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Army-Navy Rivalry In just one weekend in December, Navy added to its swimming and diving legacy and lost a very close game (14-13) to Army in football in Philadelphia, PA. Thursday night in Lejeune Hall, the swimming and diving teams combined to win all but three of the 32 events during the annual Star meet against Army West Point.

“The atmosphere was as exciting as ever,” said John Morrison, Navy women’s swimming head coach.

“The Brigade showed up in full force, there were a lot of parents and alumni here, and it was just a great crowd to compete in front of.”

In partnership with Run to Honor and the Alumni Association, Navy swimming wore special swim caps for the meet recognizing the names of the 20 fallen alumni who were honored during Honor Our Fallen Heroes Weekend (see page 12).

For more on individual swimmer performances, visit www.navysports.com. Swim Navy!

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Sibling Rivalry LT Robert Pedersen ’08, USN, a MH-60R Sea Hawk naval aviator, and his sister LTJG Erika Pedersen ‘14, USN, assigned to the Battlecats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, recently served together on THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71).

“Having Erika on this deployment is great because I get to live vicariously through her and hear about her experiences before I go out there as a department head or even further,” said LT Robert Pedersen, who is currently the shooter in charge of launching and recovering aircraft onboard ROOSEVELT. He’s been flying for nine years and was also a flight instructor for 31 months at HSM 41 in San Diego, CA. “Right now I would definitely agree that he is the better pilot,” said LTJG Erika Pedersen. “He has more hours and more experience. I am immediately jumping into work-ups and a deployment. By the end of deployment, I may have a few more experiences that he doesn’t.”

Excerpted from an article by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Victoria Foley.

Thanks to the THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) Public Affairs staff for their assistance.

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LETTER fRoM THE PRESIdEnT

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By Byron F. Marchant ’78

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2017 wrapped up with an impressive Navy football win over UVA (49-7) in the 2017 Military Bowl. The game, played in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, had the excitement and pageantry of a home football game. Go Navy!

y any measure, 2017 was a terrific year for the Naval Academy and the Alumni Association and Foundation. And I expect 2018 will be even better. We ended 2017 on a high note with the excitement of the Military Bowl game in Annapolis and that excitement has carried us through the first few weeks of the Dark Ages.

With First Class Battalion Receptions throughout the winter at historic Ogle Hall, we look forward to joining forces with members of the Another Link in the Chain Class of ’68 to welcome the Class of 2018 into the alumni community.

Recently, the Academy announced that the Class of 2018 includes Rhodes, Marshall and Schwarzman Scholars (see page 8). And in January, the Alumni Association announced the 2018 U.S. Naval Academy Distinguished Graduates— Rear Admiral Lawrence C. Chambers ’52, USN (Ret.); Admiral James R. Hogg ’56, USN (Ret.); Senator John S. McCain III ’58; Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr. ’68, USMC (Ret.); Steven S. Reinemund ’70;

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and Admiral Timothy J. Keating ’71, USN (Ret.).

The continuum of Naval Academy alumni—from those young candidates we meet on the road to midshipmen today to those who have had a lifetime of service— are an impressive group and we are proud to serve them, partner with them and share their stories.

Today, Alumni Association membership stands at nearly 62,000 worldwide. We are a diverse, strong group made up of dedicated alumni,

parents and friends. With expanded activity by classes, chapters, clubs and— as of last year—shared interest groups, our passion and our support of the Academy spans the globe. We recently hosted families of fallen alumni back in Annapolis for the fifth annual Honor Our Fallen Heroes Weekend. Held on Veterans Day weekend, the program has become one of the most meaningful we offer. Read more about the program and alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice in this issue (see page 12).

We will continue to invest in events, programs and services—like Honor Our Fallen Heroes Weekend and this magazine—as we work to remain relevant to our members and pursue our mission of supporting the alma mater and its alumni community in 2018 and beyond.

Thank you for your enthusiastic support and your active participation.

With the strength of our alumni, parents and friends, I am convinced the best is yet to come. a

“…the most vibrant, the most ‘with it’ alumni organization for any school, anywhere. Its connection with the mission doesn’t stop at graduation.”

—ADM John Richardson ’82, USN, Chief of Naval Operations said during the “Meet the Fleet” segment on WNAV 1430AM The “Admirals” at the Army-Navy game. Thanks to David Robinson ’87 and Admiral John Richardson ’82, USN, for joining us on WNAV’s pre-game radio shows, and for their support of the Naval Academy and the Alumni Association and Foundation throughout the year.

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A CAREER PLAYBOOK

Byron F. Marchant ’78

A grad turned professional yodeler—as well as an author, racecar driver and golf pro— share the path that led to their passions. Fellow alumni provide advice for making career transitions. Plus, tips, tricks and guidance for the next step in your career. 16

GET OUT THE VOTE Meet the candidates for the Mid-Atlantic and Western Regions for the Board of Trustees, and help shape the Alumni Association direction and leadership. 24

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HONOR OUR FALLEN HEROES WEEKEND MARKS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Gold Star families made their way back to Annapolis to celebrate the lives of those who died in service to the nation.

At the annual event, those in attendance have the opportunity to share stories, meet with friends and classmates, and be recognized for their sacrifice. 12 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.

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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.

On the Cover Winter weather sets in on historic Ogle Hall.

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Captain Geoffrey Cant ’59, USNR (Ret.), had a visceral reaction to a comment made during a recent Forrestal lecture featured in our All Hands section: “I write this the day I received my November-December issue of Shipmate out of sheer emotion. The quote (p. 13 of NovemberDecember) from Senator John McCain III ’58 to the Brigade really struck me and, I admit it, overwhelmed me and brought tears to my eyes.

What a marvelous statement of patriotism! Thank you, Senator.”

Readers Respond to Feedback In the NovemberDecember Feedback we published a response to the August All Hands story on a grad going to the Ring Dance many years later. That letter led Bill Hebert ’82 takes part in to another from the class ring ceremony for the Lieutenant Cody first time.

Hicks’ 12, USN: “From I-Day to the final day of one’s Commissioning Week after four years by the Bay, every midshipman has memorized, taken to heart and embodied the mission of the United States Naval Academy.

I do not presume to know in what particular manner Mrs. Droddy believes the Naval Academy to have been ‘coddling’ our Brigade of Midshipmen in allowing them to invite guests of their choosing to their Ring Dance. However, I will offer in this specific instance that I, as an alumnus, believe we

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witnessed a tremendous and laudable example of our continued “Link in the Chain” tradition, the upholding of the Naval Academy mission and a demonstration of the unbreakable bond shared by all USNA alumni. We witnessed current midshipmen, the Class of 2018 and then-Midshipman Chris Goodale ’17 affording a former Lieutenant Bill Hebert ’82 the opportunity to participate in one of the most sentimental milestones of one's four years in the Brigade. The words of the mission of the Academy were put into action—the embodiment of ‘the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty.’”

This letter from Brigadier General Steve Cheney ’71, USMC (Ret.), is in response to another opinion in Feedback: “Extremely disappointed at the publication of Machniak’s views in the November-December Shipmate. This is the type of alarming ‘fake news’ propagated by those with no scientific background. I recommend he read RADM David Titley’s findings (the former meteorologist of the Navy). Titley describes climate change as ‘one of the driving forces in the 21st century’ and said that it contributed to the 2011 Arab Spring. It is Mr. Machniak who is politicizing the issue, not your August article, which was excellent and factual.”

Submissions have been lightly edited for length/clarity.

ALL HAndS Midshipmen Receive Prestigious Naval Academy Takes First Place International Scholarships at CSAW Games Rhodes Scholar

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Midshipman Nate Bermel ’18 became the Naval Academy’s 51st Rhodes Scholar this fall. He was one of 32 students chosen this year from 900 applicants endorsed by 299 schools.

Bermel plans to pursue a master’s degree in public policy at Oxford University and will attend flight school after graduating to become a Navy pilot. He is the Academy’s 16th Rhodes Scholar in the past 15 years.

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Midshipman Christopher Cantillo ’18 has been awarded one of 43 highly competitive Marshall Scholarships which will provide him with two years of postgraduate study at a United Kingdom university.

Cantillo will commission as a Navy ensign upon graduation from the Academy and after completing his studies at Cambridge University, he will attend flight school and train to be a Navy pilot.

The world’s largest and most comprehensive set of student-led security challenges came to a close on 13 November as the last of five countries set records in the 14th annual New York Cyber University Security Awareness Week (CSAW) games. More than 400 students from high school through doctoral programs who had beaten more than 12,000 participants from 98 countries in preliminary rounds gathered at four regional hubs from 9 to 11 November and in Israel from 12 to 13 November.

The Naval Academy took first place in the “Law and Policy” competition which asked teams to present recommendations related to the disclosure of investigative methods that use computer code. Midshipmen have successfully placed in the top three of the Policy competition every year since its establishment in 2014. Congratulations to Midshipmen Morgan Giraud ’19, Chris Kay ‘18 and Lexi Mendolia ‘18.

“The CSAW games have proved an outstanding tool to engage and educate students, and we are proud that this year we could reach students on three continents through our four university partners. Like us, they recognize that cybersecurity is borderless—and growing in opportunities for our students, with an anticipated shortfall of 1.8 million jobs worldwide by 2022,” said New York University Tandon School of Engineering Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ramesh Karri, the faculty lead for NYU CSAW. ®

Schwarzman Scholar

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Midshipman Michael Wallace ’18 was named one of 142 Schwarzman Scholars in December.

Through the Schwarzman Scholars program, Wallace will pursue a master’s degree in global affairs with a concentration in economics and business at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Upon completion he will report to Nuclear Power School in Charleston, SC, where he will begin the training pipeline to join the submarine force.

Rotary Global Grant Scholar Midshipman Michelle Tran ’18 was named a Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholar in January.

Global Grant Scholars plan to pursue a career in the Rotary Foundation’s six areas of focus: peace and conflict prevention and resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy and economic and community development. Tran, whose service MIDN Tran selection is surface warfare, intends to pursue a master’s degree in water science and policy at King’s College London or Oxford University. ®

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2018 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients Announced

Members of the Naval Academy Community gather in the Rotunda for the annual Giving Tree event.

Giving Tree Program Spreads Cheer to Children The Naval Academy partnered with the Salvation Army for the 27th annual Giving Tree lighting ceremony on 28 November in the rotunda of Bancroft Hall. Each year, midshipmen from 6th Company decorate the tree with paper angel ornaments which contain the age, gender and gift wish list of a child in need from the greater Annapolis area. The Brigade, as well as Academy faculty and staff members, are encouraged to take an angel from the tree and purchase holiday gifts for the child the ornament represents.

This year, more than 500 children received gifts from the Giving Tree.

“This is certainly a very personal way that you can make a difference in a child’s life here in Annapolis,” said Commandant of Midshipmen Captain Robert Chadwick II ’91, USN. “For most of us the holidays are a joyous time, but for many it’s a very challenging time as well. I can’t think of a more touching and moving way that you can contribute.” ®

On 8 December 2017, the Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award Selection Panel, chaired by Admiral Michael Mullen ’68, USN (Ret.), selected the following alumni as 2018 Distinguished Graduates: Rear Admiral Lawrence Chambers ’52, USN (Ret.); Admiral James R. Hogg ’56, USN (Ret.); Senator John S. McCain III ’58; Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr. ’68, USMC (Ret.); Steven S. Reinemund ’70; and Admiral Timothy J. Keating ’71, USN (Ret.).

The graduates will be honored at the 20th annual Distinguished Graduate Award ceremony on 23 March 2018 at Alumni Hall. More information on the recipients and the Distinguished Graduate Award program can be found at www.usna.com/DGA and will be in a future issue of Shipmate. ®

Harvest for the Hungry The Midshipman Action Group (MAG) teamed up with the Anne Arundel County Food and Resource Bank and Anne Arundel County Public Schools to collect food for this year’s Harvest for the Hungry campaign. The midshipmen successfully completed their goal of donating more than 80,000 pounds of food to those in need. This marked the ninth straight year that MAG has supported the Harvest for the Hungry program.

MAG was established in 1992 as a community relations program for and by the Brigade of Midshipmen and currently offers a variety of educational, environmental and social service volunteer projects in coordination with community partners from the Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington, DC, areas, as well as regional and national partners. MAG prepares midshipmen for future service by encouraging peer leadership, teamwork, character development, morale, selflessness and goodwill towards others. ® PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CAPITAL GAZETTE

Silent Drill Team Performs During Military Tattoo The Naval Academy Silent Drill Team performed alongside the Washington Memorial Pipe Band, the Campbell Highland School of Dancing and the United States Army Fife and Drum Corps during the Valley Forge Military Academy & College’s annual Military Tattoo in November. Military tattoos date to the 17th century when British commanders stationed in Belgium and the Netherlands would send their drummers out The USNA Silent Drill Team to recall soldiers on leave, back to base and crest—debuted in 2016: “Silent, Disciplined and Precise.” alert local shopkeepers to turn off the taps.

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Midshipmen load more than 80,000 pounds of food donated during this year’s Harvest for the Hungry campaign.

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Update: Yard Construction Projects

Gen Fulford ’66, USMC (Ret.), left, and CAPT Minderlein ’65, USN (Ret.), work to restore the Marine statue.

Anchor to the Past:

I’ll Meet You at The Marine The six-foot tall resin statue of a U.S. Marine that stands watch outside The Annapolis Bookstore in downtown Annapolis, MD, received a new uniform and a promotion this winter thanks to two Naval Academy graduates.

The Marine previously belonged to Captain Robert R. Timberg ’64, USMC (Ret.), who was seriously injured in the Vietnam War and later became a journalist and an author. Timberg was a close friend of the staff of the bookstore and when he passed away on 6 September 2016, owner Mary Adams was invited to browse through some of the books he left behind.

After she noticed the statue in Timberg’s library, his family gifted it to her and she has placed it outside the shop every morning since.

Captain Jim Minderlein ’65, USN (Ret.), leads tours of the Naval Academy and passes the Marine every time he walks to the Yard.

In November, he noticed that the blue paint on the Marine’s dress uniform had faded spots and the red trimming on his jacket and pants had begun to peel. With Adams’ blessing, he began repainting and updating the statue—even giving the Marine a promotion from private first class to sergeant. Along with the three new stripes on his arm and a fresh coat of paint, the Marine also had his cover fixed and the Marine Corps emblem added to his belt buckle.

Minderlein sought advice from Master Sergeant Erwin Jumawan, the senior enlisted Marine for the Academy’s 30th Company, and received painting assistance from General Carl Fulford Jr. ’66, USMC (Ret.), president of the Class of ’66. Minderlein and Fulford also fought in Vietnam and knew of the permanent visible—and invisible—scars the War had left on Timberg. While searching for enemy snipers in South Vietnam, Timberg’s vehicle was struck by a mine and the explosion left him with third-degree burns all over his body. He endured more than 30 surgeries and wrote about the experience in his book Blue-Eyed Boy. He also wrote The Nightingale’s Song about five fellow Academy graduates who served in the Vietnam War. To honor Timberg’s service, the men added a Vietnam Service Medal to the Marine’s two rows of ribbons. When Timberg’s daughter, Amanda, heard about the medal’s addition she was floored. “Anything that would help people see that Vietnam was a war that good people went to, fought and died in, would make my father happy” she said. ®

Anyone who spent time on the Yard this past fall couldn’t miss the sounds of construction underway in several key areas, most notably the site of Hopper Hall, future home of the Center for Cyber Security Studies and related disciplines. As the year drew to a close, structural pile driving for the project, expected to wrap up in September 2018, was completed.

A tower crane installed this past September will allow for the first steel to be added in February. Final design documents for the 206,000 square foot building were expected to be received in January.

At press time, the long awaited 368-spot Alumni Hall parking garage is slated to open in April following the completion of stairways and retaining walls.

The Santee Basin seawall required repair from damages caused by a sinkhole. They have been made and the marina is fully operational again.

Over at Halsey Field House, a high temperature water line was repaired.

Looking forward, the major internal systems (HVAC, fire protection, plumbing and electrical) in Rickover Hall will undergo significant repair and modernization. This work will be phased in beginning in summer 2018 and continuing through summer 2019. ®

Construction on the Yard makes way for Hopper Hall.

“I suspect there’s something essentially human about what I fought my way through. Somewhere buried in my memory, hidden beneath this terrible mask of scar tissue. I want to remember how I decided not to die. To not let my future die.”

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Snyder ’06 Launches “Start Your Impossible” Campaign

All Women’s Glee Club (WGC) alumni are invited to return to Annapolis this spring to reconnect with old friends, mentor current WGC midshipmen and rehearse for a joint concert with past and present WGC members.

Registration is $80. Included are four complimentary concert tickets for others in your party, Saturday’s networking luncheon with fellow alumni and current WGC members and a lifetime of memories!

To attend, ensure your Alumni Association contact info is up-to-date by updating your profile at www.usna.com. Once updated, reunion details will be emailed to you directly with information regarding registration and reunion details.

Paralympians Tatyana McFadden and Lieutenant Brad Snyder ’06, USN (Ret.), are nothing short of inspirational. They have achieved awards most athletes can only dream of and inspired thousands of children and adults to reach for the stars.

This fall, the athletes teamed up with Toyota to campaign for Naval Academy graduate Brad Snyder ’06, USN, and fellow Paralympian Tatyana McFadden have mobility for all. The “Start Your teamed up with Toyota to campaign for mobility Impossible” campaign launched for all. in 24 countries across the world and focuses on creating a society that gives everyone the ability to overcome challenges, make their dreams come true and never give up.

McFadden, who has spina bifida, was adopted by an American couple, moved to the United States when she was six and is now the world’s leading wheelchair racer with 17 Paralympic medals under her belt.

Snyder, a former Naval Academy swim team captain, was blinded by an explosive device while serving in the Navy in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

He is now a two-time Paralympic swimmer with seven medals. ®

Friday, 6 April Downtown Annapolis TBD No-host Social at at McGarvey’s

Sunday, 8 April USNA Chapel 1300-1430 Rehearsal 1500-1615 Public Concert

Saturday, 7 April N* Room, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium 1000- 1045 Check-in 1100-1200 Rehearsal 1215-1345 Networking Luncheon 1400-1600 Rehearsal Evening, free

Not a Glee Club alum? Support Naval Academy music by attending the concert on 8 April 2018. Tickets may be purchased online or by phone and will also be available at the door on the night of the event. Tickets cost is $16 and will go on sale to the public on 13 March 2018. ®

USNA Community Gave Back On Giving Tuesday Naval Academy alumni, parents and friends came out in full force to participate in Giving Tuesday 2017, contributing more than $57,000 to the Naval Academy Annual Fund, 21 percent more than on Giving Tuesday 2016. Giving Tuesday, which takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving each year, is the national philanthropic antidote to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, encouraging participants to give back to the causes that matter to them. Thank you!

Your gifts to the Annual Fund are among the most powerful donors can make in support of the Academy. The Annual Fund fuels all Naval Academy Foundation fundraising efforts as well as provides Academy leadership with versatile resources to launch and expand vital programs.

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AD Gladchuk earns two awards Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk was recently honored with two distinguished awards: the Commodore Barry Award from the Navy League Philadelphia Council and the Business Leader of the Year honor from the Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce.

The Commodore Barry Award honors civilians who have shown exemplary leadership and support for the sea Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk services. Past recipients include Naval addresses alumni and friends at the 2017 Navy Military Bowl tailgate.

Academy Distinguished Graduate Award recipient Ralph Hooper ’51; Janet and Colonel Tom Manion, USMCR (Ret.), parents of late First Lieutenant Travis Manion ’04, USMC, and founders of the Travis Manion Foundation; Admiral Gary Roughead ’73, USN (Ret.), 29th Chief of Naval Operations; Rear Admiral Stephen K. Chadwick ’62, USN (Ret.), 71st Commandant of Midshipmen; and Admiral Jonathan Greenert ’75, USN (Ret.), 30th Chief of Naval Operations.

The Business Leader of the Year award from Anne Arundel County (home of Annapolis) recognized Gladchuk’s work with the city, county, state and neighborhood associations to ensure proper communication and sensitivity to issues that benefit both the NAAA and community at large.

Attendance at Navy football games has increased with the success Gladchuk has brought to the Naval Academy. With this increase in attendance, the local economy has felt the positive impact. Gladchuk also helped bring the Military Bowl to Annapolis and over the three previous years the Military Bowl has had an estimated $47 million direct impact on the local Annapolis economies. ®

PHOTO COURTESY OF TOYOTA “START YOUR IMPOSSIBLE” CAMPAIGN

Calling all Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club Alumni

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The Center for Cyber Security Studies continues to attract remarkable support from the Naval Academy Foundation donor community. In recognition of the profound generosity of the cyber program’s early, lead donors, the Foundation has established the Grace Hopper Cyber Leadership Donor Society honoring those who have contributed $1 million or more to the Academy’s cyber and cyber-related initiatives.

Like Hopper Hall, the future home of the Center for Cyber Security Studies, the society is named for the late Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, USN (Ret.), a computer scientist who worked on the groundbreaking Mark I computer at Harvard University. Known as the “mother of computing,” Hopper is the first woman to be recognized with a building in her name at any of the three major U.S. service academies.

At calendar year end, 11 individuals and couples, two Naval Academy classes and three corporations had earned recognition in the Grace Hopper Society. All society members will be recognized on a plaque inside the completed Hopper Hall. ®

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Navy takes the field at the 2017 Military Bowl at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on 28 December 2017. The Naval Academy Midshipmen defeated the University of Virginia Cavaliers 49-7.

CDR Howard H. Aiken, USN; LTJG Grace Hopper, USN; and ENS Robert Campbell, USN; with a section of the Mark I computer (c. 1944).

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Alumni Products and Services Alumni House Rental ......................29 Alumni Merchandise: Coasters ......30 Anchors Away Alumni Travel 2018 ....................30 Service Academy Career Conference ......................29

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Taking the Field Naval Academy Foundation Establishes Grace Hopper Society

FEATURE

HONOR OUR FALLEN HEROES WEEKEND MARKS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ieutenant Commander Byron B. Newell ’30, USN, was killed in action on board HoRNET during the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 october 1942. Seventy-five years later, his great-grandchildren talked and shared how his sacrifice inspired them at the fifth annual Honor our Fallen Heroes events held by the Alumni Association.

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“The role models of self-sacrifice I’ve had in my own life … I just knew I wanted a career of naval service,” said Midshipman Caroline Watts ’18. “I came to the Academy because of our family’s legacy.” Watts attended the weekend events with her second cousin, Midshipman Justin Newell ’21.

Their family connection to the Academy is strong, and includes Lieutenant Commander Byron Newell’s brothers, Captain James H. Newell ’34, USN (Ret.), and Commander William C. Newell Jr. ’48, USN (Ret.); his two sons, Rear Admiral Byron B. Newell ’55, USN (Ret.), and Captain John W. Newell ’57, USN (Ret.); and grandson (Midshipman Watts’ father), Commander Edwin B. “Bruce” Watts, USN (Ret.).

Both Midshipmen Watts and Newell said the events of the weekend put their career choice in perspective. Watts is a political science major and plans to be a Navy pilot. Newell is considering economics or political science as a major, and also hopes to go Navy pilot.

This year marked the fifth year for the program, but the first that these midshipmen have attended. In the first year of the program, Rear Admiral Bruce Newell ’55 and his grandson Tim Newell represented their family.

Steve Jakubowski, father of Lieutenant Jason Jakubowski ’93, USN, has attended every year. Theirs is another Naval Academy family—all four of Steve and Linda Jakubowski’s sons attended the Academy including: Lieutenant Colonel Eric Jakubowski ’95, USMC (Ret.); Ryan Jakubowski ’99; and Jared Jakubowski ’03.

“I always said to Linda, ‘our kids are getting into a very dangerous occupation, so we have to be ready,’” said Steve Jakubowski. But how could they be?

They knew their son then-Second Lieutenant Eric Jakubowski, USMC, was to make his first carrier landing the day they received the call about their eldest son. The shock of that call still haunts them. Lieutenant Jakubowski died on 14 September 1997 when his F/A-18 crashed during a low-level training mission in oman.

“We know he was just doing exactly what he’d dreamt about doing his whole life,” explained Steve Jakubowski. “We’re missing out on …”

“What could have been,” said Linda Jakubowski, finishing her husband’s sentence.

Steve Jakubowski, a former Air Force enlisted flight crew member and retired United Airlines pilot, has been impressed with the way the Naval Academy community has supported him and his family. Honor our Fallen Heroes events have just become a part of “what we do to honor Jason.”

DOING THE RIGHT THING Their names are engraved in the walls of Memorial Hall. Their classmates remember them at reunions and events. Family members attend in their honor. Stories are shared.

“We certainly recognized the sacrifice of our fallen alumni, but not in an organized, institutional way,” said Captain William Dawson ’82, SC, USN (Ret.), executive vice president of engagement for the Alumni Association. “Classmates— through classes and chapters—were doing a lot, but now we have a dedicated program to support the families, and incredible alumni partners to join us in these efforts.”

From initial meetings in 2011 between staff and alumni including Brigadier General Dave Papak ’76, USMC (Ret.); Lieutenant Colonel Corky Gardner ’77, USMC (Ret.); Commander Deb Fermo ’95, USN; and Jeff Webb ’95, the conversations on what could be done and what should be done to honor alumni killed in action or operational losses grew, as did alumni involvement. On 8 November 2013, families of the fallen were invited to Ogle Hall for a reception and the following day, during a Navy-Hawaii football game, the families were recognized on the field. Since then, the program has grown not just in numbers, but in scope and relevance.

In 2016, the Alumni Association Board of Trustees approved a shared interest group pilot program that includes Run to Honor, a non-profit that perpetuates the memory of fallen Naval Academy alumni through participation in athletic and memorial events.

“Those of us that are not Gold Star family members can never fully understand what you go through,” said Commander Dave Richardson ’95, USN, president of Run to Honor, at the Honor Our Fallen Heroes brunch prior to the Navy-SMU game in November 2017. “We at Run to Honor, and we as the Naval Academy

A view to Memorial Hall.

extended family, want you to know here this weekend and going forward that we try to understand your grief that will never go away. We will do everything we can to perpetuate those stories and memories of your loved ones.”

That’s exactly why he and his classmates have expanded the Run to Honor nonprofit— inspired by the loss of several members of the Class of 1995—to recognize all Naval Academy alumni who have been killed in action or operational losses, and why they wanted to be among the Alumni Association’s first shared interest groups. Run to Honor has also embarked on a virtual Memorial Hall project to collect stories of Naval Academy alumni. By partnering with the Alumni Association, Run to Honor has been able to further its mission and expand its reach. “Thank you to all alumni who have made these events so meaningful,” said Dawson. “We look forward to working with you not just during Honor Our Fallen Heroes events, but throughout the year to recognize the sacrifice of our alumni, and their families.”

MIDN Justin Newell ’21 and MIDN Caroline Watts ’18.

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PHOTO BY DEBBIE LATTA

FEATURE

SWIM TO HONOR In a joint letter to families of the fallen, Midshipman William Rittenhouse ’18, captain of the men’s swim team, and Midshipman Elizabeth Graeff ’18, captain of the women’s swim team, wrote:

“We again thank you and your family members for being here in Annapolis for the annual Honor Our Fallen Heroes weekend. It is a truly moving event where the football game attendees have the opportunity to recognize your families’ loss, and the collective sacrifices made in service by our alumni, while introducting you to the community of families who have also borne this sorrow.

This year we members of the Navy swim teams have started a tradition in the same light as the Run to Honor annual running of the Marine Corps Marathon by alumni. We chose to wear special swim caps at the joint annual Army-Navy N Star men’s and women’s swimming meet held in Annapolis.”

Excerpted from a letter sent on 19 December 2017.

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“You feel like you are included,” he said. “And, you want people to feel that way.” But he admits it can be difficult.

“Sometimes you don’t know what to say to the families who come back for the weekend because some of them are so brand new; we’ve had 20 years to adjust.”

The same family legacy—and pride— that inspired Midshipmen Watts and Newell is evident in the Jakubowski family. But what about families not steeped in Navy and Naval Academy tradition? How do they cope?

Like Jakubowski, Craig Gontkovic has attended Honor our Fallen Heroes every year. He grew up hearing stories about his uncle, Lieutenant Junior Grade Mark Gontkovic ’76, USN, who died in an A-6E Intruder crash in the Mediterranean Sea on 6 December 1979, when Craig Gontkovic was just a child. He didn’t have a sense of who his uncle really was until he visited Annapolis and met with Gontkovic’s classmates.

members made their way out on to the field at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium as the announcer’s voice echoed: “Navy fans, please direct your attention to the south end zone. Today, in conjunction with the national observation of Veterans Day, the U.S. Naval Academy, the Naval Academy Athletic Association and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation recognize Honor our Fallen Heroes Weekend.”

As the sound carried across the stadium, Navy fans shifted their attention to the scoreboard and end zone and heard these words: “Now in its fifth year, Honor our Fallen Heroes provides a powerful opportunity to welcome the families of alumni killed in action and operational losses back to Annapolis, where we honor their service and sacrifice and the legacies of the alumni they represent.”

By this point in the announcement, the crowd was standing, and the faces of the family members gathered in the end

“It's nice for that public recognition, more than anything.”

—Craig Gontkovic, nephew of LTJG Mark Gontkovic ’76, USN “Honor our Fallen Heroes is interesting because it provides closure,” said Gontkovic. “It provides insight …

I garnered a new respect for the effort— and the crap—they went through at the Academy. It’s part of what they need to do, or are called to do, but it takes a special person for sure.”

Gontkovic also appreciated witnessing and taking part in the Academy traditions— visiting historic ogle Hall, meeting with flag officers and his uncle’s classmates, attending a football game and experiencing a Navy tailgate.

“Just being in the tunnel at the stadium as the planes go over—my kids love it, they’re ecstatic,” he described.

“The whole experience just brings them into the fold and the history.”

During the first quarter of the Navy-SMU game, more than 100 family

zone were projected onto the big screens in the stadium. The announcer continued: “over the past five years, more than 700 family members, representing classes from 1930 through 2010, have returned to Annapolis for our Honor our Fallen Heroes events. Joined by Vice Admiral Ted Carter, United States Navy, Class of 1981, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Mr. Byron Marchant, Class of 1978, president and CEo of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, and Major General Leo Williams, United States Marine Corps Reserves Retired, Class of 1970, vice chairman, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association Board of Trustees, those gathered today represent 20 alumni from the Classes of 1930 through 2007.

We honor them, and the loved ones they’ve left behind, today and every day.”

As the family members made their way off the field and through the stands, they were met with handshakes, clapping and more than a few tears from Navy fans. In a departure from the cheering and pageantry of a Navy game, those in the stands and those on the field were brought together to remember Naval Academy alumni who have been killed in action or operational losses. And they recognized their fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters, classmates and friends who have also sacrificed so much.

“We plan to be here for those lost and their families every year,” said Marchant.

“For some of you, this has become an annual tradition, and we hope that it is one that brings you pride, comfort and, possibly, even joy.” a

Family members of CDR Alphonse Minvielle ’38, USN, gather in historic Ogle Hall during the pre-game brunch to look at the 1938 Lucky Bag. From left to right, front row: Christopher Schott; CDR Lin Minvielle Schott, NC, USN (Ret.), is holding Finnian Carr; Erinn Carr; and Cooper Serwer. Back row: CDR Bradley Serwer, MC, USN; Gavin Serwer; Aidan Carr; Dawson Carr; CDR Michelle Schott Serwer, NC, USN (Ret.); and Brayden Serwer.

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A CAREER PLAYBOOK GREAT ADVICE—AND JOBS WORTH ASPIRING TO— NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR WORK LIFE.

by Marla Holt

hether you leave the Navy at the end of your service obligation or after a 20-year career, you’ll find yourself in good company. Up to two-thirds of every class eventually works in the civilian sector. To help with the transition, we gathered advice from U.S. Naval Academy alumni for each career stage, from starting a job search to moving into an executive role. Plus, read about three graduates who’ve found remarkable—and unexpected—work after their Navy careers.

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The annual Service Academy Career Conference (SACC) in Washington, DC.

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1 Getting Started Beginning a career search.

Start with the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and its career-related resources. “The power of our programs is the alumni’s affinity,” said Commander David Church ’67, USN (Ret.), director of programs and special projects and joint service academy career programs. He and career coach and former military recruiter Commander Kirk Michealson ’79, USN (Ret.), advise taking advantage of everything from help with writing a résumé to career fairs and alumni mentoring.

Write a résumé that gets noticed.

The Navy is team-oriented. Work is done cooperatively for the ship or the crew, so writing a résumé focused on individual skills and achievements instead of your team’s can be challenging. “Your fitness reports or award citations often highlight transferable skills at which you excel,” Michealson said. A winning résumé leads with a one- to two-line objective and a very brief executive summary, followed by your education, but only if it’s applicable to the job. otherwise, put it last.

“Your chronological professional experience should start within the first half page and should include specific accomplishments with numbers if possible,” said Michealson.

“The bottom line is that networking is where 80 percent of all jobs come from.”

—CDR Dave Church ’67, USN (Ret.) service academies and provide access to as many as 120 companies at each. Church advises candidates to be ready with a polished résumé and a 30- to 40-second elevator speech summarizing their skills and objectives. He also said it’s important to research companies and not to dismiss any based on a false assumption of what they do. “For example, Procter & Gamble doesn’t just make toothpaste; they employ scientists, engineers, logisticians, communications specialists and many others,” Church said. “Navy grads are leaders who’ve proven they can get the job done. SACC is effective in helping them match their skills to jobs across all industries.”

graduates who share your interests and skills. They serve as volunteer mentors, providing advice on everything from the military-to-civilian transition process to the advantages of living in a particular location to best practices for starting a small business. More than 2,200 graduates are registered in the AMP, which is sponsored by the Class of ’69. “The bottom line is that networking is where 80 percent of all jobs come from,” Church said.

Use the Alumni Mentoring Program (AMP).

As a registered protégé through AMP, you can make the most of the wisdom and experience of Naval Academy

Managing the Transition to Civilian Careers “Transitioning from the Navy or Marine Corps to civilian employment is challenging.

Among those challenges is taking a job for

2 Moving Up

Attend a Service Academy Career Conference (SACC).

When you’re looking for a job or making a career shift, your best bet is to attend a SACC. These career fairs, offered four times a year across the country, are exclusive to graduates from the five federal

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FEATURE

“Through networking, you can develop an advocate and perhaps a mentor, and maybe even a job at that company.”

—Tom Wolfe ’72

perhaps the wrong reasons—status, location, salary, title—instead of the right reason— an opportunity that uses your skills and satisfies your needs,” said career coach Tom Wolfe ’72, the author of out of Uniform: Your Guide to a Successful Military-to-Civilian Career Transition, offers tips to land the right job, the first time.

Start the transition process early, up to 18 months prior to separation.

The first step is self-knowledge. Examine what motivates you by identifying jobs from your past at which you were most effective and from which you received the most satisfaction. These jobs require both the skills that make you good at what you do and also offer the type of work and environment you enjoy. “This level of selfknowledge assures you are on the right course from the beginning,” Wolfe said.

Apply and prioritize filters to narrow your job search.

Where will you live? What’s your minimum salary? How much travel is acceptable?

“Identify your most critical filter and apply it first,” Wolfe said. “Although you

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may limit the quantity of opportunities, the quality of those opportunities improves.”

Ask for help—not a job. once you’ve identified companies and positions, start networking. Find people in those companies who can help you understand the paths to success and ask those people for help. “It’s a pretty cold person who says no to a request for help, but many people say no when you ask for a job,” Wolfe said. “Through networking, you can develop an advocate and perhaps a mentor, and maybe even a job at that company.”

3 The Executive Suite Developing Leadership Vision for Yourself and Your Organization True leaders help others move toward a vision while becoming the best versions of themselves, said executive leadership coach Jennifer Stillings ’96. As founder and CEO of worldAWAKE Inc., Stillings

coaches her clients on leading from vision. She offers insight into how to develop your potential for leadership.

Create a personal mission statement.

Start with the basics: What’s important to you? Where do you want to make an impact? What important problems do you want to solve? “Becoming the best version of yourself requires paying attention and taking notes, and refining your vision as you go through life. It’s also important to be able to communicate your vision to others,” Stillings said.

Discover your superpower.

A superpower combines skillset and perspective. It’s what you do naturally. “often, other people observe this power in you and don’t have words for it,” Stillings said. “They’ll say things like, ‘let her work her magic’ or ‘he’s got the Midas touch.’” Your superpower offers extraordinary value to others, so identifying it enriches your organization while empowering you to thrive.

Push yourself beyond the status quo.

It’s easy to get stuck where you’re happy and content, but leadership is about breaking out of that comfort zone. “If you believe human potential is limitless, it’s imperative that you not be afraid of or overwhelmed by the unknown,” Stillings said, noting that leaders are more likely to regret playing small than taking courageous risks.

HOW’D YOU GET THAT JOB?

PHOTO COURTESY OF BEATY

The Author Erin Deeds Beaty ’00 left the Navy in 2005 after a five-and-ahalf-year career as a surface warfare officer to be a stay-athome mom to her four children.

She and her husband, Commander Michael Beaty ’00, USN, had another child, and once all five were in school, Beaty found herself at a crossroads. “I had no idea what to do with myself, so I started writing,” she said.

Beaty’s first published work—if you don’t count her articles for The Trident and Shipmate magazine while at the Naval Academy—was a family blog to keep her parents and in-laws up-to-date on the kids’ capers, but it also served to sharpen her writing skills. “I got better at storytelling,” she said.

She’d vaguely considered writing a book, but it wasn’t until an idea about a girl and a soldier entangled in an espionage plot kept her up writing late at night that she decided to go for it. That idea turned into The Traitor’s Kiss, a young adult novel that Publisher’s Weekly called “an action-packed, expertly plotted story, drenched in double crosses and intrigue, with an irresistible heroine and a sweet and sexy romance.” The Traitor’s Ruin comes out in July 2018, with the trilogy’s third book due in 2019.

Asked how she went from a military career to being a published author, Beaty credits a lot of online research, networking and reading about the craft of writing. Eventually, she signed with a literary agent, Valerie Noble, who helped her publish the book with Imprint, part of MacMillan Children’s Publishing Group.

Beaty’s Navy experience provides authenticity in her writing, she said, shaping the scientific and military aspects of the book realistically.

“Storytelling is really just the same as engineering, with less math,” Beaty said. “It’s about what causes other things to happen in a progression of events and forces.”

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The Racecar Driver Lieutenant Jesse Iwuji ’10, USN, has always loved cars, but as a boy in Texas, he was steeped in the state’s culture of football, football and more football. “My goal was to play Division I football in college while getting a great education,” he said.

He played cornerback for Navy, all the while continuing his interest in cars. “I was just a fan of racing at that time,” he said.

Today, Iwuji is a Top-10 driver for K&N Pro Series West, the top developmental series for NASCAR, with the goal of moving up to the national circuit in a year or two. Prior to transitioning

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The Golfer Captain Dean Knuth ’70, USN (Ret.), is known as “The Pope of Slope” for his USGA golf course rating systems. The systems consider factors such as yardage and obstacle difficulty including fairways and greens at each hole to rate the playing difficulty of a particular course. Knuth’s Course Rating System (which determines for scratch golfers what they’d be expected to score) and his Slope Rating System are the accepted standard for all U.S. golf courses and for many worldwide. In 2019, Knuth’s rating system will be the linchpin of a new worldwide system.

“As a lifelong golfer, I’m always thinking of ways to improve the game I love,” he said.

Knuth first began testing his course rating theories when he was studying computer systems technology at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, in the mid-1970s.

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to the U.S. Navy Reserve in May 2017, Iwuji was the first active-duty member of the U.S. Navy to compete in NASCAR. Iwuji purchased his first car after graduating from the Naval Academy in 2010, getting his start as an amateur drag racer. In 2014, a conversation at a car show led to an invitation to a stock car team test in southern California. The test went well, Iwuji said: “That’s when I decided I was going to pursue NASCAR.” The sport might seem like it’s just driving very fast cars endlessly around an oval track. Iwuji said it’s much more than that: “You’ve got to be physically fit when you’re handling a 600-plus horsepower car at 130-170 miles per hour in a drift,” he said. He spends hours on a simulator to hone his racing craft skills, as well as performing daily cardio and strength conditioning. “I love the challenge, the speed and the adrenaline rush,” Iwuji said.

Marketing is perhaps the most consistent pressure of the job, with the need for funding ever present. “Being the best driver in the world would mean nothing without money, so I’m always in marketing mode,” Iwuji said. His main sponsor is Perfect Hydration, an alkaline water company, and his car is owned by three-time NFL Pro Bowler Shawne Merriman.

Iwuji credits his Naval Academy education for helping him achieve his goals. “Navy discipline taught me a lot about effort, dedication, concentration and consistency, and that’s what’s helping me pursue this crazy dream.”

modeling assignment that required real-world data for a “Design of Experiments” course.

“I called the Northern California Golf Association to ask if there was anything in golf that needed improving,” Knuth said.

The association told Knuth they’d like to see a better USGA course rating system, which at the time calculated difficulty only according to yardage. Little did Knuth know that that simple question would lead to a distinguished career at the USGA in improving the game of amateur golf.

Knuth’s report—to which he’d applied mathematical skills honed at the Naval Academy and during active duty, when he’d developed a method of tracking Cold War Soviet submarines— led to a role on the USGA Handicap Research Team. He continued to fine-tune his course ratings after he transferred to the active Reserve in the Navy in 1981, the USGA hired Knuth as its first director of handicapping to improve the association’s handicap system.

As president of High Heat Golf, Knuth has designed a line of drivers, fairway woods and hybrids. “Major brand golf clubs are designed for pros, but we make equipment designed especially for amateurs,” Knuth said. In its first year out, the High Heat clubs won the best metal woods award at the 2017 PGA Merchandise Show.

“Everything I’ve done for the world of golf can be traced back to the Navy,” Knuth said. “I was born with a gift for math, but the Navy provided the training I needed to use that gift.”

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The Yodeler Even though Tom Hawk ’64 has been singing his entire life, he seems a bit surprised that as a 77-year-old retired management professor, he is 10 years into a second career: competing as a professional yodeler.

“I can’t imagine my life without music, but to think I’d start yodeling at age 67 is a wonder to me,” he said. “But it’s been an absolute joy to learn and perform live.”

An 11-year-old yodeler, Taylor Ware from Nashville, competing on the TV show America’s Got Talent inspired Hawk to take up the art form of yodeling—singing or calling marked by rapid alternation between the normal voice and falsetto—in 2007 after retiring from a 37-year career teaching business at Frostburg State University in Maryland.

“I was blown away by the sophistication and maturity of her yodeling and her stage presence,” said Hawk, who took his

endless watching of the girl’s performance as a sign he should learn the skill, which he did with the help of an instructional tape. He did so privately, not willing to share his “secret” with friends or family.

“I wasn’t sure I could learn or how long it would take me,” Hawk said. It only took him six weeks, and eventually he recruited a musician colleague, Greg Latta, at Frostburg to help him prepare his own practice tapes. He first performed publicly at Frostburg’s coffeehouse after learning the guitar in order to accompany himself. In 2010, Hawk, with instrumental

by Latta, recorded his first CD, Yodeling Familiar Trails, a compilation of 12 cowboy and Western yodeling songs that won the National Traditional Country Music Association’s award for best traditional yodeling in 2011. His second CD, Earning My Spurs, again with Latta, will be released in early 2018. He is in his 10th year of competing in the yodeling contest at the Western Music Association’s national convention (twice finishing in second place).

“There’s just something about yodeling that resonates with me,” Hawk said. “The break between regular and falsetto voice is very musical, and listening to it live tends to get people smiling.” a

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AN OCEAN AWAY

BROTHERS FROM ANOTHER MOTHER “B”

By Commander Andrew Ledford ’95, USN, and Commander Kurt Janke ’95, USN

n the cavernous lecture room of Chauvenet Hall during the Naval Academy’s faculty orientation in September 2017, two orientees sat sideby-side after a 26-year journey of friendship that started as plebes. Then-Midshipmen Fourth Class Kurt Janke and Andrew Ledford both joined the lightweight crew team in 1991 as walk-ons with little rowing experience. The close bonds formed that year rowing eights on the Severn would continue over the next three decades with 21 duty stations in five countries, three combat zones and land them back where they started— in Annapolis, now as professors.

Although in separate battalions, their friendship grew quickly with each year on the crew team and holidays spent with the Janke family in Tionesta, PA, or summers with the Ledford family in San

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Antonio, TX. Both families quickly grew accustomed to visiting the Academy and knowing that it would always be a package deal with the two midshipmen. Even the international arm of the Ledford family living in Sydney, Australia, experienced their brotherhood during a 1993 Christmas break visit. The deep friendship formed in Bancroft Hall would soon be tested as each graduated and headed to the fleet.

In May 1995, Ensign Janke, USN, left Annapolis for Pensacola, FL, to join the aviation community as a naval flight officer eventually flying E-2’s. Second Lieutenant Ledford, USMC, checked into The Basic School followed by the Infantry Officer Course and multiple deployments with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines in Kaneohe Bay, HI. The newly-minted officers quickly experienced the tumultuous lifestyle of

CDR Janke ’95, USN, an instructor in the Weapons and Systems Department, and CDR Ledford ’95, USN, an assistant professor in the Leadership, Ethics and Law Department.

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multiple deployments overseas, but continued to keep in touch. In the days before Facebook and Skype, communication was a sporadic phone call or letter every four to six months. Attending classmates’ weddings were often the few times that pulled them from the corners of the world back together again. As the best man of each other’s weddings, the bonds at the Naval Academy were now also solidified with their spouses. The addition of kids— three for Kurt and four for Andrew— also brought their families together.

As teenagers, the Janke children were shocked to find out that “Uncle Andrew” was not actually related by blood.

Many overseas duty stations for the Janke family made reunions difficult, but not impossible. The families reunited in London several times and spent time over several summers camping in the Adirondack Mountains. Over the years, the two began to plan for at least one duty station together. Ledford, now in naval special warfare, and Janke, with the E-2 community, agreed that Annapolis would be the ideal location for the two families to “grow old” together.

The first opportunity was in 2013 when a leadership position opened at the Naval Academy as a permanent military professor. With quite a bit of luck, Ledford nabbed the job. Janke’s opportunity came three years later with a position opening in the fall of 2017 teaching in the weapons department.

Twenty-two years after their graduation, both would be among the faculty of the Naval Academy at the same time.

At orientation as the academic dean discussed the roles of new faculty in developing midshipmen and the special bonds formed on the Yard, Ledford and Janke sat quietly knowing the extent of what it meant. a

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VOTE FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION 2018 U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTION INFORMATION ote in this year’s Alumni Association Board of Trustees election. Your input strengthens our association and our shared future. Individuals elected will join the board at the spring 2018 meeting scheduled for 11 May 2018.

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In accordance with the bylaws of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, the Board of Trustees approved slates of three nominees for one trustee position each in the Mid-Atlantic and Western Regions at the 7 December 2017 meeting.

Candidates for the Mid-Atlantic Region Trustee are Commander Maurice B. Tosé ’78, USNR (Ret.); Rear Admiral C. Kenneth Carodine ’82, USN (Ret.); and Andrew J. Kirkpatrick ’86. Candidates for the Western Region Trustee are Commander Steve Clark Hall ’75, USN (Ret.); Captain Mark S. O’Hare ’76, USN (Ret.); and Richard S. Carlquist ’80.

The Board also approved the nomination of Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III ’77, USN (Ret.), to serve a first term as Chair beginning with the spring 2018 meeting when the new board is formed.

If you reside in either the Mid-Atlantic or Western Region, you will receive a ballot via mail for the 2018 Board of Trustees election. Printed ballots will be sent to regular members by an external vendor, Election America, with complete voting instructions for mail, phone and online options. You may opt out of a paper ballot and vote electronically should that be more convenient for you.

Please take a few moments to read the biographies of the candidates for trustee.

Thank you for participating in the process of electing board leaders for the Alumni Association.

CANDIDATES FOR MID-ATLANTIC REGION TRUSTEE Commander Maurice B. Tosé ’78, USNR (Ret.) Maurice B. Tosé was previously chairman, CEO and president of TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology.

He co-founded TCS in 1987 with his wife Teri and transitioned it into a publicly traded, multifaceted technology engine of innovation with more than 1,300 employees.

In August 2000, its IPO raised $92 million.

TCS developed infrastructure solutions for some of the most challenging technical problems in the terrestrial and celestial wireless industry. TCS pioneered NG9-1-1, voice over IP (VoIP) and wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) network-based services and delivered more than 200,000 emergency calls per day; provided cybersecurity training and secure deployable communication systems to the U.S. military; and delivered award-winning commercial location applications and turn-byturn navigation services to mobile operators and device original equipment manufacturers.

TCS was the North American leader in text messaging, with wireless carrier subscriber usage since 1997 and delivery of more than a trillion text messages per year. ABI Research ranked the company as the number one vendor for precise location infrastructure globally in terms of total carrier deployments and the delivery of more than a trillion location transactions per month.

TCS was sold in February 2016 for $430 million.

Tosé has a Bachelor of Science degree in operations analysis and an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He was a surface warfare officer and retired from the Naval Reserve as a commander after 30 years.

He is as a trustee of the Naval Academy Foundation Athletic & Scholarship Programs division and previously served on the Board of Directors of the Naval Academy Foundation.

He is currently the managing partner and owner of Annapolis Partners, LLC, a real estate development firm which owns the 46.5-acre former David Taylor Research Center in Annapolis, MD. The property will become 515,000 square feet of office space, 15,000 square feet of additional amenities and a 100,000-square-foot, 100-room hotel.

Rear Admiral C. Kenneth Carodine ’82, USN (Ret.) Rear Admiral C. Kenneth Carodine graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982 and earned a Master of Science in information systems from the University of Texas in 1994. He is the first sailor and naval officer from an Alabama family of military veterans dating back to the Korean conflict. He is the second black flag officer from the state of Alabama.

He was affiliated with the Navy Reserve (NR) in 1989 and mobilized in 1990 with NR Carrier Group 770 to support Carrier Group Seven/Battle Force Zulu. During combat operations, he served as the Force Over-the-Horizon Track coordinator during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm in RANGER (CV 61) in the Northern Arabian Gulf.

His flag officer assignments included standing up the Navy Business Operations Office in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations and a two-year assignment as Commander and Deputy Commander of the Navy Warfare Development

Command (the Navy’s Warfare Research and Development arm) headquartered in Norfolk, VA. His command tours included: NR Sealift Logistics Command, Atlantic; Military Sealift Command Expeditionary Port Units 112 & 113; NR PRINCETON (CG 59); NR Mine Warfare Command Detachment 109, and NR SENTRY (MCM 3).

Prior to his selection to flag rank, Carodine served as an information technology executive for several large healthcare insurance companies including United Healthcare and Health Care Service Corporation, the parent organization for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and New Mexico. His information technology background spans application development, database management, data warehousing and analytics.

Carodine is also a published fiction author. Working under the pen name of Ken Carodine, he writes novels centered on naval personnel and technology in today’s dynamic world.

Carodine retired from the U.S. Navy in October 2013.

He now serves as a strategic consultant for Ab Initio Software, the world leader in data integration and management.

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CANDIDATES FOR MID-ATLANTIC REGION TRUSTEE Andrew J. Kirkpatrick ’86 Andrew J. Kirkpatrick ’86, is an executive officer and senior vice president of Global Operations and R&D at Accuray, Inc., a public medical device company. Providing leadership for global manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, Kirkpatrick also oversees Accuray’s research and product development. Prior to joining Accuray in 2007, Kirkpatrick held multiple leadership positions in two other pioneering technology companies in Silicon Valley, gaining expertise in product marketing, manufacturing operations, business development and mergers and acquisitions. Kirkpatrick began his professional career as a nuclear engineer and submarine officer. In addition to a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, Kirkpatrick earned an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

Kirkpatrick is devoted to and passionate about the Naval Academy—the institution that nurtured the moral, mental and

physical skills he needed to be successful in life. For the past 10 years, Kirkpatrick has been an active trustee of the Naval Academy Foundation’s Athletics & Scholarship Programs division. He has donated both time and money to support valuable prep school and athletic support programs and serves on two committees.

He also leads Friends of Navy Tennis, whose mission is to provide an enduring connection to the program for tennis alumni as well as margin of excellence financial support.

Kirkpatrick has held numerous corporate and non-profit board of director roles including six years at the board of directors of the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford, the world’s largest, where he also chaired the strategic planning committee.

A recent resident of Annapolis, MD, Kirkpatrick is the proud son of Don Kirkpatrick ’48, and he and his wife Judy are the proud parents of Midshipman Cameron Kirkpatrick ’19.

Deeply committed to his family, professional career and the community, Kirkpatrick wishes to make greater contributions by serving fellow alumni in the Mid-Atlantic region as their trustee.

CANDIDATES FOR THE WESTERN REGION TRUSTEE Commander Steve Clark Hall ’75, USN (Ret.) I am currently serving as the Western Region Trustee and am seeking your vote for re-election to serve a second and final term. With my experience and the relationships I have developed with your chapter leaders, the other trustees and the Alumni Association staff, I am well positioned and qualified to continue working to ensure the Association supports all alumni the best we can.

I joined the Board of Trustees with the purpose of becoming a hands-on advocate for the members within the Western Region. I recently assumed the chair of the Membership and Alumni Services Committee (MASC) which is encouraging new, successful ways to engage our alumni. I am personally proud of the advances we have made providing state-of-the-art website services to our chapters, classes and parent clubs. I foresee more innovative leadership tools and smarter ways to do our business to best serve your chapter and class volunteer leadership.

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My background: At USNA, I was a systems engineering major and rowed varsity lightweight crew. After graduating, I served on six submarines, commanding GREENLING and DRUM. My commitment and service to the Naval Academy and Alumni Association has been my priority in a variety of ways, including: • Serving as a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter leadership team.

• Serving as a Blue and Gold Officer in San Francisco, CA. • Serving on the Board of Trustees of MASC since 2012, now as MASC chair, and on the Executive Committee, and previous service on the Communications and Nominations committees.

• I have been a Naval Academy Foundation President’s Circle donor since 2005 and Alumni Association life member since 1975.

I am excited about the prospect of serving the alumni of the Western Region for a second term.

Please feel free to contact me with your questions or comments at steve.hall@1975.usna.com.

CANDIDATES FOR THE WESTERN REGION TRUSTEE Captain Mark S. O’Hare ’76, USN (Ret.) O’Hare retired as a Navy captain with a successful 22-year military career.

His last Navy job was as principal executive officer of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier program. He had oversight, responsibility and accountability for all aspects of the Department of Defense $25 billion aircraft carrier program including acquisition, research and development, design, construction, delivery and budget.

O’Hare had tours as chief engineer on board THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN71) and head of aircraft carrier new construct at Supervisor Shipbuilding Newport News as well as numerous other military assignments.

O’Hare is a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate School where he earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering.

He is an accomplished businessman having held positions of chairman, CEO and president of several high-tech software and hardware companies from 2002 to present.

He is an authored technologist who has co-authored more than 300 issued, granted or pending patents in data security,

high available for data in motion or at rest for the internet and or servers, cloud security, key management, dispersed storage, collaboration, connectivity for data and most recently in polymers.

Insight Success magazine picked O’Hare as one of the 30 most Valuable Tech Titans in November 2016. CIO Review featured O’Hare as the cover story for his re-defining data security in August 2015 and published an article on O’Hare and his company as one of 100 most promising IBM Solution providers in November 2015.

Gartner published a paper on O’Hare’s patented technology “The New Paradigm; Software-Defined Data Centric Security” in September 2015 and earlier that year picked his company for its prestigious “Cool Vendor” award in security infrastructure protection in April 2015. O’Hare co-authored an article for the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings magazine entitled, “The New Paradigm for Cyber Security” in March 2015.

He is a donor to the USNA Foundation Fund for Athletic Excellence.

O’Hare is married, has one son and lives in Orange County, CA.

Richard S. Carlquist ’80 Richard Carlquist has been an engaged supporter across a wide spectrum of the Naval Academy Alumni Association enterprise over the years. He and his wife Tasna reside in San Diego, CA. Commissioned in 1980, Carlquist entered the special operations training pipeline. His numerous assignments as a deep sea diving officer included command tours both at-sea and ashore. Additionally, he was the 117th naval officer to qualify as a deep submergence vehicle operator.

Carlquist’s career as a financial advisor began in 1995.

Acting in a fiduciary capacity, he provides investment advice to non-profit organizations along with a handful of high net worth families across the country.

He has actively supported both the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Naval Academy Foundation over the years both nationally and at the chapter level.

Naval Academy Foundation achievements: • Naval Academy Foundation Athletic & Scholarship Programs Division Trustee since 2006 and an active member of its outreach committee.

• Project officer for Class of 1980 class gift project committed to raising $1.5 million by 31 December 2020. Status: 94 percent funded based on current gifts and pledges.

• President’s Circle donor.

Chapter Level Milestones: As a member of the leadership team spearheaded several Naval Academy Alumni Association San Diego Chapter initiatives including: • Initiated the chapter’s effort to incorporate and obtain status as a 501(c) 3 tax exempt organization.

• Stood up and manned the vice president, membership position resulting in the chapter’s recognition as the largest in its category.

• Initiated implementation of financial controls to posture the chapter to give back to Academy-related causes such as the San Diego Crew Classic, STEM support and other projects.

Other leadership roles include: • Past president, Estate Planning Council of San Diego, CA. • Past director, Catholic Diocese of San Diego Board of Education (two terms).

• Awarded Captain RL “Zeke” Cormier Honorary Tailhooker of the Year for 2014. a

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BRAVO ZULU 1950s

Rear Admiral Loren ’74 appointed Assistant Secretary for OSP Rear Admiral Donald P. Loren ’74, USN (Ret.), has been appointed Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security and Preparedness at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In his new role, Loren oversees VA’s emergency-management preparedness, personal-identity verification, physical security, personnel security and suitability, police services and law enforcement activities and ensures force protection and mission assurance for the department. Loren, a surface warfare officer with a 31-year career, also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security Integration and Deputy Director for Operations Support and the National Counterterrorism Center. Before being sworn in by VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin, Loren was president and chief executive of Old Dominion Strategies, LLC, a national, international and homeland security program management consulting company. ®

’52: CAPT Jack O’Connell, USN (Ret.), received a certificate from the Naval Submarine League declaring that his story about the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines won the 2017 Literary Award for The Submarine Review. ’58: The Honorable John McCain III, a U.S. Senator, was honored with the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal for the exceptional voluntary contributions he has made to the nation’s armed forces during a special Salute from the Chief.

1960s ’60: Warren G. Hahn, CEO of Hahn Engineering, received the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers Distinguished 50–Year Member Award as a Fellow Life Member and Distinguished Service Award Recipient. ’69: RADM Stanley Bryant, USN (Ret.), has been chosen by the University Liggett School of Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, as its 2017 Distinguished Alumnus.

1970s ’71: Errett Bozarth II was named a Sagamore of the Wabash, an honor bestowed by the governor of Indiana. ’76: Gary Greenfield has been named board non-executive chairman at Diebold Nixdorf.

Rev. Steven Clark and Drew McFadden ’61 were inducted into Senator Terrence Murphy’s Veterans’ Hall of Fame. ’78: CDR Willard Bonwit Jr., USNR (Ret.), has been named executive director of SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific.

1980s ’81: Richard Duffett was elected mayor of his hometown of Canfield, OH. ’82: Elliott Kugel was named one of “America’s Top 250 Wealth Advisors” in the 24 October 2017 issue of Forbes. ’83: Thomas Modly has been confirmed as the Under Secretary of the Navy. ’87: CAPT Brett Pierson, USN (Ret.), turned over command of Naval Test Wing Atlantic to CAPT Thomas Tennant, USN.

’89: Paul Dabbar has been sworn in as Under Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy. ’89: RADM Tim Gallaudet, USN (Ret.), has been sworn in as Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce and Acting Under Secretary of Commerce. ’89: LCDR Barbara Gordon, USN, was awarded the Aerospace Educator Award at the 32nd Women in Aerospace Awards Ceremony in Arlington, VA.

1990s ’92: Patrick Moore has joined Mosaic, a provider of solar and home improvement financing solutions, as president and chief operating officer. ’93: CAPT Jason Hammond, USN, has assumed command of Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

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’95: CAPT Christopher Cox, USN, assumed the duties of NAS Patuxent River executive officer.

Brad Soper has joined the board of directors of the global strategy consulting firm Simon-Kucher & Partners. ’98: CDR David Harris, USN, was relieved by CDR Jon Crawford ’00, USN, as commanding officer of Electronic Attack Squadron 132 during a change of command ceremony at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. ’99: LtCol Nicole Aunapu Mann, USMC, has received the United Soccer Coaches Association’s 2017 Jerry Yeagley Award for Exceptional Personal Service.

2000s ’01: CDR Brent Jaquith, USN, assumed the duties of VFA-27 executive officer aboard RONALD REAGAN. ’02: MAJ John Dirk, USMC, Air Test & Evaluation Squadron 23, received the National Defense Industrial Association “2016 Military Tester of the Year Award” for his work on the F-35 Lightning II Program.

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CLASS NEWS ’34 Life Membership: 0% Pres: RADM Ed Keats, USN (Ret.) 207 Brightwood Club Rd., Lutherville, MD 21093 h: 410-235-3803; e: edkeats@comcast.net

’35 Life Membership: 50% Pres, Sec’y/Treas, and Corr Sec’y: RADM Ed Keats, USN (Ret.) 207 Brightwood Club Rd., Lutherville, MD 21093 h: 410-235-3803; e: edkeats@comcast.net

When I look back on my years at the Academy to see if there are any people of that time who served on the Gymnastics Head faculty or staff I Coach Louis Mang can still recall at the time the Class of 1935 were with the feeling Midshipmen. that they influenced my life in a positive direction there is only one I find worthy of praise. He is Louis Mang, head coach of the Gymnastics team. None of the professors in the academic departments showed even the least interest in me and the officers in the Executive Department were more concerned with apprehending me for my transgressions than in helping me become a better Midshipman.

Coach Mang who was born in 1875 was in his fifties during my time at the Academy. My first observation of him came when I saw him demonstrate to a group of amazed onlookers that using only one arm he could lift himself up from hanging all the way down from a horizontal bar to a position with his head level with the bar. Despite the fine athletes on the gym team

and on other sports he was the sole man I ever saw perform chinning using only one arm.

During those years the feat of Commander Richard Byrd in flying to the North Pole was featured in newspapers. Dick Byrd, USNA 1912, was a member of the gym team during the early years of Mang’s tenure as head gym coach that extended from 1910 to 1940. He told us stories about Byrd who he said was a delightful person despite his gymnastics career being curtailed by an ankle injury sustained in a dismount from the parallel bars.

I am of small stature and have minimum inherent athletic ability but I have always had a desire to improve my strength and athletic skills. After looking over the many teams supported by the Academy I chose the gym team as the place where I felt my hopes might be fulfilled. I became an aspirant to that team but I soon found that performing on parallel bars, high bar, rings, side horse or tumbling required more coordination than I possessed. I gravitated to rope climbing an endeavor I felt was within my limited abilities. I soon found, however, that I could not reach the top nearly as rapidly as more accomplished members of the team. Louis Mang, even as head coach, noticed me and took time to teach me how to improve my climbing. I tried hard to follow his advice but did not have overall success. I did not give up trying nor did Coach Mang cease taking a few moments almost every day to provide advice to me.

I never came close to qualifying for a block N but Coach Mang arranged for me to eat at the training table. I gladly accepted the bounty he bestowed on me. His greatest gift, however, was his advice regarding fitness for the

“But still when two or three shall meet, and old tales be retold...” years after the Academy; years of increased rank and accompanying responsibilities. I believe that he offered the same recommendations to all of the gym team and some members of other teams during the thirty years he was a head coach.

Without scientific backing or detailed studies but based on his experiences the lifestyle he advocated, in summary, is this: Do not ever stop exercising. Make daily bodily exertion an essential part of your life. In addition he recommended a diet based on modest amounts of good foods, limited drinking of liquor, and never indulging in drugs. The latter principles, he said, are necessary traits but maintaining physical fitness is the primary requirement for a healthy life.

Unfortunately, most of those he advised ignored his counsel. Several of the top athletes in my class thought that they could drink as much liquor in their fifties as in their twenties, with early life ending results. Only a few seamed to live by his advice. Exercising throughout my life led me to a seamless physical changeover when I went from active duty to participation in the civilian world and, much later, to a life in retirement.

Many years have passed since I last saw the Coach who died in 1965 but I continue to live as his disciple. Following his lifestyle program has helped me to win three Maryland Senior Olympics gold medals by placing first in the race walking competition in the seventy-seven, seventy-eight, and seventy- nine year groups, a long time after the days of both of us at the Academy. Today, at age one hundred and two, I still drive my car and energetically walk every other day for over a half mile on the road circulating Brightwood where I live.

’36 Life Membership: 0% Corr Sec’y: Gordy Carmichael Seaman Daughter of CAPT John H. Carmichael, USN (Ret.) e: gordy_seaman@bellsouth.net

’37 Life Membership: 0% Honorary Vice Pres and Sec’y: Meredith Minter Hinkle Daughter of Charlie Minter ’37 3603 Prince William Dr., Fairfax, VA 22031 e: mahink@cox.net

Class Loss: Doris Conway Mead, 98, formerly of Jupiter, FL, Greenwich and Stamford, CT passed away peacefully April 22, 2017 in Palm Beach Gardens FL. She was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with her husband of 48 years, RADM States M. Mead, USNR (USNA’37), who died in 1991.

