, there have been twentysix recipients of the scholarship and twenty-four have graduated from the Academy, including Megan McClung ’95, Major, USMC, who was KIA in Iraq 2006.

Another ongoing ’57 gift to our Alma Mater is our joint sponsorship, with our Linkmates in ’07, of the 22nd Company, Fifth Battalion, of the Brigade. Just before the Christmas break, the mids invited us to join them in a holiday party in a special area set up on the main deck in Dahlgren Hall. We used this occasion to present our annual wardroom subsidy check, drawn on the accounts of ’57 and ’07. The current wardroom officer, 1/C Joe Bahleda, expressed the mids’ appreciation (they also care a lot about our sea stories) in a note to us, which reports that, partly due to our annual subsidy, 22nd Company Wardroom is one of the most versatile in the Brigade, suitable for movie nights, squad innings, birthday parties, late-night study sessions, and company-wide pingpong tournaments — all in the same day. Beyond recreation, our help has made the wardroom a professional enough venue that it is regularly used to host guest speakers to address and educate the midshipmen of 22nd Company. We and ’07 together are supporting many facets of midshipman development, and the mids appreciate it.

EXCOMM Chair George Philipps (17), George Robillard (22) 1/c Wardroom Officer Lauren Larar, Bill Hamel (23), ’57 President Dave Cooper (13), and 22nd Company Commander 1/c David Lietka

And, needless to say, we enjoy every minute spent with these future leaders. Speaking of youth, our classmate Cleve Loman (1) has recently renewed his, in marrying

his high school sweetheart Joe Anne Ward of Trinity, N.C. “Chaperoned” by Dave and Suzanne Cooper, the happy couple honeymooned in Hawaii last fall. Dave sends: M We joined Cleve and Joe Anne on their Hawaiian honeymoon.

Their excuse was that Cleve needed someone to show them around the islands, and I had been stationed there. Unfortunately, there had been a 40-year time delay since I lived there so my value as a tour guide was essentially zero. We spent seven days on Oahu doing all of the typical tourist things and, then five days on Hawaii lying on the beach and recovering. Needless to say, a good time was had by all and it was difficult to come back to the cold weather of Washington, D.C.

The Googes in Seville

With that, our inkwell seems to have run dry. Please keep it coming, classmates, and friends, to my new address: billhamel57@aol.com.

As Fred was wont to say, Carpe diem, to which I would only add, Yes, and savor every one.

’58 Life Membership: 64% Donor Participation: 2.33% Pres: Lt Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) e: gordon.gerson@1958.usna.com Dave and Suzanne, Joe Anne and Cleve

We hear from a reliable source that Jim Googe (7) recently returned from a two-week trip to Portugal and Spain. He and Barbara Ruth are pictured in front of Seville’s Hotel Alfonso XIII, where 67 years earlier, he and other mids had frolicked on youngster cruise. It was then and there on the rooftop garden of the Alfonso XIII, during a weekend tour from the Willie Wood (DD-715) back in Cadiz, that Jim admired from afar the beautiful Spanish flamenco dancer Hortensia Jimeliola, high class and unapproachable. Barbara Ruth wasn’t buying the “from afar” bit, because Jim remembered the dancer’s name. Perhaps stupidly, Jim searched for any evidence of Hortensia’s whereabouts. He was unsuccessful. Just as well, had she still been dancing, it would be with a walker. Can any classmate on the same tour confirm Jim’s story? He says he needs help.

Corr Sec’y: CAPT Bill Schramm, USN (Ret.) 17 Calera Canyon, Salinas, CA 93908 p: 831-484-9058; e: w_schramm@comcast.net Webmaster: CAPT Fred Victor, USN (Ret.) e: avictor@erols.com Website: www.usna.com/Classes/1958

DGA – The Naval Academy Alumni Association each year names one or more Distinguished Graduates.

The Class of 1958 has had five of the Class receive this award. They are ADM Chuck Larson, RADM Ben Montoya, LTGEN Terry Cooper, Captain Bruce McCandless and our most recent recipient, Senator John McCain. John became a Naval Aviator after graduation and in October of 1967 he was shot down while on a bombing mission over Hanoi.

He remained a POW until March of 1973. He went on to Command a Training Squadron serve as a Naval liaison to the U.S. Senate. He retired from the Navy in 1981 as a Captain and in 1982 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Congressman from Arizona. In 1986 he was elected as a U.S. Senator from Arizona.

58/58 CLASS NEWS ONWARD AND UPWARD IN PERU – Gordon Gerson, our Class President, and his family went to Peru for a visit. From the seashore to the peaks of the Andes they had a very enjoyable vacation including a visit to Machu Picchu at an elevation of about 8500 feet. For what is probably the first and last time the 58 IS GREAT flag flew over Machu Picchu. Turns out Gordo found out flying a flag is illegal there, but it is not clear if that is for all flags or just for the ‘58 Flag?

’58 IS GREAT FLYING OVER MACHU PICHU

13TH COMPANY REUNION – Last November the 13th Company held their annual reunion in San Antonio, Texas. Attending were Dirck Stryker, Tom and Kay Powell, Dick and Nancy Tennent, Jim Patterson, Jim and Carol Hoch and Joe and Evie Mansfield. Their busy schedule included visits to the Alamo, the LBJ Ranch, a number of old Spanish Missions and the National Museum of the Pacific War in the hometown of Chester Nimitz as well as a barge trip on the San Antonio River. Clearly the 13th is the most reunioned of our Companies.

’58: THE 13TH REMEMBERING THE ALAMO

LUNCHEON ON THE LEFT COAST – The Central California, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, otherwise known as the CCSFBA, gathered for lunch at the Brass Door in San Ramon for their January luncheon. Present and accounted for were Jack MacKinnon, Jack Brophy, Dave Allard, Bruce Bartels, John Potter and Phil McNall (in the back row of the photo) and Mary Beth Hodge (guest of Jack MacKinnon), Jeannie Brophy, Nancy Bartels and Jude Potter (in the front row).

THE CCSFBA LUNCHEON AT THE BRASS DOOR

LUNCHEON ON THE OTHER COAST – At the January meeting of the Washington D.C. Chapter the guest speaker was Captain T.J. Grady, the Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen. Captain Grady outlined the reasons why the USNA is ranked as the #1 public university, #4 STEM university, and in the top 20 of all universities in the nation. He also discussed the Class of 2018 community selection process where 92.7% of the class received their 1st choice. Fifteen Classmates and ten ladies were in attendance.

CAPT. GRADY AND JACK ADAMS

THE REST OF THE STORY – Put your hand in a bucket of water and swirl it around then take your hand out and the water will look as it was before you stirred it up. So it is with our lives. Some of us pass through this life and do great things, but after we pass on, the world is as it was before. But some of us accomplish lasting efforts and so it was with Greg Streeter from the 1st Company. Greg had a distinguished career in the Navy. He commanded 2 Destroyers and 2 Destroyer Squadrons before he retired as a

Captain. He moved on into the business world, but he also joined the Naval Order of the United States. In due course he rose to be the Commander General of the Naval Order from 2009 to 2011. In 2003 at a dinner of the Naval Order Greg heard a speaker comment that there were some 100 memorials to Army and allied units in Normandy the site of D-Day during WWII. Although 1/6 of all the U.S. casualties during the invasion there was no memorial dedicated to the U.S. Navy. From that day Greg worked to see that a proper Monument to the Navy was established in Normandy and so it came to pass. Five years later and at a cost of over $500,000 the Monument was dedicated. Greg’s work to create this memorial shows all of us that one man’s devotion can create a lasting result.

CLOSING RANKS Sam Parker, 11th Company died on the 11th of November 2017 Bruce McCandless, 19th Company passed away on 19 December 2017

‘58: THE U.S. NAVY D-DAY MEMORIAL IN NORMANDY, FRANCE

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58/60 CLASS NEWS Ernie Pyle, 10th Company passed on 10 February 2018 Judy Myers, wife of George Myers, 16th Company passed away

’59 Life Membership: 64% Donor Participation: 5.34% Chairman Exec. Committee: Gerald G. Garbacz e: gggarbacz@aol.com Sec’y: CAPT Charles C. Pease, USN (Ret.) 20510 Falcons Landing Cir., Apt. 1404 Potomac Falls, VA 20165-7596 p: 703-549-4285; e: classsec1959@gmail.com Webmasters: Pete and Elaine Stout Website: www.USNA1959.com

Change of Email and Snail Mail Address for Class Correspondence: If you have not provided your current Email address and Snail Mail Address to your Company Representative and to me, please do so. If you do not have an email address for your Company Representative, please send an email message to: classsec1959 @gmail.com. Also, please update your Data on the Alumni Association Web Site.

59th Reunion: By now you should have received in the mail, detailed information on our planned 59th Reunion and instructions on how to register for the Reunion. Please note that online registration is the preferred option. Also note that this is our big reunion; there will not be a 60th Reunion. Reunion information is also available on our class website www.usna1959.com. Our 59th Reunion will be held October 4-7, 2018 and will feature a catered buffet and TV viewing of the Away football game between NAVY and AIR FORCE in the comfort of the N-Star Room in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Please register promptly and we look forward to seeing you at a great Reunion weekend.

Vince Obsitnik (3) Reports: M Just joined the 80’s Club on January 24th! My wife, Annemarie, was great in arranging a surprise dinner party for the event. The last one she organized was for my 70th 66 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

in Bratislava, Slovakia - 300 attended.

This was smaller, 15 folks, but wonderful indeed. A total surprise and at a beach restaurant in Naples, FL. Among the group celebrating with us were ’59ers, Steve and Joan Burgess (1), Dave and Betsy Dyke (3), and Sue Morgan, widow of Hank Morgan (4).

To close out my 70s, I ran a Half Marathon in Atlanta on Dec. 16th.

Ended up second in my age group with a time of 3 hours 10 mins. Had two big problems - first, temperature at start was 37F which caused some exercised induced asthma and second, the city of Atlanta is loaded with hills!!!

Don’t recommend anyone else try this. It was my toughest race ever. If any other classmates are still running, I’d love to hear from them to compare notes.

Frank Pipkin (11) Reports: M On the sunny afternoon of October 23, 2017 Al Ruth (12), was inurned at the USNA Columbarium at College Creek, Annapolis. Al was greatly respected and well-liked by his company mates and throughout the 3rd Battalion. Al served on two Destroyers and later transferred to the CEC. After his Naval Career, he worked in the construction management field for private industry and for government agencies. Al was ordained as a Deacon in the Episcopal Church in 2003, and he served in Florida, Alabama, and New Mexico.

In attendance at the service was his wife, Ellen, of 58 years, and oldest daughter, Deborah Price, son A.C., Ruth (USAFA,’92, daughter Lani McCarson and husband Tim McCarson, and grandson William.

Grandson William gave a heartfelt memorable talk about his grandfather, William has his eye on the USNA, and he plans to attend the USNA Youth Swim Camp this summer.

Also at the Columbarium, representing the class and supporting the family, were Dan Truax (6) and wife Ona, and Frank Pipkin (11).

Al will be greatly missed at the 59th reunion, but we are eternally grateful to have had his companionship as a classmate, and a shipmate.

Rest in Peace, Al Ruth.

Ron Trossbach (11) reports: M The USNA Alumni population at Falcons Landing has increased to twenty- three. ’59ers lead the count with four classmates residing: Charlie Pease (10), Ron Trossbach, Don Cooper (11), and Lou Wardlow (24) and another scheduled to move in this year.) Those of us that live here repeat our invitation to visit and tour the facilities if you are in the Washington, DC area. We are anxious to show you how we live and enjoy being part of an attractive and well managed Life Plan Community. Contact: Rontrossbach @msn.com on 703-403-8408 Rise and Shine!

’60 Life Membership: 69% Donor Participation: 6.61% Pres: John J. Michalski 2039 Homewood Rd., Annapolis, MD 20409 p: 410-757-6429; e: navygoat@comcast.net Sec’y: Bill Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge Pl., Midlothian, VA 23112-4337 p: 804-744-8808; e: bilewis@comcast.net Website: http://www.usna60.com

From Doug Johnston (5): M “Bill, below is the narrative for our last 2 months of lunches for Shipmate, including the attached picture relating to our January lunch. The caption for the latter should read as follows (L to R): Don Boecker (15), Jeanne & Tom Solak (2), Dick Pariseau (1), Beverly & Grant Sharp (19), Dennis Hickey (22), Jim Slattery (speaker), Martha & George Dowell (19), and Dareen & Doug Johnston (5).

‘60: Washington group

Our December luncheon speaker was Grant Sharp (19), who spoke about the challenges he faced in coordinating the ground campaign in the first Gulf War as General Schwarzkopf’s Planning Officer.

Grant talked about the insights he gleaned from reading those sections of General Grant’s Memoirs relating to the Civil War. Foremost among them was the fact that most of Grant’s victories stemmed from outflanking his opponents. Hence the major flanking movement in Operation Desert Storm.

Our just-concluded January lunch featured Jim Slattery, a former Congressman from the State of Kansas, who shared a range of informative insights on Iran stemming from his engagement in an ongoing informal dialogue with high-ranking Iranian religious leaders, academicians, and government officials over the past 15 years and from his more recent on-scene observations in conjunction with a recent speech he gave in Tehran. His presentation to our group painted a far more balanced picture of that country’s culture and politics than what one can glean from the media. One of his insights (to which I can personally attest based on my own trip to Iran in 2003), is that in spite of the neverending, ritualistic condemnations of the “Great Satan,” there is great affection toward Americans at all levels of Iranian society— not toward our government but toward our people.

Attendees at one or both lunches included Beverly and Grant Sharp (19), Jeanne and Tom Solak (2), Martha and George Dowell (19),

60/60 CLASS NEWS summer of 1956 and I remember it vividly. I recall it had a gosport for communications; it took off at 60 kts., cruised at 60 kts., and landed at 60kts.

And also from Doug Menikheim (10)

‘60: Washington group

’60: Pete Chabot, John Claman, Prissy & Wick Parcells

Charlotte and Bob Stevenson (2), Becky and Dick Pariseau (1), Fae and Bud Pezet (13), Don Boecker (15), Lou Schriefer (10), Dennis Hickey (22), Darlene Matulka, Dareen and yours truly.

Best to all, Doug

abroad at every opportunity. Two days after Pam retired at the beginning of 2003 we flew to Norfolk and caught a Space-A flight to Naples, and we haven’t slowed down yet.

The two of us have visited 38 countries and territories so far, and we still have four more excursions scheduled in the next year. We bought a fixer-upper here in La Mesa 27 years ago, and we’re still fixing it up. In my spare time I’m taking language classes in an attempt to become fluent in Spanish. I plan to slow down sometime in the next ten years. Mike From Ed Clexton (10):

Ed Clexton & Joel Febel

From a message to Porter Lewis (4) from Mike Fenn (4): M “Hello Porter, It is good to hear from everyone who has responded to your emails.

I’ve been fortunate to have stayed healthy as I approach the end of my eighth decade, apart from a short A-Fib episode a few years ago which has never repeated itself. I’ve been in San Diego for the last 45 years or so, apart from traveling

M “Recently at Oceana NAS, I saw an older fellow getting into his car with the license N3N F14 so I went over and asked him about N3N. He said “well everyone around here knows what an F14 is, so I get a lot of questions about that, but you’re the first person to ask me about the N3N. You see in the late 50s I was an aircraft mechanic at Naval Station Annapolis and that’s the airplane I worked on” I said well, I was in the last class of Mids that flew in the N3Ns at Annapolis in the

M “Clex, yes, they were the Yellow Perils and it was Plebe Year. I’m sure of that because of one of my fondest memories of the late, great Pete (PB) Dolan (10). I did not know Peter until we all gathered together in the Terrible Tenth....

This happened in the Spring of Plebe Year. Long story short: I believe it was a company event and as we were loading into the aircraft, front seat for Mids, back seat for instructors, the pilots were the last to climb in. Pete’s pilot was in overall charge, thus last to board his plane. Remember, the planes were up on dollies and had to be towed to the ramp where they were launched. Did I mention the props were turning? Well, Peter grew bored and started touching what few devices there were in the open cockpit. Naturally, one of those was the throttle, which PB moved forward, as did the plane on the dollies! Well, all hell broke loose; the terrified pilot clambered aboard somehow, stopped the moving bi-wing plane and lit into Dolan. I was in the plane next to Peter’s and saw the whole thing. It was such a kick flying those old birds.....those were the days.”

—Doug Joe Matais (10) added: M “PB regaled us with his account and confirmed what you said. He did add that he didn’t see what all the hullabaloo was about.

From Ed Mangan (20): M “Bill, A group of classmates paid final tribute to our classmate Jay Grafton (23) and his wife Sandy at their internment at Arlington Cemetery Thursday November 9. Present were Bob Kowall’s (20) widow, Maureen, Suzanne and Ed Mangan (20), Fay and Jim McConnell (23), John Michalski (6), Willie Taylor (7), Jim Knorr (20), Hank Chiles (21), Bob Stevenson (2) and Dennis Hickey (22). After the ceremony a very nice reception was held by the

family at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club.” Ed Another missive from 4th Company to Porter Lewis (4) from Tony Dunne (4): M “It was great to hear from you and Chris Moore (4). It sounds like life has been very good to you and your family. I can imagine what it is like to having your own Marine Platoon and leading the charge (from your favorite easy chair).

I knew I was going to get old but I didn’t think it was going to happen this fast. I’ve enjoyed good health since a bout with cancer 20 years ago so hang in there. Life has an expiration date for all of us so it’s time to have some fun and let the younger generation see what they can do with the world’s problems.

I was shore fishing 2 weeks ago on Marrowstone Pt. (Admiralty Inletentrance to Puget Sound) and saw a Trident Sub on its way out on a deployment. It made me think of all you old Navy guys. I do love breathing that fresh air coming off salt water on the Washington north coast.

Anyway the new thing in Sharron and my life was a 10th grandchild 2 years ago. I have 3 sons and a daughter. The daughter married late and presented us with a new granddaughter 2 years ago.

She is a career Lawyer and her husband to be was retiring from the Navy after 24 years. Four years ago the daughter’s future husband was the head of the Intelligence Division on the USS John Stennis (CVN-74) giving me a tour of his ship, when he tells me he is going to marry my daughter. We were standing at the aft end of the flight deck when he said this. Of course I knew what the right response was looking at the water a long way below.

Chris, I think we need a good bottle of single malt Scotch and many hours to make any sense of the Vietnam War and its lessons.

This is another book I found very interesting on Vietnam that details North Vietnam politics, strategies, and objectives during the war: “Hanoi’s War” by Lein-Hang T. Nguyen, 2012 University of North Carolina Press. The author had

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60/61 CLASS NEWS access to Vietnam Ministry of Foreign affairs archives.

Tony From John Michalski (6): M “Bill! Here is a note about our recent class lunch in Annapolis: It was Christmas weather in Annapolis when our ‘60 group gathered in the light snow to celebrate the season.

Merf Moerschel (2) once again arranged for us to meet at the Eastport Yacht Club and opened with our usual moment of silence in remembrance of classmates we have lost. Those attending in addition to Merf were Carolyn & Willie Taylor (7), Suzanne & Ed Mangan (20), Fae & Bud Pezet (13), Linda & Ron Burdge (9), Sidsel Fox, and Nancy & John Michalski (6). Some of our Annapoli snowbirds have already flown the coop and we missed their company, but a merry time was had by all as we shared our family plans for the holiday, commiserated over the recent loss to Army, and as usual shared stories about our days in Mother Bancroft. John

’61 Life Membership: 71% Donor Participation: 4.67% Pres: RADM Jerome F. Smith Jr., USN (Ret.) Corr Sec’y: RADM E. S. (Skip) McGinley II, USN (Ret) 3016 Quint Dr., Viera, FL 32940 p: 321-622-4640; c: 202-549-2472 e: skip.mcginley@1961.USNA.com; skipmcginley@cfl.rr.com Webmaster: Howard Winfree e: winfree@1961.usna.com Website: www.USNA61.org

Hello all ’61ers, here we are again, with a grunch of photos and words to go along, and well into the New Year, the year of our big West Coast ’61 Reunion. We have a good variety of inputs this time, so I’ll stop talking and let’s get started…

This is in from Don Coullahan (06) and Jim Richardson (16): “The SOCAL 1961 contingent met on 13 February for our 8th annual Valentine’s Day Sweethearts’ Luncheon at Carvers Steak and Chops in Rancho Bernardo. Patsy and Bill Kraus (12) did an outstanding job organizing this year’s event that was well attended by a bunch of older gentlemen (our classmates) and their lovely young-appearing sweethearts.

The ladies were all presented with a favor to treasure forever and to remember our luncheon whenever garlic needs to be grated.

(A nifty decorative culinary garlic grater set was presented to each sweetheart). Attendees were: Tom and Betty Bailey (16), Jim and Lee Cavanaugh, (11) Don and Judy Coullahan (6), Bill and Patsy Kraus (12), Jim and Hannah Richardson (16), Dick and Ann Rothwell (7), Bruce and Melanie Maxon (15), Chuck and Arilla St. Laurent (21), Boyd and Nikki Steele (18), Mike and Carol von Radesky (7), Leo and Kathryn Willetts (5), George and Veronica Worthington (2), andRalph and Marilynn Zimmerman (12).”

Not to be outdone, here is the input from Ned Kuhns (07) and our big East Coast crowd in Norfolk: 68 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

“The Tidewater ’61 Group decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day with our ladies a few days early to keep on our second Thursday of every month schedule. We had a great luncheon and were pleased to have Mike Gambacorta (03) who lives in Smithfield join us. Attending the luncheon were: Jan Bradley (Mike (03) was busy supervising a tax preparation office), Bonnie Campbell - Kuhn (Joe (03) - Honorary) had another prior commitment, Sandy & Ken Craig (07), Carole & JP Decker (08), Mike Gambacorta (03), Peg & Bob Graham (18), Sue & Dick Hixson (19), Sharon & Jim Joyner (01), Ned Kuhns (07), Judy & Jim Laster (15), Jane & Tom McNicholas (09), Barbara & Carlos Mercado (07), Fran & Kurt Rohdenburg (20), and Breeze & Charlie Stewart (06). Due to the large number of guests, we had a number of individual tables so decided to take a photo of only one.

Left to right are: Judy Laster, Tom McNicholas, Mike Gambacorta, Jane McNicholas, JP Decker and Carole Decker. A good time was had by all.”

Dick Garritson (22) sends in: M Jerry(08) and Jill Smith hosted the ‘61 sponsored Pipes and Drums members/’61 alumni to both a Winter (January 26th this year) and a later Spring (pre-graduation) gathering at their lovely Annapolis home. For the Winter Chili Feast, attending ‘61ers were (L to R) David Wright(03), Bill Ciesla(18), Bob Shearer(04), Ike Cole(05) Jerry Rosenberger (06), Jay Bower (14), Jerry Smith(08), Dick Garritson

61: East Coast Crowd in Norfolk

(22) (not pictured) with attending Pipes and Drummers behind the alums. Jerry revealed at the monthly ‘61 luncheon that, for the first time, we actually ran out of chili! A most successful gathering!

Here is a great input/piece of family (and U.S.) history from John Butler (05): M My Dad was KIA on Iwo Jima in Mar 45. We traveled to Ft Myers Fl via NOLA, my Dad’s home town.

We Arrived in Tampa Sep 45 by train.

My mother’s parents met us and then drove down the old Tamiami trail (US41) to Ft Myers, then a sleepy little town in SW Fl. Mom ended up buying an old home with 10 acres on the Caloosahatchee River. Despite skeeters & heat it was a memorable boyhood. A paradise for a boy to explore, fish & hunt.

A growing up to never forget. And

61/62 CLASS NEWS though so much has changed, I am in Florida for the duration.

Above is a photo from the occasion of receiving my dad’s PH Navy Cross presented by the Admiral in the photo with our chickens I was showing off. Notice the Fla wilderness in the background. The occasion of the NC presentation was my 7th birthday, July 30, 1946. Also attached is a photo of me blowing out the candles with help from 2 Marines at the buffet my mother prepared. That dining table is in our condo here in Tampa. Morey, of course being my oldest little bro. My older sister is in the birthday photo. My other baby bro born in Nov 44 was with my grandmother.

My mom was a champ.

Editor’s note: you’re right, John! The photo of the feast spread out on the table alone proves that. This has got to be one of the very nicest inputs we’ve ever had since I’ve been working this circuit. Thanks, John!

And, last but not least, a short but informative item sent in by Dan Sullivan(12): M We were happy to be one of the watering holes in a whirlwind tour of the southwest by our expatriate classmate and my former wife, Norman Ridenour (12). We took a nice photo during breakfast with my daughter, who has appeared in previous SHIPMATEs. Norm has been living in the Czech Republic for some time now, and he visited family and friends during the first half of July, 2017. He arrived in my home on 14 July and stayed overnight. Bill and Patsy Kraus (12) joined us for dinner. Before dinner we all had a great Skype session with Chuck Ernst (12) in Maryland, who had also been my wife with Norm. Norm is now safely ensconced in Prague again.

Editor’s note: this photo/article goes back over six months, but we have had a large volume of inputs, for which I thank all of you in the Class of ’61. If it’s important, we’ll get them ALL in, eventually!

institutions named after our classmates – living or deceased – please let me know.

Our former two-term class President DICK HAYES sent us this story and photo.

’62 Life Membership: 74% Donor Participation: 2.38%

subsequently made a schedule change that routed us home via Newark, New Jersey and then on to DC with a 5 hour layover in Newark.

If you can ever avoid the Newark Airport, do it! It is a maze of terminals that you have to spend a lot of time walking and taking a shuttle bus to get to your designated terminal. It was not fun. Overall, the trip was a lot of fun and we are planning to do it again next year.

Pres: CDR Walter F. Welham Jr., USN (Ret.) p: 703-501-1665; e: wwelham@aol.com Sec’y: CDR Howard S. Pinskey, USNR (Ret.) P.O. Box 3380, Annapolis, MD 21403-3326 p: 410-974-1962; e: PINSK62@aol.com Website: www.nampows.org/62.html

Greetings from Annapolis – The Class of 2018 graduates later this month and the tradition continues. Good luck to these men and women as they embark on exciting careers to serve our country.

Of course, the weather is great and the tourist season is upon us. Less than 120 days until Navy begins its new football season. Now for class news.

CLASS NEWS More good news about our class legacy living on the bricks-and-mortar field. TOM WOODKA reminded us of some facts regarding the Virginia War Memorial, which honors Virginians who have made the ultimate sacrifice and the Paul and Phyllis Galanti Educational Center. It is 18,000 square feet and is on the grounds of the War Memorial that overlooks the James River in Richmond. The Center was dedicated in September 2010. Since the dedication, visitors have increased 500% to over 73,000 per year. Paul was a POW for 6 ½ years in the Hanoi Hilton and a member of the Class of 1962 at the United States Naval Academy. Phyllis was Chairwoman of the National League of Families of American Prisoners of War. She was very instrumental in the release of the prisoners. She passed away in April of 2014. I was also notified that the RDML Anthony R. Maness Tactical Support Center at Kaneohe MCBH in Hawaii is named after our classmate.

If anyone knows of other buildings, monuments, or

Just wanted to tell you about the latest trip by the ’62 flag! Ann and I, Judy and John Kelly, made our annual trip to Hawaii in January to escape the lousy and cold weather here in the DC area. This year we did it a little different. We flew to San Diego for a few days at the start to help celebrate Judy’s birthday and sort of break up the trip travel wise. Next we flew to Hawaii and we each had a Beach Cottage at Barber’s Point. It was great – 80 plus degrees every day and only 50 feet to the ocean. We alternated “Happy Hour” and dinner each night at our respective cottages. We were able to see the Dole Plantation Factory, visited a nice shopping mall where the stores were all local craft stores, had a great lunch at Beach’s Restaurant on the North Shore and most of all, every night at the beach, we toasted sunset with some adult beverages. During the week, we stopped by Kaneohe MC Base and had a nice lunch at the “O” Club.

The picture is one of John and I after lunch at the Club. After a week at the cottages, we went to the Hale Koa Hotel for 3 days primarily to visit the Barefoot Bar where they make the best Mai Tai’s in Hawaii.

It was a less stellar trip home. We flew from Honolulu to San Francisco and then were supposed to take a United overnight “red eye” flight back to the DC area. United

Of course, we can guess who is in the dolphin suit! JIM MASELLA writes us about his retirement nautical experience.

M Sorry we missed our 55th!

Rosalie and I were unable to attend because of a family event conflict.

Hope you had a great time!

I thought that some of our friends might like to know that unlike our many distinguished classmates who earned their submarine “Dolphin Wings” through hard work and service, I earned my Dolphin status the old-fashioned way – by costume. As you can see in the attached photo, Rosalie and I (in costume) promote books at bookstores, fairs and book signings as Dingle Dee, the bottlenose dolphin.

The kids love me and they get a kick shaking Dingle Dee’s flippers.

Author Rosalie Tagg Masella knows quite a bit about dolphins and manatees, the main characters in her two enchanting children’s books, “Adventures of Dingle Dee & Lingle Dee,” and “I Am A Manatee,

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62/63 CLASS NEWS Yes I Am.” Masella has a lifelong love of the ocean and sea creatures and often can be seen at sunset watching pods of dolphins cruise the Gulf of Mexico.

The author swam with her bottlenose dolphin friends last year in Curacao, describing them as “happy, friendly, inquisitive creatures.” She volunteered in the education department of the New England Aquarium in Boston for 15 years, where she learned the habits and behaviors of sea creatures.

Masella lives in Bonita Springs and Hingham, MA. We are having a good time doing this, but I have to say “it gets mighty hot inside Dingle’s suit!

LAST CALL It is with sorrow that I inform the class of the passing of two of our friends and classmates: JACK SCHROPP and DONALD TOBOLSKI. JOHN (JACK) WARREN SCHROPP, 77, son of Jack and Rosemary LaBie Schropp, died on January 14, 2018 at 7 p.m. of Alzheimer’s disease in Peterborough, Canada, where he lived with his wife and love, Shari Darling. Jack was a man of goodness and integrity, wisdom and humor. He had a deep love for his wife, children and grandchildren, as well as tremendous compassion and love for all human beings. He considered himself a citizen of the world, standing for world peace and for the well-being of all people.

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Mr. Schropp served 24 years in the U.S. Navy, including three tours in the Vietnam War as a UDT Frogman/Navy SEAL. He and his team were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation by President Johnson at the White House. Mr. Schropp retired as Navy SEAL Commander on March 15, 1982. After his Navy service, Jack went to work for Landmark Education Inc., as a Forum Leader conducting leadership/transformational programs for the general public, corporations and organizations around the world for 28 years, retiring in 2010. Jack led courses to more than

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100,000 people worldwide.

A published author, Schropp wrote the book “Unbeatable-Recreate Your Life as Extraordinary Using the Secrets of a Navy SEAL.” He used this book to conduct his own unique program based on the secrets to being UNBEATABLE for personal success – secrets distilled from BUD/s (Navy SEAL) training and from personal wisdom and experience attained thorough military service and civilian life. He is survived by his wife, Shari Darling, Peterborough, Ontario; brother, Michael Schropp, Petaluma, CA; sister, Jill Schropp, Seattle, WA; his five children; Kim Reese, Amy Heavey, Sara Caudill, Erin Schropp and Christopher Schropp, as well as four grandchildren; Emily and Hayden Reese, Jake and Wesley Caudill.

DONALD MICHAEL TOBOLSKI, retired LCDR, US Navy was born April 12, 1938 and passed February 25, 2018. Donald was born in South Bend, IN to Eileen and Leo Tobolski, now deceased. He married Masae Shinzato in Okinawa, Japan on White Beach Naval Base on May 25, 1978. He was preceded in death by his brother, Gary Tobolski. He is survived by brother and sister-inlaw, Alan and Janet Tobolski of South Bend, IN; sister, Eileen Tobolski of Indianapolis, IN; his sister-inlaw, Jerri Tobolski of Plymouth, IN; five nieces and nephews; and many grandnieces and nephews. Donald graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1962 and was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1982. The retired LCDR served in the Vietnam War and received a Silver Star, Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars and many combat medals, citations and ribbons. Donald liked fishing, bowling with Masae, watching basketball, football and baseball games.

He also liked to go to Las Vegas, NV to watch Lobo tournament basketball games. Masae was the love of his life!

The class extends its sincerest sympathies to the families and friends of JACK and DONALD. Also, please look for the obituary of our classmate LEX FLEMING in the Last Call section of this issue.

That’s our class news for this combined April-May edition of SHIPMATE. Classmates – we need your input for monthly class news.

Stories, photos and anything you want our classmates to read and know about – please send them in by any means available.

Thank you in advance.

Keep in touch – until next time.

’63 Life Membership: 62% Donor Participation: 3.27%

the Louisville City Council. Penny was heard to say that if she had known she would end up the wife of a small-town politician, she might have re-thought marrying me.

On the legacy side, our son Marc (’87) is Commander (since September 18) of the Reagan Carrier Strike Group/CTF 70 in Yokosuka. This photo was taken during our Christmas visit. (We used to be the same height.) His eldest, Chase (’14), a recent Nuclear Power School grad, is serving in Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in Norfolk.

Pres: CAPT W. Spencer Johnson IV, USN (Ret.) Sec’y: Michael H. Shelley 164 Sweetwater Ln., Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 p: 828-506-2201; e: nstar@citcom.net Website: www.USNA63.org

The 55th reunion of the Class of 1963 will be 25-27 October 2018 in San Diego. The registration packet was sent by email to our classmates and is posted in the reunion section of our web site. We urge you to register soon.

I am sorry to report the death of our classmate Abel Adolfo Garcia on 22 December in Livermore, CA. You can read his obituary in the Last Call section of our web site.

Hank Dalton checked in this month, with information about himself and his USNA alumni son and grandson.

M Fifty-some years on, here’s my first contribution to Shipmate. After I retired from the Navy in 1991, I worked for eleven years in the nuclear cleanup part of the Department of Energy. When I was in DC interviewing for the job, I saw Mario Fiori at the monthly class luncheon. He was then working at DOE and very kindly gave me valuable advice. I spent five years at the DOE headquarters in Washington, DC, after which Penny and I moved to Louisville, CO, where I spent six years at the DOE’s Rocky Flats site.

There I oversaw the contractor in treatment, storage, and removal of the fissile materials from the site and site safeguards and security.

That was followed by some (very) limited consulting for a few years.

I spent two terms (eight years) on

Marc and Hank Dalton

A special note: RADM Marc Dalton is the first child of the Class of 1963 to attain flag rank.

Could you use a do-it-yourself adventure? Consider following the example of Jim Spruance, who sent this account.

M Last fall, I decided to embark on a spontaneous solo excellent adventure: specifically, an Amtrak rail expedition to visit some of the great “flyover” cities of the middle earth.

I purchased an Amtrak USA 45 Day Pass with 18 segments. My only previous land “transcontinental” ventures were driving, in my nonAC Corvair Monza (“unsafe at any speed”) to my first destroyer in Long Beach in the summer of ‘63, and a return from Hawaii (via Indio, CA) to the East Coast by train in the spring of ’76.

There were many lessons learned which I am happy to share, but suffice it to say the travelling flexibility that I anticipated was nil.

It seems that there is only one passenger train daily through the hinterlands and that Amtrak Rail Pass, which requires a manual reservation, only books a limited number of those coach seats — just like a great airline deal. To avoid backtracking, I used bus

63/63 CLASS NEWS connections between some cities and didn’t venture further west than Denver. Stops included: Washington, DC; Chicago; Omaha; Denver; Colorado Springs; Raton, NM; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis; Dallas; Ft Worth; Oklahoma City; Austin; Houston; New Orleans; Birmingham; and home to Virginia Beach. That was seven AIRBNBs, five hotels, two onboard overnights, and a few partial nights trying to hold on to a double seat in coach. In 32 days I never got rained on, but I packed too many warm clothes for November. The devil was in the details and the logistics.

I got off to a great start on the early/only train out of Norfolk on October 30. On board, I spotted a friendly face, our classmate Jim Metcalfe enroute to BWI airport.

We chatted amiably before being severely chastised for being audible in the “quiet coach.” I had a lovely dinner in Louisville, CO, with 13th Companymate Hank and Penny Dalton, stayed overnight, and had a grand tour of Colorado Springs with another 13th Companymate, Dave and Margie Frost. I used the Shipmate listing of alumni chapters to connect with helpful grads and joined two in a Kansas City pub for the Navy-SMU game. In Houston, it only took me five bus connections Saturday morning to attend that game.

I saved my final two Amtrak segments for a round trip to Philadelphia where Pam Pruden and I joined 13th Companymates Sam Garde and Bernie Kelley and Bernie’s wife Jo for cocktails at their Rittenhouse condo and a great dinner out after a less than great Army game.

If you haven’t traveled Amtrak recently, this is not like the Orange Bowl Special we took to Miami on New Year’s Day of 1960. It is an excellent adventure. I would be happy to share details with others looking for similar adventure. I can be reached at 757-646-1225.

Dave Frost at the Air Force Academy’s noon meal formation

M In December, Jana and I joined 12 other people in Santiago, Chile for a trip that included Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. Eric Benson ‘71 and I soon became friends sharing our Naval Academy experiences and swapping age-old sea stories from the USMC and USN while our wives rolled their eyes.

Eric is a Blue and Gold Officer in North Carolina, and I learned a lot about present day candidates for the Naval Academy. The visit to the Iguazu Falls, which lies on the border of Argentina and Brazil, was a highlight of our trip. The 275 falls represent the largest waterfalls in the world.

Thanks to Eric Benson for sending me this photo from their visit to the falls.

Alan McAnally has been in touch with his 21st Companymates about plans for their participation in our 55th reunion this October. As a result, he confirmed this information about John Asher.

Departing from Norfolk with a roller bag and a bedroll for overnights in coach class

Here’s the latest trip report from Len Eaton:

Eric Benson ‘71 and Len Eaton ‘63

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M John reports that his 21-year Global Sales Advisory Services business (www.asherstrategies .com) is still going strong. His team has trained over 80,000 sales people in 22 developed countries.

Clients include LMCO, GD, Gulfstream, Goldman Sachs, Alibaba, and China Mobile. His latest book (“Close Deals Faster”) was published in October; the Amazon inventory reserve was sold out on the first day!

John was recently married to Debb Borchardt, wife of the late Andy Borchardt, USNA74. Andy was a JO when John was the skipper of the Pollack. Debb and John’s late wife Carole were great friends.

So, John and debb had known each other over 40 years when they got married. John is based in the Logan Circle area of DC and invites all classmates to lunch at the downtown Army-Navy Club when you are in town. (jasher@asherstrategies.com /703-625-4321) I sold my own sales consulting businesses in 2016 and am very familiar with John’s significant impact in the sales world.

In an earlier column, I included news and a photo from a Colorado hunt hosted by Jim DeFrancia on his ranch near Steamboat Springs last October. Mike Krause later sent a better photo of the three happy ‘63ers who each bagged an elk, and I thought you’d enjoy seeing it.

Jim DeFrancia, Mike Krause, and Mike Bonsignore

The 23rd Company held its annual fishing adventure at the Grosse Savanne Lodge in the Louisiana bayous in October. Zimm Zimmerman sent this photo of the hardy fishermen. In the front row are Mike Krause, Steve Hoy, Harry Hirsch, and Mike Rubel. In the back row are Mike Bonsignore, Bill Bradford, Bob Maier, Keith Reynolds, Steve Leisge, Flack Logan, and Zimm Zimmerman.

As you read above, Hank Dalton made his first-ever submission to our column. I invite you to make you own first contribution to this news exchange. Follow Hank’s excellent example!

QUALITY – ‘63

Follow Navy Football online at: navysports.com 1-800-US4-NAVY ’63: 23rd Company fishermen in Louisiana

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’64 Life Membership: 63% Donor Participation: 3.24% Pres: CAPT Joseph B. Green Jr., CEC, USN (Ret.) e: debjaygreen@gmail.com Corr Sec’y: Roland Marquis 26439 N. Ridge Ct., Mundelein IL 60060 p: 847-970-7562; e: bigroland1@comcast.net Website: www.usna64.org

We open this month’s column with an input and photo from long-lost classmate Doug Cutter: “I have worked very diligently to avoid any submission for nearly 54 years, but a recent, and very pleasant, classmate encounter has driven me into submission. The photo, taken last week is of myself with five classmates Bill Gregg, Steve Laabs, Joe Neal, Ken Middleton, and Jay Swainbank. All of us are full or parttime residents of The Villages, FL. The occasion was the monthly Blue and Gold Alumni Dinner, with some 40 Alumni and spouses in attendance. I believe we took top prize for number from one class.”

Doug continues “As to the Cutter clan, Cherylin and I are the proud Grandparents of 12, splitting our time between Georgia. and Florida. We have recently purchased our “forever” home in central Fla., thus the photo of 6 classmates in one photo. We are gradually making a transition there, as we deal with 2 sets of elderly family members, for which we are primary care-givers.

We still have our antiques business/hobby, which we are trying to wind down...but finding difficult, as we enjoy it too much...and have too much inventory.”

Next Tom Barnett attached a photo of some DC area ‘64 guys with offspring at the 119th Wallow of the Herd of the Military Order of the Carabao. Tom explains “The Military Order of the Carabao was founded in 1890 at the Army-Navy Club in Manila during the Philippine Insurrection. Originally a spoof on like organization “Order of the Golden Dragon” of vets of the Boxer Rebellion Put Down and relief of the diplomatic legations in Peking. It’s main function now is to continue 119 years of annual black tie/dinner

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dress ”Wallow” on occasion of the Chinese New Year. Past presidents (Grand Paramount Carabao) have included Adm Arleigh Burke ‘23, Adm Tom Moorer ‘33, Gen. Al Gray USMC, etc.”

Ken Durgis weighed in with a follow up to an interesting, frustrating SNAFU first reported in the Nov-Dec 2015 column and for which he is seeking classmate advice. Readers may recall Ken is a dedicated philatelist who has been challenging stamp experts about a used coil stamp postmarked 29 October 1907.

Ken cites a couple of unusual things about the stamp: it was used in Philadelphia five months before coil stamps were introduced in the U.S. No record exist of the Post Of-

fice producing a four cent Grant coil.

However, an article in the 1910 Stamp News mentions rumors about the coil existing. The article also states Post Office records of that period were incomplete.

Experts with predisposed bias have dismissed the article citing instead ‘The Travers Papers’ written by Arthur Travers the postal employee in charge of production and records keeping during that period. However according to Ken it seems Mr. Travers had a habit of taking and selling experimental stamps for which he was indicted in 1910 for postal fraud. Interestingly a Joseph Steinmetz was also named in the indictment – he was the owner of the Philadelphia Stamp Company. The outcome of this saga continues.

’64: L to R, Bill, Steve, Joe, Doug, Ken, and Jay at The Villages Blue and Gold Alumni Dinner

‘64: ‘64 offspring with their dads, Capt Steve Risseeuw USAF (Hugh), CDR Megan Barnett ‘03 (Tom) and CAPT Skip Arny ’90 (Wayne). Skip is recently back from “hardship duty” as Naval

‘64: The mysterious Four Cent Grant Coil

Needless to say a significant windfall swings in the balance.”

Two “expertizing” organizations have issued preliminary opinions the stamp may be a fake, trimmed #303, 4 cent Grant perforated stamp based on the indentations on the edges caused by trimming the perforations. Also, the Stamp Collecting world “knows” only 10,000 unperforated 4 cent Grant stamps were ever produced & they were all sent to Detroit for special processing -.a most significant fact..

A few experienced philatelists have suggested - off the record - if Ken researched further on the subject he might uncover new information forcing the experts to reconsider. Based on this advice Ken has published three research papers citing the following • The indentations were caused by equipment available in 1907 • The 10,000 stamp fact is a 100 year old myth as the National Archives contain no Bureau of Engraving production records • The Congressional Record confirms that the Post Office Dept. was conducting coil stamp tests prior to October 1907.

According to Ken two prominent philatelists have taken a position that his stamp was not generated from trimming but is a test coil stamp produced from an unperforated 4 cent Grant stamp with private, non-government perforations on the sides. To do what these “experts” are now claiming, an informed forger would need to start with a world class stamp worth $2000 today ($100 in 1907) & then destroy it by trimming to produce a stamp used to mail a cheap advertising circular. Ken is convinced this concept defies logic.

He believes the only way to get the experts to seriously revisit their opinion is thru publicity. Although he has been published in a small prestigious philatelic quarterly, he has been blocked from any of the major philatelic publications. Accordingly Ken is seeking classmate assistance in contacting appropriate major media sources to publish an article. If anyone can help he would be very appreciative. [Ed. Note:

64/65 CLASS NEWS Copies of Ken’s research papers are available from your humble correspondent at: bigroland1 @comcast.net] Moving on, Potsy Scoville took time to comment: “I noted that you published John Dalton’s prediction of 9-3 for the 2017 football season.

He has been fairly accurate in past years, but this year not so good, as the actual record was 6-6 (without the bowl game)”.

“During a recent weekend Dona and I drove over to Florida’s West Coast to meet 7th company classmates near Naples, FL for dinner and fun. Shirley and Bob Newkirk live there full time; Donna and Bill Davis, as well as Delores and Doug Peterson escape from the snow and winter in the area. We had a blast!”

Speaking of The Game (If we must!), Dave Gould sent in a photo of himself and former WoPo cadet, Steve Baker ‘88, memorializing Dave’s B-Robe bet loss. Actually, according to Dave, Steve’s wife, Gwen, also an ’88 grad, was the only one willing to take the bet with Army 8 and 2 and Navy 6 and 5.

Gwen was out of town, so Steve claimed the victor’s spoils. Dave reports their Wilmington, NC social group has several West Point grads.

Note, the embroidered remark on the robe; 2017, Army-14, Navy-13

We close this month with an interesting follow up to the Joe Bellino ’61 recap featured in the March Shipmate Column. The following photo was included in the Baltimore Sun package Len Wass forwarded which did not make the article due to Class Column space limitations.

from experiences on Midshipmen cruises to life after the Navy. Dave

The photographer added his name in the lower right corner – interesting, no?

Fair winds and a quartering sea, classmates.

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Alas, we heard of the loss of Dick Gardner this month. Jim Minderlein reported on 12 Feb that Sam Dutrow had heard of the death of our classmate, Richard Wayne Gardner, Jr. Dick graduated as a member of the 3rd Company and had been in poor health for some time. He was able to get home from the hospital to say his final good byes to his family from home in Tyrone, PA. He passed away around noon on 12 Feb. There was a visitation at the Searer Funeral Home followed by a memorial service and funeral at the First English Lutheran Church in Tyrone. Dick’s good friends, Bob Sullivan and Sam Dutrow attended, representing our class. Look for more in Last Call.

On to other C’mate news!

From Dave Miller, 25 Nov

From Ted Nanz, 07 Jan M Attached is a photo taken today at a luncheon get-together of the classmates who carpool to the monthly luncheons in Annapolis with their beautiful wives. It looks like our get-togethers like this will become a tradition! Ted From Tim Kelly, 09 Feb

Houston Game

From Pete Lumianski, 07 Jan M Arizona Winter Working Blues with Dixi Cup. Spiffy supplied by McComb; Nazi shirt, thin tie with 54 year-old knot, name tags original equipment. A great western outfit for when it gets down to the 70s and there’s a definite chill in the air.

Got together with classmates Bob Gosnell, Denny McComb and Arne Soderman not too long ago. This uniform can be provided on loan for those not wishing to purchase a permanent addition to their winter wardrobes, or to otherwise upgrade their personal appearance. There’s a deposit for the spiffy, however. Pete

M Dave Schlesinger and I would like to advise any classmates interested in attending the Navy – Notre Dame game on 27 Oct in San Diego to contact Dave and me as soon as possible. We have tentatively established a block of 100 tickets at $100 per ticket, but that number can be expanded if there are more people who want to visit San Diego.

Specific plans for the weekend are still being worked out but there will be a joint Navy - Notre Dame pep rally of some kind on the USS Midway on Friday afternoon and a Navy tailgate gathering before the game on Saturday. We plan on arranging a Class of ‘65 reception depending on the number of classmates and wives who will be in the area for the game. More info on the game and events coming.

Tim’s e-mail address is: timkelley @nethere.com. Dave’s e-mail is dschles960@aol.com.

Skip MacMichael, reported on 11 Feb that he had surgery at Walter Reed NMMC on 12 Feb to remove a cancerous 5th rib which was identified on a recent January scan. The surgery was successful, and after 5 days in Walter Reed he was home minus part of my 5th left rib. The good news - the only known cancer

M Pictures from our Thanksgiving dinner prior to the game with Houston. Left to right: Ed Hlopak, John Wroten, Bill Hart, John Thompson, Dave Miller, and Bart Jealous. Paul and GG Marshall did a great job as our hosts. We enjoyed telling a lot of mostly true stories ‘65: Ed Linzes, Jim Starks, Ted Nanzes, Sam Dutrows, and Bob Sullivans)

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65/66 CLASS NEWS site has been removed! Meantime, as always, your prayers are most appreciated From Chip Seymour, 20 Feb M As an Iolani High School (on Oahu) Class of 1961 grad, he searched out one of Iolani’s recent graduates (2017), Cagla Brennan, now a Plebe at USNA. She’s doing quite well and will graduate from the Naval Academy with the Class of 2021. She made the Naval Academy’s Division 1 Women’s Swimming and Diving team-quite an accomplishment Here’s a picture of Cagla standing alongside a “bit” older Iolani graduate, Chip!

one in 2019 that starts in Hong Kong and ends in Tokyo.

Highly recommended.

Lynn Williams – M Upon completion SBRT procedure for prostate cancer at Johns Hopkins in mid March, we are booked on a Princess cruise out of Kobe Japan in mid May with follow-up land excursion thru Hokkaido in June.

Mike Malone – M Katie and I thoroughly enjoyed Viking’s cruise from Venice to Barcelona, via Croatia, Greece, more Italy, and France. It skipped Monaco because of bad weather, so spent another day in Florence/Pisa/Lucca area. Enjoyed that much more than I believe we would have enjoyed Monaco. We are considering one of Viking’s Baltic cruises, but it is competing with another possible photo safari in southern Africa, probably Botswana this time; sometime in 2019. The Ecuadorian Andes and the Galapagos is our 2019 adventure. Very grateful we are still fit enough to take it all in, albeit considerably slower.

Jack Devine –

M We are going to Mazatlan MX for Spring Break (Mary is still in school) and on a Viking cruise to Scandinavia in early June.

M We did a river cruise last year (and by pure chance, hooked up with Gene Trimpert and wife Seeth, whom I’d not seen since 1965) 14 days, Budapest to Amsterdam, on Viking. I was resistant, because we’ve always liked flexible travel, pack light, rent a car, go wherever the mood strikes every day. Viking is terrific. This summer we’ve planned a test drive on one of their competitors, Emerald. River cruises are obviously picking up customers and interest - the long ships are everywhere, nested like destroyers at many cities.

Chip Seymour –

Doyle Borchers –

M Mary and I have discovered Viking Ocean cruises (930 passengers, no casino, no one under the age of 18, all cabins have balconies, great pool, sauna, snow grotto, great meals, excursions, no coat and tie. We did Norway in 2017, a cruise that includes Spain, Portugal, Brussels, Paris, Greenwich, Amsterdam, and Bergen in April, 2018, and

M Joan and I are going to Paris in April and then on to a river cruise with a bunch of classmates from Lyon to Provence. Joan is pretty limited by a major back reconstruction and rides a portable scooter (35pounds) which is a neat little device. We found out that if you have a handicapped placard with the paperwork from your state that

Next section is themed “Cruising Into Our Mid-70s” On the eForum in mid-Feb, following the tragic events at a Florida school, Pete Lumianski suggested a break in all the response commentary to report on What are you doing these days and is it fun? There then occurred a flurry of reports of C’mate cruises!

Here’s a summary, to date.

Jay Sprague –

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you can go to the head of the line at the Louvre and actually get in free!

We cruise often and have discovered Viking Ocean too. Haven’t tried river cruising, but are going on Uniworld with Karen McComb and a bunch of 65ers in April. In the fall we are flying to Jerusalem to join a Viking package that tours Jerusalem and then flies us to Cairo to see the pyramids then flies us down to the Nile to join a Viking river cruise on the Nile to see the Valley of the Kings.

J B Doherty – M Having done Viking Moscow to St Petersburg and Tauck on the Danube Prague to Budapest, I would suggest dialing Tauck into the alternatives to be considered on any given trip, and they do great land trips. Also did Versailles, chateaus of the Loire Valley, Brittany, Normandy, Rouen, Giverny and Paris on a fancy bus with great local guides and staying in great hotels last Fall.

Jim Savard – M Karen and I are cruising on the Viking Sky ocean ship in September for 15 days. Itinerary includes Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Russia, and Finland.

Large group of Navy and USNA folks will be going — REALLY looking forward to the adventure.

And here, also, are some updates: John Owens.

M Bobbi and I are reasonably healthy so we plan to schedule as many fun things as possible in 2018.

So far we have seen all the Oscar movies, been to the ballet and have tickets to Hamilton in Denver.

Scheduled are trips to La Jolla and Maui. Cheering the Rockies on to the World Series and enjoying our ‘65 Denver lunches. Dinners at good restaurants in town, especially when we can connect with ‘65 classmates. I like to cook. At least one new recipe every month. Golf, biking and maybe even starting to play tennis again since my shoulder surgery worked. Need John Nelson to help me win the Colorado state 75 doubles title. If that 75 number doesn’t remind us we need to enjoy the day, I don’t know what will. I

hope other classmates will post stuff on the forum, summarizing their activities, as well. John Mike Goodwin.

M My personal update is as interesting as watching rocks grow (which is about all that grows, other than a big weed called a mountain cedar, on my little patch of South Texas land). I possess what look like 7 bullet holes and 2 small knife wounds from various medical encounters over the past 20 months.

I have my own “ologist” in about every specialty except gynecology.

I tell girls that I have been an undercover contractor for the DEA and got ambushed by narcos a couple of times - retired after the latest encounter. We ship drivers would call this a mid-life overhaul, so I should now be good for another 70 years or so. With mixed emotions, I am headed into semi-retirement on March 1. Haven’t figured out what that means yet, but have vague thoughts of wearing out a couple of set of tires on the Harley.

Starting the end of May with 13th annual ride to DC for Rolling Thunder (about 31 bikes and 40 souls by the time we get to DC, hopefully including Rich Harden, Art Wittig and John Bishop), and then Milwaukee in late August for the 115th anniversary of the HD Motor Company (6 bikes, 8 people and median age of about 73 - or about 10 1/2 in dog years). …Likely more Cruise Reports and Updates coming next issue!

Thazzit, guys! Aloha, Dave

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Spring has finally set in and at the end of May, the summer vacation season opens. Wow! Tempus fugit!

66/66 CLASS NEWS on 22 January in Honeoye, NY. Peter died on 14 September 2017.

Services were held 30 December.

Lane died on 2 October 2017. Paul Cotter found his obit and asked Robin Bellas assist in finding his grave. Robin did find it in the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery. Mike died on 28 January 2018, after a valiant fight with lung cancer. A memorial service was held on Friday, 2 February. A Mass of Christian burial and military burial will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a to-be-determined date. Please keep these Classmates’ families in your prayers.

‘66: USNA CHOIR AT THE JFK FUNERAL

I’ll begin with a bit of nostalgia from our days at Navy. My 17th Companymate, Charlie Votava, sent the following email.

M “Mike, thought you may be interested in the attached photo, my son gave me for Christmas.

I didn’t know any photos of us were taken. Obviously, this photo was not posed for since many of us are looking at other than the camera.

Other Classmates may be interested. Since it is too difficult to determine which Classmates sang at Kennedy’s funeral: White House, St. Matthew’s in DC, and t. Patrick’s in NYC maybe forwarding it to the Class and let them figure it out.”

Thanks Charlie! So, if you were at this event, you can contact Charlie at charlievots17@gmail.com.

On 21 February, the first, Class Luncheon for 2018 was held. The date was moved from the normal second Wednesday of February to accommodate the guest speaker, CDR (S) Kelly G. Koren, MC, USN (’02). CDR Kelly is currently the Deputy Regimental Surgeon, Wounded Warrior Regiment, and the Senior Medical Officer, Reserve Medical Entitlements, at Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, stationed at Quantico, VA. The Wounded Warrior Regiment provides leadership related to the support, recovery, and non-medical care of combat and non-combat wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Sailors attached to Marine units, and their family members, to

maximize their recovery as they return to duty. CDR (S) Koren is a 2002 graduate of the Naval Academy and earned her medical degree from Uniformed Services of the University of Health Sciences in 2006. Her duty assignments have included GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN-77); Fort Belvoir Community Hospital; deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, in 2014; and assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Ikawuni, Japan. Her presentation focused on the Wounded Warrior Regiment and how the Marine Corps is taking care of their Wounded Warriors. Her comments

were very informative and well received. Thanks to CDR Koren for taking the time to speak to our Classmates and spouses.

The next Class luncheon is slated to occur in Annapolis, MD on 9 May. A guest speaker and location are in work. The Class calendar, which can be accessed via the Class web site, will be updated with the details when they are known.

M Sadly, I report the loss of four Classmates; Jim Blakeney (26th Co.) and Peter Van Deusen (34th Co.), Lane Maloney (25th Co.) and Mike Korbet (27th Co.). Jim died on 13 January 2018. Services were held

Charlie Jones, sent the following news and photo about the 74th birthday celebration for Tom Marfiak. The party was held in Hernando, FL on 2 February.

Joining Chris and Tom were Ginny and Charlie Jones, and Linda and Kevin McCook.

“IDAHO MASTER NATURALIST, Charlie says, STEVE BERG “The rest of the Class needs to move to Florida, too!”

Russ Puppe sent an article written by Steve Berg. Steve is an Idaho Master Naturalist.

His article concerns beaver-proofing deciduous trees and conifers in the Morrison Knudsen Nature Center (MKNC). The article is written poetically and is worth the read.

It’s been posted on the Class web site. Thanks to Steve and Russ.

I encourage all of you to visit our Class web site, and particularly, the “Class Remembrances” area. John Jackson has done a superb job of posting the remembrances many of you have submitted. The page is divided into three areas, KIA VN/Other, VN Remembrances, and Non-VN Remembrances. Jim Galvin took the lead on writing and collecting the KIA VN/Other synopses and summaries. Don Jackson and I are coordinating Company Rep inputs from you; Don doing 2nd Regiment, and me doing 1st

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66/67 CLASS NEWS Regiment. Instructions for submittal are also on the site page.

So that wraps up this issue.

Thanks to all who contributed.

Until June…All the best, —Mike!!!

’67 Life Membership: 75% Donor Participation: 3.84% Pres: CDR David E. Church, USN (Ret.) Sec’y: LtCol Jim McNeece, USMC (Ret.) 1603 John Worthington Way, Crownsville, MD 21032 p: 410-849-3423; e: scribe67@gmail.com

While I was writing this column, Tom Zinkand passed away in Norwalk, CT. Wes Brandt gave us a heads up earlier that Tom’s health, not good for 10 years, had worsened and that he was in the hospital with a barely functioning heart. Tom requested discontinuance of life services, and he passed away about a day later on 21 February 2018.

Burlie Brunson, Bill Gautier and the 27th Company rallied round with notes to Tom’s sister, Kathy Zwoboda, and his former wife and best friend, Kathleen Tormey. It was heartwarming to see the tributes and stories about him being shared in the e-mail traffic. His obituary summarized it well: “Tom displayed a competitive and hardworking spirit throughout his life as an athlete, scholar and businessman. ...He led the (Navy) swim team as captain from 1966 to 1967 and achieved the honorific title of All American in 1965, graduating in 1967. His education continued at Columbia University where he received his MBA. This led to a long and successful career working for some of the world’s leading financial institutions. Tom will forever be remembered for his quick wit, kindheartedness, and generosity.”

Tom is also survived by his children Karen Zinkand Kenny and Thomas Martin Zinkand Jr. Donations in Tom’s memory may be made to Wounded Warrior Project (support.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Donate). Maureen and Mac Chryssikos were able to attend Tom’s visitation on 25 February before he was buried with military 76 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

honors at St. John’s Cemetery in Norwalk on the 26th.

John Sheldon reported the death of Fred Stiesburg on 23 January 2018 after a relatively short battle with a rare form of brain cancer.

John wrote: M Fred left the Academy at the end of plebe year, enlisted in the Navy silent service and was a crewmember in USS HALIBUT (SSN-587).

He followed this with a 32 year career in the California Highway Patrol and retired to Nevada City, CA. He is survived by his wife Candace and one son. Fred’s father, Frederick Max Stiesberg ’35, was awarded the Navy Cross as CO U.S.S. HILARY P. JONES (DD-427) for close in actions at Anzio against human torpedoes as well as shore batteries in the Med in 1944. Fred was active with our company, attending Don Priest’s 19th Company houseboat trips and organizing a week long houseboat trip on Lake Shasta for his 13th and 19th Company mates. He has stayed in touch with us by email and phone over the years. He was a great Classmate and friend who is missed greatly by those who knew him.