The Navy and the Naval Academy brought both Doris and States many fond memories. As newlyweds, they passed under a gauntlet of Naval Academy swords exiting St Patrick’s Cathedral only days after States proposed. They honeymooned by train to California where States reported immediately for duty in the Pacific. Doris treasured the warm reception and support of other Navy wives when she arrived in California. After the war, they enjoyed decades of fun and shared memories tailgating at Army Navy games, dining and dancing at the Army Navy Club, and attending various reunions and trips visiting with Navy friends and USNA classmates.

Doris’ tremendous will to live was an inspiration to her family and caregivers. She met her health challenges of the last ten years with incredible resilience, strength of

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37/39 CLASS NEWS character, tenacity and courage.

Doris blessed her family with love and affection and will be missed deeply by her six children, ten grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and other members of her extended family.

It is our great hope that Doris and States and all their beloved Navy and USNA friends are now having one heck of a great reunion in God’s loving hands!

Respectfully submitted, Loretto Mead

’38 Life Membership: 67% Sec’y: Donald E. Brown Son of CAPT C. Donald Brown, USN (Ret.) 4105 Elizabeth Ln., Fairfax, VA 22032-1453 p: 703-978-4571; e: donaldbrown@earthlink.net

’39 Life Membership: 58% Donor Participation: 0% Pres: RADM Lloyd R. ”Joe” Vasey, USN (Ret.) Arcadia #908, 1434 Punahou St. Honolulu, HI 96827-4749 p: 808-953-2234; e: joevasey@hawaii.rr.com Vice Pres: CAPT Chip Seymour, USN (Ret.) Son of Harry A. Seymour 309 Melvin Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 c: 410-279-9195; e: seymour65@comcast.net Sec’y: Barbara Fidel Adams Also Sec’y for ’39 Navy Juniors Daughter of Jack and June Fidel 215 Ikerd Dr., Concord, NC 28025 p: 704-784-3876; e: adamsjimr@aol.com Thirty-Nine On Line: Barbara Fidel Adams e: adamsjimr@aol.com Webmaster: Roland Weybourn Schumann III Son of Bud Schumann 1011 Apollo Way, Incline Village, NV 89451 p: 775-298-2011; e: rolandws@gmail.com

As this Shipmate arrives just ahead of Valentine’s Day, we again dedicate the ’39 column to our grand Navy wives and widows, and to those ‘39ers we have loved and lost.

Ginny Dinsmore Lawrence celebrated her 100th birthday on 11 October! Ginny wrote to tell us that she has a nice apartment in an Independent Living facility which is great. She has a new address (since the last ’39 directory): 18626 N. Spanish Garden Dr. - Apt. 132- Sun City West, AZ 85375.

Ingrid Beach wrote telling us of her wonderful 2017 summer travels:

Ginny (in white)

Ginny was married to two ’39 Classmates: She met her first husband, John “Red” Dinsmore, on a blind date at a New Year’s Eve party. After that date, Ginny related: M “I received a weekly letter from “Red” for five months, then an invitation to June Week. Upon arriving via the ‘Swing and Sway’ on the B and A, it occurred to me I had forgotten what he looked like. After what seemed like 10,000 Middies, one was left standing there, so I dared to approach to ask if he was who I thought he was- and it was “Red”!

They were married in 1942. (“Red” passed away in 1964). Ginny married Bob Lawrence,’39 in 1970.

(Bob passed away in 1990).

Other Class birthdays: (1/29) Penny Hindman (Stan); (1/31) Joe Vasey- 101!; (2/9) Ingrid Beach (Ned); (2/27) Madeline Hough (Jack); (3/1) Mitzi Peterson (A.Atley “Pete”); (3/2) Nat James102!; (3/12); Calvin George- 102!; and on (3/19) Toni Green-101! (Bob).

Received news from two other ’39 Birthday celebrants, Mitzi Peterson and Ingrid Beach.

Mitzi sent this photo from her daughter, Katrina’s May 6, 2017 wedding to Michael Parrish, held at Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia.

In attendance at the wedding was ’39 Junior, Roland Schumann (“Bud”) and his wife, Karen.

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M “At the beginning of the summer.

I flew to Europe. First stop was Majorca, a beautiful Spanish island where I had never been before. I was joined by my son, Hugh and his family from Sweden, as well as by my daughter, Ingrid- “Ingie”- and her family from New Zealand. Next stop was Barcelona where Ned’s niece, Laura, and I enjoyed a wonderful week together. Then I flew to Sweden and visited friends in the Stockholm area (part of my heritage is Swedish and I speak the language fluently). On the nearby island of Gotland is a medieval city, Visby, which is well worth seeing. Next, I enjoyed time on an island in the Stockholm archipelago where my son and his family have a waterfront property on one of the islands. The Stockholm archipelago, by the way, has 2,000 islands surrounding the capital city, and is definitely a worthy trip. At the end of the summer, I visited my eldest son, Ned, Jr. in Maine, not far from the beautiful Acadia National Park. One highlight there was a whale watching tour from Bar Harbor when we actually saw over a hundred whales!”

Hugh, Ingrid and “Ingie” in Majorca

Ingrid and Ned, Jr in Bar Harbor, ME

Along with Elise Gillette (daughter of ’39 Classmate, “Bing” Gillette), I was fortunate to join both Ingrid and Mitzi for lunch while I was on a trip to the D.C area. As guests of Ingrid, we dined at the elegant Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. We were amazed at the number of notable Cosmos Club members

who were Pulitzer and Nobel Prize recipients, as well as a number of U.S. Presidents who had been members.

(L-r) Mitzi Peterson and Ingrid Beach (bottom step); (l-r) Barbara Fidel Adams and Elise Gillette (top step)

We were saddened to be advised of the passing of a number of ’39 Navy widows: 1 October, 2014 -Peg Connors Holmberg (Paul) 17 August, 2015- Anna Mae Stuart (Robert) 24 February, 2017- Norma Elliott McConnaughay (James “Mac”).

Norma was born in Annapolis. After retirement from the Navy, she and Mac returned to live there where they were active members of Annapolis Yacht Club. She was also a competitive golfer, winning many tournaments and making a hole-in-one at the Naval Academy golf course!

14 April, 2017- Betty Sawyer (Bill). Betty lived at Fleet Landing in Atlantic Beach, FL for a number years after Bill’s death. For the ’39 Seventy-Fifth Reunion, Betty sent many wonderful vintage photos to be displayed with ’39 memorabilia that Bill had taken during his years at the Naval Academy (1935-1939).

17 July, 2017- Dorothy Cook McCall (Charles “Mac”)- Dorothy was an accomplished organist, vocalist and Past president of the Scherzo Music Club and Virginia Federation of Music Clubs. During WWII, she worked for Civil Service, supporting distinguished leaders, including Sen. James L. Davis, and

39/40 CLASS NEWS Nelson Rockefeller. In 1965, when Paul was deployed in the Mediterranean in ROCKBRIDGE (APA), Dorothy took their three teenagers out of school, flew to Germany, and spent the year traveling Europe in a VW, meeting Mac at his various ports- in true, grand Navy wife style!

4 September, 2017- Charlotte Yates Dashiell (Ed)- passed away at Atlantic Shores Retirement Community at Virginia Beach, VA at the age of 101. Charlotte - an avid gardener, whose home and gardens appeared in the Historic Garden Week in Virginia- received the Conservation Committee Award from the Garden Club of America for her campaign to save the Chesapeake Bay. In 2017 we lost two of our ’39 Classmates: 10 January, 2017- CDR Harvey Lasell - at the age of 101 (reported on in an earlier ’39 Shipmate column).

19 March, 2017- CDR Robert Border- passed away in Santa Rosa, CA. Bob was a star soccer player all four years at the Academy- one of the reasons the Fourth Battalion could count on winning the soccer plaque. Bob’s brother, Karl, also graduated with ’39 (entering after one year of pre-law at Washington University, and living for three years in China). On graduation, Bob and Karl reported to USS TENNESSEE, and then entered flight training.

Unfortunately, Karl was killed in an aircraft accident in October 1942.

Bob was subsequently deployed in dive bombers (SBDs) in the Solomon Islands. He went to PG school in 1947 and joined the ranks of the AED’s. Retiring from the Navy in 1959, Bob joined Aerojet General Space and Missile Systems, R&D. In 1971, he started a new career as an engineer for Bechtel Power Plants- moving to Barcelona, Spain in 1976 to set up a nuclear power plant. In 1980, Bob went to Saudi Arabia as a construction manager for Ralph M. Parsons Co., Retiring from his civilian career, he moved to Las Vegas and then to Santa Rosa.

Bob Border

Karl Border

In closing, we wish each of you a Happy Valentines, and extend our heartiest congratulations to all of our ’39 Class Centenarians“What about ‘39”!

Respectfully Submitted, Barbara Fidel Adams ’39 Class Secretary

’40 Life Membership: 60% 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

Hello Everyone: This column is being written ten days before Thanksgiving, but it will not appear in Shipmate for several weeks. By then, instead of the falling scarlet and golden leaves of autumn, we’ll hopefully have a little snow.

Those of you who have email have heard that Robert “Foggy” Newcomb passed away October 3, 2017 more than seven months after his centennial celebration. Aware he was slipping away, Foggy held the hand of his daughter, Dorothy “DeeDee” Newcomb Deacon.

One of the favorite phrases of this Hawaiian native was “Aloha!”

That phrase, signifying “Hello,” “Good bye” and “Love” meant the world to “Foggy.” As for the moniker “Foggy,” it was a lifelong nickname bestowed on him by his Naval Academy classmates.

He was born Feb. 22, 1917 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the oldest son of homemaker Emily Gruesser Newcomb and Harry B. Newcomb, a real estate agent. In 1923, his father sought to improve his family’s fortunes. He moved his family, which now included younger brother William Henry Newcomb, stateside to California, first to Hollywood and then Oceanside. The Depression darkened his opportunities and the family returned to Honolulu in the early 1930s aboard the Matson liner Lurline.

After his graduation from the Naval Academy, Foggy returned to Hawaii in 1940, assigned to the cruiser Northampton at Pearl Harbor.

On Dec. 5, 1941, en route to training at a gunnery school on the mainland he was ironically aboard the Lurline again, which, after a two-hour delay, set off for the West Coast. Two days later, he learned of the horrific Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor from a sailor who was hastily assigned to paint the ship’s portholes to reduce the ship’s chances of being attacked at night while en route to California.

During the war Foggy served aboard several destroyers and was a gunnery officer on the USS Cabot, an aircraft carrier. Post-war, he was involved in flight training and qualification training for torpedo and carrier qualifications. He married Barbara Peede in 1945 in San Francisco. They had two children.

Foggy found his real calling as an instructor, first at his alma mater in Annapolis, at the Naval Academy from 1949 to 1951 as a Marine

Engineering instructor. During the Korean war, he returned to the sea as a navigator on the USS Essex, an aircraft carrier, followed by assignments at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California and two other assignments. After his retirement in 1960 with the rank of Commander, he earned an MA degree from Purdue University and taught Math and Physical Science at Whittier College from 1961 until his retirement 14 years later. That was followed by a career as a tax accountant for 15 years.

Divorced in 1983, he met Elizabeth “Betty” Alexander on the steps of a Unitarian Universalist Church, the couple married in Kauai, Hawaii the following year.

Throughout most of his adult years, he was actively involved in Civil Rights actions and other liberal causes. He and Betty were regular attendees at the USNA ’40 class reunions, monthly luncheons and annual two-week vacations with classmates each July until 2005 at the Maine Maritime Academy.

Foggy and Betty moved to Valle Verde, a Santa Barbara senior living community, in May 1999.

He is survived by his son William Newcomb, daughter Dorothy “Dee” Newcomb Deacon, Stepdaughter Carmela Alexander, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at the Valle Verde Retirement Center.

Internment will follow this spring at a time and date to be determined at the Columbarium of his beloved United States Naval Academy.

Contributions in his memory may be sent to the Braille Society of Santa Barbara, 2031 De La Vina St., Santa Barbara CA 93105, or a charity of your choice.

Foggy often told his family members what he wanted them to remember about him: “That I was not content to do one thing in my life. I wanted to see as much of the world as possible by reading and traveling – and to experience everything life has to offer.”

Farewell to a kind, generous and often funny man.

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40/40 CLASS NEWS is a ship sailing at night over a calm sea with the Big Dipper showing plainly in the sky. The border suggests a sling and stones, a harp, the lion of Judah, and a horn of anointing oil.

Chuck noted, “The other ’40 thing is a plaque downstairs in the chapel on the Superintendent’s office side (on the same area as the offices and little chapel entrance.)

It is a memorial to Capt. Harold T. Gorensen ’40.” He said, Gorensen was his Godfather and was killed in an airplane crash in Norfolk, VA in the early ‘60s.

My job, before the next column, is to visit the chapel and get some good photos of both items. In addition to the windows in the two chapels, the Class of ’40 fountain and the boulder concealing the Class of ’40 time capsule are still doing fine. Those items are located behind Dahlgren Hall.

98 and FEELING GREAT And, here’s a note from Yvonne Lowerre:

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’40: close up of the center panel

’40 Juniors

CLASS HOLIDAY LUNCHEON The Annual Class of ’40 Holiday Luncheon will be taking place on December 5 at the Army-Navy Country Club. I’ll have a report – and photos – for you in the next column. In the meantime, Happy Holidays!

CLASS OF ’40 CHAPEL WINDOW Growing up, I heard a lot about the tall, beautiful Class of ’40 window that was installed in the chapel at Ft. Meyer, overlooking Arlington National Cemetery. Each time I attend a funeral service in that

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chapel – including my Dad’s service, I gain solace by gazing up at that window.

Charles “Chuck” Beers Jr., is a Class of ’67 graduate and a Class of ’40 “Junior” who was called “Skipper” as a youngster. Chuck sent a photo of himself with two other classmates, Mark McKinney and Miles Libby, who are also Class of ’40 Juniors.

In the photo, they are standing in front of a horizontal window near the right-hand side, in the Nave and close to the rear of the USNA Chapel sanctuary.

Above a bronze plaque that reads: “Presented by the Class of 1940” is a portion of the window featuring a psalm: “They that go down to the sea in ships, They see the Works of the Lord, And His Wonders in the Deep.” Psalm CVII 23-24.”

According to information I’ve received, the window is titled “God Cares for Man at Sea.” It tells the story of David and the 23rd Psalm.

David is seen observing the loading of a ship. In the left panel is a ship in a storm but with the hint of a rainbow in the background. On the right

M “I have just celebrated my 98th.

I live in a retirement village in Denton Texas, a growing town 35 miles north of Dallas. Warren and I moved here 16 years ago and have enjoyed first duplex living for eight of those years. After that we moved to the apartment building, on the same campus. A Godsend when Warren was in the Health Center that was down a long hall from me, but in the same building.

Since he passed away four years ago at the age of 96, I have continued enjoying living here. I play lots of bridge and have a daughter and her family close by in Argyle.

Our two sons live in Austin and Houston. We are all Texans now. I have been blessed with good health so my life is very enjoyable. For those who remember “Sunshine,” I send greetings from Texas!”

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Until we meet again!

Only ’40 is 4.0!

’41 Life Membership: 75% Donor Participation: 42.86% Send News directly to Shipmate.

’42 Life Membership: 91% Donor Participation: 13.64% Acting Pres: CAPT John Crawford, USN (Ret.) 11405 Farmland Dr., Rockville, MD 20852 p: 301-881-4268; e: jcraw71544@aol.com Sec’y: Joan Curtis Widow of CDR Richard E. Curtis, USN (Ret.) 14518 Faraday Dr., Rockville, MD 20853 p: 301-989-8885; e: joan@jfcurtis.com

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

Hope everyone enjoyed the Holidays with Family and Friends and everyone will have a wonderful New Year 2018.

IN MEMORANDIUM Classmate, William B. Morrow, 97, passed away 12 October 2017 in Annapolis, Maryland. He entered the Naval Academy in June 1938 after serving in Naval Reserves and graduated with the Class of 42 on 19 December 1941 and later on graduated from the Naval War College and National War College.

During World War II, Captain Morrow served as Gunnery Officer on the USS Moffett (DD-362), which was credited for sinking two

German submarines and rescuing fifty survivors. Following duty aboard surface ships, mainly destroyers, he commanded USS Meredith, USS Frontier, Destroyer Division153 and Destroyer Squadron 22. He served on the Destroyer Flotilla Flour as Operations Officer and Project Mercury Plans and Operations Officer responsible for the development of the recovery plan for the first space shot in the Project Mercury Program.

After retirement in 1972 he moved to Annapolis, MD and was very active with the Alumni Association and the Naval Academy Golf Association. He started and directed the first Naval Academy Men’s Golf Group, the Senior Men’s Golf Group, and the Alumni Association Homecoming Golf Tournament.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Nancy Gosnell Morrow, who passed away in 2013.

He is survived by daughter, Anne Morrow Lambrecht, son, William Berryman Morrow, Jr., granddaughter and a sister. A private inurnment will be held by his family at the Naval Academy Columbarium.

Jeannette Michel Werthmuller, widow of Classmate Roy W. Werthmuller, passed away 26 September 2017. She graduated from College of Charleston at the age of 19 where she earned a B.A. Degree and a teaching certificate. After completing dance and ballet instruction in Charleston and New York, she opened a dance studio in Charleston teaching Ballet, tap and ballroom dancing where she presented her dancers at the Historic Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, S.C. In 1940 she married Tom M. Trotti, then a Lieutenant USMC. He was killed in action in the 1945 World War II Battle of Iwo Jima. On 5 June 1948, she married then Lieutenant Commander USN Roy W. Werthmuller in Coronado, CA. She and Roy had two sons and traveled the world on numerous Navy assignments.

As a Naval Officer’s wife, she also participated in many civic activities to include working in the White House Communications Department, The Hospitality and

Information Service, President of the Alanza Iberio Americana Cultural Group and at Atlantic Shores Retirement Community.

She is survived by two sons, Captain Roy “Skip” Werthmuller, Jr., USN (ret) and Doctor W. Carey Werthmuller and two granddaughters.

Anne Ashford Wattles “Patty” Robie, 92, passed away on 22 October 2017 in Annapolis, MD. She was born in Washington, D. C. in 1924.

Her father was a Navy Junior and they moved from one station to another but spend her high school years in Annapolis and attended the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1947. In 1944, she married Lt. Clive A. Strangman, who was killed in a midair collision. In the summer of 1947, she married LCDR William D. Spiegel and they had three children. In 1981, she married Edgar A. Robie, a Navy graduate and they spent 33 years together until his passing in 2014. She often reminisced that Ed taught her to jitterbug when she was 15, and they enjoyed dancing well into their eighties. She loved dancing, gardening, and playing golf. When asked what she wanted to be remembered for, she would reply “I just love people”.

She is survived by her three children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held 17 November 2017 at Saint Andrew’s Chapel in the lower level of the Navy Academy Chapel.

Ann Moore Esworthy, 97, passed away on 3 November 2017 at her home in Laurel, Florida, widow of Walter H. Esworthy, Jr. Ann was born in Norton, Virginia, December 16, 1919. She graduated from Madison College in Harrisonburg, VA, served in the U.S. Navy Reserves WAVES program. She received her commission at Smith College in March 1943. While serving as a Navy Lieutenant during World War II, Ann met and married Walter H. Esworthy, Jr. a graduate of the Class of 42 and a submariner.

In their 69 years of marriage, the family traveled to every submarine base in the US, Buenos Aires, Argentina and traveled throughout Latin America.

After retiring from the Navy, they moved to Laurel, Florida to take charge of Alemquer, their daughter and son-in-law’s inherited estate. They were involved in community activities, including Hospice, Marie Sleby Botanical Gardens, and specifically the women’s auxiliary, WINGS. She is survived by a son, daughter, grandchildren and great granddaughter daughter. At Ann’s request, there will be no formal service.

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

DID YOU KNOW THAT! Classmate, Eugene Harrison Farrell, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) has authored a book entitled ANECDOTES AND SEA STORIES of an American Century Sailor, Midshipman and Officer. Available thru Amazon.

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 HOLIDAYS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR TO ALL! Respectively submitted, Joan Curtis, ’42 Class Secretary

’43 Life Membership: 85% Donor Participation: 13.64% Acting Pres and Sec’y: Les Heselton e: heselton43@cs.com

In Memorium: Seillla Roche-Cooper reported that her husband, Capt. Charles T. Cooper ’43, passed away on 9 October 2017. Memorial Services were held 9 November, with inurnment in the Naval Academy Columbarium. Charlie’s obituary is in the “Last Call” section of this issue!

Ann Ashford Wattles “Patty” Robie, the widow of Capt. Edgar Robie ’43, died 22 October 2017 in Annapolis, MD. She was born

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43/45 CLASS NEWS 06 Dec 1924 to LTJG and Mrs. Thomas Lippit Wattles, who was stationed at the Naval Academy where Patty met all three of her husbands who were all Academy graduates and Naval Aviators. Her first husband was killed in a mid-air collision, her second marriage ended after they had three children, and she married Ed in 1980. They retired to Annapolis in 1984 and moved into Ginger Cove in 1997. where Ed died in May 2014.

Funeral Services were held 17 November in St. Andrew’s Chapel with committal in the Naval Academy Columbarium.

Capt. Robert Bruce Greenwood ’43 died Sunday 12 November 2017 at Bay Woods of Annapolis after a long illness. Services are pending.

Shortly after graduation Bob married his childhood sweetheart, Hazel Hampton, and they had one son, Robert Jr., who died at an early age. After the war Bob always had duty stations where Hazel could be with him within the states and abroad. Hazel was an outstanding hostess and they entertained frequently, and assisted in class activities! After Hazel died and Bob moved into Bay Woods he was never the same. It appeared that he was just waiting to rejoin Hazel. He became more and more lonely and ill until he finally passed away.

Obituary will be in future Shipmate.

’44 Life Membership: 72% Donor Participation: 9.84% Send News directly to Shipmate.

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Life Membership: 74% Donor Participation: 7.62% 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.)

LCDR William G. “Bill” Pledger, 90, of Lancaster, TX, died on February 23, 2012. A memorial Service was held on 3 March 2012 at the First United Methodist Church, Lancaster, Texas. His wife of 55 years Mary Ruth died 18 days later.

Robert C. Blount, 95, died on 17 May 2017 at Blakemore Retirement home in Towson Maryland.

Following service in the BENNINGTON (CV-20) and TORSK (SS-423) Bob resigned his commission in 1947 to pursue a career with the FBI. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, the former Margaret Welsh; sons, James and William; a daughter, Dorothy Blount Pitt; and four grandchildren.

Calvin “Cal” Cobb, the youngest living member of the Class, died on 28 October 2017 in Naples, Florida.

He was born in 1924 to Vice Admiral and Mrs. Calvin H. Cobb.

During World War II, he served on CHESTER (CA-27) and following as CIC instructor in Norfolk. He resigned his commission in 1947 to attend Georgetown Law School and pursued a civilian career in law in the Washington DC for the following 50 years. Cal is survived by five children: Alice Cobb Parte, Joan Cobb Pettit, Calvin, Robert, and Olive Cobb Waxter; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Charles Thomas Phillips, Jr. died on 11 October 11, 2017 surrounded by his family. During WW II, he served on MOBILE (CL63).

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He resigned in 1947 because of near-sightedness, and pursued a career in dentistry. He was married to Anne Jacobs in 1945 tor fifty years and had two children, Kent and Caroline. She died in 1997. He then married Gail Kremer in 1998.

Charles is survived by wife Gail and children Kent Phillips and Caroline Phillips Broughton and step-children Deborah Tharp, David Kremer and Susan Frampton, twelve grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

A Memorial service was held on 28 October 2017 Anona United Methodist Church.

Henry Thomas “Hank” Mayo II, 93, of Walnut Creek died at his Rossmoor home on 22 August 2017.

During WWII he served in the Amphibious Force in the Pacific Theater, which included the Okinawa landings and the occupation of Japan. As a career officer he served on a number of ships including the Iowa (BB-61), Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), and Everet F. Larson (DD-830). Hank retired from Naval service in 1964 as a LCDR and he settled in Walnut Creek, CA and pursued a career in operations research He leaves behind his wife of 60 years Irene; four children, John, Thomas, Tracy and Janet); nine grandsons, one granddaughter and six great granddaughters. Hank is survived as well by two daughters, Dorothy and Barbara, and two grandsons from his first marriage. Hank is preceded in death by his older brother, Gen. A memorial service and interment with Military Honors was held 17 October 17 at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California.

Barbara Kraft Packer, 87, wife of Classmate Francis Packer, died on 10 August 2017 at home in Summit New Jersey. Loving wife and mother, teacher, dear friend and colleague, active in Calvary Church in Summit and the League of Women Voters, Barbara, N.J., She was born in Boston, Mass., in 1929, graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in chemistry. In 1983, she obtained her MA in Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) from Kean College, and began a career as a full-time public-school

teacher, working in Union, Summit, and Basking Ridge, N.J. Barbara was interested in everything and everyone, and was fascinated with various ideas in education, government, literature, music, politics, theater, and religion. She loved the theatre, symphony and opera, and relished annual summer visits to Vermont with family and friends to attend courses at the Bread Loaf campus of her alma mater, Middlebury College. She was a beloved teacher and dear friend and colleague to many of all ages and nationalities. Most of all, she was a loving and caring wife and mother who always put her family first. She is survived by her devoted husband, Francis (Tod) Packer of Summit, N.J.; her daughters, Deborah Mumm and Judith Jesudason; her son, Francis Avery Packer III; her five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A memorial service was held at Calvary Church on Aug. 26, 2017.

As We Are We enjoyed Navy football this fall with a fabulous start and great game against Air Force, If you haven’t seen the ad we enjoyed this description of the Army – Navy rivalry. “The only game where everyone playing is willing to die for everyone watching.”

And speaking of Army-Navy, it’s apropos to mention last year’s (2016) game-ball ceremony, attended by Classmates George Ellis and Bob Sherman. Last year’s ceremony was held on the field before the game to mark the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Balls for the ceremony were run from the respective schools, Annapolis and West Point, to Philadelphia as a part of a long-standing tradition.

George (Ellis) was honored to receive the Navy Game Ball and he was invited to choose another WWII Vet and Academy graduate (Classmate and Class Treasurer Bob Sherman) to receive the other Game Ball who represented all the WWII veterans of both Service Academies.

The balls were presented by the Director of Athletics of both the Academies as well as officials of

45/47 CLASS NEWS USAA. And although not a part of the ceremonies, George and Bob were able to get their balls autographed by President (elect at the time) Donald Trump who was in attendance to support the Services and enjoy the game and sitting in the skybox suite next to theirs.

(They didn’t get to meet the President.)

Class Business: In our last issue of Shipmate, we were privileged to publish a thank you note to the Class for a Class scholarship which enabled Midshipman Bray’s, ’21, attendance at USNA. This issue we are proud to acknowledge the Class’s support of the “creators” of scholarship, in this case Naval historians. You may recall that last year the Class voted to and gave the Naval Institute a gift of $25,000 to encourage research by Naval historians. The Naval Institute Press used funds from the “U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1945 Fund for Naval Historians” to publish the following nine books in 2017.

A Tale of Two Navies

by Anthony Wells Mr. Roosevelt’s Navy

by Patrick Abbazia Great American Naval Battles

by Jack Sweetman (Editor) Chinese Naval Shipbuilding

by Andrew S. Erickson (Editor) Anatomy of Failure

by Harlan K. Ullman Naval Officers Under Hitler

by Eric C. Rust Great Powers, Grand Strategies

by Anders Corr Hell to Pay (Revised)

by D. M. Giangeo In the Warlord’ Shadow

by Daniel R. Green The Class funds were used by the Institute to “offset production costs and reduce risk.”

VADM Pete Daly, CEO of the Naval Institute, letter of 10 November 2017 to Class President George Ellis is worth sharing with the Class, excerpts which are quoted below: M “Dear Admiral Ellis, As we head into …. the time of Thanksgiving, I reflect back on our successful 2017 and all that the generosity of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1945 has enabled

for the Naval Institute Press. Your Class’s generous financial support of the Press played a major role in our achievements and our ability to publish worthy naval historians. I cannot thank you and your classmates enough.”….

“On behalf of the Press, I extend my deepest gratitude to you and the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1945 for your belief in and support of the Press.

Thank you, again, for this incredible investment and generosity.”

Well done Classmates. This is one of several gifts the Class gives in support of scholarship. Besides the Prep school scholarships, we also support the prizes for the service selection essays published by the Naval Institute Proceedings and awarded to graduating Midshipmen during June week every year (four prizes).

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.

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’46 Life Membership: 66% Donor Participation: 9.38% 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

Graduate in 2006 but served as ’47 Class President for five years. His obituary was published in numerous national publications and SHIPMATE documents his passing in this issue on page 125.

’47 Life Membership: 84% Donor Participation: 10.00% Pres: CAPT Jack M. Stevens, USN (Ret) 200 Ankersa Way, Hunt, TX 78204-3400 Pp: 830-238-4355; e: captjack47@hctc.net

A Note from John Corse:

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: Recently I exchanged emails with CDR Scherry, CO of the USS HUDNER. Here’s what he said: M “We have the plaque on hand in our building. The ship is still under construction. We take delivery of the ship in April 2018, and should have the plaque mounted on the hull by then. We’ve already identified where it is going to be mounted, and Bath Iron Works is working to install the brackets so that we can mount it when we take delivery. We LOVE the plaque.”

He has promised pictures when the plaque is in place.

Our industrious Class Secretary, Eileen Marousek, is in the process of mailing postcards she had created to surviving classmates. She would like to contact all via cards to introduce herself and provide her contact information. Additionally, she is soliciting input for the ’47 Column she writes for SHIPMATE. She would appreciate an email from you or any of your family members for the USNA ’47 email distribution list if you are not already on it. Recent photographs of Classmates (early or current) are also appreciated.

I’m sure you share with me appreciation for the great job she is doing.

WELL DONE, Eileen.

Submitted: ’47 Class President, Jack Stevens Tom Hudner: The Class lost one of our distinguished classmates on 13 Nov 2017 when Medal of Honor recipient Tom Hudner passed away in Concord, Ma. Tom not only has a DDG named for him and was designated a USNA Distinguished

M “While on my way to Orlando for a Masters Swim Meet, I went over to new Port Richey for a visit with my former roommate and shipmate, Joe Baer, who is in a retirement community there. Joe and I roomed together for three years at the Academy, for two years on Little Rock CL 92 and the about four months in the Charleston Naval Shipyard while re-commissioning two mothballed destroyers for the Turkish navy. Joe is enjoying playing bridge on the internet and with other residents of the retirement village. His daughter and her family live in the vicinity which is why he moved there. The only other classmate I have seen recently is Don Farshing who lives in Jacksonville and goes to the same church I attend. Don taught at the University of North Florida for many years after he left the Navy and is now retired. I have attached photos of myself with Joe and also with Don. I had a good 3 day meet in Orlando— my mixed free style team (Ed Graves, 94, and I teamed up with two young women,87 and 90 to break the World record in the 400 meter, 360-399 age group (combined ages of the four must be over 360) by about 4 seconds. I entered a total of 11 events, won 11 first place medals and was the high point man in my age group. The competition gets easier as you get older! Thanks again for your fine efforts in keeping us posted on current events. Here I am (on the left) with Don Farshing at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jacksonville. The photo with Joe Baer was taken about a month or two ago.”

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47/48 CLASS NEWS Joe spoke of the three cruisers and aircraft carriers he worked on - and rescuing John Glenn! A Big Thanks to CDR Tom Ryno, CDR Brent Moore and Karsten Daponte - all Class of ’97 - for joining these fascinating men, et al for lunch!

Lunch with the SoVa Contingency of USNA ’47 & ’97 – 50 Year Link in the Chain!!

What fun! I had the honor of attending a luncheon hosted by our own Joe McKenzie and his daughter Lori Hardy at their beautiful home in Norfolk VA (backing up to scenic Whitehurst Lake). We had a small group of Class of ‘47’s & ‘97s at the lunch. Great to hear what has changed on The Yard over the last 50 years! Les Pomeroy told tales of flying the F9F-8 and his attachment to the Fighter Squadron 91and his deployment aboard USS KEARSARGE in 1956. Later he was at the Naval War College in NPRI as was one of the ‘97’ grads! Connie Pomeroy was so much fun and told us all about how she met Les and all about their growing family!! Bob Roche brought his new, beautiful wife Joan and we got to hear about their honeymoon in Venice, Croatia, Italy and the cruise they took! Bob and Joan, residence of the NAPA, CA area were fortunate to have their house miss the recent fires (although sadly many of their neighbors were adversely affected).

We are so glad their house is okay! Joe was a great host and had some fun stories from his time at USNA.

Contribution: I know that many of you contributed to The Wreaths Across America on behalf of USNA. The Class contributed $200 to the Wreaths at Navy!

Final Hour: It is with sadness that I notify you of the passing of the following ’47 Classmates & wives: Tom Hudner, Andy Peacock and his wife Frances, Mary wife of John Sullivan, Robert Dawson Lyon, Patricia wife of Jeremiah Lenihan and Eloise wife of John Crane.

A PROFILE of PAUL GADDIS from the editor:

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What made you decide to go to the Naval Academy?

Growing up on a ranch in land-locked Arizona, I wanted to “see the sea”. The famous comic strip “Don Winslow of the Navy” starting in 1934 convinced me.

Where are you now?

I live in Franklin, Tennessee, a wonderful town near Nashville.

Who nominated you and did you go straight into USNA? At that time, Arizona rated only one Congressman, but one was enough. He appointed me. I finished freshman year at Cal Tech before USNA. I was really fortunate to attend three of our greatest schools in my career, and USNA was the greatest of the three.

Did you play sports or were you involved in any activities at USNA? I served as Managing Editor of “The LOG”. One of my duties was to write apologetic letters to a few parents of midshipmen, who complained that the jokes we printed were too raunchy.

Fun or memorable story while you were at USNA? My memorable story: One Saturday a.m. we were practicing seamanship and bringing a “YP” in to the dock. Our classmate Bob, proud of his athletic prowess, was on the bow sure that he could jump the five feet to the dock and secure our boat to the cleats. Only problem was that he was holding only three feet of line clenched in his fist. He was stopped short in mid-jump, plunged into the water below. He survived his cold bath in the Chesapeake, and was known forever after as “Deck Hand” Bob. Who was a close friend at the Academy?

My closest friend was T.J. “Tom” Tiernan; we kept in close touch after we graduated. Tom was lost to us one early morning in 1951 in a P2V flying out of NAS Quonset Point, playing tag with a friendly sub in Long Island Sound.

Who and when did you marry?

The Navy sent me to upstate New York for “duty under instruction” where I had the great good fortune to meet Martha Louise Rinker, a senior at Russell Sage

College. We were married for 63 years; Martha passed away in 2011 What have you been up to?

I spent 26 years as Dean and Professor of a Graduate Management School in the University of Texas, and earlier many years as engineer and Vice President at Westinghouse Electric (now defunct, but it wasn’t my fault).

Do you have any children or grandchildren?

Martha and I have two sons, Paul, a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School, and David who was commissioned out of Univ of Pennsylvania NROTC, recalled to active duty twice from the reserves, retired as CDR USNR. Proudly, I have three granddaughters and six great grandchildren.

Do you keep in touch with any of your Classmates or their families?

We have several alums from USNA, USMA, and USAFA in our Franklin Rotary Club whom I call close friends. But they all think that anyone from the Class of ’47 must be antiquated.

Who would you like to see profiled? RD “Bob” Bergman 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…’47!!”

—Eileen “When someone throws you a Curveball, be ready to hit a homerun!” —Unknown

’48 Life Membership: 62% Donor Participation: 16.67% 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

Lacking much input I’m going to blind you with some numbers which I hope you will find interesting.

48/49 CLASS NEWS To attempt to see who is receiving Shipmate I asked the Alumni folks to give me a copy of their mailing list to the Class of ’48. The following is some of what that list produced: The magazine is mailed to 296 people connected with the Class.

133 of recipients are Class widows 112 recipients also have active email addresses but 163 don’t have email contact. (This gives me a little guidance regarding what to consider for the column from my email correspondence).

I am in contact with 148 Class emails so apparently 36 of my addresses do not receive Shipmate.

My records show that there are 187 of us still vertical so I believe between the magazine and Shipmate we should be getting the word out reasonably well. If you find, or feel, that you are being left out please contact me and we’ll get you in the loop one way or another.

Ty and Bettye Dedman are still traveling and seeing the wonders of the world. They recently joined other alumni on a two-week cruise aboard PEARL MIST. It sounds like a great cruise including Niagara Falls (which Betty and I have never seen) and other stops of interest. Of the several other classes represented one of them commented that the highlight of the trip for him was lobster, lobster and lobster. Bettye Dedman’s comment was that “it was nice to have some kids aboard.”

I frequently find myself losing contact with people and not having another family contact to check with leaves me in the dark. Two people in the lost category right now are Kitty Bacon and Celesta True. I have started a family contact list and asked the email folks to provide names if they feel comfortable with doing so. Responses are coming in slowly. If you Shipmate readers would join in I would appreciate it. In the meantime is anyone in contact with Kitty or Celesta?

An email from Mike Ames was of interest:

M “I notice in the Shipmate that just arrived that our address was Town & Country MD. Actually we’re in MO like St Louis area. We are out of the combat zone of Ferguson North County St Louis but still in the purview of the demonstrators, particularly in our malls. We had recent good news—we have been replaced after a decade of being in first place in the nation for STD’s and been replaced by Etowah County Alabama. So things are looking up. We’ll keep in touch Mike and Margie An email from Tom Hayward 21st Co. dated 23 Nov. says— M Several days ago the trio of Bob Milholland 21st Co., Angus McDonald 7th Co. and I finally got together for lunch, having promised to do so many times earlier without follow-through. We are still vertical, with a bit of help from canes as necessary. No problem downing a few beers and telling tall stories. Bob and I were roommates at USNA. We both were ordered to carriers on graduation, I to the ANTIETEM, Bob to the BOXER, tied up on opposite sides of the carrier pier at NAS Alameda. If you recall in those days, Ch00-Choo Charlie Wilson, SecDef, was enjoying cutting the fleet a fast as possible. Our carriers were among the remaining few in the Pacific. From that assignment, we finally received orders to flight training, both of us having married in the meantime. Spent lots of spare time with Bob and Lou, along with Kenny Shugart (deceased) 7th Co and his Muriel, Ross Bramwell (deceased) 5th. Co. and his Donna, playing bridge and drinking the cheapest beer on the shelf. Great times!! Angus and I found each other in Pearl Harbor, many years later. He being a submariner and I a tail hooker, our paths had not merged earlier; but we now find ourselves neighbors in the Seattle area. Our long overdue lunch was just what the doctor ordered for each of us and we have plans to replicate it frequently in the weeks ahead. “ Since the last issue I have learned of the passing of six classmates and one wife.

Classmates 12th Co.; Gorder, C.F. Sr.; 11/19/17 # 7th Co.; Snyder, F.M.; 10/26/17 * 5th Co.; Herlihy, J.D., Jr.; 10/2/!7 #* 4th Co.; Clasgens, J.H.II; 10/8/17 #* 4th Co.; Wagenfield, Q.W.; 9/16/17 * 22nd Co.; Dorsey, L.; 9/4/17 # bio. in 50th, * bio. in 30th Wife Tsiknas, Anna Wife of John 7th Co. 6/21/17 We shall miss each of them and send our condolences to the families.

Of interest, while I was writing this an email from Erline Holt tells me that Kitty Bacon is living with her daughter in Dallas and phone number is 214-762-1207.

For those of you with email the minutes of the spring meeting of the COCP are posted there.

This is a short column because I need more input. When you send me something and attach a picture I will try to put it in the column but make certain you’ve sent everything by sending it to yourself. I believe Tom Hayward had a picture of the luncheon group but I did not receive it. Tom if you have a picture send it along and I will put it in the next column.

Since you are now reading the first issue of 2018 and since most of us were born in 1924 the average age of those of us still around is 93.

Hard to believe but let’s try to keep it going.

Betty and I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season. We were very fortunate at Thanksgiving to have our entire family less only two grandsons, one went to his mother’s family, the other had to stay on the job as a beekeeper but will be with us at Christmas.

We still have some unfinished business regarding yea or nay on a 70th reunion and I will try to keep you apprised on developments.

’49 Life Membership: 68% Donor Participation: 23.20% 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 “Souper” Bowl Sunday Most people only know “souper” bowl Sunday originated in a Presbyterian Church on the outskirts of Columbia, SC. The following is “the rest of the story,” as a famous newscaster used to say.

The Session of the church conceived the idea of using the day of the NFL Super Bowl game as an opportunity of using that winter day as an ideal time to seek contributions of cans of soup to provide to the needy.

One of the elders was a WWII veteran, who had attended the University of South Carolina on an athletic scholarship before entering the Army. At USC, he was second string center behind a second team All-American on the football team, and catcher on the baseball squad.

In the Army, he was an infantryman among the thousands that entered France over the D-Day beaches as a sergeant leading his men, then battling through France to Belgium.

During the Battle of the Bulge, he was wounded and captured by the Germans. However, he escaped and was taken in by a Belgian family, who dressed his wound, fed him hot soup, and hid him in their attic until U.S. Forces retook the area. His wound was not serious and he returned to his unit with a battle field commission to second lieutenant, a Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart. The journey into Germany was not strongly opposed and he was one of the first to return home shortly after VE-Day.

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49/49 CLASS NEWS He returned to USC on his athletic scholarship, with GI benefits added, to earn his degree in education. Being the son of a coach, he sought to follow the same profession. He served as a football and baseball coach in a high school for about 20 years, before becoming its principal for another five years. With success in both positions, he was named superintendent of all schools in his district until retirement in Columbia.

His den had every book and video about the war in Europe that was written or filmed. However, he seldom talked about himself except in answering questions asked of him.

Over the years, he returned to Normandy for each five-year celebration of D-Day he could attend, always stopping by in Belgium to see the family that hid him from the Germans. The hot soup they gave him that cold winter was a lifetime memory!

He never confessed that “Souper” Bowl Sunday was his idea to the Session. He always said “we,” never “I,” when discussing the establishment of this annual winter event of charity to the needy.

“That is the rest of the story,” Paul Harvey, “Good night.”

He was my brother-in-law.

Red From Your Scribes A photograph from an old album has surfaced and it’s so compelling that we simply had to put it in our column. We thank the photographer, whoever that was, for snapping his/ her camera at the precise time when everyone reacted to “say cheese.”

Before reading any further, see if you can identify the happy faces of these ‘49-ers and their spouses.

outstanding ski area and summer hiking and recreation center.

It was a place which the Shanhouses considered ideal for their dream of combining business with pleasure. They purchased and operated a two-story lodge, which offered rustic but comfortable rooms with baths, a restaurant for breakfasts and dinners and bus service to and from the ski area in the winter and lake-side picnic and hiking areas in the summer.

Word of this paradise soon made the rounds among 49-ers.

Enjoying the skiing as much as the camaraderie are (l. to r. top row) Stan Counts, Bill and Linda Shanhouse, (middle row) Bette Counts, Dodo Laric and Tom McDonald, (bottom row) Mary McDonald and Paul Laric. Bill and Linda resided in a lovely villa nearby.

The basement was Bill’s workshop where he produced his original metal sculptures, many of which wound up in lobbies of business skyscrapers in major cities.

Regards from Ursula and Paul Leave it to John Camp to come up with extraordinary items for our column. What you’re about to read is not only extraordinary, but downright mind-boggling. And it will take you back nearly 70 years, when we spent Saturday mornings in Luce Hall fiddling with compasses, parallel rulers, volumes of HO-214 - and

silent prayers - to wind up with that often elusive navigational fix, based on locations and altitudes of heavenly bodies with such exotic names as Aldebaran, Sirius, Altair and the inevitable Betelgeux, better known to all of us as Beetle Juice. Enough said. Now, stand by to be awed by the ... ... Strange Story of the SS Warrimoo The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought the master, Captain John Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo’s position was latitude 0 degrees + 31 minutes north and longitude 179 degrees + 30 minutes west.

The date was 30 December, 1899. “Know what that means?”

First Mate Payton broke in. “We’re only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line.”

Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime. He called the navigator to the bridge to check and double check the ship’s position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark.

Then he adjusted the engine speed.

The calm weather and clear night

worked in his favour. At midnight the Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line!

The consequences of this bizarre position were many. The forward part of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere and in the middle of summer. The stern was in the Northern Hemisphere and in the middle of winter. The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December, 1899. Forward it was 1 January, 1900.

This ship was therefore not only in two different days, two different months, two different seasons and two different years, but in two different centuries - all at the same time.

Scribes’ Note: The story of the Warrimoo appeared under “News & Articles” of the Company of Master Mariners of Australia. The Company provides articles of interest to Master Mariners, Seafarers, the Maritime Industry and the public. The editors of the Class of ‘49 Column have requested and received permission to reprint this article and have expressed their gratitude to the Master Mariners of Australia for this much appreciated privilege.

A passenger ship, the SS WARRIMOO served as a troopship in World War I.

In Memoriam CAPT Tom Watkins, USN (Ret.) died on September 26, 2017 in Tucson, AZ. Barbara Louise McLean Higgins, widow of Everett Chipman (Chip) Higgins died on October 1, 2017 in Honolulu, HI. Donald W. Lappley (non-grad) died on September 13, 2017 in Camp Hill, PA. CAPT Thomas F. Lechner, USN (Ret.) died on October 24, 2017 in Potomac, MD. Dr. John A. Tinkham, died on November 2, 2017 in Virginia Beach,

Who, Where and When In reverse order, the time was either the winter of 1992 or 1993. The location was beautiful Angel Fire, in northern New Mexico. The name Angel Fire is derived from the striking glow in all shades of orange and yellow, that sometimes appears at sunset over a nearby mountain range and which early settlers considered as “heaven sent.” Today, Angel Fire rivals nearby Taos as an ‘49

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49/50 CLASS NEWS VA. His wife, Marilyn West Tinkham died on May 2, 2010 in Virginia Beach, VA. CAPT Kurt F. Dorenkamp, died on October 19, 2017 in Willow Valley, PA. CDR Timothy Raymond Mahoney, USNR (Ret.) died on August 26, 2017 in North Hollywood, CA.

’50 Life Membership: 72% Donor Participation: 10.88% 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 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

As I begin to write this column in early November, Brunswick is recovering from nearly two full days of power outage. At the storm’s peak nearly two thirds of Maine was without power since pre-dawn Monday morning after hurricane force wind gusts to 82mph and heavy rain caused widespread damage to trees and utility lines starting Sunday evening. Throughout the state some 484,000 households and businesses lost power with many not being restored until Saturday, the number of outages being the highest in Central Maine Power’s history.

Tuesday morning, I ventured out to survey the town and to purchase a long three-prong extension cord (all my ancient cords were twoprong). I wanted to connect our refrigerator to a hallway power outlet which was on the emergency generator circuits for all common areas in our Thornton Oaks residents main building. Some roads were closed due to trees and down power lines, so circuitous routes were necessary

to get to shopping areas. Heavy traffic was everywhere to get gas from those stations that could pump it, purchase fuel for generators, tools, food, charge cellphones and laptops, and whatever, in anticipation of a prolonged power outage.

When our refrigerator was hooked up, a granddaughter who lives nearby brought over her frozen foods for her family of four. Area towns did a good job providing shelters for folks whose homes were severely damaged.

It is being said that this storm exceeded the conditions and damages from our previous worst storm, the ice storm of 1998. Trains from Brunswick to Boston were cancelled on Tuesday due to heavy debris across the tracks and inoperative crossing signals. Schools and many businesses were closed. The Town’s Kids Halloween Parade and party thereafter were postponed to Sunday for safety reasons. We know the Puerto Ricans endured much worse conditions (two hurricanes), so our sympathies and respect for their severe troubles were heightened.

We are most grateful for the effort that Jack Akin provided over many years as our webmaster. His recent retirement is most deserved, and we wish him well.

Well Done, Jack!

We welcome Pat Kittler and Linda to our class communications team. Together they will manage our website and develop it as an even more useful communications medium. Upon graduation, Pat served aboard a destroyer before flight training. Then he served aboard the carrier Boxer, flying fighter air cover for attacking aircraft over Korea. Resigning in 1956 and transferring to the ready Naval Reserve, he earned his law degree at the Stanford School of Law. Upon graduation he joined Minneapolis Honeywell, specializing in the legal problems of international trade and investment for 25 years. He says he drifted into project management and led the first U.S. trade mission to Russia in 1967. His naval reserve career continued as he commanded a reserve squadron, and was

ultimately promoted to Captain.

Our 1965 The Years Between indicates he had three children at the time JK Noble published it. His home is in Isle, Minnesota. Pat, we look forward to your and Linda’s enthusiasm on behalf of our class!

We regret the passing of Dr. Walter Lee Bown, M.D. (3rd Co.) on 12 July 2017 in Green Valley, AZ. Frank Fahland reported his death to the USNAAA. From our Lucky Bag, “Walter entered the N.A. in the same manner he undertook everything – calmly and unpretentiously.

Specializing in Science and English, he was seldom below the slash group in anything. He was always able to find time to devote to his favorite pastime, sleeping.” VP and class secretary JJ McNally called Walt’s wife, Margie Hurst, to make contact and learned that “Walter was a very private person and that she, as his second wife, knew very little about the academy or his Navy service. She seemed well and not in need of assistance, and kept her maiden name.” We wish her well and hope she will make additional contact with us. Contact our VP for personal information. Frank follows up that he served as Walt’s best man at his wedding to his high school sweetheart at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL three days after our graduation. She died shortly after their 25th anniversary.

They had no children. We are grateful for Frank’s notification and JJ’s contact on behalf of the class. I might add that Sally and I recall having Frank into our home for dinner in the early 60’s when he was CO USS Long Beach (CGN-9), and I was stationed at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Fond memory, indeed.

Capt. Paul Forehand, CEC, USN (Ret) (32nd Co.) died on 24 October 2016 in Sun City West, AZ. His obituary appeared in the JuneJuly Shipmate issue, Last Call section. It seems the obit was not passed on to our class officers when it was received by the Alumni Association until we saw it after it was published. Sometimes things fall through the crack, so I am including Paul in our class column now for the family’s benefit as well as

classmates and others. From our LB, “Early Naval ambitions – V-5 program at the University of the South.

Not much hair, but that didn’t bother him. A hard man to run, unperturbed at all obstacles and consternations. Easy to get along with, but laconic. All around athlete, star receiver in company football and battalion tennis, and handball… natural leader and well respected by all who know him.” After a couple ship assignments, Paul graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and served in public works facilities at Little Creek, Alameda, Subic Bay, Lemoree, CA, and others contracting base and extended area projects during a 30year career. Paul was in my battalion and was well known as a striper and company sports enthusiast. We send our belated sympathies to his wife Doris of 65 years and their extended family. We also are grateful to the family friend who prepared Paul’s obituary and notified the USNAAA. Mrs. Helen Hoge passed away on 18 September 2017 in New Bern, NC. She was the widow of Kenneth Hoge (6th Co.), who died on 11 April 2010. It is regretted that no obituary has been submitted to the AA or exists on line. We extend our sympathies to the Hoge extended family.

Mrs. Barbara Moll died unexpectedly on 18 October in McMinnville, OR. She was the widow of Dr. Kendall Moll (33rd Co) who died on 27 November 2008 after 57 years of marriage. Barbara was exceedingly active with class activities in the San Francisco Bay and attended major class reunions. She brought her college grandson, Jeremy, to our 65th reunion, and he was the star of the show, singing various hit songs for an enthusiastic audience. I had a special connection with Barbara as I described to her the various encounters I had with her husband whose name was not only similar to mine, but we also looked alike. A couple times I was assessed demerits when the “other Mull” was the culprit of room in disorder.

Fortunately, we never were in the same academic classroom together.

Ken’s twin brother, Kenneth, when on

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50/50 CLASS NEWS exchange visits from West Point, complicated matters also as he donned Ken’s uniforms. Barbara was quite amused. With Ken she loved to travel worldwide with their three sons. Among others, they lived in Saudi Arabia, Japan and Anchorage Alaska. Barbara was buried with her husband in Palo Alto on November 3rd. We thank Barbara’s son, Stan, and Joe Pausner for the timely notice of her passing.

The Annapolis group had their monthly first Friday luncheon meetings on 6 October and 3 November at Ginger Cove. Attendees at one or both included coordinator President Tom Ross, Ed Grunwald, John Henderson, Byron Lee, Ed McLean, Jim Oberholtzer, Phil Ryan and son, Steve. Tom’s wife, Kippy, had recent surgery and is coming along well.

One of her daughters, Ilene, was helping her mother and assisting with household chores. Before surgery, joining other family members, on 29 September Tom and Kippy attended the retirement of Kippy’s son, Master Chief Petty Officer John Amick, USN (Navy Seal) in Dam Neck, VA. During the retirement ceremony he was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal. Quite an honor! John enlisted at age 17 and devoted 27 years of dedicated service to the nation.

Congratulations, John! And thank you for your service!

The Washington Area group met for their first Thursday monthly luncheon meetings on 5 October and 2 November at Laporta’s Restaurant in Alexandria. Attending one or both included coordinator Bill and Anna Rockey, Gail and Vice President JJ McNally, Char and Bob Monroe, Kippy and President Tom Ross, Bob Satre, Milt Schultz, Margy and Bob Shultz, and Bill Smoot. JJ’s son, Jimmy, came up to see the Navy-Air Force game at Annapolis, choosing a memorable game to attend. Marion and Milt Schultz leave for Palm Desert, CA for a two weeks’ visit with daughter Edie. Milt concluded BOD duties for the USNA Museum Maintenance Endowment, which has $3,597,164 as of 6/30/17 and $138,263 contributed for projects this year.

’50: “USNA Alumni and Ladies Aboard Pearl Mist on St. Lawrence Seaway Cruise” ***

Anna and Bill were to leave for Hawaii in mid-October to attend a 5th Marine Division Association reunion tie association having been formed right after WWII ended.

The 5thMarDiv was formed at Camp Pendleton in California and commanded by Bill’s dad, Major General Keller Rockey. A unit of the Division raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi during the WWII Battle of Iwo Jima that waged from 19 February 1945 until 26 March 1946. Only a few of the Division’s veterans are still living, the reunion mostly attended by widows and families. Two regiments of the old 5th Division were reactivated during the Vietnam War, but minimum increase in association membership occurred. The banquet guest speaker was BGen Brian Cavanaugh ’90, Deputy Commander Marine Corps Forces Pacific. Bill says, “Brian played football, lacrosse and wrestled at Navy, is a Marine aviator, and is a fine example of the superb personnel we have in our Armed Forces today.” Classmates who entered the Corps upon our graduation may remember General Rockey. He swore them into the Marine Corps in Memorial Hall on 2 June 1950. Bill’s dad died in 1970.

After the reunion on Hawaii, Anna and Bill will stay at the Hale Koa in Honolulu, a popular Armed Forces Recreation Center resort hotel.

Thanks, Bill, for this informative input to our class column.

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Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River Seaway from Toronto to Portland, Maine aboard the small cruise-ship Pearl Mist. With 176 passengers, they enjoyed a high level of congeniality, including four other Alumni couples and two USNA grad widows. Major ports of call were: a pre-cruise day trip to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Clayton, NY (Antique Boat Museum), Montreal, Quebec City, Prince Edward Island, Halifax, Bar Harbor and Portland.

Lobster dominated the menu, they say. In the group photo, l-r Julie Woods, Emily Plank, RADM Ty (’48) and Bettye Dedman, Skip (‘50) and Gerry Orem, Diane Hamburg, Anita Winkler, Dennis Plank (’69), and Jim Hamburg (’69). Not shown, Holly Macaulay, Joseph Winkler (’69) and CAPT Victor Delano (’41). We appreciate the capable description of the cruise provided by alumni Dennis Plank.

I am reminded of the official grand opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in June-July 1959 when Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of England, President Eisenhower and Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker participated from Quebec to Chicago in various ceremonial events along the way. The brand-new destroyer USS Dupont (DD-941) was assigned escort to Her Majesty Ship Britannia with stationing 18 inches(!) astern during ceremonial events. We were instructed not to “bump” Her Majesty’s ship lest we scrape off some gold flakes from the ship’s gunwale! Our engine stationing

speed was maintained by single rpm adjustments! As the navigator and Operations officer, my naval career was in jeopardy for two months in the frequent Seaway fog, periodic risky anchoring, Seaway traffic, et al.

Daryle Tripp complimented Bob Monroe on his frequent Op-eds regarding nuclear weapons modernization and other major national policy issues. Bob does our country a tremendous service with his always candid and noteworthy advice. Daryle also said, “My grandson (namesake) who works for the Army Corps of Engineers as a civilian supervisor in New Orleans, was ordered to Puerto Rico to help them with the hurricane reconstruction.

He was on 30 days loan or longer.

His first night after landing in P.R. was spent on a ship since there were no electrically powered hotels ashore. All I have been able to get out of him is this: ‘Really, really busy. I am in charge of San Juan and 8 surrounding municipalities. When fully staffed I will have 40 inspectors and 5 inspector supervisors under me.” A later update, Daryle indicates his grandson is “swamped with the mayors from surrounding San Juan cities asking him to assume the resident P.R. responsibility for their areas as the resident Corps of Engineers have permanently evacuated to Miami,” Thanks, Daryle for sharing your grandson’s reports of the emergency effort he is contributing to get Puerto Rico put back together, and saving many lives as well.

50/51 CLASS NEWS Finally, the use of my right shoulder is now about 90% restored after completion of 10 weeks PT. My recuperation from surgery is being said to be rather remarkable.

Stretch PT exercises continue at home for several more months.

Needless to say, I am most grateful for this progress! With best regards, — Chuck

’51 Life Membership: 70% Donor Participation: 14.63% 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 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

Classmates and Class of 51 Members YOU HAVE FOUND WINTER AND HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND ARE INITIATING A NEW YEAR. As I pen a few words it is four days before Thanksgiving! Today I brought up from storage the Christmas Tree and decorations with my steady Teddi spouse. And we haven’t even beaten Army yet!

Go NAVY!!!

I am sure you all feel, as we do, that time is whipping by quite quickly. I think it has something to do with the weeks being so short.

How does that happen?

Don’t know.

It is difficult to reach this point in our lives and not think about those we have lost and those slowing down. True! That is life and we know it - but damn! - it is tough

some days to put up with it.

Enough! We Sailor on. (I know, I know the saying is “soldier on” but give the old guy some slack.)

Happily; I read John McGrew’s ‘51 column in the Sept-Oct Issue yesterday. My copy had gotten misplaced so I was catching up.

John, as always, had a column of news you could use of many of your classmates and their doings. Great Column. We need more of you to drop off a line or two to one of your Shipmate Scribes to aide in getting the word out. Trust me! Your classmates and our spousal members really want to know how and what we are all doing.

One of my benefits as your Class President is to be a member of the Council of Class Presidents (COCP).

The COCP is organized in “decades” and amazingly two of the ‘40’s decade decided to join with the ‘50’s decade at the COCP meeting the end of October. There was a general topic for each of the decades to have pondered and then to report to their decade and then the COCP assemblage.

The topic for the COCP decades’ to address was “Class” organization.

Are you serious? Class Organization? Yes! I mean Yes! Does that indicate that some classes are not organized? Yes! Now for early decades that is not so surprising.

I guess. This not the same Brigade constituency that we would recognize - there are more academic, technical, military, social science, and other collegiate endeavors which break-up the bonds that we recall. Even athletics has more opportunities and are better supported.

Nevertheless; it was somewhat surprising - to me at least - that the quest for ideas and modes for organization came from all the decades except the 40’s. Now we need to note that all of the classes do organize for reunions, and have a Class list of officers. However, unless there is leadership, interest, and commitment the class corpus can be somewhat thin.

Thus; this little discourse is aimed to gratefully acknowledge the early days and leadership bolstered, somewhat fortuitously,

by immediate class wealth from propitious sales of Lucky Bags and the astute financial capability of the initial organizers of the Class of 1951.

The class has an enviable record and thus makes it easy for those hanging on to be SECOND TO NONE - Did we Beat Army?

Hope so! — Lee K Our Class Pres has given us some good thoughts to consider in his attached column above. And as Lee says, “unless there is leadership, interest, and commitment the class corpus can be thin.” We are fortunate to have Lee follow our many excellent class presidents in providing the necessary leadership and commitment to keep our class involved. Many thanks, Lee. We are also fortunate to have strong classmates who are willing to assist Lee in current class activities.

I write this just before Thanksgiving and always remember how fortunate we are to have a country so unique and strong and that we have played a major roll in continuing that tradition. All best to each of you and your families.

— Al B. Barbara’s Corner: News from the Northwest There is very little to report from the Great Northwest. We four women try to keep the bond.

Seated are: Margee Hunt (Jim) Kit Phillips (Bill); Standing: Sara Soracco and Barbara Crawford

Margee lives at Aljoya Retirement Center on Mercer Island with Jim, Sara lives in Bellevue and will be wintering in Ewa Hawaii, where the numbers have also diminished.

Barbara & Kit maintain their family homes on Mercer Island.

Bobbye Childs is able to participate on occasion, but lives a distance away on Hartstene Island. Bobbye, daughter Lee, and grandson Brynden, recently spent some time on Kauai. They are pictured here at Waimea Canyon.

I am hoping that Andy Kremm once again organizes the Washington Birthday event in San Diego. I have been able to participate the past two years and it is a very special gathering.

I received a letter and photographs from Joe Grace this week regarding his trip Washington DC in October.

Below is the text from his letter: M 18 Nov 2017 Dear Bill, Our darling daughters, Kathy Ladeau and Patti Chulbuck took me to Washington in early October primarily to attend a meeting of ”OBP”s at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington. Col. Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, USAF (Ret.) had told me in a letter, I’d be welcome to join them any time I was in D. C. on a Friday noon. The girls got me there.

Bob Dunn is one of them. There was a saying taught to any Navy or Air Force pilot to be ”there are Old Pilots, and there are Bold Pilots, but there are no Old, Bold Pilots.”

We arrived on Thursday, just in time for the ’51 monthly luncheon at the same club [Army Navy Country Club, ANCC]. Bob was there as were Tom Boyce, Tom Ward, and several others. Harry Gamber too.

On Friday, at the same table, we joined the OBPs. One had been in Joe Floss’ squadron Guadalcanal in ’42. He’s 94 years old.

The most interesting OBP is a lady, Norah, a Service Wing Walker.

Her husband flew their biplane.

The girls really took to her.

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51/52 CLASS NEWS On Saturday 7 Oct we went to the Air and Space Museum. For most of us the N3N was the first Navy plane we ever flew. Remember?

And surely one of the most fun to fly.

Col. Samuel has written books on aviation. I’ve read most of them and enjoyed them all. He’s at the Museum each Saturday afternoon, signing his books at the main entrance. We had a nice visit with him.

We took a very nice river cruise from Alexandria, Va. to Georgetown, Md. and back one day. Seeing all the landmarks from the river brought back fond memories of 1/C year, when Joanie lived in Anacostia, working as a secretary at ONR. She came down to the Academy every weekend for the games and the hops. She was making more money than we earned as Ensigns!

She even bought a ’ 40 Ford business coupe for $75.00. ( She couldn’t drive!). When she went back to Tonawanda, N. Y,, to get ready for our wedding I sold it to O. B. Stieren for $75.00.

I am sorry this letter is so late.

I had a viral infection + many resulting problems for the rest of October, but am OK now — back to normal chronics.

Yours, Joe Below are the accompanying photographs with Joe’s descriptors

Joe Grace greeting Wolf, Col. Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, U. S. A. F (Ret.). at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 7 Oct 2017.

Joe Grace and the N3N-3 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 7 Oct 2017.

’52 Life Membership: 70% Donor Participation: 13.60% Pres: John C. Young 20624 Highland Hall Dr. Montgomery Village, MD 20886-4021 p: 301-208-3550; e: jcy52@verizon.net Vice Pres: CAPT Jerome Rapkin, USN (Ret.) 801 Bridgeport Way, Annapolis, MD 21401-6852 p: 410-280-2698; e: jrapkin52@verizon.net Sec’y: CDR William J. Laux Jr., USN (Ret.) 2004 Whispering Ridge Dr., Great Falls, MT 59405 p: 703-209-0606; e: wjlaux@verizon.net Treas: Col Richard E. Denfeld, USAF (Ret.) 21065 Cardinal Pond Terr. Apt. 220HS Ashburn, VA 20147-6115 p: 540-895-9050; e: denf52@aol.com Webmaster: CAPT Jerrold M. Zacharias, USN (Ret.) 950 Willow Valley Lakes Drive, H-508 Willow Street, PA 17584-9663 P: 717-464-1431; E: jzach52@yahoo.com Website: www.toughshoes52.org/Welcome.html

A Class of 1952 luncheon took place on Tuesday, 14 November 2017, at the Officers’ Club, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Our Class President, Jack Young, reports: M “The November luncheon was well attended, considering the plight of our older selves. Reported on the nomination of Larry Chambers as a Distinguished Graduate. The award announcement will be in late January and the ceremony is in March. Lots of competition this year, but Larry has had an exceptional career and experience, and is still contributing.

“Prepped all hands on the Army Game Party at Harbor Hills Yacht Club, December 9. Army defense looks good this year, and they don’t fumble/turn the ball over. Going to be a challenge - and a whale of a game. Chairman Phil Case is doing a great job, even though his rehab is a little slow, coming off a hip replacement. If you ever are going to an A-N party, this is the year.

“The tailgate attendees for SMU were Jan and Jerry Rapkin and Jane and Jack Young. The balance of the usual suspects was in Charlottesville for Pete Stark’s Memorial Service. Garnett Bailey and Dick Denfeld reported on the very moving gathering. The

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Columbarium Service for Pete is in March. Jerry and I have some ideas on the tailgate going forward - that would cut cost and keep it going with the 17th Company doing more...

“We had a very interesting and compelling luncheon speaker Dr. Gideon Frieder - who gave us insight into the Holocaust. Gideon was born in Slovakia, and at the beginning of the war his father was a rabbi there. His grandparents were deported in 1942 and probably died in a prison camp. Gideon’s father was at that time part of an underground rescue group. Later, in 1944, the family moved to another location where his father joined an uprising. As German units approached, the family fled to the mountains, where his mother and sister were killed - Gideon was injured but survived. He remained in this location until they were liberated by Romanian troops who were fighting with the Russians. His father also survived the war, and he and Gideon moved to Israel in 1946.

Gideon went to high school in Israel, and later attended a technical college where he received Master of Science and Doctor of Science degrees. He emigrated to the United States in 1975 and served as a professor in various universities.

Today Gideon holds the title of a James Clark Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the George Washington University in Washington and volunteers at the Holocaust Museum.

“Am very impressed with how the troops and families tough it out to get to events, such as a luncheon or funeral. We get good reviews after these happenings. Nice to see the folks enjoying togetherness.

“Final note: At the Class Presidents’ meeting, ‘52 normally is the third or so oldest Class. The younger guys are showing spirit.

Looking Good.

“Best, Jack” Those attending the luncheon were: Garnett & Rita Bailey, Bob Denbigh, Dick & Bobbie Denfeld, Hork Dimon, Mary Eshman, Dr. Gideon Frieder (speaker), Tom Julian, Walt & Rosemary Locke, Jack O’Connell, Jerry & Jan Rapkin,

Bob & Mimi Schulze, Bill & Jane Studebaker, Judy Wanfried, Bill & Pat Wyatt, Jack & Jane Young.

Jack O’Connell reports that he just received a certificate (and check) from the Naval Submarine League telling him that his story about The Japanese Attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines won the 2017 Literary Award (First Place) for The Submarine Review.

Congratulations, Jack!

My wife and I, after 25 years in Northern Virginia, moved to Great Falls, Montana, in early April of this year. We discovered a magazine, Distinctly Montana (www.distinctlymontana.com), and in the Fall, 2017 issue we found a beautifully illustrated article, “Launching from Bozeman – Honoring Apollo 8 in Bronze”, by Dave Reuss, featuring our own Jim Lovell. The article is reproduced here, in part, with written permission from the publisher, Star Ridge New Media, LLC, a Montana company.

M “Imagine the tension of crawling into the command module of Apollo 8 on launch day. You’re over 35 stories off the ground, ready to blast off into space to do something no one has ever done before…

“It seems unbelievable, but that’s exactly what three brave men did in the winter of 1968. With the entire world watching, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders successfully made the first manned flight to orbit the moon. During their six-day journey, they made history.

They became the first humans to see the far side of the moon…

“Apollo 8 is widely regarded as the most historically significant of all the Apollo missions, largely because orbiting the moon ten times was more than just a challenge – it was a patriotic honor…

“And now, as the 50th anniversary of their legendary journey approaches, Bozeman artist Dennis Harrington is finishing a life-size bronze sculpture titled Brave Men and Brilliant Minds. The piece is designed to not only honor the three heroic men that traveled to the moon and back, but also to honor the thousands of talented NASA employees that helped get

52/53 CLASS NEWS them there. In total, over 400,000 individuals were responsible for the success of Apollo 8.

“Harrington – well known for his grizzly bronze, Guardian Spirit, which has greeted passengers at the Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport for the last two decades – is honored to be involved with something of this historic magnitude. To start the project, the first step was to contact Captain Jim Lovell. Portrayed by Tom Hanks in the classic film Apollo 13, Captain Lovell is perhaps most well-known as the commander of that historic flight.

Lovell’s accomplishments are staggering: he’s a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, a member of the first manned mission to the moon, the first person to fly into space four separate times and one of only 24 people to fly to the moon. He spent more than 700 hours in space, a record until the Skylab missions. “’I managed to get a hold of Captain Lovell and presented the idea,’ Harrington says. ‘He loved it. He contacted Anders and Borman – because if they weren’t all on board, it wasn’t going forward.’ Once Harrington had a conceptual drawing to show the three astronauts, everyone was excited about the project. “‘Captain Lovell, command pilot of Apollo 8 flew to Bozeman to visit with Harrington, and he is confident Dennis can do justice to their historic mission. ‘We’re happy Dennis wanted to do this,’ Lovell says, speaking on behalf of both Borman and Anders.

‘Going on that historic mission was strictly our patriotic duty, so we encouraged him all the way. Dennis is a good sculptor. I’ve seen his work and he will do a good job.’

“Harrington is working hard to make sure every aspect of the project is perfect. His studio is filled with photos of the three astronauts, and he’s sculpting from exact copies of their genuine in-flight suits. Every detail is considered – right down to Lovell’s U.S. Naval Academy ring, which he wore in space on every extra-terrestrial flight.

“Harrington made a plaster cast of Lovell’s hand, and will transfer a perfect copy of the ring to the final sculpture. What makes this project special is that Apollo 8’s entire crew is still alive, so all three astronauts can have input on the sculpture every step of the way. “…The likely final resting place for the sculpture itself will be alongside the Apollo 8 capsule at Chicago’s renowned Museum of Science and Industry. Discussions are underway for placement and celebration.

“Lovell is hoping that by bringing the Apollo 8 mission to the forefront of current events, it will reinforce support for a strong space program.

‘By installing this statue, Dennis can revive our need for a viable space station,’ Lovell says. ‘We are losing our leadership in space. It was a good program for the country. ’’Lovell calls that a win-win situation.‘The program didn’t cost a lot of money, and had a big impact on scientific discovery,’ Lovell said.

‘I’m a little disappointed now that we are not proceeding aggressively.

I’m looking forward to seeing the sculpture installed next to our module.’ ‘’The Apollo 8 mission was an accomplishment for America and its core values of progress, courage and high achievement,’ Harrington added. ‘And I hope to shine a light on that extraordinary event in our country’s history.’”

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: • Final service for Angelique Marie Moreau Abbott, widow of CAPT Mark O. Abbott, MC, was held on Friday, May 31, 2013 at Greenlawn Southwest Memorial Chapel, 2739 Panama Lane, Bakersfield, CA. • Eleanor Breeden Coble, widow of LtCol C. Ray Coble, age 87, died peacefully in her sleep on September 13, 2017 at Sedona Winds Assisted Living in Sedona, Arizona after a long illness.

• Margaret Elaine (Susie) Seeger, widow of Captain Charles E. Seeger, a resident of Hillcrest in La Verne, CA, died Sunday, September 17, 2017.

• Colonel Roy S. Dickey, USAF (Ret.), of Milton FL, was born on 31 March 1929 and passed on 7 October 2017. He was 88 years old and had been a career military man and fighter pilot.

• Captain Peter Amy Stark, Jr., United States Navy, Ret., 89, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2017. Pete was the President of the Class of 1952 from 1959 to 1964. A celebration of Pete’s life took place on Saturday, November 11, 2017, at Olivet Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, VA 22901 • Martha Jean Meadows Reed “Tut”, age 85, widow of Captain

Bill Reed, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, November 4, 2017.

• Mr. Samuel J. Wiegand, age 88, passed away peacefully, November 7th, 2017, in his home in Reno, NV. 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.

Please send in your news, both by Chapter and individually. Your Classmates would like to know what you’re up to!

’53 Life Membership: 70% Donor Participation: 17.79% Pres: CAPT Chris Zirps, USN (Ret.) 1902 Toll Bridge Ct.Alexandria, VA 22308-2447 p: 703-780-6124; E: CZirps53@aol.com Exec Vice Pres: CAPT Alvin S. Glazier, USN (Ret.) 7619 Leith Pl., Alexandria, VA 22307 p: 703-768-2762; e: glophin@aol.com Admin Vice Pres & Corres Sec’y: CAPT Arthur C. Bivens, USN (Ret.) 3724 Acosta Rd., Fairfax, VA 22031 p: 703-273-1392; e: acbivens@aol.com Webmaster: CAPT Paul Dudley, USN (Ret.) e: pdudley@1953.usna.com Website: www.usna53.org

’52: Jim Lovell in Harrington’s Studio. With permission.

President’s Corner “At the beginning of 2017 we moved our monthly class luncheons to Ft Myer because of the better lunch buffet and reduced cost. We hoped that this would attract more participation, but it hasn’t. We encourage Classmates to attend and participate in discussions. Also, as a reminder, wives and friends are invited to attend….Registrations for our 65th Reunion are coming in slowly. Please get your registration form in soonest….Chuck Fellows has reserved the Fort Richardson Room at the Army-Navy Club on JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2018 • SHIPMATE 45

53/53 CLASS NEWS Saturday, 11 February 2018 for our Dark Ages Brunch. A flyer will be out shortly……Best regards, Chris” Class Luncheon As a follow up to Chris’s comments, we had 13 attendees at the November luncheon. Sage Bassett has recently moved into the DC area and he came with his daughter, Caroline Banks. Other attendees; Chris Zirps, Al Glazier, Art Bivens, Darrell Dempster, Pete Walker, Earl Griggs, Art Gilmore, Chuck Fellows, Gene Matheson, Bob Haydon and his guest Lenny. When you read this column we would have had our annual Army-Navy ’53 pre-game brunch at the “The Fairfax.”

Hopefully, we will enjoy watching a win over Army and retrieve the Commander and Chief Trophy.

Sage and Daughter

Mail Bag Fuzzy Knight sent an e-mail regarding a business trip to Hawaii last October [2016]. While there, he had lunch with Tak and Elva Yoshihara and Watson Goldsmith and his daughter Sara. During the lunch M “Goldie told a humorous story about his first day at work for Hawaiian Power and Light Co. after he left the Navy. His boss, a Sr. Exec, asked him if he would like to go with him and another company exec during lunch to move the other exec’s boat from a boatyard, where it had been repaired, to its berth across the harbor. Goldie agreed and when they got half way across the harbor, the engine quit. The boat owner dove into the engine compartment to see if he could get it running.

Goldie stripped to his skivvies and went overboard to check out the prop and shaft. The other two flagged down a passing boat that took them under tow. When Goldie came up, the boat was gone. Goldie

swam ashore and walked back to his office up one of the main streets in Honolulu in his wet underwear.”

[Sadly, Goldie died July 9, 2017, See Sep-Oct 2017 Shipmate] Passings Norman A. Smith (Co.16) died August 19, 2017 at Saint Joseph, MI. After serving four years in the Navy Norm went back to school and trained to be a civilian pilot. He became a corporate pilot for Whirlpool Corp and continued with them for 30 years. He was also a hospital volunteer. Survivors include his wife, Norma, two children and four granddaughters.

George R. Stecker (Co.7) died September 20, 2017 in Hazleton, PA. George opted for the Air Force, earned his pilot wings, served in MATS and Air-Sea Rescue, resigned in 1957 and worked at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft as an engineer; then Honeywell and Textron Defense System in international marketing.

He is survived by his niece and her husband….* Francesco A. Musorrafiti, CDR USN (Ret) (Co.4) died September 27, 2017 in Melbourne, FL. “Moose” was a qualified Surface Warfare Officer. Awards include the Meritorious Service Medal and the Joint Service Commendation Medal. He earned a BS degree at the US Navy PG School. After the Navy he founded EPS Corporation. Survivors include his wife, Angelina, and his daughter Antoinette.

William C. Cooke, CAPT USN (Ret) (Co.20) died September 29, 2017 in Virginia Beach, VA. Bill earned his gold wings, served two VS squadron tours, attended USNPG School earning a BS degree and later Princeton Grad School where he earned a MS in Engineering. After serving another squadron tour Bill served as Special Assistant (Air) to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development, Naval Plant Representative at Sikorsky Aircraft, and CO of the Naval Propulsion Center. Awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (2) and Vietnamese Service Medal. After retiring from the Navy he worked at Old Dominion University as Director of Industrial

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Programs. His wife of 57 years, Barbara (Bobbie) preceded him in death. Survivors include 3 children and 8 grandchildren….* Earl D. Chaney Jr., MAJ USMC (Ret) (Co.8) died October 3, 2017 in Ocean Side, CA. Earl enlisted in the Marine Corps and entered USNA via NAPS. He became a flyer, attended USNPG School and qualified Aeronautical Engineering, and served in Vietnam. Awards include the Air Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, and Navy Unit Commendation.

Survivors include his wife Joyce, 2 daughters, and 3 grandchildren.

Edmund K. Daley Jr., LCOL USA (Ret) (Non-grad) died October 24, 2017 in Arlington, VA. “Mick” left USNA early, graduated from Georgetown University, and commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the US Army in which he served for 28 years. His assignments included Infantry and Airborne Divisions in Europe, Korea, Vietnam and Laos.

Awards include the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal (2), and Army Commendation Medal (3) Vietnam Service Medal and Parachutist Wings. Following retirement from the US Army he was the Senior Army Instructor of JROTC in High School. Mick also earned an MA from GW University, and a PHD from George Mason U. Survivors include his wife of 62 Years, Patricia, 4 children, 15 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren….* Sue Frost, widow of CAPT John F. Frost III, USN (Ret) (Co.18), died October 30, 2017 in Springfield, VA. Sue stayed busy with community, Boy Scouts, and church volunteer activities. Also, she and her son John IV were regular attendees at most of our Class activities after Jack died. Survivors include 5 children and 7 grandchildren….* Robert H. Kassel (CO.14) died October 31, 2017 in Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia. Bob enlisted in the USMC attained the rank of Corporal and entered USNA via NAPS. Bob opted for the Navy and became a qualified submariner.

He served in the USS Nautilus (SSN571) during the historic first journey under ice to the North Pole in April

1958. Bob resigned from the Navy as a LT in 1961. No further info on his Navy service. His civilian career took him to Australia so often that he decided to live there. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, and a son. No further info on other family survivors.

Richard E. Curtis, RADM, SC USN (Ret) (CO.19) died November 2, 2017 in Ft. Belvoir, VA. After Supply Corps School Dick served in USS Vulcan (AR-5), USS J.W. Weeks (DD-7010, USS Chicago (CG-11); and ashore Supply Assignments in Norfolk, VA; Key West; FL; Naples, Italy; San Francisco, CA; Mechanicsburg, PA; Da Nang, Vietnam; CO of Naval Supply Center Charleston, SC; and final job as Deputy Chief of the Naval Supply Corps in Washington, DC. Along the way he attended Harvard University Business School and earned a MBA. Awards include the Bronze Star with Combat “V”, Legion of Merit (2), Meritorious Service Medal, and Defense Service Medal. Survivors include his wife, Martha (Pat), 3 children, 6 grandchildren, and 2 greatgrandchildren….* Gerald E. Weinstein, LCOL USAF (Ret) (CO.13) died November 22, 2017 in Albuquerque, NM. Jerry enlisted in the Navy in 1946, rose to rank of ET 2/C, attended NAPS, was Midshipman Battalion Commander, 39th in Class, and Class Secretary.

He opted for USAF career in nuclear weapons and missiles; including air-to-air missile design, development, and test; and ballistic and satellite launch flight control. Along the way Jerry earned a MS in Electrical Engineering at AF Inst of Engineering. Awards include Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, and Meritorious Unit Commendation.

After USAF he joined BDM Corp. rising to Vice President leading many scientific programs. Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Alice, 3 children, 8 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren….* *See 50th Year Legacy Book Down Sizing Having lived in our home in Fairfax, VA for almost 40 years we have accumulated and kept too much

53/54 CLASS NEWS stuff, clutter, and keep sakes (ex, Marcy’s Shirley Temple “Little Colonel coat and hat,” 1930’s) and mountains of paper (books, files, records, mags). Among those are a five foot stack of USNI “Naval History” magazines. Not wanting to ditch them without a last look I came upon a story in the Sep/Oct 1993 issue; “No Place for a Small Cutter” by LT Joseph Leonard, Jr., USCG and Carl Gibeault. The time was May 1941 and the US Coast Guard Cutter Modoc (WPG-46) was on a mission to patrol the North Atlantic convoy lanes and pick up survivors of ships sunk by German U-boats. We were still neutral. By happenstance the Modoc and the German battleship Bismarck came into sight of each other as indicated in the artistic rendering by James Flood (53#2). Recognizing USA neutrality and what the Modoc was doing the Bismarck continued on without molesting her. However, the Royal Navy ships trailing the Bismarck were not told of the Modoc in the area and had their guns trained on her but fortuitously they did not fire when Modoc slipped away into the mist. We all know the rest of the story about the Bismarck sinking the RN battle cruiser Hood and then meeting her own demise from RN Swordfish torpedo planes and the guns of the RN battleship Prince of Wales and the other Forde of RN ships. Why this Modoc story?

It’s not well known and Tyke Furey’s father was a LCDR and Executive Officer of the Modoc at that time.

I sent a copy of the article to Tyke and he responded that the story was accurate based on what his father told him and his brother. Tyke added to the story; when the Modoc spotted the trailing British ships the CO asked his dad “What do you think, XO?” He replied, “Let’s get the hell out of here.”

USCG Cutter MONOC and BISMARCK

Service Assignment Day Did you know how the First Class Midshipmen receive their service assignments after graduation?

There was an article in the November 18 Washington Post describing how it’s done now. “In a room filled with intermittent cheering and clapping the men and women in Palmore’s company stepped one by one before their company officer to receive a color-coded cupcake [in a box] that revealed their service assignment.” The color red indicated a Marine assignment for D.J. Palmore for which he had hoped. Why Palmore? He is one of our football stars and the article was in the Sports section. I can’t remember how we learned about our assignments – probably on a bulletin board…ACB

’54 Life Membership: 60% Donor Participation: 17.53%

showing most of the original ‘80’s attendees. They are: Front Row – Unidentified guest, Sally (Oz) Herzer (23), Barbara (Herb) Crane (4), Esther (Bob) Briner (17). Back – Lucy & Ray Alvarado (23), Marty (Reed) Berkhimer (13), Ann (Jim) Lamore (6), Bunny (Tim) Walsh (17), Carolyn (Carl) Master (23), Anne, (Dave) Glunt (1), and Pricilla (Fred) Kinley (11).

Others attending now include Mary (Dick) Bordone (4), Marcia (Rod) Crawford (12), Bobbie (Carl) Drenkard (2), Kathy (Peter) Easton (9), Cheron (Bill) Hargrave (2), and Anne (Robbie) Robertson (9). ** Kathleen Prochaska sent an update letter with newspaper article from Topeka, Kansas describing her and George Prochaska’s (22) 60th wedding anniversary last year. I telephoned back. George as a JG married Kathleen in ’56 in a military wedding in the Navy Chapel in D.C. They met while she was attending Trinity College in DC and George

was a Midshipman. I failed to ask if it was at one of those Tea Fights we all frequented. Kathleen also mentioned her father was Rear Admiral Sidney Jack Lawrence, Class of ’31.

That explains Kathleen’s Blue and Gold blood. After George’s retirement they did their share of travelling around the world. George got out in 1960 and retired as a Captain USNR, and had a long and successful civilian career. See our “Cold War Warriors” 50th Anniversary book for details. They continue to “hold the fort” in beautiful Topeka, Kansas. They love Kansas “where the sky is blue and the air is fresh,” and where it is nice to be near kin.

They forward their warm and best wishes to all classmates.

MIKE STOFFEL (24) – PART TWO ’54 BLACK SHOE NAVY LINE: “The transit was a training period for the destroyers. In one of the first exercises on a gorgeous day I was acting as JOOD and entrusted only with answering the radio.

Pres: CAPT George V. Zeberlein, USN (Ret.) p: 410-267-7470; e: gvzeb1@verizon.net Exec VP: MGen William W. Hoover, USAF (Ret.) p: 757-221-0921; e: Hoovsf8@aol.com Sec’y: LtCol Edward C. Tipshus USMC (Ret.) 8315 Fairway Dr., Worthington Hills Columbus, OH 43235-1148 p: 614-846-7770; e: ed@tipshus.com Treas: CAPT Robert R. Briner, USN (Ret.) p: 757-464-4850; e: bobbriner@cox.net Webmaster: CDR Will H. Croom, USN (Ret.) e: willyaye@gmail.com Website: www.54net.org

** The Annapolis area class stalwarts had a great luncheon at Loews Hotel Baroak room on 12 September 2017: Jean Mobley (8), Phil Livingston (5), Dave Smith (20), Bill Land (12), Bill Greenlaw (5), Scott Mobley (8). ** Barbara Crane (4) sent a letter with many small photos of midshipman days (too small to copy). Barbara wrote: “ In the early 1980’s Louise (Joe) Zable (10) suggested that the wives/widows of classmates (living around Virginia Beach) meet for lunch. That lunch continues on every second Wednesday of the month. In June and December the guys join us.”

She included an October 2011 photo

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54/54 CLASS NEWS The Captain was in his chair watching the proceedings. He was in a position to advise (and overrule) the OOD. In one of the maneuvers he told the OOD to move the ship very cautiously to a new position. The Commodore, irritated by our snail-like pace, got on the radio and told us to speed it up (the reprimand was embarrassing since the other 12 ships could hear it). I picked up the handset to acknowledge the message but the Captain told me not to answer; that I “couldn’t hear it.” That shining shrine to honor I had built at the Academy came tumbling down. Of course, in the meantime the Commodore became apoplectic.

A tradition of those days was that when at sea (and in port when deployed) a formal sit-down lunch and dinner was served. We were served individually by a steward.

Dishes and silverware were always used, even in rough weather! (Rough seas often required dampening the tablecloth to prevent movement of tableware).

Cream and sugar were always in silver containers as would be catsup and mustard. Bread and crackers were always on a silver tray. Cloth napkins were used, each officer having a napkin ring. (Mine was engraved MPA - Main Propulsion Assistant) When in the continental U.S. only lunch was served (but still formal) and the evening meal for the duty section was more informal.

The Navy Steward Corps, at that time the province of coloreds and Filipinos, provided superior service.

Stewards also made beds, did our laundry and, for senior officers, shined their shoes. Of course, this segregated mode of living could not continue and was phased out in the 70’s. I don’t know how it could be avoided, but I feel the Navy has lost a lot with the disappearance of these formalities from shipboard life. In 1980 in Norfolk my son, serving his midshipman cruise on a large destroyer, invited my assistant and me to the ship for lunch. The “meal” turned out to be an informal stand-up buffet with officers coming and going at will and using

(gasp) paper plates and napkins.

We returned in shock!

The stop at Pearl Harbor was uneventful. It took just a brief foray into town to realize that we couldn’t afford it, even in those days. At Midway, again in perfect weather, it was interesting to see the Gooney Birds. The water was sparkling clear and dropping bread crusts over the side quickly captured the attention of large fish. After departing Midway, we rendezvoused with some large ships (carriers and cruisers) and steamed by the island with instructions to make some smoke.

They were shooting the movie, “Mr. Roberts.” The scene where Henry Fonda looks wistfully at the fleet passing by in the distance is US! Our first port upon reaching the Far East was Yokosuka, Japan, a place that we would return to frequently over the next few months. The large base had an excellent club; normal prices for cocktails were 25 cents and during happy hour they were free! The town outside the base offered ample opportunity to indulge in refined entertainment. TO BE CONTINUED INITIAL TRAINING FOR MARINE CLASSMATES ’54.

This extract is from the 134 page “The 64 From ’54” I prepared for our 50th Reunion (a one-page overview was in the Cold War Warriors Book). Living Marines covered printing/mailing costs for copies ($20/pri-mail) and many donated extra free copies for all USMC ’54 NOK. Leftover $346 went to the ’54 Memorial Hall Maintenance Fund.

All 64 Marine classmates reported to Quantico, Virginia after graduation leave for basic training in being a Marine infantry platoon commander, and the unique skills required of a Marine Officer. The Basic School (TBS) is located at Camp Barrett in the vast Guadalcanal training area a few miles from Mainside Quantico. TBS consisted of hundreds of Quonset huts. Commanding TBS was Colonel Lew Walt, with two Navy Crosses. A veteran of WW II and Korea, Walt was a big bear of a man. He later became CG, III MAF in Vietnam, and

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later retired with four stars. XO LtCol. Antonelli had one Navy Cross. He also became a general.

Other officer-instructors and company/platoon commanders were similarly equipped with vast combat experience and personal decorations.

Over a thousand (mostly reserve) new Second Lieutenants and eighteen Allied Officers (Koreans, Chinese, Indonesians), were assigned alphabetically into six companies of the 3-54 Basic Class. We all staked claims to double-decker “racks” in Quonset huts, unpacked, drew our M-1 rifles and 782 Gear (packs, cartridge belts, ponchos, shelter-halves, etc.), made our beds (tightly), and realized it was a BIG step down from Bancroft Hall. Gang showers were located in separate Quonset huts, as were outside wash racks. Married men quietly realized that being married and living offbase was significantly better. All they had to do was get to “work” in the early morning, maintain their “rack” and foot/wall lockers in a Quonset hut, and share a cozy home with their spouse vice a Quonset hut full of exuberant males. Wee hour late arrivals were usually noisy, and full of cheer.

However, many times married men had to remain overnight, as it was inconvenient to commute from Fredericksburg, Woodbridge, Triangle, or even the dinky civilian town of Quantico, which is surrounded by the base Mainside. Those occasions were night field problems, and extended tactical events.

Bachelors were not glued to their Quonsets. After a hard day, gang showers were crammed with officers (sometimes with their equipment and weapons, as all were equally muddy and cruddy with Virginia Red Clay). Washbasins spilled over with exotic aftershaves guaranteed to entice young lovelies (who were equally and competitively doused with perfumes and powders), as they dashed off to D.C., the Willard and Ambassador Hotels, maybe Baltimore, Mary Washington College in nearby Fredericksburg, or other roadhouses and places of dine and dance within striking distance.

We had an over-abundance of energy, strength, and endurance, not to mention wheels and spending money after four long years at USNA. Classroom work was stifling.

With no air conditioning, the sheetsteel “temporary” Butler buildings heated like ovens in the hot Virginia sun. “Shades of Little Creek, CAMID VII, and Shelton Theater!” Going out into the boondocks was not much relief, as the “humping, snooping, and pooping” matched the heat in the classroom. In the summer, we were usually hot and sweaty most of the time. But, under the hot, humid weather, when your unit maneuvered into a forest; you could sense and almost taste the cooler air. Night training (reconnaissance and combat patrols, night marches, attacks, and defense of positions) was more comfortable, if you discounted bumping into trees and bushes or stumbling into old foxholes. Some experienced poison ivy and other skin rashes. We learned many important military skills. It was eerie to be in a night assembly area for an attack, and realize that a couple of hundred men were nearby and “creepy silent.” We learned to use all our senses. Getting to enjoy the apparent serenity of total darkness in the heart of a forest is an acquired taste, and requires enhanced training in the use of your senses of hearing, smell, and night vision.

Woods at night seem to be a peaceful place inhabited by creatures that move only at night. Later on, Marines would also key in on creature sounds that might suddenly stop or change. That could be a warning of immense tactical importance. TO BE CONTINUED “BREAKING” NEWS! Loyal Classmate Al Slepicka (14) always makes homecoming, and the long round-trip from Iowa.

However, the Flu stopped him “cold” last October (he’s recovered). For those living near Crabtown (100 - 200 miles), why not make the next homecoming game/tailgate, and give us and “Sleepy” your warm company?

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’55 Life Membership: 64% Donor Participation: 11.76% Pres: RADM Malcolm MacKinnon, III, USN (Ret.) 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

Wilbur Dean (Pete) Peterson (5) passed away in Williamsburg, VA on September 20, 2017.

Stephen (Steve) W. Reszetar (24) passed away on September 24, 2017 in Dania Beach, FL. Derek W. Wilson (3) passed away in Manassas, VA on September 30, 2017.

Paul E. Sutherland, Jr. (7) passed away in Columbus, NC on October 24, 2017.

Remembering the Brainerd Brothers and their Family Classmate John Brainerd (13) died at sea September 19, 1960 in an accident involving his S2F aircraft. His body was not recovered. John’s brother, Phillip Brainerd ‘56 died in the line of duty on March 17, 1959.

John’s widow, Roberta, initiated, in coordination with the USNA Alumni Association, a graduation award, “The Brainerd Award” in the name of John and Phillip. A sword is presented to the member of the graduating class who best exemplified the USNA Honor Concept. Both John and Phillip were standout wrestlers while midshipmen. Their younger brother, George Brainerd ‘59, and/or other members of the family, have been part of the Graduation Awards Ceremony over the years. John and Roberta have three children, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. After Roberta raised her three children, she returned to her profession as an occupational therapist working with her patients well into her 70’s. Roberta passed away September 20, 2017. Her Memorial Service was held on Saturday, 30 September 2017 at Living Hope Church of the Nazarene in Monterey, California. Her ashes will be scattered at sea at a later date.

We honor the life, memory and legacy of Roberta, the widow of our classmate, John Brainerd. Condolences may be sent to John and Roberta’s family through their daughter, Bobbie at bobbiebrainerd @gmail.com.

Bill Lavallee (8) provided a photo taken at the 50th anniversary party of the Greater Dallas Chapter of MOAA (Military Officers Association of America).

L to R MGEN K.C. Mcclean USAF (Ret.), LCOL P.J. Swanson USAF (Ret.), Bill and Betty Lavallee.

Fred McLaren (13) sent a photo of himself with his wife, Avery Russell, and two grandsons (John on left, Alexander on the right), who are at the University of Colorado, Boulder on full NROTC scholarships. John McLaren will be commissioned a 2nd Lt., USMC in May of 2018.

Alexander will be commissioned a 2nd Lt. USMC in May of 2020. The photo was taken on 3 November 2017 at the Annual University of Colorado NROTC Sea Service Ball where Fred was the Guest of Honor and principal speaker.

In his latest book, Unknown Waters, Fred McLaren writes about his experiences aboard USS Queenfish and her polar voyages of exploration. However, the chapter below, from this book, deals with his interview with RADM Rickover in his

quest for acceptance in the nuclear submarine program.

M My selection for the Navy’s new nuclear power program and my dreaded interview with Admiral Hyman G. Rickover were as memorable as they were unexpected. The admiral was at that time director of naval reactors within the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships in Washington, D.C. Not two weeks after one of our more senior officers had been selected for nuclear power school and detached from USS Greenfish, I suddenly received dispatch orders to report to Admiral Rickover’s headquarters. This was not taken well by my commanding officer because I had not yet applied for nuclear power, much less been proposed for qualification in submarines. Nonetheless, I departed for Washington a week later, with time only to read a book on the atomic submarine and Admiral Rickover and to glean as much information as possible from a library book on nuclear physics.

One’s interview with the “KOG,” or “Kindly Old Gentleman,” during those early years of the submarine nuclear power program was guaranteed to be traumatic and mine was no exception. The day began with a series of rigorous preliminary oral examinations conducted by key members of his staff. I was anything but optimistic. The interview with Panoff was the most difficult; I was never sure he and I even spoke the same language. Commander Crawford questioned me about what preparations I had made for my meeting with Admiral Rickover.

When I mentioned the physics book, he opened a huge desk drawer that contained a great number of such books and asked me to point out the one I had studied. He then removed the book and we spent the next several hours going through it chapter by chapter while he asked me questions to confirm that I had actually studied it. The following morning, as I entered the Admiral’s office, the intense, almost blazing, blue eyes of a surprisingly diminutive man bored into me from behind a large paper-cluttered desk some thirty feet away. His eyes

literally riveted me to the chair that I was ordered to take and his first words set the tone. Fortunately for me, they ignited my fighting spirit.

“What are you, a wrestler?” the admiral snarled. My puzzled “Sir?” was followed by his declarative and mocking, “Well, you have cauliflower ears!”

Now, I had always been fairly thin as I grew up, and my ears were sufficiently large and noticeable as to excite occasional unwelcome comment. This was apt to lead to fistfights in school and later to caustic exchanges with my classmates at the academy over our respective anatomical features. It was the perfect thing for the admiral to say to me. Suffice it to say, my adrenaline was up. “No, I am not!” I shot back.

Rickover’s next remark was, in retrospect, my moment of truth.

“Well,” he growled, “we have determined that you are stupid and lazy and will be of little use to the nuclear power program!” I rose from my chair. He started to dismiss me from his office with a wave, but I stood my ground and protested vehemently that I was neither stupid nor lazy. I was specific about the one but not the other, and, to this day, I cannot remember which! A senior member of his staff immediately entered the office and attempted to usher me out. I shrugged off her light touch on my sleeve and, refusing to go, spoke my mind for a few moments more. As I hastily exited Admiral Rickover’s office, Captain Dunford intercepted me. “Well, Mac,” he said to me behind closed doors, “that was quite a performance!” “What does that mean?” I demanded to know. “All I can tell you,” he replied, “is that you stand either at the top or at the bottom of the seven interviewed from Pearl Harbor today.” His demeanor indicating that the discussion was at an end, I left the Main Navy Building and slowly made my way back to the old Ambassador Hotel, where I was staying. As I entered the lobby, my fellow officers from Pearl Harbor, all of whom had preceded me into Rickover’s office that day, were at the bar and uttering loud whoops of laughter as they

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55/56 CLASS NEWS swapped their experiences with the “KOG.” Joining them, I soon learned to my amazement that I was the only one who had sat in “the candidate’s chair” that morning and not noticed that one leg was shorter than the other three, causing it to wobble and giving the admiral the opening to yell, “Sit still!” or “Why can’t you sit still?” to the hapless interviewee.

Returning to my room several hours and many beers later, I was surprised and happy to find a message from Captain Dunford informing me that I had been selected to attend the Advanced Nuclear Power School at the submarine base, New London, Connecticut, and would soon be receiving orders. I learned later that what got me through the interview and accepted for the program was how I handled myself under pressure.

The Keepers of the Grill Our late Classmate Ray Hine (20) became known for providing tailgate provisions and serving them up in our class area before and during Navy home football games. Over the years, after Ray’s passing, Gregg (Ray Hine’s son) and Erin Hine have faithfully come to the Class of ‘55 tailgate area with cooking equipment and offered cheeseburgers, hot dogs, bratwurst sandwiches, beer and soft drinks to all our tailgate attendees, guests included.

Greg and Erin started to tailgate a few years prior to his father passing away in 2010. They expanded the tailgates over the past 7 years in memory of Ray. Greg retired from ATF as a special agent and has his own business now doing fire investigations for insurance companies.

Erin works for ATF as a ballistic identification specialist at the ATF forensic laboratory in Beltsville, MD. They have two sons. Kevin is an ATF special agent in Colorado. Patrick is a 1LT in the Army (Platoon Leader for a Cavalry Scout unit) and stationed at Ft. Stewart, GA. He graduated from VMI in 2016.

Greg & Erin Hine

My Adventures with the EOD by Fred Schoenberger (11) The U.S. Navy EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) enables special operations and conventional forces access to denied areas. Navy EOD technicians and Navy divers are instrumental in clearing the way for further combat operations. They render safe various types of ordnance, including conventional, improvised, chemical, biological and nuclear.

Chapter I, “U.S. Naval School, Underwater Swimmers” After serving two years aboard the USS Oglethorpe (AKA 100) as Gunnery Officer, I took a careerchanging leap by applying for the EOD program. Since diving was an integral part of this component, I was instructed to report to a submarine rescue vessel in Norfolk to test my ability to withstand and adjust to pressure increases and decreases while in a decompression chamber aboard the vessel. This was the first in many steps that would lead to full Navy EOD qualification. I then received orders detaching me from Oglethorpe and to report to NavScl Underwater Swimmers (UWSS), Key West, FL. In the fall of 1957, I arrived in Key West, was assigned a BOQ room and took my place in the upcoming EOD underwater swimmers class.

The class was comprised of Naval Junior Officers (ENS, LTJG) and Enlisted Petty Officers (PO3, PO2), mostly Ordnancemen, Gunner’s Mates and Boatswain’s Mates. This group of 20 was to train together and work as a team for the next nine months. The officers had their own mess and BOQ rooms and came from NROTC and OCS with one young mustang. I was the lone USNA grad and never encountered

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another in the EOD community. It was three years later I found out the reason why. The EM’s proved to be trustworthy and valuable teammates and helped the young officers who had scant working knowledge of tools and rigging techniques. Conversely, the college grads helped the EM’s through the academic and study phases. The next chapter of this series will detail the training at UWSS, Key West.

Historical Note: U.S. Naval School Underwater Swimmers, Key West, Florida, welcomed its first class in 1954 and trained over 6000 divers before officially closing its doors in l973.

Students came from all branches of the U.S. military, UWSS sign at from several entrance civilian government departments, and from allied forces. Former staff and students look back on their days at UWSS with pride and fond memories.

’56 Life Membership: 72% Donor Participation: 17.80% 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”

Dick Warren (01) Activities: Dick retired from Lockheed Martin in 2012 and is living in Glen Mills, PA. At Lockheed Martin, as a Ph.D., he was a member of the team programming a quantum computer purchased from D-Wave Systems.

Now, in semi-retirement, he is continuing to broaden his knowledge in the infant field of quantum

computing while coordinating with associates at D-Wave. Dick comments that the ultimate advantages from the results of these quantum efforts are much faster solutions of problems that cannot be solved efficiently by high-speed digital computers. Since 2012, Dick has continued his contributions to the quantum effort by publishing two papers in refereed journals. In September 2016, his proposal for quantum processing of the traveling salesman problem (TSP) was granted time on the quantum computer jointly owned by Google and NASA Ames. The TSP is used to optimize school bus routes, delivery schedules, and industrial planning.

His current proposal for quantum processing of integer factoring has been awarded time on the quantum computer owned by Los Alamos National Laboratory. He explains that integer factoring is at the heart of some public-key cryptosystems that are widely used for secure data transmission. Dick credits his Christian faith for his progression in, and contributions to, this advancing field of quantum processing. Very impressive accomplishments to say the least!

Barton Meyers III (16) Architectural Accomplishments: The following high praise for Bart Myers was adapted from an October 2017 article in the Newark, NJ Star Ledger celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the New Jersey Performance Arts Center (NJPAC).

The NJPAC has become an excellent place to go for music, dance, theater, debates, dinner and extraordinary events. However, to have such a performing arts center in downtown Newark was considered unthinkable in the 1980’s. The bad reputation of city problems at that time was not thought to support large or sustained attendance of a performing arts function.

Despite this concern, New Jersey Governor Tom Kean with the support of Mayor Sharpe James endorsed the idea of creating a Performing Arts Center in Newark. The NJPAC board set high ethical standards for the creation of a “peoples art center” free of undo political influence including a theme that was not just

56/56 CLASS NEWS “In Newark” but “Of Newark!”

Neither the urban planning nor the architecture would be allowed to submit to a “paranoid fortress” mentality. No insulated campuses!

Newark streets would have to run right through the NJPAC site in a compatible manner. To achieve these goals our own ’56 Classmate, Barton Myers was selected, as a most noteworthy and respected city planner and lead architect who could get the job done. The 250,000 square-feet New Jersey Performing Arts Center includes a 2750 seat multi-purpose theater, a banquet room/rehearsal hall located on a 4-acre urban square with 3 retained parcels for mixeduse development. The architect’s role involved, program refinement, design concept and team leadership and management along with construction administration involving being within budget and on time.

The goal was to complete a major public space rivaling the quality of the existing Rockefeller Center in New York. Barton, associated with the Fellow American Institute of Architects (FAIA), was honored at two galas: the tenth anniversary of the Temple Center for the Arts and the 20th anniversary of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center - a Ruby Bruner Award as a winner for urban excellence. A quote in the Newark Star-Ledger newspaper on 10/29/17 stipulated that the NJPAC “sparked a revolution in the brick city!” Barton estimates that some 50 - 70 million people have visited his 8 performing arts centers, 8 million alone at NJPAC – which was great gratification for a theater architect. Also opening June 2020 is Phase 2 of the $900,000,000 Dr. Phillips Center for the Arts in Orlando, a future Bart achievement.

Attendees the Class 60TH Reunion who saw Bart’s presentation were able to visualize a lot of this splendid work. The beat goes on for Architect Barton Meyers. Bravo Zulu.

Joan Webster, widow of John Webster (09), survives California forest fires: Joan is safe, well, upbeat, rationally dealing with the total loss of her home and private property, surrounded by the families of her three kids as well as friends.

Joan had observed the approaching fire, and was ordered to evacuate on short notice due to its rapid advancement. She drove (with puppy) west to a coastal resort town, and rented a place where her kids and their families joined her. The fire resulted in a total loss of their beautiful hillside home that overlooked Napa Valley. Her daughter, Lee, drove her back to Napa to begin the process of recovery, some ten days after evacuation. Recovery includes clearing away the debris on her property, which is accomplished and funded by the California state government. What she does with the property is a future decision.

It’s a huge comfort and relief to know that Joanie and her local family and friends are alive, safe, and confidently planning to return her life to normalcy.

Museum of the Bible Presentation: Kristina Buss, Assistant to the Director of Museum Content and Dr. Gordon Campbell, Fellow in Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester (UK) and one of the world’s leading authorities on the King James Bible gave a joint presentation at a recent Class of ’56 Luncheon at Ft. Meyers, VA Officer’s Club. It was about the newly established Museum of the Bible located in a 430,000 square-foot building in the heart of Washington D.C. The museum is expected to invite all people to engage with the history, the narrative and the impact of the Bible. This book has had an unquestionable influence over time on science, education, democracy, arts and society and, of course, spiritual philosophy. The museum is designed for guests of all ages, walks of life and faith backgrounds to engage with the Bible. Highlights from the collections include Dead Sea Scroll fragments (2100 years old), biblical papyri and manuscripts, Torah scrolls, rare printed Bibles, the oldest known Jewish prayer book (1200 years old) and a typical home layout if you grew up near Jesus in Nazareth. The speakers noted that from ancient times to the digital age, across the nation and around the globe, the Bible has been and still is making an impact.

Kathy Bruyere, widow of Tom Bruyere (24), volunteers at Miramar National Cemetery where Tom is buried. During the football season when Kathy is there, she wears a “Go Navy” button on her shirt which gets some curious attention.

This is commensurate with Tom dedication to his alma mater for posterity, since Tom arranged to have “Beat Army” placed on his tombstone! Once a Navy fan Always a Navy fan!

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.

Donald Joseph Alser (20): Don died at 85 in Newport Beach, California following a brief coma from a blood cancer condition, on 19 September 2017. At the Naval Academy he participated in football (quarterback) and track, winning the Heptagonal (Ivy League and Army) javelin events in three successive years. After graduating with distinction and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S Air Force, Don married his Pasadena sweetheart, Sandra Jeanne Gravier, in the Naval Academy Chapel.

Don’s Air Force career specialized in intelligence, space and missile systems, with numerous important assignments for which he received several decorations. He attended the Air Force Institute of Technology earning a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering, and also at the University of Southern California earned a Master of Science degree in Systems Management. Don’s Air Force duties included assignment as a Launch Officer with the 38th Tactical missile Wing at Sembach Air Base in Germany, Project Officer at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Project Manager in the Titan III systems Program Office in Los Angeles, and Deputy Director in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force Space Systems Division in the Pentagon. He completed his Air Force Career in developing and operating Intelligence Space Systems as a Program Director and

Deputy Director for the Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects at Los Angeles Air Force Base. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1981. Following his military service, Don accepted a position with TRW in Los Angeles as a Manager of Strategic Systems. He retired from TRW in 1992. Don is survived by his wife Sandra, one son, one daughter, three grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Memorial Services and Burial will take place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Bonnie Jowers Brunner, wife of James W. Brunner (23), passed away quietly at home on October 5, 2017 at the age of 80. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Jim; and 3 sons, 2 daughters and 8 grandchildren. In 1956 she was Maid of Honor in her sister Barbara’s wedding where she met Jim, a ‘Damn Yankee’, who was serving as Best Man to the groom (both recent USNA grads). As a young Navy wife, she bravely moved to Newport R.I., New London, CT and then San Diego while becoming a Mom to three sons over a four-year period as Jim completed his Naval duties. In addition to being a Navy wife and mom, Bonnie obtained a college degree qualifying in industrial management. She held prominent positions at Zapata Oil Company forming a Record’s Management System for them and at Sun Microsystems, where she became not only an administrative manager, but a Beta systems tester for new software applications.

Bonnie was also elected as the First Woman President of the La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club for the 2000-2001 term. Memorial Service were held on October 14, 2017 at Redeemer by the Sea Lutheran Church in Carlsbad, CA. Timothy Russell McDonough (NG), died peacefully at his home on October 26, 2017, at the age of 84. Tim was a decorated Navy Veteran serving in the Underwater Demolition Team, a precursor to the U.S. Navy Seals. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, NY, in 1957 where he was an AllAmerican lacrosse player for all four years. He was quite an athlete,

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56/57 CLASS NEWS having played varsity football in high school, the Naval Academy and Union College. Tim spent most of his professional career working in the communication and technology business for Southern New England Bell, GAF Corp and Boehringer Ingelheim. Tim is survived by his loving wife, Emily Shaw McDonough, two step-sons and five grandchildren.

Susan Nock Olds, 82, of Salisbury, MD died at home peacefully on January 18, 2017. She was the widow of the late Col. Ernest Arthur Olds (11). Susan was a graduate of Averett College and Salisbury State Teachers College.

She loved her church, Asbury United Methodist Church and served as a youth Sunday School Teacher, a member of The Opportunity Shop Board and a member of the Altar Guild. Susan is survived by daughter, Ellen Olds Smith, two sons, and six grandchildren. A funeral service was held on January 28, 2017 in Salisbury.

Roy Hejhall (01) reports that his loving wife of 47 years, Audrey, passed away on 15 November 2017.

She had gall bladder surgery, which was initially successful, but she never fully recovered from and lead to other serious problems. An internment and burial ceremony will be conducted at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona.

Bob Diedrich (07) died on October 17, 2017 as reported by Bob’s son, Paul Diedrich ‘91. Before graduating from the Naval Academy, Bob attended BARCH University in Minnesota. In civilian life he established Diedrich Design Inc., a successful architecture and engineering company located in Seattle, WA. Philip L. Sullivan (10) passed away on April 20, 2017. Phil and Rita attended the ’56 Class 60th reunion last fall. His death followed declining health resulting from a fall at Christmas time. Burial at Arlington National Cemetery is planned.

’57 Life Membership: 68% Donor Participation: 18.79% 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: CAPT F.N. Howe Jr., USN (Ret.) 1 Walter Cir., Fredericksburg, VA 22405-2363 e: fnhusna57@cox.net Treas: COL John D. Regenhardt, USAF (Ret.) Webmeister: CDR C. R. Hall, III, USN (Ret.) e: crhall@comcast.net Website: http//1957.usnaclasses.com/

It has been over two decades since I had the honor of being class corresponding secretary and much has changed in methodology since then.

I hope I can get it right! Fred Howe asked me to “sub” for him this edition as he is in Florida with Diane, who is in recovery mode. We wish both of them well, and keep Diane in our prayers for a full and speedy recovery. Fred passed me the file as of 30 October and here are some of the contents, subject to column size rules. Some materials are holdovers from earlier mail.

Sadly, a number of classmates have passed away since the last Shipmate. Most are listed in “Last Call.” Here are those in our Class Mailbox: Roger Rotondi, Carleton (Cookie) King, Nicholas Gionis, John Balent, Phillip Holmen, Doug Lowrance Ronald Zilar (NG), and Nelson Johnson (NG). Also we sadly note the passing of Linda Regenhardt and Margaret Dulik. Our

’57: The All Navy ’57 team, Washington, DC

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sympathy and prayers go to the families of them all.

In happier news, this report came in from Jerry Smith: M The DC area golf group met up with their West Point buds on May 31 at Fort Belvoir, VA. A best ball scramble was played in a rain/lightening shortened event. Dave Cooper’s grandson led the winning team (-3) which included WP’s Houser and Taylor Keith ’58.

The all Navy ’57 team of Crouch, Loman, Smith, and Foresman took second with -2. Bryan Cooper also won one of the closest to pin awards. Photo courtesy of George Lanman and expertise of Bart Campbell.

• First curved row (L to R) Bryan Cooper, George Lanman, Dick Vosseller, John Clearwater, Jerry Smith, Tom Gibbons, George Philipps, Skip Perrine. Second row (L to R) Mike Salmon, Larry McNeil.

Taylor Keith, Dave Schorr, Dick Pastore, Mike Houser, Dave Cooper, Jim Foresman, Jack Kersh, John Kirzl, Bob Crouch, John Ramsden, Bud O’Brien • (’57 underlined. Bryan Cooper is Dave’s grandson, Jack Kersh is honorary ’57; Gibbons, Salmon, Keith are ’58; Kirzl is Kings Point ’59. Others are Army or Air Force)

McPeas, the official seal hangout here in Coronado, Bruce asked me to show him the new statue called the ‘naked warrior’ which commemorates the frogman history of the seal profession. We got another seal to take our picture.

L to R: George Lanman, Tom Teal (’60) and Bruce Friederich standing in front of the ‘Naked Warrior’, the statue commemorating the frogman history of the Seals

In the “BRAVO-ZULU” column we add this input from Ray Fazzio and ask others who qualify for the big “D” (Diamond) to write in!

M Jeanie and I celebrated our 60th Diamond Wedding Anniversary at the Marines Memorial Club in San Francisco on 24 June. Attached are photos of us. Looking GOOD!!!

Next, another input from George “LFC” Lanman: M Bruce Friederich (16) (nee ‘Froggy’ former frogman, classmate and swim team member) came to Coronado to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the SEALS. After a few beers at

Jeanie and Ray Fazzio

57/58 CLASS NEWS Also rating a BRAVO-ZULU is Karl Koch for his actions to get our class Crest prominently displayed. Here is his input: M The Class of 1957 plaque (see photo below) is on permanent display in the Memorial Courtyard at the Nimitz Center (AKA National Museum of the Pacific War) in Fredericksburg, Texas.

In 1972 President Lyndon Johnson recruited Doug Hubbard, an army colonel, to restore the old Nimitz family hotel and make it into a Texas historical site. In 1980 Col. Hubbard ask me to help with the exhibits, but I was able to buy my way out.

There is a section in the museum memorializing the codebreakers of the Pacific war. Ann Dyer, sister of Ted (Tomas E) Dyer 11th Company USNA 57, donated her father’s (Capt. Tomas H Dyer USN) sword, slide rule and several boxes of items to the Nimitz Center.

General Mike Hagee USMC, USNA ’68 is the museum director.

Ted Dyer was my plebe year roommate. Classmate Rex and Carol Leonard are also residents of Fredericksburg.

We’re on a roll with BZ’s so here’s another courtesy of Jim Beatty – M An article appeared recently in the San Diego Union-Tribune about three local major league baseball scouts who have “really seen it all”.

The article reports “They are the last of their breed. Baseball scouts who began watching ballplayers from behind the backstop in an era when pretty much all you had to go on were your eyes and your ears.

When technology was limited to a stopwatch. When advanced

analytics was a roster that included jersey numbers with the names.”

One of the three scouts pictured and quoted is our own George Kachigian. George began his career scouting with the Chicago Cubs nearly 40 years ago. He has been scouting for the Chicago White Sox organization for the past 28 years.

At the end of his Navy career in the late eighties, he coached his sons in Little League. He enjoyed that, and soon held assistant coaching jobs at Marian Catholic High and Grossmont College before becoming head coach at U.S. International University. When the USIU baseball program folded, George turned to full time scouting with the White Sox. One indication of the significance of George’s contributions to the Chicago organization is the World Series Championship ring presented to him by the White Sox at the conclusion of the 2005 Major League Baseball season.

Well Done George!

We believe George is the only USNA Grad to have a World Series ring!

Harking back to Reunion memories, we have this note from Walt Meukow: M In the annals of USNA lore is there a recorded event where USNA Graduates sang “On Brave old Army Team”? Well that is exactly what happened at the Fourth Company, Class of 1957 60th Reunion dinner party on 7 April 2017 at the O’Callaghan Hotel in Annapolis.

An audio connection was made to Mrs. Joanne Patton, widow of George Patton III, the Company Officer for the Fourth Company in our First Class year.

Particularly poignant may be that Joanne had just had major heart surgery; but she participated in the conversation and responded with great grace, as we expected, to our (4Th CO) initiative. A few days later I received the following e-mail.

I intended to just summarize it for distribution to the Class, but on second thought considered it so special that I will post the whole message below (slightly abridged):

“To the Members of 4th Company, Class of 1957: First, Congratulations!

I cannot think of a gift that has touched me more than the telephone call I received from you, singing “On Brave Old Army Team” in unison, as I collapsed with surprise and delight. To hear that not only had my beloved late husband and I been remembered at this time, but that you even recalled dining at our quarters, back then, well it was and always will be a treasured experience and memory for me.

Surely, it would be deeply appreciated by my husband, who probably was cheering from above, and maybe even singing “Anchors Aweigh” as I tried to do!

You will always be an important part of our history and our lives. Our family is grateful for your enduring friendship.

God Bless you all, always!

Joanne Patton”

Earl Piper & Bill Hamel

I will anxiously await word from the Shipmate editors letting me know how much of this news ended up fitting the page. With luck it will be reported in full. Meantime, BEAT ARMY !! Start another streak!

Bill Peerenboom

I believe I am nearly at the end of our allotted “word count – including pictures – so I will add some heavily edited comments in hopes that they make the cut: Bill Hamel sends:

’58

M We finally fulfilled a long-deferred wish to take a road trip in the U.S. Southeast. Bought a new freeway-friendly vehicle (Toyota Highlander), waited through various family and medical episodes, and set out 12 April from Annapolis on the way to Sanibel Island in southern Florida. On the way there and back, we visited Sue’s long-lost cousin; a childhood home (Parris Island); Charleston; Louise and Larry Magner; and Nancy and Earl Piper.

Coming home we headed for the Fleet Landing establishment in Mayport, where Louise and Larry have settled in to a delightfully comfortable lifestyle, in a beautiful home surrounded by amenities, opportunities, and a goodly number of military retirees. Coming home we headed for the Fleet Landing establishment in Mayport, where Louise and Larry have settled in to a delightfully comfortable lifestyle, in a beautiful home surrounded by amenities, opportunities, and a goodly number of military retirees.

Pres: Lt Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) e: gordon.gerson@1958.usna.com

Life Membership: 66% Donor Participation: 20.45%

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

CLASS OF 1958 LEADERSHIP AWARD The Third Annual presentation of The Class of 1958 Admiral Charles R. Larson Ethical leadership Excellence Award was presented to Pamela M. Schmitt, Director of Academic Advising at the Naval Academy. Pamela oversees all of those advising the Midshipmen and advises many of them herself.

Pictured below are VADM Carter, Superintendent of the USNA, Sally Larson, widow of our Classmate Chuck Larson, Pamela Schmitt, recipient of the 2017 award, Gordon Gerson, our Class President, and Wendy Lawrence, NASA Astronaut, daughter of VADM William Lawrence and the Guest Speaker at the ceremony

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58/58 CLASS NEWS west coast the ladies are always included. Hmmmmm???)

Presentation of the Class of 1958 Leadership Award

DEPLOYED ON THE DUORO JJ and Pat Seeberger and Dave and Norine Ault joined forces for a visit to Portugal. In addition to a few days in Porto and Lisbon they spent a week aboard the MS Infante don Henrique on the beautiful Duoro River.

On the bridge of the MS Infante don Henrique

LUNCH EAST COAST STYLE The Washington DC Chapter of the Class of ‘58 gathered for their October 2017 luncheon with VADM Robert Dunn, USN (ret) as the guest speaker. VADM Dunn is a member of the Class of ‘51 and Class President. During his active duty career he was a Naval Aviator mostly flying carrier based attack and fighter aircraft. He was a squadron CO, Air Wing Commander, CO of the USS Saratoga, and Commander of a carrier battle group. Ashore he served as Chief of BUPERS, Chief of the Naval Reserve and Commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic Fleet. His final assignment was as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare.

Those present for a very interesting presentation were Jack Adams, Dan Bellay, Ralph Carestia, Frank Gamboa, Gordon Gerson, Mike Giglio, Dan Haney, Jean LeBer, Eric Mansfield, Bill Meisel, John Rohrbough, John Swope, Buff Walter and Bruce Wilcox.

VADM Dunn, Frank Gamboa and Jack Adams

LUNCH WEST COAST STYLE Out west the San Francisco Bay Chapter had a lunch of their own in October at the Benicia Yacht Club.

Those present and pictured below were (top row) John Potter, Phil McNall, Jack MacKinnon, Bruce Bartels, Jack Brophy and Dave Allard and (bottom row) Claire Barney (with Phil McNall), Mary Beth Hodge (with Jack MacKinnon), Nancy Bartels, Jeanne Brophy, and Barbara Allard. (interesting observation: The east coast Class luncheons are mostly just the guys, but on the

‘58: “Lunch at the Benicia Yacht Club”

‘58: “Go Navy!”

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ENJOYING NAVY FOOTBALL Turning out for a fall Navy football game and pictured below were: Bob Caldwell, Paul Polski, Rupe McLean, ADMIRAL Frank Caldwell, USN, (the Chief of the Navy’s nuclear program and the son of our deceased Classmate Frank Caldwell 6th Company), Jack Adams and Gordon Gerson.

(For those in the Class planning on attending our 60th reunion next fall please make note of what the suitable attire is for a fall football game in Annapolis.)

THE REST OF THE STORY In the June-July 2017 issue of Shipmate I reported on the death of our Classmate Dick Stannus 9th Company. Dick died in 1959 in an effort, as a rescue swimmer, to save two Marines who had been swept off the deck of his ship, the USS Bexar. Pat Hanavan, 24th Company now reports that a Stannus Memorial

Scholarship has been established at the Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas. The scholarship will be awarded to the graduating senior who writes the best essay on the theme of Heroism. It appears that the rest of Dick’s story will live on.

Ed Browne is another Classmate who died in an act of heroism and who has been honored for his valor.

Ed was in the 5th Company at the Academy and graduated 8th in the Class. His father had been a Marine who was killed in WWII so Ed elected to follow his father into the Corps. Our Classmate Warren Walters, who also went into the Marines, filled me in on the rest of Ed’s story. He went into the Artillery arm of the Marines and in due course found himself at the NPS in Monterey where he earned a Masters degree and met Elinor who would become his wife. In 1966 he was detailed to the 12th Marine Regiment (artillery), 3rd Marine Division which was then in Vietnam. In the winter of ‘67 the 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines moved up to the DMZ at a place called Gio Linh and Ed was the Commander of D Battery. On 27 July 1967 his Battery was exchanging fire with NVA units to the north. One of Ed’s troopers was woulded and out in the open.

Ed and his Battery 1st Sgt ran out to bring the Marine to safety when another incoming artillery round exploded and killed Ed, his Sgt and the wounded Marine. A family services center at Camp Pendleton was named in Ed’s honor. Semper Fi. For some it almost seems like “the rest of the story” is pre-ordained from an early age. This is one such story. Dick Pittenger, 17th Company, set his sights on the Navy from an early age. As a boy he was a Sea Scout and a Sea Cadet. After high school he joined the Naval Reserves because it looked like the draft was in his future. There was no money in the family for a college education, which was something probably true for a lot of us. But fate stepped in and Dick became aware that it was possible to obtain an appointment to the Academy through the Reserves which he proceeded to do. There was never a doubt whether Dick would go Navy Line

58/60 CLASS NEWS after graduation and so he did. His sea duty was mostly in destroyers with a focus in ASW. He commanded a minesweeper during the Vietnam war, a fast frigate and a destroyer squadron and also found time to earn an MS in underwater acoustics at the NPS. His final active duty posts were as Oceanographer of the Navy and Director of ASW for the CNO. Dick had a distinguished career in the Navy and made many significant contributions towards improving the Navy’s ASW capabilities. After 32 years in the Navy Dick joined the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as the head of the Marine Operations Division where he supervised the operation and acquisition of oceanographic research vessels.

CLOSING RANKS Julian Guinn, 3rd Company died on November 14th 2017 John Ferriter, 16th Company passed away on September 22nd 2017 Larry Kaufman, 18th Company passed away on October 25th 2017 John Schmidt, 20th Company died on October 11th 2017 James Buchanan, 24th Company died on November 7th 2009, but we just recently found this out.

’59 Life Membership: 64% Donor Participation: 17.65% 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.

The 59th Reunion Planning for the 59th Reunion for the first weekend in October 2018 continues. This Reunion celebrates the Class of ’59 with its 59th Reunion. The Reunion Committee will be sending periodic reunion updates to the Class.

The Reunion weekend starts Thursday, October 4 and will end Sunday, October 7. Some specifics are: * Planned around October 6, 2018 as an AWAY game weekend * Away game is Navy vs. Air Force played at Colorado Springs, CO * The Naval Academy Football Stadium N-Star Room will be used to watch the AWAY football Game.

This event will be fully catered much like the very well-received 55th Reunion Tailgate. The * N-Star Room has many large screen televisions for superb Navy football viewing, and as an AWAY game, no need to rush back to those “lovely” End-Zone seats!

See the 59th Reunion tentative schedule on the class web site.

Mark your Calendars!/ Make your hotel reservations.

Griff Hamilton Reports Reunion Hotels Update: M The reservation blocks at our three hotels are being filled rapidly.

The 60-room block at the Hilton Garden Inn is completely filled, with a Waiting list. The Courtyard by Marriott 60-room block is filling up, as is the 20-Room block at the Residence Inn by Marriott. Several classmates report that at the Marriott properties ,senior rates may be available, which are somewhat lower than the Class of 59 negotiated rates. One reservation was given to a person not identifiable as a classmate. If grandchildren, etc., who want to make reservations identify the classmate with whom they identify, it will help maintain the integrity of the system. End Report on Status of our next reunion.

New Subject: John Butterfield (2) reports: M Many of our Classmates may not be aware of our beloved daughter

Wendy’s untimely death on September 15, 2016, just before her 56th birthday. We miss her terribly, but also take great comfort in knowing we will see her again one day, and then forever! She was born in New Iberia while we were there for flight training, knew many children of ‘59ers, back in the early 1980’s.

Wendy worked at the USNA Alumni House, and was married in the Naval Academy Chapel. She was proud of her Navy and ‘59 roots! In 2001, we moved from the West Palm Beach area to the TriCities in Washington State. I worked for a pharmacy mornings, and afternoons I delivered prescriptions all over town, which gave me the opportunity to meet many folks.

One was the mother of General James Mattis, and through her we got to know her terrific son.

Editor’s Note: John has ear issues but you can reach his home phone at 727-317-3927, and his email address is: jabfld@gmail.com.

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, Ron Trossbach, Don Cooper, and Lou Wardlow) 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 or 703-403-8408 Charlie Pease (10) Reports: M My thanks to Pete and Elaine Stout for sending email information to the Class while Suzi and I took a trip to the Middle East last month.

We toured Israel and Jordan. Both nations appear to be thriving. We had visible protection from the local police in each nation. I felt safer there than I do in major U.S. cities.

Rise and Shine!

’60 Life Membership: 70% Donor Participation: 26.76% 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 Gil Hansen (5): M “It is with deep regret that I pass on to you that my dear wife, Sylvia Claman Hansen, passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 2, 2017, of a sudden heart attack. Sylvia was not only my wife for over 55 years but also the sister of our classmate and my good friend, John Claman (3). We had just completed a three-week Missions trip to New Zealand and Australia, where we had visited two former students of ours and their families. We were disembarking from our flight in Vancouver, Canada, from Sydney, Australia, anticipating a short connecting flight back to our home in Portland, Oregon, when the heart attack occurred. She passed into glory quickly and without any pain. We remember her as she was: full of life, energy, a compassionate heart to all that she met, and a wonderful Christian spirit. A Gravesite Service at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon, where she was buried, and a Memorial Service at Westgate Baptist Church in Tigard, Oregon, with over 300 in attendance, was held for her on June 2nd and 3rd.”

Bill, you will remember her when we would sometimes visit you and Linda down in central, Virginia. We moved in July, 2007, out to Oregon to be closer to our own three sons and their families. Life is short! You never know when the Lord will call you—sometimes very unexpectedly. It is best to always be ready for that event. Sylvia was, and I will see her again soon according to His matchless Word, the Holy Bible.

Take care, my friend, and give my best to your wonderful wife. Your old “Roomie”, Gil

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59/59 CLASS NEWS

CLASS OF 1959

59TH REUNION Rise and Shine

October 4-7, 2018

Reunion details including a schedule of events and Gouge can be found on the Class Website: www.usna1959.com/m59/class59thReunionPlan.php

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60/60 CLASS NEWS From Porter Lewis (4): M “Hi All: Time flies and it seems forever since I’ve touched base with you guys (or, for that matter heard from you, either!) Anyway, ‘thought I’d do my part to catch up. The last year was great for Boo and me, family-wise and Navy-wise. First, we had the joy of attending the promotion ceremony for our son, Martin Ramsey Lewis (namesake of our late company mates Marty Tull and Bill Ramsey) to LtCol, USMC. In the fall we went to the WWII Museum in New Orleans for the retirement of our other son, Capt.

John Lewis, USN after 28 years commissioned service. John’s last duty was as Commander, Western Region, Naval Recruiting Command, responsible for all Navy recruiting west of the Mississippi, including Pacific islands and Japan. Shortly thereafter, our granddaughter, CPL Molly Lewis, USMC, Martin’s second daughter, earned her GOLD parachutist wings at Camp Pendleton. In May this year Martin’s elder daughter, Elaine graduated from VA Tech and was commissioned a 2nd Lt in (guess what!): USMC. On a less cheerful note, I am currently undergoing bi-weekly chemotherapy for esophageal cancer.The odds-on prognosis is dismal for this particular cancer, but we’re optimistic because it was caught early, my general health and fitness are otherwise great, and I’m getting, in addition to traditional chemo, a new immunotherapy med. Boo is my great light and together we go forward, but please keep us both in your prayers. On 6 Oct we’re off on a transatlantic round-trip aboard Queen Mary 2; no grass growing under our feet! Cheers, Porter” From Chris Moore (4): M “Hi Porter and Boo: Thanks for your diligence in getting your message out to all of us. I hope it will energize Fourth Co. to begin a lively blog keeping everyone up to speed on what’s going on. The most depressing thing is that almost weekly Tom Curtis (22) sends us news on the death of a classmate.