Dick Kirtley wrote the Nov-Dec SHIPMATE piece titled A Letter from THE WALL to the Class of 1967. I received the following response from Betty Henry, widow of Richard “Hank” Henry ‘56. After Hank’s death in 2000, she volunteered with the National Park Service from 2002-2012 at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. She, her late husband, and her two brothers are all Vietnam veterans, she as a DoD civilian. Her response: M To LTJG Hal Cushman, Jr., LCDR Barton Sheldon Creed, LT Richard Carl Deuter, 1LT Gary Earl Holtzclaw, 2LT Alan Arthur Kettner, LTJG Kenneth Dean Norton, 2LT Robert Ervin Tuttle, 2LT Thomas Joseph Weiss, and 2LT Henry Arthur Wright: You are not forgotten, my Heroes.

The week preceding Veterans Day, 11 Nov 2017, saw many hundreds of your family, friends, fellow veterans, and patriotic citizens come to the Wall to read your Names. It was the 35th anniversary

of the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and we spent 65 hours paying tribute and honor to you and over 58,000 of your Brothers and Sisters by the Reading of the Names. This tradition has been conducted every 5 years and hopefully will continue indefinitely.

And throughout the year there is the opportunity for visitors to the Wall to make commemorative rubbings of your Names. You are also remembered on Memorial Day with special events at the Wall. You will continue to be honored by many of those who visit the Wall and have served in other wars, including Iraq and Afghanistan.

I personally thank you and welcome you home after all these years.

I forwarded this to Dick. Here’s part of his gracious response to Betty: M I could not attend our 50th Reunion, so I wanted to add something to the event...thus the letter. I was thrilled that it was printed in Shipmate! It’s funny, but first I was actually disappointed that my name did not appear as the author. However, I quickly realized that the impact was far greater with the letter attributed to our classmates on The Wall. So, not only did I want to thank you for your response, but also for your service, and your continued support to the Memorial.

Heard from George Volkman who was not able to attend our 50th.

He said that made it possible for him and Kimmy to take advantage of a last minute chance to travel overseas.

M Kimmy and I flew to California in early November for a family visit and to travel on to Vietnam on November 22nd. Kimmy had not been there since her family fled in 1975 the day before Saigon fell. We spent five weeks in Vietnam including 4 days in Thailand. We visited many places significant to her: My Tho (where she was born), Ho Chi Minh City (where she lived early in her life), Dalat (where she spent her teen years), and many others.

Kimmy was able to locate her high school neighbors and classmates in Dalat. We saw Kimmy’s family

homes in both Dalat and Saigon. I learned a lot and we enjoyed the tour immensely. Seeing Kimmy’s childhood homes and meeting her friends, who related how they all cried at Kimmy’s house when they realized she was gone, were the highlights for me.

Kimmy & George on a Vietnam beach

Bob McFarland has significantly updated his “Reverse Link in the Chain” web site https:// usna1917.com/. There are links to information on each member of the Class of 1917 and their class postings in SHIPMATE. Take a look at it!

Bob Havasy passed the word that George Butvilas had had a heart valve replaced. Before I could dig for more information, George was on line within a few hours of the procedure on 31 January: M Valve job was implanted by the latest in non-invasive procedure ...TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement). They go thru the groin to insert it over the old valve.

Feeling great. May go home today or tomorrow. I’ll be able to pick up the 24th Company Guidon and get back in the P-rade.

Send Jim Foresman a note at foresquare@aol.com or 100 N Goodman Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34747. I got this from him: M I have decided to try to update my friends on my current situation. I saw many of you at the reunion and apologize to those I missed. In spite of the not so great condition I was in at the time. About 3 weeks ago the cancer managed another attack. I now have a brain lesion to get rid of.

Doctors seem quite hopeful about gamma knife procedure so I am busy supporting the hopefulness.

Since I seem to be pretty much chairbound I have plenty of time for

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hopefulness. Support & communication greatly appreciated.

Jack Airlie & Marty Cover are at it again...in Chile this time. Catch up with Jack’s blog at http:// advrider.com/index.php?threads/is o-ushuaia-%E2%80%93-ancientmariners-looking-for-where-thesidewalk-ends-again.1280870/ Linda and Tom Pritchett made the trek to Pasadena, CA for the Rose Parade. By chance, they ran into Charlotte and Dave Church at the Post Parade, the day after the parade itself where the floats are on display for people to view close-up.

Chance Pasadena encounter

Bob Fischl said he and Diane went to St. Simons Island and had a wonderful visit with Diane and Tony Monaco. Bob said he and Tony were Plebe year roommates and had a lot of catching up to do. They saw each other for the first time since graduation at the 50th Reunion.

I’m looking for another picture (hint: Bob/Tony!) because the Monacos planned to stop in for a visit at Bob & Diane’s in Glenville, GA on their way back to Maine.

Fischls and Monacos on St. Simons

Some of us fled to Key West again this year for the RV Chapter’s Come Around down there the first week in February. Here’s ‘67 assembled on the beach during one of those sunsets. Speaking of which: we took a sunset cruise one evening and actually saw the Green Flash! (In the photo: Patti & Jay Williams, Pat & me, Stevie & Hank Giffin, ‘Nita & Jack Parry, Netta and Don Wigington, Elizabeth and Michael Currie, and Kitty and Mike Bolier) There’s where it stops this time.

It’s the end of February around the Naval Academy, but already .the spring peepers can be heard and the daffodils are coming up. Planning’s well along for the mini Reunion in San Diego at the Notre Dame game in October so we’re already looking past summer.

Planning our lives away, I guess…

That’s it...Goodnight! ...Jim

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Our 50th reunion is just six months away! By now, you should have received detailed information on how to register on line at the Alumni Association’s website. As a reminder, to register you must first be a member of the Association’s on-line community. Tickets to the football game must be purchased separately from the Athletic Association. Don’t delay—they’re going fast! Attendance surveys completed in February indicate we will have a very high turnout for the reunion.

In January and February, the Alumni Association hosted members of the Class of 2018 in a series of receptions at Ogle Hall for each of the Brigade’s six battalions. A small number of our classmates attended each reception to enhance our Another Link in the Chain (ALITC) connectivity with ’18. “We have had a number of opportunities to meet with ‘18 in recent years,” Ed Sullivan reported, “but these were the first times that it was in a relaxed social atmosphere with approximately 200 members of the Class of 2018 attending.” The final event was a combined ceremonial “cake cutting” by our speaker for the night and ‘18’s class president, Midn 1/c Dan Stitt ‘18. “It was a fantastic event as we get closer to ‘18’s graduation, and the closing of the first chapter of ALITC,” Ed observed.

Sandy and Bill Paine have participated in just about every event held with ’18 since Induction Day in 2014. Bill echoed Ed’s experience at the reception, noting there was more of a chance at Ogle Hall to discuss service selections, and future assignments. Bill said, “I think

we are going to be seeing some great things from them in a few years.” Terry and Joe Conway attended the 3rd Battalion’s reception.

“I highlighted our Class fund-raising campaign and planned gifts,” Joe said. “A few midshipmen acknowledged that they had no idea that their leadership and ethics profs were funded by us, nor that alumni funded many improvements to the athletic program. They are an organized class with great potential.”

Jan and Joe Sikes transitioned two years ago to living in Symphony Village, a beautiful 55+ community located in Centreville, MD. “When we moved to Symphony Village, Ed Sullivan held a welcome party to help us meet some of our new neighbors,” Joe related. “Last year, we pressured Patty and Jim Niehus (homeless at the time) to join us.

Following Ed’s excellent example, Jan and I hosted a welcome for Jim and Patty. The class of ‘68 is slowly taking over Symphony Village and ready to welcome more classmates to the relaxed lifestyle of Maryland’s Eastern Shore!”

Some classmates remain very active professionally. Since last summer, Ed Sundberg has been the half-owner and partner with Infralinx Capital Partners in Greenwich, CT. “After Leslie passed in 2016, I had to keep moving on,” Ed explained. His infrastructure firm develops and finances major projects around the world, including roads, bridges, dams, resorts, cruise and cargo ports, power plants and waste and hydro facilities. In January, Ed met with Nepal’s deputy prime minister and a contingent from the mayor of Kathmandu to discuss railway, water, and waste-control projects, including a review of their needs for hydropower projects in the Himalayas.

His visit included a stop near Mt. Everest. “Awesome,” he said.

“I’m having the time of my life.”

Mary and Michael Grulli continue to spend much of their time in Europe and Asia since creating their Vinottimo (“great wine”) LLC in 1995. “We travel the ‘wine roads of the world’ in search of amazing wines for our loyal wine aficionados,” Mike reported in February, “working with numerous wineries and APRIL-MAY 2018 • SHIPMATE 77

68/68 CLASS NEWS servicing military bases around the world.” Their small company (25-30 people) is completely devoted to meeting the needs of the people in our military. “Over the years,” he said, “we have found that wine does bring people together. We have been blessed many times over with the dedicated patriots that we meet on a daily basis.” He and Mary look forward to seeing everyone at our reunion in October.

In recent months I obtained additional information on the loss of Denis Whitco, Al Thacker, and Gerry Stephenson from our ranks in September, October, and January, respectively.

’68: Logging beach time in Hawaii during Youngster Cruise are, from left, Tom Parry, Ed Powell, and Al Thacker. Tom passed away in 2011.

Dania and Denis Whitco during a holiday in Santorini, Greece, in 2017.

Denis died 28 September of complications associated with lung cancer.

He was surrounded by his wife of 35 years, Dania, and his family at the time of his passing. Following graduation, he completed flight training, received his Wings of Gold, and served as a P-3 Orion pilot. He retired from the Navy following his assignment at the Armed Forces Staff College in June 1990.

“Denis was my roommate for all four years at USNA,” recalled 6th Company-mate Mike Slattery. “The last time I talked to him was at the Chart House in Coronado when I was XO of SEAL Team One (197778), and that was a very brief chance encounter. He was quite a character, and I’ll miss his dynamic personality.” Tony Flarey also roomed with Whit for a time.

Whit was also a member of Tony’s wedding party. “We lost touch shortly after,” he said, “but recently reconnected on Facebook. It is a sad

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’68: Gerry (center) while serving as 22nd Company Commander. At left is Sub-Commander James Hurston and at right is CPO Sam Ross. (USNA Photo)

loss of a great company-mate and classmate.”

At the time of his death, Denis was employed as a safety consultant with Higginbotham Insurance and Financial Services, the largest insurance brokerage firm in Texas.

He and Dania enjoyed traveling in Texas as well as overseas.

Donations in his memory may be

made by check made payable to the Padre Island Enrichment Club, 13606 Moro Lane, Corpus Christi, TX 78418.

The 23rd Company’s Reginald “Al” Thacker passed away 8 Octoberafter losing his battle with gastro-esophageal cancer. Al entered flight training following graduation and earned his wings as a

naval flight officer in the P-3C Orion community. Company-mate Dave Samuelson said of Al, “He was a good guy and a friend during a formative period of our lives.” Karl Krumbholz and Rich “Beef” Reinheimer were especially close to Al during those days.

“Al and I were very good friends as company-mates from day one at the Naval Academy and as JOs after graduation,” Karl recalled. “He was always a competitor, whether in the handball court or wrestling matches trying to put one another in the shower. The experiences we shared are too numerous to mention. Except for Beef, his four-year roommate, I was one of his closest friends at school. I remember Al as someone with great ability and a tremendous desire to succeed. We enjoyed many good times together.

He was a fun guy to be with. I have thought of him often over the years and always wished him success. I am greatly saddened by his passing.

He will always be in my thoughts.”

Beef Reinheimer roomed with Al for almost all four years at the Academy. “Like most plebes,” Beef reflected, “we were both homesick and in total shock after our first day—wondering what we had got ourselves into. It didn’t take Al long to suck it up and make it his goal to endure, learn, and graduate. He was very proud to be a Texan, and he was extremely competitive. He was my best friend. He had a big heart and would do anything he could to help a classmate. Al also worked hard to stay in good physical condition, a goal he pursued after graduation. We were virtually inseparable until our careers diverged. He will be missed.”

Sandy and Al always appreciated the work that Officers Christian Fellowship does in Annapolis and throughout the military. Donations in Al’s memory may be made to the Fellowship (www.ocfusa.org).

In closing, Gerry Stephenson passed away 28 January 2018. His classmates in the 22nd Company fondly recall his rich sense of humor, as well as his keen intellect in the classroom. Gerry made the Dean’s and Superintendent’s Lists regularly, and our Lucky Bag year-

68/70 CLASS NEWS book notes he spent many hours helping his classmates academically. He was a leader too; selected to be 22nd Company’s Commander (three stripes) for the 2nd Set. Following graduation in June 1968, Gerry attended Nuclear Power School and submarine school before serving on nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines. In civilian life, he was employed by General Electric, taught college, and worked at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Station in Delta, PA. He was moved by his open spirit, however, and a touch of wanderlust to be a longdistance, tractor-trailer driver until his retirement. He is survived by the steadfast love he built with Marion, his wife and partner of 42 years, and by his off-kilter sense of humor which lives on in his two sons, James and Charles. Company-mate John Harty asserted he made it through plebe summer and plebe year as the result of Gerry’s humor: M “As my roommate, he used laughter to ease the pressure we were under in the 4th Company,” John said. “We became close friend for life. We lived on the zero deck of the Third Wing plebe summer, and both of us looked out on T-Court hungering for the freedom we had given up. To ease our plight, Gerry had a joke for every occasion. Once he told me, as he pointed at his nose, ‘Do you think I picked that nose?’

“Gerry’s parents were both high school teachers, and I met them on a Christmas leave visit. While there, I also met his sister, Carol, who I’d later drag in Annapolis and his two brothers, one of whom was in submarines. Gerry participated in Company sports. He contributed to cross-country, football and—most spectacularly—as a third baseman for the softball squad. He was so good that all of his fellow softball players felt that he should be playing third base for the Navy varsity team.

“I have written a novel titled Foul Weather Parade (unpublished at present), and Gerry is named Jerry Coleman who, in real life, played third base for the New York Yankees during the 1940s and 1950s.”

Memorial contributions may be made in Gerry’s name to the

National Multiple Sclerosis Society ( www.nationalmssociety.org ).

All the best, — Gordo

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A lot to cover this month. I missed the column submission date for the Mar issue.

Our ’69-’19 LITC activity on the horizon is the Ring Dance on 19 May. All hands are invited.

Our USNA D-Day Memorial plaque has gained support within the Class, through the Council of Class Presidents, and across the Alumni Association. As of this printing we have collected about $13K of the $25K needed for the plaque.

I owe Dennis Plank an apology for not getting this article into the column earlier.

Diane and Jim Hamburg and Emily and Dennis Plank recently enjoyed a two week cruise on the St. Lawrence Seaway from Toronto, Ontario to Portland, Maine last summer. They started with a

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pre-cruise day trip to Niagara Falls and Niagara by the Lake and a day of taking in the sites in Toronto. The cruise aboard Pearl Mist with 176 guests included stops at Clayton, New York (Antique Boat Museum), Montreal, Quebec City, Prince Edward Island (Anne of Green Gables), Halifax and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and Bar Harbor (Baaaa Habaaa) and Portland, Maine. The highlight of the cuisine (on and off the ship) was lobster, lobster and lobster!!

We were lucky enough to meet some other USNA alumni and their ladies and also three ladies who had been married to or good friends with grads. The two couples included Bettye and Rear Admiral Ty Dedman ‘48, Gerry and CDR Skip Orem ‘50. The ladies were Julie Woods, companion of CAPT Victor Delano ‘41, Holly Macaulay, widow of CDR Angus Macaulay ‘51, and Anita Winkler, widow of Joseph Winkler ‘62.

Seeing the opportunity for a mini-reunion of sorts, Skip arranged for us all to meet during one of the daily cocktail hours on the ship. See photo. We ’69ers were very fortunate to meet these fine folks. Bettye summed it up nicely when, referring to us, she said it was “nice to have some kids aboard!!”

This was a wonderful cruising experience highlighted by meeting and becoming acquainted with these grads and their ladies.

John Post writes: M We got all but three of the living members of 11th Company ‘69ers

for a weekend of laughs and food, plus a little golf, in Corolla, NC in October. We’ve had several of these over the decades and this is the first one ever (!) that John Cochrane and wife Robin have been able to make.

Yea! From the left, front row, Jim Speer, John Post, Tom Verrengia, Eric Simmons, John Cochrane, standing 2nd row Con Campbell (non-grad but still comes to all 11th Co stuff), Pat Sullivan, John Bodine, Al Lane, Brad Hawkins, Jim Slaight, Bob Boynton and Jack Lahren. If you enlarge Boynton’s shirt, it reads, “if a man speaks at sea where no woman can hear, is he still wrong?”

Beat Army!!! — Doc

’70 Life Membership: 60% Donor Participation: 9.71% Pres: CDR Michael J. Novak, USN (Ret.) 4701 Hopkins Dr., Dumfries, VA 22025 e: mike706160@aol.com Sec’y: CDR Royal Connell, USN (Ret.) 10080 Rookery Rd., Pensacola, FL 32507 e: royal70@1970.usna.com Webmaster: Ed Moore e: edmund.moore@gmail.com Website: http://1970.usnaclasses.com

Greetings all, and another Spring is Springing, the Azaleas are blooming as I write and the Crepe Myrtle is budding out. Of course, I live in Florida and I’m writing in February, but that’s the season here.

Before we get into news, there are several Last Posts to report. Paul “Skip” Deltete (27th Company) of Baltimore, MD passed away unexpectedly at the end of February.

I’m also sorry to report that John Marino (22nd Co) passed away in January after an extended battle to overcome Pulmonary Fibrosis (the same disease that claimed his brother a few years ago). Bill Webb had a heart attack in January, he had been playing tennis most of the day and passed away from coronary heart disease. His celebration service was held at the Toiyabe Golf Club which is in Washoe Valley very close to his home. Bill was a deputy sheriff with Search and Rescue and had just become a “Quiet Bird” participant. Finally, Marc Ferris’ APRIL-MAY 2018 • SHIPMATE 79

70/70 CLASS NEWS soul mate Karen Dove Passed away from complications due to a long bout with MS. Her wake will have occurred by the time you read this, but the family has asked that donations in lieu of flowers be given to Operation Barbeque Rescue. An organization which deploys competition bbq cooks & crews with rigs to disasters to feed hot meals to the displaced & first responders. The rigs are basically self-contained, and the crews volunteer from all over.

Their first deployment was about six years ago at the Joplin MO tornado that destroyed homes, businesses & a large local hospital.

Last year they were on site for the hurricane strikes & the wildfires in CA. Red Cross has gotten most credit for OBR’s service in the MSM, but that is slowly changing.

Mike Novak was one of the few to pass along his Christmas update.

The edited version follows: M “2017 Holiday Greetings! Well, the big news this year is that daughter Jenny became Mrs. Jack Beckett on November 19 in Austin, Texas.

The wedding was a joyous, fun affair, with Ron Machtley is still at Bryant University lots of fun eople as president.

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in attendance, including some of my cousins whom I had not seen in many years. Jenny’s beautiful wedding gown was made from scratch by her mom. After finishing the wedding dress, Eiko is ready to retire from the world of design and alterations.

“In addition to the wedding, we spent a week in San Diego, CA, for a reunion of USS GRAY (DE 1054) (my first ship).

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“Last year, I made a New Year’s resolution, to run (OK: jog, shuffle, waddle) three 5K races every month.

On December 17 I completed my 39th 5K of 2017. I celebrated by opening a bottle of cheap Champagne and taking a ten-hour nap.”

“I serve on the NCAA division I Board of Directors with General Bob Caslen, the Superintendent of West Point, and the last two years have been tough to explain why Navy allowed Army to win twice in fifteen years. Our ROTC unit which has come to my campus resident on the Friday night before the Army-Navy game to decorate and in the early morning prior to the game to do push-ups in my driveway for fourteen consecutive years was pleased to return this year for me to do the push-ups. It is strange to see BEAT NAVY sheet banners on my roof in the morning. While we started with 70 push-ups as the annual bet, it fortunately was relaxed over the years or I might have needed them to return several additional days for my completion. I am very proud of our students and particularly our members of the ROTC unit.”

“Kati and I are in our 22nd year as president of this great school.

I periodically get to see classmates who are traveling through Rhode

Island and invite all to stop for a visit. We continually try to schedule USNA in a lacrosse match-up but they seem to avoid our overtures, though we play Navy in other sports like basketball and baseball. With the former Duke head coach still at the helm of our lax team, we hope to meet them someday in the NCAA playoffs. I have thought of retiring but just can’t decide what could be as much fun as living on a campus engaged with very smart faculty and great students.

“We are grandparents to two beautiful granddaughter cousins who are both about two years old and live nearby so we get a twofer.

Employment and grand parenting.

BEAT Army!”

Left to right; Tom Wolfe ‘70, wife Rose Wolfe, and Jim Swoope ‘70 with wife Gail on sunset cruise, Key West,

Jim Swoope attended the 2018 Key West Come-Around of the USNA RV Chapter which holds ‘come-

70/70 CLASS NEWS arounds’ (gatherings) at various locations during the year. New members are always welcomed!

Paul Hurd and his wife Susan have had Carol and Hall Dillon join them on three cruises in the last 18 months; on the Oceania Riviera out of Rome, the Oceania Sirena out of Tahiti, and the Regent Seven Seas Navigator out of Los Angeles. Paul is a retired 747-400 Captain with Delta/Northwest living in Bellevue, WA and Hall is Chairman of Dorn Color out of Cleveland. Paul says they are busy spending their kids’ inheritance by traveling seven months a year!

Roy Golez with former Poland President, and Nobel Laureate Lech Walesa

Carl Weiscopf sent a photo taken at the January 2018 San Diego Alumni Association Luncheon. Class of 70 had a full table. Primary topic was the Navy-Notre Dame game scheduled for 27 Oct 18 in San Diego.

Party time in San Diego.

Charles (Charlie Lew) Lewis sent a photo of him and Grant (The Blade) Thorpe (on the right) during June’s week-long Bicycle Ride Across Georgia taking a break at a needed rest stop in the shade.

leadership development. The inaugural award is expected to be presented in April of this year. This award is long overdue, and I want to thank Classmate Clint Adams for proposing the award, drafting the instruction, and shepherding the instruction through the approval process. This award is made possible through the generous contributions of our Classmates. I want to thank those who have donated to the fund, and to encourage all Classmates to also donate. You may do so via the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation web site: Go to www.usna.com. Click on “Make a Gift” at the right-hand side of the page. Scroll down to the “Class Year” dropdown menu and select 1970. The “Class Funds” menu will appear. Enter your donation amount in the block next to “1970 SEL Award.” Or you may send a check to the USNA Foundation, 291 Wood Road, Beach Hall, Annapolis, MD 21402. Be sure to

indicate that your donation is for the 1970 SEL Award.

The Bonds of Gold Ceremony at which we donate some of our Class Rings and miniatures to be melted down and joined with the gold for the Class of 2020’s Class Rings is at 1900 on April 24 in Memorial Hall.

Mike sent email to Class, soliciting 1970 ring donations. Gary reports three rings and two miniatures have been donated.

The 50th Reunion will be on 24 October 2020. Contract with Lowes Hotel is in place. Rates are set at $289/night with a 2-night minimum. They are ready to receive reservations. Hotel reservation code in contract is USN022.

Steve Reinemund was selected as 70’s latest (fifth) Distinguished Graduate Award winner. Ceremony occurred on March 23.

Ring-A-Ding-Ding!

Our Vision is 2020!

Hall and Carol Dillon with Paul and Susan Hurd in Manzanillo, Mexico

I gleaned a bit off of Facebook in which DZRH TV (Philippines) asked: “Who is Roilo Golez? Now known as fighting advocate for protecting the country’s sovereignty and sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Rise.

Born in Looc, Romblon. Product of public schools. Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis where he was a consistent Superintendent’s Honor Lister, Company Commander and undefeated Boxing Champion for four straight years, the first to achieve that feat since the Academy was established in 1845.

Navy officer. MBA graduate of U.P. (Valedictorian). Postmaster General where he received the Ten Outstanding Young Men Award. Congressman of Paranaque for six terms, with perfect attendance in sessions. And respected National Security Adviser and national security expert.”

President’s Corner (heavily edited for space) I am pleased and proud to announce the publication of ComdtMidnInst on the “Class of 1970 Senior Enlisted Staff Leadership Award.” This award will be presented annually to a senior enlisted member (E-7 through E-9) selected from the Commandant’s staff whose contributions to the leadership, professional, and moral development of midshipmen reflected the highest principles of excellence in professionalism and

’70: Left to right; Carl Weiscopf, Neil Finn, Tim LaFleur, Tim McClain, Wil Hollowell, Dennis MacBain and Charlie Carey

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2018 Fair Winds and Following Seas from your Alumni Association and Foundation.

CLASS SECRETARY COLUMN DEADLINES Send to: classnews@usna.com

ISSUE: July-Aug 2018 Sept 2018 Oct 2018 Nov-Dec 2018

DUE DATE: 29 May 2018 25 Jun 2018 30 July 2018 24 Sep 2018

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’71 Life Membership: 61% Donor Participation: 8.92% Pres: CAPT Perry Martini, USN (Ret.) e: pjmartini@comcast.net Sec’y: CAPT Mike Longworth, USN (Ret.) e: duke.longworth@1971.usna.com

Linda was under the weather so we’ll see her when we meet up again with them in 2018. Meanwhile out here in San Diego Tom Hammons is leading our West Coast Reunion committee in preparation for the camaraderie October 25-28 and the Navy-Notre Dame game. Go Navy, John.”

Website: http://1971.usnaclasses.net/

It’s been a very interesting winter with record low and record high temperatures! By the time you read this it is spring in the Yard! The grass is very green, the flowers are blooming and the Yard is filled with visitors! The midshipmen are doing lots of marching, sailing and other outdoor activities. You read every year how I enjoyed the walk from Hubbard Hall to Mother B after a good, long crew workout! Those were halcyon times!

First up is a note from John Ball: M “Duke, What a convincing win Navy had over Virginia in the Military Bowl! It’s a nice victory to take into the off season. Just before Christmas, Gay and I were in Virginia on family business and I met up with running mate John Long.

We toured the nearby National Air & Space Museum at Dulles Airport, where we were reunited with rotorcraft that each of us had in our logbook. John flew H-46 BuNo 153369 when he joined squadron HC-6 in 1973 (when the Navy had the aircraft), and I flew the NASA Bell XV15 tiltrotor in the 1990’s while flying for Bell Helicopter, including a fun time in the 1995 Paris Air Show. Actually John and I spent most of our time together reminiscing about our squadron flying days, including our 1974 good-deal flight together in the Goodyear blimp. Coincidentally, we both showed up wearing Northrop Grumman jackets, souvenirs of our time working for the aerospace giant, albeit on opposite coasts.”

“Linda and John Long are happily living near Dulles Airport and spend lots of time with their seven grandchildren. John still enjoys fishing, especially with his 3-year-old grandson. Kudos to John because he showed me a photo of his colonial house that he decorated for Christmas in spectacular fashion.

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Here’s a note from Jim Bryant: M Three 71 classmates showed up at the January San Diego Alumni Association luncheon, Pat Doyle, Jim (Bear) Bryant and Mike Hecomovich. Mike, RADM Tom Lynch ‘64 and Chet Gladchuck explained how Navy is going to beat Army this year, which made me happy because I remember that good things happened when we beat Army. After the speeches Pat and I got the below photo with Mike. Jim Bryant.”

Sounds like Navy will roll this fall!

Yes, that bowl victory was sweet!

Sounds like you and John had some fun flying NAVY! I’m looking forward to the 47.5 reunion this fall!

See you there!

Next is a note from Eric Benson: M “Duke, Here’s a photo from our latest travels. In December we headed to South America for some warmer weather and ran into another grad, Len Eaton ‘63, in our small group (14). The highlight of our trip was Iguassu Falls on the Argentina/Brazil border. We got delayed in Buenos Aires for three days due to a general strike that shut down all air and ground travel but the Falls was ready for us when we finally got there. The photo is of the two of us at the Falls (unfortunately a few days late to deliver the proper Beat Army message before this year’s game). Len and I had good times swapping the age-old sea stories from USMC (Len) and USN days (me) while the gals just rolled their eyes. Eric.”

Eric Benson and Len Eaton ’63 at Iguassu Falls

Wherever two or more shall meet the stories start flowing! Sounds like a fun trip!

Pat Doyle, Mike Hecomovich, and Jim Bryant

Karl since the last reunion and it was great catching up on our lives since then. After lunch Karl tracked down a few Cubi O’Club Plaques.

Then I gave him a quick tour of my favorite exhibits in the museum.

Every time I give a tour of the museum it reminds me how privileged I was to have been a part of Naval Aviation. It is so satisfying to know I share a very small part of a very great heritage. I am humbled knowing I had a common career with the Navy and Marine aviators who served this nation so greatly.

“Karl and I also had a fun time at the local pistol range. I was mediocre, but Karl was absolutely deadly. He knocked the center out of the target with 0.40, 0.38, and 9mm. Plus, they were not his guns; he did it with loners. It was like shooting next to Marshall Matt Dillon. Glad we were not betting.

It was bad enough for me just to compare targets. Jerry Geil.”

Mike Marks sent this note: M “Duke, Ted Fischer, Brad Clossen, Dave Whitman and I, all of 3rd Company met in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. The photo is of us at Emiril’s Restaurant. The highlight of our visit was the National WWII Museum. It was a memorable trip!

We left it all in New Orleans!

Mike Marks.”

Karl Schwelm and Jerry Geil at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL

Sounds like a superb visit by Karl. I share your thoughts on the privilege of serving as a Naval Aviator!

Karl added this note:

Left to right: Ted Fischer, Mike Marks, Jean Marks, Brad Closson, Kathleen Closson, Gay Whitman, Dave Whitman, and Pat Fischer.

M “Jerry gives an inspirational presentation as a docent at the Naval Air Museum! He also still drives a Corvette! Semper Fidelis, Karl!”

Always good times when company-mates get together for fun! Great place for fun!

Here’s a note from Jerry Geil:

I look forward to having Jerry as my tour guide!

Tom Hammons sent this important note:

M “Duke, Karl Schwelm was visiting Pensacola and he stopped by the National Naval Aviation Museum, where I volunteer as a docent. We had a nice lunch and a bottle of San Miguel in the Cubi Café. We never had that opportunity when we were both on active duty in the Marines. I had not seen

M “Duke, Here’s an update on our 47.5 Year Reunion in San Diego in October. We have a great Headquarters Hotel lined up at the Marriott Mission Valley, a number of fun events: Thursday Night Welcome Reception, Friday Morning Golf Outing, Friday Night

71/72 CLASS NEWS those in volunteer organizations need our thoughts and prayers, too.

For everything there is a season and a purpose. Today is the gift of “the present.” Life is precious and too short –love passionately, give and share your blessings generously with others – as we are richly blessed so may we richly bless others. Remember, too, that words have the power to elevate and to destroy, so use your words carefully! Give thanks for your many blessings, especially for family and of citizenship in our great nation. As much as ever, this is the time for us to be actively shaping the future of our great nation. There is plenty of work remaining as we increase our wisdom! Time, tide and column due dates wait for no man!

Duces Virum, Duke ’71: Example of a greasy Herndon!

Cocktail Party, Saturday Pre-Game Tailgate Party – a block of tickets to the Navy – Notre Dame Football Game, Saturday Night free time for Company events and a Sunday Morning Farewell Brunch. All the details and registrations are available on-line at https://signupnow. events/usna1971/default.aspx.

This is going to be a fun weekend and hope to see everyone in San Diego October 25 - 28. Tom Hammons 34th Company, 47.5 Year Reunion Chairman.”

Sounds like a fun time! I’m signed up and my bags are ready to go! I hope to see many classmates there!

GO NAVY – BEAT NOTRE DAME! As USNA graduation nears for ’18, thought of plebes climbing Herndon Monument return. With that in mind Pat Doyle sent this note: M “I’ve had this picture on my PC slide shows forever. I wanted to get this to you as a reminder of ‘71’s climbing Herndon 50 years ago!”

Thank you for the memories Pat! It is my sad duty to report the passing of our classmate, James Alan “Jim” Sand, 68, of Myersville, MD, who passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, MD. Jim joined us on 28 June 1967 as our classmate

but unfortunately was medically discharged during plebe year. He continued his education graduating from North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND, graduating with a degree in Pharmacy.

Born Saturday, June 25, 1949 in Walla Walla, WA, he was the son of Irene (Holm) Sand of Roseau, MN, and the late Kenneth Jerome Sand.

Jim spent his childhood years in and graduated from high school in Crosby, ND. He married Deborah Nims on November 28, 1970 in Lisbon, ND. They moved to Maryland where he worked in various pharmacy capacities, the last being a Staff Pharmacist at Frederick Memorial Hospital in Frederick, MD. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Deborah (Nims) Sand, children, Stephanie Garcia and husband David and Jennifer Mays and husband Jeff, grandchildren, Alexander and Daniel Garcia and Madeleine Mays. A memorial service was held Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 11:00am at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 400 Main St. Myersville, MD. Too soon it’s time to close.

Please keep our classmates and their families in your prayers for good health, healing when needed, and safety in their travels. Our classmates in leadership as well as

’72 Life Membership: 56% Donor Participation: 3.18% Pres: CDR Bob Leib, USN (Ret.) e: rcleib1972@verizon.net Sec’y: CDR Rich Robison, USN (Ret.) 3126 North Greystone Dr. Morgantown, WV 26508 e: Scribe72@comcast.net Website: http://1972.usnaclasses.net Class Listserv: TheGouge-USNA72@googlegroups.com Facebook: USNA Class of 1972

Back in the old days (come on…you remember when there was a “June Week”), it seemed like the Dark Ages would never end, and there were at least 6 months between

Hundredth Night and Graduation.

But I’ve come to conclude that, as one’s hair follicles take on a more silver hue (or disappear altogether), one’s sense of time becomes more precise…more finely tuned…less prone to abject error, sunspot activity and magnetic deviation. Put another way, Springtime is here and graduation is around the corner.

How’d that happen so quickly?

We’ve lost a couple of Classmates in the past few months.

We learned from Bill Moore that Jon Buresch (8th Co.) passed away on Friday evening, 26 January 2018 after a long and lengthy bout with Alzheimer’s. Jon graduated with a Bachelor’s in Aero and received his Master’s in Avionics Engineering from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. He served proudly in the United States Navy for 20 years, retiring as a Commander. He was a rescue helicopter pilot and deployed on missions around the world, including back up to the Iran Hostage rescue attempt. He worked 29 years for Boeing on the military side and retired in 2013. Jon is survived by his wife, Tina; 2 sons, 3 children by marriage, 9 (soon to be 10) grandchildren, and his sister. The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Tina and their family.

Jim Anderegg (6th Co.) passed away on 22 January. Jim graduated from Annapolis High School and entered the Academy in 1968 and received his Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati in 1973. For more than 30 years Jim worked as a HVAC / plumbing mechanical engineer for

‘72: John and Trice Harrold, Rob and Renae Saunders, Rick and Anne Gutekunst, Dion Clancy, and Mary Lou and Lance Elberling

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72/73 CLASS NEWS DuPont, Westinghouse, Burns & Roe, Jacobs, and Ralph Engineering at several nuclear sites including SRS, Los Alamos, Y12 Oak Ridge, NFS. He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia, but is survived by his son, 3 step-children, a grandson, 2 sisters and a brother. The Class extends its sympathies to Jim’s family.

Dion Clancy provided several items this month.

‘72: “Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…” Elberling, DeVore, Clancy, Harrold, Peairs and spouses about to set sail that day, “…for a three-hour tour…”

‘72: 36th Company: Smith, Osborne, Dilgren, Nordquist, Nichols, Heimbach, Neihart, Horstmeyer, Michael and Monahan

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M “Here’s a photo on the port elevator of the USS Midway. This was after the retirement of John Harrold’s young bride, Capt.

Beatrice Harrold, Nurse Corps, USN. after 36 years of service. Their three sons, all Marines, maintained order during the event. It was a brisk afternoon with a stiff breeze over the bow. It felt like we were underway.

(The only way.)”

“Recently, a group of Fifth Batt Savages got underway on San Francisco Bay. It was a beautiful day to display our extreme nautical skills.

Thanks to Lance Eberling for the use of his tricked out 42-foot sloop.

After securing for the day we adjourned for beverages (the sun was over the yardarm) and an evening of great food and many lies. We hope this is the first of many such events.”

Q: Here’s a question for you. So, what do we have that members of the last bunch of graduating classes don’t?

A: Members of the 36th Company. Rik Dilgren provided the accompanying photo taken at Harry Browne’s during the 45th Reunion.

What a despicable bunch of rowdies. The gentlemen from 6th Batt need to take an example from this well-mannered group in 3rd Batt. (Of note: Not everyone in this photo are spouses. The two ladies directly behind him are Mike Tierney’s daughters…)

Another Link in the Chain Dept.

We expect a number of pre-Induction Day events with various Parents Clubs. Stay plugged into The Gouge, the Class web site and the Class Facebook page for details as they become available.

That’s it…the mailbag is empty!

More to come. D. O. Tried and True With ’72.

’73 Life Membership: 64% Donor Participation: 5.73% Pres: Kevin Callahan Sec’y: CAPT James H. Chapman, USN (Ret.) 769 Largo Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23464-2417 p: 757-462-0344; e: chap769@yahoo.com

Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying Spring and its warm where you are. I have some important news to pass on so let’s get to it.

For those who have not heard and contrary to my last article the 45th Reunion has been moved to 30 August to 2 September. Here is the note I received from Doug Rice, Reunion Chair: M “Classmates, As we have discussed in the recent past, the football schedule for this year has been a moving target, regarding our 45th reunion. We finally have the schedule and as a result, after many consultations within the Reunion Committee and other classmates, the committee has decided to move the reunion from the weekend of Aug. 26 to the weekend of Sept. 1.

Navy plays Hawaii on that day in Hawaii, which should allow us to at least watch a game on TV in the N* room at the stadium. We will not know the game time until the powers that be make that decision, but we are hoping that they will want a large audience from the mainland and thus will make it an early game in Hawaii and thus an afternoon game for us on the east coast. The Westin, which is our base hotel, has allowed us to shift to the Sept. 1 weekend and will shift all current hotel reservations to the same nights the following week. Unless you want to change your reservation with the Westin you will not have to do anything. Similarly, the N* room is available for Thursday nights Shipwreck Party and for the tailgate on Saturday, and the caterers have allowed us to shift our deposits to that weekend.

I know this change may inconvenience some of you and for that I apologize, however, the majority of the classmates that we have heard from wanted a football

73/73 CLASS NEWS game for the reunion weekend, even if it was an away game on TV. After the American Athletic Conference cancelled the game that was supposed to be Aug. 26, we did not have much choice, given our commitments to the Westin and our caterers. Rest assured we will not have this issue for our 50th reunion as we will have priority with the Alumni Association and will be able to schedule our 50th on homecoming weekend in 2023. I hope you can all join us August 30 – September 2 for another great Class of ’73 reunion!”

I realize most of you have heard this change already but there are still several hundred folks who are not on the class email list. I again encourage you to add yourself to the email distro. You can register on the alumni website. Thanks. General.

I received a short update from Dirk Mosis on progress toward the 50th Class gift.

M “As of 31 December 2017, 190 Classmates have contributed $560k towards our 50th! The Gift Committee will now focus on determining a specific gift, for most of our contributions to support, over the next few months.”

Dirk, Thanks again for all your hard work for the Class.

Now on to other news! The first is from Royce Engler which includes a great picture and some history trivia.

‘ 73 Contingent at the Texas Gulf Coast Alumni Chapter Luncheon. L to R Steve Ogden, Thom Holt, and Royce Engler

I asked Royce what he and everyone where doing and he wrote back; M Steve runs an oil company up in College Station (Ogden Resources), Thom runs an HR consulting company also up in College Station (Fairwinds), and I’m working with a

startup making conductive wire out of carbon fiber for oilfield applications (Advanced Conductive Devices).

We see each other from time to time at Texas Gulf Coast Chapter functions, but today, we decided to take pictures. Steve and Thom are both living up in College Station, and I live about 30 miles north of Houston on a golf course. I’m devoting much of my spare time to chasing golf balls, and I’m happy to report that my handicap is no better than it ever was, but I’ve learned to accept my limitations. Suzan and I now have 9 grandkids, with the first great grandson due in July!

Royce, Thanks for the great update.

You maybe the classes’ first great grandparents! Congratulations!

Now for the trivia. Royce and I exchanged a couple of emails and it turns out we were both DCAs’ at the same time, he was in BAINBRIDGE and I was in SOUTH CAROLINA. I think they were still DLGNs then. We both were prototype instructors, Royce was in New York and I was in Idaho.

I also got a note from Steve who added; M “Jim, I want to thank Royce for taking the initiative and contacting you. As for me, I retired from the Texas Senate in 2013-undefeated and unindicted! Now running my small oil company and intend to do it until the big 70 birthday, oldest son Lt. Col. Mike Ogden ’98, is attending the Army War College as a marine, go figure, wife Beverly doing well as are our six grandchildren.

Looking forward to reunion.

Steve Ogden ’73.

Steve, Royce, Thanks for the update and the great news on your families.

My son in law is also a Lt Col in the Marine Corp. He is an Osprey pilot presently deployed to Kuwait.

I received a short note and great photo from fellow 9th Companyér Bob Smith;

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Eric Olson, Dave Young, Neil Beck, Tom Feeks at the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim

I asked Neil what he has been doing and received the following;

Bob Smith and Tom Martin with a cool “corn hole “board

M Hi General, Just dropping a line to say hi and ask that you forward the attached pic and article to Shipmate. Tom Martin visited Bob Smith’s home for a weekend in Venice, Florida this January. A rousing game of corn hole was on tap with Tom as the victor. Someone really must tell him about not bilging the host. Anyway, a fun time was had by the guys and their wives.

Not much else to report since last contact. Looking forward to the reunion in August.”

Thanks Smitty. We look forward to seeing you and Lynn. Another piece of trivia, Smitty relieved me as DCA in SOUTH CAROLINA after our cruise to Rio de Janeiro in 1977 where we both became Shellbacks!

On to other news. I received the following great input and picture from Neil Beck; M “Hi Jim, I just wanted to pass this along. First Class roommates Dave Young, Neil Beck and Tom Feeks 11 Co. got together at the Tampa Bay Frogman Swim to honor Tom’s son SO1 Patrick D. Feeks (SEAL) who was killed in Afghanistan in 2012 during combat operations. Dave and I did Coach Lawrence, our Plebe Coach, proud swimming the 3.1 miles in smooth but cold conditions.

Ever the Marine, Dave swam in a sleeveless wetsuit in 54-58 degree water. On the beach, we were proud to have classmate Eric Olson show up for support. This event is a fund raiser for the Navy SEAL Foundation that supports the families of the fallen and wounded SEALs.

M “Well after five years in Naval Air, I joined the exodus to the airlines and went through TWA, Eastern, and then United Airlines.

Since we must retire at 65, I’ve been splitting time between Pennsylvania and Florida trying to stay warm but not too warm. With my extra time I’ve been competing in several triathlons including Mont Tremblant Ironman and this year Eagleman 70.3 on the eastern shore of Maryland in June. My wife loves my long training rides and runs as it gets me out of the house.

I’ve also been studying for several years now, American Indians of the Susquehanna Valley in PA.” Neil, Thanks for the great input and update. You realize how old mentioning TWA and Eastern make us!

If you have not provided an input to the Classes’ Agent Orange database I encourage you to consider doing so. The hope is that with good information we can help folks receive their VA benefits. It is sort of like; “From Knowledge Sea power”.

Please contact Bill Short or Jim Murphy who are leading this effort. Thanks.

I am about at my limit. Again, I encourage you to sign up for class email to get info quickly, helping Dirk and the Gift Committee and registering with the Agent Orange group. As always, Go Navy and Semper Fi! See you at the 45th. General

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’74 Life Membership: 57% Donor Participation: 1.64% Pres: John Yaeger Corr Sec’y: Roger McEvoy 745677 p: 559-905-7362; e: usna745677@hotmail.com

It’s still February, and winter is prolonging the dark ages everywhere, it seems. Our penance for last December 9th, I suspect!

Evidently, the cold and wet weather that has embraced the majority of the nation this winter has apparently put most of you into a cryogeniclike state, because there continues to be little info coming in. But one e-mail from Neil Rondorf contained a plethora of responses to his e-mail to his 30th Company mates asking how they were all doing. It is virtually an entire column in itself.

Before I get into that, I’ll start with the sweetest of messages. I got a txt from Warren Kleshefsky (8th Co.) a couple of weeks ago reporting his disorientation getting up on his first day of retirement. I informed him that it was Saturday, and his first day of retirement would not be until the following Monday.

Warren adjusted his confusion, and with a couple more days of mental prep has appeared to handle his new-found status of go-fer duty with relative ease. I haven’t spoken with Irene yet, the last report from Warren is that he has coped well.

His first action of his new AARP status was to throw out his work shoes work ties. Well done, Warren.

With much thanx to Neil, here is his collection of notes from 30th Company: Dave Goulette, my former teammate from Navy Swimming, retired last June. He and wife Terri are living in Naples, FL. David reported that his son Matt, got into OCS, [with instrumental assistance from Derek Offer (also 30th Co.)] and he recently graduated. Matt started flight school in late December. David forwarded a photo of himself, Terri, Matt and Matt’s girlfriend, Lia. Unfortunately, in the forwarding process, that image has failed to re-appear. Sorry David.

David’s younger son, Mike, recently

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completed a hitch in the Army as an airborne Combat Medic, and started attending classes at Ohio State last month. Congratulations David, on the honorable and commendable contributions of both your sons!

Stan Weliever reported that he and Lark are enjoying family visits by kids and grandkids. At the time he responded to Neil’s interrogative, he was involved in some firehose activity, apparently cleaning up after the g-kids had eaten. But most of the time he reports that he and his siblings are mostly just sitting around, collecting rent. A real land baron, I guess. Stan, on your next note to Neil, please let us know where you’re living.

Bob Repp reported that he is touring the country in his motorhome, and was writing from Panama City, FL., with MS, TX and NM as his future waypoints. Bob, I understand the pursuit of the end of that dotted white line before you.

Enjoy all you see and experience.

Gary Jaeger also responded to Neil, stating he was in the process of hanging Christmas lights and washing cars, enjoying the 78-degree weather. So, I assume Gary is out here in la la land, but he didn’t include any personal info.

Rich Bradley sent Neil an in-depth account of his post-Navy life. Rather than paraphrase, I’ll reprint it here to give it justice: M Neil: Nice to hear from you!

Things are good. I retired from the Naval Reserve as a Cdr, retired early from Delta in 2005 as a 767ER Capt. due to the pending bankruptcy. My wife is an internal medicine MD who until recently was Medical Director at the Dartmouth clinic in Lyme, NH and an associate professor of Medicine at Dartmouth Med school. It is interesting that you are in Boston as I spent my first 9 years with delta living in Boston. I had 2 Brownstones in Back Bay along with 3 luxury condos. I ended up selling all of them in the early 2001 and bought a commercial building in Ridgefield, Ct. I was flying out of New York, living in Roxbury, Ct at the time.

To cut to the chase, I ended up taking over the business of the largest tenant as she was bleeding it dry and on a downward trajectory. .

Who ever would have predicted that! I am in my 4th year of running it and it is quite successful. I am looking for an exit strategy in the near future. In the mean time, my wife took a position with the Cleveland Clinic and is the Medical Director for Functional Medicine. Mark Hyman is the Director and is somewhat of a celebrity MD with 10 books published and is a regular on PBS. She loves her position but it has complicated our lives. I fly back east every week to Ct. where 3/4 of the year I stay on a 39 foot boat. I also go back to our horse farm in Lyme NH (complete with 2 horses) every other week to keep up with the place. Our 2 children both graduated from college this past June.

Our son graduated from Harvard and is working for a boutique investment bank in NYC. He was a huge athlete in high school in football (running back) and track (sprints, jumps & javelin). He holds the record for the javelin in New England and was offered a partial scholarship to Stanford. He opted for Harvard and gave up football.

Our daughter graduated from Dartmouth, is doing research at the hospital, studying for the MCATS and applying for med school this year.

That pretty much sums up my post Navy career.

Thanx for detail Rich. You need to coach some of your 30th company mates on class correspondence.

Jim Trotter and wife Peg are teaching, (although he did not say where), hoping to retire soon. They have three children: James is in Whidbey Island, John Paul lives in Santa Monica selling guitars, and daughter Joy (whom Jim calls their golfing partner and personal chef, is living about 15 minutes away with her boyfriend. SO, I’m guessing they are in California, also.

Steve Busch recently retired, and is spending most of his time playing golf. He and Sue bought an RV recently, and anticipates some travel this year, but no specific plans reported.

Tim Schnoor provided a lot of detail which I will reprint here, since I have no idea what most (actually, ALL) of his acronyms mean: M Hi Neil, Sorry to be so slow on the uptake, and just now getting around to checking the family email.

We were glad to hear from you, and glad that you had some family time in Boston this Thanksgiving. We are doing fine here in NOVA, and enjoyed Thanksgiving with Linda’s Mom, Brother and his wife, our nephew, daughters Carla and Christina. Carla and Michael now have 5 (count them) children ranging in age from 11 to 1. So, we had about 14 around the turkey table this year.

Still busy at work with the research ships, two new ships delivered last year are now out and operating with full schedules of science for Navy and NSF; one older ship just completed SLEP up in Seattle, over time and way over budget; and now planning for two more SLEPs in the coming three years. Thanksgiving found one of our ships, Atlantis out of Woods Hole, helping the search effort for the Argentine sub.

Multiple telecon briefings through the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend with C4F, discussing/briefing the search effort and logistics to support it. That effort is still going on, now in the search and salvage phase, supporting SUPSALV’s ROV CURV for the next 3-4 weeks, or until the Argentine Navy gives up the search. Frank Herr, Ocean Science department head at ONR retires the end of the month, and relatively new CNR, Dave Hahn, has been changing things up the past 6 months. CNO wants technology faster!! Fun, fun, fun.

Another good note was sent in from Derek Offer. Again, their words are better than mine: M Hey, Neil. Good to hear from you.

Hope you and Cheryl are doing well.

Dave Goulette and I spoke this year about his son, Matt, who just started flight school in Pensacola.

He did Marines first, then Penn State, then AOCS. A great young man.

74/75 CLASS NEWS Barb is teaching here in the city and I’ve been off the net for the most part this month doing my finals. One 20 page paper to go, and one more class. Went back to school at my advanced age and am a second year doctoral candidate at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University in New York City. I should have worked this hard when I was at Navy. I just study and write all day, every day, and try to row my single shell on Oyster Bay when the weather permits.

Couple more years of this purgatory and we will wee if it is time to throttle back…meantime, house is in middle of construction, renovation and extension, so a kind of a chaos here to add to the happy noise and confusion of dogs and kids and grandkids. Have a blessed Christmas and great New Year, and see you at the 45th!

Finally, after circulating the responses he received from company mates back to the company, Claude Goddard wrote a detailed note to 30th Company, which I have been told I can reprint here.

M Neil, thanks for circulating this. It is great to catch up with all the guys.

John, Derek, Tim, Steve, Jim, Rich Gary, Bob, Stan and Dave: You guys all sound like you are doing well, which is a pleasure to hear, but should be no surprise, given who you are. In my line of work, IK frequently have to deal with people who are less that sterling characters, so it’s refreshing to be reminded that there are truly good people out there!

So here’s my short story: I entered private practice in 1987, practicing government contracts law at various firms in the DC area.

In recent years, I focused on contract fraud, ethics and compliance, suspension and debarment, as well as all forms of government contract litigation. Ion 2013, I landed at the D office of Polsinelli, PC, a Kansas City based firm, and worked a deal with them to split my time between DC and my (then new) home in Meredith, NH. I stayed at Polsinelli until the end of 2015, when I went in-house at a longtime client to

become their general counsel, still splitting my time between NH and Ashburn, Virginia. My company was a federal contractor in the immigration space, mainly with State Department and DHS contracts. It was a challenging and interesting experience (think playing whack a mole on a daily basis), involving too much travel (over 30 trips to Virginia in 2016). That career came to an abrupt end in May 2017, when the company was sold to a much larger government contractor who had no need for a second general counsel. Luckily, I landed back at Polsinelli, where I continue to work, although my billable hour expectations are greatly reduced. That leaves me plenty of time to enjoy the good life in NH as I wind down towards retirement.

On the personal side, I have two daughters—both married and school counselors/admission directors at private schools. One lives in Falls Church and one in Somerville, MA, so I get to see one (and my grandson—age 2.5 years) when I’m in the DC area for business, and one I get to see in NYH or Boston. In 2015 my partner (she hates it when I call her my girlfriend), Blair, moved up from Arlington to live with me in NH. She worked for a while at an interior design center and then last year opened her own interior design business.

Life in NH is good. In 2011 I bought a 14 acre farm adjacent to my family home on Lake Waukegan and had a house built on the property in 2013—my best friend from high school was the builder. He is still my best friend, so that’s a testament to his skill as a builder. Blair and I enjoy hiking, biking, playing golf and boating and swimming on the lake in the summer, and Nordic and Alpine skiing and snowshoeing in the winter. I also spend plenty of time doing things around the farm and house, so I have plenty to do.

The farm is non-productive so I only have to cut the fields—my Kubota is smaller than Rich’s but it’s still fun to use.

I hope you guys let me know if you’re ever in the area—it would be great to see you anytime. Winston

recently posted a picture of ice fishing that he took on Meredith Bay (of Lake Winnipesaukee) that was literally a mile from my house—so he’s promised to let me know the next time he’s up here.

Best to all of you. It was great to see your emails to Neil. Claude Great letter, Claude. Thanx for taking the time, and for letting me publish it to the class.

Thanx again, for coordinating, Neil.

We’re over the word limit, so gotta close. Go Navy!

—Rog

’75 Life Membership: 58% Donor Participation: 3.52% Pres: Chris Cikanovich e: chickc975@gmail.com Sec’y: CAPT Larry Warrenfeltz, USN (Ret.) 5732 Tamarack Dr., Pace, FL 32571 p: 850-995-0051; e: usna75scribe@hotmail.com Website: http//1975.usnaclasses.net/

Dear ’mates, Recently, I was talking to my friend, Pensacola Chapter member, and fellow scribe Royal Connell ’70.

We agreed that one of the tougher parts of the position is sharing the far too frequent reports of deaths in our class families. This month, 25th Company’s Tom Kelley did a superb job on this duty, so I will turn the column over to Tom. M It is a sad truism that as we enter our mid 60s, many of our gatherings or mini-reunions revolve around attending funeral services.

This was the case in January 2018.

George Melnychenko’s (25) wife

Desiree (a Navy veteran) died on 9 January after a long battle with cancer. Services were held 12 January (St. Andrews Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Silver Spring, MD) and 13 January (St. Michaels Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Baltimore, MD).

Both services were beautiful; the Ukrainian Orthodox rituals were as unique as they were inspiring. Several classmates attended one or both services. In the accompanying picture from January 13 are Bob Giuda, Steve Hubbard, Chris Cikanovich, George, Paul Viscovich, Mike Groothousen, and Denis Powers. Jim Thoms, Steve Laabs, and I were at the January 12 service.

Steve Cole (25) died on 7 January in El Paso, while on his annual Rio Grande duck hunting trip with his brother Jeff and son Andrew. Steve also fought cancer for many years.

Steve’s wife, Carole brought Steve back to North Carolina to be remembered by family, friends, and classmates. I do want to mention that the service was very powerful—from the eulogy by the Pastor, readings or poems by Steve’s three children (Steve Jr., Andrew, and Sara), and the singing of Navy Blue and Gold to the folding and presentation of the flag to Carol. There was one interesting glitch during the service: the music stopped during the first stanza of Navy Blue and Gold. Only eight ‘old men’ continued to sing a capella (8 of the 18 surviving members of 25th Company attended the service). Later in the afternoon, Carol hosted a celebration at the local country club. Many beers were hoisted in Steve’s honor; many stories were told—some of

’75: The guys at Steve’s service

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75/75 CLASS NEWS them were even true! The two pictures from Steve’s service are the guys (Lunce Bass, Jim Thoms, Denis Powers, Bob Guida, Mike Groothousen, Dave Corley, Bo Clark, and me); and the gals (Tricia Groothousen, Karen Powers, Betty Betz, Chris Thomas, Diane Bass, and Dixie Clark).

On a happier note, Betty Betz and I got engaged in December after a relatively short courtship; you can’t waste too much time when you are 64! Betty has a connection to the Navy—her Dad was on USS IOWA in the 1940s—but very little knowledge of her Dad’s service. After spending a weekend with eight classmates, she has been properly indoctrinated. I am a retired NFO (S-3s). I tried to explain to Betty what an NFO did; she boiled it down to, “So you don’t know how to fly a Navy jet.” My response was, “Uh. No.” So that was that!

’75: (top left to bottom right) Tom Gray, Marc Siedband, Diane Cikanovich, Bill Etsweiler, Roger Still, AJ Ronacher and Chris Cikanovich

Excellent work, Tom! Well said. We also lost John McCauley and David Chatlos in December. After the two events affecting his company, Bob Guida composed a beautiful poem that deserves to be shared throughout the USNA family: On Heaven’s Seas (by NH State Sen. Bob Giuda, USNA ’75, USMC 1975-84)

At Desiree’s memorial service

And the lovely gals

On banks of Severn, band of brothers born, Stand tall today, as here we join to mourn.

As bid “Farewell,” another slips away.

But never gone, though not in present sight, Still holds the course as comes the still of night; Though silent, now stands watch on Heaven’s seas.

Our love a bond we formed so long ago, We stand as brother leaves this earthly home, As bid “Farewell,” another slips away.

Through blur of tears we lift him now to You, Sound “Taps,’ as draped in nation’s symbol hue.

He stands the watch for us on Heaven’s seas.

“Flank speed!” we called, as sailed from Mother B, Our service under, over, and on sea.

As bid “Farewell,” another slips away.

Tom and Betty

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We traversed all the wonders of the world, Our love of country, strong with flag unfurled.

He stands the watch for us on Heaven’s seas.

“Eternal Father, strong to save” our song, The hymn that binds our hearts and souls so strong.

As bid “Farewell,” another slips away.

As men who served in every clime and place, We now commend him to thy loving grace.

To stand the watch for us on Heaven’s seas.

No more salutes to flag, nor warm embrace Of love, or passion, ended now the race.

As bid “Farewell,” another slips away.

We stand, heads bowed, as one, with single plea.

Now bring him home to harbor, God, with thee.

To stand the watch for us on Heaven’s seas.

He lives within us, now and ever more, As guidon sets our course to Heaven’s shore.

As bid “Farewell,” another slips away.

With stunning cadence, flag is folded tight.

As days of life give way to quiet night.

He stands the watch for us on Heaven’s seas.

As he has done in previous years, Marc Siedband set up a Capstone Ethics Program seminar sponsored by the Class of ’75 on 31 January.

Held in the Chesapeake Room, the Capstone seminar is the culmination of the midshipmen’s four-year ethics continuum and is designed to simulate some of the moral and ethical dilemmas graduates can expect to experience as junior officers in the Navy or Marine Corps.

Joining Marc as table facilitators were Chris Cikanovich, AJ Ronacher, Tom Gray, Roger Still, and Bill Etsweiler. They all agreed that the interaction with the midshipmen throughout the day really charged them up and left them supremely confident about the future of the Navy and Marine Corps team. They could not have been more proud of this superb group of future officers. A mini-reunion over dinner at Galway Bay capped off the Capstone seminar.

It’s pretty obvious to me!

Finally, Craig Quigley found that even Walmart likes our class. Type to you in June! ’75 Sir! Larry

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76/76 CLASS NEWS

’76 Life Membership: 56% Donor Participation: 3.29% Pres: Kevin Stone 928 Lynch Dr., Arnold, MD 21012 p: 410-974-4313; e: kevin.stone@1976.usna.com Sec’y: Mark Hubbard 5632 Tessie Ct., New Market, MD 21774-2918 p: 301-514-1645 e: Mark.Hubbard@1976.usna.com Website: http//usna1976.wordpress.com/

Here I am writing another class column for Shipmate. Seeing the words “April-May” in the header has lightened my mood from the mood I associate with the

Dark Ages of Plebe Year - those seemingly endless cold, depressing days from January through March.

There is ray of hope on the horizon – I can see it now!