Congratulations on the career achievements of your family; they are all outstanding. Not sure how so many of them ended up in the Marines, but that’s okay.

So sorry to hear about your esophageal cancer. Sounds good that you caught it early and have been the product of clean living all these years.With Boo’s help you’ll lick it I know.

All is well in our family; our two eldest grandchildren started college this year, both at Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, where our oldest daughter went.

I had a health scare myself this year: in April I had a stroke. It was minor, and I’m okay, but the doctor says no more court: too much stress. I’m still working but my days are probably numbered. I turn 79 next month and not sure how long after 80 I want to keep doing it.

Currently I’m reading H.R. McMaster’s book called “Dereliction of Duty” about Viet Nam and how we got into it. It almost derailed his career and now it’s required reading by the cadets at West Point. It’s very detailed, but a fascinating study. I recommend it.

Beat Army, Chris From Rob Kunkle (10): M “Guys: K.S. “Casey” Jones (10), Terrible Tenth ‘60 classmate, visited McKinney, Texas, this week (Dallas area) and was able to spend two nights with me in McKinney. This was a business (training) trip so Janice was not able to come to Texas.

Casey admitted that he is traveling entirely too much and Janice is not currently a happy camper! Casey looks great! Weighing in at 160lbs, and my height (185lbs), he and Janice’s daily routine of gym exercise, no alcohol, and leaders of their small church’s music program (Janice on piano and Casey on guitar) is serving them well. Casey flew into Dallas LOVE field and drove a Ford Hybrid to McKinney Sunday afternoon. He was here in time to join me at a local “taco party” with 40 of my friends (see the picture). Monday, we got up at “O Dark Thirty” and I cooked breakfast, sending Casey off to McKinney airport to

meet his student. Monday evening, after work, Casey returned and we enjoyed a steak dinner in old downtown McKinney. Tuesday was a half day training session and Casey left directly for LOVE Field.

So now I go back to MY routine getting up when I feel like it and having ‘brunch’ when I feel hungry!

Other than that nothing much new with me. Enjoy the McKinney neighborhood but don’t like my house - looking to move again! Still manage my monthly Singles Sunday Night Dinner & Dance Parties and attend the USNA Alumni luncheons, World Affairs Council, Dallas Friday Group, Dallas40 and SMU Tate Lectures. Jerry Jones has turned AT&T Stadium into a zoo so I sell my COWBOYS tickets each week, at a big profit.

Casey’s company is in the business of training, and certifying, private pilots in the Eclipse 500 private jet aircraft. There are now 560 of these jets around the world and there is a need for this business.

I believe that these two days were a re-certification as the initial Eclipse 500 training takes several weeks, at least. Casey, of course, loves the flying but will maneuver into a more stationary job when possible. He and Janice live in a lovely home they built east of Albuquerque with views of the Sandia mountains from multiple rooms. Rob

Pat Robinson’s fame and Regent University. Pat is on record of praying away hurricanes, which may be why Irma veered away from Virginia Beach.

Sixteen “Old Salts” made it despite some stormy weather predictions: Al Ablowich (16), Al Bissell (8), Pete Chabot (14), Ed Clexton (10) (on time for once), Paul Cooper (5), Joel Febel (5), Rod Friedmann (5), Bob Ianucci (16), Bert Johnson (10), Frank Kay (8), Bill Kee (9), Mike McCullough (14), Wick Parcells (12), Bob Powers (8), Jack Suddath (6), & Henry von Kolnitz (22). Service was a little slow for those ordering off of the menu as opposed to the “help-yourself” buffet, but it provided a lot of opportunity to discuss Navy football, recent incidents at sea and just good gab sessions. Next month’s luncheon will be at the Lynnhaven Fishhouse. November’s luncheon will be back at Mike McCullough’s (14) Fellini’s Restaurant in Norfolk.

— Rod

Frank Kay, Al Ablowich and Jack Suddath

Casey Jones and Rob Kunkle (Dallas Party)

From Rod Friedmann (5): M “Bill, despite the threat of Hurricane Irma, which never materialized in Hampton Roads and Williamsburg areas, the ’60 group of skimmers, submariners & aviators followed their GPS to rendezvous for a luncheon at the Founder’s Inn (Swan Terrace) in Virginia Beach on Sep.12th The Founder’s Inn is located on the campus of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) of

Bob Ianucci, Joel Febel, Mike McCullough and Paul Cooper

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60/61 CLASS NEWS Henry von Kolnitz & Al Bissell

The “Terrible Tenth”: Ed Clexton & Bert Johnson

’61: The Tidewater 1961 Group

Rod Friedmann-recipient of the “Bubblehead Award”

’61 Life Membership: 72% Donor Participation: 22.74% 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

Greetings to all ‘61ers! Here is a very important message from Jim Richardson(16), one of our West Coast Honchos for the Class of ’61 Mid-reunion in 2018…..

M “Hello all, with another great year of Navy football behind us it is time to think ahead to the Navy/Notre Dame game being held in San Diego next year in October.

Bill Kraus and Jim Richardson and their Mid-Reunion 2018 committee have put together what promises to be a memorable weekend in San Diego with events surrounding the game. As of my publication deadline for this issue of SHIPMATE 109

classmates have signed up to attend. While the registration deadline has passed the committee has negotiated an extension of the deadline with the Rancho Bernardo Inn and can accommodate additional reservations for rooms at the Inn. The deadline for tickets to the game remains mid-March when Jim has to release unused tickets. He has received requests for over half of our allocation. Registration forms and the Ticket Request Form are available on our class website.”

Here is another nice catch-up article from Ned Kuhns (07) and the Tidewater Section…

M “Now that the summer travel season is over, the Tidewater 1961 group held its 12 October 2017 at the usual BRAISE restaurant location in Virginia Beach after a number of members had returned from various trips. Bob & Peg Graham (18) are back from visiting China, Jim & Toni Henderson(15) attended Navy’s victory over Air Force in Annapolis, and I’m home after a month of hiking in England.

Left to right around the table are: Mike Bradley (03), Dick Hixson (19), Kurt Rohdenburg (20), Ned Kuhns (07), Joe Kuhn (03 - Honorary), Charlie Stewart (06), Cyd Driscoll (22), Jim Joyner (01), Bob

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Graham (18), Jim Henderson (15), and Tom McNicholas (09). Lots of good discussion about Navy football and the upcoming ’61 West Coast Reunion. By the time this is published, Jim Joyner will be walking on a new knee after having another one replaced. We will be losing John (08) and Georgeanne Pearson who are moving soon to be closer to family in Washington state. We will miss John at the luncheons and on the golf course.

JP (08) and Carole Decker are hosting a party for the Pearson’s on 11 November. Cyd & Margie Driscoll (22) and Fred Lowack (07) have arranged a tour of the visit to the Williamsburg Winery as a “dining out” event on 26 October which will include a tour of the winery, lunch and a wine tasting. Finally, we always meet at 1130 on the second Thursday of every month so any 1961 visitors to Tidewater are encouraged to join us.”

And, not to be outdone, here is the companion article from the West Coast… The Left Coasters from the San Diego Region held their annual Beach BBQ at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club on the sand, October 7th. In attendance were Jack Allen (13), Tom Bailey, Milt (13) and Claire Budov, Larry DeSha (14),

Arnie (12) and Janet Kleban, Bill (12) and Patsy Kraus, Bruce (15) and Melanie Maxon, Ed (10) and Patty Oleata, Jim (16) and Hanna Richardson, Dick (07) and Anne Rothwell, Chuck(21) and Arilla St. Laurent, Leo(05) and Kathryn Willetts and George (02) and Veronica Worthington. “Rum Runner” Jack Allen brought the booze, “Ice Man” Jim Richardson showed up with the frozen water and Bruce Maxon took charge as the Master Chef. Everybody brought something, and the girls set up a fantastic buffet line. We all agreed that George Worthington brought the best hotdogs anybody had ever eaten. When we asked where he got them, he smiled and pointed to the stamp across the package label—”U.S.NAVY SEALS”.

Larry DeSha drove down from the Central California coast, and Arnie Kleban came in from the Palm Springs area. We missed seeing the “Green Flash” this year, but I promise it will return for our Mid-Reunion-2018 Beach Party.

Sent in by Howie Winfree(03): M A portrait of our classmate and USNA Superintendent , Virgil Hill (13), was unveiled at a recent meeting of the USNA Foundation’s Athletic and Scholarship Program trustees. This portrait will be displayed with other previous Superintendents on the upper level of Dahlgren Hall. A walk around that upper level is really interesting.

Pictured are RADM Tom Lynch, Virg’s relief as

61/62 CLASS NEWS Supe, Virg and his portrait. To the right are Kim Hill, present Supe VADM Ted Carter and previous Supe VADM Mike Miller. Virg and Kim were accompanied by their children and grandchildren as well as several officers who were midshipmen during his tenure.

P.S. Congratulations, Virg!

No one deserves this more than you. Your friend and fellow suffering Plebe Companymate, Skip.

Best wishes, Dan.

CLASS NEWS PAUL HURST and some of his 16th company mates and wives took an October trip to New Orleans. He sends the following:

Sent in by Larry Lubbs (17) and John Guthrie (17): M Skip, we spent a week on Kauai followed by a seven day cruise out of Honolulu around the Hawaiian Islands. Here is a picture of the four of us celebrating our 56th wedding anniversaries

During one of the football home games this season, the Royal Military College of Canada’s D&B Corps stopped by the ‘61 Class tent at the invitation of our Class D&B Commander, Bob Sherer(04). As you can see, they also brought along their Highland Fling Dancers.

They were very good, and much appreciated.

Sent in by Tim Dugan (12): M Attached is a picture of Bob Pirrmann (18), with his wife Betty, at the Garden City High School Class of 1957 60th reunion in April.

Bob and I are classmates times two.

This comes in from Dan Schroeder (3): M Good afternoon Skip. Here is a photo from our annual gathering to celebrate still being here. We were in Duck NC with spouses for a week, cooking, eating, wining and re-telling old tales. The guys in the photo are Dan Schroeder (3), John Champlain (3), TP Manning (17), Peter Ferriso (3) & Howie Winfree (3). Normally, Gary and Ruthann Seraly would have been with us, but Gary had vintner responsibilities which kept him at home. The California fires were not much help in terms of grape shipping.

Now for our class news for this month.

’62 Life Membership: 75% Donor Participation: 20.68% Pres: CDR Walter F. Welham Jr., USN (Ret.) p: 703-323-6604; 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 proverbial “dark ages” has begun again in Annapolis. Not to worry. The Academy and midshipmen thrive during this cold time and emerge in the spring better than ever!! GO USNA and GO NAVY.

M I can report that New Orleans is alive and well after the effects of Katrina, several other Hurricanes and various monument removals.

Four of us 16th company guys (ROCKY SPANE, JERRY BLESCH, NATE JOLLEY and I) and our spouses plus Marianna Nystrom, (wife of STEVE who passed away in January ’16) were in the Big Easy for a few days in early October. We checked out the quality of several of the old standby restaurants and pronounced them good; well actually, fantastic! We took on lots of provisions and added considerable ballast. We also spent an entire day at the WWII Museum, which is worth a trip to N.O. if you haven’t seen it. I had visited a couple of years ago and it has expanded since then, providing complete and extremely well-done account of the war in both European and Pacific theaters. In our spare time, we squeezed in Preservation Hall, Pat O’Brien’s, Café du Monde and a round of golf at a beautiful executive course in Audubon Park, plus sitting around embellishing old stories about sadistic members of the Class of ’60. A good time is what New Orleans is known for and it didn’t disappoint. Check out these pics of the old guys and the lovely wives…

From the beautiful northern California, MIKE RAGGETT writes us the following: M Great seeing you and other classmates at our 55th reunion.

I thought it was a great event and well organized – many thanks to WALT WELHAM and his reunion team.

Just before the reunion, my daughter, Kara and I were in Ireland with a group of friends doing an REI hiking adventure across southern Ireland. We started in Dublin, hiked every day and 10 days later finished in Shannon in western Ireland. Had a great time and a Guinness every night! I’ve enclosed a couple of photos from my Ireland trip; one is my daughter and me by a waterfall in one of their National Parks and the other is me by a marker of the birthplace of John P. Holland, a brilliant inventor who designed and built the US Navy’s first submarine.

The submarine was acquired in 1900 and named the USS Holland.

An old Irish guide (I define “old” now as anyone is older than me) recited a ditty about Holland which I copied down – here it is: “The US Navy thought the man was crazy, They threw his plan aside.

For Holland paid no heed to them, And he yokes beneath the tide.

And down below, where fishes go Of men, he could be seen.

He was John Phillip Holland Inside his submarine.”

While not completely accurate he did build his submarine in 1898 and it was 2 years before the Navy obtained it on 11 April 1900, the Submarine Force birthday. I look a bit beat up in the photo as a couple of days before I had done a “face plant” and broke my nose. However, still had a Guinness that night and went hiking the next day.

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62/62 CLASS NEWS My wife, Michelle and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary in Coronado on 8 July of this year.

We had lived in Coronado for many years when I was on active duty.

We celebrated with TOM and Becky MERCER. I was TOM’s Chief of Staff when he was COMCARGRU SEVEN in 1988-89.

Still riding my bicycle and coaching Track and Field. That’s about it.

’62

RAY MADONNA tells us this story about our classmate WALT MARTIN’S wife KATHY. In a recent ceremony in McLean, Virginia, the Vinson Hall Retirement Community dedicated its community building in honor of RADM Kathy Martin, USN (Ret.), wife of our classmate CAPT WALT MARTIN, USN (Ret). RADM Martin served as chief executive officer and executive director for Vinson Hall and the Foundation from 2005 to 2017. Vinson Hall is a Life Plan Community. It began as a labor of love, conceived by the Navy Officers’ Wives’ Club of Washington, DC to create a retirement home for

widows and has flourished into a vibrant senior loving community.

This honor was bestowed on Kathy for her service, commitment and dedication to Vinson Hall Retirement Community and Navy Marine Coast Guard Residents Foundation.

The new four-story Community Building is situated in the middle of VHRC’s campus. The building contains a state-of-the-art short-term rehabilitation unit, a reading room, convenience store, beauty salon, bistro and an executive office suite.

The grand ballroom is located on the top floor with a reception area, a concert stage and seating for up to 550 people.

RAY believes that only Kathy and JOHN RIPLEY are the only folks associated with our class who have buildings named after them.

A lot has been written and told about one of our classmate heroes, TOM DRAUDE. Here’s another great one: M Retired Marine Brig. Gen TOM DRAUDE shared a message of inspiration and working with youth Friday night as he was honored as a hometown Hero by the Community Foundation of the Kankakee River Valley. It was the first time the foundation has given it’s award, but the intent is to make it an annual presentation. The idea was to select someone who had grown up in Kankakee and gone on to great success, DRAUDE, who received the honor in front of a crowd of 155

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of the Kankakee Country Club, certainly fit that description. He rose to the brigadier general’s rank, serving three tours in Vietnam and being assistant division commander of the 1st Marine Division during operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield.

“I am the luckiest man alive. All my dreams come true.” His life, he said, passes the Sunday night test: “Are you looking forward to Monday morning?” “As a Marine, he told the audience, I couldn’t wait until Monday morning, leading Marines and saving lives.” Earlier in the day, he spoke with students at Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee. Principal Terry Granger said, “you could hear a pin drop” during the speech. He called DRUADE an inspiration, a role model and genuine. He said while youth represent 20 percent of the population, they are 100 percent of the future.

DRUADE had been the valedictorian of his high school class at St. Patrick’s Central High School, the school that was the forerunner of today’s McNamara.

He said his education prepared him well for Annapolis, the Naval Academy that trains leaders for both the Navy and the Marine Corps. He graduated with academic distinction. It is possible to get into the military academies with college courses already under your belt, yet, DRUADE found himself better prepared than many of his classmates who already had been to

other colleges before Annapolis.

Several of his high school classmates attended this event.

DRAUDE told the audience he and his classmates would tolerate a lot, but if you call us quitters, you have a fight on your hands. “You learn from your failures. Don’t ever give up.” He recounted the extraordinary success of the war in Iraq.

Normally, an attacking force was expected to have a three to one advantage in men and equipment.

In Iraq, our forces had a one to seven disadvantage.

Later he got to visit the solemn facility where the nation’s war dead are counted and then sent for burial to their hometowns. They were prepared for 50,000 dead. The actual deaths were less than a tenth of that.

Saddam Hussein had set the oil wells on fire, creating acrid black smoke that both blocked visibility and irritated eyes, skin and lungs.

For most of the time the wind blew the smoke right into the US -led coalition lines. But on the day the American attack started, the wind shifted and blew the smoke toward the Iraq lines. A person told DRUADE that was a coincidence.

“No coincidence, it was the hand of God” he replied. Congratulations TOM. A well- deserved honor.

LAST CALL It is with profound sadness that I inform the class of the passing of four of our friends and classmates and two classmates wives.

JOHN McKENZIE of Hubbard, Ohio, died on October 11, 2017. He left the academy at the end of the plebe year and served in the Navy and graduated from Youngstown State University.

62/63 CLASS NEWS ERNEST DELLA PERKINS was born in New Albany, Indiana on October 26, 1939 and died October 19, 2017. He was a naval officer so he lived in many places throughout his career. He and his wife, Jeanne moved to Utah in 1995 to be with family. He was a 1962 graduate of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. After graduation, he was accepted for flight training. He loved flying and couldn’t believe he got paid to do it. He retired from the Navy after twenty-two years and went on to a career with General Dynamics. He died of cancer and leaves behind his wife Jeanne, a daughter, Jennifer Leaverton, a son, John Perkins, three grandchildren as well as two great granddaughters.

Our lives were all enriched by him and he will be missed by numerous friends and family.

RUDOLF “RUDY” STEGELMAN, died on November 21, 2017.

He left us in plebe year and returned to finish his degree in mechanical engineering from Indiana Tech, where he played basketball.

LEX FLEMING, a retired Navy captain and class treasurer for over 35 years died on December 8, 2017.

CARMINE TORTORA’S wife, Marisa, passed away in early summer 2017.

CHARLIE CREIGHTON’S wife, Mary, passed away on November 20, 2017.

Time is a dual edged sword, a friend and a foe. As we age, unfortunately, more of these announcements will appear in SHIPMATE. We can all express our condolences to these classmates and their families in our own individual ways. The class as a whole expresses our sincere sympathies to our departed classmates and loved ones. Not an easy task to report these deaths each moth, but it is our Solemn duty to inform those of us who are reading our column of these passing’s.

More information and obituaries will appear in the “Last Call” section of SHIPMATE as they as reported by the families of the departed.

That’s our class news for this double January-February 2018 issue of SHIPMATE. Please keep your

letters, stories and photos coming in. Your classmates do enjoy them.

Stay healthy and keep in touch.

Until next time….

’63 Life Membership: 63% Donor Participation: 17.53% Pres: CAPT W. Spencer Johnson IV, USN (Ret.) Sec’y: Michael H. Shelley 164 Sweetwater Ln., Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 p: 828-862-4245; e: nstar@citcom.net Website: www.USNA63.org

We begin this month’s report with some good news from ’63 Class President Spencer Johnson: M David Puckett and I recently met with the Naval Academy Foundation for our annual review of the finances for the 1963 Center For Academic Excellence (CAE). The good news is that our 6.7 million dollar investment for the ’63 CAE earned $395,000 over the last fiscal year (July to July). Our annual infusion of $500,000 to the ’63 CAE is largely offset by these earnings.

We are still in a bull market and, hopefully, we can report the same thing next year. Additionally, a widow here in Annapolis, whose husband was USNA ‘46, has pledged $420,000 to the ’63 CAE over the next four years. The Class of 1971 is working to raise 1.5 million dollars for their 50th anniversary gift, which will also go to the ’63 CAE. The CAE has helped bring the academic attrition rate to less than two percent for the Brigade, and all present financial needs of the ’63 CAE are being met. Well done, classmates!

Contributions to the ’63 CAE are always welcome. To donate, send your gift to the United States Naval Academy Foundation, Processing Center, P.O. Box 79169, Baltimore, MD 21279-0169. When making a donation, designate the ’63 CAE on the memo line of your check. Thank you for your past and continuing generosity to the ’63 CAE and our alma mater.

I was pleasantly surprised to receive this news of Dan Hennessy from Ray Garfield ’66.

States either lost every war it started or failed in every military intervention it prosecuted? Find out more about it at Amazon.com, and be sure to read the book’s preface by clicking on the “Look Inside” tab there.

Here’s a note from Jim Oakes:

M Dan Hennessy, my great friend, attorney, and partner, graduated Number 1 in the Class of 1963, then served in the Navy including on board a Destroyer off Vietnam. I thought you and all of your classmates would enjoy seeing this recent photograph of Dan with his son, Fr. Daniel Hennessy, L.C., who for the last several years has served as International Director of the Patrons of The Arts in the Vatican Museums.

Dan and his wife Bettina reside in Dallas, and Dan continues to practice law, serving as General Counsel and a Principal in the firm of Garfield Public/Private LLC, a national developer of public facilities. Dan and Bettina have two sons and two daughters and seven grandchildren at last count.

M Linda and Chuck Spadafora flew to San Francisco on October 19, heading to a wedding in fire ravaged Glenn Ellen, CA, which is in the wine country about an hour and a half north. I met them at a restaurant owned by a fellow Serra High School grad (think Tom Brady, Barry Bonds, and Jim Oakes!) We had a great New England Lobster lunch and got caught up with events since we last saw each other in La Quinta last March. Linda and Chuck had just flown in from Houston. They have a busy schedule ahead. After the wedding they were off to San Diego to visit a son and then on to Denver for a Marine Corps charity board meeting.

A few days earlier, Jim had told me that he is still enjoying playing tennis and pickleball. He still has three “hobby” jobs: working for the San Francisco Giants, being a U.S. Tennis Association and Intercollegiate Tennis Association referee and chair umpire, and being a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrator.

Dan and Daniel Hennessy

Our classmate Bob Abate was interviewed on CUNYTV75 in New York City on 8 November. The approach of Veterans Day on the 11th set the scene for Bob to discuss his background and his personal project to conduct oral history interviews with World War II veterans.

He has conducted hundreds of interviews over the past 19 years. I invite you to watch the television video at https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=OPNOV-Mfra4&app =desktop. Such dedication, and what an accomplishment. BZ, Bob! The Naval Institute Press has just published the latest book by our classmate Harlan Ullman: Anatomy of Failure; Why America Loses Every War It Starts. It addresses the question of why, since the end of World War II, has the United

Jim Oakes, Linda and Chuck Spadafora

Ross Anderson’s widow, Susan, recently came across a narrative account of an epic trip that Ross made from Tallahassee, FL, to Annapolis in a Model A Ford during Labor Day weekend of 1962. His

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63/64 CLASS NEWS traveling companion was 4th Companymate Vic Dean. They had quite an adventure — and many breakdowns — as they drove northward to begin 1/c year. The full text of the amusing story is in the Pride and Tradition, Midshipmen Memories, section of our web site at http://www.usna63.org/ tradition/#AndersonTrip.

George Emery wrote to tell me of a book about our classmate Pete Soverel.

M Have you seen the book, The Conservator, published this November? A copy arrived in the mail a week ago compliments of the author and his subject, Pete Soverel.

It’s a mini-biography of Pete. The thrust is all that Pete has done and is still doing to save wild fish, notably the Steelhead and other wild Salmon in the Northwest and elsewhere. In the process the author spends a good deal of time on Pete’s Vietnam heroics, his relationship with prominent Russian military officers, and his time in the Pentagon during the Reagan administration. I certainly enjoyed it, and I’m sure there our others in the class, particularly in the 24th Company, who would, too.

You can find the book by searching the author’s name — John Sager — on Amazon.com. Be sure to click the “Look Inside” tab and read the first two chapters of the book there.

Mike Krause supplied this news and photo from an October elk hunt at Jim DeFrancia’s Colorado ranch.

Elk Hunters in Colorado

M Pictured, L-R, are Jim, Marvin “Scoot” Childers, me, and Mike Bonsignore. Scoot is a retired Navy MD and Jim’s good friend. Jim’s former CO while he was assigned to the Embassy in Venezuela, Royal Collette (a retired O-6 SC), was also with us.

All the hunters got an elk on Saturday, the first day of our hunt.

We had to haul them off the ridge to a place we could load them into an end loader. Mike B also caught seven large “cutbow” trout (cutthroat/rainbow hybrids). As always, Jim and Cynthia were the perfect Host and Hostess at Marabou Ranch and at their beautiful home overlooking their spread and the Elk River that runs through the ranch.

I guess those Plebe Summer days we spent on the rifle range with our Springfield rifles are paying off 58-plus years later!

I hadn’t heard from Mal Wright for a while, but this month he set a good example for our classmates by providing a full report and many photos from “Minterland” in Washington state.

M Recently, Carol and Charlie Minter moved from their home in Delaware to Bremerton, WA, to be closer to family. They purchased a beautiful waterfront home and they have settled in. They were visited recently by Tom and Fran Reemelin, from Palmetto, FL, and Dick and Helen Anderson from Tustin, CA. While their guests were here, Charlie and Carol planned a “surprise” party for the Reemlins, who are celebrating their 51st wedding anniversary. We gathered at “Minterland” on Sunday afternoon, 24 September, for the festivities.

We were especially glad to see Denny and LuAnne Vaughan, who came from the other side of Puget Sound and Bob and Pat Wildman, who came down to Bremerton from Whidbey (Wildman has stated that he considers it a “hardship” to leave his “island.”). Dan and Geri O’Claray also came some distance, all the way from Sequim (pronounced “Skwim”), WA. It was a special pleasure to welcome and visit with Meredith and Laurie Musick.

Meredith is recovering from a stroke which occurred last December. He is doing great. Of course, Lya and I were there — we live only about 10 miles away. The weather was as good as it gets in the Summer/Fall in the Northwest. Charlie and Carol went out of their way to be splendid hosts: great chow,

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’63: At the Minters’ home in Bremerton

comfortable surroundings, and the company of classmates and spouses (“old tales be retold”).

It could not have been better.

Mal sent several pictures from the event. In this group photo are: Seated: Wright, Musick; Standing: — O’Claray, Anderson, Wildman, Reemelin, Vaughan and Minter Separate pictures of the couples are included in the longer version of this column on our web site.

Be sure to keep checking the Reunion section of USNA63.org for updates about plans and preparations for our 55th reunion in San Diego next October.

QUALITY — ‘63

’64 Life Membership: 64% Donor Participation: 21.16% 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 the statutorily required official notification of the Annual Meeting of the Association to be held at 1130 Wednesday, 21 February 2018 at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. At this meeting, Election of the Officers for the Executive Board of the Association, except the President, will be held. Only members of the Association present at the meeting are eligible to vote. Proxies

are not allowed in accordance with Association By-Laws.

Sam Davies reports Sub-School classmates of Submarine School class 133 held their reunion 14-17 September in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

This is the eleventh time that class 133 has gathered for a reunion during the last 30 years. To the best of their knowledge, class 133 (Graduated June 1966) is the only Submarine School class to hold reunions.

Forty-four sub-school graduates and their spouses attended the reunion.

The reunion included a full schedule of activities providing opportunities for sub-school classmates and their spouses to renew friendships and catch up on events since the 2015 reunion in Chicago.

Festivities began with a Thursday evening meet and greet to kick off the events. Friday included a tram tour of Santa Fe with afternoon time for exploring in smaller groups, relaxing in the spa or with a glass of wine on the patio. An evening barbeque and entertainment rounded out the evening. Saturday’s schedule was full with opportunities to view the many facets of northern New Mexico’s landscape and stops to soak up the local culture, Los Alamos laboratory or Georgia Okeefe’s Ghost Ranch. A delicious late lunch was followed by the class’s traditional reunion closing dinner Saturday evening. The program included a well-received roast presented by classmates who organized the reunion.

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The traditional visit by Carnac the Magnificent (Dave Lipscomb) and Ed McMahon (Bruce Taylor) adding to the humor of the evening

Len Wass spoke to classmates in attendance about the planned memorial service to be held on the 50th anniversary of the loss of the USS Scorpion (SSN 589). Classmates took up a collection in memory of classmate John Sweet who perished aboard Scorpion.

Glen Shindler filed a report on a personal mission he recently undertook. He writes: “With the help of a whole bunch of people who furnished clues and contact information, on 30 September 2017 I located and visited Tom Holden‘s gravesite at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Bangall, NY, and placed U.S. and USMC flags. The USMC staff is embedded with two Silver Stars and one Purple Heart. As most know, 1/Lt Tom Holden was XO of Golf Company, 2-3 Marines, KIA 22 October 1966 during Operation Kern in the Khe Le Valley. Tom was awarded his second Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action during this final battle.”

’64: Classmates attending from left to right: Roger Sweeney, Mike Hewitt, Lenny Wass, Bob Milhiser, Win Peterson, Dave Lipscomb, Phil Boyer, John Gorman, Jerry Ellis, Sam Davies, Marion Culbertson (attending for Charlie Culbertson who passed away Jan 17, 2017), Denny Lyndon, John Alich, Tom Swartz, and Bruce Taylor.

jock mentality in me. Unfortunately, “Rat” and Moose were less than successful in that endeavor.”

“A wonderful coincidence occurred as the St. Mary’s caretaker was finalizing directions for me before I left California: LCpl Jim Noonan, USMC (Ret) was simultaneously contacting the caretaker in his quest to secure a family site at St. Mary’s. Jim served with Tom in Company Foxtrot, 2-3 Marines, from January to July 1966 at which time Jim’s tour was completed. He has visited the cemetery many times and made the decision to rejoin Tom there. Jim’s son is named Taylor Holden Noonan in honor of Tom and another Marine. Well, the St. Mary’s caretaker got us in touch with each other and the plan was to meet there to place the flags. Unfortunately, a family matter prevented Jim from making the trip from Brooklyn this time, but we have pledged to do it another time.”

’64: Lt. Holden’s gravesite

Prez Jay submitted the following photo of the Navy Spirit Team visit to the Class tailgate before the Central Florida game on 21 October.

During the Thanksgiving Holiday break Maddie took part in the USNA Operation Info Program the purpose of which is to interest potential candidates at various area high schools along with “meet and greets” set up by Blue and Gold

Officers.. WECT, a local Wilmington, NC TV station, featured a brief segment on Maddie’s visit which can be viewed at: http://www.wect.com/story/36898 782/hoggard-alum-returns-to-promote-naval-academy. Bernie and Joyce have every right be very proud of their granddaughter.

Tim Myers submitted a picture from Las Vegas of his winning Senior Softball USA (SSUSA) team recently. He writes: “teams competes in five year groups from 50 to 85 years old classified as Major +, Major, AAA, AA and A. ie. Over 75 Major or Over 55 AAA, as an example. We won the 75 Major Western National title a month ago in Sacramento. We then were to play the Eastern Champ, but there were no Eastern 75 Major teams that competed, so we were declared the 75 Major National Champion. In the SSUSA World Series last week in Las Vegas, we won the World Championship, which also make us the Triple Crown Championship” “The competition at the 65 and abovegroup is very good. There were over 800 teams that competed in Vegas. Next week, we go to St. George, Utah for the Huntsman World Senior Games. The Games have 24 sports that are played with teams from all over the World.

There will be over 20,000 athletes in all the competitions that last two week. There are competitions in all the regular sports such as Softball, Swimming, Track, Soccer, Basketball, Pickle Ball etc. They also have Square Dancing, Quick Draw, Marathons, etc. Fun Week!!

’64: Tom’s gravestone noting his two Silver Stars

Glen continues: “Tom & I were Plebe Year roommates, together with Thomas “Moose” O’Melia. I was the one they continually threatened to hang by my belt from the coat hook and our co-assignment was likely planned to bestow some

’64: The Spirit Team at the ‘64 Tailgate. Note Midshipman Madeleine Maguire ’20 standing next to her grandfather on the far left

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’64: The SSUSA World Champs (Tim is 3rd from the left in the back row)

As this column is going to press ten days before Navy beats Army we note the Honorable John Dalton‘s prediction of a Navy 9 and 3 season once again will be extremely accurate, being off by one game - several of which could have easily gone the other way. John has been doing this for several years and has proven himself to be quite accurate. BZ Mr. Secretary.

(Potsy Scoville please note!!)

Fair winds and a quartering sea, classmates.

’65 Life Membership: 64% Donor Participation: 33.49% Pres: CAPT Jim Minderlein, USN (Ret.) e: jimm65@verizon.net Corr Sec’y: CDR Dave Anderson, USN (Ret.) 1600 Ala Moana Blvd. #2208, Honolulu, HI 96815 c: 816-621-0878; e: daveand65@me.com; daveand65@earthlink.net Class of 1965 Home Page: http://www.daveand65.com/USNA65/

Ed Linz attended Gordie Evans’ Celebration of Life Ceremony in Orlando on 10 Nov. Ed provided some anecdotes and memories of Gordie, from his time at USNA and in the Navy to the attendees and to Gordie’s wife, Moearii. Ed Linz, who writes a weekly column, called Eyes Right, and wrote one dedicated to his remembrances of Gordie. If you didn’t see that on the eForum, please contact Ed at coachlinz@ cox.net for a copy. Keep Moearii and his family in your prayers.

Phil Ferrara sent to the eForum some pics from a couple of the early season Tailgates – the FAU game

challenge that thinking from time to time just as I try to challenge the more liberal side of politics as well.

It keeps me younger, at heart, to do so but I certainly don’t claim to be right, even half the time, just interested and thinking along the way.

Skip MacMichael, Pat Philbin, Bob Green, Phil Ferrara, Bob Andretta, John Collins, Ed Linz, Moke DeMatta, Bill Matton, Bob Sullivan, Ed Gray, Carter Refo, Rich Harden and Art Wittig. Photos on the website.

From Phil Ferrara, 28 Sep

M Mary and Bob Whitehead were on a big late summer trip up and down the East Coast to weddings and reunions and sightseeing. On the final leg southbound to Florida, they stopped to visit with Linda and me for lunch at the house for a few hours. It was like old times in the 26th Company reminiscing and catching up!! Photo on the website.

M Here’s a photo of Frog Kristensen, Phil Ferrara, Jim Minderlein and Sonny Harrison from the Navy-Cincinnati Tailgate on 23 Sep.

and the Tulane game. See my note at bottom of the column.

From Gordon Clarke, 10 Nov M We are finally done going back and forth to North Carolina and our home there sold and closed in October. Frankie and I are really getting to enjoy Norfolk and are fully settled here. Nice being nearer our daughter, Tricia, whose dermatology practice is nearby. I was able to make the USNA65 lunch this month. First time since March I was in town on the scheduled day. We met up with Fred and Anne Hufnagel at their Washington, VA farm rand the four of us drove down to the Annapolis for the homecoming football game.

From Anson Burlingame, 26 Sep (excerpt) M When I left the professional race track I wondered if I would get bored. Didn’t happen, thankfully and it is rare today that I don’t find something that interests me. Reading and writing are my new profession, so to speak, and I do it just about every day. Eleven grandkids keep me engaged as well thought certainly not on a daily basis. It certainly keeps me aware of how millennials think and act however.

Some things I greatly admire and others, well I occasionally suggest to them individually that perhaps there is a different, if not better, way to think and act. I have now been engaged with them literally from cradle to adulthood for some of them. Writing for the local paper has been a good effort as well. Joplin, MO is a redneck, blue collar town and a haven for the political right for sure. I try to

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From Phil Ferrara, 04 Oct

From Ted Nanz, 10 Oct

Navy vs Cincinatti 9-23-17, ’65 Tailgate, Frog Kristensen, Phil Ferrara, Jim Minderlein, Sonny Harrison with Tim P. ’20

From Phil Ferrara, 02 Oct M In August Linda and I were on a long trip around the Great Lakes and stopped to visit Lynn Wegner for a few days. We got to see his latest pride and joy, a USN World War II Jeep and trailer that he had refurbished. Quite a beauty! Lynn and Bonnie and Linda and I all left for a three-day visit to Isle Royale National Park staying at the lodge there. Photo on the website.

From Dave Miller, 02 Oct M At the Tulsa game: front: Pat Miller, Leahray Wroten, Nina and John Thompson; back: John Wroten and Dave Miller. Photo on the website.

From Phil Ferrara, 04 Oct M Twenty-two ‘65ers gathered for lunch at McGarvey’s on the first Wednesday of October. They included Jim Minderlein, Skip Orr, Charlie Morrison, Doug Norton, Sonny Harrison, Jim Mashburn, Mike Luecke, Conrad Best,

M Ted Fulton sent me this great photo of him and Dave Miller from the AFA game. I did not know Ted Fulton at USNA but got to know him in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Fort Lauderdale, FL when we raced 10Ks together almost every weekend. Ted Fulton was an elite runner then, in his late 30s running 10Ks at around 32 - 35 minutes which was faster than some of the others’ 5K times! Ted. Photo on the website.

Doyle Borchers checked in on 15 Oct, on his and Joan’s status after the extensive Napa Valley fire in early October. Here’s his report.

M “We made it through OK. The fire got within about a mile and a half from our house. We were without electricity landline, cell phone and Internet for 3 days. Fortunately I have large solar array and storage batteries that gave us essential living appliances and lighting. Our kids have 29 acres outside of Napa and the property was burned but some firefighters saved their home and livestock. They are living with us until electricity can be restored in their area. Things are beginning to look up a bit and we hope within the next week the fires will be contained.

Air-quality is really bad. Doyle” From Phil Ferrara, 20 Oct M Attendees at the 21 Oct Class Meeting and Tailgate at the NavyUCF game are: Gordon and Frankie Clarke, Fred and Anne Hufnagel, Jim and Diann Minderlein, Sted

65/66 CLASS NEWS and Robin Garber, Phil and Linda Ferrara, Dan and Sharon Mitchell, Sonny and Judy Harrison, John Wroten, Mike and Pam Epprecht, Denny and Karen McComb, Frog and Sam Kristensen, Skip and Merry Orr, Doug and Sharon Katz, Charlie Morrison with two guests, Dave and Judy Neal, Jay and Lesley Cheney, Chip and Mary Seymour, Pat Philbin, Wyman and Susy Howard, and Moke DeMatta.

John Wroten, Frank Peterson, Dan Mitchell, ’65 tailgate, 10-21-17

Mike Epprecht, Doug Katz, Skip Yachinin, Navy vs UCF, ’65 tailgate- 10-21-17

From John Owens, 22 Oct M Photo is Jim Savard and me getting ready to tee off in Denver.

Weather perfect, friendship great, golf so-so at best. We both shot 65 but had 5 holes to go! Our ‘65 group continues to meet 4-5 times a year for lunch in Denver. We have a core group of 10. Our plans for 2018 are to meet in April, June, September, November and possibly February if the weather cooperates. The only firm date is June 9th when we are

planning a dinner including wives/girlfriends to celebrate our 53rd anniversary. The other dates are flexible. Any classmates traveling in Colorado, please let me know.

We’ll try to schedule lunch to include visitors. John

Owens and Savard

Jim Minderlein reported in early November results from our Annual Class Meeting held at the Tailgate on 21 Oct. For a description of our class projects and other class business news, if you didn’t see it on the eForum, contact Jim for a copy at jimm65@verizon.net.

From Ron Bishop and John Allen, 15 Nov M In mid-October fourteen 65ers in the 11th and 12th companies first class year (Eighth Company Tigers 3rd & 2nd class years) were reunited for JOINUP 2017 in Kennett Square, PA. Organizers, John and Penny Allen, teamed with Hosts, Dan and Sharon Mitchell, deserve a hearty “Bravo Zulu” for planning the awesome extended weekend event.

Catered meals together, lots of “mingle-time” at the Ellerslie House, and numerous Brandywine Valley attractions made for a very enjoyable

four-day weekend. How can anyone not find happiness in the mushroom capital of the world? The gathering was near Philadelphia which provided access to some US history that we probably slept through in BULL classes. The photo attests to the good time had by all. Attendees included: Front Row: Gordon Peterson (Molly), Ron Bishop (Page), JJ O’Dwyer, Bud Gaston (Karen), Furman Thomas (Judy).

Back Row: Dave Shipley (Terri), John Bishop, Paul Mickelson, Dan Mitchell (Sharon), Don Barger (Linda), Jeff Gaugush (Deirdre), John Allen (Penny), John Szubski.

Joe Frazer (Marilyn) attended but were not available for the picture.

Classmates of the 11/12th companies have reunited at least every two years since 2011 at various locations around the country. “Four years together by the bay” is an amazing force that binds all alumni, and not merely familiar song lyrics.

During Football Season, I get LOTs of photos (many of them thanks to our Class Photog, Phil Ferrara!).

Had about 18 candidates for this edition of our column this month.

Could only squeeze five of them into the hard copy issue due to the word count limitation. So have reenergized (at least temporarily) the class website (link is in the header above) to include some of the photos that didn’t make the cut. So please go there to check them out.

Thazzit, Guys! Aloha, Dave

’66 Life Membership: 66% Donor Participation: 19.25%

M Captain Gillen, officers and crew were, as usual, marvelous hosts.

The presentations were made on the flight deck before the assembled crew. Our Classmate, RADM Rick Grant (USN, Ret.) made a moving and mercifully short speech. The Executive Officer read the citations for the awardees while competing with the helicopters revving up on the IWO JIMA’S flight deck, across the harbor from us. We adjourned to the wardroom for lunch. It was readily apparent from the animated conversations taking place that our Classmates and the wardroom thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Rick requested a tour of the ship and as his aide, I accompanied him. Ensign Vandiver and two other Ensigns took us on a thorough tour of CIC, crews berthing, and the bowels of the engineering spaces. At all points Rick engaged crew members and asked an abundance of questions.

While the tour was a delight, it damned near killed me going up and down the ladders and trying to keep up with those young people (Rick still thinks he’s young). I would assess the day as a success in every way.

Thanks again to Bob, Rick, and Chuck.

Paul Cotter provided a brief description and picture of Classmates who participated in the annual Homecoming Alumni Golf Tournament. Here’s his story.

Pres: Gen Carlton W. Fulford, USMC (Ret.) Sec’y: CDR Mike Baird, USN (Ret.) 15738 Bison Run, Broomfield, CO 80023 e: mike.baird@1966.usna.com West Coast Sec’y: Robert G. Johnson Jr., Esq. 41391 Kalmia Street, Ste. 210 Murrieta, CA 92562 Website: www.usna66.org

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ceremony. Bob Zvacek did his usual great job organizing the event in the Jacksonville area. Chuck Grutzius also did his magic by generating the officer and enlisted awardee letters for Carl Fulford, our Class President to sign, and obtaining a Flag Officer, Rick Grant to make the presentations. The 2017 awardees were LT Justin M. Chapman, USN, and OS2 Jeremy E. Ables, USN. Their full letters can be found on the Class web site. Here is Bob’s description of the proceedings.

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday season and are ready to greet the new year.

I’ll start our first article for 2018 with a recap of the HUE CITY (CG-66) Leadership Awards

M ”During Homecoming, two ‘66 foursomes took their best shots at winning the USNA Championship.

Unfortunately, the Honor Code prevents me from providing any further information about their performances. However, one member

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did win the 50/50 and graciously donated his portion to the Academy’s Golf Program. Our studs (L/R) were: Dave Lovelady, Paul Cotter, Jack Drake, Dick Salmon, Jim Maynard, Guy King, Tom Grim, and Pete Wright.”

Great looking group, Paul.

Sadly, I report the deaths of Steve Detwiler, and David Hall.

Steve died on 30 September 2017 in Arlington, VA. Survivors include his children, daughter Alissa; sons Jim and Bill (Gabriela) and Joe Sturgill; brother Bob (Beth); sister Betsy; grandchildren Stephen and Christopher Detwiler; nieces Lisa and Katie Detwiler, Susan Austin, and Sandra Bolton (Derric), Virginia Lemons Costa, Amy Lemons; nephew Christopher Lemons; great-nephew Robert Bolton; brother- in-law Hon. Donald Lemons; and sister-in-law Carol Lemons. He is preceded in death by his loving wife, Janet Lemons Detwiler. His burial occurred on 14 October 2017 at the Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, VA.

David died on 25 October 2017.

He is survived by his wife, Louella of the home and numerous nieces and nephews. David was buried on 28 October 2017 in Conception, MO. Please keep both families in your prayers.

Carl McCullough sent the following photo (above) of Classmates who gathered at the service for John Earhart. John’s interment in the USNA Columbarium occurred on 9 November. A reception at the Naval Academy Club followed.

Pictured are Frank Bryant, Jerry Hodge, Carl McCullough, and Dick Muller, and Karen Muller and Sarah Hodge. Thanks Carl.

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Paul Cotter sent the following photo of the many Classmates that attended the wake and memorial reception for Manny Lopez at his interment in the USNA Columbarium on 28 September 2017.

Thanks Paul.

Jane and Pete Leniart attended the Navy-Tulsa football game. Pete sent the following photo stating “Nuff said!” Thanks Pete.

Jim Beesley checked in from Texas to relate the following.

M “Attached photo of me was on 11-Nov Veteran’s Day at Sun City Texas where our guest speaker was US Army Brigadier General Kenneth L Kamper, Chief of Staff, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, III Corps and Fort Hood USMA Grad. I walked in with the General and his wife and he thanked me for getting spirit up with my button. The General said, with a huge smile, that “Going into the game last year their most rous-

66/67 CLASS NEWS ing repeated spirit motto was “NOBODY BEATS ARMY 14 TIMES IN A ROW!” And, of course they were right, but I told him I thought it was our turn this year. Thanks Jim!

JIM BEESLEY SEZ BEAT ARMY!

That wraps up this issue. Hope the New Year has started right for everyone. A reminder - the first, Class luncheon is 14 February at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. Contact me if you want to attend. Until March—All the best—Mike!!!

’67 Life Membership: 78% Donor Participation: 32.84% 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

My going-in plan for this column was to have it be a joyous recounting of our 50th Reunion. The plan has changed.

Right after the Memorial Service at the Reunion, we learned that we had not called the name of Bob Groncznack during the Roll Call of deceased Classmates. Of course, we immediately went to General Quarters since there had been no inkling of his passing. Dick Collins investigated and found the following:

Bob’s memorial was only a family affair conducted last June, 2017, in Bellingham. I told Dana that if we had known, our class would have had a contingent of local classmates at his memorial service, to support the family. Dana told me how much Bob loved USNA and spoke with the family so much about his experiences there. He recently had been on many camping trips by himself traveling as far south as Baja, Mexico and north into Canada.

I’m very sorry this notification isn’t more timely, but I want to express the most sincere, though belated, condolences to Bob’s family.

Then John Chehansky let us know of a call he’d gotten from Steve Halupa that Pierre (Pete) Webb had passed away suddenly in Charlotte, NC after the Reunion.

Dave Church then received a note from JoAnn Webb confirming Pete’s death on 28 October 2017. She and their daughter, Jamie, were at the hospital in Charlotte at his passing.

JoAnn can be reached at 704-7719610, joanwebb3060@live.com, or 3371 Xandra Ct, Fort Mill, SC 29707.

Pete’s interment and memorial service were on 4 November 2017 in Matthews, NC. After graduation, Pete became an F-4 RIO, leaving the Navy in 1973. He earned a Master’s Degree from the University of Southern California and worked for various companies in computer sales. He was an avid musician, always with a guitar near at hand. In his obituary, his

family said “his time at race tracks with his boys and his guitars are how we all want to remember Pete…surrounded by the things he loved the most.” And those of us who are his Classmates can take some comfort in knowing he spent his last weekend among us at our 50th Reunion. Pete is survived by JoAnn, his wife of 48 years, as well as his daughter Jamie (Andy) and son, Mike (Catherine) along with three grandsons, Parker, Carson and Asher. He is also survived by three brothers, their wives, and other family members.

JoAnn, please accept our condolences.

Steve Fagan let us know that Eileen Findley, wife of Ken Findley, died peacefully in Hospice of the Chesapeake on the morning of 3 November 2017 from complications from myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a type of bone marrow cancer. She is survived by Ken, whom she married in 1974 while he was an instructor at the Naval Academy, sons Kenneth Jr. (Krystal) and Randy (Michelle), daughter Kristy (Jerry) and eight grandchildren.

Eileen earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and taught in Pennsylvania and Maryland elementary schools for over 20 years. She was very involved with youth sports activities and was a member of the Pasadena (Maryland) Pony Club. Eileen was an avid outdoorswoman who passed that love to her children. Ken shared a collection of family photos in her

memory (https://photos.app.goo.gl /5akHjN8I54Ta9Z873).

In accordance with her wishes, services were privately held for immediate family members. Inurnment will be at the Naval Academy Columbarium at a later date. Memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society (donate.cancer.org) or the MDS Foundation (www.mds-foundation. org/donate).

Ken: please know you have our hearts and our support.

On 31 October, Dave learned from Dick Branum that Chuck Bortell was back in Anne Arundel Medical Center here in Annapolis in a coma as a result of a heart attack and stent operation he’d received on 20 October 2017, the Friday of our Reunion. It looked for awhile that Chuck was showing some improvement, but the decision was eventually made by his sister, Bev Hope, and his long-time companion of 28 years, Pam Barlow, to place him in hospice care. On 20 November, an Honor Salute was performed by the Hospice of the Chesapeake (www.hospicechesapeake.org) in honor of Chuck’s military service.

There were 8 of us in attendance: Don Geismar, Dick Branum, Ken Barausky, Steve Phillips, John Chehansky, Sandy Prouty, Dave Church, and me. The moving ceremony was conducted by Marty Phillips ‘64, Capt, USN (Ret). Then, on 21 November, we received this note from Pam:

M (Bob) did indeed pass away on 1 December 2016 in Bellingham, WA from a sudden heart attack.

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’68 Life Membership: 61% Donor Participation: 24.88% Pres: CAPT Gary A. Storm, USN (Ret.) 66 Franklin St., Unit 509, Annapolis, MD 21401 p: 410-757-7156; c: 443-924-1130 e: gastorm@verizon.net Corr Sec’y: CAPT Gordon I. Peterson, USN (Ret.) 7994 Hidden Bridge Dr., Springfield, VA 22153 p: 703-913-5404; e: gpeters621@aol.com

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M Dear Family and Friends: Chuck embarked on his final passage at 5:25 this evening. Please wish him “Farewell and Following Seas” as he makes his last journey. Thank you all for your support and love during the last month of Chuck’s life. I am so grateful that you were there for us. With love and great sadness, Pam Chuck’s sister, Bev, with whom he was very close, was born in the Naval Academy Hospital and has decided that he will be inurned there in the Columbarium. Their father is buried at West Point. Bev can be reached at 919-656-0757 or bevhope17@gmail.com; Pam at 954328-9336 or pam@lukebrown.com.

Pam and Bev: It was an honor to have supported the two of you and Chuck during this trying time.

We remain here for you.

Deep breath...And I do have some space remaining.

To prove we’re still long ball hitters, the ‘67 Marines started the 50 Year celebration with a 3 day warm-up down in Quantico before the big Reunion in Annapolis. I think there were 25 of us down there beginning on Tuesday, 17 October. In addition to the standard eating and drinking activities (!) we enjoyed tours and briefings at Marine Helicopter Squadron 1 (HMX-1) and The Basic School at Camp Barrett. TBS has changed beyond recognition.

Finished up with a Memorial Service at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Chapel at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Michael Cathey did a superb job pulling this together.

Bob Lang sent a shot of the 36th Company Friday night dinner at the Chart House. He didn’t include a list of names, but they know who they are. I talked to lots of people, and every one of them pegged the

Friday night Company parties as a highlight. Thanks to all the individual planners for those gatherings.

And I found a picture of Jim Frazier and Bill St. George. I know somebody took it, but it’s gotten separated from its e-mail so I’m not sure who. Thanks, though!

down to the weight at which I played 150s, and my N-Star sweater doesn’t fit anymore.

Rick Poole’s been socializing again and reports: M Beth and I recently visited Cindy and Dave Gompert at their place in Portsmouth, NH. Went over to Kittery, ME for lobsters. Dave and I were both in 16th CO and since we both dated our respective wives while at USNA, the four of us have been friends for over 50 years! Dave is still writing, serving on corporate boards and teaches a class at the Academy every other semester. I am fully retired, but on several boards and amuse myself with golf, skiing and sprint triathlon racing.

Good times!

Jim & Bill at the 50th

Here’s a bit of Pre-Reunion material that’s been waiting in the queue.

I heard from Dave Spisso down in South Carolina: M I live in Sun City-Hilton Head at Hardeeville, SC located just north of the Georgia line, about 20 miles from Savannah, Hilton Head, Parris Island and Beaufort. This is like an “Adult Summer Camp.” Even with all of the activities available, I found my needs for activity to be fulfilled by being elected to serve on the Hardeeville City Council. I am currently the Mayor Pro Tem. As a member of Low Country USNAAA, I see Doug Ogden, Clint Wright and Charlie Armentrout.

I read the sad news of Shipmates who have left us and have decided God is not done with me yet, although he could have taken me at anytime. I’ve had a whole range of medical issues, but my real complaint is that I can’t get

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And so we start 2018. I sincerely hope everybody had a blessed holiday season, by whatever name.

It was an absolute thrill to have taken part in our 50th Reunion last October and to have seen so many renew and strengthen old bonds.

So...a (slightly) belated Happy New Year. May we keep on being ‘67 and setting the bar! …That’s it …

Goodnight! ….Jim

Website: www.usna68.com

As my paternal Swedish grandparents might say, god fortsättning! (happy everything) as we enter a new year that marks the 50th anniversary of our graduation!

Our Reunion Committee, led by Gary Storm and Ed Sullivan, is hard at work. Class-wide emails will be speed information along. If you have changed your email address recently please inform your company communications representative and update your contact information on the roster posted on our Class website. The preliminary schedule shapes up as follows: Wed-Thurs, 17-18 Oct: Check in at Westin Hotel lobby (reunion HQ); • Thurs, 18 Oct: Scramble Golf Tourney at Navy Course (normally four-person teams, sign up on Alum Assoc website), no-host evening social at the “N” Room at NavyMarine Corps Memorial Stadium; • Fri, 19 Oct: Homecoming Individual Handicap Golf Tourney at Navy Course (sign up on Alum Assoc website), morning free for Mid Store, Museum, etc. Class meeting approx 1100 (probably in Mahan Hall but still TBD), superintendent briefing in Alumni Hall at 1300, Dress Parade, Class reception and dinner at Westin; • Sat, 20 Oct: 5K Fun Run/Walk at Westin 0700, football tailgate at the “N” Room at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, football game, individual company parties (note: the football game will not end until Saturday evening; Sunday may work best for company gatherings); and • Sun, 21 Oct: Brunch at Westin approx 0800-1200, Class memorial service at USNA Chapel 1300 followed by group photo (Chapel steps, weather permitting), TBD—

68/68 CLASS NEWS the Committee is looking into the opportunity to “re-christen” our Class rings at the USNA Museum in the binnacle used by the Class of 2018 at its ring dance; details to follow. Individual company parties /dinners. No further class-wide scheduled events.

Lodging. Reduced-rate rooms at the Westin are all reserved. Alternative lodging arrangements are necessary. Google “Hotel Lodging in Annapolis MD” for multiple listings.

Registration. We will begin on-line registration in the spring after the schedule of events is finalized. Like past reunions, please plan to register on the Alumni Association’s website (www.usna.com) after registration has commenced.

Class Gift: Joe Conway reports good news— we have exceeded our campaign goal by raising nearly $1.5 million.

However, three donor contributions comprise more than 40 percent of our $1.5 million account! Compared to past years and other classes, our Class-wide participation is not that good. Some companies have only five donors out of 20 classmates.

Donations may be made on the Alumni Association’s website (https://www.usna.com/page.aspx? pid=838) or by check made payable to “The Class of 1968, 501c3” and enclosed in a letter mailed to the Association stipulating it’s for “direct deposit in the Class of 1968 account for our 50th Reunion Class Gift.”

Call the Association at 410-2954115 to speak with a gift processor if you have any questions. This is our final major Class gift campaign.

Please consider making a donation now to benefit future generations of midshipmen. For classmates who have already contributed: BZ! In other news, last autumn we learned of four more losses from our ranks with the demise of the 6th Company’s Denis Whitco in late September, the 23rd Company’s Al Thacker in early October, and the 10th Company’s Greg Ronchetti and the 21st Company’s Tim Duffy in early November. Sincere condolences to their families.

Greg was a talented wrestler on the plebe and battalion teams during his years at the Academy.

He flew 150 combat missions with Attack Squadron 153 (VA-153) during the Vietnam War in the A-7 Corsair II while deployed in USS ORISKANY (CV 34) from 1972 to 1973. After resigning his commission, Greg had an accomplished car-sales career in Missouri. He enjoyed travels around the world with his wife, Deanna, playing golf, and flying. Farewell services were held in St. Joseph, MO, 6 November followed by interment in Memorial Park Cemetery with full military honors.

Greg Ronchetti maintained his love of flying throughout his life.

Tim Duffy wore stars while at the Academy and was a fierce competitor in intramural sports. Following graduation and flight training, he served as a naval aviator flying the P-3 Orion and was later designated an aerospace engineering duty officer. Retiring as a commander, Tim began his second career in defense contracting. He is survived by his wife, Laureen, three children, seven grandchildren, and two siblings. His funeral Mass was held 10 November in Richboro, PA, with interment with full military honors at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown.

Approximately 20 members of our class, many accompanied by their spouses, attended the Class of 2018’s service-selection dinner in King Hall 16 November. Please see my feature article posted on our Class website for details. The dinner marked one of the final formal events in our participation in the Another Link in the

’68: John O’Neill, Joe Conway, Jeff and Linda DeSautels, Diane O’Neill, and Terry Conway with Warrior in background.

Chain program with ’18. Next up are “battalion receptions” hosted by the Alumni Association this January and February, our last interaction with our Link Class until its graduation in May. In late October, Joe Conway reported that Linda and Jeff DeSautels spent a long weekend visiting Diane and John O’Neill in their new condo in downtown Annapolis. “John put together a real Annapolis visit,” Joe said, “with crabs at Cantlers, dinner at the ‘Little Campus’ (now Galloway Bay), the annual USNA Halloween/All Saints concert, and a visit to the renewed USNA museum.” There was also a “Creek Crawl” on Warrior, the Conways’ boat, and a get-together with Susan and Gary Storm.

Chris Haizlip ’72 wrote to say that Tom Teach put on another tremendous tailgate party at the Navy/Notre Dame game at South Bend. “He fed 500-plus midshipmen and 400-plus fans—pretty cool!

The superintendent, commandant, athletic director, vice CNO, and former SECNAV John Dalton were also on hand.” Bill Tirrell reported two sets of roommates from the 16th Company managed to find the same place at the same time at the DoubleTree Hotel in Annapolis following the SMU game. “Two Black Shoes (Guy Eastman and me), a Brown Shoe (Bill Metzger—Guy’s roommate for four years), and a Marine (Len Mrozak—my roommate for four years) turned out,” Bill said.

“The Black Shoes provided guidance to the others! It was a nice reunion.”

16th Company mini-reunion; from left, back row: Len Mrozak, Guy Eastman, Bill Metzger; front row: Bill Tirrell.

Following his Navy retirement in 1988, Guy spent the next 22 years in aerospace and defense, primarily in Lockheed Martin Corporation, ending up as director, strategic planning in Moorestown, NJ, initially for president Fred Moosally ’66. He now works for the Jane’s Group portion of IHS Inc. (now IHS Markit), where he analyzes and forecasts the U.S. DoD and Canadian defense budgets for subscribers. “Unfortunately, Guy said, “after 24 moves in 47 years, my dearest wife, Jane, was taken from me by cancer in August 2016. She was ‘my angel on Earth.’ Prior to her passing, we moved to Warrington, PA.” Arnie Shapack joined his firstie, Jim Edwards ‘65, to enjoy a week on Brazil’s Amazon River in Brazil last autumn. “We were catching Peacock Bass,” Arnie wrote, “and I’m pleased to report that we caught many fish, visited a native village, and toured the city Manaus for an afternoon.” Nancy and Arnie enjoyed Thanksgiving in Charlotte, NC, with their family, and he reports they’re “really getting into the grandparent gig.”

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’69 Life Membership: 59% Donor Participation: 22.26% Pres: F. H. “Mike” Michaelis p: 703-998-9209; e: mikeusna69@gmail.com Vice Pres: Pat Stroop e: pstroop@hotmail.com Sec’y: Dr. Steve Hudock p: 703-989-4606; e: shudock@1969.USNA.com Treas: Ron Gumbert e: rongumbert@icloud.com e: ron.gumbert@gartner.com Website: www.usna69.org

’68: Larry McConnell, Reid Carlock, Paul Farmer and George Breeden.

Quite a few classmates continue to “pay it forward” through their volunteer work in their local community. Mike Neale, for example, began volunteering last March at the DVA Hospital in Baltimore, working five hours on two days each week. He logged roughly 400 hours of service by year’s end. His “watch station” is at the information desk in the main lobby where he has a chance to interact with dozens of veterans and family members each day. “I have never heard a complaint from a patient— only expressions of how grateful they are to have the facility available to them. It’s a privilege to assist these—our fellow vets—and I plan to continue to give back,” Mike said.

The 31st Company’s Reid Carlock provided a welcomed rundown on two gatherings down Florida way dating to Navy’s 2016 football season. He and several companymates held mini-reunions at two games. “Kathy and Paul Farmer, Bonnie and Larry McConnell, Barbara and George Breeden, and Sandy and Ken Pyle met Donna and me for the Navy vs. USF game in Tampa,” Reid wrote. “Paul and Kathy very kindly hosted a postgame lunch in their St. Pete home the next day. Barbara Breeden brought photo albums capturing many years of memories down which we all ‘sailed’ nostalgically.”

The next weekend, in Jacksonville, Donna and Reid met Janet and John Doyle for Navy’s win over Notre Dame. “All in all, it was a memorable couple of weekends where classmates (and roommates at times) enjoyed walks down memory lane and renewed longstanding friendships,” Reid said.

[Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the submission of the column for publication, Paul Farmer died of pancreatic cancer 6 December.]

All the best in 2018, Gordo

CLASS SECRETARY COLUMN DEADLINES Send to classnews@usna.com

Mike Neale provides volunteer services at Baltimore’s DVA hospital.

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What an amazing finish for the football team this year. Big Blue has certainly started off well this year!!

Coach Ken had his hands full recovering from the losses.

Our ’69-’19 LITC activity on the horizon is the Ring Dance on 19 May. All hands are invited. Keep the date open. Rabbit will be sending out the gouge!

Our USNA D-Day Memorial plaque has gained support within the Class and through the Council of Class Presidents, across the Alumni Association. As of this printing we have collected about $7K of the $25K needed for the plaque.

Todd Creekman our Class Historian shared an interesting adventure: M “While he was still working in 2016 at the Naval Historical Foundation in DC, Todd had a World War II mystery to solve. A county employee in San Diego contacted the NHF for help in identifying a Navy and Marine Corps medal discovered in a “lost and found” bin.

The medal was dated February 1945 on the reverse along with a name of a naval officer. The N&MC medal was authorized starting in 1942 for acts of heroism not involving enemy combat—usually related to lifesaving. Todd set to work in the Navy’s archives and the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. He soon determined that Ensign Lee Roy McDonnell was not a USNA grad, but instead a mustang fleeted up from Chief Machinist’s Mate to Ensign in late 1943 after several destroyer tours during the Pacific campaign. He went

missing in action in February 1945 during MacArthur’s invasion of Luzon in the Philippines, when his small amphibious ship was sunk by Japanese suicide boats. McDonnell, the acting commanding officer of LCS(L)(3) #7, was last seen trying to rescue trapped shipmates as his ship was going down. Needing to locate a “home” for the medal to reside, Todd turned to classmate Jim Kelly, who has effectively tracked down many of our “lost” classmates, both grads and nongrads, in an effort to contact as many as possible in the run-up to the 50th reunion. Jim’s biggest triumph was identifying David Peppin, a classmate who left us during plebe year, as a Vietnam War casualty we never knew about. David is now honored on Memorial Hall’s “killed in action” list. With his expertise, it didn’t take Jim long to track down the hometown of Ensign McDonnell—Jena, Louisiana, the parish seat of LaSalle Parish. After reaching out to the mayor of Jena, Jim turned the effort over to Todd, who had the heroism medal mounted in a shadow box. Todd traveled to Jena in mid-November 2017 and presented the shadow box to the town of Jena in memory of Lee Roy McDonnell. Before that trip, Todd and Debbie visited Jim and Fran in Irvington, VA to celebrate the search success over lunch, and to give JIm an opportunity to see the shadow box firsthand.”

Jim and Fran Kelly

Pete Blackledge had another story to share: M Recently, again working with Jim Kelly, I was also able to track down my 2/C Year roommate Gerald Mitchell. This was particularly rewarding for me because “Mitch” and I were not only roommates but were also Varsity Crew rowing

69/70 CLASS NEWS teammates and best friends (he was Best Man at my wedding), and this is a special development for our class because Mitch advises that he had not been in communication with any other classmates or had any USNA connection since leaving in 1968. Mitch and his wonderful wife Sue, who run a Bed & Breakfast in North Carolina, were so kind as to come visit Laura and me here in Alexandria, Virginia. I am attaching a picture from that visit, as well as a vintage 16th Company ‘69 pic (L2R: Mitch, John Bunker, Phil Lame, Glen Reid, me, Myles Fisher, Ed Wild, Pete Settle) for inclusion of both pics with this text in the “Shipmate” column. It was truly a wonderful visit with Mitch & Sue, and the four of us made plans for followup visits.