Gary Greenfield has exciting news of a business/personal nature: M On January 1st I became Chairman of Diebold Nixdorf, a nearly $5 billion public company.

Many don’t recognize the name, but it is the largest manufacturer of ATMs in the world, among other businesses. Good chance you have used one of their ATMs – cash is still relevant for our generation! In December the CEO stepped down and as frequent at many companies,

they had a leadership kickoff meeting for the new year. It was held this past week on February 20th. Without a CEO on board they asked if I would kick-off the meeting. First time a non-executive board member had been invited to speak to the group. There were 120 people representing the 24,000 employees they have. It is a great opportunity to get to meet many in the organization, not just few we typically interact with. I am frequently asked what I miss most about my time as a CEO and one of the top two I always share is being in a room with the leadership of a company who are all focused

on a singular goal. My current role calls for little speaking, so it was fun to do. The comments were brief and fortunately we had identified a new CEO who we were able to announce. Quite a rewarding experience.

Mark Haas responded to my urgent request for news for the previous Shipmate column after I had already made my submission, so here it is: M We’ll see if this is “NOW” enough! Got home from work and saw your email. Some of my material is a bit “dated”——but better late than never (well, I guess that does not ALWAYS apply…).

CL A SS O F 1976

DAVE WINTERS

It’s Only A Secret If You Don’t Tell Anybody What do the infamous spy, John Anthony Walker, and Dave Winters ’76 have in common? The answer is: code keys and elimination of the wide-spread paper code key distribution that Walker had exploited.

In October 2017, Dave Winters presented a lecture at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, MD, for the Symposium on Cryptographic History, sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA). In his lecture Dave revealed the astounding security revolution, “OTAR,” that he single-handedly initiated thirty years ago. Edited, expanded and vetted by numerous contributors, the Wikipedia entry under OTAR presents a succinct, though understated, summary of his historic achievement (excerpted March 2018).

“OTAR [Over The Air Rekeying] was operationally introduced to the U.S. Department of Defense via the Navy beginning in 1988.

Lieutenant Commander David Winters, USN, in London and code master during the final years of the Cold War, was first to recognize the necessity and revolutionary security potential of OTAR and personally oversaw development and deployment of the innovative procedures required.

Commander Winters introduction of this technology revolutionized U.S. and associated secure telecommunications by obviating many previous requirements for risky, expensive wide-spread distribution of paper code keys. It thereby extinguished vulnerability to physical theft and loss previously exploited by the infamous ‘Johnny Walker’ spy ring.”

The essentially unnoticed innovations introduced by our (Juris Doctor) classmate created astronomical monetary savings, a quantum leap in national security, and Dave Winters as a passenger in a resulted in new industries based on his Spanish C-12 over the former procedures and doctrines. The breadth, Republic of Yugoslavia during the revolution (1994). depth and impact of his actions, all

PHOTO COURTESY OF ASA STONE

By Mark T. Hubbard ’76

Dave and his wife Debbie Winters were guests of the UK Parliament in 2004.

Dave Winters with Kurdish children at a safe house in northern Iraq in 1991.

essentially executed behind the scenes, are breathtaking. He likely preserved countless lives by foreshortening the Cold War. In further elucidation, the John Walker ring sold complete volumes of our classified code keys to the enemy for decades. To better exploit this bonanza, the Communists attacked and seized a USN intelligence ship (USS PUEBLO) to gain possession of her code machines. Without advantages the Soviet Union derived from these, they probably could not have afforded to continue the Cold War for as long as they did. These advantages included, among many others, access to: • U.S. naval position reports • Detection and analysis reports from covert SOSUS • Sea, ground and air plans • Advance details of a U.S. POW rescue attempt in Vietnam All of these were compromised, plus much more. But OTAR plugged this security gap. Now it is a household word in communications security (and it is even used by my employer, NASA)!

To protect this coup, our code master classmate simply never disclosed (not even to our side) its massive impact for decades.

Disclosure was an unnecessary risk. Only to ensure that this victory was understood and therefore preserved, did he finally explain the security revolution that it comprised. ®

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76/76 CLASS NEWS Directly below is a photo from our ‘76 Tailgate prior to our thrilling victory over Air Force. Although I went to the game with my good buddy, Tim Blue ’79, it was great hooking up with Ann & Lee Freund, Donna & Dave (“DC”) Boch, as well as Phyllis & John (“JB”) Boulden.

Saw Len “Smokin’” Mokan there, too, but I think he went to grab a beer & missed this photo op! It was particularly great to see “DC”, having not seen him in some 29 years (at his wedding in CT in ‘88). Now that we know he can still find his way to Annapolis, we will expect to see him at future class reunions!

The 2nd photo below shows a reunion after not 29 years…but 49!

I had not seen my buddy, William (“Bill”) Geroux, since we “graduated” from the 8th grade at St Louis Catholic School in Alexandria, VA, in ‘68. We had basically no contact for 40+ years, then only very minimal since then. But my wife, Phyllis, & I hooked up with Bill and his wife, Kema, last August at Virginia Beach for a brief but great dinner and a walk on the beach. I had him autograph my copy of his 1st book, The Mathews Men, a great account of the Merchant Marines of Mathews County, VA, during WWII (it’s a great read!).

Photo #3 shows (from left to right!), my son Chris, me and Tim Blue already freezing prior to the start of that great (49-7) victory over UVA in the Military Bowl! 24 degrees at kickoff, I think they said it was. Luckily, we also had blankets.

I am also back into running… not long distances, but getting out consistently. I did the Freeze Your Gizard 5K in Leesburg prior to Thanksgiving and came in 1st in the “Old Geezers” category!

‘76

‘76: Andy Bushak collage

Mark Haas braves the frigid temperature with his son, Chris, and Tim Blue at the Military Bowl Mark Haas is joined by his 8th grade classmate, Bill Geroux, in Virginia Beach

We have yet another Classmate who is a novelist: Tim Naville!

M It has been a little hectic here of late, and I wanted to send a few things along before too much more time elapsed. Attached is a picture from the weekend of the Air Force game last year. The ‘76’ers are Louise and Jim Peterson, Terri and Mark Hoekstra, Julie and Tim Naville enjoying dinner at O’Leary’s Seafood Restaurant in Eastport, along with Mimi and Jay Donnelly ’75. Julie and I have both retired now and enjoy spending time with our children and grandchildren. I also volunteer as a mentor in Veteran’s Court in two local counties. I am still serving as a Blue and Gold Officer and Area Coordinator for Naval Academy Admissions in Indiana, and I am also on the AC Steering Committee for Admissions. Last fall at one of the football games some of our classmates asked me to let them know when a murder mystery I was writing got published.

The title is Mark of the Crow and it is now available on Amazon Books.

Several chapters have scenes that take place at USNA. There is a movement afoot to converge the old 23rd Company 76’rs on San Diego this year for the Navy-Notre Dame game. Thus far Tracy and John Kohler, Lea and Mike Kapsch, Valerie and Wayne Rogers, Pam and Jack Coverick, Yanna and Stewart Navarre, Victoria and Kent Higginbotham, and Mary Jean and Doug Steudler have signed on. I run into John Willis periodically. He is busy working in Louisville, Kentucky as Co-Owner & Vice President for Project Management at VITOK Engineers, Inc. My daughter, Meghan, and her husband, Jared Marinos USMA ’05, made a wonderful announcement recently…that they are expecting twin boys in July! We are all so very excited, especially of the possibility that at least one of those boys may be a future Midshipman (I can only imagine that Jared is showing an expression of disgust as he reads that comment of mine…).

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76/77 CLASS NEWS

Meghan and Jared Marinos proclaiming that twins are on the way!

As many of you know, we lost another Classmate recently. Andy Bushak passed away on February 1, 2018. Our deepest sympathies go out to his wife, Mary Ann, and their two children, son Nick and daughter Lecia, as well as Andy’s extended family. Memorial services were conducted on February 6th at St. Josaphat Cathedral in Parma, OH, and military honors were provided by the Naval Operational Support Center (NOSC) Cleveland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Andy’s memory, by sending checks to the “USNA Foundation”, 25 Maryland Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401.

Credit card donations may be made by calling the Foundation office at 410-295-4095. Please annotate “in memory of Andy Bushak” on the checks or when you call the office.

These donations will go into the Athletic Excellence Sustainment Fund.

Sadly, we also lost Guy Wynn (33rd Co.) who passed away suddenly on January 16th in Huntsville, AL. Our deepGuy Wynn est sympathies go out to his wife, Rebecca Jo, and their children, Nicholas, Sarah, and Patrick, as well as his seven step children: Heather,

William, Holly, Rosie, Robert, Joseph, and Maggie Morris; and their three grandchildren.

On a final note, it is with great sadness to report that we just learned of the passing of Sandra Herring Cregge, wife of Mike Cregge (12th Sandra H. Cregge Co.) on February 12, 2018 at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Our deepest condolences go out to Mike, as well as their children, Michael Cregge Jr. ’02, Heidi, Angelica and Crystal, and their grandchildren Lina, Amaru, Maeve, Maceo and Lanea.

Immediately following the photo session, Hal (“Salty Sam”) Garrigues, in what can only be described as a high-risk/high-reward action, proposed to his longtime girlfriend, the lovely Kay Allred.

Two thoughts: first, as John observed, what a great moment for company-mates to share. Second, we’re happy for Hal’s sake Kay said “yes”!

Next up, Jim Kelly (11th Co.) recently had the opportunity to meet four-time Super Bowl champion and Vietnam War Veteran Rocky Bleier:

’77 Life Membership: 73% Donor Participation: 3.31%

Rumors Rocky can now only find three of his rings remain unconfirmed.

Last, and certainly not least, former Navy Lacrosse Coach Dick “The Biggest Thing Ever” Szlasa was recently inducted into the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Hall of Fame. A number of Coach Szlasa’s former Navy players turned out to honor him, including, as shown from left to right below…

Steve Hincks (’78), Gary Herbold (’79), Paul Gustin (’75), John Pasko (’79), Jeff Johnson (’79), Jeff Long (13th Co.), Coach Szlasa, Brendan Schneck (’80), Jake Lawlor (’75), Mike Buzzell (’80), Jeff “Little Magoo” McKee(’80), Billy Stulb (33rd Co.), Mike Chanenchuk (’79), Skip Wagner (31st Co.), Ray Finnegan (’75), Thom McKee (35th Co.) and Roger Sexauer (’80).

That’s all for this month.

Remember, we can’t print what we don’t receive, so please keep those emails and photos coming.

—Magoo

Pres: John F. Vuolo 71 Hidden Gin, Hinton, WV 25951-5184 Sec’y: Thom McKee 1202 Shady Creek Rd., Marriottsville, MD 21104 p: 410-489-5080; f: 410-489-5071 c: 202-438-1541; e: magoo1310@verizon.net

“The idle flapping of the sail is doubt; Faith swells it full to breast the breasting seas.”

— George MacDonald Corpen starboard 90, shipmates, and attention to a very brief brief!

In a fitting follow-up to our 40th reunion, John Geary (32nd Co.) forwarded this photo of a 32nd Company get-together after the Saturday tailgate: Shown to the right for muster at John and Kathye Geary’s home in Arnold are 32nd Company classmates and wives: Row 1: Cal Bagby, John Read, Mike Wertz, Mike Beck; Row 2: Janet Read, Chris Balasi, Nori-Ann Bagby, Jeanine Stuart; Row 3: Karen Coan, Kay Allred, Nikki Chesnut, Al Stuart, Catie Wertz, Monique Herning, George Herning, Kathye Geary; and Row 4: Rich Coan (35th Co.), Hal Garrigues, Vic Balasi, John Geary, Michael Golda, Skip Chesnut.

‘77: 32nd Company 40th Reunion Get-together

‘77: Szlasa’s Hall of Fame Induction

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78/78 CLASS NEWS

’78 Life Membership: 79% Donor Participation: 3.86% Pres: Glen Woods Sec’y: Vince Balderrama 1320 Homewood Ln., Annapolis, MD 21401 e: canoeu78@aol.com Website: usna1978.org

It’s getting closer and closer to our 40th Reunion. By now, you should have been getting a bunch of the gouge from a variety of sources your company reps, E-mails from our Class Prez, and our social media (website, and Facebook). While we are working hard to get the word out, I know there are those who just won’t read all of it (kind of like those assembly instructions for toys and Ikea furniture) or some who just plain fail to the word (Wasn’t that in our day a “Deuce” worth 10 demerits?). Just to continue to put out the word, here is another summary reminder. Our reunion weekend is from Thursday, 13 Sep, to Sunday, 16 Sep. Major events are as follows: • Thursday, 13 Sep: Class of ’78 Golf Tournament which starts at noon, at the Renditions Golf Course in Davidsonville, MD. As this comes to print, your reunion committee is still working on details, but we also expect to hold an informal Gathering Reception in the evening with light hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, and soft drinks.

• Friday, 14 Sep: The Memorial Service in remembrance of those we have lost will be held in the Chapel at 1100. In the evening, we will hold our Class Social at the Westin. The Reunion Committee is still working on the details, but to give a hint – there will be music, a magician, a photo booth, USNA and Class trivia, food and drink, and lots of opportunities to connect with friends, old and new.

• Saturday 15 Sep: We will hold a Prayer Breakfast from 0830 to 0930 at the Westin. Two members of the Class of ’78 have agreed to be the speakers at this event, which will include a continental breakfast.

The event will end in time for interested classmates to attend the Class Meeting in the hotel. We will

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later in the afternoon and through the game hold our Tailgater in the N-Star room at the stadium. A reminder to all that a ticket to the game will be required to attend the Tailgater, since it is inside the stadium boundary.

• Sunday, 16 Sep: We plan to offer a Departure Brunch to give folks an opportunity to get together informally for one last “goodbye”.

The timing of the brunch will allow people to eat before attending a church service in the Yard, or go to a service and then eat afterwards. If your schedule dictates, you can bring your bags and depart from there.

Stay tuned. If anyone has any questions, call your company rep first or feel free to get a hold of me.

My office phone number is on the last page (Staff and Assistance) of Shipmate.

I need something from you to help make the socials and tailgaters a little more personal. We’d like to have a “virtual” car show to display those Firstie cars that some of you may still own! through photographs would be enjoyable. So, if you still own your original Midshipman car, please send/email a photo of it “from the day” and as it looks now.

Along the same lines, we are looking for photographs that span the time from Midshipman Days to the present to be put into a slide show that we can run at the Friday Social and at the Tailgater. With enough input from you, we hope to have some good presentations.

It’s also that time when we hold Class elections. In about the mid-July timeframe, you’ll get instructions on voting for class officers. Voting will open on Aug first and run through the end of the month. The results will be announced during our Class Meeting at the Reunion.

This year we will also be presenting our Class Gift to the Naval Academy. For the past four years many of you have made contributions to our efforts. Our goal is to present $1.5 million in support of the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership (CEL), Admissions – STEM Support, Athletic Excellence

and the Annual Fund. As this goes to print we are 87% toward our overall goal with almost $1.3 million in contributions. While that’s great, we are far short in the specific contributions that are intended to help classmates in the Yard and what they do. Sixty percent of that goal of $1.5 million is intended to help departments headed by our two classmates -Art Athens (Director of the Stockdale Center) and Bruce Latta (Dean of Admissions)- do the work they do. The Stockdale Center strives to help the Academy educate and graduate leaders of character who can make courageous, moral and ethical decisions in service to our nation. Art’s folks do this through a variety of programs and activities that include research, consultation, innovation, dissemination, and facilitation. While at the Academy (and years afterward) many of us were touched by the influence of men like Admiral Stockdale and CAPT Jack Fellows. Their example of moral courage and strength- and the lessons they taught us - are among the roots of what has grown to be the Stockdale Center. Bruce and his Admissions office have the often-thankless job of trying to find the best among our nation’s youth to come to the Naval

‘78 Stalwart Basketballers and friends

Academy and pursue a possible career of leadership in our nation or naval service (You know that regardless of how well they do it, someone gets disappointed or angered). One way Bruce’s folks do that is by exposing our nation’s young men and women to the Naval Academy through their interest in the science, technology or mathematics. That’s what his STEM programs help do.

One key program is Summer STEM. This brings rising 9th, 10th and 11th graders from across the nation to Annapolis to participate in a weeklong program that engages them in a variety of STEM projects and exposes them to life and opportunities at the Naval Academy. There have been many graduates who have been Summer STEM camp attendees. To date, we are $136,000 short of our goal to help Art’s Stockdale Center and $179,000 short of what we need to help Bruce’s Admissions team. On average, only 168 of the class have contributed to those two areas. If at least another 577 contribute $78 per month until the end of the year- we will achieve those goals to help our classmates’ departments. Moreover, our gift would be even more of a Class gift rather than a gift from about a quarter of the class. Come on ’78,

78/80 CLASS NEWS let’s do it! Contact me if you need a pledge form or the gouge on contributing.

Okay, enough of my soapbox.

Not much left to add in news. (Okay I’ll just jump back on the soap box again to just say- send me some stuff!). In February, while on a business trip to Norfolk, I ran in to Frank Hunt. I was waiting to rendezvous with a ’71 alumnus in the Seabee Plaza at the Naval Support Activity, Hampton Roads, when who comes out of the Mini-Exchange but Frank. He was working a program on base and just happened to there for the day. These little classmate drive-buys often make my days. Also in February, the ’78 boxing fans showed up in the Yard to watch the Brigade Championships. Among those I spotted were: Mary Jane and Steve “Jock” Maloney, Karen and Brett Ayotte, Chris Hassler, Paul Wiedorn, Doug Diehl, Charlie (Carlos) Sotomayor, John Rudder, Marla and Al Baker, Becca and Ray Kwong, Mur and Roy Bookmiller, John Rudzis, Gary Vincinguerra, my wife, Elizabeth and me. The next morning was the annual basketball pick-up game where just a few of the group (Jock, Doug, John and Jock’s son, Chris Maloney (’04)) showed up. I did not play, because since my injury at our 30th reunion basketball game, I have been banned from the court by Jock. That ban’s at least until I lose weight or regain my outside shot, whichever comes first.

In February I also had the privilege of being the guest speaker for the 16th Company “Centurions” Dining Out. It was a special honor since two of the company’s Firsties were Mids who Elizabeth and I have sponsored, Abby Stone (’18) and Talen Mores (’18)- not to mention many of their friends whom we have also come to know. To throw in a little six degrees of Kevin Bacon factor - two of their old Firsties from the Class of 2015 were among Mids we had also “adopted” (MarcAntoni Julia and David Brainerd).

Moreover, their company officer, LT Kelsey Cellon (’10) is the daughter of our friend and classmate, Carmen and Rich Cellon. Thanks again to the 16th Company Class of 2018,

Kelsey and her senior enlisted leader, SSgt Joel Moreno and the rest of the Centurions for the honor of being your speaker, your hospitality and the privilege of sharing in the tradition of the dining out and comradery of the evening – not to mention the cool Navy warmup jacket I got as a gift (It’s the kind they give the Forrestal Lecturers- I felt so cool!).

Well, that’s it for now.

Launchin’ Spot Four.

’79

and government service, Sean Stackley has been appointed corporate vice president for strategic advanced programs and technology at L3 Technologies. According to the wire, he will “oversee growth strategies intended to synchronize the company’s technology investments with pursuit planning, mergers and acquisitions efforts.”

Additionally, CNA, a nonprofit research and analysis organization located in Arlington, VA, announced that Sean will be joining its Board of Trustees.

Sean previously served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, and performed as Acting Secretary of the Navy from early 2017 until this year. Congratulations, Sean, on an exceptional career, and we all wish you luck in your next endeavor.

The online magazine ExecutiveBiz published an interview with Ray Spicer, the Director of Defense and Intelligence for IBM U.S. Federal.

Ray’s job is “delivering cross-brand solutions in hardware, software and services to IBM Federal’s Defense and Intelligence Community clients.” In the interview Ray touched on several issues facing national security and intelligence agencies, including artificial (“augmented”) intelligence and cloud computing. It’s too long to print here, but if you’re curious visit http://bit.ly/2oQDTzi. That’s all I have for now – keep those cards, letters and photos coming! See you next month.

Omnes Viri, Wiz…

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Greetings, 79ers!

A couple of quick items about two of our long-serving classmates.

After a 4-decade career in military

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Greetings Classmates, Once again at 35,000 feet heading out to Las Vegas for the HIMMS Conference. A week of all the Health Informatics that you would ever want for a lifetime! Just survived sub-freezing weather and 70 knot winds down the Potomac on the boat – ready for the summer!

Hope that everyone is ready to come out from the Dark Ages and enjoy a wonderful spring! On to the Mail Bag! The first note came in from Dave Priddy, DKPriddy@gmail.com who is also serving as the Secretary for the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Academy Alumni Association.

M Joe – I ran my first marathon, the Disney Marathon with my son, Dean, Sunday, January 7th, had a “stretch” goal of 4 hours, finished in just over 4:30 and thrilled! Goal met – finish marathon before 60th birthday! Been enjoying our granddaughter – Elowyn Grace Priddy – who will be two in July and who lives close by here in the Twin Cities so loving life! (SEC NOTE: personal bucket list item – avoid marathons…..).

Better Dave than me! Congrats!

We’re all approaching or at that 60 Mark!

Also found a great email in the inbox from Greg Mislick, gkmislic@ nps.edu, (who happens to be a great runner too):

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80/80 CLASS NEWS

‘80: Pictured, from the left: The Daniels, The Siems, The Sanders, The Padillas, The Kenewskes, The Dunlevys, The Johnsons and The Bergmans.

M Joe, The exciting news was the Philadelphia Eagles finally winning the Super Bowl! I managed to get two tickets to the game and went with my best friend Al from high school. It was just an incredible and highly memorable weekend.

The day before the game, I had lunch with Eric Grubman and Jeff Abel. Jeff was in 27th Company with me and lives in the local area near Minneapolis. Eric was in town due to his position as EVP of the NFL. We got together for lunch and Eric regaled us with humorous tales about his Adm. Rickover interviews and nuke power school days!

After lunch, he generously gave us three tickets to the NFL Experience and the NFL Tailgater on Sunday, which was an all-you-can-eat event that included 45-minute concert sets by both Sting and Darius Rucker. Eric, your generosity was greatly appreciated! Certainly, an epic game for me too, having been born in Philadelphia and raised in the Philly suburbs, and to see them win in person was amazing. E-A-GL-E-S! Jeff picked us up after the game, and we were so excited that Al and I closed a dive bar down until 94 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

2:30am — no way we could sleep!

Could have been happy without the -10-degree temperatures, though.

I have been in the Operations Research Department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey since 2000. I still get to see Brian Wood, Scott Jasper, and Matt Boensel from time to time who all teach here as well. Watched the Army-Navy game at Matt’s house in December, and occasionally get a walk in with him for some fresh air at lunchtime. Matt has a set route that he takes that incorporates a number of pull-up bars, and he does a total of 100 hundred pull-ups (in sets) during the walk. I am betting on Matt to win the pull-up competition at the Class of 80’s 40th reunion in two years! Wait, is it really 40 years? 2020 – 1980 = 40?

Yikes! My math must not be very good…

Speaking of math, I was notified by the Math Department at USNA last month that they are beginning a new elective class this fall in the

field of Cost Estimation (The process of determining what the myriad costs in these large DoD weapons systems are). I authored a textbook on the subject entitled “Cost Estimation: Methods and Tools” published by John Wiley and Sons in 2015 and was informed by USNA that my book is going to be the required textbook in this class.

Kind of cool. I can promise you it will not be as difficult as “Wires” or “Cables” or “Steam” were back in the day!

I also keep in touch roughly monthly with Beth and Lee Korzan.

Lee is doing dedicated work as a lawyer for the VA in Nashville. Also saw Deb and Scott Martin when I was in Annapolis last week. They are doing great with their four kids, and he is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). —Greg While still at altitude, I received this note from our own Mark Guad Guadagnini guadsqd@icloud.com who is always at altitude…

M Joe, Greetings from Houston. Rodeo just started, so this is THE place to be for the next three weeks. Last year, 3rd Company started a tradition of going to a different location for an outing every year. Actually, we didn’t know it was going to be an annual tradition until everybody drank so much wine in Napa that is was decided to spend a long weekend together repeating that successful process every year. This year, Chrystal Lewis Campbell had the fabulous idea to celebrate our collective 60th birthdays, so Scott Sanders set up a weekend for the group at The Boulders in Arizona. A spectacular time was had by all in attendance, despite the attendees

‘80: Pictured are: Tom Lindblad, Mark White, Jeanne Defliese and Jim Huck, Karen and Mark Arnold, Margaret and Rick Campbell, Cal Shintani and Lynn Nolitt, Dale Lumme, Chris Geving, Will Gildner, Charlie Behrle, and Vic See.

reaching an age that is known as OFS (Old Fart Status). Highly recommended. At altitude, Guad Another Classmate who has figured out this retirement / work life balance is Pam Wacek Svendsen drpamfp@gmail.com who sent in this note from her land yacht while providing great healthcare to the nation: M Joe, Scott and I are on the road in our motorhome in south Florida. We left our house in Big Canoe GA on January 9th and slowly made our way south, stopping in the Florida panhandle and central Florida and then down to Naples for a few weeks. We met some folks in Naples who are friends of Chris Klein. It’s truly a small world. Then it was down to Key West for a week on Truman Annex for the Naval Academy RV Chapter come around.

It was our fourth time in Key West and the come arounds there are always great fun. Left Key West and are staying a few weeks just east of Fort Myers with all the other snow birds. We will leave next week and begin our trip north, lingering again in the panhandle and LA (lower Alabama). We plan to be back home Easter weekend. We are spending about 6 months on the road and 6 months at home as it’s turning out. It’s really such a great way to live. We get to visit all sorts of interesting places and get to live in our own house with our own bed and our own dogs. We will head north this summer but haven’t finalized our plans.

I am still working doing telemedicine. It’s a great gig. I call my own hours and can do it anywhere there’s an internet connection, so it’s the perfect job for an RVing doctor. I still have the med spa in Navarre which keeps ticking along. I still love playing “beauty shop” with needles and lasers!

Scott continues to enjoy retired life, although now he has to take care of me, which can sometimes be a big job! His 40th reunion is in September so we will return to the mothership for that. —Pam Once again, the Washington gang got together with the great efforts

80/82 CLASS NEWS of Jim Huck james.huck1@gmail. com, Here is the evidence of the gathering: M Hi Joe, DC Area classmates met up on Thursday, 15 Feb 18, at Sine Irish Pub & Restaurant, Pentagon Row, Arlington, VA, 19 classmates and family turned out for this event.

Also attending – but not pictured: Randy Langmead, and Kathy and Ed Dempsey (Kathy, how did we miss you two?!) Vic earned the longest distance travelled honor travelling from his home in Pennsylvania. Thanks Jim! Some of our Classmates are still out there figuring out great things – this note came in from Charlie Behrle, cd_behrle@comcast.net who shared a picture of himself and Mike Ales at the 14th International Submarine Race held at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. (I think I’ll stick with Nuclear Power – but…)

M We had over 365 participants representing 6 countries who designed, built, tested and then raced over 20 different human powered submarines. Mike Ales was the chief judge for the event with about 15 judges supporting him, and I am President of the non-profit Foundation for Underwater Research & Education (FURE) who sponsors of the event. Saw a top speed award of 5.77 knots. Chris Pietras ’83, was also a judge. Great time had by all.

Come down next year! —Charlie Wit Davis sent in a note with lots of company updates. Frank McKinney, Frank.McKinney@LNF.com is still living in Fredericksburg and has transitioned from the day-to-day management of the franchises to now being a Realtor with Long & Foster, licensed in Virginia. Tip Skidmore is contemplating another move out of North Carolina because their daughter-in-law and grandkids are getting transferred to Newport, RI. Must be in the water….

Shelly and Rich Seiler richseiler@comcast.net are planning to put their wonderful home on the market this month too. Here is his note:

M After 27 years here...hard to let go, but it is time to get the retirement home set up. We won’t be moving far if all goes well....building a new home just across our present driveway. Then we’ll be living part time with the Arnold’s in Florida…

I guess they just found out about that. I am now based in LAX flying the B777 to Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Paris, and Amsterdam.

The next winter Olympics in Beijing will see me retired and visiting all of you via boat, plane, travel trailer, auto or whatever else suits our fancy. Shelly is now at home full time after a 36 year career at Delta.

I still play racquetball and Baseball in the Summer/Fall. Just won my 12th Senior Men’s World Series Championship last November in Ft. Myers at Century Link Stadium, home of the Twins Spring Training.

— Rich In closing, we have lost many Classmates in the past few months, both Grads and Non-Grads. I hope that this note finds each of you healthy, happy and wiser today than yesterday. Please take a few minutes to renew a friendship, call a Classmate (go visit in your RV or Boat), and take care of each other – you never know what a difference you can make.

As Always – BEAT ARMY, Joe

’81 Life Membership: 95% Donor Participation: 5.38% Pres: CDR Otto Stutz, USN (Ret.) 1529 Odman Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23321-1852 c: 757-348-2171; e: otto@1981.usna.com Vice Pres: CDR Tim Disher, USN (Ret.) 314 Locust Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 c: 410-507-9040 e: timothy.disher@1981.usna.com Corr Sec’y: Ken Aiman 113 Keithwood Lane, Cary, NC 27511 c: 703.626.3465 e: classof81scribe@gmail.com Webmaster: Patty Crandlemire Whitney Website: www.usna1981.org Classwide messages: usna1981@yahoogroups.com

’81 Second to None!

’82

Goodbye, friend, classmate, and company-mate.”

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Good Morning, ‘82!

Bill Hebert (33) reports this sad news: M “Classmates - I’m sorry to report that Mark Koziel (33) passed away on January 13. He was in a car accident last year and died from complications related to his injuries. Mark and I were roommates, along with Tom Mascolo. Mark was a kind, unassuming, happy-go-lucky guy.

He visited me in Annapolis in September 2016, and had not visited the Yard since we graduated. As you can imagine, he was nostalgic and seemed amazed at what we all accomplished so long ago. He was proud to be a member of our great class.

“Tom and I traveled together to bury our roommate on January 17. Services were held in North Ridgefield, OH, near where Mark lived with his daughter, Allison, in Elyria. Besides Tom and I, our company mate, Mike Roskind (33) attended, as well as Mark Jantzen (19) and Bruce Bille (22). The burial with full military honors was held in the Ohio Western Reserve Cemetery. Tom and I were honored to be pallbearers. Rest In Peace, my friend.”

Andy Smythe (33) adds about Mark: M “I just wanted to add one more thing. When someone passes away, especially before their time, the cliché’ “he/she was the nicest person in the world” is oftentimes trotted out. With Mark, it was absolutely not a cliché’. He really was the nicest guy in the world.

Mark Koziel at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, September 2016.

Sandy Martin Sadler (6) updates us: M “In early November, a group of classmates gathered at Deb Furlan Kane’s (16) home in Davidsonville, MD, to celebrate Admiral Michelle Howard’s (23) superlative Navy career. Michelle and her mother, Phillipa, were the guests of honor.

Deb hosted a scrumptious brunch and the group catching-up with each other in Deb’s lovely home. Classmates included: Dori Zink Freer (36), Carrie Coulter Perry (23), Paula Hartzell (23), Emmi McLean (6), Pam Pitkin (4), Reeta Whiney (19), Joyce Harrison McCallister (33), Donna Esposito Sengelaub (1), Linda Postenrieder (33), Krista Hagmann Francom (7), Alison Gray Pollard (1), Jody Leisch (27), Joanne Pottey Fish (19), Jennie Powell O’Friel (25), Randy Kurtz (27), Holly Johnson (29), Rose McGrath Young (10), and Sandy Martin Sadler (6). Michelle was relaxed, particularly as she shared her plans for a change-ofpace in retirement, along with her husband Wayne and her mother.”

Evin Thompson (30) checks in: M “I hope everyone had a great Christmas and is fired up for a Navy win in 2018. On Navy Army weekend I was flying back to CONUS and had to watch the game from the Atlanta airport. I texted several of my classmates and former Army colleagues with my traditional Beat Army greeting. I got a text back from my company mate Steve Burris (30) requesting that I keep him informed on the progress of The Game. Steve, his wife and two adult children were driving from Prescott, AZ to Las Vegas and did not have any radio reception. For the majority of the game the reports

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82/82 CLASS NEWS

Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs after their final run at the Olympic Sliding Centre on Feb. 21, 2018. (MARK RALSTON / AFP/Getty Images)

Your humble scribe, Rett Rasmussen (21), had a surprise visitor to his business in Whittier, CA, last summer:

‘82: The Women of ’82 celebrate Michelle Howard’s career and retirement.

from me to Steve were fairly positive. The same cannot said about what was being said in Steve’s car from his two adult children, a couple of classics as Steve was scanning the radio…

Children: “So, is this how North Korea tortures prisoners...nothing but static at 100 dB?” Steve: “Yes.” Children: “Dad, you’ve scanned every dial location 3x’s now, do you think you could take a break?”

Steve: “No, this is Army-Navy.” Children: “Thank God for Evin providing updates to allow you to turn down the static.” Steve: “Absolutely.”

“Steve picked up the game outside Sin City with three minutes left so fortunately I did not have to fill him in on the tragic end.

“After getting back home, I had to go up to DC where I was able to

enjoy a very enjoyable dinner and social evening with another company mate, Chris Paul (30). He is doing extremely well in the transition into retirement, and I enjoyed my evening of conversation with him and Tom Cotton (‘73). Beat Army!”

(Commander, Naval Air Forces), and retired from active duty at Naval Air Station North Island.

Mike Shoemaker during his retirement ceremony following his stint as the Navy’s Air Boss.

Jim Garman (4) and Steve DePetris (5) on a snowy Army-Navy day in Philadelphia.

M VADM Mike “Shoe” Shoemaker (35), on January 11, turned over command as the Navy’s Air Boss

M Jim Settele (21), who is chief of staff to the University of Maine presiJim Settele, newly dent, has been named interim director of athletics at named the interim athletic Univeristy of Maine. director at UMaine. Prior to retiring from the Navy, Jim was the CO of the N82_SetteleROTC units at UMaine, Maine Maritime Academy and Husson University.

M How ‘bout Eddie Meyers’ (12) daughter in the Winter Olympics!

Elana Meyers Taylor won the silver medal in the women’s bobsled.

Having now competed in three Olympics, Elana’s medal tally is two silvers and one bronze, but she’s gold to ’82!. Bravo Zulu!

‘82: Craig Smith (21), Mike Petters (36) and Ward Carroll (21) at WEST2018, the premier naval conference and exposition on the West Coast, co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute.

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M “Early in Plebe Year, to satisfy the Plebe rate of supporting a Navy sport in the Yard, I watched a water polo match. My dad had told me that the officer rep for the team, Dave Mericle (’73), was the nephew of a fellow Whittier Rotarian, so afterwards I went down to the deck and introduced myself.

I told him that I was a water polo goalie in high school, so Dave invited me to play in a scrimmage the next day. I played a quarter, blocked every shot that came my way, and Dave invited me to join the team. I ended up lettering three years and was team captain during firstie year.

Thanks, Dave!

“We hadn’t seen each other since he left USNA after our youngster year to get back to the submarine fleet, eventually commanding USS Henry M Jackson (SSBN 730) and retiring as a Captain to the Norfolk area. So when he turned up some 37 years later, it was truly a “when two or three shall meet, and old tales be retold” moment. USNA currents run deep!”

Dave Mericle (’73) and Rett Rasmussen (21).

Go Navy Water Polo!

Speaking of Whittier and Rotary, if you find yourself in Whittier, CA, on a Friday with a book to promote, an area of expertise or passion to extoll, or a new interpretive dance

83/83 CLASS NEWS

CLASS OF 1983 35TH REUNION OCTOBER 18-21, 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, 18 OCTOBER 0800 - 1500 1600 - 2000

CL 1983 Golf Tournament No Host Social & Reunion Check-In @ McGarvey’s Saloon & Oyster Bar (http://www.mcgarveysannapolis.com)

FRIDAY, 19 OCTOBER 1000 - 1100 1115 - 1200 1200 - 1600 1350 - 1500 1600 - 1715 1900 - 2300

Class Meeting on the Yard Memorial in the Main Chapel Reunion Check-In @ McGarvey’s Saloon & Oyster Bar Superintendent Briefing and Alumni Association Welcome Dress Parade on Worden Field Crab Feast & Reunion Check-In @ the N Star Room Stadium

SATURDAY, 20 OCTOBER TBD

Tailgate Party at the "Class Ring and 53 Pavilion" & Reunion Check-In

SUNDAY, 21 OCTOBER Various Company Events For more information check out Facebook page: USNA 1983 This is a tentative schedule and there is NO host hotel – please book your own accommodations.

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82/83 CLASS NEWS routine to unveil, I’d love to have you present to my Rotary Club.

Drop me a line at: Rett@ Rasmussen.biz.

Looking good, ‘82! – Razz

’83 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 0.87% Pres: Neal W. Davidson 4345 Little Falls Rd., Huntingtown, MD 20639 p: 410-610-0295; e: nwdavidson@comcast.net Vice Pres: Tom “Katz” McKavitt e: thomas.mckavitt@1983.usna.com Treas: Frank Vernet e: fgvernet@gmail.com Sec’y: CAPT Chris Pietras, USN (Ret.) 9404 Jackson St., Burke, VA 22015 c: 860-885-9009; e: 83shipmate@gmail.com Facebook: USNA 1983 LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/83

Happy Spring – yes it is February as I write this, but Spring is around the corner and we recently had several days of Spring weather earlier this month in the mid-Atlantic region.

Shortly after this hits your inbox the class of 2018 will be graduating – 35 years to the day that we graduated, probably at the same time as well.

While their records of achievement may be better than ours, higher SAT scores, more AP exams, faster Herndon climb, fewer academic boards … we all know they didn’t have a Plebe Year. They had air conditioning, laptops, no reason to stand in line at the phone bank and call home collect, a greatly expanded mid-store, way too many free weekends given by easy ‘Dants (too bad we never had an ’83

’83: Tom and his supportive cast

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‘Dant). But graduate they will and they will join us as alums of the finest institution in the USA. Our 35th reunion is October 18 – 21 (the agenda is on the class Facebook page: USNA 1983, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ 191501360861460/) but there are only 3 more Shipmate issues (June, July-August, and September), so there’s not much time to plan and get the word out, and yes continue to seek volunteers. There should be a full page advert in this issue of Shipmate.

As part of our reunion weekend there will be a Memorial Service. All of our deceased classmates will be acknowledged and honored, but we need to be sure we have an accurate listing (grads and non-grads). If you know of anyone else and it can be confirmed (obituary), please let me and the alumni association know (specifically Timothy Woodbury, timothy.woodbury@USNA.COM).

Frank Groves William Sisler Jeffrey Korn Fred Bowers Thomas DeLuca Brian Gahn Donald Renner Michael Thompson Robert Bianchi William Ramsey Michael Wallace Scott Hiester Mark Sagerholm David Snyder Mark Heitkemper Joseph Jordan Mark Townsend James Dee

Terence Preble Joseph King Scott Larsen John Holland Robert Maraszek Stephen Wu Christopher Henkel Joseph Epstein William McCool Joey Miller Andre Maraoui Elizabeth Dobecki Gregory Brunetti David Block Philip Adams Alexander Tanski Jerry McGill Stephen Jackson John Reilly Paul Vujica Philip Savage Timothy Healey Christopher Murch John Leary Kurt Kammerer George Anderson Jeffrey Weaver Christopher Kelly Robert Chapleski William Schulz Timothy Haslach Julian Finley Robert Scott Brooks Michael Henry Hapeman One last reunion note – details will be forthcoming regarding nominations for class leadership to take us through another 5 years. If you are interested in being President, VP, Treasurer or Class Secretary, make your voice heard ! da Newz: Undersecretary of the Navy Tom Modly was sworn in as undersecretary of the Navy during a ceremony in Memorial Hall. SECNAV Spencer stated he couldn’t have a better wingman. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Raymond Diaz) Tom’s remarks are posted on our class Facebook page.

Tom Modly - Under Secretary of the Navy

Jon Yuen, Joe Spruill and Michael Arnold celebrating the 223rd Birthday of the U.S. Navy Supply Corps in DC.

Supply Corps Birthday

I attended SNA (yes a submariner attending the surface navy association) and saw several classmates Bill Galinis, Carlos Del Toro, and Mike Salvato. There were likely other classmates there as well. Bill was a panel speaker; Bill is Program Executive Officer for Ships, where he is responsible for all things revolving around Ship Construction all the way through commissioning.

No doubt of who has the youngest child come this July. Kym and RJ Rusnak are expecting. We could have a future member of the class of ’40 ?

Youngun on the way

M This is Mike Silva checking in from the 23rd Co to report that I recently had the great privilege of looking on as another member of the 23rd Co, former Eagle Scout Rich Hans, was honored at the 2017 Lawyers “Good Scout” Award Luncheon held by the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts of

83/84 CLASS NEWS In early February Sean O’Connor was walking thru Denver airport and ran into 17th Company classmate Brent Flaskerud. He and wife retired, sold their east coast place and built a home on 150 acres in southern Ohio. They were heading to Yellowstone to go snowmobiling.

Flask was rocking a long grey goatee - clearly retirement agrees with him!

The new Commodore of Commander, Undersea Surveillance (Scott Luers ’95) sent in some newz to several class secretaries.

In one of the pictures is a former commodore and our classmate Paul Heim ! ’83: Commodores

America to honor lawyers who exemplify in their daily lives the ideals of the scout oath and law.

The recipients of the Good Scout Award are chosen for their service to the community and the esteem in which they are held by their legal colleagues. As a fellow member of the global law firm DLA Piper, for which Rich serves as the New York Managing Partner, I can attest that Rich is held in the highest esteem by his colleagues as a lawyer, leader, and community servant, and is immensely deserving of this recognition. I have attached a photo of Rich accepting the award, complete with honorary Scout regalia.

Many thanks for the GREAT job you do as our class secretary.

Regards, Mike

There are 11 couples signed up as of the end of February. The details are on the cruise Facebook page (see link above).

Craig Mueller is running for Attorney General for Nevada http://craig4nevada.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ CraigForNevada/

Mr AG

The Good Scout

Steve Fischer is coordinating the second ‘83 Class cruise (https://www. facebook.com/permalink.php?story _fbid=997165213756071&id=99716 2510423008) There wasn’t one set up for 2018 because it would conflict with the 35th Reunion. Therefore we are going in June/July, 2019.

President and CEO of SBG Technology Solutions, Carlos Del Toro, was recently been elected President of the White House Fellows Foundation and Association (www.whff. org). The White House Fellows Foundation and Association is instrumental in ensuring the ongoing success of the White House Fellows program and provides support to advance a legacy of leadership and contributions to the public good. As a White House Fellow from 19981999, Carlos served as a Special Assistant to the Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

M Ray Savacool, here, first timer, and should finally send this before football season comes around again. Attached is a photo of John McPherson, Ray Rodriguez, Larry Giannotti and me after the Navy Cincinnati game last fall. In the spring of 2017 I got an email from Larry, one of my plebe roommates, who took his sub training seriously, after losing touch, we hadn’t connected in 30 years. Ray Rodriguez usually comes east and we meet up for Army-Navy but since he was running an alumni event in St. Louis, we decided to see a game in the fall.

Larry hadn’t been back since graduation, and agreed to fly out. Along with John McPherson we rented a house in Eastport, relived old times, toured the yard, some of the old local establishments, and got caught up. Larry lives east of Phoenix, AZ and works for an international mining company. After retiring from the Navy a couple years ago Ray is an executive with Boeing in St. Louis, John lives in Alexandria and is an attorney with Central Intelligence, and I am still a Jersey guy and am a partner in an engineering firm here.

Truly awesome to see these guys.

Keep up the good work.

Before I end, I want to point out something that made me chuckle.

Gerry Cruz sent a response to one of the classmails that were sent out recently – what made me chuckle was his email address: rackpilot@ yahoo.com Please keep our Classmates and family members in mind. Pick up the phone, send an email or knock on a door – Life is fragile. Please be sure to reach out and touch your loved ones, reconnect with an old friend or roommate, whether in person or on the phone. Just do it today, as we can never count on the opportunity to be able to do so tomorrow. Please write in with your newz. I don’t want the first time you appear in a column to be your last time.

Chris Captain, United States Navy – retired Got Newz? send to: 83shipmate@gmail.com Once a classmate, always a classmate. ’83- A Class Act!

’84 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 1.59% Pres: CAPT Toni Kasprzak, SC, USN (Ret.) e: tonitalks14@gmail.com Vice Pres: Blake Ratcliff e: blakedratcliff@gmail.com Treas: Melanie V. Doherty e: lambchop_nh3@yahoo.com Sec’y: Kevin Monahan 428 Santa Mesa Dr., San Jose, CA 95123 p: 408-624-0773 e: kevin_monahan@comcast.net Website: www.usna84.org

President Trump nominated Vice Adm. John C. Aquilino for the rank of Admiral and Command of The U.S. Pacific Fleet, the largest fleet in the world encompassing nearly half the Earth’s surface, from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle and from the West Coast into the Indian Ocean.

Chris’s career in F-14’s and F-18’s includes command of VF-142 Ghostriders and VF-41 Black Aces and he flew in support Operation Deny Flight, Deliberate Force, Southern Watch, Noble Eagle,

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84/84 CLASS NEWS Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom. He assumed command of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, Fifth Fleet and Maritime Forces Bahrain just last September.

Admiral Acquilino, Pacific Fleet

The President also nominated Mike Moran for appointment to Vice Admiral and for assignment as Principal Military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition at The Pentagon. Mike is currently program executive officer for Tactical Aircraft Programs at Pax River.

Following the conclusion of this past summer’s KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Trump National in DC, Kurt Knapper crossdecked from his hardship tour at the Championship Department of the PGA to become the Assistant Executive Director of the Middle Atlantic Section of the PGA (MAPGA) ‘commanding’ the 6th largest section with 1,150 PGA professionals.

Kurt oversees the Section’s day-today business activities (including sponsor acquisition/management), and is involved in numerous, annual professional and junior golf events.

As Admiral Nimitz said “Where do we get such men?”

Ben Intoy sent me a note from The Pentagon between functions as Deputy for the Army Rapid Capabilities Office. Ben and J o-Ann are empty nesters with their oldest son working on his Physics Post-Doctorate at University of Minnesota; older daughter working

‘84: Kurt Knapper and the PGA Hardware

on her Neuro-science PhD at Boston University; and younger daughter working for the Justice Department. Ben sees Ginger (Bressler) Rice of The Office of the Secretary of Defense, and has bumped into 11th Co shipmates, ADM Bill Moran and RADM Craig Faller in the hallways.

Al Grosskurth checked in from Omaha. Al has been in the business world for the last 23 years after a few tours in A7s and FA-18s. Al and Gail are nearing 30 years together, their oldest daughter is married with a one year old daughter and the younger 2 Grosskurths are in high school. Al is also coaching lacrosse at a local high school and recently travelled to see his niece, youngster midfielder Annalise Heyward ‘20, daughter of Doreen and Sandy Heyward, play LAX against Ohio State at Navy with the women’s team.

The Pride of Pacifica Kris Belland retired from the Navy in February in a ceremony aboard USS Missouri. Kris served as U.S. Pacific Fleet Surgeon in Hawaii for 2 years.

20 plus years ago I ran into Kris in Pensacola where he was upgrading from Flight Surgeon to Flying Surgeon (a Doctor with Aviator Wings) for work in Naval Aerospace Medicine. Dave Landess and Ross Wilhelm were present at Kris’ retirement and RADM Victorino Mercado ‘83 was the Senior Officiating Officer. After Terminal leave Kris will move to Dallas to work for American Airlines and Premise Health as their new Medical Director with a projected start date in May.

Kris Belland and Sons on Diamond Head

‘84: Beck, Melcher, Bigelow, McIntyre, Gordon and Schofield still Pull For Navy

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Mick Devin is serving his third term in the Maine House of Representatives and is a returning member of the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources. Mick formerly

worked as a hatchery manager at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, focusing on aquaculture. Retired as a commander from the U.S. Naval Reserves, Mick was a Blue and Gold Officer in the Academy’s admissions department and also advised candidates to Maine Maritime Academy.

Also in the Maine State House, in his duties as Executive Director of The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative, Matt Jacobson schmoozed Representative Mick and the Marine Resources Committee to win approval for the Collaborative’ s continued service promoting the Maine lobster brand in the media, in the restaurant business and among chefs as well as Corresponding Secretaries. Live Maine lobster can be delivered overnight anywhere in the U.S, including Rhode Island. Jake and I tested the system with 4 live Lobsters and a pound of live Mussels delivered overnight to San Jose.

They woke up after a calm minute on the kitchen table waiting their turn in the pot and the screams of wife and daughters still echo in our kitchen.

Matt Jacobson and Mick Devin, serving Maine honorably

The Fifth Annual Pull for Navy Banquet was held in February and attended by ’84’s IRA Champion crew jocks Tom Beck, Charles Melcher, Andy Bigelow, Trevor McIntyre, Scott Gordon, and Jim Schofield. Varsity 8 won the National Championship just after our Commissioning with a boatload of our classmates including these stalwart oarsmen.

Finally, JJ Brennan led another outstanding Silicon Valley Business Network lunch at Moffett Field with a presentation by Navy Rugby Legend Mike Mahre ’81 of Anacapa Partners.

84/85 CLASS NEWS Spring is coming to Annapolis bringing Lacrosse, Baseball, and Croquet vs. St. Johns. If any Classmates have a Firstie getting commissioned in May, let us know.

Brigade Boxing Championships with the Class of 85’s 15th Company’s Own Brigade Champ, Phong Nguyen (15th co). Watching his son, Bee, defend his title tonight.

’85 Life Membership: 96% Donor Participation: 1.97% Pres: Bob Smith 1009 Caiman Ct., Sellersburg, IN 47172 p: 502-432-6185; e: robertsmith5@att.net Corr Sec’y: Vic Otero e: vic@otero-pearl.com

Maxwell & Nguyen

My first note is from Charlie Cragin from the wedding of Joe Wright’s Daughter, Grace. Joining the proud father of the bride were Marc Hitchcock, Jack Noel, Maureen Ford Cragin and Robert “Pig” Vance.

17th Co Wedding

My next bit of great news is from Brian McDolnald (34th co).

M Dean Peters (34th co) and Tom Marotta (34th co), both of whom have been nominated for appointment to Rear Admiral (2 stars, for those of you who are a bit rusty on the Navy rank structure…). Congratulations Deano and Moto! Best wishes to everyone and your families. Dean Peters is currently serving as program executive officer, Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault and Special Mission Programs, Patuxent River, Maryland. Tom Marotta is currently serving as reserve deputy commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet, Manama, Bahrain.

I would love to hear from other companies on how there Admirals are doing. I happen to know that in 25th co we have 2 Admirals Patrick Piercey and Andy Lewis.

Here is a note and picture from Greg Maxwell. (15th co) At the

Syzmanski Eagle Fans

through Johns Hopkins and is engaged to fellow programmer Robert! The wedding is set for April of 2017. Our daughter Jamie (22), one of our triplets, graduated in June from the United States Merchant Marine Academy with a BS (Logistics & Intermodal Transportation),a USCG Merchant Marine license, and a commission as an ensign in the USNR. She’s currently employed as a third mate aboard the chemical tanker American Phoenix out of Corpus Christi, TX. Triplet brothers Andrew (22) and Austin (22) are currently at the University of Arkansas. Andrew is a mechanical engineering major and Austin is a finance major. They are also in the Arkansas Army National Guard and University of Arkansas Army ROTC program. I was able to attend the Army Navy game for the first time in over a decade. The highlight was shaking Roger Staubach’s hand. A new streak starts next year!

Here is a picture of our own Dave Marquis (23rd co) with Joe Cardona (Class of 2015). Long Snapper for the New England Patriots. Did not win Super Bowl this year but a stone cold lock to win next year.

Go Pats.

Paul McElroy and Parents

Marquis and Cardona

Equal opportunity scribe here is a picture of the Syzmanski’s gloating after squeeking out a win in the Super Bowl.

Wishing everyone the best. Please email me to 85shipmate@gmail. com to get your note in.

Charlie Collins (13th Co) M Leeann and I celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary in August.

We live in the great state of Arkansas, where I’m currently a state representative. Our oldest daughter Jordan (24) works at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma as a department of the Air Force computer programmer. She started a masters program in cyber security

Beat Army!!

— VO

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86/87 CLASS NEWS

’86 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 1.68% Pres: CAPT W. Scott Gureck, USN (Ret.) 514 Emory River Rd., Harriman, TN 37748 p: 808-227-2576; e: scott.gureck@gmail.com Vice Pres: Jeff Hornberger Treas: A.C. Raines Sec’y: CDR K.J. Delamer, USN (Ret.) Corr Sec’y: CAPT Anne G. Hammond, USN (Ret.) e: annegham@aol.com; p: 410-980-6460

’86ers, Before I launch into the news, a quick reminder to (1) update your email and address on USNA.com, (2) join the Class of 1986 Facebook and/or LinkedIn pages (both classmate and spouse can request to join these closed pages) if you are on social media, and (3) send an update to be included in Shipmate.

Remember - I don’t write the Shipmate Columns....you do!!! My job is to try to make sure we have a column every issue, but I can’t do that unless you send an input! I know everyone out there has something to contribute! On to the news…

The latest installment of musings from the 22nd Company Scribe, Dave Hostetler, who writes: “Chris Hickey checked in with me and let me know that James Addison, Tom Kolongowski, Wright McLeod, Chip McClelland and Bill Finn all gathered to help him celebrate his 55th birthday soiree. I maintain there is a typo in there, but I always try to pass information as presented to me. (I mean 55 CAN’T be right. Or is it, Wright?)

As I review the plethora of emails from my company mates, I realize that our cyber-social director Dave Long posed in interesting set of questions to us which fostered numerous and thought provoking answers.The questions you ask? Read on…

QUESTION: What is the best place the Department of Defense ever sent you? The worst place?

What is your favorite destination of all time? Where would you go tomorrow if time and money were no object?

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ANSWERS: Dave Long: Best- Sydney, Australia. Worst- Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Favorite- Rome. Want to go- It’s a long list, but we’ll start with Machu Picchu Paul Simonsen: Best- Subic Bay PI. Worst- Al Wahfra, Kuwait.

Favorite- Ubud, Bali. Want to go- Bangkok, Thailand Greg Cruz: Best-Antarctica.

Worst-any place in the sandbox.

Favorite- too many to list. Want to go- Jungfrau.

Dave Hostetler: Best- Muscat, Oman. Worst- Djibouti City, Djibouti. Favorite: Bali, Indonesia. Place I’d like to go: European continent to include: Paris, Rome and Athens.

Pat Morrissey: Best- Cannes, France. Runner ups: Basque country in Spain with James Addison (Navy didn’t send us, but did we take a MAC Flight); Honorable Mention: Pulling into Bahrain and finding Dave Opatz across the pier and ending up at the Londoner Pub, in its glory days (88-89). WorstDjibouti. I join Hostetler, so I think Djibouti takes the lead. Runner up for worst place: the Londoner Pub, Bahrain, well past its glory days (2003), which goes to prove nothing good lasts forever, especially around the Persian Gulf. Favoritenot just one. Place I’d like to go- Rome, for an extended stay.

Scribe’s note: Pat was a “Bull Major” if you couldn’t tell. Love ya’ Pat! Doug Baugh: Best-Hong Kong.

Worst-Johnston Island. FavoriteTropical – Kauai, Non-Tropical – Any of a dozen wonderful ski mountains.

Place I’d like to go: Machu Picchu.

Bonus anecdote from Doug: Old Habit: Walking through the yard with my daughters and observing the mids “walking between” classes, the girls started laughing out loud. When I inquired what was so funny, they said “Now we understand why you always walk so fast!”

Thanks to Dave Long for keeping the past current.

Chip McClelland: Best-Monterey for NPS. Worst-29 Palms, CA. Favorite- Tropical – Bagio, The Philippines, Non-Tropical – Mountain Warfare Training Center - Bridgeport, CA

Place I’d like to go: Like Dave!

Machu Picchu. Hoping to go next summer.

Wally Balch: Best- Curaçao.

Worst-Keflavik Iceland in winter.

But great in summer. Favorite-Deer Valley or Spain. Place I’d like to go- Egypt.

Jim Donnelly: Best (the toughest question)- Rhodes, Greece and about 10 other places that tie.

Worst-Mountain Home, Idaho. Favorite- Big Island, HI. Place I’d like to go: South America. I’m in for Machu Picchu.

There may be an 86-22 class trip to Machu Picchu from the responses above. If so I’ll be there to document!! In the mean- time, I am off to the Big Easy tomorrow for beignets at the Café Du Mond. After two years on the USS New Orleans (LPH 11) back in the middle 90s we will be visiting the National Battlefield there where Colonel Jackson “took a little trip down the Mighty ‘Mississip.’ BEAT ARMY!!!!

Throwback-Dave Hostetler just prior to the Brigade Boxing Finals in February 1984.

Until next time, ‘Still on the loose!’, Dave “Hoss” Hostetler, ‘86 —22nd Company Scribe.”

That’s it for this month, ATB Anne

’87 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 1.58% Pres: Jim Matheson e: jmatheson@1987.usna.com Shipmate columnist: Robert Pinataro 7 Meadowood Ln., Binghamton, NY 13901 e: rob.pinataro@stny.rr.com; p: 770-722-6373 Website: www.usna87.org

Hello ’87, Spring has sprung, March madness is sadly behind us, and we’re well into baseball season.

Next comes the craziest season of all – midterm elections.

1,041 of us graduated from USNA and there are surely at least 1,000 of us still on the green side of the grass. Unfortunately, for the first time in seven years as class scribe, I find myself with exactly zero news inputs for the column. I’m guessing that like me, none of you have to worry about what to do with spare time, since you have none. However, there are dire consequences to not sending any news – you have to read my news. If this continues, it could get really ugly – I might start writing poetry.

The Pinataro clan resides in Binghamton, NY, situated near the beautiful Finger Lakes region, with gorges, waterfalls, wine country and a relatively short drive to Boston, NYC or Philly. Son, Robert, is a sophomore at Vassar College, where he studies economics and political science while pursuing his true love – baseball. Daughter, Cassie, is a senior in high school, a promising opera singer (“Cassie Pinataro” on Youtube), tennis player and a bit of a community leader through her charity work. Wife, Angela, and I are wondering what we are going to do when, after 32 years of marriage, we find ourselves with an empty nest this summer.

Certainly, one thing will be moving south, for while Binghamton has its charms, your class scribe commutes to Atlanta, GA, and Jacksonville, FL, where I have the good fortune to be leading Payspan, Inc, a leader in simplifying healthcare payments. If you are ever in Binghamton, Atlanta or Jacksonville, please look me up.

87/90 CLASS NEWS You can count on a cold beer and some sea stories, some of which might be true.

Enjoy the spring weather and please send your news for Shipmate to rob.pinataro@stny.rr.com.

’88 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 1.54% Pres: Jim Schwab c: 972-489-4061 e: jschwab@crimstonepartners.com Vice Pres: Henry Stoever w: 202-572-2102; c: 301-787-9700 e: henry.stoever@gmail.com

Ted Alexander: Me, Bob Strong, Fred Malek and Henry Doyle Stoever watching the Vikings pull off a miracle win, reminiscing on All our Victories in rugby and at Hood, and losing money to each other in darts in DC.

Sec’y: Sara Salas Wickard c: 757-589-0678; e: swickard88@gmail.com Website: www.usna.com “find my class”

’88 2018 is a year to celebrate – a 30 year class reunion, and for some classmates, the 30 year retirement mark. Here are a few upcoming and past retirement dates and ceremonies: Scott Peterson – 1 June 2018, reserve duty Dutch Bertholf - 1600, 22 June 2018, Paradise Point O’Club, Camp Lejeune NC Jay Shanley, Captain USNR – 1000, Friday, 4 May 2018, Memorial Hall @ USNA, 30 years of commissioned service or 35 years in the Navy and Navy Reserve Albert Perpuse – 1400, Friday, 4 May 2018, Memorial Hall @ USNA, 30 years active duty Chris Mosher – retired, 1 Jan 2018 Don Hughes –1000, 6 April 2018, Memorial Hall @ USNA Kristin Bakkegard – 1000, 1 June 2018, Memorial Hall @ USNA, 10 yrs. active and 20-yrs reserve William Suggs – 1100, 6 April 2018, Army Navy Country Club, 30 yrs. active Bill Miller: M I have a late submission from the A-N game. Pictured is me, my wife, Bonnie, two kids and Jim Schwab and his son, James, who is a senior business and engineering major at Drexel in Philly.

David Shanes: M While I am not retiring (I got kicked out on a disability in ’95)…

I just started my own medical device consulting company.

That is good news, right? It is for me!!! I am now the President of Device David Shanes Design Solutions. http://www.devicedesignsolutions.com/ My company specializes in Medical Device Research and Development: Software and Hardware Engineering, Quality Assurance, Product - Project Management. My business contact information is on our website.

Ted Veazey: M For the past four years our classmate Pat Brown has hosted a golf tournament in Ashburn, VA in honor of my daughter Hope. Hope was diagnosed with Leukemia at the age of 7. She is now 11 and has beaten cancer but The HOPE OPEN continues, raising funds for pediatric cancer research. The 5th Annual HOPE OPEN will be our biggest effort yet with special additions but the same worthy cause and high quality golf. This year we are partnering with The Penn State IFC /THON® student run philanthropy.

The HOPE OPEN and THON® both dedicate all of their fundraising to pediatric cancer research and support.

The HOPE OPEN will be held Monday, May 1st at the Belmont Country Club in Ashburn, VA. Details to register, sponsor or donate are available on our website at www.TheHopeOpen.org The event includes a best ball format tourney on the Arnold Palmer designed course, great swag, lunch, unlimited beverages on the course, dinner, cash bar and an exciting live auction. We’ve had many shipmates join us over the years and hope to see more at this year’s tournament.

Our parent charity the Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation and our all-volunteer staff allow us to donate 100% of the proceeds to peer reviewed pediatric cancer research and we have raised over $150,000 to date.

You can reach Pat or I at info@TheHopeOpen.org with any questions.

With hope...Ted Veazey Save the date - the 30 year reunion weekend is 6-9 September 2018!

Beat Memphis!

A registration page for events will open in June. For your convenience, we have blocks of rooms at some Annapolis hotels for the weekend – www.GoNavyTravel.com/group/US NA1988. r/ Sara

USNA.COM Stay Connected and Informed.

’89 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 2.50% Pres: Ingar Grev 904 Barbury Pl., Annapolis, MD 21401-6485 p: 410-571-0105; w: 703-243-6613 f: 419-818-7319; e: igrev@1989.usna.com Corr Sec’y: Scott McFadden e: jscottmc89@yahoo.com Listserv: usna89@yahoogroups.org Listserv Subscription: send a blank email to usna89-subscribe@yahoogroups.com from the address you wish listserv traffic to be sent To Post a Message: write your messag and send it to usna89@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: send a blank message to usna89-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Webmaster: CDR Dave Klain, USN e: dave@klain.net

’90 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 4.01% Pres: Lawrence “Kai” Yeh e: kyeh@mpsgc.com Vice Pres: Frank Bendik e: fbendik90@yahoo.com Ops: Maj Carter Honesty, USMC (Ret.) e: carterhonesty@yahoo.com Treas: Tom Callender e: tmcallender4@verizon.net Sec’y: Trey Alexander e: shipmate1990@yahoo.com Website: www.usna90.com Facebook: USNA Class of 1990

It’s been a while since our last posting, and we’ve got lots of news to share. Most are quick-hits pulled from Facebook, but we also have some additional inputs.

Congrats to Randy Wootton who assumed the helm as CEO at Percolate last year, and to Eric Mersch who came on board as CFO early this year. What a power combination!

For those who haven’t heard: several years ago, Kurt Beyer published a biography about Admiral Grace Hopper, and he worked on a mini-documentary about the computer pioneer for ESPN’s 30 for 30 series in 2015.

Now, it has been announced that Google and Middleton Media have plans to translate his book into a movie.

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88/88 CLASS NEWS

SAVE THE DATE CLASS OF 1988 - 30-YEAR REUNION THURSDAY, 6 SePTeMBeR O Golf Outing – Naval Academy Golf Course O NAPS Class of 1984 Reunion (POC Jay Shanley) O Check-in McGarveys, no host FRIDAY, 7 SePTeMBeR O Class Memorial Service O Parade O evening Reception, Dahlgren Hall SATURDAY, 8 SePTeMBeR O Tailgate and Football Game – Beat Memphis!

SUNDAY, 9 SePTeMBeR O Brunch King Hall O ’88 Women’s Brunch Hotel Rooms: http://www.gonavytravel.com/group/USNA1988; Golf Outing: POC Wes Kaufman: kaufmanwes@gmail.com NAPS Reunion: POC Jay Shanley: shanl2@aol.com For Navy vs Memphis Football Game Tickets (class section), Promo Code "1988" https://ev12.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/EVExecMacro?linkID=navy&evm=prmo&RSRC=&RDAT=&caller=PR Information: www.usna.com "Find my class"; Questions: swickard88@gmail.com 104 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

90/91 CLASS NEWS Ken Niederberger retired in February, and he and his wife were joined in Norfolk by fellow 25th Company roommates Ray Tortorelli, Craig Foster, and Rob Hunt.

Congrats, “Cheese”, and thanks for your amazing service!

Butch Neuenschwander has suggested a “90 turns 50” minireunion in Annapolis for a home football game, and has already received interest from Steve Amiaga, Linda Jarusewski, Mike Gochis, and Lisa Kleinfield Hiler, among others.

Anyone else up for it … whether you’re turning 49, 50, 51 or more this year? Reach out to Butch via the Facebook group!

Speaking of reunions, #30 … yes, three decades have passed! … is coming up in 2020. We are looking forward to a record turnout of classmates and families, so go ahead and save the weekend of Oct. 22-25, 2020. The class officers are already hard at work with the planning, and we will be sharing details as we get closer and have more to share.

More of the 1990 legacy is heading to USNA next year. Congrats to Bob Ferrante whose oldest son, Robby, has received an appointment to the class of 2022, as has Mike Karczewski’s son, Jake, and Bill Muir’s son, Michael.

Ringing in the new year, Rick Steele and 24th Company roommate (and brother-in-law) Dennis Thomas ran 2.018 miles at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens for the Million Bulb Walk, with Rick’s daugthers, Abby and Ella. Noting that the 25-degree temperature felt more like 11, the girls gave dad the side-eye and said, “Another GREAT idea, Daddy!” But guys, did you do it at a 90-second quarter pace?

Another milestone celebration, this time from John Fischbach:

“Candy and I celebrated our 25th anniversary with a couple of days at Walt Disney World. I also ran the Disney Marathon, bringing my total to 10 full marathons. 2018 marks my 15th year as a realtor and I’m now co-owner of an 80-agent RE/MAX office in Louisville, KY. Wishing everyone all the best!”

John also has registered to swim in the 4.4 mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim on June 10. Anyone who will be in the area at that time (the weekend before Fathers Day), hopefully you can help cheer him on!

pages, and Fred’s running NATO (kidding; but I wouldn’t rule it out at some point in our future). In an interestingly small-world twist of fate, separate from our Navy ‘day jobs’, Troy (Dep NECC Construction Force), Alan (PACFLT Dep N4) and I (Dep Naval Surface Forces) work together on the SECNAV’s Navy Reserve Policy Board - good to have ’90 running that show. In my ‘other’ day job, I remain the CEO of Wasabi Rabbit in Manhattan, the digital agency I founded in 2011 - which also allows me the opportunity to connect with Jim Delaney with some frequency in Manhattan, where he’s the COO and doing some ground-breaking work with Canvs TV. Open invite for any classmates in or circling through NYC … shoot me a note and we’ll coordinate calendars for a quick sync.

Already looking forward to it.”

Send your updates about family, career, and other personal milestones to shipmate1990@gmail.com, and include photos (300 dpi or better).

Also, don’t forget to update your contact information at USNA.com, especially email addresses and phone numbers. If you don’t remember your login ID and/or password, you can send an email to onlinecommunity@usna.com for assistance with resetting them.

Until next time … Go Navy! Go ’90!

’91 John Mustin provided an update from the leadership halls in D.C.: M “Had the great pleasure of meeting with a cast of characters from ’90 at the National Conference Center in February. Among others, appreciated catching up with John Wade, Fred Kacher, Troy McClelland, Alan Reyes and Wyman Howard. John is the Commanding Officer of the Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center in San Diego, but will roll to take over as LINCOLN Strike Group shortly. Hope he overlaps with Putnam Brown’s tenure as skipper on LINCOLN! Wyman continues to do amazingly important snake eater work not suitable for printing in these

Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 1.13% Pres: evan Barnet e: evan@USNA91.info; p: 203-249-0071 Admin VP: Julie Shank e: julie@USNA91.info Exec VP: Ray Barata e: ray@USNA91.info Treasurer: Mike Smith e: Mike@USNA91.info Sect: Nelson Santini e: tgsantini@USNA91.info; p: 203-249-0071 At Large: Jen Lednicky e: Jen@USNA91.info At Large: Gib Armstrong e: gib@USNA91.info Website: www.usna91.info

“You stand relieved Shipmate; we have the watch.”

We begin our article by remembering our Shipmate and Classmate LT (USN SEP) Robert Martinazzi II, who passed away on February 4th of this year. Bob earned a BS in Aerospace Engineering from USNA, and two MS degrees in Civil, and in Environmental Engineering from the University of Maryland. A true Star Wars aficionado (as in, he was a Yoda of Robotics and Star Wars models), he generously shared his droids with many children at local hospitals, schools and libraries, and was even invited to the White House to show and share his newly created BB8 with Gold Star children. Our heart and love go out to Allison, Emily and Robert III; your USNA’91 family is here for you today and always.

Can you ID the classmates?

We are also sad to report the unexpected passing of Jeremy Lehmann.

From information gathered from classmates on Facebook, he attended NAPs and was a member 9th and 16th company before becoming a chief in the Navy. His funeral service was February 2, 2018.

He was buried in East Lyme Cemetery in Connecticut. He is a survived by his wife, Gabriella Georgescu.

Donations in his honor may be made to your local veteran association or local humane society.

A tough loss for the ‘91 family.

From Spring Break to Herndon, and then Commissioning Week!

WHAAAAT? It is hard to believe that 2018 is getting close to its halfway point. It is possible that by the time you read this article the latest class to become “Plebes no mo’”, may have already tried (and failed) to de-throne our 43:43 record. If you have some good stories about our climb (pictures, anecdotes, or maybe you still have the blue rim you used that day… clearly a biohazard at this point), please share APRIL-MAY 2018 • SHIPMATE 105

91/91 CLASS NEWS them with you so we write a feature for an upcoming article. The Alumni Association is collecting Herndon stories; and it would be an easy case for “Captains mast” if we to pass on having some stories from the fastest class!!

Our newest parents!

Congratulations to John and Amy Quinn on the arrival of their son Austin! Unless it has happened under the radar, John and Amy are the latest members of the class to become parents again. Blessings upon your alley guys! Please know we are already running bets in Vegas to see if Austin will be the next (and 5th USNA generation) Quinn to walk the halls!

husband Mike Macaluso, my son Michael Macaluso, and my grandson Elijah Schor. Their ages ranged from 9 to 94 years old, and not certain if we will have another opportunity to get this group together. Definitely didn’t want to miss this opportunity! The three generations of Navy sailors included my father James, a World War II aviation mechanic, me, and my son Michael, who joined the Navy in March 2011 and became an Electronics Technician.

I look forward to connecting with more of our classmates in the coming year, and plan to do so during my business and personal travels. . . I hope to see you all sooner than later. . . Go Navy! Beat Army!

Regards, Sue (Slaven) Macaluso.

leadership team have sent out a message explaining our Assistance Fund initiative. If you know of a classmate in need, please let us know how we can help and don’t forget to visit USNA91.info for more details.

THROWBACK CORNER

Bob Martinazzi (Center), Ron Bishop (R)

Mike Macaluso, James Macaluso and Sue (Slaven) Macaluso Amy, John and baby Austin

Notes from Shipmates! (The snail mail buoy still works!)

From Sue (Slaven) Macaluso: M I thought I would drop a quick note to say hello and provide some updates on recent milestones in my family. This past holiday was one for the record books in the (Slaven) Macaluso household, and began with my trip to Busan, Korea, in November 2017. I was able to visit my son, ET2 Michael Macaluso, at the tail end of a business trip to Wuxi, China. Although the visit with my son in Korea was a short one, it was wonderful to see him after nearly two years. He will be transferring to Sigonella Naval Air Station this year.

For the Christmas holiday we had four generations of “Macaluso” men together, and three generations of Navy sailors. . . The four generations of Macaluso men included my father James Macaluso, my

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Help out your classmate!

How many times did we hear that phrase in Plebe Summer, and Plebe Year? Admit it, the second time you read the header, you heard the inflection of your favorite Second Class voice, as you broke a little bit of sweat thinking of tonight’s menu.

Well, what is well learned, is never forgotten! It occurs to me that we are at a time in our careers where we have, and if we haven’t we will end our first career and then, step into the next chapter in the story of our lives. If you know of Classmates making that transition, please remind them to reach out via Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. and leverage the great network that we have! We were there for an SIP, why would we not be there to help, transition or not. Also, please connect with other classmates and help us connect with them. Let’s keep our network strong and also doing good!!

On the same bane of helping classmates, Ray Barata and the

Crew Gods doing what they do! Alden Mills, James Baca, Gib Armstrong…

“TICKLERS” Some action items and other “ admin” (the exciting) stuff:

Please help us reach out to all classmates! Although tough, we are trying to achieve 100% connection to all classmates and we are using all tools. If you are in LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter (or your favorite social media), please reach out to classmates and let’s make sure that we are all connected. We have plenty to share, and do, and want to ensure all feel part of all class activities.

Our Class website will be the starting point for Class wide communications since not everyone is on social media. We will look to repost to social media for all to keep up to date. Please visit: www.USNA91.info for the latest information.

Company Reps – Looking for reps from all companies to make sure that we get news from as many classmates as possible. If you are interested, please reach out to anyone in the leadership team. Our goal is to make sure we get news, to and from, to all classmates!!

91st + 1 Meeting of Navy Notre Dame…Looking forward to holding the classic event in San Diego.

Dan Drake (Call sign “Dice”) has “Rogered-up” (is that a word?) and agreed to lead all the logistics for the event. We do have a block of rooms reserved near the stadium.

We know we are in good hands and look forward to having a great gathering on the West coast! Details to follow, but start saving points or cash; because it will be a hoot!

Alaska Cruise / Viking River Cruise in 2018!

’91; Crew Gods doing what they do after doing what they do! With Gib Armstrong, Kevin O’Connor, Andrew McMarlin, eric Austin, Alden Mills, Tiffany Monaco, Todd Wobig and James Baca.

91/92 CLASS NEWS Besides the 2018 summer Alaska cruise, we have an opportunity to sail the Romantic Danube River to enjoy the Christmas markets in the cities we stop at during this cruise. Our group sails from Nuremberg on 9 December 2018 with 7 nights aboard the Viking Longship Jarl, arriving in Budapest on 16 December 2018.

These Viking River cruises sell out early so if you are interested in the cruise please reach out to Dan Morio at 844-GoNavy-1 (4662891); email him at Dan@GoNavyTravel.com or look at www.gonavy travel.com/group/vikingchristmas. Dan said he’ll even grow out his beard and become Santa Dan! Thanks Dan for leading the charge!

2018 Navy Notre Dame San Diego!

Looking for volunteers to put together a tailgate and get together for the game in San Diego. Please email tgsantini@usna91.info if interested to help Dice, and the team will reach out.

Looking for ’91 SWAG. We have a few leftover items from the 25th as well as we have a request to put in orders for more ’91 merchandise.

Please check out www.USNA91.info for the link to purchase.

Class News! Please send Shipmate information about our Classmates to Nelson at tgsantini@usna91.info.

Please recall that the leadership team is diligently working through the action items of the team class plan. As a reminder, out key themes are: Outreach – We are reaching out to connect to as many classmates as possible via any and all possible communication tools.

Giving Back – We are looking into ways and means to give back in a meaningful way to those whom we leave behind and the Academy.

Leadership – We are assuming increased responsibilities within the class and Alumni community and seek leaders from all groups.

Engagement – We are looking for classmate engagement and participation in events and service to represent ’91 and impact the community.

Your participation, support and ideas are both needed and wanted.

Please reach out to any member of the leadership team and share your thoughts. No idea is out of bounds (some just may need extra time to cure).

“THE HELM” Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! We have been working hard as a team to get more activities /events for our class to get together.

In San Diego we will have our second regional event around the Navy vs Notre Dame game October 27, 2018 with a ’91 tailgate.

We are looking to have another event early in 2019 in the Southeast.

As we put together our class regional directors, our plan is to do two events or more each year that bring us together. Please reach out and let us know that you would be interested in helping out. (http://usna91.info/events.aspx) This way we can collaborate and come up with more ideas on our interests and how we can continue to make a difference. As fall approaches, if you are near Annapolis come by the ’91 tailgates for home football games. Kurt Metcalf has offered again to head that up.

Finally, and most importantly, our class project is underway as well as our classmate assistance fund.

Please visit to read up on the details of these two important projects. We are putting more content on the site and using it as a way to not only communicate but highlight our class accomplishments. More to come…Evan sends

’92 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 0.79% Pres: Creighton Armstrong Corr Sec’y: CDR Doug Barber, JAGC, USN (Ret.) Gentry Locke, 10 Franklin Rd. S.E. Suite 900, Roanoke, VA 24011 p: 540-983-9300; e: barber@gentrylocke.com Website: www.usna92.com

Classmates, This month features our classmates from the 28th Company: From Laura Hatcher: M “By the time this is printed I will have been piped ashore by the

28th Company * Class of 1992

’92: 28th Company

Naval Inspector General, where I spent my last tour before retiring as a Senior Intelligence Officer on 30 March 2018 It was a great ride and impossible to summarize in only a few lines. Some memorable highlights include raising three incredibly strong and talented sons with my beloved husband Gary; remaining life-long friends with my volleyball teammate and classmate Stephanie (Dixon) Murphy; discovering my classmate Page (Creed) O’Flaherty was married to my prospective carrier CO during our 15th reunion tailgater; getting kissed on the cheek and personally recognized in January 2009 by President (41) GHW Bush for leading the commissioning ceremony of his aircraft carrier (CVN-77); being relieved of command of Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command in November of 2011 by classmate Joe Johnson; starting my photography business (www.laurahatcherphotography .com) in July of 2017 and collaborating with NAPS roomie and classmate Tracey Nicole (James) Hayes (aka Dr. Sophie Foster) to produce the book cover of her first novel, When You’re Called “Mommy”

(www.DrSophieFosterBooks.com) Go Navy! Beat Army!”

From Kurt McClung, M “Greetings from Thailand Sadly, we missed the 25-year reunion Looked like a blast Finished up a 22-year career in New Orleans 2014. New Orleans was a blast and I gained with a beautiful wife and baby girl while there Was fortunate to fly Hornets the entire time and got to fly/deploy in the Prowler for 7 years Was even able to put on my JO pants and remain an LSO with VAQ-209 and VFA-204 up to the last year My first post Navy job was in Point Mugu as the West Coast Director of Operations for ATAC Flew the old British Fighter Mk-58 Hawker Hunter for two years Got to see Tom Frosch and Bob Flynn perform with the Blues at the Mugu Airshow and we had a mini 92 reunion with Mike Schoffman, Curt Carrol, Kyle Weaver and Dan Goldberg Got to surf at Point Mugu with Damien Christopher who is working for Gulfstream in Los Angeles Last year I took a job with Boeing as an F/A-18 instructor

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92/93 CLASS NEWS pilot in Kuwait It is fun flying the Hornet again The summers are ridiculously hot so we travel frequently This year we have been to London, Ireland, Thailand, UAE and Egypt Have been able to spend time with John Hensel and Dave Britt here in the middle east as they pursue business opportunities in the region. Most of the other connections with classmates have been at Tailhook, Change of Commands or online for the last few years. If you are in the region please drop me a line. We have plenty of space and would love to host visitors.”

From Dennis Velez: M “This is my first input to this magazine since graduation; hard to believe it has been almost 26 years.

I’ve been married for 20 years Delissa and I have 3 kids Melissa, the oldest, is a freshman at Virginia Tech, Madeline and Dennis Jr. are both in high school in Fairfax. I’m still on active duty, in fact just completed my major command tour onboard USS SAN JACINTO (CG 56) in Norfolk, Virginia While in command, I deployed with the Eisenhower Strike Group as the Air Defense Commander Other sea tours included command of the destroyer USS FITZGERALD (DDG 62) in Yokosuka, Japan and XO of DONALD COOK in Norfolk. I’m heading back to D.C. this spring as the deputy for manpower policy in the OPNAV staff, and just got my season tickets for Navy football this season. I hope to see many of you there, GO NAVY – BEAT ARMY!” From Vince Vanoss: M “Hey all! First off - LOVED the 25th reunion...where did the time go? For a group in 28th that kind’ve went our own directions, it was great to meet up again and see so many people - all happy, doing well, and loving the opportunities that our “time by the severn” gave us How do you summarize 25 years in a couple of paragraphs? After boat school, trips to Florida for Nuke School, and Idaho Falls for Prototype (both with one of the best roomies I could have had - “Coach” John Weber), and three months in

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Connecticut, I got detailed to the best damn submarine the force has ever seen - the “proud and fearless” USS Helena 39 months on her, 28 of them at sea Great crew - great wardroom, and great ship clearly my best tour - I still am in touch with that amazing group of awesome sailors - enlisted and officer Then three years of “arduous” duty teaching ROTC at University of Southern California - where I got my MBA, saw Carson Palmer’s freshman debut, and most important, married my lovely bride Shannon Jon Williams was one of our swordsmen - and his lovely daughter Maddie attended...she is a 2nd class at USNA now....but she was about five months “still in the oven” at the time Love the boat school connection however Then Department Head school, Weapons Officer on USS Newport News, followed by a detour. I spent three years working in the intelligence community at ONI, and was detailed to Patuxent River to the acquisition community...but with six days notice got sent in 2006 to Iraq to be the Chief Engineer for Joint CREW Composite Squadron ONE out of Baghdad - putting jammers on the backs of 25,000 HMMWV’s We spend our lives “putting holes in the ocean” for freedom and defending the country But one year in the desert proved to be the most significant of my life Because of the work we did there - people came back alive...and in one piece I can claim many successes in my life, but none so significant than doing something to make sure my brothers and sisters come back home alive and healthy I finished out my active time making waves at NAVAIR in the Tomahawk Weapons Program, where everyone around me learned the old saying that “there is no one so dangerous than the person who doesn’t care anymore about promotion and can speak truth to power.”

I spent 18 months working for a contractor in Crystal City before I found my home working for Avian LLC here in Pax River - founded by a couple of amazing test pilots - Jeff Sherman ‘79 for one - and am now the Science and Technology lead for the V-22 Osprey Program

Interestingly enough...at the reunion - I spent a LOT of time running into people I hadn’t seen in forever and trying to put names to faces....As we were screaming and yelling after the game and headed back to the pavilion…I ran into a guy - bearded, screaming, and familiar....Robert Tim “Drip” Leeke ‘92 He is the Test Lead for the V-22 program…I have worked with him for the past five years....never put two and two together - but since then the classmate connection has been strong Turns out you never know how deep those ties go In the meantime, 25 years later…we have three young men setting the world on fire - our oldest Derek is a graduate of Boise State, living and working in DC, our “middle” son Shaquan (whom we became guardians for in his HS Freshman year) is a Sophomore at Shepherd University as a Wide Receiver, and our youngest is studying Kinesiology at Boise State, and a trainer for the football team Life is good! If’n any of our 92 classmates ever want to come visit DC and want a cheap way to do it - we have a BIG place about an hour south of the beltway - great neighborhood, good place to launch expeditions into DC from and my basement bar is killer! Thanks again for a great reunion!

Next issue, 29th Company! Thanks, —Doug

’93 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 1.59% Pres: Maj Joe Moreno, USMCR 2865 Rancho Rio Chico, Carlsbad, CA 92009 p: 760-438-8250; e: joe@1993.usna.com Vice Pres: CAPT Colleen Salonga, USN Corr Sec’y: Maj Shogo Cottrell, USMCR Treas: efren Mojica SHIPMATE Correspondence: Maj Shogo Cottrell, USMCR 20902 W 117th St., Olathe, KS 66061 h: 913-782-8149; e: shogo@cottrell-family.com Website: http://www.usna93.com

Each passing month gets us closer to our upcoming 25th reunion. In fact, by the time this magazine lands in your mailbox, our reunion is just 4 months away. If you haven’t seen

any updates via email, Facebook, or our class website, please review this update from Joe Moreno: M Hello ’93: Here is the 25th Reunion Summary: Dates: Thursday, 13 September 2018 – Sunday, 16 September 2018 We have signed contracts for room blocks at two hotels (DoubleTree & Crowne Plaza) thanks to Amy Garwood (wife of our classmate, Casey Garwood) and Dan Morio ’91 of GoNavyTravel.com.

– Both hotels are near the Westfield Annapolis Mall (but they’re not within walking distance to each other; the hotels are nearly a mile apart; about a 20 min walk according to Google Maps).

– Both hotels have offered us more rooms, at a lower rate, than were available at the Loews.

– Both hotels have free parking.

1. Reunion HQ Hotel: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Annapolis. 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis, Maryland 21401, 410.224.3150. Rate: $199/night Make your DoubleTree reservations for $199/night online here: http://go.usna93.com/doubletree (If you call the hotel, our group code is N93.)

2. Alternate Hotel: Crowne Plaza.

173 Jennifer Road, Annapolis, MD 21401, 410.266.3131. Rate: $160.00/night Make your Crowne Plaza reservations calling the hotel at 410.266.3131. Our Crowne Plaza group block code is CAN. If you’re told that there are no more rooms available then please let me know so we can either extend the number of rooms in the block or procure additional room blocks at other hotels for ’93.

What happened with our original plans for an August reunion?

I explained why we switched reunion dates and hotels here: http://go.usna93.com/ ClassOf1993Change3.pdf What if I want to book a room outside of the Thursday – Sunday dates?

If you don’t find a favorable rate outside of our room block dates then please contact Dan Morio ’91

93/94 CLASS NEWS at: Dan@GoNavyTravel.com or 844-GoNavy-1 (466-2891), extension 91 and he will get you the best possible deal.

Carpe Diem, Joe Moreno (joe@usna93.com) PS – I’ve received more feedback from my e-mail to the class, last week, than any other e-mail I’ve sent. Virtually every single message was supportive and gracious.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

PPS – Don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions about the hotels. Tomorrow (Sunday) the reunion committee is meeting to confirm our schedule of events which should be the same as our last reunion.

There are more questions/ answers about the reunion on our class website at www.usna93.com.

Many thanks to Joe, Amy, Tim Tenne, and all the many other volunteers who are working hard to make this a reality! As far as I know, we broke the attendance records for all class reunions with our 20th.

Let’s see if we can raise the bar even higher!

Our first update this month comes from Wendy & Ron Piret: M I have a 12-year-old daughter, Devon Piret, who recently informed us that she would like to go to the United States Naval Academy and become a naval officer. This surprised us and so we asked her what she might like to service select.

When given all the options she was decidedly undecided. The only thing she said was, that she definitely did not want to, “do what you did mom.” I was taken a back, and a little bit offended, so I asked her what exactly she meant.

She looked at me and said, “ I don’t want to be a mailman mom.” Had to think about it for a few minutes and then I had to laugh. In it’s most basic, elemental form, what I did actually fit that description. I was a GURL (1100) filling an Intel billet, and then laterally transferred to Cryptology. I suppose it boils down to collection and dissemination of messages aka mail.

Well that little firecracker may never be a Naval Officer, but she certainly would be very good at chow calls as Efren Mojica has already noted. Devon is in the second stage of attempting to win an entry into the Classical Conversations National Memory Master Competition and you can check her plebe year potential yourself and give her a thumbs up vote.

Some of the kids are garnering in the 100s of votes. So bring it on class if 93, we need your help. If you like history or are just willing to help us out, please click on the link below for 4000 years of history in three minutes and 20 seconds.

It’s a doozy.

Have a great day and THANK YOU! https://ccspirit.us.launchpad6.com/contest/2/entry/149 Warm Regards, Wendy (Phillips) & Ron Piret Thanks for sending that in and best of luck to Devon in that competition!

Next up we hear from CD Minifie who recently attended the annual Crew reunion: M Col Matt “Squirt” Kelly, Kit Vallhonrat, Will Minifie (‘24 prospect), CAPT Eric Hawn, and CD Minifie represent the ‘93 Lightweight rowers at 5th annual Crew Reunion on 2/24/18.

Next year is the 150th Anniversary of Navy Crew, so let’s plan on representing our class with pride at the event next year!

reunion. Kelly Federal and Ted Burk met in St. Anton and used two days of snowboarding and skiing as an excuse to eat, drink, and tell tall tales. Kelly will finish his stint as a Captain at AFRICOM this summer, officially retiring on 1 September 2018. His next chapter will likely unfold on either the West Coast or East Coast as he transitions to civilian adventures with his lovely wife and two boys. Ted hung up his spurs last year and launched his civilian journey in Stockholm, Sweden with his “Viking” bride.

Austria may now be enjoying a break from the embellished stories from around the globe...thankfully, epic tales are always up and ready whenever and wherever two or more of us meet. It’s always worth the effort to reconnect with classmates to share a drink and laugh over common experiences and values...Carpe Diem & Go Navy!

Kelly Federal & Ted Burk in St. Anton, Austria

Agneta & Ted Burk in Fiji in July 2017

Matt Kelly, Kit Vallhonrat, Will Minifie, eric Hawn, and CD Minifie

Thanks for sending in the update and photo, CD! Please share the details on the 150th Anniversary Navy Crew reunion event and we’ll get it published to the class. Our last update is from Ted Burk and Kelly Federal: The Austrian Alps served as the recent backdrop for a mini ‘93

Kelly & Margaret & Kelly Federal in Montenegro in April 2017

Thanks for that update – sounds like you all had a blast skiing and snowboarding. That wraps up our update for this issue. We’ve been light on the news recently, so if you haven’t sent in an update in a while (or ever), zap me a quick email and/or photo! See you in a few months back in Crab Town! Carpe Diem — Shogo

’94 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 1.29% Pres: Jim Keck c: 904-477-2133; e: JKeck@usna94.com Vice Pres: Julie Spencer e: jspencer@1994.usna.com Treas: Brian Bruggeman e: btbruggeman@hotmail.com Sec’y and Corr Sec’y: Maria J. Pallotta p: 410-440-7552; e: mariapallotta@yahoo.com

Classmates: We are delighted to inform you that we have formed our USNA Class of 1994 25th Reunion Planning Committee. In looking to build on the great success of our 20th reunion, your ‘94 committee members are developing a schedule of events for Homecoming Weekend, 24 – 27 October 2019. We are sending this survey as a way of capturing the events you would like to attend. We also hope to determine how much we are willing to spend as we celebrate our 25th.

The survey is at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey .com/r/USNA94 If you have any questions, in addition to responding to the survey, please contact any of your committee members: Committee Chair Yolanda Ray, ray.yolanda@yahoo.com Jim Keck, jkeck@usna94.com Jack Downes, johnbdownes@gmail.com Maria “MJ” Pallotta, mariapallotta@yahoo.com Brian Bruggeman, btbruggeman@hotmail.com You may access the survey until 1 Jun 2018. The more who participate, the better our reunion will be.

We look forward to seeing everyone next year! ‘94 Sir! APRIL-MAY 2018 • SHIPMATE 109

94/95 CLASS NEWS In other news, you may have heard that we have two classmates who are running for U.S. Congress— Mikie Sherrill and Grant Goodrich.

While I am unable to promote any specific political or campaign information, you may find more information at their websites: https://www.mikiesherrill.com/ https://www.goodrichforcongress.com/ Good luck, ’94. May you make us proud.

Best, —MJ

’95 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 1.17% Pres: Andre Coleman CDR, CeC, USN (Ret.) c: 571-344-0336 e: andre_coleman@hotmail.com Vice Pres: CAPT Robert “Bobby” Coogan, USN e: flynavy95@gmail.com Tres: Maj James B. Burke, UMSMCR c: 808.228.3877; e: burkejbusmc@yahoo.com Comms Dir/Webmaster: ed Galloway e: edward.galloway@1995.usna.com Sec’y: Kate Dooley c: 202-320-6776; e: ktdooley@hotmail.com

’95, I have a great update from a long time listener, first time caller, Scott Luers:

CAPT Scott Luers, his wife, Christina, and their children, Aiden and Keira

While I’ve always had the best of intentions throughout my career of writing in to Shipmate I have never actually done so until now. However, I was recently in an event which had so many USNA grads, spanning so many classes, that I determined I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. It didn’t hurt that the holiday stand down has given me some time to do so!

On December 8th I was fortunate to have the opportunity to take over as Commodore of Commander, Undersea Surveillance. While the name implies it, this little known organization has responsibility for the Navy’s worldwide undersea surveillance efforts, including both fixed and mobile platforms, playing both strategic and tactical roles. It is truly an honor to take command of this team of professionals.

It was also a great honor to share the ceremony with so many former Commodores and USNA grads! I’ve included several photos.

One shows all the former Commodores who were in attendance, six of whom spent a great deal of

time on the Severn. These included CAPT (Ret) Alfred E. Ponessa ’68, CAPT (Ret) Neil E. Rondorf ’74, CAPT (Ret) Gregory M. Vaughn ’76, CAPT (Ret) Paul K. Heim II ’83, CAPT (Ret) Charles Scott Rauch ’85, and my predecessor, CAPT Kevin S. Mooney ’91. Kevin has returned to COMSUBLANT to take over as the N7. It speaks highly of the dedication within the undersea surveillance enterprise that so many of the former Commodores regularly attend these change of command ceremonies.

Both Kevin and I had many family and friends in attendance.

My sister, CAPT Ann (Luers) Casey ’97, and her husband, CDR Brice Casey ’97, were both present, as was Ann’s former roommate Penny Morgan ’97. Our 10th Company classmate, Doug Blackburn ’95, was in attendance, as was my former boss CAPT Paul Savage ’87.

Additionally, there were many USNA grads who were at the ceremony who also hail from within the undersea surveillance community. CAPT Scott Minium ’88 is our resource sponsor in OPNAV and CAPT David Minyard ’91 is the Program Manager at PMS 485. CAPT Jason Vogt ’91 is the COMSUBPAC TYCOM Representative. Greg Schmeiser ’90, Christine Buswell ’86, and Rick Hartman ’83, are the Deputy, N8, and N3 metrics, respectively.

It was great to share the experience with so many

shipmates, family, and friends and I look forward to what the next three years hold. We’ll see if I’m dedicated enough to write again when the time comes.

I hope this finds you well and enjoying the spring!

Take care, Scott Thanks so much for writing, Scott!

And congratulations on taking command. Please do keep us updated on this tour.

Lamont Gourdine, Brian Fitting, Andre Coleman and Tommy Neville.

We also heard from Andre Coleman, who sent in a tailgating pic of him and some classmates. Lamont Gourdine is currently serving as the Deputy Athletic Director at USNA (and regularly posts some amazing pics on Facebook from various fun events), Tommy Neville recently put on O-6 and is stationed in Norfolk, and Brian Fitting is a pilot for Southwest based in California.

There is a great video Matt Kaslik posted on our class Facebook page of Brian getting his commercial captain bars put on before a recent flight. Congrats, Fitto!

That’s all for this issue. Please send in news when able!

Non sibi, Dooley

’96

CAPT Scott Luers and Doug Blackburn- ’95 10th Company Classmates

Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 1.03% Pres: Nagel Sullivan Vice Pres: Bill Pennington Sec’y: Cara Albright e: caramalbright@1996.usna.com Treas: Nikki Battaglia

CAPT Ann Casey ‘97, CDR Brice Casey ’97, and their children, Andrew and Aurora

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Hello ’96! It’s late February and the dark ages seem to be coming to a close as I write this, although I’m hoping early March brings one last gasp of winter. Those of us living in the mid-Atlantic certainly didn’t get optimal shred conditions this year.

96/97 CLASS NEWS Finally, Scott Luers ’95 shared the following information:

Jerry Kashuba and Mike Touse

Jerry continues:

’96 in the western Pacific: Dwight “Woody” Clemons and Michael Weatherford in Sasebo, Japan.

I’m headed to the mountain this weekend anyway, and will do my best to pretend the icy raindrops are powdery snow. By the time you read this, though, it will be flip flop weather. And so it goes! Only one update to share with you this month, but it comes to us all the way from Japan: M Michael Weatherford here from 12th Company. I retired on January 1, 2016, after my last assignment as CO of Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae, Korea. I’m now a USCS employee in Japan, working for Commander Naval Region Japan as the Port Operations Program Director.

Job is great but my boss, CAPT (sel) Dwight “Woody” Clemons from 8th Company, can be a handful at times, lol. Attached is a picture of us in Sasebo, Japan. Take a close look at the merchant ship in the photo and where it is registered.

Cheers, W Great to hear from some of the folks on the other side of the world!

Nothing else to report from my desk. Targeted focus on finishing several publications – and my dissertation – precluded me from ferreting out much news this month. I should be in front leaning rest for 96 minutes for that excuse. Hopefully I’ll have more for you to read in June. Memento vivere. —Cara

’97 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 0.66% Pres: Tom Wagner e: twagner1@san.rr.com Send news to: LtCol Aaron Shelley, USMCR 1148 Via Jose, San Jose, CA 95120 c: 619-980-8297; e: apshelley@hotmail.com

Hey ’97! Enjoy this month’s updates on both classmates and related alumni.

On 21 December 2017, Mike Kashuba, son of CDR Jerry Kashuba, USN (Ret), graduated from Virginia Tech University and received his commission as a Marine 2nd Lieutenant. He may be the first child of ’97 to be commissioned. If anyone else can challenge this milestone, be sure to keep us honest here. 2ndLt Kashuba will attend The Basic School in May 2018. Mike and Ellie Touse and kids were in attendance for the big day.

Pictured below with Jerry are his 3 sons and father.

M 2017 was a big year for the Kashuba military. I was able to travel to NAS Lemoore, CA and administer the oath to my big brother for his promotion to CDR in September. He recently transferred to San Diego where he took over as the fleet ordnance handling officer.

He ran into our class mate, Bobby Brown, at his new duty station.

Charlie McGill checked in from Australia where he and his wife Jane welcomed their second son in April. Charlie attended Kemper Jones’ Change of Command (3rd Battalion, 8th Marines) in September 2017 and Scott Richert’s wedding later that month, both of which were terrific. If you happen to be making your way down under, definitely drop him a line.

Charlie McGill and Kemper Jones at Camp Lejeune

M On December 8th, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to take over as Commodore of Commander, Undersea Surveillance. While the name implies it, this little known organization has responsibility for the Navy’s worldwide undersea surveillance efforts, including both fixed and mobile platforms, playing both strategic and tactical roles. It is truly an honor to take command of this team of professionals.

My sister, CAPT Ann (Luers) Casey, and her husband, CDR Brice Casey, were both present, as was Ann’s former roommate Penny Morgan. Our 10th Company classmate, Doug Blackburn ’95, was in attendance, as was my former boss CAPT Paul Savage ’87.

Additionally, there were many USNA grads who were at the ceremony who also hail from within the undersea surveillance community.

It was great to share the experience with so many shipmates, family, and friends and I look forward to what the next three years hold.

CAPT Ann Casey, CDR Brice Casey, and their children, Andrew and Aurora

CAPT Scott Luers and Doug Blackburn Charlie McGill and Scott Richert at Scott’s wedding L TO R – 2ndLt Mike Kashuba, Jason Kashuba (now in boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC), Jerry’s father Steve Kashuba, Alex Kashuba, and Jerry Kashuba

That’s all for this month. As I always conclude, please keep the updates flowing in. Thanks.

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98/00 CLASS NEWS

’98 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 1.40% Pres: David Forman c: 904-321-6459; e: DSForman@aol.com Corr Sec’y: Mark Symmes 529 W. 29th St., Baltimore, MD 21211 e: shipmate98@yahoo.com Temp Corr Sec’y: Alex Savage e: asavage98@gmail.com

’99 Life Membership: 93% Donor Participation: 0.57% Pres: Minh-tu Nguyen Greenberg 1123 Gaither Rd., Rockville, MD 20850 e: 1999USNA@gmail.com Vice Pres: Liesel (Danjczek) Schopler Sec’y: Sarah (Cline) Leming e: sarahleming@me.com Treas: David Burns East Coast Rep: Steve Taylor West Coast Rep: Lauren (Withers) Ryan Website: www.usna99.org

Hey ‘99, A quick class update: we are working on early planning of our next reunion, and could use some help in planning. For those of you who have reached out already, we will start leaning on you soon :) but for everyone else, please reach out if you have a little extra time and would like to help out. We get iteveryone is super busy. But the more people that are able to help the lighter the load will be. Thanks in advance either way.

Now for the fun stuff, We got this great update from our classmate Joe Slaughter. Keep them coming!

M Hope all is well! Here’s something for the next Shipmate column: Winter’s greetings from USNA. Sitting with Sixth Battalion Officer Beth Regoli at an aviation dinner last night reminded me I owed folks an update. CDR Regoli is doing well, despite her ongoing war on Bancroft pet rats (see social media). Went to a U of MD basketball game with Chad Redmer over the holiday break - he is making us all proud as usual, currently working on finishing his PhD in Economics at 112 SHIPMATE • APRIL-MAY 2018

GW. We played in the USNA Homecoming Golf Tournament with Matt Coombs, who makes me feel old because his kids are going to college. Speaking of college aged kids, Ben Skinner brought his daughter by last year to visit USNA. Anyone - feel free to contact me for similar visits (if you too started having kids soon after graduation).

Ran into Dave Collins this summer, who is in command of a helo squadron on North Island (sorry Dave - I know my kids climbing on your aircraft stressed you out a bit). Jim/James Paxton is about ready to rotate out, and I am personally bummed about that as I’ve gotten to know him a lot better now than when he intimidated me as a midn (actually he still intimidates me a little). Jack Ryan is still teaching in the English Dept and doing insane feats of strength, while BJ Armstrong joined me in History last year and is providing a welcome shot of energy to our Dept. I enclosed a picture of my precious kids, Wren (6) and Graydon (3) celebrating my recent graduation from U of MD (PhD, American History).

Take care everyone.

Thanks.

—Joe

’00 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 2.60% Pres: J.V. “Murph” McCarthy Vice Pres: Art Terry Treas: Nick Lalota Sec’y: Tim O’Connor 317 N. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 e: Shipmate00@yahoo.com

Shippies, I sort of “breezed over” the fact I retired in November. It has been a glorious transition of no online training about network security nor human trafficking and a successful experimentation in facial hair Makeover Murph with no trips to a barber shop.

I opened a kickboxing gym here in Annapolis and will open more in the DC area over the Lori Buresh and her next few years. friend Meredith with support dog from Patriot Paws ready go to his veteran

Annie Shea, Devin Smiley getting a “ride on” in basement of Mother B

Send me some pictures of somebody you know that just took command, the level of modesty is not reasonable #1 and we don’t want it to look like “99 or “98 beats us in anything!!!???? Shipmate00@ yahoo.com -Murph The Navy Reserve VR community (SELRES and FTS) is “littered” with class of 2000 overachievers! If you find yourself completely distracted by the Johnny Rhodes mustache…that makes two of us! That thing is glorious. L to R: Matt Abbot (XO VR-51), Dave Ryno (XO VR-1), J.T. Ward (XO VR-64), Chris Abbott (CO VR-54), Johnny Rhodes (CO VR-64), and Damon Hildebrand (CO VR-53)

Shannon (Magnan), Zane, and Mike elligson

Shannon (Magnan) ellingson writes:

’99: Wren, Joe and Graydon at recent graduation

M After many, many years with just the two of us Mike and I welcomed Zane in August 2017. His name means “God’s gracious gift” and he is indeed! We are back in the Phoenix area and readjusting to the heat. I’m trying to finish out my last couple years in the IRR—thankfully

00/02 CLASS NEWS

’00: Matt Abbot, Dave Ryno, J.T. Ward, Chris Abbot, Johnny Rhodes, and Damon Hildebrand

I’m grandfathered in because someone realized this retiring-fromthe-IRR was too good of a deal and cut it off last year. So I’m finishing up my last JPME I NWC class for this year’s points. How ironic that I’m studying doctrine and theater planning as a stay-at-home mom!

Hopefully I’ll be retired when we see everyone at the 20th!

-Shannon (Magnan) ellingson

’01 Life Membership: 96% Donor Participation: 2.63% Pres: Jen (Bohr) Tyll p: 302-528-9306; e: jenbohrtyll@gmail.com Vice Pres: Amy (Baxter) Laczek p: 240-393-9120; e: laczekaxter@gmail.com Treas: Adam Borcz e: adamhenryborcz@gmail.com Sec’y: Jen McCullough e: jennifer.mccollough@gmail.com

’02 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 1.32% Pres: David Gravseth Vice Pres: Kate (Kranz) Jordan e: katherine.kranz@2002.usna.com Sec’y: Kristi (Tjoa) Laughlin Treas: Andy McCann At-Large Directors: LTCol elizabeth (Kreft) Brienza, LCDR Sean McClintock and Charlie Mello Send Submissions to: shipmate2002@gmail.com

2002, On behalf of the new Class Board, we would like to thank Josh, Pat, Kate, Cari, Charlie, Chad and John for all the hard work they put in over the past five+ years.

A note from our new Class President David Gravseth: M What an exciting time for our class! We had a great 15 year reunion, and I cannot thank the previous administration enough for all the work they did to make it a great success.

We have 2 classmates that are running for political office. Josh Welle is running for U.S. Congress, New Jersey 4th Congressional District and Lauren (Coia) Friedman is running for U.S. Senate, Ohio District 29. On behalf of the rest of the class, we wish them luck and encourage you to check out their campaigns!!!

So as our new administration gets our feet under us, we have some great ideas on how to promote class unity, volunteerism on the local and national levels, support the Midshipmen and put our combined efforts to achieving a great legacy.

Stay tuned for announcements as some of our initiatives get underway. If you are not a part of our Facebook group, please join to keep up to date on the latest and greatest in our class news. Search Facebook for USNA ‘02.

If anyone has any ideas or recommendations for our class,

’02 By Tom: Tom and emily (Burgess) Uhl (both ‘02) with Susan (Starkey) (‘02) and Bryan Pinckney in Malta over Thanksgiving 2017. We successfully have all three of our collective kids not looking at the camera. Nailed it! Tom and emily are expecting a baby girl in February.

please feel free to contact me directly: david.gravseth@ 2002.usna.com.

That’s all for now.

Now….what we all eagerly wait for with each Shipmate issue…news from our classmates across the fleet and around the world.

From Courtney “Stiles” Herdt: M Shipmates, Europe has been a small crossroads of classmates during my two year tour. If you ever get a chance to take orders or a job over here don’t hesitate. Travelling the continent has really given my family a true cross section of culture, food and some lifelong friends. You all will have to contend with the Uhl family for most classy travelling – truffle hunting, brewing beer with monks and growing glorious mustaches. I am not going to bore you a long winded entry, most of us like this section for the pictures and seeing how everyone’s family is growing.

Europe ’02 Squad: Stiles Herdt, Tom and emily (Burgess) Uhl, Susan (Starkey) Pinckney, Marty and erin (Kelly) Timmons, Daniel Kuitu, Kate (Kranz) Jordan, Joe Adams and Tom Genest.

Wish you all a great 2018 and may our paths cross soon. Good luck in the election Josh Welle!

Courtney “Stiles” Herdt (’02), Aimee, Rainey and Addah in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Herdt family with Andrew Menocal (’02), Grace and James in Zermatt, Switzerland.

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02/03 CLASS NEWS Facebook: Lauren for Ohio Twitter: Lauren4Ohio Thanks!

Lauren (Coia) Friedman, 23rd company

’03 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 0.26% Pres: LT Daniel Bailey Vice Pres: LT Dan emmert ‘02: Susan, Bryan, Stiles and Phil in Leper, Belgium at WWI museum.

Treas: Maili Neverosky Sec’y: Kenneth Michel e: kennethmichel03@gmail.com Shipmate submissions e: navyclass2003@gmail.com

2003,

‘02: Rich McKnight (’02) with Dana, Mary and Kenneth McKnight and the Herdt Clan on top of “Rubble Hill” in Stuttgart, Germany.

FromLauren (Coia) Friedman:

Drew and Stiles with the majestic Matterhorn.

‘02: Aught Two Sir—‘99 (x2) and ‘01 too — with Phil Castañeda (’01), Squeak Somerville (’99) and John Dolby (’99). MLK ‘18 ski weekend in Montafon, Austria.

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M Hi Classmates! It has been a while since I have updated you.

After ten years of working in social services in NE Ohio, and after a year-and-a-half of local political activism, I have decided to run for the Ohio Senate, District 29. It is a very exciting time, but also challenging to run a full time campaign and take care of three boys (my oldest is now 8 and I have 2 year old twins). — I was privileged to take part in a Wounded Warrior Project - Project Odyssey “retreat” in January, which really helped me prepare for these changes. Now, more than 15 years after graduation, I am finding myself using skills I learned at USNA more and more often, and I still think about the USNA mission all the time. I’m very grateful to be connected to so many of you on Facebook, but if we aren’t connected there yet, please check out my campaign at: www.laurenforohio.com

M ‘03ers, This is a little late, but faster than anticipated. Following the success of last year’s Ragnar Adirondacks run, 200ish miles from Saratoga Springs to Lake Placid, a new team arose to conquer the Bourbon Chase. Sponsored by Ragnar, this was a 200ish mile relay race in Kentucky from Jim Beam in Louisville to Town Branch (Alltech) in Lexington with stops at various other distilleries along the way; Heaven Hill, Makers’ Mark, Four Roses, Wild Turkey, and Woodford Reserve. Carrying over from last year’s team was Joe Alfieri, Marc Giorgi, Will Lahnen, Stephen Price, Dave Calhoun, Justin Popso and myself. Joining us new this year was Tim Gleason, and Dave Riley.

’03: Bourbon chase

Joe Alfieri’s wife Jen, and two of Stephen’s friends, Stephen McKnight and Tim Ludwick rounded out Team BEAT ARMY. Dave Calhoun’s wife Melissa and Justin’s long time better half, Cristina Bruni were our excellent drivers, cheerleaders and overall support element. Without them the run would not have been pulled off.

The weather was excellent for the weekend (finally an ’03 event without rain?) and the runs were solid. Everyone pulled excellent times and set a new bar for next year’s race, wherever that will be.

Each person ran an average of 17 miles over the course of three legs.

We beat our team projected time by an hour, completing the race in 27 hours and 40 minutes. This placed us 30th out of 398 teams overall and 9th out of 246 Mixed Open teams. This couldn’t have been accomplished without the excellent paces, support and camaraderie.

The MVP of the race was Dave Riley with an average pace of 7:07/mile. Justin Popso was close behind with 7:17/mile splits with Tim Gleason pulling 7:21/mile splits. Dave Calhoun still pulled 7:28/mile splits even though this was his warm up for a marathon the following weekend.

Even after all that running and sleeping in cars, Sailors will be Sailors, especially when whiskey is around. We all enjoyed the Right Spirits and had a great reunion.

03/06 CLASS NEWS It’s always great to gather, catch up and swap stories. Another race will be put together for next year at some point and if interested, reach out to me on Facebook or email (Nicholas.parker@2003.usna.com).

In the meantime, Keep Up the Great Work, Keep running and BEAT ARMY. ~Nick Parker The date for our 15-Year Reunion is set! Mark your calendars for September 6th-9th, 2018 in lovely Annapolis, MD. Come join our classmates to celebrate nearly 20 years of friendship and cheer on our Midshipmen to their first AAC conference win of the season over Memphis. We would like to take the time to recognize Nick Kesler and Kyle Nabywaniec and everyone else that has helped organize the 15 Year Reunion. We know it will be a blast and we are looking forward to the event. We will continue sending more information both on the class Facebook page and Shipmate.

In other class news, one of our very own classmates, Mike Brown was recently featured in a Forbes article titled: How Two Former Fighter Pilots Launched A Multi-Million Dollar Oil Business, by Elaine Pofeldt (Jan 02, 2018).

The link to the article is: https://www.forbes.com/sites/elain epofeldt/2018/01/02/how-twoformer-fighter-pilots-launched-amulti-million-oilbusiness/#3033062d3136 Way to go Mike B!!!

’04 Life Membership: 94% Donor Participation: 0.96% Pres: Lincoln Lukich e: Lincoln.Lukich@gmail.com Vice Pres: James Brobyn e: Brobs@2004.usna.com Treas: LT Joseph Zukowsky e: JMZukowsj@gmail.com Sec’y: Andrew Froistad e: froistad@hotmail.com

’05 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 0.41% Pres: Maj Thomas A. Kulisz, USMC Monterey, CA p: 210-445-9083; e: tkulisz@gmail.com Vice Pres: LCDR MatthewJ. Bernhardt, USN Annapolis, MD p: 619-889-1968; e: mjbernhardt@gmail.com Treas: Allen J. Murphy Cherry Hill, NJ p: 410-212-1082 e: allen.murphy.2005@gmail.com Sec’y: LCDR Reed A. Kitchen, USN Pacific Grove, CA p: 619-208-0770; e: reedkitchen@gmail.com Website: 2005.usnaclasses.net

’06 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 1.24% Pres: LT Andrew Lukich e: andrew.m.lukich@gmail.com Vice Pres: LT Joshua Campbell Treas: LT Jeffrey Foulds Sec’y: LT Jamison Lupo e: jamisonlynn@gmail.com

’07 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 2.19% Pres: LT Brady Beauchamp Vice Pres: Capt Benjamin Tuck e: Benjamin.Tuck07@gmail.com Treas: Patrick Sullivan e: patrick.timothy.sullivan@gmail.com Sec’y: Dan Bellomo e: dbellomo@umich.edu Mike Brown

Send Articles to: classofficersUSNA2007@gmail.com

Happy Spring ’07! Hopefully the weather is getting warmer and the

’07: 6th Company Jackalopes

sun is staying out longer wherever you call home. And of course – who’s read for baseball season!!

After moving to Cincinnati, I am proud to say that I am now a self-proclaimed Reds fan!

This edition of Shipmate is being written with the Winter Olympics playing in the background. I never thought I could be sooo enthralled by all things curling, yelling “stomp it!!!” during snowboarding, and of course the North Korean cheerleader squads.

In continuation of the “Link in a Chain” program, our Class has begun to take on a larger role in the relationship between the Class of 1957 and 22nd Company. During this past holiday season, the Class of 1957, on behalf of ’57 and ’07, presented a check for $1000 to the 22nd Company in support of their wardroom and wardroom events.

The Class of ’57 should be including a photo of the festive event in this issue of Shipmate. Also, 22nd Company has extended an open invitation to any members of the Class of 2007 that can make their April 27th Dining Out in Annapolis. (Just reach out and let them know you are coming before you crash the party) For those that may remember, during the reunion in October we sponsored a social media hashtag drive. We weren’t entirely sure if anyone would use or do anything with the effort – mainly because none of the four of us had Twitter or Instagram or knew what adding a # before a phrase even did on the interwebs. Well it turns out that some of you knew what you were doing

and threw some “#usna07reunion” on your tweets and your posts and your photos AND we were able to find where they existed in the cloud.

A few select images are below: The first photo is of our class banner, proudly posted in one of the fine local Annapolis establishments courtesy of Tyler Johnston.

Making our presence known

Tyler Johnston also tweeted this next photo of the SUPE!!! and some ’07 Classmates at our event in Dahlgren Hall.

Making our presence known

The second photo includes at least 13 members of the great band of Jackalopes enjoying the great weather and the awesome football

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07/08 CLASS NEWS game. (Just as an FYI as I write this — Microsoft Word’s spell check and auto correct absolutely HATEs the word/animal/creation that is the ‘Jackalope’) This photo courtesy of Stephanie Vaughan.

This next photo comes courtesy of Becky Phelps Adams at one of Annapolis’ great watering holes – Dillos. As you can see in the photo – our classmates sure do own a large variety of USNA gear! Pictured left to right: Thom Knapp, friend, Christine Taranto, Mikey Diehl and Becky.

Lucky #7

More USNA Gear

Smiles and USNA pride at Armadillo’s

Another Becky photo shows the Brigade in all their finest as they prepared for a grueling, hot, emotional, and excellent victory over Air Force.

Keep the Shipmate Submissions coming – the more information, stories, notes, and fun facts that you send in – the less Dan writes about himself!

To our classmates currently deployed and/or away from home – be safe and come back soon.

That’s all for now!

’08 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 43.47%

their tribe’s reservation in Nevada is being shown at the Sky Festival in Missoula, Montana and the AudFest in Los Angeles. It will be shown as part of the Native American Doc challenge. Break a leg and don’t forget about us when you make it big!!

Sending huge congratulations to Lee Haney and his wife Yibai Li! They were married on July 29, 2017 in Minneapolis, MN. All the best to you two!!

Below is a rough agenda of what to expect for our 10-year reunion from 18-21 October. We will post the final agenda in a later issue and on Facebook! We are so excited to see everyone!

Thursday, 18 October: 0730-1600: Mid Store Hours 1900-2200: Welcome Reception and Check-in at Fado Irish Pub Friday, 19 October 0730-1600: Mid Store Hours TBD: Class Meeting (Location TBD) 1350-1500: Superintendent’s Welcome Brief (Location TBD) 1600: Formal Parade 1700-1900: Happy Hour (Location TBD) 1900: Class Reception in Dahlgren Hall 1915: Jewish Shabbat Service (Miller Chapel, Levy Center)

Pres: Donald H. Horner III Vice Pres: LT Gerald Brooks USN Treas: LT Daniel e. Foose USN Sec’y: Dianna Dietrich e: dianna.dietrich@gmail.com

Prepping for Victory

Some USNA gear and USNA pride took a long trip for New Year’s this year. Lanaya and Dan Bellomo travelled to Antarctica to check the seventh and final continent off their list. The other five (excluding North America) all coming via deployments with the active and reserve Navy.

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Greetings Class of 2008!

Happy spring! So far, 2018 has been very exciting and it’s only going to get better!

I received an awesome update from Anthony (Flo) Florez (14th Co.) about his life after the Navy.

He’s taking Hollywood by storm!!

Flo was one of eight people selected to be a 21st Century Fox Studios Fellow. Through this fellowship he will have an inside track to pitching his current script and receive invaluable mentorship from studio employees. Anthony has the opportunity to gain a Staff Position on one of Fox’s TV shows! His short documentary about his family members living contemporary lifestyles on

Saturday, 20 October 0730-1600: Mid Store Hours TBD: Class Tailgate (Water Tower Lot) 1530: Navy vs. Houston Football Game

To register for our reunion, please visit www.usna.com. You will need to log in to your account to register!

Do not attempt to sign up for a second account if you lost your password or have a new email address. There will be prompts to fix either issue and to update your profile and personal information.

Please email: onlinecommunity @usna.com with any issues or questions.

To help your planning process, we have blocks of rooms at two local hotels. Please use the information below to make reservations.

This information is also on our class Facebook page. Book as early as you can because this is going to be a crowded weekend due to two other reunions and Homecoming!

We also recommend searching other local hotels and Airbnb for places to stay!!

Lowes Annapolis Hotel: $309/night 126 West St, Annapolis, 21401 Booking Link: https://www.loewshotels.com/annapolis/usna-classof-2008-10th-reunion Hampton Inn and Suites: $209/night 124 Womack Drive, Annapolis, 21401 Booking Link: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/ personalized/A/ANDMDHX-NAC20181018/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id= POG

** Tickets in our reserved section can be purchased at the below link with promo code - 2008: https://ev12.evenue.net/ cgi-bin/ncommerce3/EVExecMacro?linkID=navy&evm=prmo&R SRC=&RDAT=&caller=PR Sunday, 21 October TBD: Mid Store Hours 0900: Catholic Services (Main Chapel) 1100: Protestant Services (Main Chapel) 1130: Catholic Services (St. Andrew’s Chapel)

Lee Haney and Yibai Li on their wedding day!

09/14 CLASS NEWS

’10

’09

’12

Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 42.01%

Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 38.37%

Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 4868%

Pres: LT Andrew Poulin, USN e: andrew.poulin09@gmail.com

Pres: LT Robert Battle, USN e: rhbattle@2010.usna.com

Vice Pres: LT Nicholas DeMasters, USN

Pres: Capt Ian Cameron, USMC

Vice Pres: LT Art Griffin, USN

Vice Pres: LT Garth Thomas, USN

Treas: LT Nicolas Woods, USN

Treas: LT Cody Forsythe, USN

Sec’y: LT Margaret Boyle, USN e: mcboyle@2010.usna.com

Sec’y: Capt Austin Madden, USMC

Sec’y: LT Micky Matus, USN e: michaelmatus09@yahoo.com Shipmate Submissions: e: usna2009@googlegroups.com

Class of 2009, Hope this issue finds you well and in good spirits! As summer draws near, so does our 10-year reunion and our inaugural First Gift donation. Wait...First Gift, why does that sound familiar?

Great question!

Last year, a poll was conducted via surveymonkey.com with a majority of our classmates voting for a donation to the International Programs Office (IPO) and Naval Academy Annual Fund back at USNA to signify our 10-year union.