Dewey Meteer checked in with a great report: On Friday, October 6 the USNA Rugby Alumni Association held a fund-raising dinner at Loew’s Hotel. During the dinner three people were inducted into the Navy Rugby Hall of Fame. I was fortunate enough to be one of them.

The honor was for my time as coach of the rugby club from 1979-1981, during which Navy went to the firstever National Collegiate Rugby Championship final four in 1980 and for defeating Army four consecutive times. During my remarks I recognized Ed Timperlake for his organizing a bunch of us ‘69ers into the Annapolis Rugby Club, leading us to winning the Potomac Rugby Union’s second division and moving rugby further along on its path to being recognized as a club sport. Ed got a nice ovation from the mostly younger crowd. Also attending was our class president Mike Michaelis.

Our classmate Spencer Garrett generously donated dinner tickets so that midshipmen could attend.

Pete, Mitch & Sue

Mike & Dewey Rugby Mates

’69rs Kevin, Tom and Jerry on Cape Cod

Jerry ODonnell shared a recent get together for a long weekend by some 32nd Company guys. During September Kevin Clancy, Tom Cavanaugh, and Jerry ODonnell, accompanied by their ladies, got together for a long weekend on Cape Cod at the Cliff Top Cabin in Chatam, MA. The weekend included a trip out to Nantucket Island.

Beat Army!!! - Doc

his sailboat “The Two Amigos” for a trans-Atlantic voyage. This crossing was to be followed by sailing around the Mediterranean for a couple of years. Tom points out that: “Bruce and I were political opposites. We would have legendary arguments on Facebook about the past election. People would remark that we fought like an old married couple.

We did, but thankfully were able to disagree without being disagreeable. I loved Bruce as a Marine brother and will miss his sharp mind and great sense of humor.

Semper fi.”

Nick Carter is a Realtor in Lewes, DE and reports:

’70 Life Membership: 63% Donor Participation: 32.33% 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, hope everyone got what they wanted for Christmas and that we all are set for a fine Navy New Year! Another month of great inputs so let’s get started.

First though, another of our number has passed. Robert J. Mackey, passed away in November at his home in Keller TX, following his battle with cancer. Bob was born in Pensacola, and married Barbara after graduation. He was a professional A-7 pilot who retired after serving in USNR with VA-204. Bob also retired as Chief Line Check Pilot on the 737 from Delta in 2004.

Bob was elected to four terms with the Keller ISD school board, serving as Board President for several years.

In 2006 Bob began teaching Geometry and Calculus at Keller High School. He was selected as 2009 High School Teacher of the Year. He was a Church Building Chairman, Deacon and Elder with Lakeside Presbyterian Church PCA. Tom Carpenter also reports that our classmate and fellow Marine, LtCol Bruce C. Stevens, USMC (Ret) died unexpectedly in October after complications from a heart attack, at his home in Palm Coast, Florida. When he initially became ill, he was in the process of preparing

M “A very spiritual thing happened to me today. A true ‘Synchronicity.’

I was opening one of my listings today for an agent, Geoff Shupard.”

Geoff noticed his license tag ‘USNA 70’ and remarked about it saying that his uncle was at the Naval Academy but he died in 1968. Turns out his uncle was Geoff Francis and he and Nick went to Columbian Prep School in Washington DC.” Young Geoff has his uncle’s USNA 70 wool pullover. He went on: “Geoff was my mother’s brother, I’ve heard many great stories about him and I’m named for him.” Nick writes: “Needless to say, this was one of those unusual circumstances going back almost 50 years - for some unknown reason, we had a chance meeting.”

Paul “Skip” Deltete’s son Marc was relieved of Command of USS Higgins, DDG-76, in a ceremony in September in San Diego, after a very successful 17 month tour.

Skip notes that:

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70/70 CLASS NEWS M “A long way from USNA Plebe summer in 1966…now I have to continue saluting my son! I attended the Ceremony, with a VIP Seat and spectacular San Diego weather.

Marc goes next to PACAIR in San Diego as OIC of N-91, their preORSE nuclear training/qualification team. He’s too junior to go as a carrier RO, which is just as well since he wants a break from sea time!”

Mike Novak was able to get up early and go out and participate in (note: I did not say “run”) a 5K. He had an incentive: the race was at a local vineyard, and they all got a free wine tasting and 15% discount.

He came in dead last, but because he was the only one in the Men’s 60-69 age group he walked away with a First Place Medal (happens a lot now).

Dave Martin has been taking tailgate photos this fall with some of our ALITC 2020 Mids.

Pete Roberts sent proof of his sons’ good work.

Marc Farris got to celebrate his birthday with some members of 31st Co. at Al Hales house in Port Charlotte. Jim Neale, & Dave McCampbell were there to swap sea stories & cruise on Al’s sailboat.

The McCampbell’s leave soon to return to their boat in the Philippines on their continuation of their around the world sail.

Finally, I opened with a Nick Carter story and now I’ll close with one, sent in by his Plebe Craig Corbett 73:

M “The picture shows Andrew during SWO week in CORTRAMID on the ship in which Morgan is the XO (DDG-109). Perhaps together they will be able to atone for the Naval sins of their father.”

Frank Wurst and Grant Thorpe took a short walk after the Navy Temple game at the Appalachian Trail near Frank’s house in Harrisburg, PA.

M “It was Monday, October 27, 1969. Evening Meal. The first set of stripers, and we had the privilege of being in a squad led by Nick Carter, ’70.

“Let’s hear the Notre Dame fight song!” he shouted.

Silence.

Navy was to play Notre Dame the following Saturday. It would be the sixth straight time ND defeated Navy, on its way to a streak of 43 seasons. But this day, Navy was on its way to a rather disappointing 1-9 season.

“You don’t know the Notre Dame fight song?” Silence.

“Watt?”

“No, sir!” George Watt replied.

Same with Marv Clott. Same with me.

We then heard the favorite bit of profanity from Mr. Carter. Decorum prohibits me from reciting it here.

Leave it at this: he could take a twosyllable expression and give it the elegance of four syllables, while at the same time conveying his disgust at our poor performance. Heck, I thought, I don’t even know all the Navy songs yet.

“All right, by Evening Meal Friday, I want you guys to know the Notre Dame fight song, and you’ll sing it then.”

“Aye, aye, sir!”

This was long before the internet would answer all our questions. It did not even occur to us to go look at an encyclopedia at the library.

We did the only thing we could think of. We went to the bank of payphones on the first deck of the fourth wing, and called information.

A gracious operator found us the number of a fraternity at Notre Dame. We called, and put quarter after precious quarter into the coin slots. We all pitched in a dollar, which at the time was five percent of the monthly allowance we received from our Midshipman pay.

I wish I had written down the name

of the guy we reached and who told us the words. But, by Friday Evening Meal, we were ready.

We tore slips of newspaper to make pom-poms. Marv, being the one of us with any sense of rhythm, took them with him, or maybe he took them down to our table ahead of time. In any event, at the appointed time, when ordered to sing the song, we all three sang. Marv did a pom-pom dance routine that any Ivy League cheerleader would envy. When we finished the song, George and I lifted Marv as high as we could, while he shouted out a phrase which at the same time combined outstanding gentlemanly collegiate rivalry, with the perfect amount of contempt, disrespect and antagonism.

“Rah-rah-rah. Rah-rah-rah.

Notre Dame, Notre Dame, ha-ha-ha.”

The performance earned us applause and carry-on for the rest of the meal, which allowed us to shove as much food into our mouths as we could for six minutes until the “Fourth Class March Out” order came over the intercom.

The next morning at Zero-DarkThirty, we arose, dressed, ate and boarded to busses for Philadelphia.

We were glad to be allowed to sleep on the way. Outside the stadium, we formed up to march onto the field to face our sixty minutes of televised doom. As we entered the gates, we taunted the Fighting Irish fans with the only taunt we had available to us. “Your quarterback is a Methodist and there’s nothing you can do about it.” But we said it with a great deal of disgust. Even the Catholics among us. That was the high point of the day for Navy football.

It’s funny how we remember certain things. How long have you been in the Navy? How’s the cow?

Why didn’t you say sir? What time is it?

I doubt if I’ll ever forget the Notre Dame fight song.

Ring-A-Ding-Ding!

Our Vision is 2020!

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71/71 CLASS NEWS

’71 Life Membership: 63% Donor Participation: 27.75% Pres: CAPT Perry Martini, USN (Ret.) e: pjmartini@comcast.net Sec’y: CAPT Mike Longworth, USN (Ret.) e: duke.longworth@1971.usna.com Website: http://1971.usnaclasses.net/

Winter is here! The “dark ages” have settled on Bancroft Hall as the midshipmen start their second semester. Meanwhile, some of us are vacationing in warmer climes! I’ll be snow skiing as much as time allows, so I’ll bundle up to keep warm! Regardless, I hope the holiday season was filled with joy for you and your family. Lots to report! (Full column at http://1971.usnaclasses.net/ shipmate/).

First a note from Eric Benson: M “For most of this century True North, a sestet of Denny Walsh, Janet and Gareth Tabor, Toni and Bruce Batten and neighbor Benji, have been a hit at the Clifden, Ireland Art Festival. Sally and I have had the pleasure of being their groupies (now upgraded to sometime roadies) in Ireland three times.

This year Jerrilyn and Don Hesse were added to the posse. While Don and Jerrilyn biked about Ireland to Clifden, Sally and I added a couple of new golf courses (now over 25) to our resume.

“The photo of us was taken outside Mannion’s Bar in Clifden, site of True North’s final gig this year.

Bruce is signaling a Navy touchdown versus Cincinnati (a bit clairvoyant as the picture was taken

’71: Tabor, Benson, Hesse, Walsh and Batten

before the Sep 23 kickoff). Gareth, Eric, Don, Denny and Bruce all had Irish eyes a-smilin’.”

Next is Greg Harper: M “Hi, Duke! Peggy and I sending this picture of our son, Brendon, and us, at his promotion to Colonel USMC at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Brendon was promoted by Lieutenant General Larry Nicholson USMC, whom he met at USNA when the general was a Company Officer and I was a Battalion Officer. The general and Brendon are graduates of The Citadel.

Brendon’s son is a USNA ‘19 and is continuing our family history of Naval Service. Peggy and I could not be more proud of both Brendon and Cullen. Duces Virum, Greg.”

general was chief of the Finnish Air Force in November 1995 when I was Commodore of the west coast F/A-18 wing and we were training the first cadre of Finnish pilots. I lead the first 4-ship of F-18s delivered to Finland from then McDonnell Douglas. General Ahola was my backseater for that trans-Atlantic flight. After the arrival ceremony with the Finnish Defense Minister, the General hosted us for much drink and sauna.”

Most excellent adventure!

Morris, Wade and Gen Ahola

Here’s a note from Jeanne and Dan Hickey:

Greg, son Brendon, and Peggy Harper

J.T. Morris sent this note: M “Duke: Peggy and I were on a Baltic cruise this past August that had a stop in Helsinki, Finland. I had been in touch with Steve Wade who was in 29th CO with us for our first two years at USNA. Steve’s career with USAID has taken him around the world for the past 40 years. He lives in Helsinki with his wife, Mila.

We had an unexpected guest join us for lunch, Gen. Matti Ahola. The

M “47 years after MIDN Dan Hickey purchased his first car, a school bus yellow (or Navy Gold?)

1970 Triumph GT-6, our son, Josh, called to say he needed to sell the now flat black vehicle to finance a new rally car. Knowing we were beyond sports cars and that Josh shared our sentimentality for the car, with mixed emotions that we agreed. Soon after a Navy LCDR answered Josh’s ad to purchase ‘our’ car.

“In 1970, we began our journey in this car. Over the years, it took us north to south and from sea to shining sea several times. From Annapolis the Triumph transported us to Cambridge, MA for graduate school. After MIT, the Triumph carried us to Maine, Canada and the St. Lawrence River valley. There, in Pointe-au-Pique, on a ferry, Dan proposed marriage and Jeanne accepted. We travelled back into the USA, were married, then honeymooned on a beach near Kitty Hawk, NC. We arrived at Dan’s first duty station in Mayport, Florida and launched, with the Triumph, into a new season.

“Nine months pregnant with Josh, in Newport RI, we drove the GT6 over every bumpy road and railroad crossing we could find to

induce the baby’s birth. When Josh was five months old, we packed him and his car seat into the ‘shot gun’ seat and departed for Seattle, WA. “Two and a half years later we re-crossed the nation with five month old Matthew in the shotgun seat with ‘Cookie Monster’ following.

“From Virginia Beach to Philadelphia, over the next 14 years, the TR GT-6, remained vital to our family. While we were stationed in the Philippines, it and Cookie Monster were stored in a farm field near.

Both were home to various critters and were the worse for weather!

“When Josh graduated from Naples, Italy American High School, he returned to his grandparents’ home in Virginia Beach and took possession of the Triumph. He spent countless hours working on his wheels, transforming and tinkering with the Triumph. His experiences honed his skills as a mechanic and prepared him for his future as a rally and auto-cross driver.

“Then, in 2017, came the fateful call. Time to say good-bye to ‘Big Bird.’ Now, we treasure the sentimental, coast-to- coast and generation–to-generation journey we took in a little car that was truly Navy Blue and Gold!”

Thank you for the excellent story!

Dan and Josh Hickey with the TR GT-6

Here’s an excellent note from Bob Capra: M “Duke, The NAPS class of 1967 held our 50th reunion 22-24 October 2017. 65 classmates, spouses and guests met Friday evening for an All Hands Reception at the Aqua Blue Hotel in Narragansett, RI. “Reveille sounded early Saturday for us to board buses to Naval Station Newport and a first ever multiclass reunion involving the NAPS classes of ’67, ‘77’ ’87 & ’97. Each returning class had speakers and

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71/71 CLASS NEWS panel members paint a picture of NAPS in their day while underscoring the role NAPS played in their personal growth and professional lives. Ken Marks was master of ceremonies and John Condon was the NAPS ’67 panel representative.

Following a healthy question and answer period, the NAPS alums enjoyed meeting and mingling with tomorrow’s leaders while touring present day NAPS facilities. A perfect morning was followed-up by a multi-class luncheon at the Newport O-club.

“Saturday evening we were at the headquarters hotel for an evening memorial service followed by our 50th reunion dinner. A highlight was the open microphone session for the swapping sea stories.

Some may have even been true, but all improved with age!

“Reveille sounded early Sunday for the buses bound for the Battleship Cove Maritime Museum in Fall River, MA and tours of the Joseph P. Kennedy (DD 850), USS Lionfish (SS-298), and USS Massachusetts (BB-59). The evening ended with dinner at the Coast Guard House Restaurant overlooking Narragansett Bay. “As we exchanged farewells Monday morning, we could not say enough about the precious time we enjoyed with such life-long friends.

Pictures and videos can be viewed on the NAPS ’67 website at www.naps1967.com.

“NAPS ’67 alumni attending: Ellen Bob & Annis, Kay & Ric Berryhill, Nancy & Tom Bjerke, Ellen & Denny Bruwelheide, Denice & Henry Buchanan, Jona & Bob Capra, Pat & John Condon, Marsha & Paul Cuddy, Martha & Kevin Ellis, Elly & Bob Gallagher, Kim CrispComotto & Steve Harris, Bonny & Al Holbach, Anne & Ben Holland, Cheryl & Dave Howe, Lorraine & Mike Hughes, Jan Sime & Paul Jackson, Jeannie & Ed Kellogg, Marcia & Mark Krivonak, Colleen & Fred Mallgrave, Julie & Ken Marks, Carol Councilman & Dave Maskaluk, Joyce & Keith McIntyre, Terri & Jimmy Pattavina, Gail & Wayne Peters, Wally Poleshaj, Nola & Ken Range, Karen Phil & Seyboldt, Ruth Gray & Norm Steffen,

’71: NAPS ’67 alumni, spouses, guests at 50th Reunion Dinner

’71: NAPS ‘67 grads at USNA site 1861-1865 in Newport, RI

Barb & Bob Stilwell, Linda & Mike Trent, Anne & Phil Williams, Laura & Mike Wilson, and former NAPS Math Department Head and track coach, Cathy & Bob Ward. All the best, Bob Capra.”

Dick Enderly sent this note which he received from Jerry Padgett: M “Dick, Sorry about the delay in getting back to you about my class ring for sale on Ebay. As best I surmise here are the events regarding the return of my class ring. One of my hobbies is gold prospecting and I have buddy here in Virginia with whom I have done a lot of prospecting. I keep his gold vials and specimens in my safety deposit box. I also put my class ring in that container about three years ago.

“About two years ago he asked for a couple vials of gold for a project. I guess when I retrieved his gold vials, I set my ring on the table in the examining room and inadvertently left it there because as soon as I saw the info on the ring I checked my safety deposit box and my ring was missing.

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“The Ebay seller was very gracious as I contacted him and described the ring perfectly down to the 1/4” crack from having the ring resized. He acquired the ring at an estate sale then put it on Ebay. He offered to stop the sale which would cost him $75.00. Then he would repost it on Ebay for an extremely high price, contact me when he had it re-listed, then I could offer $75.00 which he would accept and end the auction. He did and I did. The ring came to me post haste from Glendale, CA. Wish it could talk. Bottom line: My ring is on my finger where it belongs. Thanks to the ‘watchdog’ who reported this! Jerry Padgett.”

Would be nice to hear what the ring could tell!

Here’s a note from Carl Josefson:

Lee Burgess and Carl Josefson

M “Duke, Lee Burgess and his daughter, Pauline, and I did the Sky Rise Chicago Willis Tower (Sears

Tower) climb. I have attached a picture of Lee and me after the completion of 105 floors (and ~1450 feet). Lee was the ‘71 winner, although Pauline won the family honors. Lee finished 10 of 61 in our age group. Climbing in 2017, we have bragging rights over other years because building construction required us to start in the basement, so we climbed two more floors than the usual 103. It was a great experience, different from other endurance events I have done.

“Jean and I made the trip a tourist event. We had a great time and have only scratched the surface. I’m glad I responded to the challenge in the July Shipmate. So now, to quote you, ‘the gauntlet is laid down’ for others to join the Class of ’71 Tower Climb! Beat Army! Carl.”

Lee Burgess followed up: M “Duke, Kudos to Carl Josefson for joining my daughter, Pauline, and me on this year’s Skyrise Challenge: the tallest stair-climb in North America. Carl turned in an impressive climb time reflecting the good shape he’s maintained over the years. Heinz Lens would be proud. Afterwards, Carl, me, and our wives, Hollis and Jeanne, had dinner in a fine Chicago restaurant then talked well into the night over nightcaps in the historic Blackstone Hotel bar. It was an overall great day! Being with Carl further reinforced my long-held belief that the Class of ‘71 is the greatest ever.

Regards, Lee.” Okay! I will be there 2018!

Sadly, I report the passing of Bradley “Lee” Daley who died in hospice care on Thursday,

71/72 CLASS NEWS 12 October. Lee was commissioned a Surface Warfare Officer. After resigning his commission, he worked at Lockheed Martin as an engineer.

Embarking on a new career, he attended Medical University of South Carolina, earning his MD in 1985.

Together, he and his wife, Luci, completed their pediatric residency at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL. In 1991 they settled in Spartanburg.

Lee was a pediatrician for 25 years with the last few dedicated to helping children with ADHD. He was a Renaissance man who always challenged himself intellectually and loved his family, golf and his country. In addition to his wife of 34 years, Lee is survived by his son, Bradley Neal Daley, and his daughter, Sarah Megan Daley, his mother and four siblings.

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. 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. Now is a good time to seek not so much to be understood, but to understand others. Time, tide and column due dates wait for no man!

Duces Virum, Duke

’72 Life Membership: 59% Donor Participation: 15.82% 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

Happy New Year, Mates! Hope that all of you had a wonderful Holiday season, and are ready to turn-to and get into some serious snow shoveling.

Before that, regrettably, I need to pass along some information regarding several Classmates that we have lost over the past few months.

• Robert Stewart Minnich died on 14 June 2017 after a short fight with cancer. The son of an Air Force colonel, Bob grew up in multiple stations in the U.S. and Europe. He graduated from W.T. Woodson High School (Fairfax, VA) in 1968 as a National Merit Scholar, and was with us as a member of 9th Company until he transferred to the University of Puget Sound in 1969, then to Washington State University in 1970 where he helped found the WSU crew team, subsequently graduating from the University of Washington in 1973. Bob moved to Puyallup, WA to care for his aging grandmother, and became a mainstay for community services there, offering his time and energy to Friends of the Library (past president), the Rhododendron Society, and as a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International. He served as President of the Ezra Meeker Historical Society (now the Puyallup Historical Society at Meeker Mansion), was a 25th district leader of the Republican Party, and one-time manager of Puyallup’s Main Street.

Bob was passionate about tree planting, so many of the trees that line Puyallup city streets were planted by Bob’s efforts. He had a deep love for all history, and especially the local history of the Puyallup Valley. He led many school groups over the years on history tours of downtown, as well as through the Meeker Mansion. In tight times, Bob’s sense of humor always came to the rescue. Family members and friends recruited to clear trees after windstorms were dubbed the ‘Hardly Able Logging Company’. Anticipating a bad decision, Bob’s little brother warning of “Iceberg ahead!” could be heard and too often followed by “Cling to the wreckage!” The Class extends its deepest sympathies to his mother, Laurienne; his sister, Elizabeth; and his brother, Scott.

• Commander Michael Keith Hedrick, USN (Ret.) passed away in Annandale, VA, on 15 October 2017.

Mike spent most of his early years in California and Newport, RI. After graduating from Vallejo High School, he joined us as a member

of 15th Company where he majored in Architectural Engineering and played football for Navy during Plebe and Youngster years. After graduation, Mike headed back to the west coast where he was stationed on a frigate, and met Denise, a Navy nurse, at the Officer’s Club at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station.

They married in 1976, and headed to Washington, D.C. where Mike served as an admiral’s aide. They spent a brief time in Newport, then to Virginia Beach where their first two children, Michael and Lauren, were born. Mike graduated from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey with his Masters in Underwater Acoustics, and welcomed their third child, Matthew. They moved back to Virginia Beach, subsequently served three years in Canberra, Australia, and retired in 1994 following his final tour in Washington, DC. He spent the next 15 years working in the Defense industry in the metro DC area. Mike had an infectious laugh and a zest for life, and especially enjoyed entertaining family and friends during Navy football season. He loved his two grandchildren, Jacquelyn and Michael, and was adored by several nieces, nephews, and extended family. The Class extends its deepest sympathies to Denise and their family.

• Thomas Arthur Loftus, III passed away on 29 October 2017 in Bakersfield, CA after suffering cardiac arrest, just a short time after attending our 45th Reunion in Annapolis. Tom was born in Pittsburg, KS and spent his early years on a farm. After graduating from Pittsburg High School in 1968, he came to USNA and graduated with us as a member of 31st Company. Tom served as Gunnery Officer aboard Myles C. Fox (DD-829) in Newport, RI, and subsequently as ASW Officer aboard Wainwright (CG-28) in Charleston, SC during the Lebanon crisis. Following his last tour of duty with DesRon 20 Staff in the Mediterranean, Tom entered Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, KS, graduated with a J.D.- Law, Magna Cum Laude in 1980, and became a member of the State Bar of Texas. His legal career began with

Gulf Oil Corporation (now Chevron USA, Inc.), as a staff attorney. From 1983 to 1991, Tom was with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLC in Dallas as an Associate and, later, as a Partner. After a year as a solo practitioner in Dallas, he moved to Wichita as an Assistant General Counsel with Koch Industries, Inc. In 1999, he returned to Houston and worked for ConocoPhillips as a Senior Counsel through 2005. His law career where it began: with Chevron as a Senior Counsel in Houston and Bakersfield, until 2017. Tom also qualified as an in house counsel in the State of California. During his energy law career, Tom’s practice included both transactional work and litigation of matters involving Contract Law, Oil and Gas Law, Commercial Law, Bankruptcy Law, Environmental Law, Antitrust Law, and Acquisitions and Mergers. Tom participated in the Washburn Visiting Alumnus Program making presentations to law students, was elected to the Board of Governors for Washburn Law School Alumni Organization and served as Chair of the Alumni Outreach Committee.

He also served as Chair for the Legal Committee for the Colorado Petroleum Association during his tenure with Chevron. Tom was a dedicated and loving father. Although he traveled a great deal, he found time to volunteer in the Catholic schools his children attended, was an active member of the Men’s Club of Blessed Sacrament Church, participated in many fundraising events, and did probono work in many locations. Tom is survived by his wife of 41 years, Lucy; his son, Thomas; his daughter, Cristina; his son-in-law, Randolph Jones, and his granddaughter, Juliette. He was laid to rest at Houston National Cemetery in Houston, TX, with Classmates and members of the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association in attendance. The Class extends its deepest sympathies to Lucy and their family.

Those of you who attended the Class meeting during the Reunion had an opportunity to hear from Gary Coyle about the Another Link in

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72/73 CLASS NEWS the Chain (ALITC) Program, where we will sponsor the Class of 2022 during their four years at USNA. There will be several events coming up over the next few months associated with ALITC that you should be aware of, including receptions for candidate midshipmen held by various Parents Clubs and local USNA Alumni Association chapters in the Spring of 2018. On I-Day (28 June 2018), we will sponsor the picnic, and 50 of our Classmates will invited to be seated with the Superintendent and the Commandant at the swearing-in ceremony. Later in the summer, we will be invited to attend a Plebe Summer P-Rade.

The Class of 1972 / 2022 Honor Coin will be presented to the plebes late next summer as part of ALITC. Although our Class designs that coin, guidelines require that the USNA Crest be emblazoned on one side, and that the words “Courage, Honor, Commitment” be inscribed on one side or the other. The design on the reverse side is ours, but should be simple and signify the bond between the two classes.

Anyone wishing to submit a design for the coin, please send it to Gary Coyle (sherman2c@aol.com).

A few months ago, Bill Boniface initiated the following solicitation to benefit the USNA Parachute Team: M “Class of 1972 Classmates— Some of you heard me make an initial pitch for the USNA Parachute Team at the class Business Meeting at our 45th Reunion. Back in our days on the Yard, parachuting – both military and sport – was a pretty common thing. Jumping at the Diary Farm was supplemented with sport jumping out at the Pelicanland Drop Zone in Ridgely. We watched the blue and gold round “Paracommander” canopies descend during June Week 1972 when a few of our Classmates jumped onto Farragut Field.

“With outstanding volunteer help from a few highly talented sport parachuting instructors and competition champions, today’s team has reached levels of skill and experience in the sport far beyond those we were ever able to accomplish back in the day.

However, unlike the Air Force Academy and West Point, who have half-century old, well-established parachute teams with strong institutional financial support, permanent staff and strong material support, Navy’s team remains an ECA that is almost entirely dependent on the participating midshipmen’s personal funds.

“What the team currently lacks is funding to purchase common, Navy-themed team parachute systems they can jump in competitions and demonstration jumps to represent the Brigade. Doing exhibition jumps into Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (as Air Force and West Point cadets do at every home football game in their stadiums) is a primary goal of the midshipmen and one of the first requirements is to have distinctive Navy gear that can be passed down each year rather than have personal rigs that leave with each graduate.

“Five parachute systems that can be kept, well-maintained, and passed down each year by the team for use over the next decade are the team’s initial goal. Each complete system (main parachute canopy, reserve parachute canopy, parachute container and automatic opening device) runs about $9,500, for a total need of about $47,500.

“One incentive to contributing (and one that West Point’s team has used successfully) is that each parachute rig sponsored by a class for the full amount will have its class name permanently embroidered on the right side of the parachute containers as a frequent reminder of the class’ generous support for the midshipmen who jump them! I’d love to see “Class of 1972” rigs being worn by the midshipmen team members for the next decade and would be deeply grateful if you would consider taking part in the effort to make that a reality.

“Although this is not part of our Class 50th Reunion project goal, I’m nonetheless asking Classmates to additionally consider a contribution to this effort. Any gifts to the team will be tax-deductible, and can be accomplished in any one of the following three ways:

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“(1) Go online at www.usna.com to the USNA Foundation; select “Make a Gift” and then go to the free-text block marked “Other.”

Put in your contribution amount and annotate the right-hand block “USNA Parachute Team ECA.” Make sure the class year “1972” is in the class block and enter your credit card information. “(or) “(2) Send a check made out to the “USNA Foundation” with “USNA Parachute Team” in the Memo line, accompanied by a short note saying you are donating this money specifically for the Parachute Team and that you’re from the Class of 1972. While your gift would not count against our Class project goals, they would count as part of your USNA Foundation annual giving level (Tecumseh Club, Herndon Club, President’s Circle, etc.).

Address your note and check to: USNA Foundation 291 Wood Road, Beach Hall Annapolis, MD 21402-1254 ATTN: Class Giving Coordinator “The USNA Foundation will send out tax receipts and thank you letters for any contributions done online or by check. They charge a 5% administrative fee, but they are very good at this (it’s their full-time job!) and are very prompt with acknowledgements and receipts. “(or) “(3) Finally, you can instead make a contribution directly to the Midshipman Welfare Fund through the USNA Comptroller. You can write a check to “United States Naval Academy” with “MWF/Parachute Team” in the Memo line with a brief note specifying that your contribution is to go specifically to the USNA Parachute Team. 100% of the contribution will go to the team (no administrative charges) but recognize that this is not their primary business and you might not receive acknowledgement as quickly as you would through the USNA Foundation. Alumni should note that contributions made this way would not be applied toward your USNA Foundation annual giving levels. These contributions should be sent to:

Comptroller Gift Fund Division 181 Wainwright Road Annapolis, MD 21402 “If you choose this method, please shoot me an e-mail (boniface72@gmail.com) so I can assure it gets counted as a “Class of 1972” contribution.

“Through your generosity, I’m confident we’ll be able to support the midshipmen of the USNA Parachute Team in a very meaningful way and see one or more “Class of 1972” parachute systems coming down over Navy in the spring.

Thank you all!”

The mailbag is empty, but your old scribe wouldn’t mind posting a few Reunion photos if you’d kindly send them in my direction!

More to come. D. O. Tried and True With ‘72.

’73 Life Membership: 66% Donor Participation: 18.22% 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 all, I hope you had a great Holidays and are enjoying the Dark Ages. Things are good in VA Beach, however, I am looking forward to Spring! Please send along any Dark Ages news. I don’t have a lot of news to pass on. In fact, I was looking through my notes and I was surprised to find I haven’t gotten one input on tailgates or football games.

I hope we are not in some kind of “social” slump!

I do have some news to pass on.

Justin Clapper ’09 wanted to share some good news on his father, Mark. Justin writes; M “Mark Clapper (2nd Company) is headed back to school this January

73/74 CLASS NEWS 2018! Mark former submariner, orthopedic surgeon and longtime San Diego resident will be returning to campus as a Stanford University Fellow. He’ll be joining the Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI) Class of 2018 at starting this January. As one of the 25 DCI Fellows, Mark will take classes at the Stanford professional schools as part of a self-designed curriculum, mentor current Stanford students and engage other fellows as they plan the next stage of their life. The Clapper family (wife Laura -Stanford ‘80!) and sons Justin, Eric, Andy and Josh) couldn’t be prouder of their renaissance husband, father, and grad student. If you are in the Bay Area, Mark and Laura would love to reconnect and catch up!”

Justin, Thanks for the great news and Mark Congratulations on your selection.

Now to some Admin. It’s time to nominate class officers. Here’s a note/request from Dirk Mosis; M “Classmates; It is that hallowed time when we get to volunteer, or volunteer someone else, to serve the Class for a five year term, 2018 – 2023. As we head toward a momentous 50th, we need those willing to work and to serve, as our previous Class Officers have done.

This is a heads up. I will send out a formal call in March 2018, but please start to think about and talk to anyone you might nominate, for: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, (no more than 3) Members at Large. Thank you.

Dirk also provided an update on the class giving in support of the 50th reunion.

M “Classmates, As of July 2017, we have raised nearly $513,000 toward of goal of $3 million. This is due in part to our “73 for 73” ($73.00 for 73 months) project. Thank you to each and all. If you did not participate in “73 for 73” in 2016, but donated to one or more of our 50th Reunion Gift funds (1973 Academic Support, 1973 Leadership Support, 1973 Athletic Excellence or the Naval Academy Annual Fund), or if you are contemplating doing so this year, your gift counts towards

’73’s 50th. If you want to support all four funds, just ensure you note “Class of 1973 50th” on your check or other script, and the Foundation will allocate your gift 30/30/25/15%.

The gift subcommittee has several ideas, which will be formally shared in 2018 for input from the Class.

Said gifts must pass muster with Superintendent and Foundation. We have received ideas, and if you have one leaning towards Academics or Leadership, which are the Class’ focus, please send and share. But, in any event, a donor can designate focus on any combination of our four funds as you so deem. Just make your intentions known on a note with your check! Some of you have asked about planned giving. There will also be information on planned giving beginning in 2018, when the campaign really hits full stride.

Thank you, Classmates.”

Next item; If you have not heard or forgot here is the plan for the 45th .

Our reunion will take place from August 23–26, 2018. The official schedule will be out in the near future but anticipate having the Shipwreck Party on Thursday evening in the N* room, golf on Friday and the dinner/dance at The Westin Friday night. The tailgate will be in the N* room on Saturday.

The Westin is providing a rate of $279. The Westin is only blocking 100 rooms on Friday and Saturday night for our use at the $279 rate.

Next item; Tom Storch is requesting inputs for the 2019 Distinguished Graduate Award.

Tom writes; M “Classmates, I am again soliciting nominations for the U.S. Naval Academy Distinguished Graduate Award. This award is given to the living graduate whose character, distinguished military and civilian service and stature draw wholesome comparison to the qualities that the U.S. Naval Academy strives for in keeping with its ideals of duty, honor, loyalty, and integrity and “From Knowledge Sea Power,” as well as the core values of the United States Navy and Marine Corps; honor, courage and commitment.

With the purpose of identifying to the public and to the Brigade of

Midshipmen, the broad national significance of the Naval Academy as one of the Nation’s most cherished institutions. Candidates for the Distinguished Graduate Award will be living graduates of the United States Naval Academy who: • Have demonstrated a strong interest in supporting the Navy, Marine Corps and the United States Naval Academy • Have provided a lifetime of service to the Nation or Armed Forces • Have made significant and distinguished contribution to the Nation via their public service Those classmates wanting to nominate a member of the Class of 1973, should first notify the Chairman, Class of 1973 DGA Committee NLT April 1, 2018 of their intent to submit a nomination package. The purpose of this notification is to eliminate duplicity in effort and coordinate effort if more than one classmate is planning to prepare a nomination package for a class member. Complete nomination packages should be submitted digitally in Microsoft Word to the Chairman, Class of 1973 DGA Committee NLT July 1, 2018. Tom Storch, tomawacs@aol.com is the current Class of 1973 Committee Chairman.

In many ways the selection process for a Distinguished Graduate Award is as comprehensive as the selection boards we experienced on active duty. Guidance for formal packages can be found on both the Class Website and the Alumni Association website. When making a nomination, please be sure to provide your name and contact information as well as that of the person being nominated and the following information: USNA and Military career highlights Government/Civilian/Business/ Community career highlights and awards/certificates Summary of support of/ service to USNA and the Brigade of Midshipmen Summary of support for the Alumni Association and/or Foundation (gifts of time, talent, and/or treasure)

Why this classmate deserves the Distinguished Graduate Award Within the 3-page limitation, packages shall have a minimum of two endorsements The class selection of the Award recipients is made by the Alumni Association’s November deadline.

However, prior to that time a Class of 1973 Distinguished Graduate Awards Committee will meet to review nominations, select nominees and work with the nominating individual(s) to submit application packages that meet the requirements for submission. Feel free to contact me (Tom Storch) at tomawacs@aol.com if you have any questions.”

Next item; I’ll make a “pitch” for you to update your profile on the alumni association website, usna.com, at least with your email address so the class can send you updates and news. You need to also select that you agree to share your contact information. I get a fair number of requests for contact information from individuals looking to re-connect with classmates so having good contact info is very helpful. Thanks.

That’s about it. Not much news, however, you now have all the gouge! As I said in the beginning, Susie and I hope everyone had a great Holidays and survives the Dark Ages. If you are looking for a way to help our wounded and injured service members I encourage you to check out Operation Mend run by UCLA. As always Go Navy and Semper Fi! General

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OK. Army-Navy is a distant memory. I get that. But right here and now Army-Navy is next week!

So I’m inspired to say: Go NAVY, Beat Army West Point Black Knight Cadet Mules.

The game is two weeks away, and of course it fills the consciousness with memories of last year, and a

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74/74 CLASS NEWS team that has shown the potential to be one of the best in recent memory. And that’s saying a lot, I think. So as you read this column, with spring just around the corner, I’m hoping you all have great memories of a cold December day in Philadelphia two months ago.

We’ve got a lot of photos this month, so I’m going to hit key messages very briefly to accommodate the space needed for those pics.

First, I just returned from San Diego where I attended the November Monthly Dose of ’74, after playing a heated game of match-play golf that saw Jim Hari and me take down the heavy favorites, Mike Donivan and “Tee it higher” March Nadel. Jim and I buried Mike and Marsh, 1 up! A resounding victory that earned Jim and I cool $1.00.

Unfortunately, for lack of coins in our pockets, Jim got out of town with my share of the winnings. It was also unfortunate that when I grabbed the camera bag to take photos of the foursome, and of the guys at lunch, I discovered that my other half still had my camera sitting in our dining room where she was taking photos of all the stuff she refuses to move, and is selling on Craig’s list and eBay. So no photos.

Jim Hari was a company mate of mine (and about 38 other shady characters) back in 1970-1971. He has been a regular in our company e-mails ever since we reconnected a few years ago. Due to scheduling problems, I did not get to see him in April during “The Big Trip”, so I convinced him to come over for the monthly dose. I think we’ll see him at the 45th in 2019.

In preparation of our anticipated move to Tennessee next year, Kim and I spent a week in the Nashville area in October, and plan to settle somewhere within about a 50 miles radius of there. While in town we had the distinct pleasure of joining Travis and Suze Brannon for dinner one night at his club. One of the many things I look forward to after the move is taking regular golf lessons from Trav. He admits to being a single digit handicap, but word has it that he’s really about a 2 or 3.

Sometimes saying “thanx” just isn’t

enough. So let me state here publically, Thanx Trav, for dinner, and for the work you do in organizing the Annual Service Academy Golf Tournament there in Nashville every year. I’m really looking forward to participating next year.

’74: Special Convening of the Monthly Dose of ‘74

reunion for them, and several of the Monthly Dose regulars also attended.

Roger & Kim with Trav & Suze

For those of you who do not remember reading about this tournament in this column in previous years, it is a low key affair aimed at fostering and enjoying the natural comradery that exists with our brothers other academies. I believe this year’s version was the 22nd edition. Travis, I’m sorry I don’t have column space for a full recap of this year’s event, but thanx to Bob Whitmire, Dick Adams and Joe Nuttall for participating. Sparky Learch had been a regular before his passing earlier this year, and his spirit was definitely present to support his classmates in their victory over Army. Next year, we’ll get Mike Carnes to get back into it, and maybe even Phil Cereghino can be convinced to make the 9 hour drive up from Jacksonville Beach.

The night we had dinner together was just a couple of days following Trav’s return from SoCal where he was visiting his son’s, Travis and Collin. Collin is a Lance Corporal stationed at Pendleton, and Travis is a First Lt. flying Cobras.

He is on extended temporary duty at Pendleton doing some operational testing, and Travis the senior took the opportunity to go out and visit with both. He also had time to make a special convening of the Monthly Dose while he was out there. He and Bob Fulton are company mates, so that was a nice

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Avery Foster - Navy Fan!”

Bob Foltyn and Travis

Brannon Brothers

The Navy-SMU game at NavyMarine Corps Memorial Stadium last early in November was also the scene of a few reunions for my company mates. Doug and Lisa Foster flew out from Dallas with their kids, Avery and Grant. David and Deborah Oyster came up from Savannah. Zach and Dana Zacharias drove up from Norfolk.

And of course Dave Humenansky, Mick Halbreiner and Lee Culver live in the area. The saw an incredible game and I’m envious of not being able to join in the fun.

Bill warming up for the SMU game

Grant & Avery Foster with a victorious Carmona

74/75 CLASS NEWS grad. He joins his older brother, Shane, a 2000 Merchant Marine Academy Grad, with scrambled scrambled eggs on the brim of his cover. This is a great photo of Mike, “the boys” and his wife, Charlotte.

Thanks Mike, and congrats to Kevin and the whole family.

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The Fosters - Grant, Lisa, Avery and Doug

The Bosse Navy

Oyster, Rucks, Zacharias & Humenansky (Navy-SMU Game)

In closing, I just got a note from Neil Rondorff regarding a trip to Greece he and Cheryl just made. It’s a fantastic write-up of their retracing the step of the Apostle Paul as he spread Christianity throughout Turkey and Greece. I would do it a disservice to try to recap his writing, but with the photos to print this month, we are out of column inches. So Neil, I will hold your write-up for next month. Sorry about that.

Dear ‘mates, Welcome to the Dark Ages (2018 version). Somehow, the winter in Pensacola is a whole lot brighter than February days in Annapolis 46 years ago!

Tina and Andy Howard report some great news. After a very extended stay in an apartment near the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville FL, they weighed anchor in November and set sail west for their home in Houston. Andy’s liver transplant is a success, but he remains in the recovery phase. He also graduated from the cardiac rehab unit at Mayo. Andy says that this event (complete with a hurricane

evacuation) made the kidney transplant adventure of 17 years ago seem tame by comparison. Tina actually resumed her role as liver transplant care-giver during the Howards’ last weeks in Jacksonville.

She stepped in to handle things for a woman they met in the Mayo Clinic transplant support group until that patient’s reinforcements could get to town. Well done, Tina!

Dr. Gordon Roesler and the DARPA team he leads were nominated for a nice award for excellence in innovation by SpaceNews.

They are nominated in the category of “Government Leader of the Year / Military.” Congratulations on the well-deserved recognition, Gordie!

As always, football season brings us chances to get together with classmates and friends. The 14th Company gathered for a minireunion on the weekend of 22-24 September. They enjoyed a Friday evening dinner at Mark Harper’s home, a great Navy victory over Cincinnati which was followed by a gathering afterwards at

Zacharias, Culver, Rucks & Oyster

’75: A great turnout from 14th Company!

Culver, Oyster & Rucks getting ready for Navy-SMU football game

Mike Bosse was kind enough (and obviously busting his buttons with pride in being able) to send a note informing of his son’s recent promotion to O-5. The new Commander (USNR), Kevin, is a 2002 Villanova

Neil and Cheryl Rondorff in Greece

Barely enough room to say, one more time, Go Navy, Beat Army!

Roger

’75: And the better half of 14th

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’75: Retired Navy and NOAA oceanographers on the Surrender Deck of the USS MISSOURI ’75: Flower Children of the Brotherhood

’75: On a wet and cold day in Indiana … Go NAVY!

Jon Greenert’s home, and a Sunday brunch at Mike Cecere’s home.

Of the 21 remaining graduates, 14th had an amazing 17 attending!— Nyles Christensen, Duke Snyder, Jim Gabor, Tom Brasco, Ken Hart, Al Eaton, Shaw Cohe, John Ginn, Mark Harper, Dan Vilotti, Dennis DiAntonio, Mike Cecere, Brian DiAntonio (Honorary 14th company member), Jack Moore, Jon Greenert, Tom Madre, Jesse Arildsen, and Randy Jencks. 14th is hoping to continue to get together on a more frequent basis than the usual five-year intervals. They are entertaining plans to meet in places other than Annapolis. It’s so nice to see classmates, to share old memories, and make new ones too!

Our class members who also share membership in the Navy Football Brotherhood gathered for their annual reunion over Veterans Day weekend in Annapolis.

Organized by Tim Harden, they cheered Navy to victory over SMU and enjoyed a great evening at the Chart House.

After guaranteeing eligibility for a 2017 Bowl Game, Navy traveled to South Bend for the annual battle with Notre Dame. Debbie and Pat Sloan live near-enough-by ND to host a nice gathering from 35th company — plus a few hangers-on.

In addition to the Sloans, the group included Elizabeth and Mark Milliken, Annie and Chris Benigno, Debbie and Phil Troy, Jeanine and Rod Repka, Merry Frey (flying solo without Tom that weekend), 1st company’s Mike McDermott, and the Repkas’ son Lucas and daughter- in-law Kelly.

I’m sure many of you who have traveled to Pensacola in the last 20 years have visited our outstanding National Museum of Naval Aviation onboard NAS Pensacola. Some of you are probably members of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. They put a slick quarterly magazine (cleverly entitled Foundation).

Each issue features a past leader of Naval aviation, complete with a spread of pictures on the inside front and back covers. The Fall 2017

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issue highlights our own Tammy and Gary Jones. Sure was nice to see one of the “young guys” getting recognized! [Foundation is your Scribe’s two-year old grandson’s favorite, since it has lots of pictures of “airp’anes, helicoppers, and ships!”]

Well what do you know? Here I sit with a half-full column and I’m all out of things to steal … err, umm … better make that “cut-and-paste” … from our Facebook page. So, you leave me no choice. You will have to come on over, settle in, and listen politely while I tell you about our trip to Hawai’i. Charlie and Ty Aldinger ‘74 retired on Oahu after he completed tours as CO of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center and at CINCPAC. Charlie was the driving force behind an informal reunion of folks who studied Oceanography and Meteorology at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey in the late 70s. Nancy and I went four days early to spend some time at the Aldingers’ beautiful Manoa Valley home. Then we all moved to the Hale Koa to spend five days enjoying old friends and insiders’ tours around Ford Island and Honolulu.

It was great to see Becky and Don Nestor ‘72 once again (only 37years between chats). Ty and Charlie capped off the week with a terrific Halloween party at their home. Of all the great memories of the trip, the one that I will never, ever forget is an absolutely stunningly perfect “green flash” at sunset on Sans Souci Beach. No photographic evidence, but trust me, it was a split-second of the most amazing emerald green you can imagine on the Pacific horizon.

Ty and I found Karen Sabog, President of the Honolulu Parents club, at the Manoa Heritage Center. Her son, Lucas Tom is class of ‘18.

OK. I promise. No more slide shows from the Scribe … as long as you keep my in box full of cool stuff.

But when the Gouge Locker runs empty? If you can’t dazzle them brilliance, then baffle them with …

‘75 Sir! Larry

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As 2017 comes to a close and 2018 looms on the horizon, I don’t have

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’76: 21st Company Contingent Converges on Ted’s Montana Grill

any special words of wisdom to impart to the Class other than, embrace each day we have with family and friends as if it were your last. I had a recent scare while in Lake Tahoe with my wife, Barb, in November. I had to be taken by ambulance to the local hospital due to atrial fibrillation (AFib). Apparently, it is more common than I ever imagined. In my case, I had to be put to sleep for a few minutes in order to have my heart shocked back into normal sinus rhythm (NSR). My only advice from this experience is, listen to your body and if in doubt, seek medical help immediately! I did that in this case and am still alive today because of it. Now onto the mailbag.

Mike Seifert writes: M Bruce Bevard came up from Oak Ridge, TN, on business and some of the 21st Company group gathered for a dinner at Ted’s Montana Grill.

Scott Ackerson even came in from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to attend. We placed a call to Casey Napora who lives in Chesapeake, VA, so we had a high percentage of 21st Company represented. Pictured above, left to right are Mike Hlywiak, Bruce Bevard, Mike Seifert, Scott Ackerson and Chris Kidd. We also welcomed our third grandchild, Kelvin Patrick Seifert, into the world on October 13th, weighing in at 6 lbs-12 oz. Vanessa and I went to Harrisonburg, VA, and got to see and hold him on day one. Attached is a picture of Olivia and Evan with their new little brother.

The Seifert’s grandchildren

Dave Winters provided a “preWinters Tale” to entertain and delight us all: M Looking back on the last few months, it is hard to believe we actually stuffed so many events into so little time. In August, classmate Mark Hubbard and wife, Beautiful Barb, visited Debbie and me for a couple of days to catch the Solar Total Eclipse. Weather was perfect, and the view was STUNNING! Mark cranked out some great photographs!

Then, in September, Deb and I sponsored a concert at the local university (Austin Peay State University, favorite cheer “LET’S GO PEAY!”). We were nervous, but it was a great success. (See photo of old, busted up me with the starring soprano Diana McVey.) The next few days, we trundled down to Panama City to participate in the retirement ceremony of the Navy’s senior diver, Warrant Officer Chris Spann (I had only a small, speaking part). We have never witnessed a more vigorous and

impressive ceremony. If you are ever looking for advice on how to set one up, just contact me, and I will put you in touch with the champion organizers of retirement ceremonies! After that came a run to Cleveland, Ohio for professional inspection of my amateur aortic plumbing installation. Good news! It proved so solid that I am not invited back for another two years. Then we were off to Maryland where I presented a paper in the Symposium for Cryptologic History at Johns Hopkins University, sponsored by NSA. On the day before, I got to deliver a sneak preview for Goddard Space Flight Center at the invitation of classmate Mark Hubbard. He (and enchanting Barb) kindly put us up for a few nights in their gorgeous residence. Also, USNA alums, astronaut Kay Hire ‘81 and Tim Beach ’94, attended my Goddard lecture to gently needle me as only our USNA own can do.

World renowned cryptologist Whitfield “Whit” Diffie attended my lecture as JHU and graciously refrained from embarrassing me any more than absolutely necessary. He was coincidentally seated in the back row beside my wife Debbie and surrounded by a hoard of USNA midshipmen computer groupies from USNA cyber-security classes.

Since they were unacquainted, Debbie got a truck load of unexpectedly candid comments about my lecture from Whitfield Diffie.

And Whit got to learn the characteristics of a good sea story. (i.e., every word is true with the express exceptions of those that are not.)

This was all essentially permitted by the fact that my rogue cloak and dagger escapades of the Cold War have finally been declassified.

This allowed me to reveal (without prosecution) humorous details that had, heretofore, remained untold.

Spinning the story is frankly fun because it allows injection of the human elements into our record that would otherwise remain vague and obscure in the fog of old anti-espionage games. Real sea story material. Back when I was pulling this stuff off, nobody could understand why I worked day and night even on plum shore duty. But, I could hardly

divulge the reasons. Secrecy was paramount, and we all know that only dead men tell no tales.

On the following day, we were treated to a private tour of the NSA Museum of Cryptology where I encountered John Inglish USAFA ’76.

He was the immediately previous Deputy Director of NSA. John now lectures the Cyber-Warfare classes at Annapolis. Shortly thereafter, we were on a trans-Atlantic flight to attend a royal reception in London and a next day luncheon at my club (The Special Forces Club. See Wikipedia). On the train into London, we found ourselves seated by Salmon Rushdie, who is still under a Muslim Death Edict (“fatwa”), so I refrained from angling for a posed selfie. The luncheon was followed by a small private remembrance ceremony in Westminster Abbey for covert agents lost in WWII. At the reception, I had the great pleasure of introducing two of my sweet nieces to Princess Anne of the United Kingdom. (Sometimes, you must remind the young ones who their old fuddy-duddy Uncle really is). At the luncheon, an acquaintance of some years introduced us to Shrabani Basu, author of the book (now a hit movie), Victoria and Abdul. The remarkably kind lady invited us to her home for tea and a private signing. Of course, we accepted. While in London, we also stopped by the Victory Services Club to check the status of a painting transfer that I had facilitated.

The artist I represent was commissioned to do a portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall for the club, and we were elated to find that it was placed in the premier display location. While later visiting many other generous-to-a-fault friends scattered about the south of England, we found ourselves invited to share morning coffee with an English High Sheriff and Magistrate, with her husband, a British Circuit judge. For an old lawyer like me, this was fascinating.

Finally, we returned to Tennessee for a few weeks recovery time. Wrapping up this series, only after returning home did we accidentally learn that our previously mentioned acquaintance

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’77 Life Membership: 75% Donor Participation: 17.22% 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

“We have sweated beneath the same sun, looked up in wonder at the same moon; and wept when it was all done for being done too soon.” – with apologies to Neil Diamond, we thought this a fitting tribute to our 40th reunion, as inspired by Brian Smith, USNA ‘76.

’76: A collage of Dave Winters’ photographs that go with his story

’76: Mark Hubbard’s collage of his solar eclipse photographs

(who introduced us to Mrs. Basu) is actually a Hungarian Countess, on the sly. (Sounds like a scene from My Fair Lady, no?) I think the above must have been about ten years’ worth of shameless name dropping.

Now, officially retired from my PAID law practice, I have canceled my business phone number, and my web site is about to expire. From now on, only my pro-bono practice continues and only the web pages for my books will remain posted.

But we still enthusiastically welcome visitors to Clarksville, which is within commuting distance from Nashville. In fact, I will be relating my “secret squirrel” sea story again in Nashville this March for our local USNA Alumni chapter, the All Service

Academy group, and the Military Officer’s Association, all in a single combined luncheon. The entire shebang is organized by USNA Alumnus John Ohlinger ‘69. If you are in the area, come on down!

Mark Hubbard, Dave Winters, Kay Hire, and Tim Beach at Dave’s OTAR briefing at NASA/GSFC

On a final note, we received confirmation in late November of the passing of Jack “Jackie Blue” Williams (11th Company), of Ridgeland, SC, and formerly of Hilton Head Island on Friday, September 29, 2017 at his home.

Our condolences go out to his family and friends.

USNA.COM Soprano Diana McVey poses with Dave Winters

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Bringing the Alumni Association to you.

Well shiver me timbers, shipmates, another memorable reunion’s come and gone; and as one of our favorite musical artists so accurately observed, we lament it being done far too soon.

Let’s start with a few random thoughts from the big event. First and foremost, we truly don’t get to see enough of each other, let alone spend sufficient time together when we do. Which is why Gar Wright (3rd Co.) and Tug McGraw (22nd Co.) will be putting together a golf event to coincide with the NavyNotre Dame game in San Diego October 27th.Details to follow.

Second, do you ever really know someone? After all, we’ve been buddies with Skip McKenzie (9th Co.) since we were Youngster Cruise bunkmates on the USS Denver (LPD-9), yet it was only at the 40th we learned his sainted New Jersey mother was the original Snookie, not be confused in any way with the more recent, incomparably cheaper Garden State imitation.

Third, as if attending your 40th Navy reunion didn’t make you feel old enough, consider this rather intriguing factoid: in the eyes of the current Plebes (the Class of 2021), our presence was equivalent to the Class of 1933 holding their 40th reunion during the summer of 1973.Yeah, “Yikes” is right!

Fourth, with no third-party suggestion or outside influence whatsoever, it came to us Steve Martin (26th Co.) may be the most

77/77 CLASS NEWS unappreciated athlete in our class…not to mention the lack of attention and approbation accorded his tremendous talents on the golf course.

Fifth, speaking of talented golfers, judging from this photo of an obviously exhausted Joe Christofferson (4th Co.) snoozing his way back to San Diego…

We also mourn the passage of Owen Thorp (22nd Co.), truly a legend in his own time. “O” is shown below in the company of Lee Geanuleas (11th Co.) and Terry Cook (34th Co) receiving a specially-boxed Brigade of Midshipmen flag flown in his honor over T-Court on October 6, 2017:

’77: Chart House

Losing at golf is tiring

….losing to Magoo takes it out of you!

Finally, after all his family and he had been through in the days leading up to the reunion, getting to see and spend even a few brief moments with Cary Hithon (21st Co.) and his lovely daughter made us proud not only to be a member of the Naval Academy Class of ’77, but reinforced what an honor and privilege it’s been to know Cary and call him a friend.

Now, on with the show.

Due to a prior commitment on the links, we weren’t able to make Glenn “Monk” McCormick’s (25th Co.) Thursday afternoon sail on his 62 ft. wooden schooner Mistress, (besides, we weren’t invited!). Still,

those fortunate enough to receive a coveted summons took time out for a group photo during a great afternoon on the Bay. They were still raving about it when they arrived at the post-golf party late Thursday night.

Shown below left to right are Dan Busch (25th Co.), Rob Thompson (3rd Co.), Mike Sturm (25th Co.), Dave Aland (25th Co.), John Shmorhun (25th Co.) Mike Brunskill (25th Co.), Eric Reinhart (25th Co.) and the intrepid skipper himself. With Monk at the helm, these salty seadogs were in better hands than even Allstate!

In a little informal get-together at the Chart House Wednesday evening following the bag-stuffing party at the Westin, a night of fine food and finer conversation was enjoyed by: Above: Left to right standing are Joe Christofferson, Dave Coss (6th Co.), Rob Lamb (6th Co.), Craig Turley (36th Co.), Mark “Ragman” Gardner (6th Co.), Ray Crevier (6th

Co.), Nick and Kathy Episcopo (16th Co.), Dan and Peggy Olivier (14th Co.), Chris and Nancy Murray (13th Co.) and Tom and Barb Behrle (14th Co.). Shown kneeling are Patty and Marc Troiani (4th Co.), Thom McKee (35th Co.), Melinda Christofferson and Kevin and Debbie Sullivan (14th Co.). Also in attendance but not shown were John and Maureen Herr (31st Co.).

On a sadder note, we honor two recently departed classmates.

Chuck Breen (14th Co.) died November 7th following a courageous battle with Lymphoma.

Chuck was a son of Lowell, MA, who upon graduation achieved numerous service medals and a Masters degree in his 24 years of service.Following his retirement, he served as civilian at the Naval War College in Newport, while in his spare time remaining an avid Boston sports fan and animal lover, who will be greatly missed by his two dogs, Jack and Skylar. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Chuck’s daughter Melissa and son Matthew, along with the rest of his family.

Owen Thorp Flag Presentation

The flag presentation was in recognition of the many years of exceptional service Owen provided as a Naval Officer, former ‘77 class president, repeat reunion committee member, Midshipman mentor, the longest-serving academic rep for any varsity athletic team in Boat School history, the last member of the class to regularly wear his SDBs and an all-around great guy.

The number of people who turned out to honor Owen at his Chapel funeral service and subsequent procession to his internment on Hospital Point served to underscore the love and respect in which he was held by so many in recognition of his tireless efforts on behalf of our class, the varsity lacrosse program and the entire Naval Academy.

Owen’s Funeral Procession

’77: 25th Company Cruise

Chuck Breen

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77/78 CLASS NEWS Matt: “The Lord bless you and keep you—the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

We were blessed indeed to call Owen our classmate and friend.

Go Owen…

Owen Thumbs Up

Owen Leading

…Beat Army!!!

Next, it’s somehow fitting we welcome the newest member of the extended ’77 family by introducing Rob Lamb & Granddaughter Charlotte Kennedy Lamb, shown below with her proud grandfather Rob Lamb (6th Co.): Charlotte entered the world November 20th with a displacement of 7 lbs. 10z. and measuring 19.1 inches from stem to stern. BZ to mother Nicole and father David, particularly as Charlotte is the first female born on the Lamb side of the family since the 1800’s…which really should come as no surprise given the amazing virility always demonstrated by her paternal grandfather!

Lastly, we’ll call it a wrap with a message from our new class president, John Vuolo: M By the time everyone gets to read this our 40th reunion will be over, new memories will have been made and we will have shared many old memories again.We as a class owe a great debt of gratitude to the guys that made it happen for us.

A hardy well done to La Selle “Lamborghini” Booker, Bruce “The Skeptic” Campbell, Terry “Hit & Run” Cook, Chris “The Grillinator”” Feeney, Pete “Wil E Coyote” Green, Jimmy “Next Year” Kelly, Charles “MGM” Ivey, Thom “Magoo” McKee, Carl “Data-Master” Moore, Rich “Elizabeth” Taylor, Owen “EMF” Thorp, and Lee “Short Final” Geanuleas for their herculean efforts at putting our 40th together.

I especially want to thank our past class president, Lee Geanuleas for his exceptional leadership in providing the guidance and direction our class has taken under his watch.I can only hope to do as well.I am grateful to Thom McKee and Bruce Campbell for volunteering to stay on for another term.I will be leaning on their experience to continue all that has been done so far.

I look forward to serving my classmates to the best of my abilities. vuolo.john@gmail.com 71 Hidden Glen Hinton, WV 25951 304-466-5262 We echo John’s appreciation for the efforts of everyone involved in making our 40th a truly memorable event. And we’d be remiss if we didn’t join him in giving special recognition to Lee’s selfless (quite literally, in every sense of the word) work on behalf of the class, as well as that of Jim Kelly.Trust us, it takes a lot of time effort to pull off what we just enjoyed all too briefly, and its in no small part due to Lee’s leadership and devotion to duty.

Magoo

’78 Life Membership: 80% Donor Participation: 26.82% Pres: Glen Woods Sec’y: Vince Balderrama 1320 Homewood Ln., Annapolis, MD 21401 e: canoeu78@aol.com Website: usna1978.org

Well, a new year is upon us, 2018.

Need I remind you that this year will mark 40 years since we exuberantly tossed our covers in the air at NavyMarine Corps Stadium as newly minted Second Lieutenants and

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Ensign. Shortly afterward, many of us had beaming smiles as we watched the Academy shrink in our rearview mirrors. This year we’ll again find ourselves returning to that place we had once been so anxious to leave. But it is not a place to which we return but to each other - friends, classmates, brothers who have shared so much over the four years at Mother B (some, even before at NAPS), and much more over the years. Just to remind you, our 40th Reunion will be the weekend of Sept 14-16, 2018. There will be a home game for the reunion.

Navy will play Lehigh. Our “headquarters” hotel will be the Westin Hotel in Annapolis and we’ll have rooms blocked off for the class to make reservations. Expect to get some regular e-mail notices about the schedule of events, costs etc. through your company reps, this column and e-mail blasts from our Class Prez, Glen Woods, as well as postings on our website and class social media (like Facebook). We are also trying to update as much information about our class so please help us out. If you haven’t done so- update your profile on our website (www.usna1978.org) and let your company rep know your current contact information. If you know of a classmate who has passed away and is not listed on our Memorials page (or if you have an obituary of someone whose obituary is missing) please let your company rep know. They will get it to me. If you don’t know who your company rep is, go to our Class website and find the link in the “Classmates” tab. You’ll see the list.

If you are surprised to find your name on that list; or no longer want to be a company rep, please let us know. If you would like to be your company’s rep, let your current rep know you’d love to be their relief and let us know if there is a “Change of Duty”. Just please be responsive to your company rep. We want to try and reach as many classmates as possible so please be responsive to your company rep. Hope to see a lot of you at the Reunion.

Sadly, I must tell you that we have lost one of our own, Pat Curtis (17th Company), on November 17th in Virginia Beach. Pat was surrounded by his loving family; his wife, Winifred, two sons James Curtis and his wife Heather and Benjamin Curtis and his wife Michelle. Claire McNally, Brian Millar. He also left behind three siblings; G. Michael Curtis, Julie Danenberger and her husband Steven, Jill Heick and her husband Martin. He will also be missed by 13 grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and co-workers and of course, his ’78 family. Pat had spent 30 years in the Navy. During that time, he earned his Master of Arts degree from the Naval War College; was XO of the USS Mount Whitney and Commanding Officer of the USS Trenton; Commander, Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron ONE; Commander, Military Sealift Command, Atlantic/Commander, Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force East and, subsequently, as the director, Ship Support, Sealift Logistics Command, Atlantic. After he retired from active duty in April 2006 he was employed the defense contractor, CSRA. Pat was a loving and supportive father, husband, and grandfather. He will be remembered for his craftsmanship, love of travel, and lifelong love of sports – especially his St. Louis Cardinals Baseball. He was buried in the Phoebus Section, of Hampton Nation Cemetery, located on W. County St. Hampton Virginia. A Celebration of Life Gathering in his hometown of Decatur, IL was planned for a future date to be announced.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Multiple Myeloma Foundation, https://www.themmrf. org/donate-to-mmrf/ or donor’s choice. Please keep Pat and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Where there is sadness one can always count on some joy – or joyful news -to follow. For us -and especially Pat’s 17th company classmates that joyful news is of a wedding. Allan Kowadla (17th Co) reported he may be the “Last Man to Fall”. That is to say he is the last man in the class to be married- for

78/79 CLASS NEWS transit to and from Bangor, WA. They love to fish, crab, and travel and are really enjoying the retirement life. Bill

Jackie and Steve Gahan

Bill Corkill & John Albiso

’78: Repel All Wedding Crashers

Well, there is too short a column.

A lot was going on when it was due.

I’ll make it up next go around – especially if you send me more stuff. Until then, Launchin’ Spot Four

’79 Life Membership: 91% Donor Participation: 19.90% Pres:LCDR Sean Cate, USN (Ret.) e: Sean.Cate@1979.usna.com Sec’y: LCDR John “Wiz” Withers, USN (Ret.) 42498 Regal Wood Dr., Ashburn, VA 20148 p: 240-556-0637; e: JDWithers@1979.usna.com Social Network Links: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wizwithers

’78: A fun Wedding pic

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the first time. Actually, it is a first for Allan and his bride the former Christine Coppinger (Staten Island, NY). They were married on October 21st on a houseboat in Atlanta, GA. It was a military wedding because as Allan wrote - she “wanted a military wedding. Saw too many ‘Lady Di’ clips in the ’80s.” Present for the wedding were Jackie and Steve Gahan (17th) – who by the way have been married since ’79. Also present were CAPT Steve Nichols (’76) and CAPT Mike Leigh (’79).

Allan sent some pics of the day so you can share in the happy day.

Congratulations Allan and welcome to the ’78 family, Christine.

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Greetings, 79ers!