Our end goal is $100K (plus however much our class raises based off our monthly allotments since graduation) with 85% going to the International Programs and 15% to the Naval Academy Annual Fund (Note: for any class gift donated through the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation, it is a rule that at least 15% goes to the Annual Fund; which is how the Superintendent keeps the Academy functioning in a variety of respects outside of DoD funding). Based off inputs from our classmates, we lowered the donation amount to the Annual Fund to the minimum of 15% to ensure maximum support to IPO. As our reunion planning comes into full-swing this summer, we’ll be providing more updates to our class regarding the status of our First Gift fundraiser and how IPO and the Annual Fund will be utilizing our money throughout USNA. Please read the message below from our very own Brandy Soublet:

Send Articles to: shipmate2012@gmail.com

Send Articles to: Shipmate2010@gmail.com

ATTENTION 2010!

Brandy Soublet, ’09, helping to build roofs in Puerto Rico.

M ‘09 Friends, Hope this finds you all well! As you all know, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico last September.

Being of Puerto Rican descent and currently on a year off from the Marine Corps, I felt compelled to join the response effort. For the past month, I’ve been volunteering on the island with All Hands and Hearts, a disaster response organization. The primary need here is roofs as most were torn off either partially or completely by hurricane winds. Never thought I’d be a roofer, but here I am! Every day, this organization puts a roof over someone’s head who has been living under a tarp, meant to last only 30 days, for the past 5 months. Please consider donating to All Hands and Heart (https://give.hands.org/fundraiser/ 1277768), or any disaster relief organization working on the island; the need here is still very great.

Miss you all; keep fighting the good fight around the world. I can think of no better life than a life of service standing shoulder to shoulder with you all.

All the best and Semper Fi, Brandy Soublet 1st Company Until next time, please keep the stories, life updates, and pictures coming our way via our USNA ’09 facebook page or our Class Slack channel: usna09.slack.com.

-’09 Class Officers

So far you have raised nearly $310,000 for your 10th Reunion Gift to USNA through your First Gift Project—be on the watch for more info on the class project later this spring! Remember the allotments 50% of you signed up for just before graduation?

As some of you leave the service and your allotments stop, go to www.usna.com/firstgift to start a pledge payable by credit card to keep the momentum going.

And if you didn’t sign up for a First Gift allotment, you can do that there, too.

’11 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 25.47% Pres: Michael e. Orzetti, CIV Vice Pres: LT Ricky Dobbs, USN Treas: LT Matthew Pierson, USN Sec’y: LT Natalie Woodward, USN e: NNWoodward@2011.usna.com

ATTENTION 2011!

So far you have raised over $150,000 for your 10th Reunion Gift to USNA through your First Gift Project! Remember the allotments 30% of you signed up for just before graduation?

As some of you leave the service and your allotments stop, go to www.usna.com/firstgift to start a pledge payable by credit card to keep the momentum going.

And if you didn’t sign up for a First Gift allotment, you can do that there, too.

’13 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 77.53% Pres: LT John-Rex Spivey, USN e: johnrexspivey@gmail.com Vice Pres: LT Daniel Murphy, USN Treas: 1stLT Ted Baumgardner, USMC Sec’y: LT Hannah Yun, USN Shipmate Coordinator: Malik "Coach" Harris p: 561-628-8359; e: mxharris14@gmail.comÏ Send Articles to: 2013shipmate@gmail.com

2013, Our 5 year Reunion date has been set and it will be the weekend of 8 September 2018, the Memphis Game. Events will go from ThursdaySunday. Look forward to seeing everyone at the 5 year reunion.

If you are considering a transition into civilian life or looking for other opportunities in the military, The Alumni Association provides great resources to include the Service Academy Career Conference, Alumni Mentoring Program, and the newly implemented Shared Interest Groups. If you have any questions or interest contact the Alumni Association or me and information can be provided.

Beat Army, John-Rex

’14 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 62.41% Pres: 1stLt William R. Roberts, USMC Vice Pres: 1stLt Conor J. Kearney, USMC Treas: LTJG emily L. Kreyenhagen, USN Sec’y: LTJG elizabeth J. Powers, USN Send Articles to: shipmate2014@gmail.com

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15/19 CLASS NEWS MIDN Dan Stitt (2018 Class President), MIDN Gio Hernandez (2018 Class Treasurer) and MIDN Noreen Domingo with CDR Ed Sullivan, USN (Ret.), LCDR William Paine, USN (Ret.) and his wife Sandy. The 2018 class officers have set up a class email (2018usna @gmail.com) to which classmates can send updates to be included in Shipmate magazine.

Please let me know if you need any more information from me.

Very Respectfully, MIDN Rachel LaBuda, USN 2018 Class Secretary

’15 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 53.89% Pres: 1stLt Ward “Bubba” Scott III, USMC p: 603-236-1011; e: wardscottiii@gmail.com Vice Pres: LTJG Dylan Cawdery, USN p: 801-638-0724; e: dcawdery@gmail.com Treas: LTJG Joshua David elliott p: 772-643-4468 e: joshuaelliott2015@gmail.com Sec’y: 1stLt Madeline Zell, USMC p: 410-370-3068; e: mad.zell.15@gmail.com ’16: Max and Maddie Wiechec

’16

’18

Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 51.35%

’19

Pres: MIDN Dan Stitt, USN

Pres: 2ndLt eric B. Kellogg, USMC

Vice Pres: MIDN Michael Pahissa, USN

Vice Pres: 2ndLt Matthew L. Chavez, USMC

Treas: MIDN Gio Hernandez, USN

Treas: eNS Renata M. Bucher, USN

Sec’y: MIDN Rachel LaBuda, USN

Treas: MIDN Leor Golan, USN

Sec’y: 2ndLt Zachary L. Coffman, USMC

Send Articles to: 2018usna@gmail.com

Send Articles to: Shipmate2016@gmail.com

The Class of 2018 prepared for their May 25th graduation and commissioning by attending the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation battalion receptions at Ogle Hall. Pictured below are

Ahoy!

To the usual readers of this column, I apologize for months you have gone without being able to read updates on this great class.

Congratulations to John and Frankie Lapoint, Max and Maddie Wiechec, and Bryson and Megan Mays on their marriages last year. Enjoy the photos.

John and Frankie Lapoint

Sec’y: MIDN Gil Wright, USN

Bryson and Megan Mayes

Additionally, Congratulations to each member of the Class of 2016 who has earned their Aviation and Surface Warfare qualifications.

As always, send any and all class news, updates, happenings, and debauchery to: shipmate2016 @gmail.com.

Enjoy a Fine Day, Zach Coffman, Secretary, Class of 2016

’17 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 36.22%

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Pres: 2ndLt Chosnel Raymond, USMC

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CHAPTER NEWS Alabama BGO Area Coordinator: Brian Campbell ’94, USNR p: 251-776-4000 e: Brian.Campbell@1994.usna.com

USNA Alabama Alumni Chapter Pres: David Patton ’92 p: 831-917-7750; e: David.patton@live.com Vice Pres: Lt Greg Hess ’85 p: 205-307-9191; e: greghess8599@charter.net Treas: Dennis Read ’59 p: 205-879-6617; e: dsread2010@gmail.com Exec. Assist: Julie Holstad, son, Hunter ’20 e: usna.ala@gmail.com

South Alabama Chapter Pres: Brian Campbell ’94, USNR p: 251-776-4000 e: Brian.Campbell@1994.usna.com

Southern Arizona Chapter:

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Sec’y: Ruth Lichtenfeld p: 251-343-6264; e: ruth29@bellsouth.net

Guam Chapter Pres: CAPT Noel M. Enriquez ’84, USNR PO Box 26849, GMF, Barrigada, GU 96921-6849 h: 671-472-9629; f: 671-472-1966 c: 671-777-9629; e: NME@1984.usna.com

Arizona BGO Area Coordinator: LtCol Julie Carpenter ’91, USMCR (Ret.) p: 602-793-9850 e: juliecarpenter@mindspring.com

BGO Area Coordinator: LtCol John Turner ’93, USMC (Ret.) e: john.sebastian.turner@gmail.com

Arizona Chapter

Philippines Chapter

Pres: Capt David M. English ’86, USMCR e: David.English@1986.usna.com www.usna.com/Chapter/us/arizona

Pres: COMMO Alberto B. Carlos ’89, AFP p: +63-2-525-1003; m: +63-917- 521 1637 e: carlosabet@yahoo.com

Sec’y: Steven W. Ranes ’02 e: StevenWRanes@gmail.com Website: http://arizona.usnachapters.com

Southern Arizona Chapter Pres: Herb Fauth ’67 p: 520-977-8550; e: 6eagle7@cox.net Sec’y: Dennis Nemura ’65 e: djn1943@gmail.com Website: http://southernarizona.usna chapters.com

Southern Arizona Chapter luncheon

The Southern Arizona Chapter had a great turnout for our monthly luncheon meeting on 15 February at the La Posada Retirement Community in Green Valley, AZ. Judging from

Southern Arizona Chapter

Sec’y: Capt Carl Roy Catalan ’08, PMC (PN) p: +63-917-706-8042; e: Roitime23@gmail.com

the cheering crowd shown above, everyone enjoyed themselves. We had a brief presentation by the facility Manager then went on to the subject matter for the meeting-a bird’s eye view of a professional team of first responders. These folks drop everything to respond immediately to national and international disasters.

Our guest speaker was Joan Brubaker who actually works with these men and women responding to these events. It was an excellent presentation and extremely informative.

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Arkansas BGO Area Coordinator: CDR David Townley ’98 p: 501-786-6776; e: david@ahhtownley.com

Arkansas Chapter Pres: Joel Larson ’07 e: joel.larson2007@gmail.com Vice Pres: Rebecca Aten ’98 e: beckya10@yahoo.com Sec’y-Treas: Eric Biggers ’97 e: biggersje97@gmail.com

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ISSUE: July-Aug 2018 Sept 2018 Oct 2018 Nov-Dec 2018

DUE DATE: 1 June 2018 28 June 2018 2 Aug 2018 27 Sept 2018

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

The Chapter will have a meeting in late March or early April to reorganize and set plans. Any suggestions for activities or anything to improve our Chapter communications and fellowship socials welcome.

If anyone ever gets to Baguio, Fort del Pilar in particular, do visit the PHILAM Memorial that is there by the main road before the Petron Gas Station.

Roy Golez ’70 continues to be quite active on Social Media, exploring better government approaches to the controversial Chinese constructions on the shoals, rocks and islets that are in the Philippine EEZ as formally declared by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague in 2016. Roy, a former NSA as well as APRIL-MAY 2018 • SHIPMATE 119

CHAPTER NEWS a seasoned member for many years of the House of Representatives, is a most sought after speaker on National Security issues.

Chuck Agustin ’60 will have a classmate visit for just a day, RADM Bob Traister (Ret). Bob will arrive via an extended cruise on the SS SILVER WHISPER that traveled all the way from the US to here via New Zealand and Australia and will proceed further north after. The two plan a golf game on the same day (16 March).

Singapore Chapter Pres: Say Yong ’05 e: say@2005.usna.com Vice Pres: Andy Harrell e: andyh125@gmail.com

Costa Rica BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

Costa Rica Chapter

Monterey Chapter: 21 February chapter social

which chapter president LCDR Andy West ’08 was relieved by LtJg Vikram Kanth ’15.

One picture shows past chapter president John Alich ’64, handing Andy West (pink shirt) a certificate. The other photo is a group photo of the attendees.

Sec’y: LTJG Nicole Uchida ’12, USN e: Nicole.Uchida@fe.navy.mil Chapter Email: USNASG@gmail.com

Alich left presents to West right

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

Vice Pres: Dr. Terry Brown ’67 p: 530-676-0327; e: twbrown@innercite.com

Pres: Ernie Medina ’03 e: ernie.medina@nmfn.com Corr Sec’y: Tom Lavino ’03 e: trlavino@hotmail.com BGO Area Coordinator: (LA County) John Stammreich ’92 p: 310-547-1346; e: usnalosangeles@gmail.com BGO Area Coordinator: (Orange/East LA County) CDR Steve Shatynski '83 USNR (Ret) p: 714-255-6108; e: Stephan.shatynski@wellsfargo advisors.com

Sacramento Chapter

BGO Area Coordinator: (Denver) CAPT Dick Eason ’84, USN (Ret.) p: 720-747-4612; e: dick.eason@lycos.com

Colorado Springs Chapter Pres: John Sledgianowski ’87, USN (Ret.) 714 Pioneer La., Colorado Springs, CO 80904 p: 719-287-2187; e: sledgesix@q.com

Treas: Jack Everett ’64 e: jeverett@quicknet.com

BGO Area Coordinator: Ross Schmidt ’74 p: 303-789-5281; e: rossaschmidt@msn.com

Website: http://www.usnaaasac.org BGO Area Coordinator: Bob Proano p: 530-274-9205; e: rproano730@gmail.com

Connecticut

San Diego Chapter

BGO Area Coordinator: Evan Barnet ’91 p: 203-453-9493 e: evan@barnetassociates.com

Pres: J. Craig Smith ’82 e: President@usnaaasd.com Corr Sec’y: Gilda Reeves ’98 e: gilda@reefpointrealty.com Website: http://usnaaasd.com

Monterey Bay Chapter

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter

Pres: LT Andy West ’08 e: aswest@nps.edu

Pres: Liam Lane ’02 e: usnaaasf.president@gmail.com

Corr Sec’y: Steve Tackett ’87 e: stackett99@yahoo.com

Vice Pres: Eric Shangle ’97 e: usnaaasf.vp@gmail.com

Website: http://montereybay.usnachapters.net

Sec’y: Cheriene Griffith ’02 e: usnaaasf.secretary@gmail.com

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Sec’y: CAPT S. Guy Higgins ’69, USN (Ret.) e: guyhiggins1234@gmail.com

Sec’y: Bob Bartron ’73 e: bobbartron@hotmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: Mr. Mike Philbrook ’83 e: michael.philbrook@1983.usna.com

The Monterey chapter held a social at the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Cottage on Feb 21, at

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Greg McGiffney e: gmcgiffney@gmail.com

Website: http://colorado.usnachapters.net

BGO Area Coordinator: (Riverside/San Bernardino) CAPT Stephen Andres ’67, USNR p: 858-454-6755; e: StephenMAndres@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Brian Murphy ’84, USN (Ret.) p: 408-776-3804; e: brian.murphy@harris.com

Sec’y: Mr. Larry B. Coleman Jr. ’99 e: lbcme99@gmail.com

Pres: CDR Joseph “Joe” Procopio ’62, USN (Ret.) e: JoePro@aol.com

Pres: Dennis P. Joyce ’61 p: 916-996-1333; e: djoyce1961@hotmail.com

Los Angeles Chapter

Pres: Chet Seto ’78 p: 805-331-9046; e: ChetSeto@CJSeto.com

Colorado Chapter

Pres: Mori Nixon ‘81 1-15-19-301 Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan: 090-9402-1291 / US: 253-656-6992 e: mnixon@gns-inc.us

California

Santa Barbara Chapter

Colorado

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

Tokyo Bay Chapter

Pres: Claudio A. Pacheco ’64 Apt. 4307-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica p: 506-2224-4325; w: 506-2225-4239 c: 506-8876-1394; e: cpacheco@1964.usna.com

Treas: Mark Lundstrom ’86 e: iblucky86@earthlink.net Website: http://sfbayarea.usnachapters.net BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Brian Murphy e: brian.murphy@exelisinc.com

Connecticut Chapter Pres: Alan Weigel ’79 p: 860-376-5775; e: aweigel@blankrome.com Vice Pres: Tom Hodgson ’83 p: 203-318-8870; e: t.h.hodgson@comcast.net Treas: Tom Hogsten ’85 Sec’y: Eric Irwin ’86 p: 860-857-8748; e: irwiner@comcast.net Comms Dir: David Candler ’67 p: 860-823-0862; e: davcandler@aol.com Meeting Chairman: Vacant Website: http://connecticut.usnachapters.com/

Delaware BGO Area Coordinator: Maj Brad Boyd ’87 p: 302-377-4479 e: USNABlue_and_Gold@yahoo.com

Delaware Chapter Pres: Chris Dierkes ’85 e: Christopher.F.Dierkes-1@usa.dupont.com Vice Pres-South: Jim Ring ’63 e: jep.ring@gmail.com

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florida Gainesville Chapter Pres: CAPT J. Michael Smith ’61, USNR (Ret.) p: 352-450-9758; e: mickey61USNA@yahoo.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Steve Swift ’87, USNR e: sswift@1987.usna.com

The United States Service Academies Alumni Club of Gainesville held a regularly scheduled monthly meeting Thursday January 18, 2018. Naval Academy alumni in attendance were Jim Carr ’55, Art Nussel ’55, Russell Henderson ’58, Phil Meurer ’58, Tim Austin ’60, Jerry Kennedy ’61, Mickey Smith ’61, Steve Jones ’68, Ty Tyler ’76 and Franz Federschmidt ’06.

Attending from the Military Academy was Jack Martin ’51. Attending from the Merchant Marine Academy was Walt Visniski ’56.

Our speaker was Carol Ann Garrett who has flown around the world three times in her singleengine Mooney private plane. After her mother died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) in 2002, Carol Ann decided

CHAPTER NEWS to use her love of aviation to raise money and awareness for ALS research. Her first round-the-world west-to east flight took seven months to complete. An additional tank of gasoline replaced a co-pilot on her first flight leg from California to Hawaii. Most stops included interviews and ALS fund raisers. Her second circumnavigation in 2008, set a new (and continuing) world record time of eight-and-a-half days.

Her third made up for all the previous in which she’d only seen airports, patches of green and clouds. In nearly a year, she visited over 35 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

This trip included an unscheduled side trip from Africa to Australia for a special tool needed to repair the Mooney’s landing gear. Lessons learned included to always look down into the airport’s ‘empty’ 55-gallon drum of gas to ensure that every paid for last drop has been delivered and to make sure your gas-paying US $100 bills are newer than the latest flood of counterfeits.

Unfortunately there does not appear to have been any breakthroughs in ALS treatments.

Our next regular meeting was Thursday, February 15, 2018.

Attending from the Naval Academy were Hart Stringfellow ’48, Jim Carr ’55, Art Nussel ’55, Chic Day ’58, Russell Henderson ’58, Phil Meurer ’58, Tim Austin ’60, Ken Dixner ’61, Jerry Kennedy ’61, Mickey Smith ’61, Steve Jones ’68, Ty Tyler ’76, Charles Baker ’87, Franz Federschmidt ’06 and Joe Cox ’93.

Attending from the Military Academy was Norm Cooney ’66. Attending from the Merchant Marine Academy was Walt Visniski ’56.

Our meetings are held at 43rd Street Deli, 3483 SW Williston Road in Gainesville, Florida, at noon on the third Thursday of each month. Meetings last about an hour. Alumni and their families, current and future midshipman and cadets are invited to attend. Especially invited as our guests are military graduates currently attending the University of Florida.

send out information on local events, venues, and networking opportunities.

Jacksonville Chapter Pres: CAPT Michael O. Borns ’70, USN (Ret.) e: moborns@gmail.com

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Vice Pres: CDR Peter Garfield ’60 USN (Ret.) Treas: CDR John C. Snyder ’83 USN (Ret.) Website: www.usnaaajax.com BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Richard O’Sullivan ’77, USN (Ret.) p: 407-687-6877; e: raaos@aol.com

Shipmate Chapter Editor regrets that the January-February Chapter column was lost. Here is the full submission.

JANUARY-FEBRUARY PRESIDENT’S UPDATE: The chapter wrapped up the calendar year in November with a great Wall Climbers event at Veterans’ United Brewery. The brewery is owned and operated by a Navy veteran, who employs all veterans to operate his business. The other good news is that local area Mids were able to come home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, joining their families in a wonderful time of the year. The chapter board wants to wish everyone a Happy New Year and we hope to see you at one of our upcoming events.

Dial into our website (usnaaajax.com) for all the latest news. Don’t forget we’re in the middle of our membership drive, so visit the website and join.

Thanks for your support of USNA. eveNts of Note: * We had some great game watches throughout the season. Thanks to Nels Frostenson ’80 for coordinating events at Seachasers in Jax Beach.

Mike Borns ’70 and Glen Osteen ’61 enjoying the Navy/SMU game at Seachasers.

eveNts of Note: * On 4 February, Navy Lacrosse opened their 2018 season at Jacksonville University. The Parents’ Club and local alumni helped fill the stadium (with folks coming from as far away as Orlando). Before the game the Parents’ Club hosted a tailgate to get everyone excited about the 1200 start. The chapter raised $111 in donations by providing a chance to enjoy Pabst Blue Ribbon, which went to the PC to help support their programs. After the game, the Parents’ Club hosted a meal for the team and provided “Flying Back,” food packages.

Nels Frostenson ’80, Mike Borns ’70, and Paul Soares ’83 enjoying the Navy/SMU game watch

Alumni, Parents and Mids enjoying a great meal after the game

Mike Borns ’70, a proud member of ’16 (and First Division Officer, Iwo Jima), and Scott Bethmann ’80 enjoying the Navy/SMU game watch

* The first ever “All Service Academy Challenge” Golf Tournament was held at Mayport on 1 December, while the area prepared for the 2017 Army Navy Game.

Nancy Maxson (Bill Maxson ’52) and Susie Maxson Maltz (daughter) enjoying the Navy/Notre Dame game at Seachasers

upComiNg eveNts iNCluDe: “Wall Climbers”: Wall Climbers is an opportunity to talk about your business and your experience of transitioning to the civilian life with those in the middle of it. Bryan Burt (‘88) will be coordinating future events, so please keep your eyes open for further information.

All alumni in the Jacksonville area are encouraged to visit our website (usnaaajax.com) and update all their membership information in our online database. We routinely

The post game meal was a hit with players and fans

The Parents’ Club went “above and beyond” in welcoming the Navy Lacrosse team to Northeast Florida

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CHAPTER NEWS * On 7 February, Gavin Marts signed to play football at Navy.

Mike Borns ’70, Steve Dmetruk ’72 (Former Player) and BGO Dennis Volpe ’96 were invited to attend the event at Harvest Community School. Gavin’s father is Lonnie Marts who enjoyed a successful NFL career, last playing for the Jaguars. Gavin will report to Naps in the summer, and begin the path to get him on the field against Army. It was a treat to sit on the stage and observe this serious young man and to be welcomed by the entire school, staff and students.

Greater Miami Chapter Pres: CDR Mel J. Meinhardt ’80, USNR (Ret.) 3075 Virgina St., Miami, FL 33133-4534 p: 212-470-4181; e: mel@melmeinhardt.com Sec’y: Sergei Kowalchik ’67 e: sergei@bellsouth.net Website: www.usnamiami.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ USNAMiami BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Dennis R. Neutze ’65, JAGC USN (Ret.) p: 305-807-9648 e: dennis.navy65@googlemail.com

Orlando Chapter Pres: Turhan Hidalgo ’93 e: turhan_hidalgo@hotmail.com Sec’y: Mike Sobkowski ’93 e: usnaorlando@gmail.com Webmaster: Stan Clark ’79 e: shredder110@gmail.com Website: http://orlando.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Richard O’Sullivan ’77, USN (Ret.) p: 407-687-6877; e: raaos@aol.com

Future midshipman Gavin Marts committing to play football at USNA.

* College Night: On 22 February, Jim Ransom ’80, Dennis Volpe ’96, and Patrick Cooper ’10, manned a Navy Information Booth at the University of North Florida and had a steady stream of young people. Navy was one of 123 colleges and universities assembled for the information. *On 17-19 April, Tom Watson ’54, coordinated the 8th annual USNA ’54 Mini Reunion and Snowbird Golf tournament at NAS Jacksonville.

With help from the NAS Jax MWR Director, this year’s attendees were treated to a welcome aboard party on the T-Bar deck overlooking the St. Johns River, rounds on the base golf course, a banquet dinner in the O Club, a luncheon on the veranda of Mulligans Café, a cocktail party at Tom’s home, and dinner in a restaurant nearby. Tom reports that MWR provides exceptional support to make these events attractive and they’re interested in helping if you want to conduct a similar event.

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Palm Beach Chapter Pres: Col Walter J. Breede III ’63, USMC (Ret.) p: 561-493-8470; e: wbreede@1963.usna.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Dennis R. Neutze ’65, JAGC USN (Ret.) p: 305-807-9648 e: dennis.navy65@googlemail.com

Pensacola Chapter Pres: Kathy McCartan ’85 e: usnaaapensacola@gmail.com Sec’y: Pete Perez ’82 e: eliezerp@aol.com Website: Pensacola.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Joan Platz ’81, USN (Ret.) p: 850-304-1626; e: joan.platz@1981.usna.com

Southwest Florida Chapter Pres: Doug Backes ’70 e: dougbackes@aol.com Sec’y: Herbert John Andrews '68 e: herbiejohn383@gmail.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Dennis R. Neutze ’65, JAGC USN (Ret.) p: 305-807-9648 e: dennis.navy65@googlemail.com Website: southwestflorida.usnachapters.net

pResiDeNt’s CommeNts: Greetings from our sunny Southwest Florida chapter. As I write this we are down to the last two ”Season” events; our March 19th luncheon with USNA Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk as our distinguished speaker and a late entry luncheon on April 6th where we will hear RADM (ret) Steve Horton JAG Corps,

USN discuss his study on the two recent collisions between US Navy combatants and civilian maritime merchant vessels. This will quickly be followed by the annual migration of our “snowbirds” returning to their northern climes. Our time in SWF this season was eventful; from Hurricane IRMA recovery to a loyal alumni gathering to watch the hard fought Army-Navy game, to standing together to represent USNA in the tri-service golf tourney, to celebrating our camaraderie and hearing from five great speakers at our luncheons.

Chapter events are always important opportunities to get together and remember our alma mater and celebrate good times.

Alumni, parents and midshipmen visitors are always welcome to join us. Particularly for all you vacation variety “snowbirds”, please join us for any of our events, the SWF Chapter recognizes your membership in your home area chapters and we only ask you pay the going fare for attendance at the event itself. If you are in the SWF area for most of the winter months please consider joining our chapter and supporting our mission here. To all alumni here and everywhere have a great summer and see you next fall.

Doug Backes ’70 eveNt’s summARy: Our February 12th “Valentine’s Day” luncheon was the best attended so far with 71 alumni members and many guests enjoying a wonderful luncheon experience and Tom Kimmel, Jr. a fascinating talk by Mr. Tom Kimmel, Jr. about the events leading up to December 7th 1941 and the Kimmel family’s post-attack struggle to set history straight. We learned a great deal about CincPacFlt ADM Husband Kimmel’s actions to prevent the destruction at Pearl Harbor, failures of our intel infrastructure and shared culpability up the chain of command. “Kudos” goes out to Dave Dyke’59 who persevered over two years to arrange for our speaker.

Crowd at February 12th luncheon

While our Chapter team fought valiantly we were humbled but remained spirited as third place holders in the tri- service academy golf tournament held on 14 February.

Many thanks go out to Bruce Needham ’68 and Jim Mintun ’59 for coordinating our participation (15 members and family hit the links for Navy with one Navy “volunteer” helping USAFA fill out a team).

Special thanks to Jim Mintun for making all the arrangement for this Navy hosted event on his home course at Imperial Country Club.

USNAAA Golf Team

At our March luncheon on Monday 19 March, we were excited to welcome our speaker Mr. Chet Gladchuk, USNA Director of Athletics and 2016 recipient of the John L. Toner Award from the National Football Foundation & College Hall Of Fame. This is one of our most attended luncheons where parents of current mids and Blue and Gold officers with their prospective midshipmen guests are especially encouraged to be there to hear Chet review the entire athletics program and look into the future of Navy varsity sports. As done for Chet’s past 3 visits, Nick Paldino ’65 made all the arrangements for this highlight event. Well done Nick!

Friday April 6th, our final luncheon for the 2017 -2018 season, featured a 1973 graduate of USNA, RADM Steve Horton, JAG Corps, USN (Ret).

He presented a prepared talk on the recent spate of US Navy collisions in the Western Pacific in 2017.

CHAPTER NEWS These were very interesting stories and a nice launch board for some good discussion. Several chapter members also studied these events including RADM Hank White, JAG Corps, USN (Ret), chapter member from the Class of 1968 and incoming Vice President.

Our USNAAA SWF Chapter activities will be in hiatus from May thru October.

Herb Andrews ’68, Secretary, herbiejohn383@gmail.com

Space Coast Chapter Pres: CAPT Pete Peterson ’56, USN (Ret.) p: 321 952-2066; e: RETEP401@gmail.com Sec: LtCol Tom Schwartz ’56, USAF (Ret.) p: 321 255-5452 e: thomasschwartz@bellsouth.net BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Richard O’Sullivan ’77, USN (Ret.) p: 407-687-6877; e: raaos@aol.com

Suncoast Chapter Pres: Alois (Al) Burda '68 E: alburda3@verizon.net BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Steve Swift ’87, USNR e: sswift@1987.usna.com

Tampa Bay Chapter Pres: CAPT Chris Heath '72, USN (Ret.) p: 813-210-2615; e:christopherheath.fl@gmail.com Sec’y/Communications: Davidson Taveras '05 e: Davidson.Taveras@gmail.com Website: https://usnatampabay.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ pages/USNA-Alumni-TampaSt-Petersburg/ 120095454740213?sk=wall BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Steve Swift ’87, USNR e: sswift@1987.usna.com

Tampa Bay Chapter Social Hockey Game. Our local Lightning lost a valiant effort with 50 shots on goal.

4-3 loss to the NJ Devils at the very end. Lots of beer and wine was drank.

Bill Davis and Perry Dempsey ‘72 at the Lightning Game

In attendnace at our monthly meeting at Tate’s Pizza were: Chris Heath ‘72, James Castano ‘91, Jim Newsome ‘90, Steve Swift ‘87, Warren Hahn ‘60, Tom Draude ‘62, Don Aiken ‘78,

Janel Brown, Davidson Taveras ’05, Stanley Gray ’77, Rebecca Myers ’03, Scott Hottenstein ’92, Matt Poage ’94, Phillip Davis ’74, Bill Graham ’72, John Butterfield ’59, Andy Butterfield ’85, Perry Dempsey ’72, Dave Fuson ’82, Jim Hurst ’84, Brock Stolley ’84, and Jerry Dalton (Parent’s Club) ReCeNt eveNts: New Chapter Members – First we would like to recognize our newest chapter member: Jim Hirst ‘84. Jim, originally from the Tampa Bay area, is a former SH-60 Pilot and retired from service in 2011. Welcome back and thank you for your participation!

Information Day Picnic – a great annual event for prospective Midshipmen in the region. The picnic was held on March 11th at Picnic Island Beach Park in South Tampa.

Our chapter had well over 100 guests in attendance. With the support of our local members and current Midshipmen, it is always a great experience for prospective students and their parents to learn about the Naval Academy. upComiNg eveNts: Tampa Bay Airfest – scheduled for 12-13 May at MacDill AFB. The Navy’s own Blue Angels are headlining this family-friendly weekend event. We hope to see you there.

Navy v. Army Alumni golf tournament - scheduled for 18 May at the MacDill AFB golf course. This proves to be a great occasion to come enjoy a spring day in Tampa Bay. Go NAVY! More details can be found on our Facebook page. geNeRAl (ADmiRAl) Notes: Look for the Chapter on our Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/ pages/USNA-Alumni-TampaStPetersburg/120095454740213?sk =wall), our Website – https://usna tampabay.com/ and LinkedIn. Dues – Annual membership is $25 per year or $250 for a Lifetime membership. Dues may be mailed to our Treasurer, Jim Newsome ’90, or pay online via PayPal at https:// usnatampabay.com/ Communications – Stay up-todate with our alumni activities by making sure that our chapter secretary, Davidson Taveras ’05, has your

email address. Contact Davidson at Davidson.Taveras@gmail.com. See you next month – first Wednesday, 6pm at Tate’s Pizza!

georgia Atlanta Chapter Pres: Ed Brownlee ’81 e: Edward.brownlee@woodruffcenter.org Sec’y: Ron Surfield ’90 p: 678-523-6005; e: srsurfield@hotmail.com Website: http://WWW.USNAAAA.COM BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR Anthony Evangelista e: tonysevangelista.usna@gmail.com

thiRD ANNuAl usNA-usmAusAfA golf ChAlleNge The Atlanta Chapter announces the third annual service academy golf challenge. All are welcome, bring a friend!

Friday, April 27, 2018, Registration and Driving Range 08:15 - 09:00 SHOTGUN START AT 0900 (9:00 AM) Chapel Hills Golf Club, 3300 Golf Ridge Blvd Douglasville, GA 30135 Contact: Brad Jones (770-213-3555), or visit our chapter website at www.usnaaaa.com for more information.

2018 Dark Ages Dinner Party February 11, 2018 by Ed Brownlee ’81

The Atlanta Chapter of the US Naval Academy Alumni Association (USNAAAA) held its 2018 Dark Ages Dinner Party at the venerable 57th Fighter Group Restaurant. On a rainy Saturday evening in February, a total of forty-eight (48) Atlanta area alumni and spouses braved the soggy weather of the “dark ages” and gathered for an intimate evening of camaraderie and fellowship at the World War II era aviation themed restaurant located adjacent to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. The airport and restaurant occupies the original site of Naval Air Station Atlanta, which operated at the location from 1942 to 1959.

The USNA Alumni year groups represented during the evening spanned nearly forty years with Reggie Vachon ’55, the senior alumni present and DJ Marzetta ’94, the junior alumni present.

During the festive evening of re-telling sea stories and rekindling the shared experiences of USNA that binds us together, the group took a moment to remember the loss of Carl McCallum, Class of 1960, who was a foundation of the Atlanta Chapter for more than five decades.

Overall, the 26 Annapolis alumni present had an enjoyable and memorable evening of camaraderie and fellowship. The Dark Ages Party represents the third largest annual function hosted by the Atlanta Chapter.

As the evening concluded, Chapter President Ed Brownlee ’81 introduced incoming Chapter President Dante (DJ) Marzetta ’94; and, the evening ended with a rendition of the Academy alma mater...Navy Blue and Gold.

Pete Knoetgen ’77 and Steve Frederick ’72

Tampa Bay Chapter: Lightning game attendees included the following alumni and their guests!

Bill Graham ‘72, Don Aiken ‘78, Steve Swift ‘87, Rich Register USMA ‘71, Eileen and Greg Ginter USMA ‘81, James Hamm ‘84, Bud Alexander ‘56 , Tim Casey ‘83, Perry Dempsey ‘72, Hunter Jones ‘97, Nate Denman ‘97, Warren Hahn ‘60, and Jim Hirst ‘84

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Atlanta Chapter: Steve ’74 and Diane Rasin, Dennis ’74 and Ursula Tate, Ed ’81 and Andrea Brownlee, Chad Hyde ’91, and DJ Marzetta ’94

For more information regarding USNAAAA, please visit the Chapter’s Facebook page: www.facebook. com/USNAAAA

hawaii Honolulu Chapter National Chapter Trustee: Steve Colon ‘81 Pres: Makani Christensen ’03 p: 808-780-1253 e: usnaaa.honolulu@gmail.com Vice Pres: Ted Peck ’88 Sec’y: Vacant Shipmate Scribe: Paul Christensen e: makani.christensen@icloud.com Treas: Creighton Ho ’04 Parent’s Club Pres: Karen Sabogi e: usna.hi.parents.club@gmail.com Hawaii B&G Officer: LtCol John Turner ’93, USMC (Ret.) e: john.sebastian.turner@gmail.com

you who can’t make it, look for the photos in the next Shipmate.

Navy Football will be in our neck of the woods on 1 September 2018 to battle the University of Hawaii Warriors at Aloha Stadium. We have exciting events planned for the runup to the game. Come join us and soak up the Hawaiian sun! Look for details at www.usnahawaii.net Join us for our new monthly Pauhana events. Check the website for dates and locations.

Become a member of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association of Hawaii today!

idaho

Website: http: honolulu.usnachapters.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Roy Ledesma ’87, USN (Ret.) p: 208-954-3379; e: roy.ledesma@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ honolulu.usnachapter

Northwest Chapter

Aloha Shipmates, The Chapter recently selected new officers and is planning new events to bring all alumni in Hawaii together. Our first event will be in April to celebrate Founder’s Day. Although Founder’s Day is actually in October, our Keynote Speaker’s career plans warrant moving the celebration up to April. ADM Harry B. Harris, Jr. ’78, Commander, Pacific Command, and the senior alumnus in this half of the world, has graciously agreed to be our keynote speaker. Together with his wife, Bruni Bradley ’84, their retirement plans translate into being the U.S. Ambassador to Australia.

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Pres: Col Kenneth W. Moore ’66, USMC (Ret.) 31048 E. Hayden Lake Rd., PO Box 2020 Hayden, ID 83835-7059 p: 208-772-7494; e: eyehawk35@gmail.com

Southern Idaho Chapter Pres: Dennis Hanrahan ’68 p: 208-908-1955 Sec’y: Paul Campbell ’98

Honolulu Chapter:

indiana BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Timothy Naville ’76, USNR (Ret.) p: 812-944-4833; e: tnaville@twc.com

Indianapolis Chapter CDR Lynn Thomas ’83 h: 317-329-1773; e: lynntw@aol.com

Michiana Chapter Pres: John Ross ’94 e: johnwmross@me.com

(L-R): Ron Scudder ‘73; Jim Baker ‘60; Dick Swanson ‘72; & Gene Dehnert ‘63

Vice Pres/Sec’y: CDR John (Chris) Haizlip ’72, USN (Ret.) 15246 Longford Dr., Granger, IN 46530 p: 574-273-2939; e: CHaizlip@aol.com Treas: John Strauss ’69 e: e:jstrauss3373@att.net

Greetings all.....It’s hard to imagine we’re coming out of the dark ages here in South Bend. We’re actually seeing blue sky and sunshine on a regular basis... flower bulbs coming out of the ground & blossoms on the trees...Spring is here! The South Bend/Michiana Chapter continues their monthly luncheon tradition.

The 2nd Tuesday of each month at 12 noon at Bar Louie Restaurant in Mishawaka. A few fotos of all the fun we’re having:

(L-R): Paul Bradfield ‘53 with his Marine Corps Luncheon Award.... Devil Dogs: Hard on the outside; a cream-puff on the inside!

Louisville/ Southern Indiana Chapter Pres: CAPT Gregory Reinhardt ’79, USNR (Ret.) 712 Talon Pl., Louisville, KY 40223 p: 502-244-7707; e: greinhardt@1979.usna.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Gregory Reinhardt ’79, USN (Ret.) p: 502-244-7707; e: greinhardt@1979.usna.com

Treas: Vince Martino ’95 e: vinmartino@gmail.com

illinois BGO Area Coordinator: (Southern) CDR Michael Carnes ’74, USN (Ret.) e: usna74@att.net BGO Area Coordinator: (Northern, IL incl Chicago) Robert Falardeau p: 847-359-2990; e: raffamily@comcast.net

Chicago Chapter CDR Fredrick W. Weber ’75, USNR (Ret.) 2134 Evert Ct., Northbrook, IL 60062-6612 h: 847-559-9381; w: 312-845-3444 e: Fred.Weber@2comm.com Website: http://chicago.usnachapters.com

Michiana/South Bend Chapter: (L-R): Gene Dehnert ‘63; Paul Bradfield ‘53; Ron Scudder ‘73; Cal & Nori-Ann Bagby ‘77; Dick Swanson ‘72; & John Strauss ‘69

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louisiana

massachusetts

Louisiana Chapter

Boston Chapter

Pres: LCDR Andrew “Drew” Dodenhoff ’70, USN (Ret.) e: drewdode@yahoo.com

Pres: James Kras ’69 112 Beach St., Unit 4, Boston, MA 02111 p: 617-645-1032; e: jameskras@comcast.net

Vice Pres: Bo Thornhill ’04 e: bo.thornhill@gmail.com

Shipmate contact: CAPT Pete Seibert ’65 p: 781-235-5909; e: pkseibert@comcast.net

Sec’y: Wayne Morgan ’98 e: wayne.morgan@1998.usna.com

Website: http://boston.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: Mr. Kimber Johnson e: kimberjohnson@verizon.net

Treas: Michael Vesely '71 p: 504-616-6884; e: MikeVesely@msn.com

Eastern Mass: LCDR Bill Neill e: bneillwork2@comcast.net Western Mass: Mr. Sam Maranto e: samuel.maranto@bgo.usna.com

Website: http://www.USNALouisiana.org BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Kirk R. Benson ’87, USN (Ret.) p: 985-710-3454; e: kirk.benson@bgo.usna.com

maine Portland Chapter

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter: Secretary Dale Allison ‘78, Treasurer Ted Herring ‘67, Vice-President Ken Carkhuff ’82, and President Mike DeManss ’73 are the GSMC Officers for 2018.

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter

Pres: Jeffrey Peters ’85 7 Sumac Dr., Brunswick, ME 04011 c: 207-650-1744; w: 207-442-4703 e: jeffpeters85@me.com

Pres: Michael DeManss ’73 PO Box 277, Compton, MD 20627 p: 301-475-7028

BGO Area Coordinator: LT Jen Bohr Tyll ’01, USNR p: 207-829-8159; e: jenbohrtyll@gmail.com

Corr Sec’y: Michael Dougherty ’73 p: 240-925-7518; e: doughertymj8@aol.com Website: http://www.navyalumni.org

maryland Annapolis Chapter Pres: CDR Scott J. Shepard ’91, USN (Ret) p: 540-419-5564; e: scottjshepard@hotmail.com Vice Pres: Bob Roberts ‘94 e: wvbobroberts@gmail.com Sec’y–Shipmate Contact: Liesel (Danjczek) Schopler ’99 e: lieseldanjczek@hotmail.com Treas: Chuck Dixon ‘79 e: CBDixon@firstcommand.com Website: http://annapolis.usnachapters.net Join the Chapter: https://www.signupnow. events/USNAAlumniChapter_Annapolis/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook. com/groups/1118214745191/ (or search for: Naval Academy Alumni Annapolis Chapter) BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR Barry Davis ’85, USNR (Ret.) p: 410-793-5590; e: barry.davis@1985.usna.com

Baltimore Chapter Pres: Jason Hardebeck ’87 p: 443-269-1599; e: jhardebeck@whoglue.com BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR Barry Davis ’85, USNR (Ret.) p: 410-793-5590; e: barry.davis@1985.usna.com Join the Chapter: https://www.signupnow.events/USNAAlumniChapter_Annapolis/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/111821474 5191/ (or search for: Naval Academy Alumni Annapolis Chapter)

BGO Area Coordinator: Patti Thumm p: 301-737-1629; e: thummmw@md.metrocast.net

“DARk Ages” DiNNeR 2 febRuARy What’s Old is New!….Retro is “IN”!

GSMC’s happy constituents once again elected incumbent leaders to continue their service: Mike DeManss ’73, Ken Carkhuff ’82, Ted Herring ’67, and Dale Allison ’78 will continue in their roles as President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary, respectively, and Jim Sandberg ’69 and Scott Bruce ’79 will continue as members of the Board of Directors. Barbara Ives ‘80 received the GSMC “HERO AWARD” for her outstanding service to GSMC, USNA, the Southern Maryland community, and, especially, Military Veterans.

Attendees, which included NAS Patuxent River CO and XO, Jason Hammond ’93 (CAPT USN) and Chris Cox ’95 (CAPT USN), were treated to another excellent meal in the nautical ambiance of The Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education.

ALUMNI HOUSE Bring your event home!

Ogle Hall is ready to host your special event. events@usna.com or 410-295-4018

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter: Barbara Ives ’80 receives the GSMC “HERO AWARD” from GSMC President, Mike DeManss ’73.

AlumNi iN the News Barbara Ives ’80 —In addition to receiving the GSMC HERO Award (see above), Barb was featured in the St. Mary’s County Times (cover photo and full-page article) citing her “Life of Service”.

Robert F. Guyette ’04 (MAJ USMC) — Named Test Pilot of the Year by the Marine Corps Aviation Association John Glenn Squadron A toAst to those who hAve goNe befoRe us: Peter Conrad ’53 (RADM USN (Ret)), resident of Leonardtown, MD, passed away on 10 Dec 2017.

ComiNg eveNts 2nd Tuesday of Every Month (1700) —Chapter Meeting (open to all interested individuals), Flight Deck Lounge, NAS Patuxent River 11 May — MIDN Recognition Luncheon, 1130, River’s Edge Club 21 June — Summer Social, 1700, Port of Leonardtown

The Boston Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association and the West Point Society of New England have teamed up to co-sponsor a series of All Academy Social Mixers in the Boston area. The first mixer was held on 12 October at Charlie’s Kitchen in Cambridge. The turnout, over 50 people, completely filled the top floor.

The second mixer was held on 30 January at Meadhall in Cambridge near MIT. Again, more than fifty graduates gathered to tell sea stories and meet new people in the Boston area. There was a healthy mix of returning grads and new faces.

Meadhall was a great venue as they offered a large private room with plenty of space.

The next mixer will probably be held in May at Meadhall. An e-mail blast will announce the mixer.

Eventually, it will be on our website.

Pete Seibert ’65

michigan Detroit Chapter Pres: Arthur W. Bryant ’66 1811 Hollywood Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 h: 313-885-2174; c: 313-590-0301 e: arthurwbryant@gmail.com Website: http://detroit.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: Michael Bennett p: 586-468-7490; e: mbbennett@comcast.net BGO Area Coordinator: Col Benjamin Richmond ’93, USMCR p: 616-292-3045; e: brichmond97@earthlink.net

We had a very nice holiday lunch at The Dearborn Inn on Dec. 18. We welcomed new members Graham Sloan ’97 and his wife Louise Sloan ’99 who had attended a month ago at Beau’s. A lot of info was exchanged about the Detroit Area, everything from pot holes to great

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At the Clawson Steakhouse from left; Joe Zane ’07, David Ciha ’03, Michael Bearman ’11, David Albritton ’88, Art Bryant ’66, LT Clayton Young ’12, Howard Whitfield Poxon ’59, Louise Sloan ’99, and Robert Reagan ’07. Not pictured Graham Sloan ’97 and Lynne Bryant

sports to opera to living due North of Canada. (Yes, some of us do.)

At the Dearborn Inn from left; Art Bryant ’66, John Stockdale ’69, Graham Sloan ’97, Louise Sloan ’99, Brent Ditzler ’83, and Dave Ciha ’03

We had a larger gathering at the Clawson Steakhouse on Jan 29 due to Graham Sloan ’97 putting the word out to a number of people at General Motors. We were happy to meet Robert Reagan ’07 and Michael Bearman ’11 who work for GM in Warren and David Albritton ’88 who has an office in The RenCen, but lives in Virginia.

The weather was bad so a few others couldn’t make it. We were also joined

by LT Clayton Young ’12 who works in the Office of Admissions at USNA and is the Chicago/Detroit Admissions Counselor.

minnesota Upper Midwest Chapter

East side - second Friday - The Machine Shed, I-94 & Inwood Ave., Lake Elmo.

The entire chapter is engaged with planning the second annual Donald W. McCarthy Heartland Leadership Forum. The keynote speaker at the April 19th event is the Honorable Richard Armitage ’67, former Deputy Secretary of State. The topic this year is “Opportunities and Challenges in the Western Pacific.”

This year’s event takes on extra significance due to the passing Don McCarthy ’44, graduated in ’43, this spring. By any measure, Don lived an extraordinary life marked by service to his country and his community.

He served in two wars (WWII and Korea), worked his way up to Chairman and CEO of NSP, predecessor to Xcel Energy, and was involved in Twin Cities community organizations too numerous to mention.

Last year, Don honored the Chapter by allowing us to name the annual Heartland Leadership Forum event after him. We were so very lucky to have Don attend the first Forum in person last spring.

Pres: Jon Olson ’90 e: President@usnaaaumw.com

South Mississippi Chapter Pres: CDR E. Spencer Garrett IV ’88, USNR PO Box 1792, Gautier, MS 39553 p: 228-497-5050; e: esgarrett44@aol.com Sec’y: CAPT Harry J. Rucker ’73, USN (Ret.) e: navynomad50@caldeone.net

Nebraska BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Jerry Hodge '86, USN (Ret.) e: gerald.hodge@med.ge.com

Omaha Chapter Pres: Ray Foran ’00 p: 402-312-4917; e: rayforan@2000.usna.com

Nevada BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Scott Shire ’88, USN e: scott.shire@dhs.gov

Southern Nevada Chapter Pres: Tessa Carlson ’91 p: 702-809-6827; e: TessaCarlson@1991.usna.com Website: http://southernnevada.usna chapters.com/

New Jersey BGO Area Coordinator: (South NJ) David Restrepo p: 609-217-7057; e: dwrestrepo@aol.com BGO Area Coordinator: (North NJ) Mr. Cam Winkelstein e: ccwinkelstein@gmail.com

missouri

New Jersey Chapter

Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter

Vice Pres: William Kramer ’78 e: wilkramer@hotmail.com

Pres: bob Culler ‘74 P: 913-488-6319; E: bculler@sbcglobal.net

Sec’y: Bob Moran ’83 p: 732-208-8644; e: bobmoran@1983.usna.com

Vice Pres: victor hurlbert ‘10 P: 816-665-1647; E:vhurlbert@wradvisors.com

Website: www.usnanj.com

Pres: Patric Hurley ’87

Treas: Jack Rush ‘73 E: jackrush7376@gmail.com Website: http://KansasCity.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Jeffrey Kranz ’74 e: Jkranz@1974.usna.com

Website: http://stlouis.usnachapters.com Shipmate contact: Raese Simpson ’61 1138 Westmoor Pl., St. Louis, MO 63131-1320 c: 314-757-1221; e: raese1961@gmail.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/USNAAAUpperMidwest

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BGO Area Coordinator: David Price ’78 e: dep-78@sbcglobal.net

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Michael Kreyenhagen ’79, USN (Ret.) p: kreyten1979@gmail.com

Pres: Dave Turnbaugh ’89

Website: www.usnaaaumw.com

twiN Cities moNthly All seRviCe ACADemy bReAkfAsts: West side - first Friday - Kip’s Authentic Irish Pub, Marriott West, I-394 & US 169.

mississippi

montana

St. Louis Chapter

Shipmate Contact: David Bruns ’88 6325 Oxford Rd. S, Shakopee, MN 55379 m: 516-972-6597; e: david@davidbruns.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Mark Salmen ’73, USN (Ret.) p: 651-271-6690; e: mark.salmen@1973.usna.com

On 21 February Chip Sharratt ’74 and Ashley Fischer ’11 represented USNA at the 7th Annual Minneapolis STEM & Career Exploration Expo. The Upper Midwest Chapter partnered with the local Navy League, Navy recruiting, and the University of Minnesota NROTC program to host a Navy booth at the Expo. The all-day event provided a chance for over 2,000 Minneapolis 8th graders to explore STEM-related careers and education opportunities. Chip and Ashley talked with interested students about what it takes to become a Midshipman and how their enthusiasm for STEM could lead them to a rewarding career in the Navy or Marine Corps. The Expo was a fun way to teach kids about USNA and plant a seed in their minds for higher education and national service.

2017 Heartland Leadership Forum. From left to right: Moderator Dr. Massoud Amin, Keynote Speaker VADM Jan Tighe ‘84, Honoree Don McCarthy ‘44, J.R. Olson ‘90, Chapter President

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Michael Carnes ’74, USN (Ret.) e: usna74@att.net

BLUE & GOLD OFFICER Area Coordinators See a complete list at www.usna.edu/Admissions/ BGO.php

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New mexico New Mexico Chapter Pres: John Scott Kraus ’73 2304 Madre Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112 h: 505-296-7409; c: 505-366-7457 e: skraus@aquilagroup.com; or jkraus2304@aol.com Sec’y: Joseph McGuire ’68 p: 505-857-9679; e sunnymack@msn.com Vice Pres: Dr. Doug Meints ’77 p: 505-888-6800 e: mailto:dmeintschiro@gmail.com NM Parents’ Club Pres: Ms. Jeanette Harris p: 505-710-6646; e: totalbodywellness@msn.com Website: http://newmexico.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT David Swingle e: mailto:dswingle@newmexico.com

Our new New Mexico Chapter President Scott Kraus ’73 is bringing focus to the Chapter Board of Directors to set up a Spring 2018 dinner. In order to generate ideas and assign tasks toward this goal, Scott convened a meeting of the Executive Committee on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at the Canyon Club in Albuquerque. Other Chapter Officers present were Past President Casey Jones ’60, Past President Hank Schwartz ’62, Web Administrator Mike Blackledge ’63, Secretary Joe McGuire ’68, Vice President Doug Meints ’77, and Treasurer Ken Fladager ’78. After dinner was ordered, a lively review of possible speakers, proposed venue, workable dates, and other related issues ensued. Priorities were assigned for a follow-up meeting, which was held on February 21st at the same location.

At the second meeting, all directors named above also attended, and we were joined by Past Secretary Herb Richter ’59. At this meeting, the

Committee decided that the 2018 Spring dinner event would be held at the Canyon Club, 911 Four Hills Road SE in Albuquerque, on Thursday evening, April 19, 2018. The guest speaker will be novelist Mr. Joseph Badal, who is a decorated veteran U.S. Army officer, and Amazon #1 best-selling author. For local interest, Mr. Badal uses New Mexico as the backdrop for some of his suspense thrillers. He has also won Gold and Silver medals from the Military Writers Society of America. It promises to be an enjoyable and informative evening. The best source for current details about the dinner are posted on the NM Chapter bulletin board at http://newmexico. usnachapters.com.

New york New York Capital District Chapter

Alumni, family and friends are encouraged to attend the weekly Wednesday lunch at 1200 at Clear Path for Veterans in Chittenango, NY. You can call (315-687-3300) to let them know if you will be attending a lunch but calling is not necessary…just show up.

Alumni, family, friends, USNA parents, and others with an interest in the Naval Academy are welcome to join the Chapter at all Chapter functions. Call (315-655-5949) or e-mail Bob Fegan to let us know if you plan to attend a function.

Future Chapter activities will be addressed as they are planned. The Chapter’s website is a good source of current information.

Metro New York Chapter (NAANY) Pres: Tom Williams ’88 p: 212-255-3387; e: Tom_2500@msn.com

Pres: Frank Hughes ’80 p: 518-432-9193; e: frankhughes2@yahoo.com

HotLine: 1-800-234-USNA (8732)

Sec’y: Gordon Lattey 40 First St., Troy, NY 12180 p: 518-274-4989; e: ussslater@aol.com

BGO Area Coordinator: Mr. Aaron Obrochta e: aaron.obrochta@gmail.com

Website: http://capitaldistrictny.usna chapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: CDR William deVries ’91 USN (Ret.) e: USNA.BGO.AlbanyNY@gmail.com

Central New York Chapter Pres: Steve Erb ’68 e: steveerb@windstream.net Sec’y: Bob Fegan Jr. ’64 e: bobfegam64@gmail.com Website: CentralNY.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: Mr. Tom Ravener e: tom.ravener@gmail.com

Website: http://www.NAANY.org

BGO Area Coordinator: Maj David Terwilliger ’84 e: dterwilliger4@gmail.com

Western New York Chapter Pres: Jeff Bartkoski ’84 h: 585-398-7790; o: 585-396-0584 e: jbartkoski@mercyflightcentral.org Website: http://westernny.usnachapters.net BGO Area Coordinator: Doug Peters ’73 e: douglastpeters@gmail.com

North Carolina BGO Area Coordinator: Mike Roberts p: 303-638-7560; e: ncbgo9376@gmail.com

Cape Fear Chapter Pres: CDR Geoffrey A. Losee ’85, USNR (Ret.) 3128 Lantern Way, Wilmington, NC 28409 p: 910-763-3404; E: gloose@1985.usna.com Sec’y: CAPT David G. Samtmann Jr. ’92, USNR 8871 New Forest Dr, Wilmington, NC 28411 M: 910-547-1138; E: david.samtmann@ge.com Shipmate contact: Mr. James Welch ’52 1160 Arboretum Dr., Wilmington, NC 28405 p: 910-256-5489; e: jimlyne28@msn.com

Charlotte Chapter Pres: Guy Chamberlain ’73 p: 704-543-0720; e: gchamberlain@earthlink.net Sec’y: Jeff Searcy ’62 p: 704-341-2255; e: jeffsearcy@carolina.rr.com New Mexico Chapter: Canyon Club meeting 2/21/2018 of NM Chapter Executive Committee.

Clockwise from left around the table are Mike Blackledge ’63, Hank Schwartz ’62, Scott Kraus ’73, Doug Meints ’77, Ken Fladager ’78, Keith (Casey) Jones ’60. and Joe McGuire ’68.

Website: Charlotte.usnachapters.com

Eastern North Carolina Chapter Pres: Rob Skrotsky ’67 PO Box 847, New Bern, NC 28563 h: 252-514-0299 e: robert.skrotsky@1967.usna.com Vice Pres: Rick Kunkel ’67 p: 910-455-6280; e: rkunkel@ec.rr.com Sec’y: Tim Marvin ’59 PO Box 731, Kure Beach, NC 28449-0731 e: tmarvin738@charter.net Treas: Dennis Doyle ’66 215 Ticino Ct., New Bern, NC 28562 p: 252-638-2377; e: dennisdoyle66@gmail.com Website: http://easternnc.usnachapters.com

JANuARy meetiNg The meeting convened at 1200, 17 January at LaRosa’s Italian Restaurant in New Bern, NC. Twenty-three (23) members and their guests were present.

Ron Skrotsky ’67, President, began the meeting with a moment of silence and prayer for military personnel who are deployed, their loved ones awaiting their safe return, and for those who are suffering or grieving.

Mr. Dennis Doyle ’66, Treasurer reported the bank balance and also announced that chapter dues are due in January. Mr. Jim Kraft ’64, B/G Officer for Carteret County and surrounding counties, announced that three (3) students are still in the running for a nomination.

Mr. Skrotsky then introduced the guest speaker, Ms. Lindy Cummings, Research Historian at the Tyron Palace in New Bern. The town was the British colonial era capital of North Carolina before the revolution began and the Tryon Palace is the restored British governor’s residence and political center. She is researching the details about the raid that Major James H. Craig of the British army made on New Bern in August 1781, just before the final battle at Yorktown, Va. Craig had been wounded at Bunker Hill and participated in Battle of Saratoga. He had become the military governor of Wilmington after bringing a force by sea from Charleston, SC. However, the militia had moved all the military supplies out of the town before it was overrun.

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CHAPTER NEWS supplies and to encourage loyalists to rise up to defeat the patriots. The reason he raided New Bern, the capital of the colony, is not fully known. However, Ms. Cummings suspects the supplies that had accumulated there from privateers sponsored by patriots in the general area of Craven County made New Bern an inviting target. When Major Craig and his forces got to New Bern (about 90 miles from Wilmington and marching through the wetlands/ pocosin) the supplies had been moved and hidden. There were few casualties, British or local residents.

The raid seems to have been forgotten because the war ended shortly afterward as Lord Cornwallis marched all his forces northward to Yorktown. She said she is still researching papers from the era, including the recent publication of Lord Cornwallis’s diaries and reports. She then took questions, describing the civil war that was in progress in the southern colonies between patriots and loyalists during this period.

Mr. Skrotsky reminded the members and guests that the Navy vs. Air Force baseball tourney is scheduled for 23-25 February in Kinston. Members are encouraged to attend.

Rob stated the next meeting will be 21 February at Camp Lejeune.

The meeting adjourned at 1345. the febRuARy meetiNg The February chapter luncheon was held at the Officers Club on MCB Camp Lejeune on Wednesday, the 21st at 1145. Eight (8) members and their guests were present. Bob Dupuis ’79, convened the meeting.

Mr. Dennis Doyle ’66, treasurer, was not present but provided a report of the chapter bank balance and sent a reminder that dues are due.

Mr. Skrotsky, president, advised that the coming weekend will feature the USNA and USAFA baseball tournament in Kinston, NC. He encouraged members to attend.

Navy took the first two games. Air Force won the Sunday game 11 to 10 in sixteen innings. This was a record

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over the 8 years of this tournament as was the weekend crowd.

Mr. Dupuis asked each member to recall the first car he had acquired at graduation. Going around the table it was obvious that access to cars has changed at USNA. However, the salesmanship of local dealers has not changed. Bob then went on to relate how he disposed of his 1968 Corvette purchased first class year that still ran well but has been become a collector’s item according to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. He described driving the Corvette from Jacksonville, NC, to Bowling Green through a winter snow storm. This winter storm blanketed the southern Appalachians.

He observed how difficult it was to drive a car without power steering, no cruise control, a weak heater, and lacking other modern amenities we have come to expect in a 21st Century car. At Bowling Green he turned it over to the museum (it was a model missing from the museum’s collection) and came home in a 2018 Corvette taking the road called “Tail of the Dragon”, US 129 that follows the East Tennessee River and has 318 curves in 13 miles at the TN/NC border. Rob Skrotsky said that he went for a ’69 Porsche 911 after the first sea tour and drove that car with no air conditioning and marginal heat for the next 20 years.

A few other car tales went around the table.

Capt Skrotsky noted in closing he was looking at 22 Sept or 6 Oct for Founders Day, based on the USNA football team’s away schedule.

Some members routinely attend home games and finding a speaker from Annapolis is better when there is no home game.

The meeting adjourned at 1345.

Tim Marvin ‘59

North Carolina Triangle Chapter: Annual RTP Dark Ages Dinner

North Carolina Triangle Chapter Pres: Gray Tompson ’07 e: Gear313@gmail.com Sec’y: Chris Perrien ’74 e: ibmchris@mac.com Website: www.usnatriangle.org

Ahoy All from the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, 2018 began with a resumption of our monthly luncheon series: In January, Mike Deering of SEAL Development Group and now an MBA candidate at UNC spoke of his service experiences to an audience of 35. February welcomed Jeremy Mario of Mario Family Partners, father of Gretchen 20, who discussed career transition and the increasing employment opportunities for veterans in the region.

Begun in 2011, the Chapter returned to the Angus Barn Steak House for its Annual Dark Ages Dinner. 52 guests compared fables of their days in Mother B. In addition to the customary toasts, invocation and semi-formal dress, we played a game of Table Rates to learn who earned Black Ns, who still had their Reef Points and who met their spouses at USNA. Grads in attendance included: Tarey & Kim Gettys ’97, Ken & Mary Smith ’66, Brandon & Kayla Not ’87, Captain Jeff & Catherine Truitt ’93, Captain Doug & Martye Guthe ’76, Cdr. Bill & Anne Sena ’95, Greg Huber ’73, Paul Espinosa 87, Cdr. Jeff & Lynn Edgar ’81, Girard & Annette Lew ’60, Captain Steve & Becca Gillespie ’87, Pete & Bliss Turner ’87, George & Karyen Lipscomb ’87, Captain Reece & Heather Morgan 89, Matt Baker ’06, Mike & Debra Flentje ’76, Jeff & Cathy Jeffries ’64, Bob & Jeri Adams

’73, Dan & Jeannie Marusa ’74, Chris & Tessa Perrien 74, Gray & Vickie Tompson ’07, JD & Lisa Cunningham ’84. The sea locker of Academy memorabilia included a genuine lock box; a 1950s vintage set of white works; an intact 1973-74 Trident calendar; a 1993 Plan of the Day; and a late model bayonet belt, white, one each with Mark 1 buckle.

The March luncheon greeted Dr. Bob Adams ’73 for a discussion of his recent book, Six Days of Impossible: Navy SEAL Hell Week - A Doctor Looks Back. The General Davie Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented service pins to Chapter members who served during the Vietnam War. The luncheon Mess included 35 members, guests and welcomed Captain Carrie Hasbrouck to the RTP as she just retired as SEAL CIO in Coronado.

On April 5th we hosted an after-hours gathering in lieu of a monthly luncheon. These quarterly events are intended to attract those whose work schedules complicate attendance at noon meal gatherings.

Related info can be found at our Chapter Facebook page: https:// www.facebook.com/pg/USNAAA RTP/ events/?ref=page_internal Upcoming Events are the 4 May luncheon with Commander Bob Griffin US Coast Guard, the 2nd Annual Plebe Picnic for the class of 2022 on June 16. July continues the tradition with the 7th Annual Family Picnic at the Durham Bulls Ballpark on July 15th. Complete Chapter news, events and membership info: www.usnatriangle.com.

Go Navy!

Chris

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Columbus Chapter: Dark Ages Pub Night at Soulshine Tavern and Kitchen

Goats: Thank you, Mike and Jeanne, for welcoming us into your home!

Cleveland Chapter Pres: CAPT Fred W. Bergman ’75, USNR (Ret.) p: 440-570-3564; e: FWayBergman@aol.com Sec’y: John Blackburn ’82 e: joblackburn@clevelandtrack.com BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Thomas Hartline ’81, USNR (Ret.) p: 216-433-5298; e: thomas.w.hartline@nasa.gov

Columbus and Central Ohio Chapter Pres: CDR Tony Konecny ’79, USN (Ret.) e: konecnya@hotmail.com Comms: Dave Goins ‘84 e: dgoins84@columbus.rr.com Three floors of Army-Navy fun inside!

Cincinnati Chapter: Taking a break from the fun

Piedmont Chapter Pres: CAPT Claude Lumpkin ’65, USNR (Ret.) E: clumpkin@1965.usna.com Vice Pres: Tom Cornejo ’00 E: thomas.cornejo@yahoo.com Sec’y: Josh Fogle ’03 E: foglejw@gmail.com

North Dakota Upper Midwest Chapter See Minnesota BGO Area Coordinator: Susan Canham p: 701-226-2204; e: scanham2@gmail.com

BLUE & GOLD OFFICER Area Coordinators See a complete list at www.usna.edu/Admissions/ BGO.php

ohio Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky Chapter Pres: CDR Vince Scott ’89 USN (Ret.) p: 405-334-7305; e: vhscott@att.net or vscott@secgrusolutions.com Sec’y/Chief of Chapter Comms: Ted Johnson ’02 p: 513-405-5243; e: teddijohnson@yahoo.com Website: http://www.usnacinci.org BGO Area Coordinator: LT Leonard Green ’06, USNR e: Leonard.Green@gmail.com

Mike Dinn (’78) and Jeanne Schroer opened up their home, a wonderful 1847 historic mansion in Covington’s Riverside Historic District, to host this year’s ArmyNavy Watch Party. The 30+ alumni, family and friends that attended enjoyed the great company, a beautiful view of the city and the Ohio River, some tasty beverages and delicious BBQ. Hopefully, next year we’ll enjoy a win! From all of Old

If you haven’t heard, the University of Cincinnati and Navy football game will be in Cincy this fall. In the spring of 2019, the USS CINCINNATI is being commissioned. The Alumni Association is partnering with the Parents Association, the Navy League and other organizations to host events (reception, tailgating, fly-over, etc.) for the UC-Navy game and the Commissioning.

We are on the lookout for people willing to help plan and organize. If that’s you, please reach out via Facebook & LinkedIn (USNA Alumni Association - Cincinnati Chapter), or cincyusnaaa.weebly.com.

Treas: Chris Rosen ‘90 e: crosen@cutlerhomes.com Shipmate Contact: LT Eric Marquardt ’07, USNR e: eric07usna@gmail.com Webmaster: Robert White ‘94 e: robwhite614@gmail.com Parents’ Club President: Tom Klitzka e: tklitzka@columbus.rr.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT D. Michael Crites ’70, USNR (Ret.) e: mcrites@dinsmore.com

To celebrate the Dark Ages, Chapter members gathered for a Dark Ages Pub Night at Soulshine Tavern and Kitchen in New Albany. The dark, rainy night did not dampen the festivities of good food, drink, and camaraderie. In attendance were Wayne and Lisa Hallenbeck ’71, Dave and Nancy Guza ’78, Fred and Suzy Lucci ’78, Dave Goins ’84, Jeff Evers ’87,Chris Rosen ’90, Jeff Uhde ’91, Janine Curcio ’04, Ben and Emily Sandman ’10, and Wes Huber ‘10 .

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oregon Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter Pres: Doug Ballard, ‘74 e: cassandra.alpha61@comcast.net

Columbus Chapter: Dark Ages Pub Night at Soulshine Tavern and Kitchen

Pittsburgh Chapter Pres: William E. Otto ’71 4105 Tartan Ct., Murrysville, PA 15668-1045 e: figaro4105@aol.com Website: Pittsburgh.usnachapters.com

VP: Mike Carmichael, ‘69 e: mikec@1969.usna.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT David Gates ’77, USN (Ret.) p: 724-632-6621; e: LJreese357@aol.com

Treas: Ted Scypinski, ‘90 e: ted.scypinski@flir.com

Susquehanna Valley Chapter

Sec’y: Pete Crystal ’70 e: pete.a.crystal@gmail.com

Pres: Del Becker ’85 p: 717-537-5732; e: delbecker@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT “Butch” Bewick ’62, USNR (Ret.) p: 503-319-4653; e: Jsbewick@aol.com Website: oregon.usnachapters.net

Sec’y: Gib Armstrong ’91 e: gibshar@gmail.com Treas: Charlie Perkins ’71 e: CharlesPerkins71@gmail.com

pennsylvania

BGO Area Coordinator: Janet Catina p: 570-350-7678; e: jcatina@catinalaw.com

Website: http://www.usnasvc.com

Tulsa Chapter Pres: Rocky Goins ’84 e: rockygoins@hotmail.com Vice Pres: Patrick Hamilton ’87 e: patrickhami@gmail.com Sec’y & Treas: Kasey (Cregge) Carradini ’84 e: kcarradini@hotmail.com

Toledo Chapter Pres: David B. Puckett ’63 5051 Chatham Valley Rd., Toledo, OH 43615-1107 e: dpuckett@buckeye-express.com BGO Area Coordinator: Mr. Arthur Wickerham E: artwickerham@gmail.com

oklahoma BGO Area Coordinator: Jeff Stewart e:jeff.stewart@hpidc.com

The Tulsa Alumni Chapter met at the Tulsa Press Club on February 22 to elect new officers and adopt new bylaws. Rocky Goins ’84 was elected President, Patrick Hamilton ’87 was selected as Vice president and Kasey (Cregge) Carradini ’84 will stay on as Secretary/Treasurer.

The Chapter also voted to make contributions to the Coffee Bunker, a local veteran’s support group, and to the USS Tulsa Commissioning Committee. Joel Bennett ’05 was the junior alumnus present. Harry Rouse ’77 was the senior alum in attendance. George Carradini ’84 and Shea Ferrell ’81 were also able to join the group for pu-pu’s and adult beverages. The new leadership is looking for inputs and ideas on what the local alumni would like to do as a chapter.

Oklahoma City Chapter Pres: CDR James M. Novak ’91, USN (Ret.) p: 405-524-1006; e: novak6@sbcglobal.net

The Oklahoma City Chapter continues to gather at Anchor Down about once per quarter on Thursday evenings from 5:30-6:30 pm.

Our most recent event was March 8th, and we have an upcoming happy hour scheduled for May 31, 2018. Hope to see you there!

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“New Tulsa Chapter officers (l to r), Patrick Hamilton, Kasey Carradini and Rocky Goins”

Philadelphia Chapter Pres: Kevin McCloskey ’93 e: kevin@mccloskeymail.net Sec’y: Nick Rygiel ’04 e: nick.ryg@gmail.com Website: http://philadelphia.usnachapters.net BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Farrell '76, USN (Ret.) e: tim.farrell@1976.usna.com

upDAte text After a protracted administrative battle, the Philadelphia Chapter is now a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. This step was crucial for enacting various strategic initiatives that will make our Chapter more impactful in our community. For more information, including an all-members vote on new Chapter Bylaws, please visit our website (see URL above).

In March, we were delighted to welcome Tim Disher ’81, Director, International Programs Office, to our All Academy ‘Happy Hour’ Speaker Series. All those who turned out thoroughly enjoyed the camaraderie and learning about the global opportunities available to current midshipmen. Speaking of which, please join us May 10th at Flourtown Country Club for our annual Welcome Aboard Dinner as we meet and congratulate the incoming Class of 2022. Full details are on our website and facebook page, where you can also sign-up to our email newsletter.

Recreational vehicle American Chapter Pres: Jay Williams ’67 e: wjay@bellsouth.net Sec’y: Gary Polansky ’69 e: g.polansky@att.net Treas: Glenn Shindler ’64 4530 Lasheart Dr., La Canada, CA 91011 e: gshindler64@earthlink.net Shipmate inputs to: ‘Nita Parry e: mauryplace@aol.com Website: www.unarv.usnachapters.net Photo 1 group picture; 3 COL / RV: RV Chapter: Key West Fun Fellowship & Memories

POD from Paradise: Enjoy great sunrise, greet morning Navy security patrol, morning colors with coffee; decide which fun KW activities will be your own personal POD until Sunset Happy Hour plus evening fun & games. The RV Chapter welcomed February with 9-days of warm Key West sunshine to enjoy “Fun, Fellowship & Memories”.

For 42 attendees, this truly was “Memories” of enjoying this Annual USNA “Beach Party” previously and for ten, it was learning firsthand that all this fun they’ve heard so much about is all true.

Firsties Rose and Tom Wolfe ’70 volunteered to lead the Chapter’s longest continuous Come-Around as brand new RV chapter members with only 2017 experience in Key West. Both a brave and extremely well executed decision! Enormous gratitude to the CO of NAS Key

CHAPTER NEWS Jacksonville increase chapter membership up to 105!

Sound like fun? Mark your calendars for the traditional conclusion of the RV Chapter year with the Watts Bar, TN gathering 23 - 28 October. More fun is also planned for October focused on Navy at Air Force on 3 October, the Albuquerque Balloon Festival and Notre Dame game in San Diego on 27 October.

All details available at USNA RV.usnachapters.net. And even while you’re reading this article, the Chapter is enjoying the charms of Old Florida in Mt Dora for 8-days.

RV Chapter: Key West Fun Fellowship & Memories

West and the MWR staff for their assistance and hospitality.

Enjoying the KW fun were: Gail Kelly & John Schultz ’59; Kathy & Merrick Bayer ’65; Elizabeth & Mike Currie ’67; Patti & Jay Williams ’67; ’Nita & Jack Parry ’67; Netta & Don Wigington ’67; Pat & Jim McNeece ’67; Stevie & Hank Giffin ’67; Kitty & Mike Bolier ’67; Vicki & Mike Tkach ’68; Val & Gary Polansky ’69; Eva & Andy Wehrle ’72; Lynne & Jim Connors ’74; Pam ’80 & Scott Rogers ’78; Tim & Joan Platz ’81. First timers included: Gail & Jim Swoope ’70; Wendy & Kirk Daniels ’75; Kathy & Fred Weber ’75; Ellen & Steve Howse ’75; and Kathy & Dick Meade ’67.

Special guests included RADM Christopher Tomney, USCG USCGA ’86, Director for the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS) who is very familiar with 7th Wing of Mother B from his exchange semester at USNA. RADM Stephanie Keck USN, Deputy Director joined the Director. JIATFS is located on the same grounds as the USNA ComeAround site at NAS Truman Annex, housing a staff representing 20-countries and numerous Federal agencies.

Activities included some traditional and some new. Traditional: Firstie Welcome Dinner, a delightful meal with surprise made-from-scratch mini-cannonballs; Daily Sunset Happy Hours; White Elephant Auction, proving that one person’s trash is another’s treasure; Blind Wine Tasting; Sunset Cruise; Cornhole Tournament; Mike Bolier’s

golf outing; Chico’s Cantina lunch; Olympics featuring “Old Goats” plus their pets; Margarita Night by OIC Tom Wolfe ’70 as trained by Jim Roberts ’59; Pot-luck Supper under the stars; Sunday Brunch presented by the finest chefs in the Chapter; Until-we-meet-again Farewell Breakfast. Auction money raised at this Key West Come-Around has been donated to Hurricane “Irma” relief needs at MWR facilities in Key West. New: NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary/ Eco-Discovery Center; NOAA National Weather Center brief with details about Hurricane Irma; Fish Fry Dinner featuring “Catch of the Week” thanks to Skipper Mike Currie’s boat “Tailhooker”; USNA Jeopardy to test grad memories.

Picture with two flag officers;

Tailhooker leaving the pier

Welcome to more new members!

Cindy and Pete Miller ’76 of

Rv Ch A pt eR

RV Chapter Welcomes Woody Aboard!

Meet the newest “star” of our Chapter.

Woody is small in statue, measuring only 15-inches tall - or maybe that’s 11-inches tall - and really skinny at 1.5-inches wide, but strong willed thanks to a life of hard experiences when used as an RV leveling pad. Seems Woody was found forgotten at a Chapter Come-around. He so badly wanted to stay with USNA folks that he begged to be taken along in spite of not being a USNA grad. Woody was willing to pay his way by being auctioned to the highest bidders during traditional chapter white elephant fund raisers, thus ensuring continued association with USNA grads. After a stunning bid of $2, Su and Dale Gange ‘70 became the first official stewards and provided Woody a chapter name tag which is worn proudly all the time. After 16,300-miles traveling with Ganges, Vanessa and Tim Hallihan ‘72 were involved in a spirited bidding war to escort Woody home from the September 2017 Come-Around at Hershey. Significantly increased in value, Woody spent 849-miles with Halliahans to reach the Annual Watts Bar Come-Around. Woody found himself departing with Patti and Jay Williams ‘67, who would ensure that Woody would not miss the annual Key West Come-around in February 2018. As of this writing, Woody felt a $35 bid was worthwhile to travel with Val and Gary Polansky ‘69 because he heard they were planning to go West for lots of new adventures. After less than a week with Polanskys, Woody had already traveled 440-miles to see the magnificent Grand Oaks RV and Horse Resort near the world famous Villages of Central Florida.

However, that fun following a week in Key West called for some rest at home in Belleair Beach before sharing all those planned adventures with Polanskys. Plus, Woody now has to adjust to living with cats just as he adjusted to living with a doggy family. Stand-by for stories of Woody’s many adventures with the RV Chapter as being his escort is a coveted recognition for members.

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Rhode island BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Stuart Craig ’86, USN e: sbcraig@1986.usna.com

Rhode Island Chapter Pres: Col Paul Muller ’88, USMC e: usmctanker@cox.net

south Carolina BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT A.J. Olsen e: Aljolsen_1920@yahoo.com

Central Savannah River Area (Aiken, SC; Augusta, GA; and surrounding areas) Pres: LtCol Dave Smith '73, USMC (Ret.) e: dsmith708@atlanticbb.net Sec'y: Bob Van Buren '63 e: bobjanvb@aol.com Website: http://csra.usnachapters.com

Charleston Chapter Pres: CDR Rick Stein ’82, USNR (Ret.) 784 Preservation Pl., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 p: 843-856-6591; w: 843-557-7021 e: USNA_AA_Charleston@Comcast.net Website: www.RickSteinOnline.com

JANuARy meetiNg On Monday, January 15, The Charleston Chapter held its Monthly Luncheon. Our Speaker was Dawn Davis, Public Affairs Specialist with the National Park Service In attendance were: Max Hill ’51 Chuck Horne ’52 Fuzzy Knight ’53 Dick Wright ’53 Jim Blandford ’55 Jim Flatley ’56 Bill Spearman ’60 Curt Holcomb ’61 John Nuernberger ’64 Ray Setser ’65 Bill Caiazza ’66 Jim Welsch ’67 Greg Wood ’68 Winn Harding ’68 Tom Gillespie ’69 Bill Bobo ’72 Ron Malec ’74 Dave Oyster ’74 Joe Delpino ’75 Dave Shimp ’76

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Art Horn ’77 Bob Jordan ’80 Rick Stein ’82 Sam Kojm ’82 Greg Shore ’84 Dennis White ’87 Jim Miller ’89 Kai Yeh ’90 Paul Mallory ’10 febRuARy meetiNg On Monday, February 19, The Charleston Chapter held its Monthly Luncheon. Our Speaker was Tim Taylor, Founder, Tri-County Veteran Support Network In attendance were: Fuzzy Knight ’53 Tom Mayberry ’53 Bill Spearman ’60 John Nuernberger ’64 Larry Elberfeld ’64 Ray Setser ’65 Mike Epprecht ’65 Jim Welsch ’67 Wayne Wilson ’67 Bill Nold ’71 Al Olsen ’72 George Voelker ’72 Steve Weise ’72 Bill Bobo ’72 Jim Lyons ’74 Dave Shimp ’76 Denny Simon ’77 Art Horn ’77 Bob Jordan ’80 Rick Stein ’82 Sam Kojm ’82 Greg Shore ’84 Jim Miller ’89 Paul Mallory ’10 The Charleston Chapter meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 12 Noon in Mount Pleasant. No reservation required.

Low Country Chapter Pres: Mr. Doug Ogden ’67 424 B.B. Sams Drive, Dataw Island, SC 29920 h: 843-838-0077 e: DouglassOgden@gmail.com Sec’y: Mr. Thomas M. Anderson ’60 p: 843-987-0121 e: tomandcarola@embarqmail.com Website: LowCountry.usnachapters.com

Palmetto Chapter: February Happy Hour

Palmetto Chapter Pres: Jerry Pilewski ’97 E: jerrypilewski@gmail.com Vice Pres: Mike Epprecht ’65 E: mike.epprecht65@gmail.com Treas: Matt Felt ’88 E: matt.felt@baldor.abb.com Sec’y: Fred Rickabaugh ‘70 E: frickabaugh1@bellsouth.net BGO Area Coord: Eve Dallas E: dallasbgo@gmail.com

The Palmetto Chapter owes a debt of gratitude to Wes Boyce ’89 for his amazing service, completing a second tour of duty as the Chapter President. Wes led us through an impressive variety of activities and strengthened bonds with other community organizations.

The chapter kicked off 2018 with an informal happy hour at the Pour Taproom in Greenville. BZ to Kristie Colpo ’04 for serving as the fun boss and getting us out of winter hibernation to enjoy each other’s company. Welcome to Shelley and Mike Metskas ’74 who just moved to the area; Mike’s Midshipman nametag was shined and ready for inspection! Also in attendance were: Susan and Don Baldwin ’74, Andrea and Clay Saunders ’84, Wes Boyce ’89, Brian Treanor ’89, Alisson and Matt Krause ’96, Carter McCrary ’03, and Jerry Pilewski ’97.

Some great events are lined up between this submission and press-time. On St. Patrick’s Day, in concert with the Navy league, we

will host an awards dinner at the Poinsett Club to recognize the top 2018 Mid from South Carolina, MIDN Ben Dunphy. Several of us met Ben when he spoke to the chapter last November. On April 28th, we will beat Army … in cornhole and grilling. We will combine forces with the local West Point society for a picnic in downtown Greenville’s Cleveland Park. Moving forward, we are preparing to have a regular drumbeat of events. Please get the latest and post ideas on the chapter’s new Facebook page, found be searching “USNA Alumni Association - Palmetto Chapter.” For those who live in the Upstate SC area or are just passing through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, come on by!

Jerry Pilewski ‘97

South Carolina Midlands Chapter Pres: CAPT Mike Kehoe ’71, USN (Ret.) 1270 Polo Rd., Apt 321, Columbia, SC 29223 p: 803-865-8664; e: mandnkehoe@hotmail.com Sec’y: Katie Hirsch e: mkh5325@aol.com Website: www.usnasc.org

spain Rota Chapter Pres: Michael Carsley ’88 e: michael.carsley@eu.navy.mil Vice Pres: Ryan Eilerman Treas: Cassidy Masey ’06 e: cassidy.a.massey@gmail.com Sec’y: Dustin Cunningham

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tennessee

texas

Chattanooga Chapter

Alamo Chapter

Pres: Richard “Scott” Jones ’00 9935 Penneywood La., Ooltewah, TN 37363 p: 804-363-3589; e: rsjones23@hotmail.com

Pres: CAPT Ron A. Sandoval ’81, USN 18010 Keystone Blf., San Antonio, TX 78258-3436 Please send Shipmate Submissions and all correspondences to: Sec’y: Dave Driskell ’63 PO Box 461564, San Antonio, TX 78246-1564 e: info@alamogoats.org

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Richard Cataldi ’69, USN (Ret.) p: 865-966-4677; e: cdrcataldi@tds.net

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter

Website: http://www.alamo.usnachapters.com

Pres: CDR Richard Cataldi ’69, USN (Ret.) p: 865-966-4677; e: cdrcataldi@tds.net

Facebook: Alamo Chapter NAAA BGO Area Coordinator: Maj Bruce Davis ’85, USMCR p: 210-877-1612; e: bruce.davis@parsons.com

Sec’y-Treas: CAPT Mark Kohring ’73, USNR (Ret.) e: mark_kohring@mac.com BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Richard Cataldi ’69, USN (Ret.) p: 865-966-4677; e: cdrcataldi@tds.net

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter:Left to right: Mark Kohring ’73, Rich Cataldi ’69, Mitch Eisenberg ’99, Duane Beck ’60, Brian Horais ’72, Kent Chastain ’61, Rudy Escher ’78, Rich Snead ’77, Bob Milhiser ’64 and Ed Whiting ’57

The Knoxville-Oak Ridge (KOR) Chapter was in a celebratory mood in 2017 for two key reasons. We completed the twentieth full year since the founding of our chapter in November 1996. As part of the new chapter’s business that winter, one of our founding members, the late Jack Richard ’52 worked with the Naval Academy Athletic Association (NAAA) to arrange for the Navy Lightweight Crew team to come to Oak Ridge during their 1997 spring break to row on the Clinch River, which is significantly calmer in March than the Severn. This past year, the KOR Chapter and the Navy Lightweight Crew team celebrated the crew team’s twentieth visit to Oak Ridge.

One of the “selling points” for bringing the midshipmen to Oak Ridge in 1997 was Jack Richard’s pledge that he and his neighbors who lived a short distance from the marina would house the then group of 24 mids and their coach during their week-long stay. One of Jack’s neighbors, Dr. Marvin and Reeva Abraham, signed up to host a couple of rowers after hearing how well-mannered and respectful these young men were. In 2017, the Abraham’s “retired” due to health reasons as the last remaining “plank owners” of Jack Richard’s original list of host families. Our chapter recognized the Abraham’s with a framed Robert Miller photograph of a Navy crew team in action. We were saddened to learn that Dr. Abraham passed away in November.

The KOR Chapter and the Navy Lightweight Crew team will always remember the Abraham’s for their giving spirit by opening their home to the midshipmen for the past twenty years.

We had a great turnout for our annual “Welcome Aboard” picnic for the incoming class of plebes from the East Tennessee area and their families. Brian Horais ’71 briefed Meaghan Allen of Dobyns Bennett HS, Naomi Parks of Roane County HS, and Joshua Gable of McCallie HS on the Another Link In The Chain (ALITC) program and what the Classes of 1971 and 2021 would be doing together the next four years. Mark Kohring ’73 briefed the incoming Class of 2021 on the RADM Samuel P. Carter Award which is given annually to the highest ranked graduating midshipman from the state of Tennessee and hoped that in four years, the KOR alumni chapter would be presenting a sword to one of them to follow in the footsteps of Nathan Greenwood ’09 and Ellen Bradford ’16.

To celebrate the Naval Academy Founder’s Day in October, we gathered at the Cherokee Country Club and enjoyed great food, drink and camaraderie as we toasted our C-in-C and each of our nation’s military services as per the standard toasting protocol but also several impromptu toasts to our various warfare specialties and our ladies.

Ed Whiting ’57 was our most experienced member present and Mitch

Eisenberg ’99, our host and chapter vice-president, was the most junior.

In December, it was Navy’s turn to host the annual Army-Navy football game party. Given that Army was trying to add to their one-game winning streak, we expected a larger than normal turnout of West Point alums at the home of Susie and Rich Cataldi ’69. Nearly 60 “Squids” and the “Whoops” showed up to watch the closely contested game and none left until after the singing of the alma maters and even though we sang first, we easily out sang our Army friends.

The chapter concluded another successful year with a contribution to the Naval Academy cemetery for Wreaths Across America and the donation of two tickets to the Military Bowl where Navy easily defeated Virginia in the “George Welsh Bowl.” Sadly, we bid a sad farewell to our shipmates with the passing of Bill Clark ’48, Terry Camilleri ’59, and Tom McKay ’65.

Memphis Chapter Pres: Judd F. Osten ’64 p: 678-644-7755; e: juddosten@1964.usna.com BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Paul Schuhlein ’85, USN (Ret.) p: 901-751-2225; e: pschuhlein@yahoo.com

Nashville Chapter Pres: CDR John F. Ohlinger ’69, USN (Ret.) 880 Lakemont Dr., Nashville, TN 37220-2124 h: 615-370-1441; w: 615-594-7628 e: john.ohlinger@usna.1969.com BGO Area Coordinator: Thomas Forsythe ’79 e: tom_forsythe@kyzen.com

We held our first modified format monthly meeting on February 17 at the Flying Saucer. It was a social affair with the Chapter funding the light snacks. Attendees were Bill (70) and Elizabeth Broderick, Tom (76) and Janie Cahill, Mike (80) and Carmine (81) Chapline, Tom Colbourn (68), Tony Cruz (80) (with his two children), Dave (63) and Fran Driskell, Mike Goodwin (65), Jim (62) and Anne Kiehle, Bill (63) and Linda Marie Penn, and Lawrence Stovall (84). It was great to see some different faces and the social intercourse was spirited. We may have picked up a couple of new BGOs as well which is always a good thing. There was some discussion of having a picnic style affair in June at a venue with burgers and a playground for the kids. Stay tuned for more info. By the time you read this we will have had a noon meeting at Greystone Prep School on Saturday April 28 to meet with the new plebes at that school. This will be our third annual event with Greystone. By all accounts the new class really appreciates our attendance and perspectives on their coming adventure.

This past week (Feb19 – 24) was Navy Week in San Antonio. This was mainly a ‘big navy’ operation with members of USS San Antonio, EOD group, Navy Band, etc., fanning out across the city to spread the news about naval service and the assorted benefits. LCDR Martin Fajardo from USNA Admissions made several visits to area high schools and universities and was supported by area BGOs. Navy week will occur again in two years.

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CHAPTER NEWS You should also know that the Texas area Parents Club sponsored a ‘BBQ Day’ at Dahlgren Hall in February to get the Texas Mids together. Alamo Chapter chipped in $500 to help support the effort. BZ to Chapter members for their generosity.

Dave Driskell ‘63

Austin Chapter Pres: Brad Holbrook ’06 p: 410-718-8839; e: bradley.holbrook@gmail.com Tony Cruz and Ted Kuhlmeier enjoying the food at Flying Saucer

Vice Pres: Dan Hanley ’10 p: 281 435 2523; e: dhanley10@gmail.com Treas: Kevin Windbigler ’86 p: 512-923-5010; e: hans2886@austin.rr.com Shipmate Contact: CDR Don McAlister ’63, USNR (Ret.) p: 512-365-7068; e: don.mcalister@austin.rr.com Website: Austin.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: Maj Bruce Davis ’85, USMCR p: 210-877-1612; e: bruce.davis@parsons.com

North Texas Chapter Pres: Junior Ortiz ’81 e: pres@usnaaa-ntx.com Sec’y: Carrie Busch Murdock ’99 e: secy@usnaaa-ntx.com Anne and Jim Kiehle at Alamo Chapter February social

Carmine and Mike Chapline enjoying the Alamo Chapter February social

BGO Nelson Balido and Lcdr Martin Fajardo address students from Marshall High School

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game a great day for alumni and their families. Times, costs, and other information will be disseminated through email and posted on our website. We look forward to a great show of support for Navy.

As always, the current field of officers is seeking to engage with all alumni in North Texas. Barriers to membership of the local chapter was a topic covered by the new officers in February. We are really seeking ideas from our area alumni.

If you have input, comments, or suggestions, send them to secy@usnaaa-ntx.com . Please continue to stay tuned as the events for the year are developed and posted to the website.

Membership has its benefits. $10 a year gets you discounts to all our fee events and member only newsletters before the public. Are you class of 67 or older? You’re membership is paid from the time you’ve served already! GET INVOLVED! Help us plan and run events! Don’t think we have the type of event for you? Let us know.

Create the activity!

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter

Treas: Logan Spiva ’10 e: logans999@gmail.com

Pres: Chris Black ’07 e: chrblack07@gmail.com

United Kingdom Chapter Pres: Tim Fox ’97 e: timfox97@hotmail.com Vice Pres: Open Sec’y: Lisa Aszklar Wife, Henry ’81 e: lisa.aszklar@gmail.com

Vice Pres: Bret Leach ’08 e: bret.e.leach@gmail.com

Board of Directors: Cody Nissen ’11 e: cnissen.mba2018@london.edu

Sec’y: John Augusto ’02 e: m020234@2002.usna.com

Evan McNeer ’06 e:emcneer.mba2018@london.edu

Treas: Rich Bulger ’69 e: rlbulger69@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

Website: www.usnaaa-ntx.com

Website: txgulfcoast.usnachapters.net e: txgulfcoast.usnachapters@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Thomas Kaprurch ’75, USN (Ret.) p: 972-317-6218; e: tom.kapurch@gmail.com

BGO Area Coodinator: Rick Mawdsley e: rmawdsley@gmail.com

After such an eventful December, your North Texas Chapter took things slow in January, with the first lunch of the year occurring on February 13. The meeting saw the first engagement of Junior Ortiz as our incoming chapter president, Carrie Murdock as the incumbent secretary, Kevin Snodgrass as Vice President of membership, and Russ Coolman as the incumbent treasurer. The Vice President of Programs is currently vacant and the Board of Directors is currently exploring how to fill.

An update of the Chapter and the vision for the coming year was the topic covered during the speech

by Junior Ortiz. The chapter is currently seeking input as to future events to host and that both area alumni wish to see.

As we recently announced, the Navy will play SMU on September 22 here in Dallas. Preparations are already underway to make the

united kingdom

Ah... Spring. Renewal. Rebirth.

The end of the dark ages. And the changing of the guard. Congratulations to our newly elected Chapter Officers and Board: in addition to our new Officers, listed above, our Board includes Rick Bush ’69, Jim Davis ’71, Royce Engler ’73, Ken Franks ’99, Matt Guyton ’07, Dan Hanley ’10, Bart Jealous ’65, Tyler Johnson ’07, Ed Klein ’72, Bill Pritchett ‘01.

We have a very busy year coming up, with tons of activities for our Chapter members. We have announced our Spring, monthly lunch line up, we have an evening event planned for this summer, several happy hours with our partner Veteran organizations, and of course, by the time this hits the press, our Foundation’s annual Top Gun fundraiser(in July) will he in campaign mode. Check out our website and sign up for our newsletter to stay current.

As this column goes to press, Storm Emma, which Met Office forecasters have dubbed “the Beast from the East” because it swept in from Siberia, is mercilessly pounding the UK, and red alerts are up for a significant portion of the country.

At the same time, the Mid-Atlantic, including Mother Bancroft, is suffering through hurricane-force wind gusts and local power outages from Winter Storm Riley. Folks on both sides of the Atlantic are asking whatever happened to Spring!

London may have escaped relatively unscathed, but the recent snowstorm from Siberia left us pondering the arrival of Spring

CHAPTER NEWS On this side of the Pond, we were excited to welcome Matt Gallery ’05, who blew into town from New York City on business in early March.

Matt is an LBS grad and former UK Chapter member now with UBS. Chapter President Tim Fox ‘97 welcomed Matt in true UK style, with a couple of rounds at the most quintessential of all British meeting places: the local pub. Tim reports that it was great to catch up and made Matt promise to bring better weather on his next visit to the UK.

AtteNDiNg: *USNA (20) – Stephanie Humphrey ’59D and friend John Bolt, Jim Clark ’66, Bob and Linda Allen ’67, Mike Hester ’69, Ken and Leona Robinson ’70, PJ Falten ’70, Kevin and Lisa Dolan ’71 Al Porter ’72, Marcus and Pam Fisk ’78, Steve Thatcher ’84, Barry Gittleman ’89, Tabeetha Moesinger ’91, Darrin Briggs ’03, George and Kaylene White ’10P, and Mark Peterson ’15P *USMA (21) – Lew and Linda Brown ’62, Jerry and Fran Garwick ’62, Chris and Erica and Stan Wangsgard ’65, Kevin Riedler ’81, Russell Schneiden ’83, Nick Goupee ’09, Alexander Pinigis ’13, Peter and Sondra Dittmer ’20P, Ron and Peggy Espell ’20P, Kathy Baker family ’21P, Thomas Davenport ’22 and Landon Davenport ’24, mom Tona Davenport and drag Laura Knighton.

Intermountain Chapter: Getting Set Up

virginia Central Virginia Chapter UK Chapter President Tim Fox and visiting alum Matt Gallery dressed for “the Beast” and caught up over drinks during Matt’s recent visit

On a more serious note, we recently bade goodbye to Wes ’01 and Paige ‘01 Turbeville, who have relocated back to the US. This couple has been a valuable part of the Chapter for the years they’ve been in the UK, and they will be sorely missed.

Fair winds and following seas, Wes and Paige!

Finally, the UK Chapter extends congratulations to MIDN Nate Bermel ’18, MIDN Christopher Cantillo ’18, and MIDN Michelle Tran ’18, all of whom recently received international scholarships to study in the UK. Nate is the Academy’s 51st Rhodes Scholar (and the 16th mid in 15 years to receive this prestigious scholarship!) and will pursue a master of public policy degree at Oxford University.

Chris received a Marshall Scholarship for two years of study at Cambridge University, and Michelle received a Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in water science and policy

Pre: Bill Murray ’83 whmurray34@gmail.com Intermountain Chapter: Another Navy/Army Group Photo

Vice Pres: Jeff Holloway ’77 jeffrey.holloway@ngc.com

at either King’s College London or Oxford University. Congratulations to all, and remember: you have a landing spot with the UK Chapter.

Until next time ... Go Navy!

Sec’y: Ed Borger ’80 ed.borger@honeywell.com

utah

Treas: Steve Hill ’74 swhill74@cstone.net BGO Area Coordinator: Don Aldridge e: n774pk@gmail.com

USNA Seniors

Intermountain Alumni Chapter Pres: Robert Allen ’67 e: ba@robertallen.org

Pres: CAPT Dick Enderly ’71, USN (Ret.) p: 757-467-5167; c: 757-647-5155 e: bsbalcdmn@cox.net Website: www.usnahamptonroads.com

Treas: Nyles Christensen ’75 e: nylesc@hotmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR David Lannetti ’81, USN (Ret.) p: 757-423-8602; e: dlannetti81@gmail.com

Website: http://utah.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: Steven Thatcher ’84 e: steventhatcher@ymail.com

DeCembeR 9, 2017 – ARmy/NAvy footbAll eveNt USNA and USMA Alumni, family, and friends gathered at Legends Sports Grill in Salt Lake City to watch the NAVY –ARMY football game in the Philadelphia blizzard. It was a tough loss, a heart stopper for the ages, and exciting as ARMY alumni celebrated a two-year win streak. A large crowd attended as Army hopes were high following their 2016 win.

Hampton Roads Chapter

USNA Super Seniors Jim Clark ’66 & PJ Falton ‘70

USNA Cheerleaders

Early in the year two Navy athletic teams visited Hampton Roads for contests against Old Dominion University. On 27 January the Women’s Tennis squad fell to ODU 7-0. However about 35 Navy fans, several of whom were former women’s tennis players, had a great time cheering on the team and talking to the young ladies and their coaches.

Then on 2 February over 150 fans wearing Blue & Gold turned out as the Navy wrestlers dominated the

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CHAPTER NEWS Monarchs and administered a 25-8 shellacking. Several fans gathered in ODU’s Big Blue Room prior to the match and were joined briefly by Head Coach Joel Sharratt and several wrestlers not competing that night.

Virginia Peninsula Chapter (formerly the Williamsburg Chapter) Pres: Ben Francisco ’73 p: 757-784-0786 e: roger.benton.francisco@gmail.com Vice Pres: Kathleen Jabs ’88 e: kjabs@aol.com BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR David Lannetti ’81, USN (Ret.) p: 757-423-8602; e: dlannetti81@gmail.com Website: vapeninsula.usnachapters.net

Hampton Roads Chapter fans and the Navy Women’s Tennis team at the Old Dominion match.

Ken Marks ’71 with Navy Women’s Tennis players Catalina Rico and Isabel Balsavage

Terry Foust ’71 with Midshipmen wrestlers and other Hampton Roads Navy fans at Old Dominion meet

VADM Bruce Lindsey ’82 and wife Linda chat with Mark Scharfe ’71 at Navy-Old Dominion wrestling

In the world of socialization and camaraderie, the Chapter’s 25 January Dark Ages Happy Hour at the Yard House in Virginia Beach was a rousing success with well over 100 attendees. Jennifer Lorio ’00 orchestrated that affair; and about one month later Craig Quigley ’75 led us to some great food and liquid refreshments at the River Stone Chophouse in the lessfrequented hinterlands of Suffolk.

Events coming up – a joint venture

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with the Virginia Peninsula Chapter at the James River Country Club in Newport News; Navy Men’s Tennis versus Hampton University and Norfolk State University; a luncheon/ Annual Chapter Meeting at the Sewells Point Golf Course Norfolk Room; the 10th annual Joint Service Academy/ROTC Information Day on 21 April; a 26 April foray through the tunnel to Portsmouth (also reachable by ferry) for a Happy Hour at the Legend Brewing Depot; our annual Spring Golf Outing at NAS Oceana on 17 May; and another combined get together in May with the Virginia Peninsula Chapter at the Gauthier Winery near Williamsburg.

At the aforementioned Annual Meeting the election of our 20182020 Board of Directors will have produced several new faces. Details on those changes in the Chapter leadership and many of the above events will be included in the next issue of Shipmate.

Our January Monthly Networking Breakfast emceed by Adam Kinnear ‘94 featured Joel Rubin, Chairman of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors.

February’s Breakfast speaker was Special Agent Martin Culbreth ’90, head of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office; March featured Dennis Popiela ’78 relating his experiences as an EMT with the Virginia Beach EMS System; and in April representatives from Norfolk’s NARO Theater, including Perry Miles ’63, discussed their unique movie lending program

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and entertained us with a movie trivia contest.

As always information on upcoming events will be promulgated on our website, announced via “Chapter Blaster” emails, and posted on Facebook and other social media venues.

Dick Enderly ‘71

Quantico Area Chapter Pres: Bob Taylor ’74 e: dogofgold@yahoo.com Vice Pres: Tom Connally ’83 e: ConnallyTJ@gmail.com Treas: Nancy Springer '87 e: QACUSNAAAtreasurer@yahoo.com Sec’y: Melanie Salinas ’09 e: Melanie.Salinas.18@gmail.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT James H. Czerwonky ’63, USN (Ret.) p: 703-533-3566; e: jczerwonky@verizon.net

Our plans to host an event monthly in rotating locations around the Peninsula are well underway with up- coming events scheduled in Yorktown, Newport News, New Kent County and Williamsburg.

We started of the year in Williamsburg with a Dark Ages/ organizational lunch at Center Street Grille in the New Town area on Saturday, January 20. We welcomed new members: Mike & Pat Carron ’68, Bryan & Wendy Cochran ’93, and Joe & Twyla Wilson ’83.

We held our second annual Valentine’s Luncheon at La Tienda, in Williamsburg, on February 18, where Dianna Logan once again proved a gracious hostess and presented the ladies with red roses.

Pictured are Dianna Logan and her friend Diane LaChance.

Website: http://usnaalumniquantico.com

Richmond Chapter Pres: Michael Metzger ’89 e: michael.metzger@1989.usna.com Sec’y: Mac Bullock ’95 e: mac.bullock@techport13.com Website: http://richmond.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR David Lannetti ’81, USN (Ret.) p: 757-423-8602; e: dlannetti81@gmail.com

Shenandoah Valley Chapter Pres: David McLellan ’73 p: 540-722-2060; e: dcmclmd@earthlink.net Sec’y: LCDR Grayson Redford ’63, USN (Ret.) p: 540-662-6142 BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT James H. Czerwonky ’63, USN (Ret.) p: 703-533-3566; e: jczerwonky@verizon.net

upComiNg eveNts iNCluDe: March 17, Saturday, noon - 2 p.m., our USNAAA VA Peninsula and Hampton Roads Chapters have arranged a combined luncheon to bring together Naval Academy Alumni for a buffet at James River Country Club in Newport News. Mike Petters, President and CEO Huntington Ingalls Industry (HII), our keynote speaker, will talk about Newport News Shipbuilding along with Ingalls Shipbuilding, Technical Solutions Division, Fleet Support Division, Integrated Missions

CHAPTER NEWS Solutions, Nuclear & Environmental Companies, and their Oil & Gas Groups.

April 13, Friday, noon – 2 PM, we will gather at Le Yaca for a luncheon.

Howard H. Hoege III, President and CEO of The Mariners Museum and Park in Newport News, will be our keynote speaker. We will be sending out details to reserve a space very soon.

May will be a Saturday visit to Gauthier Vineyard in New Kent County for a tour and wine tasting.

We will invite the Hampton Roads Chapter (HRC) to join us. Details are still being worked but this tour continues to receive rave reviews.

(May is also the Plebe Recognition Dinner Hosted by HRC in Norfolk).

June 22, Friday, noon to 2pm, we will meet at Cochon on 2nd Street in Williamsburg for a luncheon.

Doug Norton ’65 will discuss “American Presidents, North Korean Dictators, and the Elephant in the Room,” his thoughts on current events. Doug wrote the Code Word series of international thrillers. The first two in the series are Code Word: Paternity and Code Word Pandora. They offer a fictional take on a clear and present danger—Kim and the nuclear-armed military he controls. Plots that reviewers have called “tomorrow’s headlines” plunge readers into a cauldron of politics, power, technology, and risks that governments can’t acknowledge.

On a higher plane, they enumerate the demands and costs of duty and ask whether evil can be overcome with good, without resorting to evil methods.

July – To escape the summer heat, we will be spearheading some family fun at the new indoor golf tavern, Revolution Golf and Grille, 1430 High St, Williamsburg. We’d love to have someone step forward and organize this event.

August 24, Friday – Bill Riffer will be our guest speaker; Bill continues to be one of the most popular instructors at Christopher Wren.

BLUE & GOLD OFFICER Area Coordinators See a complete list at www.usna.edu/Admissions/ BGO.php

Check out the chapter website www.usnaaa-psc.org for upcoming events and plan to come out to meet our new leaders at one or more events this year!

Puget Sound Chapter: Left to right, front to back— David Morgan (Outgoing Parents Club President), Joanna Hwu ‘08, Don Lachata ‘63, Chris Bajuk ‘04, Steve Fabry ‘65, Chuck Pelletier ’68, Peter Stitt ‘83, Todd Nichols ’72 (Incoming National Trustee), Chris Payton ‘99, Craig Wiesen ’97, Doug Cook ‘74, Ron Waddell ’67, Carol Hoffman ’80, Bill Center ’68, Jordon Voss ‘03, Stephanie McKinnie ‘99, Jordan Rusk ‘12, Jim Adkins ’58 (Outgoing National Trustee), Walt Draper ‘61, Ryan Roberts ‘00, Mike Riley (Incoming Parents Club President), Bill Bulis ‘90

September – Congressman Wittman (R-VA) town hall meeting and luncheon at Patriots Colony, Williamsburg. The Habitat for Veterans Charity golf tournament will be held at Sewell’s Point in mid-September again this year, hosted by ’69 and the Hampton Roads Chapter.

October – Founder’s Day luncheon, brunch, or dinner at Riverside in Old Yorktown. Speaker TBD. November - TBD; suggestions welcome.

December - Army / Navy Game 2018 at Paul’s Deli in New Town, Williamsburg.

We use your dues for Plebe Recognition Dinners, Sponsoring Summer Sessions and donations to the Honor Flight program. If you haven’t paid already, request you send your 2018 dues of $20 or $50 for 2018 – 2020 to: USNAAA VA Peninsula Chapter c/o Ben Francisco 3 Popeley Court Williamsburg, VA 23188 Thank you, Beat Army!

Ben Francisco

washington BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR Michael Beard ’00, USNR e: m-mikebe@microsoft.com

Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter Pres: CAPT Edward Schwier ’69, USN (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 Website: http://hanford.usnachapters.com

Puget Sound Chapter

washington, DC Area Greater Washington Chapter Pres: Fred Latrash '87 e: president.usna.alumni.gwc@gmail.com e: fred.latrash@gmail.com Vice Pres: Jamie Fleischhacker '00 e: jfleisch21@gmail.com Sec’y: John Anderson p: 619-417-8676; e: jonanderson95@mail.com

Pres: Craig Wiesen ’97 e: cmwiesen@gmail.com

Website: www.usnaaagwc.org

Corr Sec’y: Chris Bajuk ’04 e: chrisbajuk@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: Rob Breakiron ’02 e: rbreakiron@gmail.com

Website: http://pugetsound.usnachapters.com

Like many chapters, the Puget Sound Chapter has been working hard to attract younger alumni to our leadership team. We’re happy to report Craig Wiesen ’97 has relieved Bill Center ‘68 as chapter president effective February 27, 2018. Todd Nichols ’72 will be relieving Jim Adkins ’58 as our national trustee this spring.

The average age and graduating class year of our leadership team is now nearly 30 years younger than it was when Bill took the helm five years ago. We have two women alumni on the team and hope to add at least one or two more over the next year or two. It isn’t difficult to sort the “new” from the “old” in the accompanying photo taken to commemorate the event which was held at “Ivar’s” on the Seattle waterfront.

The “old goats” will remain active in the chapter, but it’s clearly time for new leadership, flush with enthusiasm and fresh ideas. We’re all excited about the transition and expecting great things from the chapter in the coming years. The working relationship with the Parents Club and the Blue and Gold Area Coordinator remains on a strong, positive track.

wisconsin BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Craig Walker ’83, USNR (Ret.) p: 262-502-9124; e: craig.a.walker@ge.com

Wisconsin Chapter Pres: Timothy Mahoney ’10 e: mahoney@2010.usna.com At Large: Chris Adams ’75 p: 414-553-0982 Website: http://wisconsin.usnachapters.net/ WISNAPA Co Presidents: Wally & Janet Fullmer e: wbfullmer@gmail.com; janet.fullmer.6244@gmail.com Website: http://wisconsin.usnaparents.net/

2018 NAVY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Follow Navy Football at navysports.com

1 Sept 2018 @ Hawaii 9 Sept 2018 vs Memphis 15 Sept 2018 vs Lehigh 22 Sept 2018@ SMU–Dallas, TX 6 Oct 2018 @ Air Force 20 Oct 2018 vs Houston–Homecoming 27 Oct 2018 vs Notre Dame –(SDCCU Stadium) San Diego, CA

3 Nov 2018 @ Cincinnati 10 Nov 2018 @ UCF –Orlando, FL 17 Nov 2018 vs Tulsa 24 Nov 2018 @Tulane –New Orleans, LA 1 Dec 2018 AAC Championship 8 Dec 2018 @ ARMY–Philadelphia, PA 1-800-US4-NAVY

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LAST CALL Lloyd Roland Vasey ’39 RADM, USN (Ret.) 7 March 2018 Marcy Mathias Dupre III ’42 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 17 February 2018 Arthur Gray Hamilton Jr. ’42 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 11 November 2017 Robert Devore McWethy ’42 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 29 January 2018 Carlton Kay Perkins ’44 Maj, USMC 13 February 2018

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun —Laurence Binyon, 1914 and in the morning, we will remember them.”

Lawrence Bilder ’47 u 11 February 2018

Alexander Dalzell MacDonell Jr. ’49 24 January 2018

Richard Ashby Dadisman ’47 CDR, USN (Ret.) 6 January 2018

Lee McComas Ramsey ’49 CDR, USN (Ret.) 9 March 2018

James Henry Doyle Jr. ’47 VADM, USN (Ret.) 23 February 2018

Robert Raymond Reiss ’49 14 February 2018

Dean Lundt Kellogg ’47 CDR, USN (Ret.) 7 December 2017 Stephen Dale Marvin ’47 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 25 December 2017

James Samuel Sorrels Jr. ’44 24 January 2018

Earle Noble Trickey ’47 u CDR, USNR (Ret.) 19 February 2018

John Gorham Ward ’44 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 13 January 2018

Stansfield Turner ’47 u ADM, USN (Ret.) 18 January 2018

Morris Alfred Esmiol Jr. ’45 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 26 January 2018 Frederick Sasscer Gore ’45 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 25 January 2018 Robert John Shaw ’45 5 December 2017 George Peabody Steele II ’45 u VADM, USN (Ret.) 13 February 2018 James Junior Whetton ’45 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 19 January 2018 Millard Alfred Carlson ’46 7 January 2018 William Marshall Huey ’46 11 January 2018

Edwin MacMurray Chapline ’48 16 March 2018 Robert Hall Flood ’48 CDR, USN (Ret.) 26 January 2018 James Riley Moore Jr. ’48 25 January 2018 Robert Craig Olson ’48 u CDR, USN (Ret.) 24 January 2018 Donald Britton Bosley ’49 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 13 March 2018 William Cole Dotson ’49 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 2 February 2018 Donald Joseph Loudon ’49 u CAPT, USNR (Ret.) 27 January 2018

Ernest Duke Sanders ’49 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 4 March 2018 Clyde Luther Scott ’49 30 January 2018 Carroll Winspear Anstaett ’50 31 January 2018 Earl Kaye Dille ’50 CDR, USNR 31 January 2018 Charles Annistone Orem ’50 CDR, USN (Ret.) 1 March 2018 Philip Joseph Ryan ’50 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 19 February 2018 David Leroy Tobin ’50 20 February 2018 Glenn Milton Brewer ’51 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 23 February 2018

William Henry Langenberg ’51 u RADM, USNR (Ret.) 1 February 2018 Robert James Courtney ’52 1 March 2018 James Francis Helsel ’52 u LtCol, USMC (Ret.) 7 February 2018 Lawrence Layman ’52 RADM, USN (Ret.) 20 January 2018 William Frank Gibbes Lykes ’52 13 February 2018 Richard Ross Pettigrew ’52 23 January 2018 Kenneth Godfrey Smith ’52 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 7 February 2018 Charles Lenard Boyer ’53 u LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 27 January 2018 Reginald William Butcher Jr. ’53 12 October 2017 Andrew Daniel Dubino ’53 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 4 February 2018 Laurence Thomas Furey ’53 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 28 February 2018 Louis John Gardner ’53 u LCDR, USN (Ret.) 16 February 2018 Brian Patrick McCrane ’53 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 20 February 2018 Charles O’Dell Middleton III ’53 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 16 February 2018

Charles Edgerton Jackson Jr. ’46 6 February 2018

Joseph Abbott Muka Jr. ’53 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 3 March 2018

William Conrad Nicklas Jr. ’46 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 19 January 2018

u Obituary appears in this issue

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This list consists of alumni deaths we have learned of since our last issue.

Full obituaries will appear in Last Call if/when families send them in.

LAST CALL Edwin Franklin Spar ’53 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 11 February 2018 Snowden Cameron Ager ’54 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 11 January 2018 Charles Ernest Bailey Jr. ’54 CWO, USNR (Ret.) 4 February 2018 William Boiko ’54 Maj, USAF (Ret.) 8 February 2018 Horace Wayne Brandon ’54 6 January 2018 Richard Francis Burns ’54 u CDR, USN (Ret.) 24 January 2018 Stanley Powell Houghton ’54 Col, USAF (Ret.) 24 January 2018 Jonathan Swift Hurt ’54 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 18 December 2017 Raymond Francis Pavia ’54 24 February 2018

Gary Lawson Snyder ’55 6 March 2018 John Watterson Wynne ’55 u 13 February 2018 Stephen Ernest Gauthreaux ’56 25 February 2018 Carl Alfred Nelson ’56 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 3 February 2018 Robert Ashton Schade Jr. ’56 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 2 December 2017 Frank Donald Scovel ’56 u CDR, USN (Ret.) 8 February 2018 John Davis Thurber ’56 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 18 January 2018 Owen Charles Baker ’57 u Col, USMC (Ret.) 23 January 2018 Richard Noel Charles ’57 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 20 January 2018

Michael Carl Stevens ’59 u Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) 25 January 2018 Claudius James Britell ’60 Maj, USMCR 8 February 2018 Robert Alfred Correll ’60 u 31 January 2018 James Everett Hancock ’60 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 29 January 2018 Terrence Clark Hubbard ’60 u 28 January 2018

Michael Thomas Korbet ’66 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 28 January 2018

William Theodore Gurneé ’61 CDR, USN (Ret.) 28 February 2018

Robert Joseph Shuppon ’66 5 March 2018

George Frederick Hawkes Jr. ’55 28 January 2018

John Arthur Chambers ’62 Maj, USMCR (Ret.) 31 May 2017

Alexander Willis K McDowell ’55 21 February 2018

Ernest Leroy Pyle ’58 u 14 February 2018

Ben Ford Holt Jr. ’59 CDR, USN (Ret.) 23 January 2018

Stanley Sidney Skorupski Jr. ’55 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 15 February 2018

John Gardiner Richards Roddey ’59 u Col, USAF (Ret.) 11 February 2018

Richard Wayne Gardner Jr. ’65 u 12 February 2018

Bertrand Beasley Cassels Jr. ’61 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 3 March 2018

Michael Joseph Kelly ’57 Col, USMCR (Ret.) 14 February 2018

Joel Davis Patterson ’55 2 February 2018

Douglas Terrell Evans ’65 22 January 2018

Martin Joseph Healy ’66 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 2 March 2018

James Edward Shew Jr. ’61 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 19 February 2018

Sidney Riddle Wynn ’58 27 February 2018

Henry Dominick Salerno ’64 u 28 February 2018

Howard Lawrence Sipple Jr. ’60 CDR, USN (Ret.) 15 March 2018

Robert Irving Heisner Jr. ’57 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 9 October 2017

Peter William Odgers ’55 Maj Gen, USAF (Ret.) 20 January 2018

Robert Harold Nichael ’64 CDR, USN (Ret.) 26 February 2018

Harry Leon Turner II ’65 1 March 2018

Sarason David Liebler ’61 u 22 January 2018

James Francis Topping ’54 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 13 February 2018

William Edmond McClure ’64 u 25 December 2017

David Keith Moore ’60 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 7 February 2018

Don Alvin Clark ’57 Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) 10 November 2017

Kenneth Aldrick Peterson ’54 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 1 February 2018

Robert Lee Gault ’64 12 March 2018

John Warren Schropp ’62 CDR, USN (Ret.) 14 January 2018 Donald Michael Tobolski ’62 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 12 April 2018 Denis Joseph William Bell ’63 CAPT, USN 27 February 2018

Thomas Martin Zinkand ’67 21 February 2018 Gerald Edward Stephenson ’68 u LT, USN 28 January 2018 Jerome Dean Kislia ’69 21 February 2018 Eric Eugene Matchette III ’69 24 February 2018 Wilburn Mac Blount ’70 15 February 2018 Clement Paul Deltete ’70 22 February 2018 John Theodore Marino ’70 1 February 2018 Eugene Joseph Sladinski ’70 14 February 2018

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William Jennings Webb ’70 27 January 2018

Andrij Serhij Bushak ’76 u 1 February 2018

Christopher Richard Blackburn ’80 28 January 2018

Bruce Donald Loughridge ’71 1 February 2017

Michael Alfred Marriott ’76 LtCol, USMC (Ret.) 15 March 2018

John Leroy Wells ’87 1stLt, USMC 29 January 2018

Guy Nicholas Wynn III ’76 16 January 2018

Lini McCarthy ’88 u 5 November 2017

Wiley Vernon Utterback ’79 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 3 March 2018

Jeremy Michael Lehmann ’91 LTJG, USN 27 January 2018

James Alan Sand ’71 9 February 2018 James Albert Anderegg ’72 22 January 2018 Jon Alex Buresh ’72 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 26 January 2018

MARCY MATHIAS DUPRE III ’42 Captain Marcy M. Dupre III, USN (Ret.), died on 17 February 2018, at the age of 96.

Marcy was born in Newport, RI, on 17 September 1921, where his father, then-Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Marcy M. Dupre Jr. ’20, was stationed.

Soon afterward, the family moved to the Far East, where they followed his father’s destroyer to the Philippines and northern China, returning to the USA several years later.

After attending Annapolis High School and the Severn School at Severna Park, MD, Marcy entered the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1938 and graduated with the Class of 1942 on 19 December 1941.

He served aboard BROOKLYN (CL-40) in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, then as gunnery officer, executive and finally, CO of SHIELDS (DD-596) in the Pacific until the end of World War II. He won his Wings at Pensacola, FL, in December 1947.

Marcy carried out several assignments in fleet squadrons and at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD; he attended the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI; served as public information officer at the U.S. Naval Academy; and was Chief of Plans for the Northern Command, NATO, on the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, headquartered in Paris. His last assignment in the service was in the Logistics Directorate (J-4) of the Joint Staff, Pentagon. He retired from the Navy on 31 March 1964.

Upon retirement, he joined Litton Industries, then Northrop Corp., and finally, Raytheon Company in Lexington, MA, as Director of International Marketing for Europe, headquartered first in Brussels, Belgium, then in Paris until retirement as Vice President, Raytheon Overseas Ltd., in October 1981.

Following his retirement from Raytheon, he established residence in Pensacola, FL. His hobbies included skiing, sailing, ham radio, travel, clock repair, golf and especially reading.