I recently realized I’ve experienced “Einstein’s Theory of Christmas Relativity”, which states that the time it takes for Christmas to arrive is inversely proportional to one’s age. Case in point – it seems like we just opened presents yesterday, when we’re already almost a month down into 2018. So before next Christmas gets here, let’s get into the bold print.

Last fall Bill Corkill took a few minutes to update us on his travels, and I recently received another note from the road: Lined Up to Take Vows

More than 75 years are available online to all Alumni Association members. Visit usna.com/shipmate.

M Here’s another note for ShIPMATe: My wife and I are traveling in our RV throughout this great country of ours and stopped by Port Angeles, Washington to see John Albiso (26) and his lovely wife Sally. John and Sally have a nice place overlooking the Straits of Juan de Fuca, where they can see the submarines

Thanks, Bill, for the update. Sounds like you’re really “living the life!”

I didn’t get wind of this next item to give you a head’s up on it, but last September Bill Toti was on live PBS television. He was co-hosting a live streaming of images from the recently-discovered wreckage of World War II cruiser USS InDIAnAPoLIS (CA 35) from the Philippine Sea. As many of you are aware, Bill is a former CO of the most recent USS InDIAnAPoLIS (SSn 697), and as such got to know some family members and survivors of the WWII-era vessel. The event will likely be rebroadcast, so check your local television or on-demand schedules for more info.

Once a year (at least) I hear from our Little Rock, AR correspondent Scott Pursley, who checks in with an update on 9th Company: M All is well here in Little Rock.

Beth and I have now lived here for more than 20 years now, hard to believe. We spend our vacation time visiting our four girls spread all over the world, with one in San Diego, one in Chicago, one in DC, and one deployed on USS nIMITz (CVn 68) in the Arabian Sea. I am now teaching chemistry, physics, robotics and engineering at a local Charter High School here in Little Rock. I just started my third year there; it is a lot of fun – very rewarding.

Beth and I just got back from a great 9th Company reunion last weekend. A bunch of 9th Company’s 79ers & their spouses gathered at Terry & Doug Patton’s lake house in Heber Springs, Arkansas for four fun days of boating, fine dining, and a lot of laughter.

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79/80 CLASS NEWS

’79: 9th Co. Reunion (l-r): Doug Patton, Anne Marie & Mike Marciano, Terese & Mark Shell, Kevin Becker, Beth Pursley, Paul Price, Terry & Sean Stackley, Jeff & Judy Lemmons, and Bill & Karen Toti.

Thanks, Scott!

Not sure why I thought of this, but 40 years ago this month (January) was the “Great Blizzard of 1978”. Completely unaware of weather forecasts, Chuck Dixon and I were on the road to Ohio, having just finished our last final exam of the semester. We barely made it to my home before the Interstate was closed, and Chuck didn’t make it to his home for another day or so. We certainly qualified for the “Ignorance is Bliss” award that year.

That’s it for now – see you next month!

Omnes Viri, Wiz…

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’80 Life Membership: 96% Donor Participation: 15.10% Pres: Tim Kobosko Sec’y: CAPT Joseph A. Grace Jr., USNR 15 Allard Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70119 p: 504-915-6711; e: joe.grace@1980.usna.com Website: www.USNA1980.org ’79: 9th Co. Reunion (l-r): Scott Pursley, Doug Patton, Sean Stackley, Terese & Mark Shell, Beth Pursley, Judy Lemmons, Terry & Sean Stackley, Anne Marie Marciano, Bill & Karen Toti, Paul Price, and Kevin Becker

As many know, Doug’s nickname is “Duck” so these gatherings have been christened “Duckfest ’17.”

In attendance at the Patton’s lake house were Peggy & Paul Price, Terry & Sean Stackley, Anne Marie & Mike Marciano, Steve Fillipow, Terese & Mark Shell, Judy and Jeff Lemmons, Mildred and Kevin Becker, Karen and Bill Toti, and Beth & me.

Highlights included lots of fellowship as we shared stories of children’s new careers, grandchildren and our new adventures as some of us have begun retirement.

We all raised glasses to toast Sean Stackley for his very able service as ASN (RD&A) and Acting SECNAV. Sean now holds the record for the longest serving ASN, previously

held by a relatively unknown person named Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

One morning we executed an amphibious operation to a local island. All hands were impressed by Steve Fillipow who got up on water skis as we boated around beautiful Greers Ferry Lake. We also conducted many at-sea exercises aboard a fleet of watercraft including jet skis, pontoon boats, kayaks, sail boats, inner tubes and paddle boards. Naval Aviator Doug demonstrated his former SWO expertise by executing a perfect Williamson turn to rescue Oscar during a man overboard drill. A good time was had by all. Much thanks to Terry and Doug Patton for their excellent hospitality. All hands are looking forward to our 40th Reunion in 2019! Scott

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Greetings Classmates, There are 6 Days till Navy Beats Army Sir! Getting ready to fly to St. Louis for the Veterans Affairs Small Business Conference. We just completed the AMSUS Conference with Military Health at the Gaylord. A

quick trip to DC, drive to Philly – Beat Army – and start the cycle all over again! Go Navy! Winter water just started on the Pier which means that the next few months of the Dark Ages are going to be COLD!! Such is the life of a Sailor – right?

On to the Mailbag! I had a note come in from Jill Hawkins Votaw that covered a gathering of some of the Ladies of ’80 in Washington State: M Greetings Joe! Wanted to tell you about the annual “Women of ‘80” reunion that was held at Jim and Carol (Demaris) Hoffman’s home in Poulsbo, Washington (about 15 miles north of Bremerton, near Naval Base Bangor). We had a small but enthusiastic group this year: Carol Hoffman, Barbette (Henry) Lowndes, Stef Gobles, Sandy Daniel’s and Cheryl Sphonholtz.

We spent three days touring the Seattle area – we took the ferry into downtown and explored the area, taking a walking tour and eating lunch in Pikes Place Market. We went on an amazing hiking trip in the Olympic National Park way up into the clouds to Hurricane Ridge.

We also went hiking a trail near and then exploring the historic town of Port Gamble. We were treated to AMAZING meals by Carol’s husband Jim, who is a gourmet chef.

We all decided we’d just move in to keep enjoying his amazing meals!

After all this fun, several of us – Barbette, Stef, Sandy and Cheryl, boarded a cruise ship and took a week-long cruise to Alaska. I’ve

’80: Stef, Carol, Jill, Barbette and Carol on the deck behind Carol’s home.

80/80 CLASS NEWS

’80: Pictured are: Nancy and Steve Honan with grandson Brendan and daughter Laura Honan Riebel (USNA ’09), Ray Damn, Will Gildner, Dale Lumme, Chris Geving, Mark and Ann Marshfield, Mark Arnold, and Jim Huck.

’80: VADM Mel Williams ’78, front left, with Professor Brad Taylor and his students

included several photos. Cheryl hadn’t joined us when we hiked to Hurricane Ridge, but was with us the rest of the visit. We’re all looking forward to another reunion next summer or fall when the “women of ’80 turn 60!” BEAT ARMY! – Jill This morning I also received a note from Brad Taylor, brdtaylor@ gmail.com who is back to teaching at Catholic University.

M Greetings Joe, I started with 40 freshmen in “Intro to Programming (C/C++)”, a dozen juniors in “Intro to Computer Graphics” and 14 grad students in “Intro to Knowledge Management” in the EECS Department. Moved from Annapolis to Silver Spring to shorten the commute; by Metro train, not boat or plane like you! :) VADM Mel Williams, Ret., ‘78, is our School of Engineering Associate Dean for External Affairs, who I’ve had the opportunity to join on several visits to develop research collaboration opportunities he arranged this semester for the faculty & students; meeting up with one of our classmates (briefly in Plebe year) Paul Luehr, now Deputy Technical Director at NSWC Carderock. Small World! Let me

know when you are in the area! All the Best, Brad Rex Alexander rhalex09@gmail. com checked in right after my Thanksgiving plea for gouge to let me know that they were headed to Virginia to visit with Rosemary and Mark Riddle at their beach house.

Rex is the 28th Company rep, and has been working to collect current contact info for everyone. He is sending a Christmas note with request for Shipmate input and looking for help to find lost company mates. 28th Company please check in with him! If you don’t like email his Cell number is 513-284-7281.

Mark Guadagnini, guadsqd@ icloud.com checked in with an update from Ken Bergman, 3rd Company, kbergman@fidnet.com, 573578-0453. Ken is another of our fellow Glee Club members: M I’ve been living in Rolla, MO for the last 16 years. We love the countryside and small towns here. Still working for the Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, supporting digital map requirements. I plan to keep working at least 2 more years. I like my job, it’s a great relationship; I keep doing technical analysis for them, and

they keep paying me. One thing about working as a civil servant in South Central Missouri —— No Traffic on the Highway!! Every day I drive 28 miles to work at 70 MPH and never slow down. On weekends in the fall I’m supporting a Service Academy selection panel.

My wife Lynne retired from teaching this year, and she now has time to sing with me in the church choir. She got me to join her hand bell choir - I’m new to percussion, so I only play two hand bells, the big heavy ones at the bottom of the scale. Lynne went with me on my last TDY to D.C. and Alexandria. We just stopped the mail, and left, no worries - the kids are gone, the pets are gone, and we just took off! Lynne and I joined our 3rd Co. classmates

in Napa Valley a couple of years ago, and we’re looking forward to another 3rd Co. gig in 2018.

I recently got some kayaks so my family could float the Ozark spring-fed rivers anytime we want.

Really amazing waters, very peaceful and pristine. The fishing for smallmouth bass and trout is pretty good. If you’re ever in Missouri and want to float down a lazy river with a few rapids, let me know and I’ll see what I can set up. Ken Jim Huck, james.huck1@gmail.com gathered the masses again in DC and sent in the evidence. They had 12 Classmates and their family members show up for the event on the 9th of November at Sine Irish Pub, Pentagon Row, in Arlington.

’80: The Stanford Family

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80/82 CLASS NEWS Ron Thompson, ron.thompson@ ge.com, attended the Navy-Notre Dame game on the 18th and sent in this photo. He ran into 7th Company Mate, RADM A.B. Cruz and Classmate Russ Granier. AB works for USAA and Russ recently retired from Exxon. Ron is still working for GE. (SEC NOTE: We have gotten to know Stacie and Russ well over the past few years and they’ve been able to join us at the LSU Games in Baton Rouge! We have had a lot of fun and he seems to be doing well in retirement! Someday I have to figure that out)

Ron, Russ and AB at the Navy-Notre Dame Game

This month I also received a note from my Navy Roommate – Pete “Rat” Stanford, peter.stanford@ cushwake.com who reported that his middle son, Kyle, is a recent Penn State Grad, and now one of the Navy’s newest Ensigns. He will be off to Pensacola for pilot training in January. He sent in a few pictures from the Navy OCS graduation / Commissioning ceremony in Newport RI. One of the Stanford Family (and Laurie’s brother), and the other of Kyle and our own Pat Lefler, also of 33rd Company, who is, sporting his old marine helo squadron flight jacket at an Irish bar the night before the commissioning.

He said he hadn’t worn it in 30 years... Congrats Pete and Laurie.

Mike “Gator” Reed also checked in (he’s living back in New Orleans).

He joined me at an LSU Game this season. Great to have him in the City. He reports that he has finished his first year of culinary school. He ended the year with courses in Customer Service and Intro to Baking.

“It is a fun and rewarding way to use my GI Bill. Looking forward to the Christmas break to get some hunting and traveling in.” We will be looking for some great meals at the Grace house Mike! He will be back in school starting in January with American Regional Cuisine and Hospitality Management and Supervision.

The Holidays will soon be over (by the time of this printing) and we will be in the Dark Ages of winter. In closing I hope that this once again finds each of you healthy, happy and wiser today than yesterday.

Please take a few moments to renew a friendship, call a Classmate and take care of each other – you never know what a difference you can make.

As always, BEAT ARMY, Joe

’81 Life Membership: 96% Donor Participation: 17.26% 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

’82 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 11.86% Pres: Janeann Treadway Conley p: 410-251-7893; w: 301-342-2363 e: Jtcnaples@yahoo.com Vice Pres: Matt Moury p: 410-263-7640; e: vicepresident@usna82.org Treas: VADM Terry Benedict, USN p: 703-913-7183; w: 703-607-1036 e: treasurer@usna82.org Corr Sec’y: Rett Rasmussen 1710 Dana Pl., Fullerton, CA 92831 p: 714-871-1860; w: 562-696-8718 c: 562-822-0755; e: rett@rasmussen.biz Website: http://1982.usnaclasses.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/USNA82

Good Morning, ‘82!

Happy New Year, ‘o The Class That Jack Built! After last issue’s Reunion wrap-up, it’s time to catch up with some classmates who patiently waited their turn for precious Shipmate space.

Linda ‘Postie” Postenrieder (33) starts us off: M “We had a small but engaging crowd for the Navy/Air Force game. Barry Erb, Kate Erb ‘86, Kristin (Collins) Galbreaith (34), Geri (Dovalgo) Olson (22), Donna Hinshaw and I all watched and rooted with confidence to the very end of the nail bit er. We’re looking forward to a bigger crowd for the Army/Navy game. Whidbey Island and the Pacific North West continue to amaze me. We’re loving life in this paradise. If any classmates are traveling to Whidbey, we hope you look us up!”

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!

Whidbey Island backs the Big Blue: Barry and Kate Erb, Kristin (Collins) Galbreaith, Geri (Dovalgo) Olson and Linda Postenrieder.

Frank Koye (6) brings us up to date:

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Pat Lefler and Kyle Stanford

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M “Last year, I left Alion Science and Technology where I worked as a senior program manager and staffed a new contract award to support Navy Foreign Military Sales

(IWS 4), and accepted an offer to work for Rick Hepburn USNA ’76 in a veteran owned small business founded in a core focus of naval engineering and naval architecture (Hepburn and Sons LLC). It is a great company and rewarding to watch it grow in leaps and bounds starting with opening of an office in Pocomoke City, Maryland for our team at the Surface Combat Systems Center Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. My pain as a EE major in the Yard is paying dividends as I get to support the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) and High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) for surface ships and Aegis Ashore, which I enjoy as a Cold Warrior. I work with Henry Rainone, USNA ’86, on expert witness business supporting law firms, and spend time doing research at the National Archives, which I relish. These Navy grads surrounding me are brilliant engineers. Other changes include a move last month, my second in two years, but still in Bethesda. I have been going through cars (five in three years), survived two crashes, and one just died. For the first time since I was living in Bancroft Hall, I have a convertible, this time a Saab, and I am having as much joy from it as I did with my MGB. My son, Steve, a LT, Supply Corps, was my roommate late last year towards the end of his tour at the Pentagon in JCS J4. We spent most of our lives apart, so the last two years with him in the District have been great. He is now at EOD Group One in Coronado and loving life of Expeditionary Warfare. I am quite proud of him. My older son, Mike, was married last year and loving life as a computer scientist in Phoenix metropolitan area, and I am so happy he found the love of his life. My beautiful daughters are now in the last couple of years of high school in Bethesda, and they are truly a joy for me. They are so bright and have so much personality. Both are doing internships in engineering; the younger, Fiona, is working with engineers in facilities engineer and the older, Laura, is working in material science R&D with laser peening,

82/82 CLASS NEWS cybersecurity, and big data analytics, and doing coding. (So, yeah, they are totally my kids). My sister, Sue ’83 (20th), completed her Masters at U Penn specializing in organizational dynamics and emotional intelligence, and I am also very proud of her. Finally, despite my lifelong goal of being an Iron Man and indestructible, I was sidelined two months ago and put under the care of a cardiologist. To my chagrin, as an electrical engineer, the electrical control signals to the right side of my heart failed, and I had to have a pacemaker put in. Apparently, your heart is supposed to beat faster than 30 bpm, unless you are Lance Armstrong. Who knew? My hobby has been hiking, and it explains why I was a bit tired the last few months.

Last year I managed to do 80 miles with 60 lbs. on my back at 8000 feet at Glacier National Park along the Continental Divide across glacial ice and 12 feet of snow on the Canadian border in Northwest Montana. This year my heart slowed me down a bit, but I still hike on the Appalachian trail, and enjoy an active life now that I have my “upgrade”. I look forward to seeing my lifelong friends at the 35th.”

Books of 2017. They were looking into giving one away free with every mattress, but the cover price of $150 made them change their mind.

On a serious note, if anyone reads it, please know that the Brits changed my American English to British English. If anyone is interested in it, I can get copies at the slightly cheaper author’s discount.

Email me at T.Whalen@mcla.edu” Keeping with 13th Company, Peter “Jazz” Jaszczyszyn (13) provides:

The McCormack Family at the Notre Dame graduation: Patrick, Megan, Kim and Bill.

youngest daughter, Miranda, and his daughter both just graduated from Towson University.

And now for a commercial announcement from Tom Whalen (13):

Mike Rennie’s (5) turn: M “Jody and I have been living in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania for over 20 years. Jody is working in her dream job(s) teaching adjunct at two universities in project management as well as consulting with several corporations in the region. With our oldest daughter Rachel, a NAVSEA contractor living in Annapolis with her husband, JJ, we’ve been back to Crabtown on a regular basis. We are even more motivated to go now to see our first grandchild, Madeleine. Our son Bill (Temple ’11), an insurance broker in Philadelphia, went with me to the Navy-Temple game last year. It was a great Father-Son day, despite the outcome. I recently passed my 25year milestone with American Airlines flying Captain on the Airbus 320. A few weeks ago, Eric Sjoblom (32), an Airbus Check Airman, showed up to give me my annual line check. We discovered that my

continues to be great, starting year 4, wow!! Doing some fun research mainly geared around sports science, as you might expect!! Next summer I’ll be teaching a Global Sports Science class in Bonn, Germany as part of our study abroad program, should be a fun summer!

Go Navy, Beat Army!!”

Mike Rennie (5) with granddaughter Madeleine Brown (class of 2039)

Bill McCormack (1) updates us from SoCal: M “Our daughter Megan just graduated from Notre Dame in May with degrees in English, French, and Art History. She’s looking for work in the publishing business, so if anyone has contacts in that business, please let me know!! Our son Patrick, ND ‘15, is in graduate school at Berkeley working on his PhD in Physics. Megan’s graduation present was a family vacation to Ireland and England, which happened to coincide with the World Track and Field Championships in London. We had a blast and the competition was incredible!! Life in academia at Loyola Marymount University

M “I will be having an academic book published at the end of September. It is entitled: Complexity, Society and Social Transactions: Developing a Comprehensive Social Theory.

It is published by Routledge of London. It is not exactly a page turner, although it is garnering some awards. Mattress Land has named it one of the Top 10 Sleep Inducing

M “I was remarried on July 2, 2016, to a woman I grew up with during grade school and high school. We took her uncle, a navy officer who lives on the Eastern Shore, to his first Navy football game. He and his wife loved it. My wife and I live in Marietta, GA. My daughter, Heidi, will graduate from Nurse Anesthetist school in December, and we are very proud of her. I am a Captain with Delta Air Lines and have been with them for 28 years. I frequently run into other ‘82 classmates during my trips. It was great seeing everyone and looking forward to the next reunion.

Here’s a 35th Reunion photo of 2nd Company, courtesy of Brent Hagenbuch (2): L to R: Bob & Jamie Centeno, Karen & Russ Daniel, Jean Hagenbuch, Vince Lamolinare, Brent Hagenbuch, Bill Vargo, Helen & Marc Williams, Gary Sandala, Greg Hansen. Note Class of 82 guys, including Russ and Gary pictured here, made up the yard marker

’82: 2nd Co. bunch at the reunion (bold = ‘82 grads).

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82/83 CLASS NEWS chain gang that may or may not have had some influence over the final series of downs in the game.

Go Navy!

Bill Dawson (25) passed this photo along from Bill Meier’s (25) cub reporter/photographer (wife Jan ‘84): M “At Bruce Lindsey’s (25) Change of Command as he leaves AIRLANT heading to relieve Rich Breckenridge (1) as Deputy at Fleet Forces Command. Great day aboard USS Gerald Ford with Mike Shoemaker (35) presiding over the official ceremony. Bill and Jan’s son Midn 1/c Jonathan ‘18 is on the sprint football team, so they are in this weekend from Cali. Congrats to Bruce and Linda as he picks up his third star and heads off to bigger and better. Man, do we need shades or what!?!?”

Bill Dawson, Bruce, Shoe, Bill Meier (25), and Matt Sharp (13) at Bruce Lindsey’s COC from AIRLANT.

Your humble Scribe, Rett Rasmussen (21) will be President of the Rotary Club of Whittier, CA, starting July 1, 2018. We meet most Friday’s at noon, and I am looking for speakers for the thirty-minute program section of each meeting.

We also meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month for cocktails. If you will be in SoCal during the next year, I’d love to give you the grand tour of my business, feed you a Doubletree lunch, and enjoy your presentation on a topic of interest and expertise you may have to my Rotary Club. Drop me a line at Rett@ Rasmussen.biz As we enter the Dark Ages, keep things bright by sending in your updates, from our 35th, Army-Navy, and any time when two or three shall meet.

Looking good, ‘82! – Razz

’83 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 13.21% 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 2018! This is the first issue of Shipmate for 2018 but as I am writing this we just finished gorging ourselves on turkey for Thanksgiving., I delayed writing this column as usual to the very last minute, but in this case I know I have a full (overfull column) because I have several inputs from folks including a recap of the 1st ’83 women’s reunion! And a reminder that 2018 is out 25th reunion - October 18 – 21 (the agenda is on the class Facebook page: USNA 1983, https://www.facebook. com/groups/191501360861460/) And now da Newz: One final Sports Day item: back in the day, Bob Cummings (‘81-29th Co) purchased an authentic Navy Lieutenant’s uniform from the 1890s. As a goof, Mike Keating dressed up as an 1890s Midshipman and they took a black and white with a painted caption highlighting the award of All-American Lacrosse honors to “Midn Biff Keating” in 1897. We thought it would be funny to hang it with the historical athletic photos in McDonough Hall back in 81. It stayed there and was eventually moved to Lejeune Hall with the rest of the athletic photos when that opened in 82. That picture was still there until the mid-90s and might still be there, but I can no longer locate it. Modes thought it would be a good idea to give a signed copy of the photo to the top 5 finishers and hang a framed version in Fran O’Brien’s alongside their historical athletic photos. Navy experimental plastics were way ahead of the day as Keats is holding a plastic STX!

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The first alumnae to join the Robert Means Thompson Society, which recognizes those who have included support for the Academy in their estate plans is our classmate, Katie Thurman. The link to the article follows, but I wanted to include a couple of paragraphs from it, in case you don’t get to it. (https://www.usna.com/news/buil ding-on-a-40-year-legacy) Well done Katie !

“The Academy gave me a great education and a great start in life,” said Commander Katie Thurman ’83, USN (Ret.). Thurman and her husband, Paul, a 1979 Air Force Academy graduate who also served in the Navy, are longtime President’s Circle donors, recognizing those who contribute $2,500 or more each year. “We give what we can now, and through our estate can really offer a final thank you for all the Academy has provided us, our family and its future.”

The Thurmans established a bequest that ensures a portion of their estate will support the Academy. Their commitment to the Academy deepened when their son, Lieutenant Junior Grade Ryan Thurman ’14, USN, now a naval aviator, became a midshipman.

Another classmate was also recently highlighted for writing about Precision Weapons in the Fight Against Cancer. Mike Crosby (https://www.usna.com/news/ crosby) writes about prostate cancer and CyberKnife treatment. A few comments from the article follow.

M The greatest fear men have when diagnosed with prostate cancer is all about their ego and the misplaced belief they will lose their manhood if treated for prostate cancer.

The decision for me was easy, and understanding the concept of using precision weapons to kill the intended target while avoiding collateral damage made it my only choice.

Mike established the Veterans Prostate Cancer Awareness (http://vetsprostate.com/) with the following charter:

• Promote prostate cancer awareness among military veterans and active duty military members • Educate veterans and active duty military personnel on proper care and treatment alternatives for prostate cancer • Promote the adoption by active duty and veteran health care providers of the latest technologies available for the treatment and cure of prostate cancer Bob Aronson writes: M I was in Norfolk for the October 7th Commissioning of the USS Washington (SSN 787) and of course ran into some Classmates (L2R Keith Phillips, Mike Kendus, Mike Poirier, and me). I’ve been on the Commissioning Committee for a couple of years now, so it was great to see everything come together. Of course, VADM Joe Tofalo was there for the big day, but I wasn’t able to get all five of us in one place at one time for a picture.

Several company mates went to the Air Force game the same weekend. I ended up flying back to Seattle from Dulles and met up with Gary McCarthy on his way back to Denver. My plane was boarding but that didn’t stop us from raising a glass. You’re right Chris, it’s worth it to take the time to meet with our classmates and lifelong friends.

787 Commissioning

Event – Navy Memorial Foundation Lone Sailor Award Dinner. Held in Washington, DC at the National Building Museum, 27 September 2017.

Joe Spruill is on the NMF Board of Directors, and had the great pleasure to be a part of an organization that supports our Navy and other maritime services. An even better pleasure was seeing three other classmates at the event!!

(L2R: Kevin Kelly, Luke McCollum, Sean Buck and Joe)

83/83 CLASS NEWS

’83: USNA83 Women in Ft Worth. Front Row L-R: Rowena Musico, Linda Bolan, Tina (Sherman) Holland, Charlee (Canby) Magruder, Nancy (Yang) Vegel, Lynn Thomas. Middle Row L-R: Yolanda (Williams) Reagans, Gina (Hester) Jackson, Tomoko (Ishikawa) Tanaka, Heidi (Wolfangel) Gerding, Susan Koye, Katie (Podolak) Thurman, Pam (Allinger) Frick, Pam Corwin, Nancy (Ingerson) Halling, Jane (Ward) Barclift, Kim (Williams) Murphy.

Top Row L-R: Caroline Simkins-Mullins, Jean (Eberhardt) Benfer, Jackie Blackwell, Kathy (Owens) McCullough, Millie (Gregorich) Wilkerson, Gerrie Santos, Lisa (Thompson) Hugo, Barbara Bell, Cathy (Gaul) Salvato, Lisa (Yustak) Vickers, Ann (Fortner) Shin, Marge (Zap) Nordman, Virginia (Welch) Nagao, Tanya Rieger Qadada, Susan Smola, Angie (Smith) Roth, Karen (Mulvaney) Myers

’83: 83 Women in Backyard. Front Row L-R: Ann (Furtner) Shin, Pam Corwin, Kim (Williams) Murphy, Susan Smola, Lisa (Thompson) Hugo, Cathy (Gaul) Salvato, Virginia (Welch) Nagao, Tomoko (Ishikawa) Tanaka, Charlee (Canby) Magruder. Second Row L-R: Pam (Allinger) Frick, Katie (Podolak) Thurman, Susan Koye, Karen (Mulvaney) Myers, Tina (Sherman) Holland, Nancy (Ingerson) Halling, Rowena Musico, Lisa (Yustak) Vickers, Gina (Hester) Jackson, Millie (Gregorich) Wilkerson, Heidi (Wolfangel) Gerding. Third Row L-R: Lynn Thomas, Yolanda (Williams) Reagans, Jane (Ward) Barclift, Linda Bolan, Marge (Zap) Nordman, Nancy (Yang) Vegel, Gerrie Santos, Barbara Bell. Back Row L-R: Jackie Blackwell, Tanya (Rieger) Qadada, Kathy (Owens) McCullough, Jean (Eberhardt) Benfer, Cheryl (Dolyniuk) Carlan

The Lone Sailor Award is given to Sea Service veterans who have excelled with distinction in their respective careers during or after their service. The award recipients include an impressive list of men and women who have distinguished themselves by drawing upon their military experience to become successful in their subsequent careers and lives, while exemplifying the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment.

This year’s winners included the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy and his wife (a WWII WAVE), Del and

Ima Black; Christopher Gardner, founder and CEO of Gardner Rich & Co and author of The Pursuit of Happyness, and basketball great, David Robinson (’87).

Cheers, Joe

Lonely Sailors

All I can say is WoW and WeLL Done ! It is absolutely wonderful to see all the smiling faces, many whom I have not seen since graduation.

During the last weekend of October, 35 of the “Class Act” Classy Ladies of ‘83 met for a mini reunion in Dallas. We had an absolute blast rekindling friendships and reminiscing while creating new memories as we enjoyed the sites of Fort Worth and Dallas. Nancy (Yang) Vegel and Kathy (Owens) McCullough kicked off the weekend with an amazing Texas barbecue.

The weekend also included visits to the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Sundance Square, George W. Bush Presidential Museum and the Reunion Tower Geo Deck.

This was our first women’s gathering since graduating 34 years ago. We learned many things about each other: some of us are someone’s grandma, some of us retired from the Navy after 20+ years, some of us are CEOs, President of schools, teachers, managers, directors, bankers, supervisors, CPAs, contractors, ministers, analysts or COO, some of us are getting our advanced degrees, some of us have started another career field, some of us like our jobs, some of us are looking for another opportunity,

some of us are stay at home moms raising our families or caring for elderly parents, some of us are celebrating weddings and graduations, some of us are legacy parents at the Naval Academy. We may have taken different paths following graduation but we share a common bond that has endured through time. Looking forward to more gatherings, especially at our Class’ 35th next October.”

Attendees in Texas: Jane Ward Barclift Barbara Bell Jean Eberhardt Benfer Jacqueline Blackwell Linda Bolan Cheryl Dolyniuk Carlan Pam Corwin Pam Allinger Frick Heidi Wolfangel Gerding Nancy Ingerson Halling Tina Sherman Holland Lisa Thompson Hugo Gina Hester Jackson Susan Koye Charlee Canby Magruder Kathleen Owens McCullough Rowena Musico Kim Williams Murphy Karen Mulvaney Myers Virginia Welch Nagao Majorie Zap Nordman Tanja Rieger Qadada Yolanda Williams Reagans Angela Smith Roth Cathy Gaul Salvato Gerrie Santos Ann Furtner Shin Caroline Simkins-Mullins Susan Smola Tomoko Ishikawa Tanaka Lynn Thomas Katie Podolak Thurman Nancy Yang Vegel Lisa Yustak Vickers Millie Gregorich Wilkerson 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.

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83/84 CLASS NEWS Chris Captain, United States Navy – retired Got Newz? send to: 83shipmate@ gmail.com Once a classmate, always a classmate. ’83- A Class Act!

as Director of Strategic Communications supporting work of the American Embassy. He also served as Executive Director, Delaware Valley Healthcare Council; Vice President, Government Affairs at Ascension Health and State Director for Senator Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania.

Intelligence (AIM: WATR) and ListSoft, LLC, as well as the board for the Navy League of Western Connecticut. John swore his son Connor in at UCLA NROTC this past Fall.

Club 34 Boys

’84 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 15.63% John swearing in Connor at UCLA

Pres: CAPT Toni Kasprzak, SC, USN (Ret.) e: tonitalks14@gmail.com

I’ll close with one throwback picture of Midshipmen Brennan and Weigold from Plebe Year.

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

Happy New Year to all.

Ken Braithwaite has been nominated by President Trump to serve as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway. Ken spent 27 years active and reserve and is currently Group Senior Vice President for Vizient, a healthcare strategy and performance improvement company. He retired from the Reserves in 2011 as the Navy’s Vice Chief of Information and had served as Commanding Officer, Joint Public Affairs Expeditionary Support Element (Reserve), Joint Forces Command. He deployed to Pakistan

His Excellency, Ken Braithwaite

John Weigold spoke at The Silicon Valley Business Network monthly lunch at Moffett Field in October.

SVBN is an All Academy business networking group currently run by John’s Plebe Year roommate, Jim Brennan. John retired from the reserves with the rank of Rear Admiral in the Fall and is principal at Sound Beach Consulting, splitting time between New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also an independent director on the corporate boards of Water

Brennan and Weigold

’85 Life Membership: 96% Donor Participation: 10.01% 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

I hope all is well with you. We had a Club 34 get-together at the NavyNotre Dame game last weekend.

The team put up a great fight, but Notre Dame was a bit too tough when the rain finally cleared. Despite the rain, it was a great “bucket list” event for all of us. We agreed that the weather will be better next year in San Diego! Pictured left to right: Brian McDonald, Scott Cull, Chris Rhodes, Steve Pettit and Jonas Litonjua.

’84: President Obama and RADM John Wiegold

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My next note was actually a call from Tahler Bandera daughter of Christy Sahler (36th co) who called me to correct my journalist mistake of claiming Emil Petruncio was the last 0-6 to retire from active duty.

What I failed to mention was he was the last male to retire LOL, Eli McGuigan (Gilstad) will be the last 0-6 to retire from active duty. I was just glad that somebody reads my column. In sad news Christy Sahler dad passed away in November 2017, our thoughts are with her and her entire family.

I have a funny story to tell about my good buddy Paul McElroy, as many of you know Paul works for USAA and had a role in USNA Awards night at Graduation week 2016. I was also attending the awards banquet but the closest they would let me get to the stage was the nose bleed section, and right their up on stage Capt Paul McElroy big shot giving out awards to mids that had 4.0 QPRs. Paul was right at home. So after the event they have a little reception so the mids can get their picture taken with all the big shots. Paul gets his pictures done and off he goes, it took me so long to get thru security and walk from my seats that I missed my old friend Paul. So I decided to call him and pretend to be a high ranking officer and ask him why he blew off the reception and that the Supe would like to see him. After listening to everything go silent, it reminded me of the Officer of the day calling you as the CMOD and asking you questions. I couldn’t hold it in and started laughing, Paul was a great sport and met up with me.

As always send notes and update me.

GO NAVY & BEAT ARMY my friends.

VO

86/87 CLASS NEWS

’86 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 10.70% 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

Grace, our youngest daughter, is a high school senior at Augusta Prep so empty nesting is just around the corner. Sheri and I also had dinner with roommate Jim Addison a while back. As always, he is near the top of the food chain, this time at Marriott instead of class rank.

For the ‘86 golfers an open invitation: Augusta is a great place to visit -especially the first week of April!

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

Hello 86, Hope everyone is doing well.

I had a great opportunity to attend the Navy SMU game on Veteran’s Day. Great to catch up with many ‘86ers; (pictured below, L-R) Karen Fallon, Diana Selberg Pointon, Lori Reynolds, Anne Groves Hammond, Sue Fink Yoshihara, and Maura Quinn.

A short update this month from Dave Hostetler: M The latest installment of musings from the 22nd Company Scribe. The guys continue to provide interesting anecdotes of their lives and those of their loved ones.

Wright McLeod sends: M After an unsuccessful bid for Congress, I got back into distance running, and last Sunday ran the Marine Corps Marathon with my 2 older daughters, Collier and Maggie. “Mission Accomplished,” some 20 years later and an hour slower than last time! Our daughter, Collier, is a 3rd year law student at UGA (University of Georgia) and likely heading to Atlanta in May, and Maggie works for Booz Allen in D.C after graduating from Emory.

’86: Wright Mcleod: 30 years later and one hour slower at the Marine Corps Marathon.

Wright McLeod flanked by two of his daughters Collier (on the left and Maggie on the right) at the 2017 Marine Corps Marathon.

From James Reed: M Going to China on Wednesday for a couple of weeks with my EMBA class for a Global Immersion “Field trip”. Be back on 7 Nov. (I suspect he is back in the US by the time this goes to print. If not, we may need to get Paul Simonsen on the case.)

Dave Opatz adds that he is still with the VA and learning about how to

be a good Fed. (We expect nothing less from you, Opy.) In lieu of inputs from Chris Hickey, he asked me to make up some nice lies…Sorry, Chris. The truth about you is too much fun.

Beat Army!!

Dave Long’s Survivor Pool (fantasy football) league only took six weeks to determine a winner.

Yes, it has been a crazy NFL season so far. Interesting that his wife was the winner of the cash. Hmmm. He has developed a Phase II to the game that continues to keep the 22nd Company family in contact with one another.

BEAT ARMY!!!! And remember to send me some inputs! Best, Anne

photos from our 30th reunion and a flash from the past, a photo of John Raymond, Jason Hardebeck and Lou Gregus on a road trip to Reno during Prototype training in Idaho Falls.

(L to R) John Raymond, Jason Hardebeck, Lou Gregus

’87 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 9.46% 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

(L to R) USNA Class of 1987 30th Reunion – 35th Company and Families

Website: www.usna87.org

Hello ’87, Welcome to the Dark Ages, 2018 version! Thanks to John Raymond for sharing a number of

Please send your news for Shipmate to rob.pinataro@stny.rr.com.

’86

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87/88 CLASS NEWS

’87: (L to R) USNA Class of 1987 30th Reunion – 35th Company and Families

’87: (L to R) USNA Class of 1987 30th Reunion – 35th Company and Families

’87: (L to R) USNA Class of 1987 30th Reunion – 35th Company and Families

’87: (L to R) USNA Class of 1987 30th Reunion – 35th Company and Families

John Tucker:

’88

M I’m the oldest rookie on the San Diego PD. Graduated with my class on August 17th. Best Regards, John Tucker ‘88

Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 10.46% 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 Sec’y: Sara Salas Wickard c: 757-589-0678; e: swickard88@gmail.com Website: www.usna88.com

’88 Classmates: Wishing you all a happy, healthy New Year filled with love and all God’s blessings.

Here’s the news. r/ Sara Max Grant: M My 16th Company roommate, NAPSTER, combat SEAL, 3 time All American 150s football player, and all around great human being Rich Rodriguez was promoted Read Admiral on October 6, 2017 at a ceremony at the JCS at the Pentagon.

Classmates BGEN Sparky Renforth and Dave DiEugenio (also 150s All Americans), Donnie Hughes (current O-Rep of Navy football

’88: Rich Rodriguez promotion to Rear Admiral

team), and Chad Watson (placer of Herndon cap, so our first Admiral) attended the celebration with Rich, Leigh Ann and their family. By our count, ‘88’s 13th flag officer.

Ted Alexander: M Bob Strong is engaged! Beautiful nurse, Emma. He better lock her down before she figures out he’s not in his upper thirties as he keeps sayin. Can I still put him up for an honor offence? What kinda whistleblower awards do you people pay for things like this these days?

Congrats Bobby! Xxxo - T

Classmates and roommates: Brian O’Donnell, Rich Hernandez and Joe Franson

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John Tucker’s graduation – SD Police Department

Dave Cleary: M Attached is a photo from the 2015 MCM. Greg Williams and I were running together and talking about lining up on a camera for a Shipmate photo. We heard a voice from behind ask is she could photo bomb us and we said sure. 100 yards later we learned that our photo bomber was a classmate

87/89 CLASS NEWS named Gretchen (Quasebarth) Cassidy. What are the odds in a field of 36k runners 3 88’s would get caught on camera together?

temporarily living with the family next door to Henry and Dan pulled in with the moving van and saw Henry’s Navy hat and the rest is history!

Brian Rathjen: M Had a great time in November at semi annual Naval Academy Foundation trustee meeting and dinner before the Navy SMU game. John Santo Salvo was the latest member of our class to get inducted as a trustee. In attendance from left to right - Dave Greer, Jim Schwab, John Devine, Jim Traa, Chad Watson, Brian Rathjen, Henry Stoever, John Santo Salvo.

2015 USMC Marathon, Dave Cleary (’88 Army/Navy Tailgater Kingpin) and his group Team Michael – Autism awareness - ran another USMC Marathon on 22 Oct 2017.

Erin (Martin) Stone:

’88

’88

’89 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 8.72% 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

John Santo Salvo and Jim Traa at John’s induction ceremony

Classmates Dan Whitney ’88 and Henry Stoever ’88 ran into each other recently in Alexandria, VA. Dan’s stepson Conner was

I’ve been in RI for over 20 years now. I need to read that twice to myself for full impact. My wife and two boys (12 and 14) spend much of our non-work time either surfing, fishing or clamming. Against all reason, we adopted a dog. Life needed complicating I suppose.

My years here have been primarily occupied by teaching middle school in the city. I left the classroom in July to direct the school I began teaching at 20 years ago. The San Miguel School is a small private school with a mission of assisting at-risk boys from 5th8th grade break the cycle of poverty through education. Its a great place with a mission that hasn’t changed in its 25 years of existence. For anyone with tax shelter needs, we accept checks, credit cards and bitcoin, if need be.

I hope to get down to either a reunion or football game sometime soon and in the meantime, I wish members of our class all good things.

M Some of the ‘88 folks who were at my ceremony on July 28th in Memorial Hall: Michelle Borretti, Margaret Brounk, Matice Wright, me, Mary Jackson, Don Hughes, Brian O’Donnell, and Leslie Hill.

Don and Brian are both stationed at USNA and were sideboys in the ceremony. Cheers, Erin.

Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all had a great holiday season!

Congratulations to Paul Dabbar for being nominated and confirmed as the Department of Energy’s under secretary for science. I know Paul will do a great job!

A couple of updates. First from John Wolf: M I haven’t updated in years but, to quote Bob Dylan, “I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.”

Mark Moynihan is working at Lego in Connecticut and because of that he has taken on God-like status in our home of two young boys. He and his sons came to RI earlier this year to catch the northward striped bass migration. I think he’s better at fishing than putting is all I’ll say about that.

Pete Rieg, Brad Vogt and Jamie Gonsalves all collect with some frequency to slash around Navy’s golf course. They can all actually still play a little so I would avoid giving them shots if you connect with them.

Ben Koenig and I continue to laugh regularly at the absurdity of the world today. I think Ben is planning on running either a hardware store or marina in the near future.

Mike Good is up north of Boston and we’re setting a plan to tell stories and drink bourbon around a fire this winter in RI. Email me if you want in.

Thanks for the update, John!

And, now, for an update from the always upbeat, always funny John Woodson.

M Hello 89, This is John “Woody” Woodson, somehow 4th Company has stayed in touch with each other, so I figured; why not give a Sitrep on 4th Company 89. Big things happening here in Columbia Maryland, for the Woodson’s and Gontran Lamberty’s families, our oldest children, JJ Woodson and Cara Lamberty, have graduated. Hard to believe but over 17 years ago, these two held their first playdate together. Cara is attending University of Delaware to study Marine Biology and JJ is attending University of Maryland’s Business School. Anne Lamberty and Kris Woodson cried their eyes out.

Right after graduation, Kris and I flew down to Alabama, to join my roommates, Steve Dickson and Bill Serad and their families, for the wedding of Steve’s oldest son Chase. Steve and Stacey Dickson, are way ahead of all of the rest of Fourth Company in the parenting department. They have two sons, who graduated college, one who is

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89/91 CLASS NEWS married and the other, Chance, who just got accepted to med school, and their youngest daughter, Rio Olympian Kylie is attending the University of Alabama, as a member of their gymnastics team. Kylie is joining Bill’s daughter Shelby at Alabama. So Bill and Stacy get to travel down to Bama at a pretty steady rate. In September, we got back together for a bourbon tasting weekend in Kentucky. Here is a photo of us at the Buffalo Trace Distillery.

Our recently retired, fourth roommate Jim Popielec had to miss this trip, but he has very recently accepted a new job as a contractor working for the DLA in Richmond. His oldest son Mitch is a senior at UVA.

Thanks Woody! I got to hang with Woody, Ingar Grev, Randy Unger and a host of other ‘89ers at the UCF football game tailgater.

Until next time, Beat Army!

’90 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 11.70% 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

’91 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 9.74% 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

‘91: At the SMU tailgater Kurt and the tailgating crew; with classmates and the families of our fallen; Mario Carazo and Chris Tragna. Miss you brothers!

At Large: Jen Lednicky e: Jen@USNA91.info

with Mike Smith and Gib Armstrong finalizing the proposal which will be put forth to the class leadership for approval. Please stay tuned and remain ready to assist in setting and achieving our class goals.

At Large: Gib Armstrong e: gib@USNA91.info Website: www.usna91.info

2018 – Here we go!

It is hard to believe that another year has passed. Yet here we are in 2018, we start the year full of hope and committed to the principles that made our country free. We celebrate our class’ triumphs, individuals and collective; are grateful for a wonderful 2017, remember those whose watch has ended, and “Forward march!” to carry the legacy of our dear Academy and Class. Let’s make 2018 a year to remember amongst them all!

“Go Navy Sir! – Beat Army Sir!” By the time you read this article, the Army/Navy game will have taken its course in Philly. Win or lose, this football season was a hoot, not only because the awesome football we got to see on the gridiron, played by the Midshipmen squad, but also thanks to the great tailgaters that Kurt Metcalf and crew put together.

Thanks to all that assisted Kurt, for making it feel like a small class reunion every Saturday this past season. Looking forward to 2018!!

Some pictures follow -

Sec’y: Trey Alexander e: shipmate1990@yahoo.com Website: www.usna90.com Facebook: USNA Class of 1990

Trevor King and his fiancée Alyson, showcasing the official USNA91 tailgating bar - #awesome!

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Billy the goat decided to make a pit stop to check the bar (for safety only, of course)

The leadership team has now had the chance to meet on three occasions, and is diligently working through the action items of the 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).

By way of an update, we are finalizing the fund-raising plan for 2018 and beyond. More complex than previously anticipated, we are on the “five-minute chow-call” zone

TWO OR THREE MET! One of the coolest unofficial traditions of the Academy is the “vanity plate” (A.K.A. “Class plate”) tradition. Below you will find a short collection of license plates bearing the mighty USNA crest as well as the moniker for its undisputed best class (IMHO)!

Nope… these are not Roman competing with Arabic numerals, this is “Midshipman ‘91” – in Roman Numerals it would have been MCM.

#COMMITMENT – Ok, so the car does not have four license plates, but it does make for a nice montage!!

A Mid of few words… (‘Nuff said!)

91/91 CLASS NEWS So, who has the best license plate in the class? The cleverest? Send me the pictures and let’ put it to a vote!!!

The following comes via Gib Armstrong and Stu Lockhart: M After 8 months of erg training and a promising practice against the Plebers before the Air Force game in October, the “Navy Alumni Eight” (AJ Monaco, Gib Armstrong, James Baca, Rob Turner, Jon Aytes ‘90, Todd Wobig, UPenn ‘90 substitute John Kelley, and Stu Lockhart with coxswain Emily Geigerich) launched on Saturday 28 October at Philadelphia’s 2017 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. There were 21 boats in our race. It was a sunny day but with a strong headwind. The race plan was to settle into our swing and, depending on the feel of the boat, to raise the rate above 25 strokes per minute after the half way point.

As we know, plans don’t last first contact with the enemy, right?

Well, in this case, we rowed the plan! After entering the shoot and feeling the headwind blast, we settled into a long and strong piece. We were connected and the boat felt good...and in the process, we passed two boats in the first half of the course. By the time we hit the halfway point, we were raising our rate and gaining on a third crew. Thanks to our inspiring cox, we came passed them going by the Three Angels and prepared to thread the final two

bridges in the last 500 meters. By the time we hit the Gerard Avenue Bridge, we were at a 28 spm. For the final push, hit a solid 30 spm, passing another boat just before the finish! Our time was 15:27, a 6th place finish with our age handicap.

After finishing, we met up with families and classmate Sunil Desai who came out to cheer us on...and enjoy an evening sharing beers and stories with some of the legends of the Philly rowing community courtesy of the Vesper Boat Club. The day culminated with a singing of “Navy Blue and Gold” as we went our separate ways. It was outstanding how we came together and raced well after just one practice session and a varying line-up. The consensus is to do this again and find other opportunities to train, compete and row together. Can’t wait for the Head of the Schuylkill 2018!

Bottom line: Mission accomplished, ‘91! – Regards “Stu”

Nelson Santini and Scott Yamamoto connecting in Pearl Harbor

‘91: The Crew! With Gib Armstrong and Stu Lockhart (Ok, and the other folks in the paragraph above)

agreed to lead all the logistic for the event. 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!

Mike Smith and Gordo Wilson at a Veteran’s Symposium in NYC (fall 2017)

Col. Stan Krasovic and BGen(Sel.) Eric Austin during the Marine Corps Birthday festivities.

“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

Alaska Cruise / Viking River Cruise in 2018!

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 (466-2891); email him at: Dan@ GoNavyTravel.com or look at: www.gonavytravel.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.

“THE HELM” Hi everyone…’91 continues to lead the way! For those that want a great insight into leadership and making a difference, please visit: YouTube .com and search for Tara Lee: The Cardinal Virtues of Leadership. She has put together a very impressive presentation on leadership. I highly recommend taking the 30 minutes to listen and learn as leadership techniques has grown since our time during second class summer.

Great Job Tara!

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91/96 CLASS NEWS Class leadership continues to have our monthly meetings and the current initiatives remain our class project and children of fallen classmates. By the time this hits the press, those initiatives should be well underway. We are also focusing on events around the country to bring classmates together. Our class events can be found on http:// usna91.info/Events.aspx. Also, a big shout out to Dan Drake for heading up our Navy Notre Dame game San Diego 2018 game festivities!

More to come...Evan sends

Michele, Beth, Debbie and Marcy also joined us but unfortunately were not in the picture. As always, it had been a few years since we had gotten together but seemed like no time had passed. I am settled in my

hometown of Glastonbury, CT with my wife Beth and our blended family of six kids.”

’93

Next month, 27th Company!

Thanks, Doug

Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 9.14% 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

’92

’92: 10th Co - 25th Reunion

Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 9.68%

Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 7.12%

Pres: Creighton Armstrong

Pres: Jim Keck c: 904-477-2133; e: JKeck@usna94.com

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

Vice Pres: Julie Spencer e: jspencer@1994.usna.com Treas: Brian Bruggeman e: btbruggeman@hotmail.com

Website: www.usna92.com

Classmates, The 25th Reunion was Awesome!

A big thank you to Bill Lawrence and his team for all their hard work in making it happen! Included with this column are reunion pictures from 10th, 16th, 22nd and 29th Companies and from the ’92 Women’s lunch!

Of special note - Congratulations to Leif Mollo in assuming command as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Center, San Diego on August 21, 2017. See included picture of Leif and 10th Company shipmates in attendance: Mike Schoffman, Keith Gordon, Geoff Broderick, and Damien Christopher!

Also, from Mike Doherty: M “I retired last month from the Navy and served my last tour of duty as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, RI. It was such a great way to finish up my time in the Navy. NAPS adds such value to each class. I was blessed to have three of my Sixth Company shipmates join me for the ceremony and celebration. With me in the picture from left to right are Gardner Smith, me, Captain Scott Miller, and CDR (Ret.) Tim Flecker. Our wives,

’94 Sec’y and Corr Sec’y: Maria J. Pallotta p: 410-440-7552; e: mariapallotta@yahoo.com

’92: 16th Co at 25th Reunion

’95 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 6.80% 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

’92: 22nd Co at 25th Reunion

Sec’y: Kate Dooley c: 202-320-6776; e: ktdooley@hotmail.com

’96 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 16.97% Pres: Nagel Sullivan Vice Pres: Bill Pennington Sec’y: Cara Albright e: caramalbright@1996.usna.com Treas: Nikki Battaglia Website: http://www.1996.usnaclasses.net ’92: 29th Co at 25th reunion

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Happy New Year, ’96! Hope your holidays were like the Room of

96/97 CLASS NEWS

’97 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 6.26% 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

’92: Women’sLunch-25th Reunion

’92: CAPT Leif Mollo change of command with 10th company shipmates!

Brian Hoke, who recently completed the Antarctic Ice Marathon at the South Pole to honor Brian and support the Navy SEAL and Third Option Foundations. I’ve always dreamed of running on all seven continents, and Christy’s dedication and spirit are an amazing reminder to me of what it means to live. To borrow Mike’s words… you are an inspiration to all of us. Truly.

Well, that’s a wrap on this column. Look for updates about fundraising and the ’96 Class Project as we gear up to start our class legacy gift in 2018. As always, send updates or pictures to share my way! — Cara

Hi everyone. I have only a couple items to share for this issue, but stay tuned in upcoming columns for some survey information to help gather your feedback from our 20th reunion last September.

In November 2017, the Class of 1947 held a 50-year Another Link in the Chain event in conjunction with their 70th reunion in Norfolk, VA and offered an invitation to the Class of ’97.

Per the USNA Alumni website, “The Another Link in the Chain program forms bonds and relationships between current midshipmen and members of the 50-year class counterpart throughout the four years on the Yard and beyond.

The midshipmen are buoyed and encouraged by the physical presence and moral support of the senior Alumni, and members of the

’92: Doherty retirement

Requirements… all that you needed them to be. This will be a short blast since we are still 10 and a wake up from Army-Navy as I write this - so no pics to share from that event yet - and my mailbox is definitely empty. In the administrative realm, don’t forget to check out our class website which is hosted on the new Alumni Association class website network and can be accessed at http://1996.usnaclasses.net. We are trying to decentralize our communications from the leadership to the class a bit by branching out from Facebook. Additionally, anytime a classmail is sent out, I will duplicate on the website under

the Class Blasts and include the date the email was sent. This will hopefully benefit those who have been having trouble with classmail forwarding, or whose information is out of date. Our goal is to use as many platforms as we can to reach as many of our classmates as we can, and the website will hopefully be an important link in that chain. It is still very much a work in progress, but please send feedback or suggestions my way as I continue to transform it into the best it can be.

Constant vigilance!

As we close the door on 2017, I’m sending a huge shout-out and BZ to Christy Dow Hoke, wife of

’96: Christy Dow Hoke at the 2017 Antarctic Ice Marathon starting line.

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97/00 CLASS NEWS

’99 Life Membership: 93% Donor Participation: 6.11% 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 ’97: Connie and Les Pomeroy ’47, Tom Ryno, Joe McKenzie ’47, Karsten Daponte, Bob and Joan Roche ’47 and Brent Moore

West Coast Rep: Lauren (Withers) Ryan

50-year class counterpart enjoy working with the current midshipmen in their development of Navy and Marine officers. Binding and bonding classes through the generations is critical to carrying on the history and traditions of the Naval Academy and its Alumni.”

Here is a photo from the luncheon where Tom Ryno, Karsten Daponte, and Brent Moore represented our class.

Next, here’s the latest from Ian Nestbitt

’00

M To the mighty class of 97! First, I apologize for not attending the reunion. My excuse (No Excuse Sir...!) is I’ve retired and begun my Doctoral Studies in the Humanities at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. The program is excellent and demanding. My twin research interests are: 1) What does it take for humans to flourish as individuals and 2) What does it take for groups of humans to flourish, starting with a couple, then family, neighborhood, etc. to our planet overall. I’ve got my work cut out for me and it’s great.

Separately, I was lucky enough to see Tim Castro in Annapolis on the day I was discharged. Just as Blue and Gold taught us – old tales were retold! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and if you pass through Newport, look me up: ian_nesbitt@hotmail.com.

’98 Life Membership: 100% Donor Participation: 6.51% 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

Only one brief, but important update for this issue: Welcome to Leonard “Leo” Humberto Brugler-Semper.

Born 9/21/2017 @ 10:47pm, 6 lbs 11oz, 20.5 in. Leo joins big brother Sebastian (3 yrs) in the San Diego-based Brugler-Semper household. Mama is doing her best to keep up with the food demand of this ‘lil 98’er.

Website: www.usna99.org

Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 6.63% 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, Enjoy the updates this month from the Wilkersons and Kendricks.

The rumor about me retiring from the Marine Corps is true and I will post some pictures next month.

Beat Army! Murph September Wilkerson (wife of Rob) writes:

Thanks Ian, and best of luck with your Doctoral Studies program.

Thanks for tuning in, ’97. Beat Army!

-Aaron ’98 Suzanna Brugler (’98) and John Paul Semper with Leo Brugler-Semper

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M We are back in Jacksonville, FL for Rob’s command tour (currently XO) with the ‘Mad Foxes’ of VP-5, and of course the Class of 2000 is well represented, along with a bunch of other USNA classmates here. Chad Donnelly is the XO over at VP-10, Mark Zematis representing as XO at VP-45, John Floyd (‘99) is the XO of MPRWS and Teddy Kribs (‘99), Mike Albus (‘99), Ryan Lilley (‘98), and Ben Stinespring (‘99) are the COs at VP-8, VP-10, VP-45 and VUP-19 respectively.

We’ve been lucky enough to get to spend some time with some of our nearest and dearest from ‘00 this year. In January, we met up with Josh Kelley and his wife Carla in Vegas in January for Rob’s 40th.

(Josh is the XO at VT-35 in Corpus Christi.) I can’t tell you what we did there, because it stayed there, but I will say that the sight of me carrying a 6-foot long stuffed tiger through the entire casino at our hotel was NOT the strangest thing anyone saw that day. We saw the Kelley family again when they came out to Jacksonville over the summer (Florida in July only sounds refreshing to folks who live in Corpus) to eat, drink and blow stuff up.... because Florida on the 4th of July is the closest you can get to Fallujah in the southeastern US. I’ve included photos, but when we drink we are terrible selfie takers. #dontjudge We get together with Chad and Jamie Donnelly and their girls all the time...Rob thinks it’s hilarious that fate delivered him two sons, and his plebe summer roommate two daughters, and that the 4 of them couldn’t be happier hanging out together....Chad does not think this is so hilarious. We found a brave sitter for 6 kids one night, and the four of us, plus John & Gwen Floyd, headed out for a birthday dinner (see pic). None of us remember much of what said that night, but a good time was had by all. ;) I also included a photo of Rob & Chad circa the summer of 1997....from time to time, we like to compare hair notes.

When we get the chance to catch up with other academy

00/01 CLASS NEWS

’00: Chad, Rob, September, Jamie, Gwen, John at dinner July 2017

friends that we don’t have regular access to in our community, it’s like no time has passed....the same was true when we caught up with Tim Rhatigan for dinner and happy hour over the summer as he was passing through Jacksonville. It’s hard to believe that it was 20+ years ago when happy hour was at the “Ninth Wing” over in Eastport. (I think I still have that house key!)

Rob is headed out on deployment, so if you are looking for me, I’ll be at Starbucks....or trying to figure out if it actually is 5 o’clock somewhere.

Will try to send some more material next spring! Hope everyone is well!

Hugs, September

’00: Throw me a number 2!

Rob & Chad circa 1997

’00: Chris Kendrick leading a 5K in NYC

privilege of running the Tunnel -to-Towers 5K through lower Manhattan in honor of the fallen first-responders from 9/11; there were a lot of West Pointers participating, but the Navy and THE ACADEMY were well-represented!

’01 Life Membership: 96% Donor Participation: 8.32%

Chad, Tim & Rob August 2017

’00: Chris Kendrick First Pitch Commander

Josh & Carla Kelley & Rob in Vegas January 2017

00: The Kendricks

Pres: Jen (Bohr) Tyll p: 302-528-9306; e: jenbohrtyll@gmail.com

Chris Kendrick writes:

Vice Pres: Amy (Baxter) Laczek p: 240-393-9120; e: laczekaxter@gmail.com

M Living the dream in the NYC area at NRD New York. The day-to-day grind as XO is not without its perks.

I’ve attached a few photos of me throwing out the first pitch at a game between the Mets’ and Yankees’ Division A clubs at Coney Island. I also recently had the

Treas: Adam Borcz e: adamhenryborcz@gmail.com Sec’y: Jen McCullough e: jennifer.mccollough@gmail.com

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02/03 CLASS NEWS age of 40 who are center stage in the business community, working hard to drive the economy and demonstrating dynamic leadership.

Jordon is currently the Vice President-Wealth Strategist for Northern Trust Corporation.

’02 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 5.95% Pres: CDR Joshua W. Welle, USNR e: welle@2002.usna.com Vice Pres: Patrick McConnell e: patrick.mcconnell@2002.usna.com Sec’y: Kate Kranz Jordan e: katherine.kranz@2002.usna.com

Jay explaining the origin of the “I believe” chant.

Treas: Cari Murtagh e: murtagh@2002.usna.com Send Submissions to: katherine.kranz@2002.usna.com Website: www.usna2002.org

Happy New Year ’02!

Since this is the first Shipmate submission after the 15-year reunion, and the last one from this Class Board, it’s a great opportunity to officially thank everyone who helped to make the reunion such a success. It was a great way to cap off the past 5 years. We owe a huge thanks to Leslie (Boegel) Carano, Leah (Demberger) Ward, Ryan Sirmons, John Olson, Brian Walsh, Lucas Adin, Elizabeth (Kreft) Brienza, Mariclair Tan, Sean McClintock, and Rion Martin who selflessly volunteered their time on countless planning conference calls and throughout the weekend, helping to ensure that all of the events flowed smoothly. We’d also like to thank Sean Ponder with S&G Realty and John Olson with First Command Financial Services for their generous sponsorships of the reunion. Also a big thanks to Justin Nassiri, Natasha (Sistrunk) Robinson, and Joe Thompson for sharing their stories of public service out of uniform during the class meeting. And of course a huge thanks to everyone who travelled from far and near to attend the reunion and helped to make it a memorable event for everyone. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the 20-year!!

Jordon Voss

The only thing that could have possibly kept Kate (Kranz) Jordan away from the reunion, the newest member of the ’02 family and Navy’s newest fan.

It has been a pleasure to serve as your leadership for the past 5 years, looking forward to what the next 5 and beyond bring!

Fair Winds and Following Seas, Josh, Pat, Kate, Cari, Charlie, Chad, & John

Corey Strong and Jay Rodriguez recently filmed a segment that aired on CBS for the Army/Navy Game discussing the origin of the “I believe” chant.

Corey and Jay doing the interview in front of Bancroft Hall.

’03 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 4.91% Pres: LT Daniel Bailey Vice Pres: LT Dan Emmert Treas: Maili Neverosky Sec’y: Kenneth Michel e: kennethmichel03@gmail.com Shipmate submissions e: navyclass2003@gmail.com

Greetings, I hope you all were able to enjoy your Thanksgiving break! Below you will find the Jan-Feb Shipmate submission for the class of 2003.

Please let me know if you have any questions or require additional information.

Jordon Voss was recently recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as a 2017 recipient of the “40 under 40” award. This award identifies people under the

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Corey and Jay enjoying VIP seats at NavyMarine Corps Stadium.

Corey photo bombing Jay’s interview.

Corey explaining the origin of the “I believe” chant in what appears to be a blue rim t-shirt.

News from Ryan Miller: M Greetings 2003! After only 14 years of threatening to submit an article, the time for my procrastination is over. I’m happy to announce I was married to Jess Canonico at the USNA chapel on July 29th. Jess is from Venezuela, but she’s been in the U.S. since high school. She’s currently working as an engineer for Deutsche Bank at their Jacksonville campus. We were fortunate to have so many great friends and classmates join us for the celebration and reception at the O-Club. 2003 grads in attendance were Foster Edwards, Mike Henderson, Bret Walther, Hope (Kelly) DiGiusto, Jim Boehm, Will Lahnen, Eric Adler, Scott Miller, Chris O’Connor, Paul Henderson, Crystine Good, and Dave Nielsen. As is tradition for every major 2003 class event, we had a torrential downpour for the rehearsal dinner. Fortunately, we had much better luck with only a few raindrops on the wedding day.

Although I’m on shore duty, I found a good enough reason to go back to sea, this time on a honeymoon cruise of the Greek isles on a beautiful 150ft motorsailer. With a favorable crew rest schedule, better port calls, no need for shower shoes, and a much more attractive liberty buddy, it was an easy sell.

After finishing my department head tour at HSM-48 in Mayport, FL, I moved back down the hangar

03/06 CLASS NEWS to take the MH-60R FRS OPS officer job at HSM-40. I’ve been very fortunate to have four tours and over 10 years of flying in Jacksonville. One perk of writing the squadron flight schedule is having first pick of good deal trips. After scheming for years, I finally got to cross a USNA flyover off my bucket list. Because of Second Class Parents’ Weekend and a pair of class reunions, we couldn’t land on Hospital Point, but we did get a beautiful day for a flyover of the USNA v. Cincinnati football game and a solid 42 to 32 victory. Go Navy! It was great to get back to the Yard only a couple months after the wedding and to see many more classmates. Jim Boehm and Chris O’Connor were able to bring their families out to the airport before the game for a tour and some photos with the aircraft. Gotta start the recruiting process early for future Naval Aviators.

I hope everybody is doing well.

Looking forward to the 15-year reunion!

Ryan Miller

We’ll take anything you can send our way!

Congrats to Chris and Kendra Crabbe on their two new additions to the family (Kaela Jane & Richard Connor)!

Kaela, Cade, Kelyn, and Connor (L to R). ’03: Front row (left to right): Foster Edwards, Ryan and Jess Miller, Mike Henderson. Back row: Bret Walther, Hope (Kelly) DiGiusto, Jim Boehm, Will Lahnen, Eric Adler, Scott Miller, Chris O’Connor, Paul Henderson, Crystine Good, Dave Nielsen.

We are a family of OT-6 now!

Jim Tripiano sends in:

M Alex and I welcomed Penelope Claire Tripiano into the world on July 20th, 2017. You can meet her at Navy football games or at Pussers where we try to keep her asleep long enough to get through few rounds of painkillers. ’03: USNA v. Cincinnati flyover crew

’05

’06

Honeymoon Cruise of Greece on M/S Galileo

Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 3.65%

Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 4.99%

’04

Pres: Maj Thomas A. Kulisz, USMC Monterey, CA p: 210-445-9083; e: tkulisz@gmail.com

Pres: LT Andrew Lukich e: andrew.m.lukich@gmail.com

Life Membership: 94% Donor Participation: 4.62% 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

SHIPMATE

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

More than 75 years are available online to all Alumni Association members. Visit usna.com/shipmate.

Vice Pres: LT Joshua Campbell Treas: LT Jeffrey Foulds Sec’y: LT Jamison Lupo e: jamisonlynn@gmail.com

Penelope Claire Tripiano

’06, I hope everyone had an awesome Army Navy week, break from work, Navy Football bowl game, and holiday season! We have some great updates from around the class. Thank you to Kendra, Chris, Trip, and Justin for sending in!

To everyone else, please keep the updates coming (Andrew.M.Lukich@gmail.com).

Justin Freeh sends in:

Justin Freeh, Tom Sauer, Dan Runzheimer, and Ronnie Wilburn linked up after the Marine Corps Marathon!

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07/07 CLASS NEWS

’07 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 6.90% 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

The below photo proves that you can indeed turn a mini-van into an urban assault vehicle. Ben was able to load up his mini-van with all the swag and extras for the reunion and make it from Virginia to Annapolis in one trip. He even left a seat open for his wingman (aka oldest son), but was stood up and replaced by a playdate

We got a Baby!!

Congrats to Billy (27th Company) and Morgan (Kitchen) Looney. In early November they welcomed their son Blaise into this world.

William Dawson passed on the below photo of three generations of Looney men. Pictured from left to right are Billy, grandpa Kevin holding Blaise, and brother Stephen (’06).

Send Articles to: classofficersUSNA2007@gmail.com

Happy Holidays ’07! We hope you had a great Thanksgiving, a great New Years, and that you recovered from our awesome reunion!

To all our classmates who were deployed during the holiday season, you were in our thoughts and prayers!

Please find below the first Shipmate submission of the second decade since our graduation from the Academy. We have some great updates and fun stories below.

We wanted to send another “thank you” to Chaplain Daniel McGrath. Chaplain McGrath provided great guidance and advice during the planning of the Memorial Service for the Reunion. His words at the service were fitting, appropriate, and perfectly encapsulated the message of remembrance and service.

Carolyn Swiggart, mother of Jamie Swiggart (2007 remembered classmate), shares the below photo she took just before the reunion in October. Jamie’s name is found on the sailboat Avenger at USNA. A great way to remember a great classmate.

Avenger

Other Reunion

Loaded for the journey

Other Reunion

All alone….

Some ’07 Classmates aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) celebrated their own reunion somewhere on the Pacific. Pat Sullivan writes, M “Attached is a picture of Nate Stein (CVW-17 CAG Helo Rep), AJ Castro (Shooter), Eric Bond (CCSG9 EOD Rep), and myself (Shooter) enjoying the slightly less raucous version of the 10 year reunion aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) as we sail west for our 7 month deployment (only slightly less exciting than a last minute victory against Air Force). We all wish we could have been there!”

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Below is a fun story from a recent ’07 wedding: Double Blowout — A story of two shoes in the wild At some point in my active duty career I started hearing stories about sole-less servicemembers in the wild being left flatfooted. I never thought these stories could possibly be true. I mean, seriously, how is it that something costing so much could live such a short life — and if it were to actually happen, how could it happen so often that stories could be told in the fleet, passed not from generation to generation but seemingly actually occurring with each and every generation! In addition, I personally had managed to go 14 years since Plebe year and had never once witnessed this phenomenon in real time. Surely something as mythical as Bigfoot must be simply that – a story meant to keep children awake at night. However, all my misperceptions were destroyed one sunny Saturday afternoon this past September 2017.

Portland, Maine was the setting for John Shaffo’s (30th Company) wedding to his bride Abbey. My wife and I had spent the morning enjoying everything that Portland had to offer. We went back to the hotel to get ready. After putting on my chokers I had a brief moment of panic – I started noticing small flecks of white on the hotel carpeting. I thought that it was impossible that the shoe polish I had used was still wet and staining the carpet – I had polished (aka spray-painted) them the night before! Maybe I was just seeing things. But then as we left the room and started walking to the elevator I realized that something was wrong, very wrong. My left shoe just didn’t feel right, in fact it felt like it was untied and that I had been given a flat tire all at the same time. Then I looked down and saw a whole lot more white flecks – in fact, I was seeing white chunks of rubber. It had happened to me – the heels on both my dress white shoes had blown out. The situation got worse (and more comical) for about the next hour. During that time I left a telltale sign as to everywhere I had been. Luckily, the wedding was outside and darkness quickly ‘covered my tracks’.

Double Blowout

End of the Trail

08/10 CLASS NEWS

’08 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 47.24% Pres: Donald H. Horner III Vice Pres: LT Gerald Brooks USN Treas: LT Daniel E. Foose USN

’09: Andrew and Kalen Poulin were joined by fellow USNA ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, and ’14 Alumni along with several military veterans at their wedding.

Sec’y: Dianna Dietrich e: dianna.dietrich@gmail.com

Happy 2018!!

Can you believe that our 10-Year reunion is just months away! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for Oct 18-21. Not only is it our reunion weekend, it’s also Homecoming Weekend!! Be prepared for a lot of fun and a lot of people in DTA. More information about events, costs and hotels will be published in future issues and will also be posted on the class Facebook page in the next few months! If you ever have any questions please email me (Dianna) at dianna.dietrich@gmail.com or reach out over Facebook.

A HUGE congratulations goes out to Andre Webb (8th Co.) for his selection to the Blue Angels in September of 2017. That’s two Blue Angels for 2008, so far!! We can’t wait to see him at future shows!

Congratulations to Flannery (Woodward, 9th Co.) Macynski and her husband, Rob on a new arrival!

They welcomed their son, David Robert on September 12, 2017.

He weighed just under 6lbs but has been growing ever since! Flannery, Rob and David are doing well and we can’t wait to see the little guy running around at the reunion!

Keep sending your good news!

We can’t wait to see everyone at the reunion!

Cheers, Donnie, Gerry, Dianna, and Daniel

USNA CANDIDATES Start the youngster you know on the road to USNA. To request infor or apply online, visit usna.edu/Admissions

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

Andre Webb, Blue Angel

’10 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 44.87% Pres: LT Robert Battle, USN e: rhbattle@2010.usna.com Vice Pres: LT Garth Thomas, USN Sec’y: LT Margaret Boyle, USN e: mcboyle@2010.usna.com Send Articles to: Shipmate2010@gmail.com

David Robert Macynski, son of Flannery (Woodward) and Rob Macynski

’09 Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 49.38% Pres: LT Andrew Poulin, USN e: andrew.poulin09@gmail.com Vice Pres: LT Art Griffin, USN Treas: LT Cody Forsythe, USN Sec’y: LT Micky Matus, USN e: michaelmatus09@yahoo.com Shipmate Submissions: e: usna2009@googlegroups.com

’09, Hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday! With the start of a new year, we come closer and closer to our 10-year reunion.

If you have any interesting ideas, lessons learned, or just want to help out, don’t hesitate to reach out to our Reunion Chairman, Johnny Orr (johnpatrickorr@gmail.com).

This month’s update comes straight from our esteemed Class President with wonderful news that he tied the knot this past fall!

Andrew Poulin and Kalen [née Kropa] held their wedding at the USNA Chapel on October 14th, 2017.

Congratulations and best wishes to Kalen and Andrew!

Lastly, we’d like to take a moment to draw attention to a profound USNA alumni-led program that just recently launched Fall 2017: the USNA Virtual Memorial Hall (VMH) project. Built as a wiki to foster collaboration across all Naval Academy classes, VMH exists to perpetuate the memory of USNA alumni who have died in service to their country. This project is seeking input from friends, family, classmates, and shipmates of the fallen.

Stories and anecdotes—no matter how trivial—will help us learn and keep their memories alive. For further information, please visit www.usnamemorialhall.org or contact the VMH Project Lead, Pat McConnell (USNA ’02) at: skonesam@gmail.com.

2010, Winter is upon us…we continue preparation for the 10 Year Reunion Class Gift (!!!). If interested in serving as a part of the process by acting as Class Gift Committee Chairman or member, please consider sending a quick note to the shipmate2010@gmail.com email address.

Remember to update your personal information at www.usna.com and keep the SHIPMATE Magazine submissions coming! Have a great Winter…see you on the other side.

Invictus!

2010 Class Officers

CLASS SECRETARY COLUMN DEADLINES Send to classnews@usna.com

ISSUE: April-May 2018 June 2018 July-Aug 2018 Sept 2018 Oct 2018 Nov-Dec 2018

DUE DATE: 26 Feb 2018 26 Mar 2018 29 May 2018 25 Jun 2018 30 July 2018 24 Sep 2018

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10/19 CLASS NEWS Captain Mia Hencinski ’10 represented 2010 well as a Marine Corp House Legislative Liaison Officer during a Congressional Delegation visit to Hue City, Vietnam. The Delegation conducted a battlefield study to educate Delegation members and honor the 50th anniversary of the Battle for Hue City.

Among the notable attendees the Chairmen of the Armed Force Committee, Congressman Mac Thornberry, stops for a picture with a few USNA alum.

Ralph Miller ’10, sends his regards and a big “Go NAVY!” from Wadi Shab, Oman.

’11 Life Membership: 97% Donor Participation: 28.63%

’17

Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 78.40%

Life Membership: 99% Donor Participation: 23.84%

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.com Send Articles to: 2013shipmate@gmail.com

’14 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 62.53% Pres: 1stLt William R. Roberts, USMC

Pres: Michael E. Orzetti, CIV

Vice Pres: 1stLt Conor J. Kearney, USMC

Vice Pres: LT Ricky Dobbs, USN

Treas: LTJG Emily L. Kreyenhagen, USN

Treas: LT Matthew Pierson, USN

Sec’y: LTJG Elizabeth J. Powers, USN

Sec’y: LT Natalie Woodward, USN e: NNWoodward@2011.usna.com

Send Articles to: shipmate2014@gmail.com

’12 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 53.83% Pres: Capt Ian Cameron, USMC Sara Artime ’10 sends news of a successful wedding in Napa Valley last June.

Congrats, Sara!

’13

Vice Pres: LT Nicholas DeMasters, USN Treas: LT Nicolas Woods, USN Sec’y: Capt Austin Madden, USMC Send Articles to: shipmate2012@gmail.com

’15 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 54.12% 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 Life Membership: 98% Donor Participation: 51.47% Pres: 2ndLt Eric B. Kellogg, USMC Vice Pres: 2ndLt Matthew L. Chavez, USMC Treas: ENS Renata M. Bucher, USN Sec’y: 2ndLt Zachary L. Coffman, USMC Send Articles to: Shipmate2016@gmail.com

’10: From left to right: COL John Ostrowski (’93), Chairman Mac Thornberry, Phil MacNaughton (’00), Captain Mia Hencinski (’10), and COL Mike Taylor (’93).

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Pres: 2ndLt Chosnel Raymond, USMC Vice Pres: ENS Robert Winning, USN Treas: ENS Theodore Schopf, USN Sec’y: ENS Molly McGuckin, USN

’18 Pres: MIDN Dan Stitt, USN Vice Pres: MIDN Michael Pahissa, USN Treas: MIDN Gio Hernandez, USN Sec’y: MIDN Rachel LaBuda, USN

’19 Pres: MIDN Isaac Phillips III, USN Vice Pres: MIDN Tate Schumacher, USN Treas: MIDN Leor Golan, USN Sec’y: MIDN Gil Wright, USN

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 Sec’y: Ruth Lichtenfeld p: 251-343-6264; e: ruth29@bellsouth.net

Arizona BGO Area Coordinator: LtCol Julie Carpenter ’91, USMCR (Ret.) p: 602-793-9850 e: juliecarpenter@mindspring.com

Arizona Chapter Pres: Capt David M. English ’86, USMCR e: David.English@1986.usna.com www.usna.com/Chapter/us/arizona Sec’y: Steven W. Ranes ’02 e: StevenWRanes@gmail.com Website: http://arizona.usnachapters.com

Southern Arizona Chapter

retired the Hisers will soon be moving to their new home in the Annapolis area.

Arkansas BGO Area Coordinator: CDR David Townley ’98 p: 501-786-6776; e: dbtownley@me.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

Asia 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 BGO Area Coordinator: LtCol John Turner ’93, USMC (Ret.) e: john.sebastian.turner@gmail.com

Philippines Chapter Pres: RADM Armando L. Guzman ’80, USN (Ret.) AGM for Administration Philippine Ports Authority Bonifacio Dr., Port Area, Manila m: +63-917-821-3615 e: armandolguzman@yahoo.com

Website: www.groups.yahoo.com/community usnaphil

Sec’y: Dennis Nemura ’65 e: djn1943@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

Website: http://southernarizona.usna chapters.com

Singapore Chapter Pres: Say Yong ’05 e: say@2005.usna.com Vice Pres: Andy Harrell e: andyh125@gmail.com

Los Angeles Chapter: L to R: Pete Tamny ’65, Eric Krause ’00, Clara Krause (Class of 2036), Bill Markley ’67, Bob Rogers ’54 and Glenn Shindler ’64

california Los Angeles Chapter

Sec’y: LTJG Nicole Uchida ’12, USN e: Nicole.Uchida@fe.navy.mil

Pres: Ernie Medina ’03 e: ernie.medina@nmfn.com

Chapter Email: USNASG@gmail.com

Corr Sec’y: Tom Lavino ’03 e: trlavino@hotmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

Tokyo Bay Chapter The USNA Southern Arizona Chapter met on 11/16/17 for an evening social.

The Della Muras and the Hisers recently completed extensive driving trips around the US. Having recently

Los Angeles Chapter: L to R Tarek Elmasry ’02, Brett Potts ’95, Irv Dingle ’99 (and his lovely family), Steve Murrillo ’82, Randy Hartshorn ’71, Brian DeJarnett ’98, Ralph Brunson ’81 and Rob Stevens ’89 (and his lovely wife)

Sec’y: Capt Alberto B. Carlos ’89, PN GSC ACofS, N-4, HPN 2335 Roxas Blvd., Manila p: +63-2-525-1003; M: +63-917-521-1637 e: carlosabet@yahoo.com

Pres: Herb Fauth ’67 p: 520-977-8550; e: 6eagle7@cox.net

Pictured from left are Herb Fauth ’67, Bart Della Mura ’54, Art Weidner ’63, Norman Mims ’60 and Kenyon Hiser ’80

Los Angeles Chapter: L to R: Bill Markley ’67, Bob Rogers ’54, Glenn Shindler ’64, Rich Benson ’68, Joe Koch ’57, Nancy Tamny, Pete Tamny ‘65

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 BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.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 BGO Area Coordinator: (Riverside/San Bernardino) CAPT Stephen Andres ’67, USNR p: 858-454-6755; e: StephenMAndres@gmail.com

August sAn gAbriel luncheon Members of Los Angeles Chapter met for lunch at Mimi’s Cafe in Monrovia on 24 August 2017.

We discussed the recent collisions of USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain with merchant vessels and current events at USNA and around the Navy. Attending were Bob Rogers ’54, Joe Koch ’57, Glenn Shindler ’64, Pete and Nancy Tamny ’65, Bill Markley ’67, and Rich Benson ’68.

We meet the 4thThursday each month except November when we met on 11/16 and in December we met on Beat Army Thursday, 12/7.

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CHAPTER NEWS Please contact gshindler64@earth link.net for more info. nAvy vs. Air Force viewing PArty On 7 October 2017, we held a joint Navy Air Force viewing party at Absolution Brewery in Torrance, CA. Another great viewing party event and although Navy blew a seemingly insurmountable lead we came back to win! november sAn gAbriel luncheon Members of Los Angeles Chapter met for lunch at Mimi’s Cafe in Monrovia on 16 November 2017.

Attending were Bob Rogers ’54, Glenn Shindler ’64, Pete Tamny ’65, Bill Markley ’67, Eric Krause ’00, and daughter Clara Krause (age 3). Please contact gshindler64@ earthlink.net for more info.

Beat Army!

Tom Lavino ‘03

Monterey Bay Chapter Pres: LT Andy West ’08 e: aswest@nps.edu Corr Sec’y: Steve Tackett ’87 e: stackett99@yahoo.com Website: http://montereybay.usnachapters.net BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Brian Murphy ’84, USN (Ret.) p: 408-776-3804; e: brian.murphy@harris.com

Sacramento Chapter Pres: Dennis P. Joyce ’61 p: 916-996-1333; e: djoyce1961@hotmail.com Vice Pres: Dr. Terry Brown ’67 p: 530-676-0327; e: twbrown@innercite.com Sec’y: Bob Bartron ’73 e: bobbartron@hotmail.com Treas: Jack Everett ’64 e: jeverett@quicknet.com Website: http://www.usnaaasac.org BGO Area Coordinator: Bob Proano p: 530-274-9205; e: rproano730@gmail.com

San Diego Chapter Pres: J. Craig Smith ’82 e: President@usnaaasd.com Corr Sec’y: Gilda Reeves ’98 e: gilda@reefpointrealty.com Website: http://usnaaasd.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Michael McVay ’77, USN (Ret.) p: 619-894-1920; e: skip.mcvay@1977.usna.com

APRIL-MARCH SHIPMATE DEADLINE 1 March 2018 (see page 114 for upcoming deadlines)

Santa Barbara Chapter

To date we have fewer than 100 alumni expressing interest.

The Chapter is also soliciting alumni for interest in a formal dinner (tentatively April 2018 for the inaugural dinner). Again, information is on the Chapter web page. To date, we have had interest expressed by 52 alumni, so it’s looking good for our inaugural dinner.

The Chapter is holding elections for officers in May 2018. Interested alumni should contact Guy Higgins (guy.higgins@1969.USNA.com)

Pres: Chet Seto ’78 p: 805-331-9046; e: ChetSeto@CJSeto.com

Colorado Springs Chapter

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Pres: Liam Lane ’02 e: usnaaasf.president@gmail.com Vice Pres: Eric Shangle ’97 e: usnaaasf.vp@gmail.com Sec’y: Cheriene Griffith ’02 e: usnaaasf.secretary@gmail.com Treas: Mark Lundstrom ’86 e: iblucky86@earthlink.net Website: http://sfbayarea.usnachapters.net BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Scott Perkins '75, USN (Ret.) p: 925-423-058; e: perkins5@llnl.gov

Sec’y: Mr. Larry B. Coleman Jr. ’99 e: lbcme99@gmail.com

Pres: John Sledgianowski ’87, USN (Ret.) 714 Pioneer La., Colorado Springs, CO 80904 p: 719-287-2187; e: sledgesix@q.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Derek Roberts ’83, USN e:derek.roberts@1983.usna.com

BGO Area Coordinator: Ross Schmidt ’74 p: 303-789-5281; e: rossaschmidt@msn.com

colorado

connecticut

Colorado Chapter Pres: CDR Joseph “Joe” Procopio ’62, USN (Ret.) e: JoePro@aol.com

BGO Area Coordinator: Evan Barnet ’91 p: 203-453-9493 e: evan@barnetassociates.com

Sec’y: CAPT S. Guy Higgins ’69, USN (Ret.) e: guyhiggins1234@gmail.com

Connecticut Chapter

Website: http://colorado.usnachapters.net

Pres: Alan Weigel ’79 p: 860-376-5775; e: aweigel@blankrome.com

BGO Area Coordinator: (Denver) CAPT Dick Eason ’84, USN (Ret.) p: 720-747-4612; e: dick.eason@lycos.com

Vice Pres: Tom Hodgson ’83 p: 203-318-8870; e: t.h.hodgson@comcast.net Treas: Tom Hogsten ’85

JJ Mackin ’68, a member of the Colorado Chapter Board, has continued his efforts leading the USS Colorado (SSN 788) Commissioning Committee.

The date (still tentative) for the commissioning has been set for 17 March, 2018.

The annual Army- Navy viewing party will be held again this year – co-hosted by the Colorado Chapter and the West Point Society of Denver.

We’ll have a report on the party in a later column.

Colorado alumni need to ensure that they have updated their profile with the Alumni Association since the Colorado Chapter relies on that source for contact information.

To conserve member funds, we communicate only via email.

The Chapter is soliciting alumni for interest in the creation of a Colorado USNA Alumni license plate. Interested alumni can check the Colorado Chapter web page.

The state requires that requestors provide interest from 500 people before entertaining an application.

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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/

Ahoy, We embark on a new year already with a new set of goals and challenges.

Here are some of the Chapter’s late 2017 activities: October: The Reunions in the fall lured a number of grads back to the

Yard to tell stories that demanded retelling. In the case of your scribe, this was the 50th Reunion for the Class of ’67. The events were many, and were spread over a five day timeframe, which allowed more open time than usually available.

My Company held its main gala bonding at a wonderful venue at a huge modern house on the water.

Very good attendance. Time available for good rekindling of friendships.

On subsequent days there were parties, dinners, P-rade, presentation by the Supt., Homecoming football game, all-hands dinner-dance in Dahlgren Hall, etc. We had about 570 come out of 870 graduates A thoroughly wonderful time thanks to USNA and our Class of ’67 officers.

November: Navy football bowl eligible December: Early in the month the Connecticut Chapter hosted the annal USNA Candidate’s dinner in Branford, CT. The food was great, and the venue provides the opportunity to talk with aspiring candidates, most of whom have passed the prerequisites but have not yet been interviewed by their Congressional representatives. We offer encouragement, and advice if desired, but there is no attempt to convince them that they want to attend— that has taken place. Post dinner there was a meat and potatoes presentation with Q&A by USNA Admissions office. A wonderful event that is looked forward to by our alumni, and very important to the candidates and their parents. … And THEN there was the Army-Navy Game… with the CiC Trophy on the line…

Wishing you each the best in the New Year.

Dave Candler ’67

Connecticut Chapter: 32nd Company Class of ’67 at the 50th Reunion

CHAPTER NEWS Jacksonville Chapter

costa rica

Pres: CAPT Michael O. Borns ’70, USN (Ret.) e: moborns@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

Vice Pres: CDR Peter Garfield ’60 USN (Ret.) Treas: CDR John C. Snyder ’83 USN (Ret.)

Costa Rica 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

Website: www.usnaaajax.com

Tim Beblo ’70 & Phil Adams ’63 buying chances for the 50/50…good luck guys!

Photo submitted by Chris Dierkes

Delaware

Gainesville Chapter Pres: CAPT J. Michael Smith ’61, USNR (Ret.) p: 352-450-9758; e: mickey61USNA@yahoo.com

Delaware Chapter Pres: Chris Dierkes ’85 e: Christopher.F.Dierkes-1@usa.dupont.com

cyber security – new wArFighting PlAtForm On Saturday, October 28th, the Delaware Chapter held their Fall speaker series event focusing on national security. The guest lecturer was Dr. Starnes Walker, founding director of the cyber security initiative at the University of Delaware. He was the former Chief Technology Officer and Technical Director, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and the U.S. 10th fleet. Additionally, he previously served as the Executive Director & Chief Scientist for the Office of Naval Research and Senior Advisor for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

The son of a Navy F4U pilot during WWII, Dr. Walker has served in the Department of the Navy since 1968, starting with weapons research and development during the Vietnam War. He has developed critical programs and aligned strategic defense, Homeland Security and intelligence organizations throughout the U.S. and across the globe. He regaled the chapter with stories of emerging threats facing the fleet and Dr. Starnes Walker how our country presented with a model was preparing of a Navy Corsair as token of our appreciation. the future Blue Sky’s foreverStarnes! Photo submitted guardians of

by Chris Dierkes. democracy.

Greg Rusch ’83 & Bill Hancock ’66 looking forward to the Cyber Security discussion.

Photo submitted by Chris Dierkes

Left to right: Sheila Cooper (wife of Captain Charles Cooper ’43 attending in her husbands honor; Captain Cooper recently past away; we will miss him dearly), Kitty O’Reilley (wife of Pat ’66), Patti Hancock (wife of Bill ’66) and Pat O’Reilley ’66. All enjoying a great afternoon at Roma Itallian Restaurant - good food, good people! Photo submitted by Judy Dierkes.

Mike Burkhart ’68 & Bill Manthorpe ’55 catching up! Photo submitted by Chris Dierkes ‘85

Left to right: Bill Manthorpe ’55, Dr. Starnes Walker & Dan Schroeder ’83 - Winner… winner Chicken Dinner…Dan won the 50/50! Photo submitted by Judy Dierkes

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

Florida

BGO Area Coordinator: Maj Brady Boyd ’87 p: 302-377-4479 e: USNABlue_and_Gold@yahoo.com

Vice Pres-South: Jim Ring ’63 e: jep.ring@gmail.com

Connor Cooper (son of Capt.Charles Cooper ’43) enjoying a discussion with Bill Manthorpe ’55 Photo submitted by Chris Dierkes ‘85

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Richard O’Sullivan ’77, USN (Ret.) p: 407-687-6877; e: raaos@aol.com

Sec’y: Sergei Kowalchik ’67 e: sergei@bellsouth.net Website: www.usnamiami.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ USNAMiami

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Steve Swift ’87, USNR e: sswift@1987.usna.com

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. Our December meeting is Army-Navy at a member’s home. We go on break in the summer. 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.

The United States Service Academies Alumni Club of Gainesville held a regularly scheduled monthly meeting Thursday October 19, 2017.

Naval Academy alumni in attendance were Mase Wells ’47, Hart Stringfellow ’48, Art Nussel ’55, Chic Day ’58, Russell Henderson ’58, Peter McCall ’59, Tim Austin ’60, Jerry Kennedy ’61, Mickey Smith ’61,Steve McDonald ’65, Ty Tyler ’76, Gary Stasco ’81, and Charles Baker ’87. Attending from the Military Academy was Jack Martin ’51.

Our next meeting was held Thursday November 9, 2017. Naval Academy Alumni in attendance were Mase Wells ’47, Art Nussel ’55, Chic Day ’58, Russell Henderson ’58, Tim Austin ’60, Mickey Smith ’61, Ty Tyler ’76 and Franz Federschmidt ’06. Attending from the Military Academy was Jack Martin ’51.

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

The USNA Parents Club of Central Florida joined us at Firebirds in Orlando to watch the Navy-Notre Dame game. Great venue, company and football, but unfortunately without a win for Navy. The Volpert’s seeing their son Joshua on national television during was indeed a consolation prize during the playing of Blue and Gold. Additionally, it was great to share sea stories with some old hands from the chapter.

We look forward to sharing together a new year in 2018, including a Navy Football game in Orlando against UCF! Stay tuned on our Facebook page for the latest chapter news.

Join or renew your membership on our website - http://orlando. usnachapters.com. To check your membership status or for additional information, contact Heidi Bedell at Orlando_chapter_membership@alu mni.usna.com.

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CHAPTER NEWS

Orlando Chapter: Alumni and Parents join forces to watch the Navy-Notre Dame game, from left-to-right: Ginger Carter, Joe Carter, Bob Fields ’83, Tim Volpert, Joanna Volpert, Dave Shikada ’79, Turhan Hidalgo ’93, Vickie DiGiovanni, Mike Sobkowski ’93, Larry Hays ’59 (not pictured: Dean Brown ’73)

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

Coach Weatherbie

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. “High-Season” is here!

Loads of vacationers on our beaches and almost all the “snowbirds” have returned to their winter nesting area.

“High-Season” brings our local residents lots of great new activities but also lots traffic, lines at the restaurants and expensive golfing.

However, it also brings lots of alumni to join us at our chapter events all winter long. We look forward to each chapter event as a reason to get together and remember our Alma mater and celebrate good times.

Alumni, parents and midshipmen visitors are always welcome to join us.

L to r: Dave Dyke ’59, Jim Neal’60, Navy Head Football Coach Charlie Weatherbie (1995-2002), David Finch ’67, Doug Backes ’70

Event’s summary: Our “kick-off” luncheon was Monday 13 November with speaker former Navy head coach and local celebrity Mr. Charlie Weatherbie. We were treated to a superb meal and a spellbinding talk about his player and coaching experience, the turnaround for Navy football success in the late 90’s and today’s impact on character development provided by the three dimensional coaching method used by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) for high school and college athletes. FCA is a fine organization that sponsored talks at the Naval Academy from luminaries (such as former Navy quarterback Roger Staubach and strong man Paul Andersen).

Our second event of the season is our annual Army - Navy game day tailgate held at Audubon Country Club in north Naples on Saturday December 9th. As of this writing

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we are expecting to have a large contingent of grads, family and friends to enjoy a huge screen and sound system, plenty of seating and great food and cheer to watch the Navy Midshipmen take charge and add another win against the Army Black Knights.

Our 2018 winter activities start out with comradery and sharing spirit with members of the Tampabased Wounded Combat Veterans Challenge and the Guardian Angels veteran’s support dog program invited to speak at our Monday 8 January luncheon and receive our Chapter’s contribution to their great work.

Monday February 12 is our annual Valentine’s Luncheon (please bring your spouse /significant other), our scheduled speaker: Author Thomas K. Kimmel, Jr. (grandson of ADM Kimmel, Commander Pacific Fleet of Dec 7 1941 historical perspective).

New facts and perspectives on our country’s readiness to repel and attack and leadership actions taken after the Pearl Harbor attack will be revealed.

Quickly following the luncheon will be our “drive” to a Navy alumni victory in the 2018 All-Service Academies golf tournament scheduled for Wednesday 14 February. Navy is hosting at Imperial Golf Club, 1 pm start. We will once again field 12 “experienced” players for Navy; half of which already have responded they received a special liberty card from their spouses for this Valentine’s Day event.

At our March luncheon scheduled for Monday 19 March, we are 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. Don’t miss this one!

Monday April 2 will be our final luncheon for the 2017 -2018 season (speaker to be invited). Additional events for this season and next season are being solicited from the membership. If you are visiting in the SW Florida area please contact one of our officers and join us at one of our events.

Herbert John Andrews ’68, Secretary, herbiejohn383@gmail.com

Space Coast Chapter Pres: CAPT Pete Peterson ’56, USN (Ret.) p: 321 952-206; 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

Twenty-seven Florida Suncoast Chapter Alumni and their spouses got together Gecko’s Signature Room in sunny Sarasota to tailgate and cheer on the Midshipmen in the snowy Army-Navy game. Festive decorations included a Navy Banner and a Beat Army cake. Many a yarn of Army-Navy games gone-by was shared during a rousing meeting and a tough and exciting game.

Wait until next year! Attendees included: Don and Debbie Harvey ‘48, Beverly Koach (John Koach) ’49, Warren Rothman ’51, Paul and Nancy Bradtmiller ’56, Walt and Charlene Carlson ’56, Alex and Carol Morris ’56, Bill and Pat Cartwright ’58, Rob Harlan ’60, Bob Beauchamp ‘65, Al and Kate Burda ’68, Dick D’Anna ’68, Stephen Becker ’70, Rene Butyn ’70, Jim and Barb Garrow ’71, Mario and Sue Summa ’71, Steven Horton ’73, Craig Harvey ’76, John Hawk ’78, and Bo Hamrick ’79.

Check the chapter Facebook page for updates and future events.

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Tampa Bay Chapter: Army-Navy Series banner

Tampa Bay Chapter Pres: CAPT Don Aiken ’78, USN (Ret.) e: dwaiken@verizon.net 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

Founder’s Day cake cutting

L-R Perry Dempsey, Chris Heath, MIDN Trevor Bennati '21 of St. Pete Beach, Doug Kirkland, Bill Graham

Tampa Bay area members of the Class of 1972 attended their 45th class reunion in Annapolis in October.

In attendance at our monthly meeting at Tate’s Pizza were: Don Aiken ’78, Matt Poage ’94, James Castano ’91, Josh Greene ’99, Mark Becker 77, Jerry O’Connel ’56, Perry Dempsey ’72, Bill Graham ’72, Chris Heath ’72, Blaise Miller ’76, James Hamm ’84, Jim Newsome ’90, Warren Hahn ’60, John Butterfield ’59, John Kamen ’77, Miller Dietrick ’63, and Dave Fuson ’82. recent events: New Chapter Members – First we would like to recognize our newest chapter members: Josh Smith ’90 and Andy Butterfield ’85.

Army - Navy Football – approximately 150 USNA and USMA alumni gathered at 81Bay Brewing for the 118th meeting between the Mids and Cadets. On a

cold and snowy day in Philadelphia, the two teams played tough but in the end it was Army hoisting the Commander-In-Chief’s trophy for the first time in 21 years. Our hats-off to all the players and coaches for a great season. uPcoming events: Lightning Hockey – this has become an annual tradition. Scheduled for February 17, 2018 please check out our Facebook page for more details.

Information Day Picnic – a great event for aspiring USNA candidates to meet current students and alumni in the local area. The event will be held in March; details are posted on our Facebook page. generAl (ADmirAl) notes – Look for the Chapter on our Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/ pages/USNA-Alumni-Tampa St-Petersburg/120095454740213? sk=wall), our Website – https:// usnatampabay.com/ and LinkedIn. Dues – Annual membership is $25 per year. Dues may be mailed to our Treasurer, Jim Newsome ’90, or pay online via PayPal at https://usnatampabay.com/ Communications – Stay up-to-date 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!

dumped double digit inches of accumulation and more than twenty hours of snowfall on the region.

Local meteorologist reported that the Atlanta region had not seen a storm of this magnitude since the Blizzard of 1993.

Regardless of winter weather and the resulting less than ideal road conditions hampering the Atlanta region, plans had been finalized and promulgated to hundreds of fans regarding the 2017 Army - Navy football game viewing in the Atlanta area.

The venue, Sports & Social Atlanta @ The Battery, quickly resolved their weather-related staffing challenges and welcomed more than 250 Annapolis and West Point alumni, parents, family members and fans to the recently opened sports and entertainment complex co-located with the new Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park, in Cobb County, Georgia. Also present at the football game gathering was a contingent of freshly minted Army Second Lieutenants from Fort Benning.

The Naval Academy contingent of alumni, parents, family members and friends was vastly outnumbered

by Army at the football game viewing by ratio of four-to-one. Despite the demographics of the crowd, Navy football was well represented by a small, but vocal group of fans.

The near standing room only crowd was boisterous and at times, subdued, as the 118th Army - Navy football classic hung in doubt until the final seconds of the game. Two illegal procedure penalties during Navy’s final drive of the game proved the likely difference between the ball sailing through the uprights for a

Navy Midshipmen victory or drifting wide left that resulted in Army Black Knight second consecutive game win streak. At the end of the competition, like at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, the Army contingent in Atlanta sang second at Sports & Social Atlanta.

Navy Midshipmen record versus Army Black Knights over the past twenty years now stands at 16 wins vs. 4 losses.

Atlanta Chapter is on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ USNAAAA Twitter: #2017ATLArmyNavy Website: www.usnaaaa.com

hawaii Honolulu Chapter Pres: Tom Marzec ’87 e: tom.marzec@1987.usna.com Vice Pres: Vacant Sec’y: Vacant Shipmate Scribe: Vacant Treas: Doug Gainer ’98 e: douglas.e.gainer@sms.com 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 Website: http: honolulu.usnachapters.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ honolulu.usnachapter

2018 will be a year of transition, improvement and taking the Chapter to the next higher level. Stay connected and involved – volunteer to help and support Chapter initiatives.

In 2017, after reporting over 300 “active members” to National, the Honolulu Chapter officially became the 6th largest Chapter and earned

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

The day prior to the 2017 Army- Navy football game, metro Atlanta experienced a rare winter storm that

Atlanta Chapter: Game day part at Sports & Social Atlanta @ The Battery

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Michiana Chapter: Monthly Luncheon (L-R): Jerry Hogan ‘73; Tom Teach ‘68; Jim Baker ‘60; John Strauss ‘69; Pat & Debby Sloan ‘75; Chris Haizlip ‘72; Gene Dehnert ,63; Paul Bradfield ‘53

Honolulu Chapter: Local Grindz, Mitscher Hall, 15 Nov17

a Board seat. Steve Colón ’81 became our Trustee and we now have more visibility into and a voice on the USNAAA Board, chaired by ADM Robert J. Natter ‘67.

Given our size and diversity, our Chapter should be doing much more: annual Founders Day dinners, regular monthly meetings, luncheons, networking breakfasts and happy hours, etc. This requires more active and engaged Chapter Officers and local board members. Reorganization meetings have started in November 2017. Email the Chapter above if you want to volunteer and get involved.

In particular, on 1Sep18, Navy will play UH in football here in Aloha Stadium. This will be a huge event, with many mainland visitors (including groups from other chapters and classes) and will require dedicated Chapter support and coordination.

With your aloha and help, the Chapter can showcase the beauty of our state, the service of our members and families and the value of the Naval Academy within our communities.

Staying connected to receive Chapter information is essential. For emails, ensure your National profile has a Hawaii address and a valid email. If you just arrived in Hawaii, are here temporarily or will not update your Shipmate address to Hawaii, email the Chapter and we’ll add you to a local Chapter list to ensure you receive our emails. For Facebook, Like our page and Join our group.

Links are at the Chapter website.

On Veteran’s Day, four USNA grads living in Hawaii gathered on the fantail of the USS Missouri Memorial after a remembrance ceremony. Pictured (L-R) are: Adrienne Roseti ’04, Steve Colon ’81, Harry Harris ’78, and Alma Grocki ’81.

RADM Alma Grocki ‘81 started and Jensin Sommer ‘91 is continuing the local grindz tradition, where hungry midshipmen from Hawaii and the Western Pacific including Guam, American Samoa, Palau, and Saipan, plus their friends and roommates, are fed local foods at Annapolis.

The menu included kalua pork, teriyaki chicken, poke, Spam, rice, inari sushi, stir fry noodles, manapua pork buns, tea eggs, macaroni salad, li hing mui pineapple, butter mochi, almond cookies, banana bread. This November feast was a taste of home before finals and is a great example of alumni stepping up to support our ohana – which includes mids, parents and families.

Laulima means “many hands” and is an expression in Hawaiian meaning to collaborate or work together cooperatively. In English typically “Many hands make light work”.

Similarly, ‘A‘ohe hana nui ke alu ‘ia means No task is too big when done together by all.

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There is much to be done with the Chapter and no task is too big with many hands…

Go NAVY! Tom Marzec ‘87, President

indiana BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Timothy Naville ’76, USNR (Ret.) p: 812-944-4833; e: tnaville@twc.com

Indianapolis Chapter

idaho

CDR Lynn Thomas ’83 h: 317-329-1773; e: lynntw@aol.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Roy Ledesma ’87, USN (Ret.) p: 208-954-3379; e: roy.ledesma@gmail.com

Michiana Chapter

Northwest Chapter 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 Vice Pres: Jim Perkins '68 Sec’y: Paul Campbell ’98 Treas: Vince Martino ’95 e: vinmartino@gmail.com

illinois BGO Area Coordinator: (Southern) CDR Michael Carnes ’74, USN (Ret.) e: usna74@att.net

Chicago Chapter

Pres: John Ross ’94 e: johnwmross@me.com 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

As the temperatures drop and the snow accumulates, the South Bend/ Michiana Chapter looks back on the last few months of 2017 as the end of a great year. The monthly luncheons continue to bring alumni together and the Navy football team came to town to play Notre Dame in their stadium. And once again the tailgate sponsored by Tom Teach ’68 was spectacular...500+Mids & 700+ fans...Wow, what a great time. A few fotos from our end of year events:

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 BGO Area Coordinator: (Northern, IL incl Chicago) Robert Falardeau p: 847-359-2990; e: raffamily@comcast.net

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Monthly Luncheon (L-R): John Ross ‘94; Jim Baker ‘60; Pat Sloan ‘75; John Strauss ‘69

CHAPTER NEWS Those clearing the bar to mark the Anniversary of the Naval Academy’s Founding included: Don Brown ’56, Ted Herring ’67, Bill McCracken ’67, Jim Sandberg ’69, Lew McIntyre ’70, Mike DeManss ’73, Greg Stachelczyk ’74, Rick Snyder ’75, Scott Belanger ’79, Don Bouchard ’86, CAPT Jason Hammond USN ’93, Dave Neall ’99, LCDR Mike Bender USN ’03, CAPT Kristine Hall USMC ’08, Shawn MacEwan ’08, and Alan Helm ’09.

Michiana Chapter: Monthly Luncheon (L-R): Jason Torpy USMA ‘00;Gene Dehnert ‘63; Chris Haizlip ‘72; Pat Sloan ‘75; Cal Bagby ‘77; Paul Bradfield ‘53; John Strauss ‘69; Dick Swanson ‘72

maine Portland Chapter Pres: Jeffrey Peters ’85 7 Sumac Dr., Brunswick, ME 04011 c: 207-650-1744; w: 207-442-4703 e: jeffpeters85@me.com BGO Area Coordinator: LT Jen Bohr Tyll ’01, USNR p: 207-829-8159; e: jenbohrtyll@gmail.com Navy/Notre Dame Tailgate (L-R): Al Kraft ‘72; Bob Leib ‘72, Chris Haizlip’72

maryland Annapolis Chapter Pres: LCDR Mark Hakun ’88, USNR (Ret.) e: mxfour2@verizon.net Vice Pres: Steve Zotti ’83 Sec’y–Shipmate Contact: Liesel (Danjczek) Schopler ’99 e: lieseldanjczek@hotmail.com Treas: Frank Dembia ’88

Navy/Notre Dame Tailgate (L-R): Bryon Marchant ‘78; Tom Teach ‘68

Louisville/ Southern Indiana Chapter

Website: http://annapolis.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR Barry Davis ’85, USNR (Ret.) p: 410-793-5590; e: barry.davis@1985.usna.com

Pres: CAPT Gregory Reinhardt ’79, USNR (Ret.) 712 Talon Pl., Louisville, KY 40223 p: 502-244-7707; e: greinhardt@1979.usna.com

Baltimore Chapter

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Gregory Reinhardt ’79, USN (Ret.) p: 502-244-7707; e: greinhardt@1979.usna.com

BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR Barry Davis ’85, USNR (Ret.) p: 410-793-5590; e: barry.davis@1985.usna.com

louisiana

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter

Louisiana Chapter Pres: LCDR Andrew “Drew” Dodenhoff ’70, USN (Ret.) e: drewdode@yahoo.com

Pres: Jason Hardebeck ’87 p: 443-269-1599; e: jhardebeck@whoglue.com

Pres: Michael DeManss ’73 PO Box 277, Compton, MD 20627 p: 301-475-7028 Corr Sec’y: Michael Dougherty ’73 p: 240-925-7518; e: doughertymj8@aol.com

Vice Pres: Bo Thornhill ’04 e: bo.thornhill@gmail.com

Website: http://www.navyalumni.org

Sec’y: Wayne Morgan ’98 e: wayne.morgan@1998.usna.com

BGO Area Coordinator: Patti Thumm p: 301-737-1629; e: thummmw@md.metrocast.net

Treas: Michael Vesely '71 p: 504-616-6884; e: MikeVesely@msn.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

FounDer’s DAy breAkFAst – 18 oct As the Beatles would say: “GOOD DAY SUNSHINE!” You have to be an early riser to be an active member of this Chapter!

eggs ‘n legs breAkFAst – 8 Dec If you weren’t there, you missed the opportunity to once again feel like a Midshipman, scarfing down breakfast without counting calories, loudly harassing anyone or anything associated with the Army,s and leaving the mess hall to load up the “Milk Carton” buses for the trip to Philly (Oops! That last one didn’t happen this time, but it sure felt like it should have been next). (Pictures will be in the next Shipmate.)

Alumni in the news (cAtching uP, As PromiseD) (8 March 2017) MAJOR John Dirk USMC ’02, Air Test & Evaluation Squadron 23, received the National Defense Industrial Association “2016 Military Tester of the Year Award” for his work on the F-35 Lightning II Program (17 March 2017) CAPT Brett Pierson USN ’87 turned over command of Naval Test Wing Atlantic to CAPT Thomas Tennant. CAPT Pierson retired from Active Duty.

(31 August 2017) CAPT Jason Hammond USN ’93 assumed Command of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. CAPT Christopher Cox ’95 assumed the duties of NAS Pax Executive Officer. coming events (For All oF 2018) (PleAse check Future issues AnD the locAl PAPers For chAnges to DAtes/times/ locAtions oF these events, AnD For Any ADDitionAl events) 2nd Tuesday of Every Month (1700) — Chapter Meeting (open to all interested individuals), Flight Deck Lounge, NAS Patuxent River 2 February – Dark Ages Dinner, Paul Hall Center, Piney Point MD

13 March – “Ides of March” Leadership Breakfast (please note date change) – River’s Edge Club Guest Speaker: Brigadier General Norman L. Cooling ’86 USMC, Legislative Assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps 5 April – Spring Social – Flight Deck Lounge (joint gathering with Naval Test Pilot School and American Helicopter Society) 11 May – Midshipman Recognition Luncheon – River’s Edge Club 21 June – Summer Social – Port of Leonardtown Winery (tentative) 19 August – Crab Fest (please note day change to Sunday) – NRC Solomons 5 October – Fried Falcon Breakfast (AF-Navy Pep Rally) 17 October – Autumn Social 7 December – Eggs ‘N Legs Breakfast 8 December – Army/Navy Game Day Party

massachusetts Boston Chapter Pres: James Kras ’69 112 Beach St., Unit 4, Boston, MA 02111 p: 617-645-1032; e: jameskras@comcast.net Shipmate contact: CAPT Pete Seibert ’65 p: 781-235-5909; e: pkseibert@comcast.net Website: http://boston.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: Reid Oslin p: 781-738-0777; e: reid.oslin@bc.edu

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

Our Detroit Chapter lunches in October at Beau’s and in November at Guy Hollerin’s in Ann Arbor were very enjoyable and brought a number of new Alumni to our group. Bill Wallace ’07 and Louise Sloan ’99 joined us for the first time and both missed the picture because we remembered it too late to get everyone.

Louise is married to Graham Sloan ’97

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CHAPTER NEWS whom we have yet to meet. At our November lunch we were joined by Latham Gravatt ’00 and David Ciha ’03. Hope to see more of all of you in the future.

On Nov. 8 an event was held at The Light Guard Armory for Detroit Area School’s Active Duty, Reserve and National Guard Military College Options Day. One of our Detroit Natives was back in town for the event. Colonel John Church USMCR (Ret.) ’89 who is President of Valley Forge Military Academy and College was here to represent Valley Forge along with Pete McLullen of their Alumni Board and Dawn Dreese the Director of Admissions. John Church ’89 made a great presentation to the high schoolers. Thanks to Chris Bernard ’88 for passing the word on it and setting up the lunch after.

From left; Jim Acker ’66, David Ciha ’03, Max Presecan ’68, Latham Gravatt ’00, and Howard Whitfield Poxon ’59

From left; Pete McLullen, Dawn Dreese, John Church ’89 and Chris Bernard ’88

From left; Jim Fleming ’66, Mike Bennett, Howard Whitfield Poxon ’59, Sonja Bennett, Karen Fleming and Lynne Bryant

minnesota Upper Midwest Chapter Pres: Jon Olson ’90 e: President@usnaaaumw.com Shipmate Contact: David Bruns ’88 6325 Oxford Rd. S, Shakopee, MN 55379 m: 516-972-6597; e: david@davidbruns.com Website: www.usnaaaumw.com

on Friday evening, the Admiral visited the University of Minnesota NROTC unit and the Naval Operations Support Command (NOSC) on Saturday morning. The admiral then served as our keynote speaker for the Twin Cities Navy Ball celebration on Saturday evening.

On Sunday, October 17th, the Admiral broke bread with a gathering of fifty alumni and their guests at the Minneapolis Golf Club where the Vice CNO shared his view on current events in the Navy in a lively Q&A session. Finally, on Sunday afternoon, we let the admiral have some fun at a Minnesota Vikings home game with his classmate Dan Quattrini ’81. (The Vikings beat Green Bay.)

Facebook: www.fb.com/USNAAAUpperMidwest BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Mark Salmen ’73, USN (Ret.) p: 651-271-6690; e: mark.salmen@1973.usna.com

Monthly All Service Academy breakfasts: *West side - first Friday - Kip’s Authentic Irish Pub, Marriott West, I-394 & US 169. *East side - second Friday - The Machine Shed, I-94 & Inwood Ave., Lake Elmo.

October is the Upper Midwest Chapter busy season. To raise funds for the second annual Donald W McCarthy Heartland Leadership Forum in April 2018, the Chapter hosted an Anchor Sponsors Dinner with a select group of Fortune 500 executives at the Minneapolis Club on Friday, October 15th. Our guest speaker this year was Vice Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Bill Moran ’81, Vice CNO.

missouri Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter Pres: bob culler ‘74 P: 913-488-6319; E: bculler@sbcglobal.net Vice Pres: victor hurlbert ‘10 P: 816-665-1647; E:vhurlbert@wradvisors.com Treas: Jack rush ‘73 E: jackrush7376@gmail.com Website: http://KansasCity.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: David Price ’78 e: dep-78@sbcglobal.net

St. Louis Chapter Pres: Dave Turnbaugh ’89 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 BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Michael Carnes ’74, USN (Ret.) e: usna74@att.net

montana BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Michael Kreyenhagen ’79, USN (Ret.) p: 406 626-5637; e: kreyten@YAHOO.com

USNA 1981 represents at Vikings US Bank Stadium, Bill Moran and Dan Quattrini

On November 1st, Twin Cities Business, in conjunction with Cargill, US Bank, and API Group, held the annual Veterans in the Workplace Forum to address veteran unemployment in the greater Minneapolis area. The event consisted of a panel discussion and networking reception. The Chapter was well represented by Alex Plechash ’75, Dave Priddy ’80, Will Clarke ’90, Craig Benson ’91, and Mike Schroeder ’01.

mississippi BGO Area Coordinator: David Price ’78 e: dep-78@sbcglobal.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 (Ret.) 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/

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 Chapter Alumni with ADM Moran. From l to r: Will Clarke ’90, Jon Olson ’90, Vice CNO ADM Bill Moran ’81, Dan Quattrini ’81, Jim Patterson ’72

From left; Art Bryant ’66 and John Church ’89

After addressing the Anchor Sponsors dinner and taping a local TV interview

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Sec’y: CAPT Harry J. Rucker ’73, USN (Ret.) e: navynomad50@caldeone.net

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CHAPTER NEWS

new Jersey BGO Area Coordinator: (South NJ) David Restrepo p: 609-217-7057; e: dwrestrepo@aol.com

New Jersey Chapter Pres: Patrick Hurley ’87 Vice Pres: William Kramer ’78 e: wilkramer@hotmail.com Sec’y: Bob Moran ’83 p: 732-208-8644; e: bobmoran@1983.usna.com Website: www.usnanj.com BGO Area Coordinator: (North NJ) CDR William Squires ’75, USNR (Ret.) p: 201-951-2867; e: rs.ci@verizon.net

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. Richard Dommers ’62 p: 575-434-8735; e: usnabgo@yahoo.com

On Saturday, October 7, 2017, members of the New Mexico Chapter gathered at the Craft Republic sports bar in Albuquerque to support Navy in defeating the US Air Force Academy in their annual football contest.

Enjoying a meal and an adult beverage or two during the close contest were: Harry Bixby ’52, Leo Stockham ’56, Hoppy Hopkins ’59, Janice and Keith (Casey) Jones ’60, Ron Walters ’63, Joe McGuire ’68, Lyndon (Tolly) Toliver ’71, Scott Kraus ’73, Bill Hartman ’77, Doug Meints ’77, and Ken Fladager ’78. Also cheering the Mids were Ken and Lynn Johnson (Parents ’02) with guests Allie & Victoria Gonzales. Laurie and Charles Miller (Parents ’05) joined in as well.

Visiting Albuquerque for the International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta and attending the game as Chapter guests were: Dick Morawski ’71 from Cincinnati, OH, Robb Toliver ’97 from San Diego, and Nick Green ’02

visiting from PAX River NAS. Scott Kraus brought in his guest, USAFA graduate Brinn Colenda ’72 to even out the crowd bias.

We also had a pretty good NM Chapter turnout at the Craft Republic on Saturday November 18th for the Navy/Notre Dame football game; and no one could argue that it was a pretty exciting contest right up to the end. When muster was taken, members present were: Harry Bixby ’52, Hoppy and Dottie Hopkins ’59, Salley and Hank Schwartz ’62, Ron Walters ’63, Ashby Albright (Associate ’71), Scott Kraus ’73, Bill Hartman ’77, Doug Meints ’77, Valerie and Ken Fladager ’78, and Christine Hoaglund ’97. Parents present were: Charlie and Laurie Miller (son is Mike Miller ’05). Guests attending were: MM1 Gary Werito, USN and wife Emily.

Our biggest social event of the year is combined with the annual Chapter meeting, held during the Army/Navy football game on December 9th. The venue for the game will again be at the Craft Republic sports bar in Albuquerque, with the Chapter meeting held during the halftime break. During the meeting, outgoing Chapter President Christine Hoaglund ’97 will hand her position off to incoming Chapter President Scott Kraus ’73, who is beginning his two-year term. Recruitment is in progress to identify and nominate a new Chapter Vice President/President Elect to replace Mr. Kraus. Chapter Treasurer Ken Fladager ’78 and Secretary Joe McGuire ’68 have both agreed to continue to serve in their respective positions.

On the following day, Sunday December 10th, the Navy Women’s Basketball Midshipmen take on the Lady Lobos of the University of New Mexico Women’s basketball team. Bonnie and Mike (Blackie) Blackledge ’63 are hosting a Chapter pre-game luncheon at 11 am at the Canyon Club, 911 Four Hills Road in Albuquerque, to which the parents of the Navy Women’s Basketball Team have been invited as well as the Chapter members. A block of seats has been purchased just behind the Navy bench at the DreamStyle Arena, aka “The Pit”, New Mexico’s home court which hosted the famous NCAA Men’s Championship back in 1983.

Reservations have been made with the City of Albuquerque Open Space Division for the annual New Mexico Chapter Family Picnic to take place at the Elena Gallegos Kiwanis Shelter on Sunday, June 10, 2018 from 1300-1700. Details and RSVP’s will be made available on the Chapter website.

Regards, Joe McGuire ’68, Secretary (505) 857-9679

new york New York Capital District Chapter Pres: Frank Hughes ’80 p: 518-432-9193; e: frankhughes2@yahoo.com Sec’y: Gordon Lattey 40 First St., Troy, NY 12180 p: 518-274-4989; e: ussslater@aol.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: CDR William deVries ’91 USN (Ret.) e: USNA.BGO.AlbanyNY@gmail.com

By the time you receive this issue of Shipmate, this year’s Army-Navy Game will be history. The Chapter’s article in the next issue of Shipment will address our get-together at the Brae Loch Inn in Cazenovia; hopefully it will have been a cause to celebrate.

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 HotLine: 1-800-234-USNA (8732) Website: http://www.NAANY.org BGO Area Coordinator: Greg Costello ’79 p: 917-544-9803; e: surprise.sv@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

SEA STORIES Albuquerque Chapter: Members and guests of the NM Chapter gather at Craft Republic in Albuquerque to cheer the Mids against Notre Dame on Saturday, November 18, 2017

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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 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

october The meeting convened at the Officers Club at MCB Camp Lejeune at 1145 Wednesday, 18 October. Eleven (11) members and their guests were present. Rob Skrotsky ’67, chapter president, greeted the members and guests. He asked for a moment of silence for military personnel who are in Harm’s Way, their families awaiting their return, & for chapter members and their loved ones who are ill or recovering.

The financial report, submitted

by Mr. Dennis Doyle, ’66, presented the bank balance. All bills associated with the Founders Day dinner have been paid.

Mr. Skrotsky noted that several crew members of USS North Carolina, SSN-777 are visiting Raleigh and Wilmington during the upcoming week. He noted there is a SSN-777 club and two other USNA chapters in North Carolina are

supporters. He asked the members to watch for an e-mail explaining details. He also noted that the ArmyNavy Game party on 9 December is planned to be at MCAS Cherry Point.

Mr. Rick Kunkel ’67, chapter vice-president introduced the guest speaker, Mr. John Rouse, a retired executive of Wachovia and businessman from Jacksonville and a member of his church. Mr. Rouse described posting a note to his internet associates that he was gathering bottled water to transport to Houston after the severe flooding

by Hurricane Harvey. He received tremendous responses in the Jacksonville area so that by the time (4 days later) he had an 18-wheeler with a driver, and four (4) more commercial trucks loaded with bottled water and other recovery donations. The drive to Houston was uneventful. His destination was the Woodlands Community Church.

The volunteers there coordinated his convoy’s arrival and the unloading.

The church distributed the water throughout the metro area as well as Beaumont, where there were dire needs for drinking water. He said it proves to him that in time of trouble citizens gather together. He also promoted a Water Mission to Costa Rica in early 2018 that he’s volunteering for that involves laying piping for a village that has no drinking water.

After a question and answer period the meeting adjourned to reconvene on 15 November in New Bern, NC.

circulated some photos of the crew team including a picture from 1966 when Mr. Doyle was captain of the varsity crew team.

Mr. Skrotsky noted that the Army-Navy party will be at MCAS Cherry Point on 9 December, but another party for the Jacksonville members may be held there. Details are not yet firm. The January meeting will be in New Bern on 17 January.

He said that the chapter’s participation in the SSN-777 Club is being worked out with other chapters.

He then introduced CDR Wayne Strausbaugh, USN, Retired, who is continuing to keep up to date on military aviation. CDR. Strausbaugh described the opportunity he had to visit Russia and fly a MIG 29 aircraft at a base in northern Russia. He showed a video the Russians made of the flight. The MIG-29 was a two-seater model and was piloted by a Russian test pilot. With a fivedigit payment in cash these flights are available. The internet can provide information. He found the preparations for the flight somewhat different from his experience. He described the flight as unique and the plane very nimble. The acrobatics were exhilarating.

After a brief question-and-answer period, the meeting adjourned at 1350.

Tim Marvin ’59, Secretary

november The meeting convened at Captain Ratty’s Seafood Restaurant in New Bern, NC, at 1145 on 15 November 2017. Eighteen (18) members and their guests were present.

Mr. Rob Skrotsky ’67, President, opened the meeting with a moment of silence for service personnel who are deployed, their loved ones awaiting their safe return, and for all who are grieving or suffering.

The Treasurer Dennis Doyle ’66, reported the bank balance.

Having returned from his 50th class reunion, Mr. Skrotsky reported that the crew team from 1967 presented a Memorial Shell which they launched and went for a row. He

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North Carolina Triangle Chapter Pres: Gray Tompson ’07 e: Gear313@gmail.com Sec’y: Chris Perrien ’74 e: ibmchris@mac.com

K. Kitts 88, Cephia & Gejuan Baston 98, Cdr. Matt Lewis, Suzanne & Noah White 04, 777 MMCM Chuck Cardell, Pat Lessard 98 at the Governor’s Mansion luncheon

Ahoy from the CMOD of the Research Triangle Park, 12 Days & a Wake-Up until Navy defeats Army! Our Triangle Chapter will join the customary large USMA contingent for our 22nd annual Army-Navy Party at the Top

of the Hill Brewery & Distillery in Chapel Hill. At half-time, we’ll circulate the Mark 1 Mod 0 Ammo Can to collect contributions for the USO of NC and the Bear Any Burden Fund on behalf of the children of fallen patriots. A good time will be had by all!

As our Chapter sponsors the USS North Carolina, SSN 777, home-ported in Pearl Harbor, we welcomed an October visit to the Tar Heel state by her commanding officer, Commander Matt Lewis, and four of his crew. Their itinerary included introductions to the State’s Governor and Lieutenant Governor; the Secretaries of Military & Veteran Affairs and Natural & Cultural Resources. The 777 crew toured the Battleship North Carolina, BB 55, in Wilmington; met with the 3 units of the Piedmont NROTC Consortium at Duke, UNC and NC State and conducted STEM Ed seminars with 90 high school students as supported

by Noah White 04 of Duke Energy and Cdr. Jim Norris 96, CO of the Raleigh NOSC. Additional visit info at: www.SSN777Club.org.

2018 events 5 January Luncheon with Mike Deering of SEAL Dev Gru 9 February Luncheon with Jeremy Mario of Mario Family Partners (daughter Gretchen 20) TBD 7th Annual Dark Ages Dinner 2 March Luncheon with Dr. Bob Adams 73 to discuss his recent book on BUDS Training TBD May - Welcome Picnic for the Class of 2022 15 July - Annual Family Picnic at the Durham Bulls Ball Park All related news and event info at: www.usnaTriangle.com Like and Follow the Chapter on Facebook—search for “USNA Alumni Association RTP” Best wishes for smooth sailing in 2018.

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

CHAPTER NEWS Susquehanna Valley Chapter

north Dakota

Pres: Chris Nigon ’74 p: 717-314-4653; e: captcsn@aol.com

Upper Midwest Chapter See Minnesota

Vice Pres: Del Becker ’84 e: delbecker@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: Susan Canham p: 701-226-2204; e: scanham2@gmail.com

Sec’y: Gib Armstrong ’91 e: gibshar@gmail.com

ohio

Treas: Charlie Perkins ’71 e: CharlesPerkins71@gmail.com

Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky Chapter

Website: http://www.usnasvc.com BGO Area Coordinator: Janet Catina p: 570-350-7678

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

recreational vehicle

Oklahoma City Chapter: Veteran’s day happy hour at Anchor Down

Website: http://www.usnacinci.org BGO Area Coordinator: LT Leonard Green ’06, USNR e: Leonard.Green@gmail.com

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 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.comWebmaster: 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

Toledo Chapter Pres: David B. Puckett ’63 5051 Chatham Valley Rd., Toledo, OH 43615-1107 e: dpuckett@buckeye-express.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT David Chilson, USNR (Ret.) p: 419-308-6464; e: chilson@bgsu.edu

MATCHING GIFTS Call 410-295-4178 to find out how you can match your recent contribution.

oklahoma BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Harry Rouse ’77, USN (Ret.) e: HVRouse@aol.com

Oklahoma City Chapter Pres: CDR James M. Novak ’91, USN (Ret.) p: 405-524-1006; e: novak6@sbcglobal.net

The chapter gathered at Anchor Down for a happy hour on November 9th in honor of Veterans Day. The restaurant is located in the OK Sea, a shipping container development in the Deep Deuce district of Oklahoma City—a fitting place for the nautically inclined!

We gathered around a table, made some new introductions and shared some favorite football memories over some drafts and sodas. A special thanks to James Novak, who passed the torch to Braden Merritt after 8 years leading the chapter, and he can now execute his 5th General Order! Be on the lookout for new happy hours at least once a quarter.

Tulsa Chapter Pres: CDR Harry V. Rouse IV ’77, USN (Ret.) 2623 East 33 Pl., Tulsa, OK 74105-2334 p: 918.591.5325; e: hvrouse@aol.com

The Tulsa Chapter will hold a late afternoon business meeting on either 20 February or 22 February, 2018 at a place TBD. Appetizers and beverages will be provided.

The purpose of the meeting will be to consider new bylaws and elect new officers and board members.

If you have not been receiving emails on the subject, we have lost

you and we would love to have you back and active in the Chapter.

Call Harry Rouse ’77 at 918.591.5325 to make sure you are in the loop and get the specifics on the February business meeting.

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

oregon

Shipmate inputs to: ‘Nita Parry e: mauryplace@aol.com

Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter

Website: www.unarv.usnachapters.net

Pres: Doug Ballard, ‘74 e: cassandra.alpha61@comcast.net VP: Mike Carmichael, ‘69 e: mikec@1969.usna.com Treas: Ted Scypinski, ‘90 e: ted.scypinski@flir.com Sec’y: Pete Crystal ’70 e: pete.a.crystal@gmail.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT “Butch” Bewick ’62, USNR (Ret.) p: 503-319-4653; e: Jsbewick@aol.com Website: oregon.usnachapters.net

Pennsylvania 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: LCDR James Lare ’77, USNR (Ret.) p: 610-222-4695; e: Jlare@comcast.net

Pittsburgh Chapter Pres: William E. Otto ’71 4105 Tartan Ct., Murrysville, PA 15668-1045 e: figaro4105@aol.com Website: Pittsburgh.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT David Gates ’77, USN (Ret.) p: 724-632-6621; e: LJreese357@aol.com

Yet another record setting year!

This chapter added 9-USNA grad members in 2016 & now welcomes 16-USNA grads as new members in 2017, making for yet another huge growth year. LOTS of new members to welcome. Eileen & John Madaio ‘77; Gail Kelley & John Schultz ‘59; Melinda & Royal Connell ‘70; Karen & Marc Farris ‘70; Catherine & Jim Hefferman ‘81; Sandy & Scott Goodson ‘76; Johanna & Brett McKenzie ‘82; Gail & Jim Swoope ‘70; Kate & Dave Papak ‘76; Cindy Sizemore & Jim Klima ‘72; Vanessa & Tim Hallihan ‘72; Beth (Leadbetter) ‘80 & Bret ‘80 Gordon; Rose Johnson & Tony Jiles ‘80; Linda & Jim Hansen ‘67; Dale & Vinny Rossitto ‘78.

Welcome Aboard to all and hope to see y’all real soon in 2018.

The RV Alumni Chapter wrapped up the 2017 Come-Around year with the traditional Fall gathering on Watts Bar Lake, Tennessee in late October. Fifteen RV rigs came from as far away as West Coast locations in Washington and California. One attendee joined the Fall fun after flying from Israel! See if you can pick out these faces in the photo.

Sue & Don Baldwin ‘74; Jann & Bart DallaMura ‘54; Vanessa &

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RV Chapter:

Tim Hallihan ‘72; Su & Dale Gange ‘70; Eileen & John Madaio ‘77; Maryjane & Bob Metcalf ‘61; Marie & Jim Roberts ‘59; Pam ‘80 & Scott ‘78 Rodgers; John Schultz ‘59 + his guest, Gail Kelley; Glenn Schindler ‘64; Patti & Jay Williams ‘67; Rose & Tom Wolfe ‘70; Sandy & Scott Goodson ‘76 plus Firsties Lynne & Jim Connors ‘74.

As always, the focus was Mother Nature’s Fall show providing color as well as campfire weather conditions.

Those evening campfires created the setting for joke telling ranging from cute to irreverent, s’mores, singing - all enhanced by a jar of moonshine provided by Jerry Mcllwain, LSU ‘65. Saturday night was designated as the recognition of the RV Chapter’s 100th Come-Around since the chapter’s creation in 18-years ago.

Everyone car pooled to the Connor’s home for chili cheese brats with nuclear stew plus pot luck desserts to show off the pastry skills of chapter members. The 100th celebration opened with the loud blasts of Scott Goodson’s cannon firing to announce the fireworks show that provided 90-minutes of blowing stuff up, both on the ground and in the air.