He is survived by his wife, Marisette, whom he married in Chamonix, France, on 20 October 1962; four children of a previous marriage; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held on 23 February 2018 in Pensacola, FL. H

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DONALD WANS M CCARTHY ’44 Donald W. McCarthy of Edina, MN, died on 5 January 2018. He was 95 years old.

Don was born in Minneapolis, MN, to Dr. Donald and Carolyn (Beach) McCarthy. He graduated from the Blake School (1940) and in June 1943, from the Naval Academy (Class of 1944).

Assigned to OWEN (DD-536) serving with the Third and Fifth fleets (Task Forces 38 and 58) for the duration of World War II - participating in nine major naval engagements. He was awarded a Commendation Ribbon for his participation in the sinking of an enemy destroyer off the San Bernardino Strait (Philippines).

Upon the war’s conclusion, he was assigned to GLENNON (DD-840) as gunnery officer, executive officer and captain. In 1947, he transferred to PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47). He resigned from the Navy in 1948 and commenced work for Northern States Power. Recalled during the Korean War (1951), he was captain of JUBILANT (AM-255) and left the Navy as a lieutenant commander.

He returned to NSP in 1953 and held various management responsibilities in Minneapolis and North Dakota. He was elected vice-president (1969), executive vice president (1973), president and chief executive officer (1976) and finally, chairman and CEO (1978). He retired in 1988 and was named chairman emeritus.

He next served as a nuclear consultant to Martin Marietta (1988-1991).

He was active in numerous civic and industry organizations during his career, including serving as chairman of the United Way Campaign; president of the Viking Council of the Boy Scouts; chairman of the Minneapolis Urban Coalition; and was a charter member of the Minnesota Business Partnership and the Project for Corporate Responsibility. He served on the boards of AbbottNorthwestern Hospital, Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, Junior Achievement, Minnesota Science Museum, Minnesota Orchestra, Freshwater Society, Citizen League and the Minneapolis Downtown Council. He served as director of the Norwest Corporation, Northwestern National Life Insurance, Edison Electric Institute, the Electric Power Research Institute and McQuay-Prefex Co. In recognition of Don’s extensive civic and community leadership, the Upper Midwest USNA Chapter named its annual Heartland Leadership Forum in his honor. Don’s outgoing and gregarious personality, his deep care and affection for people and his steadfast moral compass endeared him to everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him. H

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Predeceased by his wife, Anne Leslie McCarthy, Don is survived by their four children, Donald Jr. (Carolyn), Peter (Donna), Thomas (Darlene) and Jill; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and his dear friend and naval devotee, Carroll Brooks. H

GEORGE PEABODY STEELE II ’45 Vice Admiral George P. Steele II, USN (Ret.), passed away on 13 February 2018 after a long illness. He was 93 years old.

George was born on 27 July 1924, in San Francisco, CA, to Captain James M. Steele ’16, USN, and Erma (Garett) Steele.

Appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy as a Midshipman, George graduated with the Class of 1945. Following extensive submarine training, he joined BECUNA (SS-319) for five years, making two war patrols in her. He then served two years as executive officer of HARDER (SS-568) before commanding HARDHEAD (SS-365) for two years. During the British-French invasion of Egypt, George by virtue of his seniority, was assigned as Commander Task Force 69, operating five submarines tasked with observation and reporting of invading forces on the way into Egypt. After a brief service in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, George began 20 months training in the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program under the direct supervision of then-Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. Reporting to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in December 1958 as prospective commanding officer, George took command of SEADRAGON (SSN-584) and was ordered to join the Pacific Fleet. Steele took SEADRAGON from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Arctic to transit Baffin Bay and the Canadian Archipelago via the classic Parry Channel, then proceeded to the North Pole to conduct scientific and military tests with the final destination of Pearl Harbor, HI. SEADRAGON located a channel for submarine passage following a track never before used. He was then ordered to command DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) and then continued his career serving at SHAPE Headquarters, where he helped develop policy to avoid mishaps at sea between the Soviets and the United States. His next assignment was as Commander U.S. Naval Force Korea, followed by his command of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Group Four with his flag in INTREPID (CVS-11). Steele took command of the United States Seventh Fleet, flying his flag in OKLAHOMA CITY (CG-5) and while in command, conducted the evacuation of Cambodia and Vietnam.

Retiring in 1975, George joined Interocean Management Corporation, rising to chairman of the board and CEO as a majority shareholder of the company in 1982 with a final retirement in 1989.

Vice Admiral Steele is survived by Elizabeth (Fahrion) Steele (daughter of Admiral Frank Fahrion ’17); son, James F. Steele; daughter, Jane Marcum; four grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. H

JOHN PAXTON WILLIAMS ’45 Everyone knows that one person who always has to be right. On 8 January 2018, we lost that person who truly was always right. A retired engineer, Commander John P. Williams, USN (Ret.), 95, was the epitome of a “walking encyclopedia.” Never one to overpower the conversation, John would politely guide you down a logical pathway until you came to the right – and his – conclusion.

A resident of Haddonfield, NJ, since 1964, John’s story began in Woodstock, VA. John attended VMI, where he was a

starting pitcher and ranked top of his class. His time at VMI was short-lived after his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy five months prior to Pearl Harbor. Due to World War II, John’s Class of 1945 graduated in 1944, where he ranked within the top 4% of his class. He was assigned to WALKE (DD-723) as navigator and qualified for Officer of the Deck Underway duty. For his actions on a fateful day in what has become a bittersweet month, January, he was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action after WALKE experienced one of the first kamikaze attacks during the invasion of the Philippines. He also received the Purple Heart.

After the war, John attended RPI receiving a master’s degree in civil engineering and graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College. During a tour of duty in Seattle, he met the love of his life, Isabelle Porter, née Zaffaroni.

They soon married and began their wondrous adventure taking them around the world with their tight-knit Navy family.

Retiring from the Navy in 1966, John began a career with Rohm and Haas.

After his second retirement, John’s life was full of playing golf, nurturing his green thumb and being a ferocious reader of everything. Above all, he loved being surrounded by his family – especially as the second dad to his daughter’s triplets.

For his kind heart, selfless and generous spirit, dignity, grace and unwavering devotion to his family, John will be deeply missed. He is the true embodiment of a gentleman who gave everything and expected nothing in return.

John is survived by his beloved wife of 66 years, Isabelle; son, Philip of Malvern, PA; daughter, Ann Hambry of Haddonfield, NJ; four grandchildren John, Joseph, John and Virginia; three sisters, Margaret, Sarah and Rebecca; and a brother, William. His brother, Philip and grandson, Michael, predeceased him.

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LAWRENCE BILDER ’47 Commander Lawrence Bilder, USNR (Ret.), a retired New Jersey judge, passed away peacefully on 11 February 2018, in the presence of his beloved wife, Veronica.

“Larry” was born in Newark, NJ, in 1923. He was a proud graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and Harvard Law School. He practiced law in Newark at the family law firm of Bilder, Bilder and Kaufman from 1954 to 1962. He then served on the staff of Governor Richard J. Hughes of New Jersey as secretary and executive assistant, and as counsel to the governor. In 1968, he began over three decades of service as a judge with the New Jersey judiciary. He served for a decade and a half as a judge of the Superior Court and then as a judge of the Appellate Division. Larry’s commitment to the judiciary led him to continue to work as a recall judge after his mandatory retirement. He maintained an active interest in legal reform and was a member of the American Law Institute and the Committee on Appellate Practice of the Appellate Judges Conference of the American Bar Association.

Larry was a proud Naval Academy graduate and served on active duty from 1946 to 1949 and 1951 to 1953. He remained active in the Reserves and retired with the rank of commander in 1983. In 1990, he received an LLM from the University of Virginia Law School.

Larry had a long and wonderful marriage to his great love, the former Veronica Nooney. Larry loved the opera and the ballet, but he was happiest at the house in Forked River, accompanied by Veronica and their dog, Brandy.

Larry cared deeply about doing the right thing and was devoted to his family.

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VERNON MEREDITH DUPY ’47 Vernon M. Dupy died on 7 November 2017 in Sedona, AZ, of natural causes. He was 92 years old.

Mr. Dupy had a very fruitful and generous life which started in Annapolis, MD, attending the United States Naval Academy with the Class of 1947 (which graduated in 1946 due to the war), and will end there, as well. Mr. Dupy was married for 63 years to Donna Meyers Dupy, his high school sweetheart. During their life, they lived in Miami, FL, Chicago, IL, Greenwich, CT, Tokyo and Lausanne, Switzerland. He received an MBA from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and was president and CEO of many companies along the way: QUESTOR/AP Parts in Toledo, OH, Standard Motor Products in New York City, Thomas Somerville Company in Annapolis, MD, and in Washington, DC, and was vice-president of the International Division for Kohler in Kohler, WI. He is survived by his brother, Don A. Dupy of Gatlinburg, TN; two children, Cathy Chapman (a pediatric OR nurse) in Denver, CO, and David Dupy (who also works for Standard Motor Products as a regional manager) in Naperville, IL; three grandchildren, twins, Ashley Nelson and Ryan Chapman (33) of Denver, CO and Scott Dupy (30) of Naperville, IL; and a great-granddaughter, Harper Nelson (6) of Denver, CO, who he was lucky enough to spend time with on many occasions and referred to her as “Miss Beautiful.”

His funeral took place at the Naval Academy Chapel on 26 January 2018.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org) or to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer (ww5.komen.org). H

STEPHEN DALE MARVIN ’47 Captain Stephen D. Marvin, USN (Ret.), 92, died of heart failure on 25 December 2017 in Honolulu, HI. Born in Cincinnati, OH, on 12 May 1925, he graduated from Cincinnati Country Day School (1943). At the Naval Academy, he was a member of the 24th Company and was on the varsity fencing team, earning an N-star in foil.

Upon graduation (with distinction) in June 1946, he reported to MERVINE (DMS-31). In 1948 he commenced flight school and was designated a naval aviator. He reported to VS-31, an antisubmarine squadron at NAS Quonset Point. His shore duty was as an instructor at ATU-301 in Corpus Christi, TX. He then joined VAW-12, an Early Warning squadron flying the AD-5W before being assigned as flag lieutenant to Vice Admiral Stuart Ingersoll ’21. In October 1954, he married Juanita Hutchison. He then attended the AFSC, serving afterwards on the staff of OpTevFor in Norfolk, VA. In 1963, he earned a master’s degree in International Relations at American University. His next assignment was as XO and CO of VA-15 in Jacksonville, FL. He then was assigned to CNO staff (J5) at the Pentagon. He returned to sea duty and reported to BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31) in the Tonkin Gulf as navigator. In 1971, he took command of NAVASOTA (AO-106) as it was completing overhaul and made a WestPac cruise in 1972. He finished his career at CinCPacFlt (N5). He was instrumental in setting up the naval facility at Diego Garcia. He was also assigned to the mine clearing activity in Haiphong Harbor following the end of the Vietnam Conflict. He was twice the recipient of the Legion of Merit.

He retired in 1976 and was a mooring master, as well as a realtor in Honolulu. In 1998, he moved to Cincinnati and took up his hobby as a military arms collector and was active in his community and church.

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Each Christmas, he and Juanita visited Hawaii to be with his sons and their families. Finally, in 2016 they moved back to Honolulu and a retirement home. As his health deteriorated, he eventually went into hospice care and died on Christmas. His beloved wife died the same day.

They are survived by sons, Stephen E. Marvin and Frederick H. Marvin; grandchildren, Stephanie, Stephen, Andrew and Christopher; and his brothers, Commander Timothy H. Marvin ’59, USN (Ret.), and Terrence C. Marvin.

Burial with military honors took place at the family plot on Oahu. H

EARLE NOBLE TRICKEY ’47 Commander Earle N. Trickey, USNR (Ret.), 93, passed away peacefully on 19 February 2018, surrounded by family, from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

He was born in East Hiram, ME, on 5 June 1924, to Phil S. and Grace Lillian Noble Trickey. He graduated from Deering High School (Portland, ME) in 1942, receiving an award for achievement in history.

Earle received an appointment to the Naval Academy, where he was commissioned in 1946 (Class of 1947), graduating in the top third of his class.

His naval career was spent aboard the cruisers HOUSTON and JUNEAU, submarines COBIA, ODAX and CERO, and destroyers DORTCH and CASSIN YOUNG (now a museum in Boston, berthed next to OLD IRONSIDES). Earle was an instructor at the Naval Academy Prep School and Officer Candidate School, both in Newport.

After his separation from the Navy, Earle worked for Raytheon Corporation as an editor and engineering writer.

Following an early retirement, Earle and his wife, Mary, enjoyed 25 years of RV excursions, visiting all lower 48 states, as well as Alaska. Some of the happiest times of their life together were spent in Maine, especially at Sebago Lake.

Earle and Mary were deeply involved in colonial re-enactments at battle sites and parades in New England and along the Eastern seaboard, as well as Quebec, France and England. He worked with the marine detachment of the Sloop PROVIDENCE, was on the board of directors of Seaport ’76, and for many years, was second in command to the Regiment Bourbonnais. Two of his most meaningful re-enactments were his role in the Battle of Rhode Island (August 1978) and the massive Battle for Victory at Yorktown (1981).

Earle attended the United Congregational Church in Middletown, serving as assistant treasurer for ten years. He was a former member of the Newport Artillery Company; a dedicated member of his Thursday lunch group; and a longtime member of the Piscataqua Pioneers, a genealogical group that focused on the early settling families of New Hampshire.

Earle is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Douglas Trickey; daughters, Donna Nedderman (Bill) and Ada Souza; son, Stephen; grandson, William (Marisa) step-granddaughter, Channa (David); a great-grandson; and a step-great-grandson.

A memorial service took place at United Congregational Church in Middletown, RI, on 10 March 2018. Interment will be at the Veterans’ Cemetery, Exeter, RI, at a later date.

Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org); or United Congregational Church (www.uccmiddletown.org) are appreciated. H

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STANSFIELD TURNER ’47 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.), passed away on 18 January 2018.

Stan was born in Highland Park, IL, on 1 December 1923. He entered the Naval Academy in 1943 after attending Amherst College for two years. Midshipman Turner’s manifold achievements at the Academy were recognized in his selection as the first six-striper (Brigade Commander). In an even more daunting role, he played a 175-pound guard for Navy football.

Ensign Turner won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University and returned to the Fleet in 1950. As a lieutenant, he conducted weekly briefings for the CNO, Admiral Burke. His progress was swift, including command of a minesweeper, a destroyer and commissioning captain of HORNE (CG-30).

While EA to Navy Secretary Chaffee, Stan was selected for flag rank. In 1972, CNO Zumwalt sent Admiral Turner to Newport, RI, as president of the Naval War College and charged him with revolutionizing the curriculum with rigorous courses and grades. Admiral Turner considered that tour to be his greatest contribution to the Navy.

Command of the Second Fleet followed in 1974. Turner was promoted to admiral in 1975 to serve as commander-in-chief of NATO’s Southern Flank.

In 1977, Admiral Turner was selected by classmate President Jimmy Carter to direct the CIA. After two years, he retired from the Navy ending a 33-year career. Stan left the Agency at the end of the Carter presidency.

In retirement, Stan served on several corporate boards, published five books and taught at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Maryland. He also spent a year teaching at West Point and Yale and was a fellow at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo. Stan served on the USNA Board of Visitors in the mid-1990s and in 2004, the Navy Memorial Foundation awarded Admiral Turner its Lone Sailor Award.

His first marriage, to Patricia Whitney, ended in divorce. In 2000, Admiral Turner and his second wife, Eli Karin, were embarked on a twin-engine airliner when it crashed in Costa Rica. Eli Karin was killed instantly and Stan was severely injured.

In 2002, Stan married Marion Weiss of Great Falls, VA. In 2017, they relocated to Seattle. Additional survivors include two adopted children from his first marriage; four stepchildren; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services were held at the Naval Academy on 1 May 2018.

Memorials are welcome to the USNA Foundation, attn: Admiral Stansfield Turner Scholarship Fund, 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402. H

WILLIAM ERNEST CLARK ’48 Captain William E. Clark, USN (Ret.), passed away on 28 May 2017 in Lenoir City, TN. He was 92 years old.

Born on 4 December 1924 to Charles and Minnie Clark of Lenoir City, “Bill” enlisted in the Navy after high school. He was offered admission to Harvard University, but instead accepted a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy Prep School at Bainbridge, MD. Bill graduated from USNA after three years, in the Class of 1948A, and was later posted to London, England, where his fiancée, Ann Hawk, also from Lenoir City, joined him for their wedding in May 1951.

Subsequently, Bill’s worldwide service took them to locations including Naples, Italy; Seoul, South Korea; and Sasebo, Japan; and to sea on several ships, including NEWPORT NEWS (as navigator) and LAFFEY (as executive officer).

He was also commanding officer of Mine Division 42 and EPPING FOREST, which operated out of Sasebo. While in the Navy, Bill earned master’s degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and in Computer Systems Management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, which he applied during his final Navy assignment at the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

After retiring from the Navy in 1974, Bill began a second successful career with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., in Allentown, PA, where he was Manager of Security and Standards in Management Information Services, and was greatly admired for his levelheaded decision-making. He became increasingly active in his local church, and remained a regular church-goer for as long as his health permitted after he and Ann moved back to Lenoir City in 1992.

Bill had an encyclopedic knowledge of history and also read widely in science, art, culture and current events, which he discussed with relish in his later years. His keen intellect was matched by an intense sense of duty toward his family, relatives and those less fortunate.

In addition to his wife of 66 years, Ann, Bill is survived by his brother, Paul C. Clark; three children, Ann K. Stout, Amy C. Garnjost and William F.W. Clark; and two granddaughters, Emma K. Clark and Caroline A. Clark.

Inurnment took place at the Naval Academy Columbarium on 12 October 2017. H

ROBERT CRAIG OLSON ’48 Commander R. Craig Olson, USN (Ret.), a longtime resident of North Bethesda, MD, passed away peacefully on 24 January 2018.

He was 93 years old.

“Craig,” a native of Omaha, NE, was born on 1 September 1924. He attended Swarthmore University for one year prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1944. Known as “Ole” at the Academy, he graduated in June 1947 with the Class of 1948-A. Upon graduation, Craig served on DULUTH (CL-87) until its 1949 decommissioning at Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, CA. While stationed there, he met Theresa Nell Persico and they were married in Berkeley, CA, after Craig graduated from Submarine School, New London, CT, in June 1950.

Craig served on SPINAX (SSR-489) and RONQUIL (SS-396) prior to obtaining his MS in electronics (acoustics) at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, in 1957. Three consecutive tours of duty followed at the Submarine Base, New London, CT, in Submarine Development Group Two; executive officer of GROUPER (SSK-214); assistant research and development officer-staff, CSDG-II; and commanding officer of HARDHEAD (SS-365).

Following a tour in OpNav as director of the Submarine Surveillance Equipment Program, Craig retired in 1967 with the rank of commander.

Craig received his PhD in acoustics from The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, in 1978; served for eight years as Head of Sonar Systems Interfaces Division at the David W. Taylor Naval Research Center, Carderock; and continued research in the field of Classification of Short Duration Acoustic Signals. In 1991, Craig became editor of the U.S. Navy Journal of Underwater Acoustics. He and Theresa formed their own corporation, Olson Acoustic Research, Inc. (OARI) in 1994 and worked together until her death in 2002. Craig continued publishing the Journal until late 2011.

Among many other honors and awards, Craig was elected as a Fellow of the

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Acoustical Society of America in 1996 for his contributions to the field of Underwater Acoustics.

Craig and Theresa enjoyed their time with family, attending the ballet and theater, and traveling to Europe when not hard at work. They will be inurned together in the USNA Columbarium.

Craig is predeceased by his wife, Theresa Nell, and granddaughter, Laura Fitzgerald. He is survived by his daughters, Marta Olson Fitzgerald (Joe), Lisa Olson Rankin (Claude) and Karen Olson; five grandchildren, Patrick Fitzgerald (Angel), Kira and Kylie Rankin, and Devon and Caela Pentz; and three great-grandchildren, Connor, Ryan and Liam Fitzgerald. H

WILLIAM COLE DOTSON ’49 Captain William C. Dotson, USN (Ret.), peacefully passed away on 2 February 2018, at his home in Pittsboro, NC. He was 92 years old.

“Bill” was born and raised in Hodgenville, KY. Following graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949, he had a long naval career, holding command positions both at sea and ashore.

Bill served on FRED T. BERRY (DDE-858) in Korea from 1949 to 1951. From 1951 to 1952, he was assigned to INGERSOL (DD-652). In 1952, he completed submarine training and from 1953 to 1955, was aboard TIRANTE (SS-420). From 1955 to 1957, he taught NROTC at the University of Louisville while earning an MBA. He was an engineering officer on TRUMPETFISH (SS-425) from 1957 to 1958 and executive officer of SENNET (SS-408) from 1958 to 1960. In 1962, he completed the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and began service as commanding officer of MEDREGAL (SS-480). From 1964 to 1967, he led the Plans and Programs Section of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Project Office. From 1967 to 1969, he was readiness officer for ComSubFlotSix. From 1969 to 1971, he was the commanding officer of OBSERVATION ISLAND (AG-154), which successfully conducted testing of the Poseidon missile. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Award for his outstanding performance as commanding officer.

From 1971 to 1973, he was the torpedo systems division head at the Naval Ordnance Systems Command.

From 1974 to 1976, he was chief of staff at ComNavMarianas Guam, where he supervised the Vietnamese refugee program, involving the care and onward routing of some 110,000 refugees after the fall of Saigon. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his exceptional performance. He was also awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for his work in supervising the island’s preparation for “Super” Typhoon Pamela and the ensuing recovery operations.

In 1976, he served as commanding officer at NavSeaCentLant, earning the Meritorious Service Medal. He served in this position until he retired in 1979.

After his Navy retirement, Captain Dotson continued to support the Navy’s mission in the private sector, applying his expertise to a variety of logistical and training projects.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Katherine; sons, Mike, Jeff, Doug and Greg; and six grandchildren, Marli, Reed, Dahlia, Skyler, Julian and Bryce.

Funeral services will take place at Arlington National Cemetery on 12 July 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

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ROBERT CRAWFORD JAMES ’49 Commander “Jim” James, USN (Ret.), died peacefully at his home in Hanover, NH, on 13 January 2018 at the age of 91.

As he began his self-written obituary, it originally read: “Jim James, 91, died Saturday after falling off his Trick Horse, Red…” Born on 26 November 1926, he was the son of Rear Admiral Walter F. James, MC, USN, and Esther (Crawford) James. He attended Georgia Tech for a year before entering the Naval Academy in October 1945, and graduated in 1949.

He was designated a naval aviator in early 1951 after flight training in Pensacola, FL, and Corpus Christi/Kingsville, TX. As a fighter pilot, he had two tours with VF-192 during the Korean Conflict, flying both the F4U Corsair and F9F Panther from the carriers ORISKANY and PRINCETON. He made many lifelong friends during these deployments and valued their friendships deeply. He was later assigned to the Navy’s first Supersonic Fighter Squadron, VF-32 (Cecil Field, Jacksonville, FL) flying the F8U Crusader and was XO of VF-174 (Cecil Field) and CO of VC-10 (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba). He was also assigned to two tours at CinCLantFlt and carrier division staff on ROOSEVELT in the Mediterranean.

Additional duties included the Naval War College and Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey) and NROTC teaching stints at Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) and Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH). He was the last commanding officer at NROTC Dartmouth in 1973 and retired after closing the facility.

After retiring from the Navy, he became an agent for Connecticut Mutual Life and then a special agent for Northwestern Mutual Life.

He leaves his wife of 69 years, Ann VanEtten James of Hanover, NH; their seven children, Rand ’73 (Beth) of Kitty Hawk, NC, Tia (Bradley) of Hanover, NH, Brad (Sara) of Stowe, VT, Julie (Doug) of Monroe City, IN, Jim of Avon, ME, Jason of Portland, ME, and Vanessa (Alex) of Cornwall, VT; a brother, Colonel James D. James, USA (Ret.) (Linda); 15 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

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DONALD JOSEPH LOUDON ’49 Captain Donald J. Loudon, USNR (Ret.), passed away peacefully at his residence in Morgan Hill, CA, on 27 January 2018.

He was born the third of seven children to Roy Virgil and Nellie Veronica (née Dailey) Loudon on 8 June 1926, in Grant, NE, and grew up in Hastings and Lincoln, NE. Donald loved singing and dancing, as well as playing the trumpet.

The advent of World War II changed everything.

After graduating from high school, Donald enlisted in the Navy. He received a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy and was sent to NAPS at Bainbridge, MD, to prepare for the entrance exams. Entering in June 1945, he was selected as First Battalion Commander. He graduated with the Class of 1949 in June, receiving a BS degree and a commission as a Navy ensign.

After serving during the Korean War, Donald resigned his regular commission, remaining in the Naval Reserves until retiring at the rank of captain. Donald served on both large and small ships and was part of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project in Clarksville, TN, where he received FBI atomic energy clearance. He received a letter of commendation from his commander for outstanding performance of duty aboard DUNCAN during the Korean War. Donald attended Stanford University Business School, receiving his MBA in 1957. He moved to San Francisco and worked for Scudder Stevens and Clark as an investment counselor until retiring in 1976.

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Donald spent much of his retirement cruising the world, often with his siblings, as well as his nieces and nephews. Family members remember Donald dancing on cruises and insisting that everyone join in singing. One of his favorite songs was “Love Changes Everything.” He will also be remembered for his famous jokes at family reunions.

Education was very important to Donald; he graduated #1 in his junior high class, #1 in his high school class (and was chosen to be the senior class speaker), top third of his Naval Academy class and #1 in his business school class. Even more important to Donald was his love of family. Generous with his time and money, he was always ready to help if someone was in need, or to encourage them to pursue their dreams.

In lieu of flowers, please pay it forward and contribute to someone who might need help with their dreams.

Services were held on 3 March 2018 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Morgan Hill, CA. H

WILLIAM DODDRIDGE MCFARLANE JR. ’49 Captain William D. McFarlane, USNR (Ret.), died on 4 January 2018 in West Palm Beach, FL, after a struggle with leukemia. He would have been 90 in February.

“Bill” graduated from high school at 16 in his hometown of Graham, TX, and entered Texas A&M University (being too young at the time to enter the Academy). The following year, he arrived in Annapolis and entered USNA with the Class of 1949.

At the Academy, Bill was drawn to the Musical Club Shows, and developed latent talent to become an accomplished tap dancer, vocalist and raconteur.

After graduation, Bill reported to Pensacola, where he earned his Navy Wings in June 1950. He married Catharine Norman on 30 June 1950; they had two sons, William Doddridge McFarlane III and Robert Norman McFarlane.

His naval career included several overseas deployments, first to the Korean Conflict in 1953, aboard KEARSARGE, where Bill flew more than 40 missions in the Grumman F9F Panther over North Korea. In 1958, his wife Catharine died after a prolonged battle with spinal cord cancer. Later in his career, Bill deployed twice to the Mediterranean for duty aboard the aircraft carriers SARATOGA and ESSEX, flying the Douglas A-4 attack aircraft. In February 1960, Bill married Laurie Brown in Gibraltar, Spain. Their daughter, Catharine Elizabeth McFarlane was born in August 1961. Their marriage ended in divorce.

Leaving active duty in 1964, Bill remained in the Reserves and commanded an A-4 squadron at Floyd Bennett Field; he served concurrently as a test pilot for Grumman aircraft. In 1967, he married Suzanne Sayre of Long Island, NY; their marriage also ended in divorce.

He attained a law degree from University of Florida College of Law in Gainesville and practiced law in West Palm Beach, FL, until his retirement in 1974.

He spent his final years enjoying golf and gathering with his large family.

He could be counted upon to be present for family events, from weddings and birthdays, to athletic competitions, wherever they occurred—coast to coast. Children of the McFarlane clan were always thrilled to receive his birthday gifts of crisp new dollar bills in the amounts of their age.

Bill is survived by his children, William III and Catharine Emmens; siblings, Mary Pitcock, Barbara Staton and Robert McFarlane ’59; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren; as well as a loving extended family.

A memorial service and interment took place on 14 April 2018 in Rockville, MD. H

CHRIS GEORGE RALLIS ’50 Judge Chris G. Rallis peacefully fell asleep in the Lord on 12 August 2017 in his home in Aurora, CO. Born on 31 October 1927 in Sioux Falls, SD, to George and Georgia (Sakellaris) Rallis, he was one of nine children.

Chris graduated from the Naval Academy in 1950 and honorably served his country in the Korean War as a gunnery officer.

He received his juris doctorate (JD) from the University of Denver and faithfully served for 33 years as an Arapahoe County judge.

The great joys of his life were his grandchildren and his great-grandson.

They were his most treasured hobby. Chris will be remembered as the best father to ever walk the earth and a fun, entertaining and wise “Papou.” He loved his family with all his heart and soul. A good and honest man, a man of honor and integrity: a man truly dedicated to God, fervent in his desire to do God’s will. He will forever be known for his kindness, compassion, honesty, his love of practical jokes and his original songwriting capabilities for his grandchildren.

Preceded in death by his beloved parents; his cherished in-laws, Elene and Tom Kotsines; his brothers, Nestor and Dean; sisters, Dena, Mary, Rea and Helen; and his nephew, Chris; he is survived by the love of his life and wife of 61 years, Thalia; brother, Lee Rallis ’53; sister, Angie Speliopoulos; brother-in-law, Paul Kotsines (Judith); children, Ann Cyphers (Pete), Elaine Poulette (Lee), Kristine Smith (Amos) and Justin Rallis (Michael); and seven grandchildren, Brittani Glidden-Alhasoon (Gorgy), Cade Cyphers, McKenna Cyphers, Mallory Cyphers, Kendall Smith, Sydney Smith and Luke Smith; and his great-grandchild, Carmine “Munchie” Alhasoon.H

WILLIAM HENRY LANGENBERG ’51 Rear Admiral William H. Langenberg, USNR (Ret.), died on 1 February 2018. He was 89 years old.

Raised in New Jersey, “Red” graduated with distinction with the Naval Academy Class of 1951.

He then served five years at sea on a destroyer and amphibious ship, including a combat tour in Korean waters, before resigning his regular commission.

Red earned an MBA degree from CarnegieMellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, where he met and married his wife, Mary. After working four years for a large corporation, Red entered the more entrepreneurial home building industry, in which he served as president and director of publicly owned companies in Arizona, Texas and California. He resigned from his last employer to found his own land development firm, Langen Corp., which was active in California and Alabama.

Throughout this period, Red remained active with the Navy Reserve, in which he held five commands, the last being Commander Naval Reserve Readiness Command Region Twenty, responsible for over 4,500 Navy Reservists located in four states. Pursuing advanced military education, he completed the Senior Reserve Officer Course at the U.S. Naval War College and the Senior Reserve Component Officer Course at the U.S. Army War College.

Active physically throughout his life, Red was, among other things, a fisherman, runner, golfer, glider pilot, model airplane competitor and widely published author on military related subjects.

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A private memorial service will be held by the family, who suggest that, in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to the Navy Relief Society.H

THOMAS MARTIN WARD JR. ’51 Rear Admiral Thomas M. Ward Jr., USN (Ret.), passed of stroke related complications on 9 January 2018, in Virginia Beach, VA. He was 89 years old.

A native of Rockwood, TN, “Tom” attended Tennessee and Virginia Military Institutes prior to his appointment to the Naval Academy.

Upon commissioning, he was assigned to ENGLISH (DDG-696), with subsequent tours as executive officer of TOWHEE (AM-388) and commanding officer of CARDINAL (AMS-4). He attended the Naval Postgraduate School and received a master’s degree from MIT. He was then assigned as weapons officer on GYATT (DDG-1), followed by a tour as missile flight safety officer at the Pacific Missile Test Range, Pt. Arguello, CA, which included assignment to JTF-8 on Johnson Island for the last nuclear weapons atmospheric tests. Next, he was assigned as executive officer to BUCHANAN (DDG-14) after which he attended the Naval War College Command and Staff Course, followed by a teaching assignment at the Naval Academy. He took command of BERKELEY (DDG-15), which included two deployments off Vietnam. He returned to the NWC, completing the Senior Officers Course and received a master’s in marine affairs from the University of Rhode Island. He then served as project manager for the NATO Sea Sparrow Surface Missile Systems Project.

He returned to sea as Commander Destroyer Squadron Seven. Returning to Washington, DC, he was assigned to OpNav as Director Combat Systems Division. His last sea-duty tour was Commander Naval Surface Forces Middle Pacific in Pearl Harbor, with a final tour as Deputy Commander for Surface Combatant Ships at NavSea, retiring June 1982.

Upon retirement, he worked for various defense contractors in the Tidewater area, fully retiring in 1992 to devote himself to his family and community. He actively served as a trustee for the USNA Foundation, active member of the Society of Naval Engineers, an elder at First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach and director of the Virginia Beach Beautification Commission. An avid orchid horticulturalist, he was a judge and trustee with the American Orchid Society, president of the Tidewater Orchid Society, founding director of the Virginia Beach Horticultural Foundation and chairman of the Virginia Flower and Garden Show.

Tom is survived by his wife of 67 years, former Peggy Dunn of Knoxville, TN; their five children and spouses; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at First Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach on 16 January 2018. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery will take place on 1 June. H

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ~George Moore

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JAMES FRANCIS HELSEL ’52 Lieutenant Colonel James F. Helsel, USMC (Ret.), passed away on 7 February 2018 at his home in Lawton, OK. He was 89 years old.

Born near Worthington, PA, on 11 March 1928 to Mike and Lenora Helsel, “Jim” graduated from Worthington-West Franklin High School in May of 1946 as class salutatorian. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in June 1946. In June 1948, he received a fleet appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, as a Midshipman. He graduated with distinction in June 1952 with a bachelor of science degree and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Jim married Sandra Jane Snyder on 3 January 1958, in Lawton. He served overseas in Korea, Okinawa, Vietnam, France and Germany. His personal decorations include the Bronze Star with Combat V and the Joint Service Commendation Medal with Combat V. He retired from active duty on 1 July 1971. For the next 21 years, he was associated with Southwestern Stationery & Bank Supply in various capacities, retiring again on 1 June 1992.

He was a member of Cameron Baptist Church for more than 46 years and was a longtime adult Bible teacher and deacon.

Survivors include his wife, Sandra; daughter, Lori (and her husband, the Rev. Mike Franklin) of Fort Smith, AR; son, T.J. (and his wife, Kerri Woods Helsel) of Gulfport, MS; sister, Ann Claypool of Worthington, PA; three grandsons; a granddaughter; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held at Cameron Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike Teel, Pastor, and T.J. Helsel officiating. Entombment took place at Chapel of Peace Mausoleum, Sunset Memorial Gardens. H

KENNETH GODFREY SMITH ’52 Captain Kenneth G. Smith, USN (Ret.), passed away peacefully on 7 February 2018.

“Ken” was born in Baltimore, MD, to Albert and Florence Smith. He attended Baltimore Polytechnic High School and Loyola College before being appointed to the Naval Academy Class of 1952.

He and his three brothers became career military officers. Albert, the oldest, a John Hopkins graduate, was wounded in the D-Day invasion in Normandy, ultimately achieving the rank of major general. Harold ’44 became a naval aviator and Ken followed him into aviation after a year tour on CHARLES P. CECIL (DD-835). His youngest brother, Gary ’59, went into the submarine corps.

Ken met the love of his life, Patricia Marie Furlong, during his Youngster Year while she was at Trinity College in Washington. They were married in 1953 at the USNA Chapel and started their very blessed life together. Their children are Tom ’76, Gregg ’77, their beautiful daughter, Lori, and Mark (also a Navy veteran).

Ken began his flight career with AD-1 (VA-175 Devil’s Diplomats).

A tour in Annapolis as an instructor followed, then a squadron tour, where he deployed on ENTERPRISE during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). He had a staff tour with Admiral Richard Colbert in Charleston (as the lone aviator), Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and a tour as CO of VAW-123, flying the E-2 Hawkeye on FORRESTAL. His last proud tour was as CO of the Navy ROTC unit at Vanderbilt University. Several officers he trained remained in touch and credited their successes, in part, to Ken’s strong leadership and counsel.

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After retirement, Ken and Pat stayed in Franklin, TN, where he remained with Vanderbilt in the admissions department.

Ken and Pat loved to travel and he enjoyed good food, especially his native Baltimore seafood. They also enjoyed movies, theater and cruises. Ken was an avid history buff and huge Navy sports fan.

Ken was selfless and humble and his service to family, friends, students and others was his primary life motivation. He was a loving, generous and wonderfully caring husband. He was a great inspiration and role model to his family and he was the primary caregiver and best friend to their eldest son, Tom, who was severely disabled in a car accident in the early 1980s.

Ken was truly a one of a kind and a lifelong supporter of USNA. Inurnment took place at the Naval Academy Columbarium on 4 May 2018. H

CHARLES LENARD BOYER ’53 Lieutenant Commander Charles L. Boyer, USN (Ret.), passed away peacefully on 27 January 2018, at Tidewell Hospice in Bradenton, FL. He was 87 years old.

“Chuck” was born on a farm in Warrensburg, IL, on 22 July 1930, to Earl and Bessie Lee Hathaway Boyer, and enlisted in the Navy after high school.

His superiors quickly recognized his intelligence and he received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, where he graduated in 1953 with a degree in electrical engineering. He later was honored to pin his grandson, Neil Whitesell ’10, also a Naval Academy graduate, when he received his Wings of Gold as a naval helicopter pilot.

He was supply officer on PONCHATOULA and MARSHALL, and loved to attend ship reunions.

After his military service, he earned a master’s degree in business from Georgetown University and worked in contract negotiations for the federal government in Crystal, City, VA, until his retirement.

His love of the sea continued after he moved to Longboat Key, FL. He volunteered as the “Critter Getter,” as the local newspaper called him, collecting shells and sea creatures from the Gulf of Mexico for the world-famous Mote Marine Aquarium exhibits.

Chuck is survived by his brothers (and their spouses), Earl Boyer, Richard Boyer (Elissa), William Boyer (Merri) and Don Boyer (Sally); two stepchildren from his marriage to Elizabeth Carney: Susan Carney and Danny Carney; and four stepchildren from his marriage to Bettye Chumley Boyer: Wesley Chumley, Jeff Chumley (Susan), Kathy Noffke (Ken) and Bonnie Horst (Len).

His wife of 23 years, Bettye, died in August 2017; he was also predeceased by his sister, Betty Buttrum, and half brothers, Herschel Boyer and Karl Boyer.

He was laid to rest at Sarasota National Cemetery in May 2018. H

LOUIS JOHN GARDNER ’53 Commander Louis J. Gardner, USN (Ret.), died peacefully at home with his family at his side on 16 February 2018.

“Lou” was born on 11 December 1928 to Howard E. and Mary Ellen Gardner in Pikesville, MD. After graduation from high school and employment with a local electric company, Lou enlisted in the Navy. He attended the Naval Preparatory School and won a fleet appointment to the Naval Academy.

Following graduation with the Class of 1953 on 5 June, he married his childhood sweetheart on 6 June and was assigned to FISKE, based in Newport, RI. In 1954, he was assigned to NAS Pensacola for flight training.

After obtaining his Wings in 1955, he was assigned to Hutchison, KS. He then served at NAS Patuxent River and was assigned to the Naval Academy.

He attended graduate school in Monterey, CA (1961-1962), then was with the Replacement Air Group in San Diego, CA. From 11 November 1962 through 5 June 1969, Lou and his family were assigned to NAS Barbers Point, HI (66-69 NAVCSA). He flew anti submarine warfare off the coast of Russia in 1964. In 1965, he was assigned to the Armistice Commission in South Korea, where he served on the Joint Staff.

In Vietnam, he flew patients and prisoners in and out of that area. His last flight out of Saigon was 30 January 1968, the day before the TET Offensive.

He then served at Pearl Harbor.

In June 1969, he was assigned to NAS Alameda, whereupon he retired from service to his country on 1 November 1972.

Lou’s greatest love in life, next to his family, were his years as a naval aviator.

The family settled in Orinda, CA, where he became a real estate broker.

Some of his most cherished retirement memories included sailing with Loretta and Jack Campbell ’53 to Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia and the famous 53-day Pacific crossing from Japan to Honolulu.

Lou was predeceased by his parents; siblings, Raymond, Frank and Helen; and his beloved, wife and mother of their five children, Joan MacCallum Gardner.

Lou is survived by his loving wife, Kathleen O’Donnell; five children, Barbara Gardner (Don Thornberry), Nancy Gardner Joy (Gregory), Robert (Adina Hamik), William (Molly Bigelow) and Fredric (Julie Gregory); three stepchildren, Maureen Burke (Barry Gevertz), Timothy Burke and Megan Burke (Russ Pollastrini); 14 grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

Per Lou’s wishes, his cremains will be committed to the waters of the Pacific. H

RONALD SCOTT PURVIS ’53 Lieutenant Commander “Scott” Purvis, USN (Ret.), husband of Lynne Willis Purvis and a resident of Accomac, VA, passed away peacefully on 3 January 2017 after battling Alzheimer’s disease.

Born on 28 April 1928 in Wakeman, OH, he was a son of the late Samuel Martin Purvis and Dorthea Scott Purvis; and a Protestant and Shriner.

Scott had a lengthy and successful career serving his country in the United States Navy. In 1946, he enlisted in the Navy, and was in the Naval Reserve and Navy ROTC while attending Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. A longtime U.S. naval aviator, his career included many decorated achievements and accomplishments.

These include him being the namesake of a mountain in Antarctica, “Purvis Peak,” due to his making the first parachute jump into that continent by an official of the U.S. Government. His many titles also included serving as an aide to President Kennedy, from 1961 to 1963.

Following his retirement from the Navy in 1972, Lieutenant Commander Purvis continued his education at George Mason University, and his working career in the real estate, insurance and finance industries.

In addition to his wife of 44 years, survivors include his children, Ward Scott Purvis, Blair Purvis Sisson, Heather Purvis ’89 and Edward Knight; grandchildren, Elizabeth Snyder, George Snyder, Scott Snyder and Brady Purvis; and brother, Pete Purvis ’56.

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EDWIN FRANKLIN SPAR ’53 Captain Edwin F. Spar, USN (Ret.), 87, died on 11 February 2018 at his home in Springfield, VA. Born on 28 January 1931 in Walnut, NE, to Fred and Hazel Spar, he spent one year of NROTC at the University of Nebraska before he was appointed to the Naval Academy, commencing his 27-year naval career.

Upon graduation with the Class of 1953, he was ordered to MADDOX (DD-731) as the Korean War was drawing to a close. In December 1954, he married the love of his life, Madelene Clifton. He served in LEXINGTON (CVA-16) and was commanding officer of MERGANSER (MHC-47), both out of San Diego. Thereafter, he was selected for postgraduate school in Monterey, CA, graduating with a master’s in electrical engineering. Designated as an Engineering Duty Officer, he reported to the San Diego Naval Repair Facility. After 11 years on the West Coast, he reported to Sturgeon Bay, WI, as Resident Supervisor of Shipbuilding, administering contracts at three shipbuilders and two boat builders in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, delivering 100-foot PGs and landing craft for riverine warfare in Vietnam; tug boats; oceanic research ships; and numerous small boats. In Washington, he was on the procurement staff in Naval Material Command. He attended the first Program Management Class at Ft. Belvoir, and was the technical director for one and program manager for two shipbuilding programs. His last tour was as shipbuilding industry liaison officer on the DDR&E staff as DDRE liaison with the commander of the Defense Management School at Ft. Belvoir.

After his Navy retirement, Edwin was employed by Sperry (later Unisys) as an engineer and a marketing director, primarily related to foreign customers until 1994.

He and Madelene enjoyed both stateside and European travels, winters in Florida and time spent with family and friends.

Edwin had great love and pride for his family. He was active in Scouts, various youth activities and was a baseball fan. He and Madelene belonged to Providence Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, VA. Captain Spar is survived by his wife of 63 years, Madelene; their children, Greg, Jeanie Feltz and Brett; ten grandchildren; twin great-grandsons; and three nieces. He was predeceased by two sisters and a niece.

A Service of Witness to the Resurrection was held on 24 February 2018 at the Greenspring Village Chapel. Inurnment will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Providence Presbyterian Church (www.providencechurch.org). H

RICHARD FRANCIS BURNS ’54 Commander Richard F. Burns, USN (Ret.), died of congestive heart failure in Potomac Falls, VA, on 24 January 2018 at the age of 86.

“Dick” attended University of Detroit Jesuit High School prior to receiving his congressional appointment to the Academy from Michigan.

After graduation, he served on DASHIELL, MCGOWAN, and CASA GRANDE. From 1959 to 1962, he studied naval architecture and marine engineering at MIT. He served on SHARK (1962-1964) and qualified in submarines and for command on SHARK. He was Shipyard

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Superintendent and Assistant Repair Superintendent for submarines in Norfolk Naval Shipyard from 1964 to 1967. As a commander at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (1967-1969), he was one of two officers assigned to start up PERA(SS). He preplanned the THRESHER-class SubSafe overhauls and was the co-author of the integrated submarine overhaul work packages.

From 1969 to 1972, he served on the Joint U.S. Military Mission for Aid to Turkey as a senior advisor at Gölcük for the construction of two destroyer escorts. For his work in Turkey, he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal. From 1973 to 1976, he served in the SSPO, which received the Navy Unit Commendation for its work on the Trident. He worked on the acquisition of the navigation subsystem for the submarine. In preparation for the sophisticated systems engineering work and integration of the equipment during Trident development, he graduated from Defense Systems Management College, Ft. Belvoir.

Following retirement from the Navy, he was a senior engineer at Vitro Corporation and an editor at Sea Technology, where he wrote about everything related to the sea from changes and innovations in the Navy to a personal interview with “the Shark Lady,” Dr. Eugenie Clark, in the February 1992 issue.

Dick completed over 17 triathlons and the Marine Corps Marathon. He skied the legendary Tuckerman’s Ravine at Mt. Washington and took his family on many ski trips, where he enjoyed waking his children by singing, with uncharacteristic joviality, “Good Morning Merry Sunshine” to the tune of the Marine Corps Hymn.

Dick is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary K. Burns (née McAlister) of Brentwood, MD; sister, Katharine Burns; four children, Richard Burns Jr., Chris Burns, Moira Burns, MD, and Lieutenant Colonel Colleen Kesselring, USA (Ret.); and three grandchildren.

Interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. H

HERBERT JOSEPH DEAN ’54 Captain Herbert J. Dean, USN (Ret.), died peacefully on 12 January 2018 in San Diego, CA. Born on 19 October 1927 in Lawrence, MA, “Herb” joined the Navy on his 17th birthday during World War II. He was sent to the Pacific Theater as a radio operator, where he served until after the liberation of the Philippines in 1946. After several assignments,he returned stateside and received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

He entered the Academy in 1950 at age 23, with six years of enlisted service.

The day after graduation in June 1954, Herb married his high school sweetheart, Mary Theresa “May” Corey.

Herb’s sea tours included executive officer of JENKINS (DD-447) and commanding officer of FORSTER (DER-334) and DENNIS J. BUCKLEY (DD-808).

His shore tours included the Bureau of Naval Personnel, staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Training Officer, Fleet Training Group, San Diego. Herb received a Master of Science degree in international affairs from The George Washington University, and also graduated from the College of Command and Staff and the College of Naval Warfare of the Naval War College, Newport, RI. Prior to his last assignment as professor of naval science at the University of Utah, Herb served as chief of staff and aide to Commander, Naval Surface Group Western Pacific and Commander Task Force Seventy-Three. His naval service spanned 38 years from World War II through numerous tours in Vietnam, with 6 years of enlisted service, 4 years at the Naval Academy and 28 years as a commissioned officer.

He received many medals, including the Bronze Star with Valor and two Meritorious Service Medals.

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After retirement, Herb and May were active volunteers at Our Lady of Grace parish in San Diego, where they attended for over 40 years.

Herb’s beloved wife, May, preceded him in death on 18 October 2015.

They are survived by their son, Herb Jr.; daughter, Mary; and six grandchildren, Joseph, Tyler and Nicholas Dean and Corey, Mary and Katherine Hall.

An honor guard burial took place at Miramar Cemetery on 1 February 2018. A Mass celebrating his life was held at the chapel of Nazareth House in San Diego on 2 February 2018. H

JONATHAN SWIFT HURT ’54 Captain Jonathan S. Hurt, USN (Ret.), passed away peacefully at home on 18 December 2017 of Lewy Body dementia. He was 84 years old.

“Jon” was born in Annapolis, MD, on 27 February 1933, and graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1954. His more than 26 years of naval service included duty aboard BLACK (DD-666) and TANG (SS-563), and the commissioning crew (Blue) of three SSBNs. After a tour with NavSea (Code 08) concerned with officer personnel and training, he took command of RAY (SSN-653). During his four year command tour, RAY was awarded both the Navy Unit and Meritorious Unit commendations.

After his submarine command tour, Captain Hurt spent a year on the staff of ComSubLant before being assigned to Head, Ocean Affairs (OP-616) in the Political Military Branch of OpNav. His duties there consisted of nuclear powered warship port visits, the Agreement for the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas with the Soviet Union, and the Law of the Sea. Captain Hurt next commanded HOLLAND (AS-32) in Holy Loch, Scotland, where the submarine tender was upkeeping primarily SSBNs. From Scotland, he attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, DC. His final assignment in the Navy was as director of the SSBN Ships System Maintenance Monitoring and Support Office. He directed the efforts of 60 civil service, 8 officers and 54 senior enlisted personnel in providing engineering support to the 31 Poseidon submarines on the SSBN Extended Operating Cycle (EOC), which extended the interval between overhauls to nine years. He also directed efforts toward further extension of the SSBN EOC to 12 years.

Upon his retirement from the Navy in 1980, he joined the naval architecture and marine engineering firm, John J. McMullen Assoc., Inc. (JJMA). He rose to the position of director in his 20 years there. His principal duties were in support to the Navy in the construction of Aegis cruisers. He retired from JJMA in 2000.

Jon is survived by his wife, Beatrice Brown Hurt; sons, Jonathan II (Stacey) and Keith Hurt; step-daughter, Laura Graves (Keith); and six grandchildren, Liam and Ana Hurt, and Heather, Holly, Daniel and Hannah Graves. His marriage to Louise Emily Hurt ended in divorce. H

JOHN WATTERSON WYNNE ’55 John W. Wynne died peacefully at his home in Indianapolis, IN, on 13 February 2018. He was 85 years old.

Following graduation from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1955 (Fifth Company), John was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and served in the Strategic Air Command as a navigator of KC97s until 1960, when he returned to Indianapolis.

He worked at Chevrolet General Motors while attending Indiana University McKinney Law School. After graduating as valedictorian of his 1963 law school class with a Doctor of Jurisprudence and Order of the Coif, he practiced law at Bose, McKinney & Evans, where he was a partner. He spent his business career in real estate development and was a co-founder of Duke Realty Corporation, where he served as both president and chairman of the board.

John was a 58-year member of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Carmel, IN. He was an active member of the Jordan YMCA, where he coached many youth basketball teams and utilized the fitness center. He served on advisory boards of the St. Vincent Hospital Foundation, Conner Prairie and DePauw University. He was a member of the Indiana University’s President’s Circle, as well as the John Paul Jones Club and the Leadership Club of the U.S. Naval Academy. He was the proud donor of the John and Barbara Wynne Moot Court at the IU McKinney School of Law. His life interests included reading military history and travelling to unique historical places worldwide. He bicycled most of the Eastern coastline of the United States and loved snow skiing, fly fishing and scuba diving. He loved sharing trips with friends and family and took many of his grandchildren on trips around the world to teach them about other cultures. Family dinners and gatherings were among his favorite pastimes.

John is survived by his wife of 62 years, Barbara Smith Wynne. They had six children: Thomas Neil Wynne III (deceased), Robert Stafford Wynne (Kathy), Gregory Pearson Wynne (Nancy), Mary Wynne Cox (Joe), John Watterson Wynne II and Richard Reid Wynne (Sue). He was blessed with 17 grandchildren, who lovingly called him “Big Deal;” three great-grandchildren; and numerous nephews and nieces who all live in Indianapolis.

A funeral service was held at Saint Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Carmel, IN, followed by burial with military honors on 17 February 2018.

VERNON ALLAN DANDER ’56 Colonel Vernon A. Dander, USAF (Ret.), a native of Stockton, CA, died on 23 December 2017.

Born in Stockton, CA, on 22 December 1934, “Vern” was the son of Vernon S. and Marie E. Dander. He was a member of the famous Sugar Bowl Navy football “Team Named Desire” of 1955.

Commissioned in the Air Force upon his graduation from USNA, Vern entered pilot training, earning his Wings in the spring of 1957. In November 1957, he and his high school sweetheart, Claire Herring were married. Upon completion of advanced helicopter pilot training, they moved to Itazuke AB in the summer of 1958 where their daughter, Katherine, was born.

In 1961, they returned to Hanscom AFB, where he earned an MM/EE from AFIT and was assigned an engineering position. In 1966, he returned to helicopter operations as an acceptance pilot at the Hughes TH-55/OH-6 production facilities in southern California.

Upgrading to the HH-3 helicopter, he deployed to DaNang AB in September 1967 as a Jolly Green Giant rescue pilot, completing 196 CSAR missions with six combat saves.

His next assignment was at the Pentagon as the USAF VTOL/Rescue Systems Coordinator, where he lead efforts to improve existing SAR systems and establish new criteria for advanced helicopter capabilities, including night and all-weather systems which are now in use today on the modern Osprey airframe.H In 1972, he was assigned to Andrews AFB, where he worked to improve intelligence being provided to in-theater tactical air forces in Europe. In 1975, he was assigned as deputy program manager at Hanscom AFB, where a multi-service version of the program began.

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Colonel Dander retired at Hanscom AFB in June 1980. His military decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross w/Oak Leaf Cluster and a Bronze Star.

He joined Martin Marietta Aerospace/Colorado and became deputy program manager for special intelligence systems and USAF simulation programing, retiring in June 1990.

After six months in retirement, he became a consultant with the EPA Region 8 Lead Program and retired there in 2010. He moved to Hingham, MA, to be closer to his daughter, Katherine.

Other honors include: San Francisco Chronicle All-Northern California First Team Selection (tight end, 1951); Sugar Bowl Championship Game Navy victory over Ole Miss 21-0 (guard, 1955); Stockton Athlete of the Year (1955); Academic All-American (1955) and the only member of the Navy team to start every game (1955 season); and Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame inductee (1993). H

CARL ALFRED NELSON ’56 Captain Carl A. Nelson, USN (Ret.), passed away on 3 February 2018 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 87 years old.

He was born on 11 October 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA, to Alfred and Isabel Nelson. Following high school, Carl enlisted in the U.S. Navy and earned an appointment to the Naval Academy. A member of the Tenth Company, he graduated with the Class of 1956. The following day, he married Barbara Long in the USNA Chapel.

During Carl’s 33 total years of naval service, he commanded WORDEN (CG-18), COOK (FF-1083) and COCOPA (ATF-101). He served four tours of duty in Vietnam, including one in-country as senior advisor to the Commander, Combat Riverine Operations at the logistics base at Nha Be. His combat decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star w/Combat V, two Air Medals, Combat Action Medal and 14 others.

In 1981, Carl, as captain of WORDEN in the South China Sea, rescued 44 young Vietnamese “boat people” who were facing dehydration, starvation and possibly death. Fifteen years later, they blessed him as their honorary parent and named a grandchild after him.

Shore duty included the Naval Academy and West Point and the Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey). Carl, Barbara and their three daughters settled in San Diego in 1963, leaving only for a tour in Japan. The girls graduated from high school and moved on to college and marriage and Carl retired from the Navy in 1989.

Carl earned a DBA from USIU and taught international business at local universities. He authored five books on international trade, one of which remains a top seller. He also wrote fiction in a series of novels, as well as poetry, short stories, professional articles, a play, a musical and two memoirs.

He garnered many writing awards and served as president of the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild.

Carl was a member of his Methodist Church, was a Mason and belonged to various veterans’ organizations. Carl truly enjoyed his family and USNA 1956 classmates, with whom he celebrated many occasions, including quality golfing.

Predeceased by Barb in 2004, Carl married Dolores Hansen in 2006 and inherited another family. They spent 13 years traveling the world, playing golf and fly fishing.

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He leaves behind Dolores; three daughters; six grandchildren; a greatgrandchild; and Dolores’s family.

Interment took place at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center (www.veteranmuseum.org). H

ROBERT ASHTON SCHADE JR. ’56 Captain Robert A. Schade Jr., USN (Ret.), died from complications of a stroke in Houston, TX, on 2 December 2017. He was 83 years old.

“Bob” was a native of East Rockaway, Long Island, NY, where he was valedictorian of his high school prior to entering the Naval Academy. He was in the 23rd Company and graduated 13th in the Class of 1956.

Upon graduation, he entered the Civil Engineer Corps and earned a BS in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in August 1958. While there, he married the love of his life, Cecelia McShane, and started a family. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received an MS in civil engineering in June 1960.

He was in charge of construction of a new air station in Meridian, MS; served a tour in Cambodia; and returned to Washington, DC, at Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Headquarters. He went on to command Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five and was deployed for three tours in Vietnam. He was the recipient of three Bronze Stars, having been shot down twice in helicopters in enemy territory.

In 1973, he again returned to NAVFAC in Washington, DC, and graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1976. He served a tour in Guam, then served as the Officer in Charge of Design and Construction of the new National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, which he considered to be a highlight of his career. He retired as the vice commander of the Atlantic Division of NAVFAC in Norfolk, VA, in 1983.

In civilian life, he was a vice president of The Maguire Group, an architectural and engineering firm in Norfolk, VA. In 1988, he suffered a stroke and retired from professional life.

He is survived by Cele, his wife of 60 years; daughters (and their spouses), Teresa Schade-Lugo (David Lugo), Joanne Schade-Boyce (Tom Boyce ’81) and Susan Vander Werff; his sister, Janet Wefer; and six grandchildren.

He was extremely humble and rarely mentioned his accomplishments, choosing instead to stress the importance of hard work and a “job well done.” Bob’s daughters will always remember him by this: Anyone can be a “Father”; it takes someone special to be a “Daddy.”

A joint memorial service will be conducted at the USNA Columbarium upon the passing of Cele, his “Baby Doll,” wife and best friend.

Parting thoughts: (https://www.forevermissed.com/robert-ashton-schade-jr.) H

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FRANK DONALD SCOVEL ’56 Commander “Don” Scovel, USN (Ret.), passed away on 8 February 2018 in National City, CA, following a lengthy illness, surrounded by his family. He was 85 years old.

The son of Nancy and Frank Scovel, Don was born on 28 August 1932 in National City, where he graduated from high school. Don enlisted in the Navy and became an air controller, stationed in San Diego. In 1952, while serving, he was offered an appointment to the Naval Academy. At USNA, he was assigned to the 11th Company, ultimately the Class of 1956 Color Company. While at Annapolis, he earned membership on the sailing team, racing the Academy yawls. He was also on the pistol team and was a disc jockey for the midshipmen’s in-house radio station.

When he graduated, eyesight limitations led to his selection as a Navy public affairs specialist. He was adept at representing naval commanders with their media obligations. His various assignments included leading combat camera crews onto the battlefield to film the front lines of combat.

Don received several awards during his military career.

Don married Patsy Powell while they both were serving in the Pentagon— he was the detailer for public affairs specialists and she was a secretary with the Department of the Air Force. Their lengthy marriage, with their children, David, Susan and Anne, has been a joy to all.

Following retirement from the Navy on 31 January 1977, the Scovels settled in Bonita, CA. Don entered the real estate profession with his former Academy roommate and became a recognized expert in commercial and investment real estate. He then shifted to operating a sporting goods manufacturing company.

Don was active in community, arts and civic affairs. He was a regular participant with his Naval Academy Class of ’56 West in San Diego County.

He proved to be an excellent golfer and managed the annual golf tournaments with his classmates, as well as frequent impromptu matches.

Don Scovel was laid to rest with full military honors at Glen Abbey Memorial Park in Bonita, CA. The Navy honor guard removed the colors covering Don’s coffin, folded them and presented them to David’s wife, Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, USN, who in turn bestowed them, along with the customary comments, to her mother-in-law, Patsy. It was a very touching ceremony.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorials made to either the American Veterans Association (www.amvets.org) or the Salvation Army (www.salvationarmyusa.org). H

EDWARD ANDREW ZABRYCKI ’56 Commander Edward A. Zabrycki, SC, USN (Ret.), passed away on 3 December 2017 after a lengthy illness.

Originally from rural New Jersey, “Ed” was the son of Polish immigrant parents. A member of the Naval Academy Class of 1956’s Ninth Company, Ed was a popular and winning varsity wrestler.

After graduation, he was commissioned in the Supply Corps. Following Supply School, he served as supply officer in a fleet oiler, then moved on to assignments with the Navy Purchasing Office in Los Angeles; the Naval Supply Depot in Yokosuka, Japan; and as Head of Purchasing at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

Ed then shifted to the civilian world as a contract manager with United Technology Center, but soon thereafter, he returned to the Navy, serving as an instructor at the Air University at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and as an assistant professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. His last tour with the Navy was as Head of Foreign Military Sales with the U.S. Central Command in Panama, where he volunteered for an assignment to contract with Vietnamese shipbuilders for the construction of patrol boats disguised as local fishing boats. That program required his working with the Central Bank of Vietnam in helping to initiate a small business loan program that required approval by President Diem.

Following his Navy retirement, Ed accepted a position with Pacific Gas and Electric Company, developing sound supply chain management programs.

Through that work, he became a recognized expert in that field.

After retiring from PG&E, Ed once again entered the academic world as a member of the adjunct faculty at the Supply Management Institute of the University of San Diego.

Ed’s widow, Meg, continues to live in their home in Danville, CA, near Walnut Creek. They have three sons, a daughter and seven grandchildren. H

OWEN CHARLES BAKER ’57 Colonel Owen C. Baker, USMC (Ret.), of Fairfax, VA, died on 23 January 2018, at Fairfax Hospital with family members by his side.

Born in Breckenridge, MN, in 1932, “OC” attended school in South St. Paul. He enlisted in the Navy and received a Fleet appointment to the Naval Academy, where he was a member of the 24th Company. He graduated with distinction in June 1957 and received his commission as a Marine second lieutenant.

OC’s lifelong dream of flying was realized after winning his Wings of Gold at Pensacola. He was able to follow that dream for the next 60 years, flying to defend his country and as a hobby with good friends, before and after retirement. His passion for flight led him to qualify in a wide range of aircraft types, from attack (A-4 and A-6) to the helicopters he flew in Vietnam (CH-46) and to train and lead other Marines to do so.

He married Barbara Jean Wash of Arlington, VA, in 1958; they spent the next 29 years raising their daughters in various military posts and communities.

Barbara’s favorite tour of duty with OC was the Monterey Peninsula, where he earned a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. He served his country with distinction, most notably in Vietnam, but it was tough to get him to talk about those accomplishments.

His service awards include the Navy Unit Commendation, Distinguished Flying Cross with Gold Star, Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and Gold Star, and 32 Air Medals.

After retirement, he worked several defense and civilian jobs. After complete retirement, he was active in the Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 186. The friendships and expertise there helped him realize his other dream: building and flying his own plane.

He will be forever remembered for his love of family (especially babies), patriotism and his passion for the skies.

OC is survived by his wife of 59 years, Barbara; their daughters, Claudia Schlagheck (James) and Janet Smith (Patrick); four grandchildren, Joseph (S.J.) and Aaron Schlagheck, and Alexandra and Coriston Smith. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Ann Douglas Baker. H

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Burial at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors will be at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, 909 N Washington Street, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314 (www.mcsf.org); or a charity of your choice.

RICHARD NOEL CHARLES ’57 Captain Richard N. Charles, USN (Ret.), passed away on 20 January 2018 following an extended illness.

Born on 20 November 1933 in Detroit, MI, “Dick” was the son of the late Rene and Reginald Charles. He was raised in Huntington Woods, MI, graduating from Berkley High School in 1951. He attended Wayne University for one year before entering the Naval Academy. While a Midshipman, Dick was a member of the fencing team, the editor of the Trident and a company commander of the Fourth Company.

Dick graduated from USNA on 7 June 1957 and married Janice Ann Curry of Pittston, PA, two days later. His 30-year naval career included surface and submarines. In 1959, he entered the nuclear submarine program.

He served on two Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines during their construction periods, then was XO of BARB (SSN-596). He was the commissioning CO of PARCHE (SSN-683), a STURGEON-class submarine during her construction and initial operations. Following tours at Sub School New London and as CSO on SubDevGru 12, he commanded ORION (AS-18), followed by three years as defense and naval attaché in Rome. During his career as defense attaché, he was awarded an honorary knighthood from the Italian government for his work during the mid-1980s Libyan crisis.

A second career followed with Philadelphia Electric Company at their nuclear division in Valley Forge, PA. In 1993, Dick and Janice put down roots in Fairhope, AL. In “retirement” Dick realized his true calling was in community service. He served on the vestry of St. Francis Tradition Episcopal Church, was president of the Mobile Navy League and was chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission of Fairhope, as well as on the Rock Creek Community Association. A longtime member of the Fairhope Rotary Club, he was awarded the Benjamin Barnhill Community Service Award (2003) and the L.E. Rockwell Memorial Meritorious Service Award (2015).

He is survived by his wife, Janice Charles; sister, Carol Ann Garza; daughters, Anne Richelle Charles, Kendra Charles Garrett, Kimberly Noelle Charles and Nicole Charles Malks; and his grandson, John.

A lifelong lover of all creatures great and small, the Charles family would appreciate donations to Baldwin County Humane Society in honor of Richard Noel Charles (https://baldwinhumane.org) or to the ASPCA (www.aspca.org).

Memorial services were held on 14 April 2018 at St. Francis at the Point Church in Pt. Clear, AL. Inurnment in the USNA Columbarium is planned for 8 June 2018. H

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DONALD JULIUS LISA ’57 Donald J. Lisa, of Phoenix, AZ, passed away on 7 November 2017.

“Don” was born on 6 April 1935, in Camden, NJ, to Frank Lisa and Frances Piccione Lisa. He graduated in 1952 from Camden Catholic High School. He was the starting third baseman for the CCHS State Championship baseball team (1952), and in 2016, was inducted into the CCHS Hall of Fame. While at the Naval Academy, Don was the starting guard for Navy’s 150-lb. football team, which won the Collegiate National Championship in 1956. He graduated in 1957 (standing 11th out of a class of 848).

He married his high school sweetheart, Isabelle “Izzy,” one week after graduation. He became a naval aviator, making hundreds of landings as an all-weather, night-time, fighter-interceptor pilot serving tours aboard FORRESTAL and ENTERPRISE flying the Skyray and Phantom.

In 1963, Don left the Navy to study of law, graduating from Harvard Law School. He became a partner at the NYC Law firm of Kenyon & Kenyon.

He later moved from private practice to corporate law with Motorola in Chicago and Phoenix, where he became an officer in the legal department.

During this time, he also obtained his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Don returned to the private practice of law in Phoenix, opening his own law firm.

In his 70s, Don returned to his love of flying. He obtained his private, commercial and then instructor’s license in rotary aircraft.

Don was known as a strong man of high honor, who stood firm and worked hard in support of his family, principles and moral values. Throughout their lives, he and Izzy devoutly practiced their Roman Catholic faith. After nearly 58 years of marriage, the Lord took the love of his life, Isabelle. At that same time, Don began his battle with brain cancer (Glioblastoma), which lasted three years.

Don is survived by his sons (and daughters-in-law), Richard (Vicki) of Carefree, AZ, and Steven (Laurie) of Paradise Valley, AZ; and five grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his parents, Frank and Frances, and his brother, Frank.

On 14 November 2017, a Funeral Mass was celebrated at Saint Theresa Parish in Phoenix. Burial with military honors followed at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Barrow Neurological Foundation (note: “Innovation Center”) at 124 W. Thomas Road, Suite 250 Phoenix, AZ 85015 (www.supportbarrow.org). H

CHARLES WILSON LARZELERE III ’58 Charles Wilson Larzelere III passed away peacefully at home in Virginia Beach, VA, on 1 December 2017.

“Chuck” was born 1 April 1934 in New London, CT, the son of World War II Coast Guard veteran, Charles W. Larzelere Jr. and Marjorie Robb Larzelere. After graduating from Rice High School in New York City (1952), he attended Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, and Columbia Preparatory School in Washington, DC, where he played on the school’s 150-pound football team. He received a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy, where he played company and battalion football and lacrosse.

Upon graduation with the Class of 1958 (20th Company), Chuck was commissioned as a Navy ensign and selected naval aviation. He married his

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childhood sweetheart, Marie Teresa Peloso of New York City. His first duty assignment after flight training in Pensacola, FL, was with VP-45 “Pelicans” in Bermuda flying the Martin P-5M Marlin anti-submarine patrol seaplane.

Chuck and Marie would move 17 times throughout his career flying the Marlin, Lockheed P-2 Neptune, P-3 Orion, and Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft, including to Millington, TN; Corpus Christi, TX; Barber’s Point, HI; and Norfolk, VA. Chuck flew Grumman S-2F Tracker carrier on-board delivery (COD) flights aboard AMERICA (CV-66) on her 1972-1973 deployment to “Yankee Station” in the Gulf of Tonkin, during resumption of bombing missions over North Vietnam related to the breakdown of peace talks in Paris. He served two tours in the Office of the CNO, Washington, DC, and earned a master of international affairs degree from George Washington University. He attended the Naval War College in Newport, RI. For Chuck, his proudest achievement, as commanding officer of VRF-31 “StorkLiners” in Norfolk, VA, in 1975, was flying the Navy’s last operational P-5M Marlin seaplane to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL, where he began his naval aviation career. The restored aircraft is still on display at the museum.

Chuck retired with 30 years of service and became an engineering consultant with QED Systems, Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA, where he and Marie settled. Chuck enjoyed remodeling their home, travelling the Caribbean and sailing to Bermuda and the Bahamas with friends and Academy classmates.

Chuck is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marie; daughters, Marjorie and Christina; brother, Alexander (USCGA ’58); four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services with full military honors were held on 8 December 2017 in Virginia Beach, VA. H

ERNEST LEROY PYLE ’58 On 14 February 2018, “Ernie” Pyle, of Evergreen, CO, a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant, a retired architect, a self-taught artist and a man of courage and good humor, lost his battle with many health challenges – Parkinson’s disease, a stroke five and a half years ago and recently, a fall which lead to hip replacement. He was 82 years old.

Ernie was born in Oakhurst, NJ, and grew up in Asbury Park. Ernie then attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Tom’s River, NJ, for one year before receiving his appointment to the United States Naval Academy, graduating with the Class of 1958, a member of the Tenth Company. Ernie ran the high hurdles and lettered during his Second and First Class years.

He was commissioned a lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force assigned to the 706th Strategic Missile Wing at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, and left the Air Force on 1 October 1962.

Ernie worked as a project engineer for TRW/ Space Technology Labs in Redondo Beach, CA, before returning to Colorado for a career change. He received a bachelor of architecture degree from the University of Colorado in Boulder in May 1968. As an architect, Ernie worked on many large commercial projects in the Denver Metro area: Denver International Airport, Botanical Gardens and Ellie Caukins Opera House, to name a few. In addition to architecture, Ernie was an accomplished artist, a hobby that he enjoyed his entire life.

Ernie was an outstanding husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed. He was the beloved husband of Sue Ruth Galvan Pyle; loving father of Meegan Gay, Monica Lee and Shannan Lynn; cherished grandfather of

Johannes Virgil, Quincy Galvan, Alexa Agnes and Desmond Avery; and missed brother of Joan Pyle Woda.

In accordance with Ernie’s wishes, he was cremated and his family has scattered his remains in several places special to him. Ernie’s remembrance memorial ceremony will be held at a New Orleans Jazz music party at a later date.H

JOHN GARDINER RICHARDS RODDEY ’59 Colonel J.G. “Richards” Roddey, USAF (Ret.), died in Charleston, SC, on 11 February 2018, the day before his 81st birthday. His devoted wife of 56 years, Gail Roddey, was at his side.

Richards was born in Rock Hill, SC, to John and Jean Richards Roddey. He attended Winthrop Training School followed by the U.S. Naval Academy (1959).

He was commissioned and served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, flying several tours in Vietnam. He earned several awards including the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for “heroism in aerial combat.”

He continued in the Air Force Reserve as a pilot, then transitioned to Intelligence and retired in 1989. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for his exceptional performance in Intelligence.

Upon leaving active duty in 1965, he started a 32-year career with North Carolina National Bank/Bank of America, serving in Charlotte and London, where he retired as Senior Executive Managing Director in charge of European Banking. He and Gail enjoyed retirement in Kiawah Island, SC. Richards served as a deacon and elder at Myers Park Presbyterian Church, at St. Columba’s Presbyterian Church in London and at John’s Island Presbyterian Church, where he also sang in the choir. He was elected as elder emeritus at John’s Island Presbyterian Church. Richards also served on several boards, including the Heart & Vascular Board of MUSC, College of Charleston’s Language Cultures and World Affairs and the Kiawah Conservancy.

He had a passion for USNA sports, history, hunting, fine food and drink, the Redskins, the Dodgers, Chelsea Football Club and soccer refereeing. Most of all, he enjoyed his family and many friends and was always quick with a story.

Richards is survived by his wife, Gail Baker Roddey; four children (and their spouses), J.G.R. “Gardiner” Roddey Jr. (Patricia), Grace Fayssoux “Suci” Roddey Jackson (Hardie), William Joseph “Joe” Roddey V (Sarah) and Jean Roddey Bird (Brian); and 12 grandchildren.

Services were held on 16 February 2018 at John’s Island Presbyterian Church and interment with full military honors at Liberty Hill Presbyterian Churchyard in Liberty Hill, SC, the following day.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to John’s Island Presbyterian Church, 2550 Bohicket Road, Johns Island, SC 29455; (www.jipc.org). H

ROBERT WESLEY SCHULTZ ’59 “Bob” Schultz of Wallace, MI, passed away on Monday, 9 October 2017 at Rennes Health Center, East following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 81 years old.

Bob was born on 15 July 1936 in Milwaukee, WI, to Milton and Ellen (Sandstrom) Schultz.

He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1959.

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He then went on to graduate from Marquette University in 1964 with a degree in mechanical engineering. On 6 June 1962, Bob married Linda Lee Borden at Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Milwaukee, WI. He worked seven years for Scott Paper. He then went on to become plant manager of Rodman Industries for six years. He also worked for Louisiana Pacific in Hayward, WI, for seven years and then for Marinette Marine as a mechanical engineer, retiring in 2009.

Bob enjoyed woodworking and loved the outdoors, especially hunting and camping. He was a wonderful husband and father and his dry sense of humor will be missed. Bob was a member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church and was active in the Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include his wife, Linda; seven children, Tom Schultz (Wendy), Lisa Greene (Michael), Deborah Kassis (Michael), Daniel Schultz (Michelle), Sarah Harding (Ben), Michael Schultz (Sara) and Elizabeth Schmidt (Steve); and 13 grandchildren. Bob was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Thomas Schultz.

A Mass of Christian Burial took place on 13 October 2017 with Father Michael Ocran officiating, followed by burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery. H

MICHAEL CARL STEVENS ’59 Lieutenant Colonel Michael C. Stevens, USAF (Ret.), passed away on 25 January 2018 from congestive heart failure in New Haven, KY. “Mike” was born on 30 March 1937 in Chicago, IL. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1955 as a member of the Sixth Company.

Mike rowed crew and stroked the varsity scull to numerous victories during his four years at Annapolis.

Upon graduation on 3 June 1959, he received a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He was awarded his pilot Wings at Laredo AFB, TX, in July 1960. Following his initial assignment flying F-100 Super Sabres at Biggs AFB, TX, he served as aide de camp to the chief Air Force MAAG in Saigon, Vietnam, and was an advisor to the Vietnamese Air Force.

Over the duration of the Vietnam Conflict, Mike flew 852 combat missions during five combat tours, flying the F-100, F-105 and the F-4 aircraft. Mike attended the Vietnamese Language School and the Army Command and General Staff College. He was part of President Richard Nixon’s Vietnam briefing team, assigned to the Pentagon/White House.

Mike’s decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor (4).

He accumulated almost 4,300 flying hours during his Air Force career and also holds the record for the most fixed-wing combat missions flown during the Vietnam War, with over 365 of his 852 flown over North Vietnam.

Upon his retirement from the Air Force in 1981, Mike returned to Chicago and entered the food service business, created his own corporation and opened 39 restaurants in five states before retiring again in 1985 to “smell the roses.”

Mike loved to fly and finally decided to leave Chicago to find a piece of land where he could build his own runway and fly his own airplane. This led him to New Haven, KY, where he bought a large piece of property from the University of Kentucky. Shortly after he arrived in Kentucky, he met and married Mary Lou Hatfield. They converted a pottery factory into their “country” home, where they built a hangar and two airstrips, one on either side of their house.

Mike was a hero, both in the service and in everyday life. He had many accomplishments and he was very loving and loyal to all.

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ROBERT ALFRED CORRELL ’60 Robert A. Correll, 81, of Beacon Falls, CT, formerly of Trumbull, CT, peacefully passed away on 31 January 2018, surrounded by his family.

Born on 15 October 1936, in Davenport, IA, to Lieutenant Colonel Walter D. Correll, USA, and Alfreda Mulvihill Correll, he was the oldest of six children. As a military dependent, he attended 13 schools in 13 years throughout the country. In 1954, he graduated from Balboa High School in the Panama Canal Zone and enlisted in the Marine Corps. He received a presidential appointment to the Naval Academy in 1956 and graduated in 1960.

As a submarine officer, he served on DOGFISH and GEORGE WASHINGTON. He left active duty in 1967 as a lieutenant commander, and he served as executive officer of the Naval Reserve Center in Bridgeport until 1974.

He also earned his Master of Business Administration at the University of Bridgeport.

His 30-year professional career focused on manufacturing and total quality management with the Remington Arms Corporation, the Warner Lambert Corporation (Schick Safety Razor) and the Duracell Corporation, from which he retired as Director of World Wide Engineering in 1999.

His professional accomplishments were exceeded only by his philanthropic works. He was a founding member and president of the Parents’ Foundation for Transitional Living (PFFTL), a transitional living facility for individuals living with mental illness. He later served as the Connecticut president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). He was appointed to the State Board of Mental Health by then-Governor M. Jodi Rell. He spent his later years as the Connecticut NAMI liaison for U.S. military veterans at the Errera Community Care Center in West Haven, CT. He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Nancy Lovely Correll; their children (and spouses), John Correll, Kathleen Correll, Mary Eichenbaum (Todd), Anne Correll, Colleen Brower (Jon) and Meghan Chamberlin (Ted); his siblings, Walter Correll (Susan), Kay Correll (Michelle Bailey), Debra Correll and Sandra Correll; and his beloved grandchildren, Alexandra, Timothy and Jack Correll, Joshua, Jacob and Matthew Eichenbaum, Luke Brower, and Tessa Chamberlin. He was predeceased by his brother, Bill.

Nothing brought him more happiness and joy than being with his wife and family. Our beloved husband, father, brother and friend will be remembered as a gentleman’s gentleman. His warmth, kindness and empathy endeared him to all whose lives he touched. He will be greatly missed by all who were privileged to have known him. H

TERRENCE CLARK HUBBARD ’60 “Terry” Hubbard of Rockport, TX, passed away in Corpus Christi, TX, on 28 January 2018 from complications of Parkinson’s disease and the devastation from Hurricane Harvey. He was 80 years old.

A native of Groton, SD, Terry graduated from Groton High School and attended one year at Northern State Teachers College, in Aberdeen, SD. He then received a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy. While at Annapolis, Terry was active in several intramural sports, leading to his love of tennis and marathon running. He graduated with the Class of 1960 as a member of the 24th Company.

Terry first served on the heavy cruiser ROCHESTER for one year and then attended Submarine School and nuclear power training. He then served in

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the nuclear submarines SWORDFISH and BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, followed by shore duty at the Antisubmarine Warfare Force HQ and the Submarine Tactical Training Facility in Hawaii.

After leaving the Navy, Terry worked for an engineering firm, Tetra Tech Inc., based in Pasadena, CA. Most of his time at that company was spent with the Technical Analysis Group at ComSubPac HQ in Pearl Harbor, HI. He left to co-found a private engineering firm, OMNI Analysis, Inc., in San Diego, CA, where he served as executive vice president.

In 1993, Terry moved his family to Austin, TX, where he owned an art business, before retiring to Rockport, TX, in 1998. Since his retirement, Terry and Kathy enjoyed hobbies such as fishing, kayaking and volunteering in the Odyssey After School Enrichment Program for elementary school kids. He was awarded their first Volunteer of the Year Award for his commitment to the new program.

Terry is survived by his wife of 49 years, Kathy Butterfield Hubbard; son, Jeff, daughter-in-law, Dee, and granddaughters, Casey Jo and Karley Rae, all of Hayden, ID; sister, Karen of Sheboygan, WI; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Terry was cremated and at his request, his ashes were scattered along the Texas Coast where he and Kathy regularly fished. H

CARL PAUL M CCALLUM ’60 Carl P. McCallum of Marietta, GA, passed away peacefully on 5 January 2018.

Born on 9 May 1937, he grew up in Cincinnati, OH. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the Class of 1960 and served in the Navy from 1960 to 1968.

Initially stationed at Patuxent River, MD, he flew the first generation P3 Lockheed Orion. Later in his military career, he flew for the Department of Defense as a test pilot for Lockheed in Palmdale, CA. Carl began his 30-year career as a pilot with Delta Airlines in 1968, retiring as a captain in 1997.

He was a driving member and strong supporter of USNA, being actively involved with the USNA Alumni Association on the local and national levels for more than 50 years. In that time, he served as president of the USNA Alumni Association’s Atlanta Chapter and was an Association trustee for two terms. He and his wife, Marilyn, founded the signature alumni chapter social event, the annual Lobster Fest, which is now in its 45th year. Rumor has it, that for the first few years, live lobsters were transported straight from Maine to Atlanta with expedited care on Delta Airlines.

Carl was an active member of his church and served as an elder for many years at John Knox Presbyterian Church in Marietta, GA. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Marilyn (Bach) McCallum; sons, Cary McCallum (Susan), Christopher McCallum (Elizabeth) and Carl “Chip” McCallum Jr.; granddaughters, Kaitlyn, Kelsey, Erin, Kelly, Parker, Macy and Julia; and great-granddaughter, Camryn. He was preceded in death by his parents, Douglas and Verna (McKeeth) McCallum and son, Kevin McCallum ’84.

Carl left a life-long legacy of active leadership, hard work and positive accomplishments benefitting the Academy in numerous ways. He will be greatly missed.

Contributions may be made to the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, USNAF Gift Processing, 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402 or CASA, Christian After School Academy, John Knox Presbyterian Church, 505 Powers Ferry Rd, Marietta, GA 30067. H

ROBERT LIVINGSTON STEELE ’60 Commander Robert L. Steele, USN (Ret.), of Lexington, KY, passed peacefully at his home on 20 December 2017 after a long battle with dementia and cancer. He was 81 years old.

“Bob” was born in Corregidor, Philippines.

He graduated from Staunton Military Academy (1954), the United States Naval Academy (1960) and MIT, with a degree in naval engineering.

He served 20 years in the United States Navy in submarines and retired 1980.

He was the technical director for the American Society of Naval Engineers and retired 2006. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church and served as deacon. Bob has a long history of military in his family and close ties to Lexington, including his father, Colonel Preston Steele, USA (World War II), grandfather, Captain Theophilus Breckinridge Steele, USA, and great-grandfather, Dr. Theophilus Steele, MD, who married Sophinisba Breckinridge, daughter of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, a very influential member of Second Presbyterian Church.

Bob struggled for ten years with dementia and cancer and now is at peace. He was proud of his country and his service and is loved, remembered and respected by many.

Bob was preceded in death by his father, Preston Steele; mother, Jean Herbert; aunt, Connie Archer; and sister, Terry Steele. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Darlene Croasman Steele; son, Breck Steele; and five daughters, Laurie Davey (Dean), Victoria Logue (Frank), Carol Steele (Tony Risley), Caroline Steele (Carlos Morales) and Kate Steele (Justin Southern); two sisters, Peggy Beaty and Carol Hayes (Pete); six grandchildren, Daniel Flynn (Rebecca), Andrew Flynn, Griffin Logue, Joe LeMay, Sam LeMay and Sophia Yoshimoto; three great-grandchildren, Ellis, Isla and Ryan Flynn; sister-in-law, Kathy Kilgore (Bill); nephews, William Sebring (Shelley) and Christopher Sebring; grand-niece, Julia Sebring; cousin, Sandi Tompkins (Robert); and many extended family members.

A graveside service was conducted on 28 December 2017 in Lexington Cemetery by The Rev. Canon Frank Logue.

In Bob’s memory, please support your local Alzheimer’s, cancer and hospice associations. View and sign the guestbook at (www.milwardfuneral.com). excerpt from the Lexington Herald-Leader H

SARASON DAVID LIEBLER ’61 Sarason D. Liebler, a long-time resident of Liberty, ME, died on 22 January 2018 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 81 years old.

A native of Rockaway Beach, NY, “Sari” attended the Merchant Marine Academy before entering the Naval Academy via NAPS with the Class of 1961. Noted for his always sparkling shoe shines and his well-turned out appearance, he was a varsity swimmer, dingy sailor and a member of the Seventh Company.

Commissioned in the Supply Corps, he served on two ships and was flag lieutenant to the Commander of the Naval Supply Center, Bayonne, NJ, before resigning his commission.

He began his civilian career in the business consulting practice of Touche Ross before launching his own very successful consulting career. Throughout this career, he played an active role in the foundation and success of companies in fields as far ranging as digital recording, biotechnology, animal husbandry and sporting goods.

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A true renaissance man, Sari was an award-winning columnist with his popular “Plain Finish, No Varnish” column in the Republican Journal and other papers throughout Maine. He served as chairman of the planning board for the Town of Liberty and was the “Damn Master” of Lake St. George in Liberty, where he managed the lake levels with the precision imbued in him

by Annapolis. He was also a licensed lobsterman.

Sari was frequently known to offer his opinion, with great certainty, on a wide array of subjects. An avid gentlemen farmer, he was as much at home on his aged Ford tractor or in the kitchen as he was in the board room.

Certainly, he held to the motto, “If something is worth doing it is worth doing right.”

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jane Platt Liebler; son, Eric (Nicole) of Lebanon, NJ; daughter, Elizabeth (Brian Sullivan) of Appleton, ME; and four grandchildren, Ian, Isabella, Viola and Gideon.

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JOHN FRANK TULODIESKI JR. ’61 Lieutenant Commander John Tulodieski, USN (Ret.), passed away peacefully at his home in Norfolk, VA, with his wife and children by his side on 12 January 2018, following a brave fight with metastatic prostate cancer.

John was born on 15 December 1937 and grew up in Trenton, NJ. Following a year of training at NAPS in Newport, RI, he entered the Naval Academy with the Class of 1961 as a member of the Tenth Company. It was during this time that he met the love of his life, Elizabeth Doncaster, whom he married after graduation on 10 June 1961.

John then served three tours as weapons officer in SEA POACHER, THEODORE ROOSEVELT and Commander Submarine Squadron Sixteen.

Following tours included navigator/operations officer on CUTLASS and as an instructor at the Fleet Training Center.

He retired in 1979 and then worked many years for the government in Naval Warfare consulting.

John was a member of the SEA POACHER (SS-406) Association and served as athletic director at St. Pius X School. His love for fishing and life near the water was only exceeded by his love for family.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; daughters, June, Elizabeth and Deborah; sons, John III and David; 14 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother, Donald Tulodieski ’65.

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So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. ~Helen Keller

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ABEL ADOLFO GARCIA ’63 Abel A. Garcia of Livermore, CA, passed away at his home on 22 December 2017. He was 76 years old.

Abel was born on 3 February 1941 in Benavides, TX, to Adolfo Oliveira Garcia and Maria Aminta Yzaguirre, and had two younger siblings, Diane and Joel. He graduated as valedictorian from Sundeen High School in 1959 and from the United States Naval Academy in 1963. On 10 June 1963, he married the former Ginette Ratté in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; they divorced in 1987.

Following graduation, Abel served on LAFFEY (DD-724) as electronics material officer and combat information officer, working on anti-submarine warfare. In 1965, Abel was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade), and from 1965 to 1967, served as flag lieutenant and aide on the staff of Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Seventh Fleet under Rear Admiral Wulzen. As flag lieutenant, Abel toured on three amphibious command ships deployed from San Diego to Subic Bay (ESTES, ELDORADO and MOUNT MCKINLEY). Following these deployments, Abel received a citation from Admiral Roy Johnson for his contributions to the success of 18 amphibious raids and assault landings in Vietnam. According to the citation, Lieutenant Garcia helped to establish a variety of unprecedented techniques in amphibious warfare during this tour. In 1966, Abel was promoted to lieutenant.

Abel left the Navy in 1967 and over the course of his civilian career, worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (both at the Nevada test site and Livermore) and in private industry, performing technical risk analysis across various industries. Abel retired from LLNL in 2008.

Abel was one of the world’s foremost mechanical puzzle collectors, amassing a large collection, including artisan crafted puzzles of all types as well as an impressive library spanning 200 years of puzzle history and development. He was also intimately involved in the formation and expansion of the International Puzzle Party, an annual gathering of puzzle collectors and designers from around the world, now in its 38th year. Abel’s other interests included hiking throughout the Bay Area and extensive international travel. He also enjoyed reading and spending time with his children and grandchildren.

Abel is survived by his two sons, Adrian (and his wife, Elizabeth) of Sugar Land, TX, and Stefan (and his wife, Angela) of Lafayette, CA; five grandchildren; his brother, Joel Page of Chevy Chase, MD; and several nieces and nephews. H

WILLIAM EDMOND M CCLURE ’64 “Bill” McClure passed away on 25 December 2017. He was 75 years old.

Born in Richwood, WV, on 5 June 1942, he was the son of Leo Thomas McClure and Mary Kathlyn (Stewart) McClure. Bill was a 1964 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and proudly served his country as a Surface Warfare Officer during the Vietnam War. He completed sea tours in KEARSARGE (CVS-33), BELKNAP (DLG-26) and NEWMAN K. PERRY (DD-883).

Bill married Margaret “Cathy” Cottom in August 1969. That same year, he was honorably discharged from the Navy and transitioned to the civilian sector as a salesman for Paramins, the oil division of Exxon, where he worked for 24 years before retiring and moving to Florida in 1993.

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Bill was always the life of the party and he was known for his humor and his singing—e.g. “Bill Grogan’s Goat.” At the Naval Academy, he was often found tutoring his classmates in Math, Spanish and other subjects, and he played basketball at least a few times a week. His nickname was “Speedy,” although he was anything but. He reportedly never missed a shot, so speed was not required. He loved sports and passed on that passion to his children.

Thankfully, they are all better golfers than he was.

Bill is survived by his wife of 49 years, Cathy; as well as his three children, William “Vance,” Marisa and Eric; and six grandchildren, Sydney, Lauren, Jordan, Rachel, Justice and William “Reilly.”

An inurnment ceremony was held at the Naval Academy Columbarium in Annapolis, MD, on 10 April 2018.

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Catawba Regional Planning Council in Rock Hill. He worked there until retiring in 1991.

Bill enjoyed his retirement tremendously. He became an excellent ballroom dancer and was an avid outdoorsman who would often take long hikes near his mountain home in Blowing Rock, NC. Along with these activities, he was an amateur World War II historian and he energetically followed financial markets.

Bill is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nina James of Rock Hill; brother, T. Cooper James of Greensboro, NC; sons, John and Michael of Rock Hill; two grandchildren, Amelia and Alexander James of Rock Hill; three nieces; and five nephews.

Funeral services were held on 11 December 2017 in Rock Hill.

Online condolences may be registered at (www.basscares.com).

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RICHARD WAYNE GARDNER JR. ’65 “Dick” Gardner of Tyrone, PA, died on Monday, 12 February 2018, at his home. He was 75 years old.

He was born in Altoona, PA, on 9 January 1943, the son of Richard W. and Helen Elder Gardner Sr. Dick spent a year at Penn State before entering the Naval Academy. He enjoyed company sports and golf and was in the Third Company during First Class Year. He graduated with the Class of 1965 on 9 June 1965 and ten days later, married Patricia Rhodes at the First English Lutheran Church in Tyrone.

He served during the Vietnam conflict, helped develop the Harpoon missile system and was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1977.

Upon returning home, he began working for the John R. Wald Company as an engineer and in 2001, he retired as the company vice president.

Dick enjoyed working around the house, doing genealogy, reading and cooking. He also loved golfing and playing sports—especially basketball.

His family was the most important part of his life and he made it a point to spend as much time with them as he could. Dick also enjoyed the company of his five cats.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia; their children, Richard W. Gardner III (Pam) of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Kristel Ann Kustenbauder of Warriors Mark Township, PA, and Robert Guyer Gardner (Ellen) of Pittsburgh, PA; his brother, David Elder Gardner (Sally) of Altoona, PA; and seven grandchildren, Corinne, Zachary, Bryce, Abby, Kassy, Kenley and Christian.

A memorial service with military honors was held on 10 March 2018 at the First English Lutheran Church of Tyrone.

Contributions in Dick’s memory may be made to the Bedford County Humane Society, 1108 Lutzville Road, Everett, PA 15537; (www.bchsonline.org).

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WILLIAM JOHNS JAMES ’65 William James died peacefully from liver cancer on 7 December 2017. He was 77 years old.

“Bill” was born in Greenwood, SC, and joined the U.S. Navy in 1958. He was a member of the Class of 1965, but transferred to the University of South Carolina before graduating and there, he received his bachelor of science degree. Bill later received a master of science degree from Georgia Tech.

In 1969, Bill moved to Rock Hill, SC, to accept the position of city planner. A few years later, he became director of the

FRANCIS LANE MALONEY ’66 Francis Lane Maloney died on 3 October 2017 at the Veterans Affairs Community Living Center on the grounds of the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. He was 73 years old. Lane battled cancer for eight years and had the good fortune to receive hospice care at the Veterans Hospice Center.

“Lane” was born in New York City on 23 November 1943. He graduated from Xavier High School in 1962 and the United States Naval Academy in 1966. While at the Academy, he was an Army and Navy qualified parachutist, a member of the Amateur Radio Club and the class Automobile Committee. He also participated in boxing, rugby and company football.

Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, he was commissioned as an ensign and reported to the Naval Supply School in Athens, GA. Soon after, he was assigned to FORT MARION (LSD-22) as supply officer. While on FORT MARION, he made two six-month WestPac deployments with multiple country stops. He also served on a cable laying ship before being assigned to his last duty station in Newark, NJ. After his discharge in 1971, he worked in Washington, DC, before moving to Sidney and Townsville, Australia, where he worked as a planning engineer for Bechtel during the construction of the Yabulu Nickel Refinery. A few years later, he moved to Los Angeles, where he spent several years writing screenplays for television during the day and driving a taxi at night. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked as a reporter for Variety newspaper. He also worked in public relations, telecommunication sales and the gaming industry.

Lane was a man of many sides. For years, he spent his Sundays volunteering at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA. He loved to travel. His adventures took him to Mexico, Europe, Tahiti and Cuba. He also enjoyed photography.

Above all else, he prided himself on knowing which local restaurants or taverns to visit wherever he traveled.

Realizing his dream was always to live in Hawaii, he moved there in 2006. He worked for Hawaiian Telcom and other organizations until he retired in 2009. At that time, he was diagnosed with cancer.

Lane’s dream came true. He will always rest in peace in his beloved Hawaii at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery near Kaneohe, HI. As it is written on his headstone, “HE LIVED HIS LIFE HIS WAY”! H

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GERALD EDWARD STEPHENSON ’68 Gerald E. Stephenson, a resident of York, PA, passed away on 28 January 2018. He was 71 years old.

Born in Sparta, WI, his family later moved to Illinois and New York. Reporting to the Naval Academy in June 1964, “Gerry” graduated with the Class of 1968. His classmates in the 22nd Company fondly recall his rich sense of humor, as well as his keen intellect in the classroom.

Gerry made the Dean’s and Superintendent’s lists regularly and the Class of 1968 Lucky Bag yearbook notes he spent many hours helping his classmates academically.

A natural at most of the things he tried at the Academy, Gerry was a talented athlete on several of his company’s sports teams, including cross country, football and softball.

Following graduation in June 1968, he attended Nuclear Power School and Submarine School before serving on nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines.

In civilian life, he worked in international sales for General Electric before teaching at the college level and, later, working in a health-physics position at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Station in Delta, PA. Moved by his open spirit and a touch of wanderlust, he then worked as a long-distance, tractor-trailer driver until his retirement.

Gerry is survived by the steadfast love he built with Marion, his wife and partner of 42 years, and by his off-kilter sense of humor, which lives on in his two sons, James and Charles. He taught them lessons through word and action—a sense of curiosity, a dissatisfaction with easy answers and balance in life’s activities. He encouraged Marion to find ways to “do nothing,” while showing his sons how to “do everything.” His family recalls how he could solve just about every home-repair project with scrap wood and duct tape (“Gerry” rigged), always valuing function over elegance.

Despite such cherished memories, he leaves behind an emptiness—a space where there should be laughter and an absence where he should be puttering away and playing at being an old grouch (while secretly enjoying the world more than he would admit). If a man’s life is who he has loved, then his was one of family.

Gerry was predeceased by his parents. In addition to Marion and his two sons, he is survived by his sister, Carol Skahan; and two brothers, Richard and John.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (www.nationalmssociety.org). H

DENIS JOHN WHITCO ’68 Commander Denis J. Whitco, USN (Ret.), of Corpus Christi, TX, died on 28 September 2017 of complications associated with lung cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family at the time of his passing. He was 71 years old.

A native of Avella, PA, “Whit” entered the Naval Academy with the Class of 1968. A member of the Sixth Company, he was known for his athletic talent and academic achievement, appearing on the Superintendent’s List occasionally.

Following graduation in June 1968, Denis completed flight training, received his Wings of Gold and qualified as a P-3 Orion pilot.

His active-duty assignments included combat duty flying maritime air patrols during the Vietnam War, assignment as the safety officer in two P-3 squadrons and service as communications officer on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69). Denis married Dania Smith while he was serving at the Pentagon in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. His last assignment was at the Armed Forces Staff College.

Upon retirement from the Navy in June 1990, Dania and Denis moved back to his hometown of Avella, PA, where he served as commander of the Avella American Legion for eight years. They later lived in Wellsburg, WV, for 11 years and then moved to San Antonio, TX, where Denis was employed as a safety consultant with Higginbotham Insurance and Financial Services, the largest insurance brokerage firm in Texas. He was working full time with the company at the time of his death.

Denis was a “man’s man” who enjoyed the camaraderie of the Naval Academy and his naval profession and a family man devoted to his wife, children and grandchild. During the years that Denis and Dania resided in Corpus Christi, he was an enthusiastic supporter of the Padre Island Enrichment Club, a community organization specializing in volunteer services, providing financial support to charitable organizations and awarding academic scholarships to deserving students.

Denis was predeceased by his parents, John and Serafina Whitco. He is survived by his beloved wife of 35 years, Dania; son, Jake (Mindy); daughter, Dana Marie Amigo (Christian); sister, Marie Lowe; and granddaughter, Daisy Marie Amigo.

A memorial service was held at the Padre Island Yacht Club in Corpus Christi on 5 October 2017.

Donations in his memory may be made by check, payable to the Padre Island Enrichment Club, 13606 Moro Lane, Corpus Christi, TX 78418. H

STEPHEN DAVID COLE ’75

Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. ~Ernest Hemingway

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Commander Stephen D. Cole, USNR (Ret.), died on 7 January 2018 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. He was in El Paso, TX, on his annual Rio Grande duck-hunting trip with his brother, Jeff, and his son, Andrew.

“Steve” was born on 8 May 1952 in Minden, LA, where his lifelong love of the great outdoors began. When Steve was 15, he moved to Longview, TX. He excelled in sports throughout high school, playing football, baseball and basketball. After graduating from Longview High School in 1970, Steve attended Kilgore College.

Steve entered the U.S. Naval Academy on 30 June 1971. He studied engineering, enjoyed the comradeship of his 25th Company classmates and displayed early leadership abilities as a Company Commander. Steve’s

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service selection choice was naval aviation. After receiving his pilot Wings, he embarked on a stellar career in the E-2C aircraft. Steve completed three WestPac deployments, earning many Top Hook awards. He ended his active duty service in 1986 and completed his career in the Reserves.

In March 1987, Steve began his commercial aviation career with Piedmont Airlines. He completed 30 years of service and retired with American Airlines in May 2017.

Along the way, Steve found time to become a father to three children— Stephen Jr., Andrew and Sara. Later, he met the love of his life, Carol, and they were married on 20 April 1995. With Carol’s children, Brad and Jennie, a loving, blended family was created.

Steve was a wonderful husband, father and Poppaw. His family brought him countless joy, pride, laughter, comfort and wonderful memories. Steve was a great outdoorsman and was happiest when hunting, fishing or firing up the barbeque.

Steve was a man of deep faith. As a member of the Blair Road United Methodist Church in Mint Hill, NC, he participated in a men’s study group and taught Sunday school. His passion for service also led him to mission work with the Appalachia Service Project and at an orphanage in Haiti.

Steve is survived by his beloved wife, Carol; their children, Stephen D. Cole Jr., Andrew Cole, Sara Lee, Brad Broders and Jennie Jarrett; grandchildren, Emma, Abby, Louisa, Edison, River, Lola, Truman and Carson; his father, Stephen P. Cole; and his siblings, Debbie Roberson, Libby Teigen, Scott Cole and Jeff Cole. Steve was preceded in death by his mother, Marjie “Babe” Cole. H

ANDRIJ SERHIJ BUSHAK ’76 Andrij S. Bushak passed away on 1 February 2018 at the age of 63.

A native of Parma, OH, “Andy” excelled at football and earned multiple national awards, including All-American honors as a senior in high school. Although recruited by universities nationwide, Andy decided to continue his football and academic pursuits at the Naval Academy. He earned three varsity letters, helped the Navy win the Commander-in-Chief’s trophy twice and led the third-ranked defense in the NCAA. Andy was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American linebacker, won the Cooke Memorial Football award, and in 2009, was selected to the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial 50-year All-Stadium Team.

After graduating with the 35th Company in 1976, he served TAD as an assistant coach for the USNA football team before heading to SWOS and his first assignment aboard SOMERS, followed by tours in Pearl Harbor and San Diego.

Upon separation, he achieved his lifelong dream to play NFL football and after being drafted by three teams, signed with his hometown Cleveland Browns in 1981.

Although injuries limited his career to just short of two seasons, he pursued other dreams with equal passion and enjoyed a successful career as a commodities trader, consultant and educator. Andy utilized his superb intellect to enjoy tremendous success throughout his career, culminating with an industry-wide reputation as one of the premier trading seminar leaders, where he facilitated conferences around the world.

A devoted family man, Andy and his wife maintained strong links with their Ukrainian heritage. He volunteered many weekends at St. Josaphat Cathedral, helping prepare Ukrainian specialty foods.

Andy is survived by his wife of 32 years, the former Mary Ann Gera of Parma, OH; son, Nick; daughter, Lecia; brother, George; and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial services were conducted on 6 February at St. Josaphat Cathedral and military honors were provided by the NOSC Cleveland.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Andy’s memory, by sending checks to the USNA Foundation, 25 Maryland Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401; or credit card donations may be made via phone by calling the Foundation office at 410-295-4095. Please annotate “in memory of Andy Bushak” on the checks or when you call the office. These donations will go into the Athletic Excellence Sustainment Fund. H

MARK ALAN KOZIEL ’82 Mark Koziel passed away on Saturday, 13 January 2018, as a result of injuries sustained in a rollover automobile accident that occurred in July 2017.

Born on 30 August 1960 in Warren, OH, Mark was appointed to the Naval Academy’s Class of 1982, a proud member of the 33rd Company. At the Academy, he excelled at academics and was an avid cross-country runner.

Upon graduation, Mark joined the Nuclear Surface Warfare community. After completing Nuclear Power School in Orlando and Idaho Falls and Surface Warfare Officer School in San Diego, Mark reported to LONG BEACH (CGN-9) in October 1985 as machinist division officer. In July 1986, he received orders to SAMUEL GOMPERS (AD-37) as radiological controls officer.

Mark left the Navy in 1988 and went to work for an energy company that became known as the First Energy Corporation. His first position was working directly with Ohio’s first nuclear power plant, the Davis-Besse. Mark held several positions with First Energy over the years. At the time of his death, he was working as a Critical Infrastructure Protection Consultant in First Energy’s Akron, OH office.

Mark was a member of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church in Elyria, OH. He was the author of the annual family Christmas letter and enjoyed running and golfing. He was a handyman and enjoyed doing projects around his house. Mark loved his dogs.

Mark is survived by his three children, Eric of Massachusetts, Allison Koziel of Elyria and Brian of Dallas, TX; brother, Richard of Colorado; two sisters, Pamela of Utah and Judy of Maryland; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Evelyn (Fetsko) Koziel, and sister, Debbie.

Services were held in North Ridgeville, OH, and Mark was buried with full military honors at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Seville, OH. H

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Lini McCarthy, 54, passed away on 5 November 2017 in Juneau, AK, after a brave, but short, battle with lymphoma.

Lini was born in Yonkers, NY, and was raised in Washingtonville, NY, and Buckhannon, WV. After enlisting in 1982 as a Navy ocean systems technician, she served in Adak, AK, and Keflavik, Iceland, both undersea surveillance sites critical to Cold War forces.

Her love for adventurous and remote locations became signatory of her life journeys.

Entering as a seasoned sailor with the Naval Academy Class of 1988, she became known as “Mama Lini” by her shipmates of 31st Company due to her ability to help others navigate through the rigors of military training.

Her caring leadership as captain of the Women’s Crew sparked success of the program resulting in her selection as a two-time winner of the Laura Stegman ’82 Inspiration Award. Lini’s knack for making others laugh while “rowing their best” was truly a motivational gift that she extended throughout her life.

After graduation, Lini landed at the communications station in Guam, where she could be close to Navy operations while honing her diving skills.

Lini removed barriers and opened opportunities for women. In 1990, she was accepted into the naval aviation pipeline at Pensacola, FL. After flight school, Lini transferred to VAW-120 in Norfolk. In 1995, Lini made the tough decision leave active duty to seek new experiences without limitations.

Lini initially worked for Lenox china in North Carolina to be close to family and then returned to patriotic service as a Navy civilian in Virginia Beach, VA, where she continued global travel with the intelligence community while relishing nature through her exploratory and active vacations. In 2011, Lini moved to Seattle, WA, and subsequently her career went full circle back to Alaska with the Department of Homeland Security in Juneau. She found a job combining her passion for the outdoors with public service at the National Park Service – Glacier Bay in beautiful Gustavus, AK. Lini loved scuba diving, surfing, snowshoeing, snowboarding and rescuing animals and people. Her big heart for all living things manifested in a personal code of leaving people, animals and places better than she found them. Her light will continue to shine in all she met.

She leaves behind three beloved brothers, Adam, Michael and Andrew McCarthy, and their families.

Interment will take place at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, NY, on 27 May. Memorials may be made to (www.theoceancleanup.com). H

Lieutenant “Bob” Martinazzi, USN (Ret.), died on 4 February 2018 at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, after a 27-year battle with cancer. He was 49 years old.

Bob was born on 2 May 1968, at Camp Lejeune, NC, to Madeline and Robert Martinazzi.

Bob attended Penn State University for a year through the ROTC program prior to his Naval Academy Induction in 1987. Bob graduated with his Class in May of 1991 with a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering. While officially a member of the 28th Company, his plebes from the Ninth Company, Class of 1993, would have readily adopted him to this day. He had that kind of impact on the lives he touched.

Upon graduation, Bob was commissioned into the Civil Engineer Corps and proudly served for nine years. He served in the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One in Gulfport, MS, and the Southwest Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command in San Diego, CA. He also served at multiple commands in the Washington, DC, area. He managed to touch the hearts of nearly all who worked with him and for him, both up and down the chain of command. He also found time to earn two master’s degrees while on active duty, one in civil engineering and the other in environmental engineering. In 2000, Bob was medically retired from naval service.

Bob went on to work at the University of Maryland for 14 years, first as the Project Manager for Capital Projects and concluding as the Director of Procurement.

Bob was a Boy Scout leader and very active in his local parish community.

As many of us know, Bob was an avid Star Wars fan. A member of both the DC Star Wars Collectors Club and R2DC Builders, Bob pursued his hobby with the same zeal he did for all other things in his life—ALL IN. The words from the Jedi Master Yoda himself reflect a motto for Bob’s life— “Do or Do Not, there is no try...”

Bob is survived by his devoted wife of 22 years, the former Allison Mary Gifford; and their cherished children, Emily and Robert.

A Mass of Christian Burial was conducted on 9 February 2018 at St. Bernadette Catholic Church in his hometown of Severn, MD, followed by interment at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Crownsville, MD, with full military honors.

Ron Bishop ’91 H

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THE DOLL REAL ESTATE TEAM Relocating Families and Their Dreams…

Named the #1 Large Real Estate Team in Hampton Roads by the HR Realtors Association REMAX Alliance

Visit us online at:

www. MilitaryMovePro.com Email: AmyDoll@remax.net

Specializing in Listings, Sales & Property Management

SERVICES

Ray Putt ’76 Mortgage Consultant

410.349.1861 rputt@accesscap.com “Give me a call before you make a move!”

Serving the Annapolis area and nationwide for your home mortgage needs – purchase or refinance; extensive VA loan experience.

Patriot Scuba 305 Mill Street, B-1 Occoquan, VA 22125 703-490-1175

www.patriotscuba.com

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State House Inn SERVICES

MISCELLANY

www.diamondsbyjpc.com jcolli74@msn.com

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our home away from home.

Downtown, walk to gates 1 & 3.

Call for Gov’t & Alumni Discounts LCDR Marc Lucas (’91) 25 State Circle • Annapolis, MD 21401

(410) 990-0024

www.StateHouseInn.com SHOP. CONNECT. ENJOY! Shop through our Amazon Partnership portal. usna.com/amazon

This program is not affiliated with the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.

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MISCELLANY

MISCELLANY

Imperial Half Bushel 813 N. Howard St., Baltimore, MD 21201

410 -462-1192 Silver, Furniture & Decorations on Antique Row Frederick’50, Nancy & Patrick Duggan

Wed-Sat 10:30 am - 5 pm Sun 1-5pm Aug By Appt. www. imperialhalfbushel.com ihb@imperialhalfbushel.com

ALUMNI HOUSE Wedding? Reunion? Conference?

Host your special event at Ogle Hall. events@usna.com or 410-295-4018

2018 SHIPMATE Classified Ad Rates Black and White Classified Ad Rates

Color Classified Ad Rates SIZE

$ 55.00 $110.00 $165.00 $220.00 $275.00 $330.00 $385.00 $440.00

Non-LifeMember Rates

1” 2” 3” 4” 5” 6” 7” 8”

$ 90.00 $180.00 $270.00 $360.00 $450.00 $540.00 $630.00 $720.00

1” 2” 3” 4” 5” 6” 7” 8”

$ 65.00 $130.00 $195.00 $260.00 $325.00 $390.00 $455.00 $520.00

25% LifeMember Discount Rates

$ 70.00 $140.00 $210.00 $280.00 $350.00 $420.00 $490.00 $497.00

25% LifeMember Discount Rates

Non-LifeMember Rates

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2018 SHIPMATE Classified Information & Insertion Order Classified Advertising Policy

Advertisement

Classified ads are accepted on a space available basis as a service to USNA Alumni only. The Alum’s name and class year MUST appear in the ad. Spouse ads are accepted only with the Alum’s name and class year included in the ad. Ads are accepted camera-ready and electronically; jpg., tif. or PDF formats. (300 dpi) Any classified ad may occupy one column width (2.5 inches) by a maximum of up to 8 inches of column length.

Classified ad rates are $70 per inch for black and white and $90 per inch for color. A $50 set up fee is charged if ad is designed for advertiser. LifeMembers are eligible for a 25% discount—reducing the cost to $55 per inch for black and white and $65 per inch for color.

Advertiser Name ____________________________________________ Street ____________________________________________ City ______________________State ____Zip __________ Daytime Phone ___________________________________ Email ____________________________________________ Class Year ________________________________________

Billing

m Please charge my Discover/Visa/MasterCard/ American Express:

Total $_____________ per issue Credit Card No.____________________________________

Please select the issue(s) in which you wish to run or specify: “RFN” -Run Until Further Notice.

Expiration Date ___________________________________

Issue

Signature _________________________________________

Insertion/Ad Due

Delivered

11/20/17

2/2/18

12/19/17

3/2/18

02/19/18

5/4/18

03/19/18

6/1/18

05/22/18

8/3/18

m Jan-Feb 2018 m March 2018 m April-May 2018 m June 2018 m July-Aug 2018 m September 2018 m October 2018 m Nov-Dec 2018

Payment information must accompany order.

Send insertion order and ad file to: USNA Alumni Association

06/18/18

8/31/18

Attn: Maria O’Shea 247 King George St. Annapolis, MD 21402

07/23/18

10/5/18

or email to: maria.oshea@usna.com

09/17/18

11/30/18

fax: 410-295-4003; phone: 410-295-4074

Please contact Maria O’Shea via email or phone for space availability and any concern — if the due date has passed, I will be as flexible as possible.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE VOLUME 81 • NO. 3

Byron F. Marchant ’78 President Gwenn Dennis Executive Administrator for the President

Publisher Byron F. Marchant ’78 410-295-4090; byron.marchant@usna.com

ENGAGEMENT Bill Dawson ’82 Executive Vice President

Editor-in-Chief Kristen Pironis 410-295-4072 kristen.pironis@usna.com

410-295-4011 Cathy Wagner Executive Administrator Cynthia Belt 410-295-4000 Member Services Coordinator

Executive Editors Bill Dawson ‘82 410-295-4070 william.dawson@usna.com Bill O’Connor 410-295-4101 bill.oconnor@usna.com Editorial Senior Editors Courtney Jolley 410-295-4075 courtney.jolley@usna.com Elizabeth Wrightson 410-295-4071 elizabeth.wrightson@usna.com Associate Editor Samantha Casamassima 410-295-4027 samantha.casamassima@usna.com Assistant Editors Anne Sharpe 410-295-4078 anne.sharpe@usna.com Tonya McGinnis 410-295-4066 tonya.white@usna.com Design and Production Art Director/Production Manager Jackie Furton 410-295-4073 jackie.furton@usna.com Assistant Production Manager/ Classes Editor Maria O’Shea 410-295-4074 maria.oshea@usna.com Chapter and Classes Editor Sandra Stansbury-Spadaro 410-295-4076 sandy.spadaro@usna.com Obituaries Editor Timothy Elizabeth Woodbury 410-295-4064 timothy.woodbury@usna.com Contributing Editor Captain David Poyer ’71, USNR (Ret.) Contributing Photographers Barbara Hendricks Debbie Latta Contact Shipmate 410-295-4000 Main 410-295-4003 Fax 410-295-4074 Classified Advertising 410-295-4066 Display Advertising 410-295-4026 Address Updates and Corrections Submissions Editorial shipmate@usna.com Address/Delivery alumni@usna.com Bravo Zulu comms@usna.com Chapter ColumnsH chapternews@usna.com Class ColumnsH classnews@usna.com Obituaries obits@usna.com Register of Alumni registerofalumni@usna.com H For Secretary use only, please

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410-295-4000 Carrie Carroll Member Services Coordinator Engagement Operations 410-295-4089 Craig Washington ’89 Director Joe Fagan ’89 410-295-4035 Assistant Director, Alumni Chapters Holly Powers 410-295-4017 Class Reunion Manager Elizabeth Beedenbender Parent Clubs/Programs

410-295-4166

Programs and Services 410-295-4013 Dave Church ’67 Director Noreen Frenaye 410-295-4016 Associate Director, Alumni Special Programs Michelle Mazanec 410-295-4022 Assistant Director, Career Programs John Cooper Facilities Manager John Taylor Facilities Assistant

410-295-4031 410-295-4029

Information Technology Larry Rogers 410-295-4084 Sr. Database Administrator Jordan Bailey 410-295-4060 Computer Network Manager Denise Clark 410-295-4079 Database Administrator Garrett Keating 410-295-4087 Senior Software Developer Paige Fuller 410-295-4026 Online Membership Services Coordinator Derrick Planz 410-295-4067 Application Developer Brandon Decker 410-295-4088 IS Specialist COMMUNICATIONS Kristen Pironis 410-295-4072 Vice President, Enterprise Communications Joanne Rennie 410-295-4043 Executive Administrator Courtney Jolley 410-295-4075 Director of Communications Jackie Furton 410-295-4073 Associate Director, Publications Elizabeth Wrightson 410-295-4071 Assistant Director, Communications Anne Sharpe 410-295-4078 Web Communications Manager Maria O’Shea 410-295-4074 Assistant Production Manager Sandra Stansbury-Spadaro 410-295-4076 Communications Specialist Samantha Casamassima 410-295-4027 Communications Specialist Tonya McGinnis 410-295-4066 Projects Administrator Events and Protocol Nadine Smith 410-295-4020 Director, Enterprise Events and Marketing Shannon Spillane 410-295-4175 Director, Protocol and Events

410-295-4090 410-295-4091

Events and Protocol CONTINUED 410-295-4018 Wendy Owen Event Manager

DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED 410-295-4147 Kaitlyn Sands Associate Director, Annual Giving Programs

Casey Perkins Event Planner

410-295-4188 Damian Sinclair Associate Director, President’s Circle Tracey Cook 410-295-4164 Annual Giving Programs Coordinator

410-295-4019

TREASURY Gerrie Farmer 410-295-4050 Comptroller Lisa Strobel 410-295-4051 Director, Treasury Operations Mike Mundt ’83 410-295-4041 Director, Investments Janet Douglas 410-295-4057 Staff Accountant 410-295-4053 Angela Berteaux Staff Accountant Jenny Bolton 410-295-4055 Staff Accountant Linda Reyes 410-295-4056 Accounts Payable Coordinator Joseph Bytella Accounts Payable Clerk HUMAN RESOURCES Heather Scott Director, Human Resources Julie Boberg Payroll Administrator DEVELOPMENT Bill O’Connor Executive Vice President Abby Repko Executive Administrator/ Principal Gift Administrator

410-295-4058

410-295-4048

Development Services 410-295-4110 Kelly Carter Rollison Director, Development Services 410-295-4111 Carolyn McCollum Assistant Director, Research & Stewardship Jill Cook 410-295-4121 Assistant Director, Research Gift Processing Dawn Beach Director, Gift Processing

410-295-4115

410-295-4126 Liz Root Assistant Director, Gift Processing Elvira Reyes 410-295-4116 Gift Processor Janine Bailey ’97 410-295-4127 Gift Processor Shawn Robinson Gift Processor

410-295-4120

410-295-4047

410-295-4101 410-295-4103

Campaign Dena Patterson 410-295-4183 Campaign Director/Principal Gift Officer Amanda Shinholser 410-295-4112 Assistant Campaign Director Development John Rudder ’78 410-295-4189 Vice President of Development John Maconi 410-295-4190 Corporate and Foundation Relations Coordinator Major Gifts Michael Hoffman 410-295-4184 Senior Major Gift Officer/Director, Training and Performance Charles J. Kupec 410-295-4185 Senior Major Gift Officer Vince Balderrama ’78 410-295-4182 Major Gift Officer Ashley “AJ” Bauer 410-295-4160 Major Gift Officer Ted Jeffries 410-295-4181 Major Gift Officer Frankie Melvin 410-295-4191 Major Gift Officer Kate Peterson 410-295-4178 Major Gift Coordinator Planned Giving Patti Bender 410-295-4187 Director, Planned Giving Keisha Watkins 410-295-4186 Coordinator, Planned Giving Annual Programs Rusty Yeiser ’74 410-295-4174 Senior Director Annual Programs Rich Goldsby ’72 410-295-4167 Associate Director, Class Legacy Gift Programs Melissa Nelson 410-295-4117 Coordinator, Class Giving Program

FOUNDATION ATHLETIC AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS Ed Wallace ’72 410-295-4096 Vice President Chris Knott 410-295-4097 Office Manager and Administrative Assistant Mariola Baker 410-295-4098 Senior Administrative Assistant QUICK REFERENCE Death Notifications

obits@usna.com; 410-295-4064 Class Ring Information classrings@usna.com Register of Alumni registerofalumni@usna.com Address/Delivery alumni@usna.com Donate 410-295-4100 Membership Updates 410-295-4026 U.S. Naval Academy Main Phone 410-293-1000 U.S. Naval Academy Athletics 410-293-2700 CONTACT US United States Naval Academy Alumni Association 247 King George Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21402-1306 Main Phone 410-295-4000 Ogle Hall Fax 410-295-4001 49 House Fax 410-295-4004 Human Resources Fax 888-980-1058 Payroll Fax 888-980-0987 Cottage Fax 410-295-4003 Foundation Development 291 Wood Road, Beach Hall, Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5001 Main Phone 410-295-4100 Fax 410-295-4107 Foundation Athletic and Scholarship Programs 25 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Main Phone 410-295-4095 Fax 410-280-5534

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