Culture was also on the agenda with a performance of “Sleepyhollow” at Cumberland Mountain Playhouse.

Watts Bar was a great opportunity to welcome a lot of new chapter members and share stories with experienced members. Mark your 2018 calendars for 23rd to 28th of October 2018 to join this traditional Fall fun.

Is your 2018 calendar marked in ink for April 30th until May 7th?

This Come-Around will enjoy Florida

small town charms of Mount Dora, circa 1880. To live up to it’s title as “Festival City”, we’ll gather just in time for the Blueberry Festival where “basically everything is blue” including lots of blueberry food options plus live blues music. Mount Dora is 40-minutes north of Orlando, but very much historic Old Florida and truly a “mount” at 184-feet above sea level. Events will include visiting the German Bakery, sunset pontoon boat cruise, Morse Museum with the “World’s most comprehensive collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany”, two planned bike rides, Renninger Antique & Collectors Market, Museum of Speed, Lakeridge Winery, Vintage Train Ride plus a visit to Niaflex Corporation, a plastics manufacturing facility supplying film for foods, consumer, agricultural and industrial applications. This will also be the RV Chapter National ComeAround for 2018. For more details, consult Facebook USNA RV CHAPTER and/or chapter web site USNARV. USNACHAPTERS.NET. As you read this, we’ll be gathered in the Key West sunshine to open the 2018 Come-Around Year. Try not to simply read about the fun times you missed with the RV Chapter. Join us as all are welcome!

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

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Central Savannah River Area Chapter: 1st/bottom row: Ken Wright ‘77, Jim Tisaranni ‘64, Charles Nickell ‘78, Frank Feltham ‘64, Dave Smith ‘73, Larry Hinson ‘72; 2nd row: Wayne Rickman ‘59, Bob Van Buren ‘63; 3rd row: Chuck Munns ‘73, Mike Martin ‘67, Leroy Farr ‘67; 4th/top row: Steve Banwarth ‘67, Rick Reichel ‘83

south carolina BGO Area Coordinator: Eve Dallas p: 843-457-8256; e: dallasbgo@gmail.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

On 10/26/2017 a meeting of the CSRA Chapter was held at Bobby’s BBQ in Warrenville, SC (approximately midway between Aiken, SC & Augusta, GA). The following alumni were in attendance: Wayne Rickman ’59, Bob Van Buren ’63, Frank Feltham ’64, Jim Tisaranni ’64, Steve Banwarth ’67, Leroy Farr ’67, Mike Martin ’67, Larry Hinson ’72, Chuck Munns ’73, Dave Smith ’73, Ken Wright ’77, Charles Nickell ’78 & Rick Reichel ’83.

This was the first meeting under new chapter president Dave Smith.

Since the chapter has been somewhat inactive for the past few years, the primary reason for the meeting was to attempt to reactivate the chapter & the following are the interim chapter officers until an official election can be held next year: President: Dave Smith ‘73 Vice-President: Mike Martin ‘67 Secretary: Bob Van Buren ‘63 Treasurer: Steve Banwarth ‘67 In addition to discussion about chapter re-organization & rejuvenation, President Smith also presented some information about the following upcoming chapter events:

Navy vs. Army Game Watch Party in conjunction with the West Point Society of Aiken.

End of the Dark Ages Party in late February or early March; details are “in progress”.

There was further discussion about other possible activities later in 2018. A suggestion by Steve Banwarth that we support the annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament in some manner was well received by all in attendance, but, the details still need to be worked out.

The meeting was adjourned at 2015.

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

october meeting On Monday, October 16, The Charleston Chapter held its Monthly Luncheon. Our Speaker was Sgt. Trevor Shelor, City of Charleston Police, speaking on Defending Yourself Against Cyber Crime.

In attendance were: Fuzzy Knight ’53 Jim Flatley ’56 Curt Holcomb ’61 John Nuernberger ’64 Larry Elberfeld ’64 Ray Setser ’65 Jim Welsch ’67 Wynn Harding ’68 Gary Maxwell ’69 Tom Gillespie ’69 Charlie Young ’70

CHAPTER NEWS Al Olson ’72 Ron Malec ’74 Rick Stein ’82 Sam Kojm ’82 Bill Druce ’82 Greg Shore ’84 Jim Miller ’89 november meeting On Monday, November 21, The Charleston Chapter held its Monthly Luncheon. Our Speaker was Bob Walker, Trident Technical College, speaking on the South Carolina Aeronautical Training Center.

Special Guest was MIDN 3/C Eli Roberts ’20, in town to speak to local High Schools as part of Operation Information. With Max Hill ’51 also present, the Charleston Chapter had a 69 year spread represented!

In attendance were: Max Hill ’51 Fuzzy Knight ’53 Jim Rodgers ’53 Jim Flatley ’56 John Nuernberger ’64 Ray Setser ’65 Jim Welsch ’67 Bernie Magdelain ’67 Michael Paulk ’67 Wynn Harding ’68 Tom Gillespie ’69 Charlie Young ’70 Bill Bobo ’72 Ron Malec ’74 Dave Shimp ’76 Denny Simon ’77 Rick Stein ’82 Greg Shore ’84 Andrew McMarlin ’91 John Cooke ’97 Gerald Brooks ’08 Eli Roberts ’20 The Charleston Chapter meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 12 Noon in Mount Pleasant. No reservation required.

Rick Stein ’82

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

Most recently, on November 21st, we were fortunate to have MIDN Ben Dunphy ’18 speak at our chapter luncheon. He is a local midshipman who attended St. Joseph’s Catholic School and is the son of Peter Dunphy ’88. Ben shared with us his experiences of USNA as well as some changes that many of us may not have been aware of. As a physics major, a Trident Scholar, and nuclear power selectee, he was exceptionally impressive. Those in attendance were: Sue Cole (Ben ’63), Mike and Pam Epprecht ’65, Mac McClain ‘69, John Shinovich ’69, Fred Rickabaugh ’70, Don Olsen ‘71Wilson Shealy ’72, Don Baldwin ’74, Mike Metskas ’74, Peter Dunphy ’88, Matt Felt ’88 with son, Mitchell Felt, Brian Treanor ’89, Wes Boyce ’89, Ben Dunphy ’18 with grandfather Ken Marchal.

We will be meeting for our annual gathering at Wild Wing Café in downtown Greenville with the local West Point Society for the ArmyNavy game on December 9th.

We will take the month of January off before starting up again in the February-March timeframe. For those in the Upstate of SC, we look forward to seeing you soon!

Wes Boyce ‘89

Palmetto Chapter: Air Force game watching

Palmetto Chapter: Notre Dame game

Palmetto Chapter: Luncheon

Palmetto Chapter Pres: Wes Boyce ’89 E: wesboyce@bellsouth.net 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 has had a busy few months. On October 7th we gathered at Wild Wing Café in Greenville to watch the best NavyAir Force game any of us had ever seen. That last drive surprised us all.

Our chapter was fortunate to have several out of town alumni that were in Greenville for a classmate’s wedding. In attendance were: Dick and Kris Scott ‘67, John and Cindy Shinovich ‘69, Louis and Nancy Buck ‘70, Ron Thompson ’80, Wes Boyce ’89, Jared Henderson ’02, Kate and Matt Englehart ’04, Arlen Connolly ’08,

Danny Nin ’08, Steven Teriesen ’08, Patrick Vrazel ’08 and Luke Wolf ’08.

We celebrated the Navy Ball with the Greenville NOSC and local Navy League at the Poinsett Club in Greenville. NOSC CO LCDR Jared Henderson ’02 did a remarkable job planning the event and alumni Mike Epprecht ‘65 and Hap Hall ’72 were instrumental in assisting with the details. Well over 100 people attended as RADM John Messerschmidt (Ret) ’79 served as the key note speaker and did a wonderful job as we celebrated our Navy’s birthday.

On November 18th a few USNA alumni joined the local Notre Dame alumni club at the City Range Grill in Greenville to watch the NavyNotre Dame game. Although we couldn’t quite pull off the upset, we had a great time and appreciated the invitation and hospitality of Notre Dame’s alumni. Brian Treanor ’89 and Wes ’89 and Angie Boyce attended.

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

tennessee Chattanooga Chapter Pres: Richard “Scott” Jones ’00 9935 Penneywood La., Ooltewah, TN 37363 p: 804-363-3589; e: rsjones23@hotmail.com BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Richard Cataldi ’69, USN (Ret.) p: 865-966-4677; e: cdrcataldi@tds.net

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Austin Chapter

Pres: CDR Richard Cataldi ’69, USN (Ret.) p: 865-966-4677; e: cdrcataldi@tds.net

Pres: Brad Holbrook ’06 p: 410-718-8839; e: bradley.holbrook@gmail.com

Sec’y-Treas: CAPT Mark Kohring ’73, USNR (Ret.) e: mark_kohring@mac.com

Vice Pres: Dan Hanley ’10 p: 281 435 2523; e: dhanley10@gmail.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Richard Cataldi ’69, USN (Ret.) p: 865-966-4677; e: cdrcataldi@tds.net

Treas: Kevin Windbigler ’86 p: 512-923-5010; e: hans2886@austin.rr.com

Memphis Chapter Pres: Judd F. Osten ’64 p: 678-644-7755; e: juddosten@1964.usna.com

Mid’n 1/C Ostermann, Midn ‘ 3C Larrea and Mid’n 3/C Urritia presenting Admissions info to Café College attendees

North Texas Chapter

Nashville Chapter

BGO Area Coordinator: Thomas Forsythe ’79 e: tom_forsythe@kyzen.com

texas Alamo Chapter 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 Website: http://www.alamo.usnachapters.com Facebook: Alamo Chapter NAAA BGO Area Coordinator: Maj Bruce Davis ’85, USMCR p: 210-877-1612; e: bruce.davis@parsons.com

We held our November meeting on the 15th at Little Italy Italian Restaurant.

We may be at this location for some time because our previous location closed their business. Thanks to alacrity and perseverance of Tom Colbourn we were able to smoothly make the transition. Our guest speaker was Dr. Ralph Hill, Technical Advisor, Applied Power Division at SWRI. He spoke to us on missile plumes and the ultra violet imaging of tactical missiles. The usefulness of this research is identifying the origin and manufacturer of missiles regardless of who or where they are fired.

Bill Penn ’63, Dr Hill, Eric Challain ’69 at Alamo Chapter Nov meeting

Website: Austin.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: Maj Bruce Davis ’85, USMCR p: 210-877-1612; e: bruce.davis@parsons.com

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Paul Schuhlein ’85, USN (Ret.) p: 901-751-2225; e: pschuhlein@yahoo.com

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

Shipmate Contact: CDR Don McAlister ’63, USNR (Ret.) p: 512-365-7068; e: don.mcalister@austin.rr.com

Pres: Greg Colandrea ’90 e: pres@usnaaa-ntx.com Typical table display at College Day at Fredericksburg, TX High School

Sec’y: Carrie Busch Murdock ’99 e: secy@usnaaa-ntx.com

Other than our meeting various local alumni were busy with college nights at various high schools and OPINFO. They support Admissions in spreading the word about USNA and all that it offers. Of particular note was several presentations at San Antonio’s Café College a San Antonio Education Partnership that provides information on college admission, testing and financial aid assistance. I have included several pictures of events which speak to the narrative far better than words can accomplish.

Website: www.usnaaa-ntx.com BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT Thomas Kaprurch ’75, USN (Ret.) p: 972-317-6218; e: tom.kapurch@gmail.com

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Pres: Matt Guyton ’07 p: 281-222-2192; e: matthew.guyton@gmail.com Vice Pres: Daniel Hanley ’09 e: dhanley10@gmail.com Sec’y: Bret Leach ’08 e: bret.e.leach@gmail.com Website: txgulfcoast.usnachapters.net BGO Area Coordinator: Rick Mawdsley p: 832-326-1685; e: rmawdsley@gmail.com

united kingdom United Kingdom Chapter Pres: Tim Fox ’97 e: timfox97@hotmail.com

Cody Nissen ’11 sent the following info on a gathering of several alumni at the second annual “Remembrance Rumble 2” charity boxing match, sponsored by Born Fearless Boxing, a UK boxing club: M A handful of Academy grads attended the “Remembrance Rumble 2” charity boxing event on 11 November 2017 in London’s iconic York Hall, a premier sporting venue in the East End. The event was scheduled to coincide with Great Britain’s marking of Remembrance Sunday and featured six different bouts between battle-tested ex-SAS soldiers and ex-U.S. Marines and Navy SEALs, with the first scheduled fight a wheelchair boxing match between two wounded warriors! All told, the event raised over £20,000 (about $27,000) for military-related charities and was enjoyed by all.

Two interesting side notes: According to Wikipedia, York Hall was until 2007 home of the last of London’s publicly run Turkish Baths.

And comments on social media during the concurrent live auction to benefit former members of the armed forces went from the poignant (“Nice to see the regard and respect these fighters hold for each other.”) to the humorous (“When you can frame your underwear and auction it off for charity, you’ve pretty much made it.”).

Vice Pres: Paige Turbeville ’01 e: paigeturbeville@gmail.com Sec’y: Lisa Aszklar Wife, Henry ’81 e: lisa.aszklar@gmail.com L to R: USNA 2017 Golf Team: Joe VanMeter ’62, John Kiehle (Jim ’62), Jim Kiehle, Dave Driskell ’63, John Minton (JK ’66) and JK Minton

Finally, our intrepid golf team engaged Air Force and Army on the golf links at FT.Sam Houston. We did not win the travelling trophy but we did manage to bring home some money. The team of J.K & John Minton and Dave Driskell won third low net and Jim Kiehle won closest to the pin. Joe VanMeter, Jim and John Kiehle won for the worst score.

(Should I even report that?)

Dave Driskell ’63, Secretary P: 210-275-4011 info@alamogoats.org

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Treas: Logan Spiva ’10 e: logans999@gmail.com Board of Directors: Cody Nissen ’11 e: cnissen.mba2018@london.edu Evan McNeer ’06 e:emcneer.mba2018@london.edu BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR e: BGOArea501Coordinator@gmail.com

Greetings from London, where winter sometimes seems just a little bit longer and a little bit colder – and USNA alumni enjoy unique advantages to chase those Winter Blues away! Let’s jump right in with some recent highlights.

Left to right: Logan Spiva ’10, Christen Carpenter ‘16, Megan Musilli ‘16, and Cody Nissen ’11 at the Remembrance Rumble 2

Rob Suh ‘96 reported that in early December, members of the UK USNA Alumni chapter were honored to receive an invitation from the Yeoman Warders (aka Beefeaters) to attend the 730-year-old Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London, which included a private tour of the exterior of the Tower, dinner in their

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UK Chapter: Rob Suh ’96 (front row, far right) led a group of USNA grads and Associate Chapter members at the special invitation of the Yeoman Warders at the Tower of London on 1 December 2017

invitation-only pub, and a charity raffle. This was a very special invitation because the public tour wait is 6-12 months and does not include the use of the Warders’ private pub.

Seventy-five attendees in our group included guests from NATO’s Allied Maritime Command, with representatives from the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Denmark. USNA alumni included Tom Short ‘91 visiting from the USA, Lucy Ford ‘17, Wes ‘90 and Suzanne Bannister, Christen Carpenter ‘16, Clark ‘96 and Cindy Childers, Chris Robinson ‘98 and his wife Sarah Rollings ‘98, Brad ‘01 and Patsy Whittington, Tim Phillips ‘96 and partner Jen Huffines, Shaun Flanagan ‘89 and his partner Glenn Scrivens, Garth ‘98 and Konstance Johnston, John ‘96 and Val Van Jaarsveld, Rob ‘96 and Joy Suh, as well as Associate UK-USNA Chapter members Joel and Lisa Heffentrager and Ian and Gwen Dewey.

A reminder to all alumni to update your mailing address at www.usna.com. Remember: without current contact info, your classmates can’t find you!

As always, visiting alumni please contact Chapter President Tim Fox ’97, and GO NAVY!

ALUMNI HOUSE Wedding? Reunion? Conference?

Host your special event at Ogle Hall. events@usna.com or 410-295-4018

utah Intermountain Alumni Chapter Pres: Robert Allen ’67 e: ba@robertallen.org Treas: Nyles Christensen ’75 e: nylesc@hotmail.com Website: http://utah.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: Steven Thatcher ’84 e: steventhatcher@ymail.com

“network breAkFAst At Dees FAmily restAurAnt, sAlt lAke city” September 7, October 5, and November 2, 2017 – All academies’ friends gathered for the ‘First Thursday’ breakfasts. Attending: *USNA –Bob Bowers’57, Bob Allen ’67, Mike Hester ’69, Kevin Dolan ’71 Al Porter ’72, Nyles Christensen ’75, Barry Gittleman ’89, Mark Springer ’89, Tabeetha ’91, Kenn Poorman’ 92, and Bill Zamora (NAVAIR-F) *USMA – Bill Bearden ’71, Steve Smith ’72, Ned Hacker ’80, Kevin Riedler ’81, Randy Schwallie ’85, Ted Frederick ’87, Ted McAleer ’87, Randy Arvay ’93, Rob Holt ’02, Steven Kuhni ’07, and Dan Kim ’09 *USAFA – Bob Holt ’70, Rick Bereit ’70, Rod Johnson ’63, Eric Baugh ’01, and Eddie Hillebrand ’02 ALL HANDS INVITED FIRST THURSDAY EVERY MONTH EXCEPT JANUARY Willis Savage Whittlesey III – USNA Class of 1959 *Born September 18, 1936 in Torrington, Connecticut to Willis Savage Whittlesey, Jr. and Mary Alice Johnson Whittlesey

*Married Judith Haigh VanDusen June 13, 1959 in Southport, Connecticut *Passed away October 2, 2017 Holladay, Utah *Interred at Memorial Mountain View Cemetery, Cottonwood Heights, Utah Bill was the senior statesman for the USNAAA Intermountain Chapter as well as among the alumni of our sister academies groups. He graduated ‘59, but was physically disqualified for a commission, by reason of injuries suffered playing Navy Baseball. He was a plank owner of our chapter and none of us remaining have a memory of a chapter event without his participation, even when he was out of town. He was serving as Chapter Secretary at the time of passing. You can find photos of him throughout the pages and chapter entries in the Shipmate throughout the years. He was always supportive, an amazing man, a stalwart and true shipmate, standing with and supporting the USNA and Navy at all times and in all places! He made everyone around him at ease. A real gentleman, totally aboard.

At the First Thursday Breakfast on September 7 past we were pleased to have visiting and dining with us Robert and Nancy Bowers.

Bob is a class of 1957 graduate. Bob and Nancy retired to the land down under in Australia. They were in Utah for a visit with their son Kenn Poorman ’92, a member of the chapter. It was a most pleasing visit and conversation. We look forward to future visits and tale-telling.

Kenn Poorman, Bob & Nancy Bowers

Others at First Thursday Breakfast

Intermountain Alumni Chapter:

Intermountain Alumni Chapter:

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virginia

Pres: CAPT Dick Enderly ’71, USN (Ret.) p: 757-467-5167; c: 757-647-5155 e: bsbalcdmn@cox.net

Central Virginia Chapter Pre: Bill Murray ’83 whmurray34@gmail.com

Website: www.usnahamptonroads.com

Vice Pres: Jeff Holloway ’77 jeffrey.holloway@ngc.com

BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR David Lannetti ’81, USN (Ret.) p: 757-423-8602; e: dlannetti81@gmail.com

Sec’y: Ed Borger ’80 ed.borger@honeywell.com Treas: Steve Hill ’74 swhill74@cstone.net BGO Area Coordinator: Don Aldridge e: n774pk@gmail.com

On October 18th the Central Virginia Chapter celebrated the U.S. Navy’s 242nd Birthday with the Charlottesville Aviation Luncheon Club.

Mark Metcalf ‘76 enlightened us with his impressions of the four-day 14th Annual East Asia Security Symposium held in Beijing in June 2017.

He was one of twenty Western academics and China specialists who received briefings from senior Chinese Communist Party officials, military officers, and academics on “Fundamental Principles of Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation.”

Central Virginia:

Central Virginia:

The 50+ lunch attendees included fromleft to right: Bill Cook ‘72, Pat Riley ‘72, Mark Metcalf ‘76, Spencer Neal ‘45, Steve Hill ‘74 (BGO), Steve Trotta ‘80 (BGO), Bill Murray ‘83.

To commemorate the US Marine Corps 242nd Birthday and Veteran’s Day, in late October Ernie Harper ‘87 issued this summons: “In order to celebrate the Marines that have served, are serving and will serve, in every clime and place, I propose that we storm the heights of Chapultepec Castle (Halls of Montezuma) - I mean Humpback Rocks - on the morning of Saturday, November 11, 2017...”

Answering the challenge were Michael Cathey ‘67, Bob McMasters ‘78 and his wife Mary, Bill Murray ‘83, Ernie Harper ‘87, Mike Kunkel ‘88 and daughter Sophie, Nate Bastar ‘02 and his Marine colleagues from the JAG school - 14 hikers (and 4 backpack riders) in all. It was a crisp 30 degrees, but sunny and clear at the 0900 start. Following a blast from

Central Virginia:

The Bugle, the steep 700-foot climb dispelled the chill quickly. We gained the Rocks after about 40 minutes and were treated to a magnificent view of the Shenandoah Valley and the northern Blue Ridge.

At the summit, Ernie rendered a solemn pronouncement of the Birthday Message - Marine Corps Order Number 47, issued in 1921 by Major General John Lejeune - after which hikers dispatched shots of Bushmills single malt in affirmation of those sentiments.

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The descent was less aerobically taxing, but did require vigilance to avoid some icy spots. On our return to the trailhead, Amy Harper greeted us with hot Starbucks coffee, breakfast biscuits, donuts and pastries - for which we were all VERY grateful!

Bill Murray ‘83

Throughout the 2017 football season Hampton Roads Chapter plenty of Navy fans have gathered at Shorebreak Pizza in Virginia Beach for every game. Even though the Mids fortunes on the gridiron haven’t always turned out the way we hoped, the spirit and camaraderie displayed by alumni, family and friends has remained strong.

Prior to the Notre Dame game on 18 November we were approached by the President of the local Notre Dame Alumni Association with a proposal to undertake a first-ever “joint” Navy and Fighting Irish get together at Shorebreak. We gladly seized the opportunity for an event that was enhanced by the generosity of Eric Gardner ’85 and a threeperson group from Chapter sponsor First Command Financial Planning who pooled their resources to help foot the bill for some liquid refreshments and pizzas. The First Command group included Vince Bowhers ’85… and…a Notre Dame alumnus!

Although significantly outnumbered, the Notre Dame crowd fully supported their end of the venture; and suffice it to say while the Irish unfortunately won the game on the field in South Bend; Navy won the party in Virginia Beach! Additionally, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, a Notre Dame initiative to collect canned goods for local individuals and organizations in need produced very positive results, as two very full large boxes were easily filled.

As this issue of Shipmate went to print, preparations were moving out at flank speed for our annual ArmyNavy party, also held at Shorebreak.

A large and raucous crowd was expected to fill that venue. A full report with pictures will appear in the March issue.

Tom Brandl ’79, Executive Director of the Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop (TWBW) was a big hit as the Guest Speaker at our November Networking Breakfast.

CHAPTER NEWS TWBW is a local nonprofit that does great work in helping at-risk youth learn math, science, and life skills through the building of wooden boats and other nautical-related activities. On 13 December well-known and very successful novelist David Poyer ’71 discussed his newest book Hunter Killer: The War with China –The Battle for the Central Pacific. And on 17 January retired Surface Warfare Officer Dennis Popiela ’78 related his experiences during nine years as an emergency medical technician (EMT) with the Virginia Beach EMS System.

After the Army-Navy Party, and as the calendar turns to the new year, there are two significant Chapter events on the horizon.

The first will be our annual Dark Ages Happy Hour, orchestrated

by Chapter Events Coordinator Jennifer Lorio ‘00 at the Yard House Restaurant in Virginia Beach’s Town Center on 25 January. The following Friday night, 2 February, the Navy Wrestling squad will face off against Old Dominion University at ODU’s Ted Constant Convocation Center. When the Midshipmen and the Monarch grapplers met in Norfolk in 2016, Navy fans came out in significant numbers; and in 2018 the Hampton Roads Chapter again expects to fill the stands in support of the Blue & Gold.

Additional 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 Website: http://usnaalumniquantico.com

The Quantico Area Chapter (QAC) held a breakfast meeting October 13 at the Holiday Inn Dumfries –

Quantico Center hotel as part of the continuing monthly breakfast speaker series. The guest speaker was Vice Admiral Thomas Moore, Commander of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), USNA ’81.

VADM Moore is a nuclear surface warfare officer and currently leads 73,000 military and civilians across the world as the 44th NAVSEA commander. Forty-nine attendees were present for the breakfast event.

Vice Admiral Thomas Moore ‘81, 44th Commander of Naval Sea Surface Command, USNA , (center), stands with two members of the Quantico Area Chapter USNA Alumni Association at a monthly breakfast speaker series in which he spoke to the chapter and celebrated the U.S. Navy’s birthday, Oct. 13

VADM Moore spoke to the chapter members about current naval challenges; the size and capabilities of the current naval Fleet of ships, submarines and weapons systems; and the future of increasing the current Fleet from 279 to 355 ships. The QAC also celebrated the U.S. Navy’s birthday at the event with a cakecutting ceremony and video.

On Nov. 3, the chapter held another breakfast speaker series event. Major General Kevin Iiams, Commanding General of the USMC Training and Education Command, USNA ’86, served as the guest of honor and speaker. He spoke to the more than 50 attendees about Marine leaders, the current generation of Marines and recruits, and the current and future efforts of training and education in the Marine Corps.

At the breakfast, the chapter members also celebrated the 242nd birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps with a cake-cutting ceremony, the reading of General Lejeune’s birthday message, and a viewing of the Commandant’s birthday message.

Virginia Peninsula Chapter (formerly the Williamsburg Chapter) Pres: Ben Francisco ’73 p: 757-784-0786 e: roger.benton.francisco@gmail.com Vice Pres: Steve Jasper ’74 e: stevejasper0@gmail.com BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR David Lannetti ’81, USN (Ret.) p: 757-423-8602; e: dlannetti81@gmail.com Tom Connelly, Col. USMC Ret. (left), Vice President of the Quantico Area Chapter, and Maj. Gen. Kevin Iiams, Commanding General of the USMC Training and Education Command, USNA ’86, stand at attention as they prepare for a cake-cutting ceremony to celebrate the 242nd birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps at the chapter’s monthly breakfast speaker series, Nov. 3

Chapter members also attended and participated in various Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) mixers at The Basic School in Quantico, Va., where they had the opportunity to interact with USMC Second Lieutenants and to mentor them on the military and specialties.

The Chapter encourages all alumni in our area to join the Chapter. Our USNAAA designated area extends from south of the Occoquan River, to the Fredericksburg area, somewhat East into the Northern Neck and west to the general vicinity of the Manassas area.

We have an active monthly speaker series and numerous plans throughout the upcoming year for social and service opportunities. Please visit http://usnaalumniquantico.usnachapters.net/ for more information about the Chapter. Click “Membership” for information on how to join, or feel free to contact any of the officers for more information.

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

Website: vapeninsula.usnachapters.net

We gathered for the Army - Navy Party, Saturday, December 9 at 3:00 at Paul’s Deli in New Town, Williamsburg. Since Army/Navy was the only major sporting event on television, we had plenty of room for everyone to bring family and friends. It was a pay as you go, food and drink menu with plenty of choices and a great ambiance.

For 2018 we are planning a VA Peninsula Chapter event every other month. We plan to vary the locations up and down the Peninsula to encourage new members and explore new venues. We invite anyone interested in taking the lead on any event to step up. We also encourage you to promote the VA Peninsula Chapter to alumni who may in the area but are not currently active in the Chapter. Our new focus on the greater Peninsula in order to offer a way to connect with old friends and meet new ones. tentAtive 2018 scheDule: January will begin with a VA Peninsula Chapter organizational meeting to review our current status, discuss ideas and refine plans. We will meet at Peter Chang Restaurant, 1203 Richmond Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185 at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 20th. for photos visit our Chapter Website: http://vapeninsula. usnachapters.net/ March – We are working details for either a luncheon/brunch/ or dinner at James River Country Club in Newport News.

May – We plan to arrange a Gauthier Vineyard tour and wine tasting in New Kent County where we will invite the Hampton Roads Chapter (HRC) to join us. This tour continues to receive rave reviews.

(May is also the Plebe Recognition Dinner Hosted by HRC in Norfolk).

July – To escape the summer heat, we will be spearheading some

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NAVY MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON, DC

FALL CANDIDATE EVENT

By Bill Peerenboom ’57 A big big thank you to the Navy Memorial!

The USNA Alumni Association Greater Washington Chapter traditional fall candidate event was held Saturday November 18th from 10:30am - 1:45pm at the Navy Memorial in downtown Washington DC. More than 150 potential candidates from high schools in Maryland, Washington DC and Northern Virginia actively participated in a robust exchange with USNA Admissions, Blue and Gold Officers, SEN Mark Warner’s office, Midshipmen and alumni volunteers to gain insight and ask questions about the admission process.

Special thanks go out to the following for their support of GWC Chapter efforts to support USNA recruiting: LT Justin Vagts - USNA Admissions Office and the Midshipmen who sacrificed their precious Saturday to give back to the community.

CAPT (Ret) Marty Menez - Blue and Gold Officer Lead and the numerous BGO volunteers who provided valuable lessons learned.

family fun at the new indoor golf tavern, Revolution Golf and Grille, 1430 High St, Williamsburg.

September – Congressman Wittman (R-VA) luncheon at Patriots Colony, Williamsburg.

Congressman Wittman is President of the Academy’s Board of Visitors and a key member of the Shipbuilding Caucus.

Oct/Nov – Founder’s Day luncheon/brunch/dinner at Riverside in Old Yorktown.

December - Army / Navy Game 2018 Please forward suggestions and questions anytime.

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

Ms. Carol Ford - SEN Mark Warner’s Constituent Services Representative who shared Appointment Process lessons learned from the statewide perspective Mr. Mark Baker - USNA Parents Club of Northern Virginia who volunteered to assist with check-in duties because of the positive impact a previous event made on him and his MIDN 4/c daughter.

CAPT (Ret.) Sean O’Connor and RADM (Ret.) Michael Browne - USNAAA GWC Event Co-leads USNAAA GWC hosts two candidate events each year, one in the spring at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA, and one in the fall at the Navy Memorial. These events continue to grow and provide tailored engagement between candidates and the Academy.

If you are interested in supporting our next event, or learning more about joining the GWC Chapter, please contact usnaaagwc@aol.com for more information.

Go Navy, beat Army!

washington, Dc Area BGO Area Coordinator: (Northern VA) CAPT James Czerwonky ’63, USN (Ret.) p: 703-533-3566; e: jczerwonky@verizon.net

Pres: Fred Latrash '87 e: president.usna.alumni.gwc@gmail.com e: fred.latrash@gmail.com

At Large: Chris Adams ’75 p: 414-553-0982

Puget Sound Chapter

Sec’y: John Anderson p: 619-417-8676; e: jonanderson95@mail.com

Website: http://pugetsound.usnachapters.com

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Wisconsin Chapter Pres: Timothy Mahoney ’10 e: mahoney@2010.usna.com

Vice Pres: Jamie Fleischhacker '00 e: jfleisch21@gmail.com

Corr Sec’y: CDR Peter Stitt ’83, USN (Ret.) 7219 64th St. SE, Snohomish, WA 98290

BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Craig Walker ’83, USNR (Ret.) p: 262-502-9124; e: craig.a.walker@ge.com

Greater Washington Chapter

Website: http://hanford.usnachapters.com

Pres: RADM Bill Center ’68, USN (Ret.) 24007 76th Ave. W, Edmonds, WA 98026 p: 206-719-2952; e: w.center@comcast.net

wisconsin

Website: www.usnaaagwc.org BGO Area Coordinator: Rob Breakiron ’02 e: rbreakiron@gmail.com

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/

IN MEMORIAM

CAPTAIN THOMAS J. HUDNER JR. ’47, USN (RET.) 31 August 1924–13 November 2017 ollowing his graduation from the United States Naval Academy, Captain Thomas Hudner Jr. ’47, USN (Ret.), served as a junior officer aboard HELENA and as a crypto watch officer on the staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. After completing flight training at Pensacola and Corpus Christi in 1949, Hudner was assigned to VF 32 aboard LEYTE GULF and flew 27 combat missions in four months during the winter of 1950-1951.

On the afternoon of 4 December 1950, one of Hudner’s squadron mates, Ensign Jesse Brown, USN, the Navy’s first African-American naval aviator, was shot down in the mountainous terrain near the Chosin Reservoir. After realizing that Brown had survived the impact, Hudner came under enemy fire while crash-landing his own plane in an unsuccessful but heroic effort to save the life of his friend. For his brave

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effort to save a fallen comrade, Hudner received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman, the ceremony was witnessed by Brown’s widow, Daisy.

After a tour at Corpus Christi as an instrument flight instructor, Hudner joined the staff of Commander, Carrier Division 3 in 1953, then returned stateside in 1955. He served in the Bureau of Weapons with an Air Force interceptor squadron, on the Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and in the Office of Naval Operations.

In addition to the Medal of Honor, Hudner received the Legion of Merit, two Air Medals, a Bronze Star, a Navy Commendation Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation.

In retirement, he remained active in the arena of veterans’ affairs, serving as Commissioner of Veteran’s Services for the state of Massachusetts. In 2006 he was awarded the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association’s Distinguished Graduate Award for his lifetime commitment to service, personal character and distinguished contributions to our nation.

JOHN E. NOLAN ’50 11 July 1927–18 November 2017 ollowing his graduation from the United States Naval Academy, John E. Nolan ’50 served as a Marine rifle platoon leader and battalion intelligence officer in Korea and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat “V” and a Purple Heart.

While assigned to Marine Barracks, Washington Navy Yard, Nolan attended Georgetown Law School.

After graduating at the top of his class and departing from active duty, Nolan served as a law clerk for Justice Tom Clark, Supreme Court of the United States. In 1956, he joined the distinguished law firm of Steptoe and Johnson as an associate.

In 1960, Nolan became the advance chair of Senator John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign.

Following Kennedy’s campaign, Nolan assumed various assignments for the White House and Democratic National

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Committee. He played a leading role in the 1962-1963 Cuban Prisoners Exchange and served as the administrative assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy. His 52-year career with Steptoe and Johnson included service as the chairman of the firm. In 2003, the District of Columbia Bar cited him as a “Legend of the Law.” In addition, Nolan also served as moderator of the Aspen Institute’s Executive Seminars, was a visiting fellow at Cambridge University in 1987 and 1992 and was the founding chair of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.

A proud supporter of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Nolan served as counsel and as a member of the Foundation Board of Directors. From 1998 to 2002, he served on the first and subsequent Distinguished Graduate Award committees. He received the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association’s Distinguished Graduate Award in 2009.

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CAPTAIN BRUCE McCANDLESS II ’58, USN (RET.) 8 June 1937–21 December 2017 ollowing his graduation from the United States Naval Academy, Captain Bruce McCandless II ’58, USN (Ret.), served in Fighter Squadron 102 during three deployments with the Sixth Fleet from 1960 to 1964. In 1966, after earning a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, McCandless was selected as an astronaut for his doctoral work. He went on to provide ground support for three APOLLO missions including APOLLO 11 during which he was given the critical task of controlling the communications voice link between Mission Control and the astronauts during Buzz Aldrin’s and Neil Armstrong’s exploration of the lunar surface.

McCandless made his historic space flight as a mission specialist on CHALLENGER STS 41-B in February 1984 during which he made the first untethered solo flight in space which earned him the Department of Defense Superior Service

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Medal and the NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Award. In 1985, McCandless received the National Aeronautic Association Collier Trophy and the first Smithsonian National Air and Space Trophy. McCandless also served in a leadership role in the design and development of the Hubble Space Telescope and was a member of the space shuttle crew that deployed the telescope into orbit in 1990. He was inducted into the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2005.

McCandless continued to work in the aerospace industry following his 32-year career with the Navy and retired from Lockheed Martin in 2005. His special honors include the American Expeditionary Service Medal; NASA Exceptional Service Medal; NASA Space Flight Medal and the American Astronautical Society Victor A. Prather Award. In 2012, the Naval Academy honored Captain McCandless with the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award in recognition of his contributions to the nation, Navy and Naval Academy. a

LAST CALL Jacques B. Hadler ’41 19 October 2017 William Berryman Morrow ’42 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 12 October 2017 Charles Thomas Cooper III ’43 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 9 October 2017 Robert Bruce Greenwood ’43 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 12 November 2017 Calvin Hayes Cobb Jr. ’45 u 28 October 2017 Julius Mitchell Elrod Jr. ’45 CAPT, USNR (Ret.) 9 December 2017 Spencer Kellogg Neale ’45 21 November 2017 Charles Thomas Phillips Jr. ’45 11 October 2017 Edward Seymour Ruete ’45 CDR, SC, USN (Ret.) 18 November 2017 Richard Harold Daly ’46 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 11 November 2017 Leslie William Dienst ’46 3 November 2017 Edward Coffin Jordan ’46 LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 1 December 2017 Luther Eugene Mayes Jr. ’46 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 31 May 2017 Dale Forest Mueller ’46 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 24 October 2017

“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.”

William Joseph Grant ’47 u LTJG, USN (Ret.) 19 November 2017 Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. ’47 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 13 November 2017 Walter Morgan Johnson Jr. ’47 28 November 2017 Andrew Jackson Peacock Jr. ’47 9 November 2017 William Clark Smith ’47 16 October 2017 William Henry Borchert ’48 CAPT, SC, USN (Ret.) 12 December 2017 Robert Franklin Ennis ’48 LT, USNR 15 October 2017 Robert Ray Fargo ’48 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 1 November 2017

Samuel John Wiegand ’52 u 7 November 2017

Gerard Francis Dooley ’50 16 December 2017 John Edward Nolan ’50 18 November 2017

Henry Frederick Abele ’53 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 28 November 2017

John Roger Farrell ’51 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 15 October 2017

Peter Corteau Conrad ’53 RADM, USN (Ret.) 10 December 2017

Derrell Bernard Hauser ’51 LT, USNR (Ret.) 3 November 2017

Richard Earl Curtis ’53 u RADM, SC, USN (Ret.) 2 November 2017

James Charles Hunt Jr. ’51 Col, USAF (Ret.) 10 December 2017

Edmund Koehler Daley Jr. ’53 LTC, USA (Ret.) 24 October 2017

George Jacob Klett ’51 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 15 November 2017 Charles Franklin Rushing ’51 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 25 November 2017

Robert Harry Kassel ’53 1 November 2017 u

Richard Ward Scearce Jr. ’53 LTJG, SC, USN (Ret.) 7 December 2017

Charles Franklin Gorder Sr. ’48 CDR, JAGC, USN (Ret.) 19 November 2017

Wakefield Scott Moller Stornetta ’51 CDR, USN (Ret.) 9 December 2017

John Henry Smith ’53 LtCol, USMC (Ret.) 1 December 2017

Mitchell Daniel Charneski ’52 18 November 2017

John Daniel Herlihy Jr. ’48 u 29 October 2017

Peter Stanfield Cooke ’52 22 November 2017

Gerald Edward Weinstein ’53 u Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) 22 November 2017

Richard Byron Rubenstein ’48 CAPT, USNR (Ret.) 24 November 2017

Arthur Jerome Hedberg ’52 CDR, USN (Ret.) 4 November 2017

Francis Maurice Snyder ’48 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 1 October 2017

Paul Stonebraker MacLafferty ’52 LCDR, SC, USNR (Ret.) 10 December 2017

Kurt Francis Dorenkamp ’49 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 19 October 2017 Eugene St. Clair Ince Jr. ’49 RADM, USN (Ret.) 13 December 2017

Robert Holmes Robeson ’46 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 19 November 2017

Donald Woods Lappley ’49 13 September 2017

Richard Yates Scott ’46 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 8 December 2017

Alan Yale Levine ’49 CAPT, SC, USN (Ret.) 14 October 2017

Frank Tandy Street Jr. ’46 9 December 2017

John Alfred Tinkham ’49 12 November 2017

John George Andrychowski ’47 18 October 2017

Walter Lee Bown ’50 12 July 2017

Joseph Frank Scrudato ’52 2 December 2017

Lawrence Dennis Ballou ’54 CDR, USN (Ret.) 20 October 2017 Darwin Leo Hatheway Sr. ’54 12 December 2017 Frederick Arthur Mathews ’54 u Col, USMC (Ret.) 24 July 2017 Marshall Ray Messinger ’54 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 2 November 2017 Robert Kauf Sheehan ’54 CDR, USN (Ret.) 26 November 2017 Thomas Leo Aldrich ’55 u 20 October 2017 William Rutgers Conway ’55 19 November 2017 Paul Edward Sutherland Jr. ’55 u RADM, USN (Ret.) 24 October 2017

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William Goebel Anthony Sympson Jr. ’55 u CAPT, USN (Ret.) 23 September 2017 Leonard George Richard Anton ’56 u 22 May 2017 Perry Clarkson Cooper ’56 3 November 2017 Thomas James Guinan ’56 22 October 2017 Timothy Russell McDonough ’56 26 October 2017 William Harold Simpson ’56 LT, USNR 22 November 2017 Arthur Harry Hartwig ’57 2 December 2017 Carleton James King Jr. ’57 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 22 October 2017 Donald Julius Lisa ’57 7 November 2017 Victor Howard Prushan ’57 u 14 November 2017 Roger Henry Rotondi Sr. ’57 18 October 2017 Charles Paul Silvia ’57 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 4 November 2017 Johnny Max Greene ’58 15 November 2017 Julian Phelps Guinn ’58 14 November 2017 Larry Edward Kaufman ’58 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 25 October 2017 Charles Wilson Larzelere III ’58 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 1 December 2017 Bruce McCandless II ’58 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 21 December 2017 Samuel Allen Parker ’58 11 November 2017 George Byron Auchy ’59 LT, USNR 1 January 2017

Frank William Larson ’59 Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) 3 November 2017

Dennis Michael Moritz ’65 COL, USA (Ret.) 27 November 2017

Michael Camielle Masley Jr. ’75 u CDR, USN (Ret.) 7 November 2017

Robert Wesley Schultz ’59 9 October 2017

Charles Phillip Babb ’66 26 November 2017

William Sebrell Craighill ’76 u 17 October 2017

Gordon Terrel Godwin ’60 31 October 2017

David Thomson Hall ’66 u 25 October 2017

John Elmer Williams II ’76 2ndLt, USMC (Ret.) 29 September 2017

Ross Frederick Rogers III ’66 16 November 2017

Charles Henry Breen ’77 LTJG, USN 7 November 2017

Robert Christian Parker ’60 19 October 2017 Forrest Terence Rhodes ’60 u 14 November 2017 Earl Leo Diamond ’61 16 October 2017

Charles Kelly Bortell Jr. ’67 LT, USNR 21 November 2017

Henry Francis Hahn ’61 20 October 2017

Robert Nathan Feisel ’67 16 November 2017

Michael David Harris ’61 4 November 2017

Robert Patrick Groncznack ’67 CDR, CEC, USN (Ret.) 1 December 2016

Robert Allan Pirrmann ’61 u 19 November 2017 Bruce Neal Stratvert ’61 u 5 December 2017 James Alexander Fleming Jr. ’62 CAPT, SC, USN (Ret.) 8 December 2017 Edward Bonner Mann Jr. ’62 22 May 2017

Pierre Charles Webb ’67 28 October 2017 Timothy William Duffy ’68 CDR, USN (Ret.) 2 November 2017 Paul Charles Farmer ’68 u LtCol, USMC (Ret.) 6 December 2017

Owen Godfrey Thorp III ’77 CAPT, USN 29 October 2017 Stephen Patrick Curtis ’78 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 15 November 2017 Neil Montgomery Larimer ’79 CDR, USN (Ret.) 5 December 2017 Thomas John Kean ’80 16 November 2017 Michael Patrick Maley ’80 1 November 2017 Blake Thomas Bush ’82 u 28 October 2017

Gregory Henry Ronchetti ’68 u 1 November 2017

Michael James Wilmot Jr. ’88 12 October 2017

Robert Jemison Mackey ’70 u CDR, USNR (Ret.) 19 November 2017

Charles Spencer Abbot ’95 u CAPT, USN 15 November 2017

Randall D. Rankin ’70 4 December 2017

Fidel Manuel Torres ’95 31 October 2017

Bruce Michael Stevens ’70 25 October 2017

Kedric Edward Webster ’95 CAPT, MC, USN 13 December 2017

Charles Francis Sell ’63 6 November 2017

Michael Keith Hedrick ’72 CDR, USN (Ret.) 15 October 2017

Kevin Tyler Livingston ’98 26 November 2017

William Henry Carson II ’64 u CDR, USN (Ret.) 9 November 2017

Thomas Arthur Loftus III ’72 u 29 October 2017

Juan Ramon Jimenez ’18 MIDN, USN 30 October 2017

Ernest Della Perkins II ’62 CDR, USN (Ret.) 19 October 2017 Rudolf Karl Stegelmann ’62 21 November 2017 Frederick Peter Haeni ’63 26 November 2017 Richard Kent Miller ’63 22 September 2017

William Johns James ’65 7 December 2017 Thomas John McKay ’65 1 December 2017

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Matthew Paul Minahan ’73 u 10 June 2017 Dana Lynn Fox ’75 11 October 2017

u Obituary appears in this issue

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.

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WILLIAM BERRYMAN MORROW ’42 Captain William B. Morrow, USN (Ret.), died in Annapolis, MD, on 12 October 2017.

“Bill” was born in Atlantic City, NJ, on 16 May 1920. After a year in the Naval Reserve, he entered the Naval Academy and graduated on 19 December 1941. He also graduated from the Naval War ßCollege and National War College.

During World War II, Bill served as gunnery officer aboard MOFFETT (DD-362), which sank two German submarines and rescued 50 survivors. He commanded MEREDITH (DD-890), FRONTIER (AD-25), Destroyer Division 153 (Navy’s first guidedmissile division) and Destroyer Squadron 22. Bill served on several afloat staffs, including Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Four, where he was operations officer and was Project Mercury plans and operations officer, responsible for the development of the recovery plan for the first space shot.

Shore assignments included instructor duty at Holy Cross University, a planning assignment in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and as Destroyer Officer Placement and Assignments in the Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel. While in this position, he developed the original concept and initial curriculum for the U.S. Navy Destroyer School, which later became the Surface Warfare School. He also served as director of the European, Middle East and African Operation Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as the Director of Plans and Operations on the major maritime NATO Commander’s staff (SacLant).

His military decorations include two Legions of Merit and various World War II, Korea and Vietnam campaign and service medals.

After retirement in 1972, Bill resided in Severna Park and Annapolis, MD. He was an active supporter of the USNA Alumni Association and the Naval Academy Golf Association. He started and directed the first Naval Academy Men’s Golf Group, the Senior Men’s Golf Group and the Alumni Association Homecoming Golf Tournament. He was a life member of the USNA Alumni Association. He also was a volunteer member on the board of directors of the Ginger Cove retirement community.

Bill was predeceased by his wife of 69 years, Nancy Gosnell Morrow, in 2013. He is survived by a daughter, Anne Morrow Lambrecht; son, William Berryman Morrow Jr.; granddaughter, Robin Elizabeth Barnes; and his sister, Kit Wyper.

Private services will be held at the Naval Academy Columbarium.

Memorials may be made to the USNA Alumni Association (attn: Captain William B. Morrow Award Fund), which perpetuates an award for the Naval Academy Men and Women Golf Team’s annual MVP. H

CHARLES THOMAS COOPER III ’43 Captain Charles T. Cooper III, USN (Ret.), passed away peacefully on 9 October 2017 at home with his beloved wife at his side. He was 98 years old.

Born on 19 August 1919 in Ozona, TX, and raised in San Angelo, “Charlie” attended San Angelo Junior College and Texas University before entering the Naval Academy in 1939, graduating on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943.

In World War II, he served on HORNET (CV-8) until her loss in October 1942, WASHINGTON (BB-56) and SAN DIEGO (CLAA-53).

In 1944, he attended Submarine School in New London, CT, joining the pre-commissioning crew of SPIKEFISH (SS-404.) Charlie served as gunnery, engineering, executive and commanding officer of SPIKEFISH.

After Deep Sea Diving School (1949) in Washington, DC, he was CO of CHANTICLEER (ASR-7), attended the Naval War College and continued in the Submarine Force as commander of TUSK (SS-426) in Newport, instructor at the Submarine School, staff of the ASW Carrier Division 18 and CPS officer of Submarine Squad 10, all in New London, CT, and division commander of Submarine Division 121 in Key West, FL. Charlie was the first to prove it possible to tow a submarine submerged, thus giving the submarine force another way to aid a disabled submarine. Charlie served at USNA as chair of the Foreign Language Department and officer representative to the baseball team (1961-1964).

He retired from the Navy, earning his master’s degree at Middlebury College in Madrid, also studying at Catholic University, Arizona State in Guadalajara, University of Granada and the University of Navarra completing PhD coursework. He taught Spanish and Spanish literature for 14 years, serving as chair of the Foreign Language Department at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA, where he met his future wife, Sheila Roche (Class of 1977).

He retired in 1979, devoting full time to research in Spain and London.

In 1986, they moved to Delaware, traveled the East Coast on their sailboat and joyfully welcomed their son, Connor on 31 May 2002.

Charlie is survived by his beloved Sheila; their son, Connor; four adult children, Mary, Charles, Allan and Christopher; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Charlie’s best roles in life were that of husband, father, grandfather, patriot and friend. He will be remembered most for his kindness and joie de vivre.

His ashes were placed in the Naval Academy Columbarium on 9 November 2017. H

CALVIN HAYES COBB JR. ’45 Calvin H. Cobb Jr., a retired partner of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, a Washington-based law firm, died on 28 October 2017 in Naples, FL. He was 93 years old.

Born in 1924 to Vice Admiral Calvin H. Cobb ’11 and Mrs. Frances (King) Cobb, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1944, a member of the Ninth Company.

He served as combat information center officer on the heavy cruiser CHESTER (CA-27) in the Pacific from August 1944 until the ship was decommissioned in January 1946. (He jested that he had been skipper of a heavy cruiser when he was 21, as he was the last officer to be detached). He served while CHESTER was engaged in actions at Wake Island, Marcus Island, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. His last tour of duty was as a CIC instructor at Norfolk Naval Base.

In 1947, he resigned from the Navy and entered Georgetown Law School, from which he graduated in 1950. He practiced law in Washington for more than 50 years.

From 2004 until 2010, he was chairman of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, an organization devoted to seeking peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. He had been a trustee since its inception in 1969.

He served as national president of the Navy League of the United States from 1989 to 1991, after serving as judge advocate of that organization for 14 years. He received the Department of the Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Medal twice and was also awarded the Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service Medal.

He was a past president of the Chevy Chase Club, the Barristers and the Royal Poinciana Golf Club in Naples, FL, and served as a trustee of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. He was the founder and first president of the JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2018 • SHIPMATE 129

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Catholic Alumni Club of Washington. Other memberships included the Society of the Cincinnati, Gibson Island Club and the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC. He also had served as chairman of volunteers of the old D.C. Health & Welfare Council and in other civic activities.

He avidly played tennis, platform tennis and bridge, with modest success. He also played golf.

Predeceased by his wife, Olive, in 2013, survivors include their children, Alice Cobb Parte (St. Germain-en-Laye, France), Joan Cobb Pettit (Baltimore, MD), Calvin Hayes Cobb III (Washington, DC), Robert Watson Cobb (Chevy Chase, MD), and Olive Cobb Waxter (Baltimore, MD); 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. H

EDMUND THEODORE CLARK ’46 Commander Edmund T. Clark, USN (Ret.), 93, of Cocoa, FL, died peacefully after suffering a series of strokes on 20 August 2017.

“Ted” was born 29 December 1923 to Joseph and Geneva Clark at the Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital.

As a Navy junior, he learned to navigate the challenges of moving to different duty stations and was well-prepared to later do the same. He graduated from prep school in Upper Darby, PA, and placed well on competitive exams to enter the Naval Academy as a presidential appointee; however, to allow a chum from school to also get in, he declined the presidential and accepted a congressional appointment. At the Academy, he distinguished himself in mathematics, competitive fencing and “tomfoolery” (as he later told his own children).

Following graduation in 1945 due to World War II, he reported to the Pacific, where he witnessed the surrender ceremony and then went on to become certificated in naval engineering before duty with TOPEKA, then earning his naval aviator Wings of Gold in Pensacola. His career took him to the Taiwan Task Force, operating out of Okinawa and later to the Sixth Fleet from Norfolk, VA, as the fleet meteorologist following his receiving advanced degrees in math and meteorology at the Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey).

Tours in Corpus Christi, Barber’s Point/Aleutian Islands and back to Monterey to teach at the USNPGS rounded out his career prior to retirement from the Navy in the late 1960s.

Commander Clark then worked with corporations such as Boeing, Chrysler and Litton Industries on projects utilizing his Navy career skills in mathematics, systems analysis and project planning revision. He worked in the Pentagon for nine years as a systems cost analyst for the Army. As a retiree living in Florida, Ted continued his military association as a records and admin volunteer at Patrick AFB. He was predeceased by the mother of his children, Margaret; his second wife, Averill; and his daughter, Peg. Ted is survived by his widow, Dori; children, Michael and Sandra; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

To honor his wishes, inurnment will take place at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery. He once wrote, “I take great pride in having been allowed to serve this great country all my life—the honor of spending eternity in this beautiful setting is ample reward.”

He will be remembered for his humor, love of people and incredible patience in the face of challenge. H

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RICHARD YATES SCOTT ’46 Captain Richard Y. Scott, USN (Ret.), died at his home in Pratt, KS, on 8 December 2017. He was 94 years old.

Richard was born in Pratt, KS, on 26 April 1923 to Delmont Scott and Julia Klose Scott. He attended Pratt Junior College prior to receiving a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy. He graduated on 6 June 1945 as a member of the Fourth Company.

He married his high school sweetheart, Melba Norby, in the First Christian Church in Pratt, KS, on 23 December 1945.

During the course of his 30-year career, he commanded five ships and Destroyer Squadron 17. He attended the Naval War College (1954-1955), the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1966-1967) and also earned a MS degree from George Washington University.

Richard was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with V for Valor; a Gold Star in lieu of a second award; and the Navy Unit Commendation: Vietnam Service.

His most rewarding shore duty was as Director, Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations (OMSN). OMSN supported the President’s personal representative in negotiations with the Congress of Micronesia on the future form of government for the Districts on Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

On 15 February 1975, the Northern Marianas District chose to become a commonwealth of the United States and President Ford approved this action.

Upon retirement, he worked with the Department of Interior; the Office of Territorial Affairs for two years; and six years with a consulting company.

In 1986, he and Melba returned to their hometown of Pratt, to help care for their mothers. During that time, they built a cabin in Cuchara, CO, on the banks of the Cuchara River with the help of their children. Their cabin has been the source of enjoyment for the entire family.

Richard was active in the Presbytery of Southern Kansas, volunteered at the Pratt Regional Hospital and the Pratt Historical Museum, tutored adults and children in reading, and co-founded the Pratt High School Alumni Association to award scholarships to graduates.

Predeceased by Melba in 2016, they are survived by six children, Andrew (Miriam Ramsey) of Bend, OR, Janene Orem (Terry) of Preston, KS, Jo Allyn of Cuchara, CO, Timothy (Karen) of Sterling, VA, Jonathan DeVier-Scott (Mary) of Harrisonburg, VA, and Daniel (Maureen) of Kansas City, MO; 14 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

He was buried with full military honors at Greenlawn Cemetery in Pratt on 13 December 2017. H

WILLIAM JOSEPH GRANT ’47 Judge William J. Grant passed away on 19 November 2017 in Spokane, WA. He was 95 years old.

Born on 18 November 1922 in Spokane, “Bill” was the son of Terry T. Grant and Marie Kenney Grant. He graduated from Gonzaga Prep in 1940 and attended Gonzaga College until he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946.

Bill served aboard the aircraft carrier ANTIETAM in support of the Allied occupation of North China, Manchuria and Korea. After sea duty, he taught seamanship and navigation at the Naval Academy. In 1948, he married Margaret Anne “Peggy” Walsh of Flushing, NY. After his naval service, Bill and Peggy moved to Spokane, where they made their home. He graduated from Gonzaga School of Law, served as a

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deputy prosecutor and practiced law for 19 years as a partner in the law firm Dellwo, Rudolf and Grant. He instructed at Gonzaga School of Law as well.

He served as a Superior Court Judge in Spokane for 19 years and received Gonzaga’s Distinguished Judicial Service Award.

Predeceased by his parents, his wife, Peggy, and his brother, Jerome, Bill is survived by six children (and their spouses), Anne Marie Aiken (Jeff), Terence Grant, Margaret Grant, Maura Shawhan (Kenny), Mary Frances O’Loughlin (Sean) and Patricia Jafari (Mehdi). He is also survived by 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

A Rosary was held at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Spokane, WA, on 30 November 2017 followed by a Funeral Mass on 1 December 2017. Burial took place at St. Joseph Cemetery in Otis Orchards, WA. H

JOHN DANIEL HERLIHY JR. ’48 John D. Herlihy Jr. of Chillicothe, OH, died peacefully on Sunday, 29 October 2017. He was 91 years old.

John was born on 24 January 1926 in Chillicothe, OH, the only son of three children born to the late John and Myrtle Greisheimer Herlihy. A 1943 graduate of Chillicothe High School, he was accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD. He graduated with the Class of 1948-B and attended flight school. He was proud of his Navy service, flying the F2H Banshee fighter jet off aircraft carriers.

After his service in the Navy, he returned to Chillicothe, marrying Barbara Stark on 15 January 1955. He was president of Herlihy Moving & Storage, Agent Mayflower Transit for 45 years. He passed on Herlihy Moving & Storage to two of his sons.

Just like the Christmas movie classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” John lived an idyllic life as boy, brother, naval aviator, husband, father, businessman and community leader. He enjoyed being with people, telling stories (particularly of his Navy days), greeting everyone he met with warmth and a twinkle of Irish humor. He was a faithful and active parishioner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. He truly was “the richest man in town.”

John is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Barbara Stark Herlihy; their eight children (and their spouses), Christie Starr (William) of Marlborough, MA, Mary Roca (Roberto) of Madrid, Spain, Barbara Johnson (Kenneth) of Rocky Face, GA, Jeanne Herlihy of Columbus, OH, John Herlihy (Amy Jones) of Houston, TX, Joseph Herlihy ’86 of Chillicothe, OH, James Herlihy (Kim Weber) of Columbus, OH, and David Herlihy (Leah Haney) of San Pedro, CA; 24 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

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FRANCIS MAURICE SNYDER ’48 Captain Francis M. Snyder, USN (Ret.), died of natural causes on 21 October 2017. He was 91 years old.

A native of Dushore, PA, “Frank” graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1948-A. Frank’s specialty was surface warfare and his sub-specialty was command and control. Afloat, he served in nine ships and on the staff of Commander Sixth Fleet; he was twice an executive officer and twice in command. Ashore, he served at the Bureau of Naval Personnel, on the staffs of Commander, Telecommunications Command, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Naval Forces Europe (twice), the Chief of Naval Operations (three times, ultimately as Naval Command-and-ControlSystem Architect), and in the office of the Secretary of Defense, as Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary (Telecommunications).

Following retirement from active duty in 1976, he spent the next three years in Washington at the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, on the staff of its Committee on Telecommunications and Computer Applications.

Frank joined the faculty of the Naval War College in 1980 as a member of its Operations Department, and in 1985, became head of its Planning and Decision Making Division. He prepared a lengthy introduction for the U.S. Naval Institute’s republication of Sound Military Decision, the planning manual used by the Navy in World War II. Frank created and first taught an elective course on command and control at the U.S. Naval War College in 1980, and continued to offer the course annually for 14 years. In 1987, he developed an elective course on command and control that could be used at all U.S. war colleges and staff colleges. In addition to command and control, he lectured on the planning process and on naval battles, principally those of World War II. He also wrote articles which appeared in the Naval War College Review. Frank received five personal decorations while on active duty, and one as a civilian professor at the Naval War College.

Frank created anthologies of poems about railroad trains and the odes of Horace, amongst many other things, and of poems written about the Battle of Trafalgar. He also created scripts of 19th century court-martials for reenactment by the Victorian Military Society.

Predeceased by his wife of 63 years, Margaret Mary “Maggie” (Kelly) Snyder, in 2013, he is survived by their daughter, Annie Snyder of Middletown, RI. Memorial donations may be made to the Naval War College Foundation (https://secure.donorpro.com/nwcf-give). H

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN ’50 Colonel Richard B. Sheridan, USMCR (Ret.), died on 4 July 2017 in Claremont, CA, due to complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 90 years old.

An Eagle Scout who graduated at 17 from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, OH, “Dick” attended the University of Cincinnati before enlisting in the U.S. Marines in January 1945.

At the Naval Academy, Dick enjoyed crew and sailing, serving as navigator in the 1950 Newport to Bermuda race. He graduated with the Class in June 1950, as a member of the 13th Company.

Completing USMC Basic School, 7th Basic Class, in March 1951, he was with the 6th Marines, Camp Lejeune, prior to service in Korea as Company Executive Officer, F-2-5, 5th Marines (November 1952-1953). Wounded in March 1953, he was taken by helicopter direct to Danish hospital ship, JUTLANDIA. After a stint as liaison to the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade in Korea, Dick was assigned to Marine Corps Institute, Marine Barracks, 8th and I, Washington (1953-1955) and then Camp Pendleton (1955-1956), as heavy equipment officer, 7th Engineering Battalion. Leaving the regular Marines for the Marine Corps Reserve in 1956, his Reserve assignments included a landing force training unit near Coronado; associate duty with the Royal Marines Merseyside (Great Britain), landing with them in Sicily; and CO, Civil Affairs Unit in Washington. He retired as colonel in 1976.

Receiving a MS in Engineering from UCLA in 1961, Dick led regional studies as transportation planning engineer in Washington, Houston, Los Angeles and Denver, as well as in Britain and Saudi Arabia. He supervised long range transportation planning for the Washington Council of Governments (19721979) and was with the Denver Regional Council of Governments (1989-1991).

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Dick was a diligent volunteer with special concern for the homeless, starting in Houston in 1982 and continuing throughout the rest of his life.

Moving to Claremont in 1996, he helped weekly at Inland Valley Hope Center, Pomona and later tutored with CLASP (Claremont After School Programs).

Dick is survived by his wife, Alicia (Wallis) Sheridan; brother, Tom of Lexington, MA; four daughters, Kristina Sheridan, Elizabeth Vanneste, Victoria Hart and Kathleen Sheridan; Alicia’s three daughters, Hilary Williams, Margaret Green and Isabel Maisano; 16 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He is also survived by his previous wives, Norma (Lindell) Sheridan and Mary Ellen (Holmes) Sheridan.

A memorial service was held at Claremont Presbyterian Church in Claremont, CA, on 19 August 2017.

Alicia Sheridan H

CHARLES FRANKLIN RUSHING ’51 Captain Charles F. Rushing, USN (Ret.), died on 25 November 2017.

He was born in St. Louis, MO, on 31 July 1927 to Benjamin H. Rushing and Estella Hancock Rushing and grew up in East St. Louis. A former enlisted man and 1951 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, “Chuck” was a naval aviator, an instrument flight instructor, commanding officer of a carrier-based antisubmarine warfare squadron and air boss on the aircraft carrier WASP. Staff assignments included two tours in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations (Pentagon), the U.S. Naval War College and as Chief-of-Staff of a NATO command in Naples, Italy. He retired from the Navy in 1978 after 33 years.

Following his naval service, Chuck was employed for 15 years in various research and development programs by EG&G Idaho in the Washington, DC, area. For 15 years until 2011, he provided program support at Family Services, Inc., a non-profit in Gaithersburg, MD, where he cherished many lasting friendships.

He was the beloved husband of Mary (Jones) Stagg Rushing of Rockville for 35 years and the late Shirlee Mae (Garrard) Rushing for 27 years; loving father of Wynn Booty (and her husband, Kent) of Midlothian, VA, and Kimberly Sikorski (and her husband, Stanley) of Portage, WI; cherished grandfather of Matthew and Sean Booty; and caring brother of Harold of Columbia, IL. He was predeceased by his son, Michael Rushing; brothers, Robert and William Rushing; and sister, Helen Keeler.

Burial will take place at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.

Please visit the family online guestbook at (www.pumphreyfuneral home.com). H

ROBERT FREDERICK KAMPE ’52 Robert F Kampe died on 16 July 2017 after a long illness. He was 87 years old.

Born on 23 August 1929 in Hartford, CT, “Bob” was the son of Robert H. Kampe and Flora (Koehler) Kampe. Bob worked tobacco growing up and delivered flowers for the Kampe family florist shop on Main Street in Hartford. Bob graduated from Newington High School in 1947 and was the first NHS graduate to be accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy. At Annapolis, he excelled in soccer, receiving the 1952 soccer alumni trophy. He participated in an air

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cruise and a midshipman cruise on MISSOURI (BB-63). He also was on the crew of VAMARIE during the 1952 Newport-to-Bermuda race.

After graduating from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1952, Bob reported to flight training and received his pilot’s wings. He achieved the rank of lieutenant and served as a patrol plane commander in VP-42 at NAS North Island, flying P5Ms. He was twice deployed to Naval Station Sangley Point to fly patrol missions over the South China Sea during the mid-1950s.

He later served as a physics instructor and flight indoctrination instructor (UFs and N3Ns) at the Naval Academy.

In 1953, Bob married his high school sweetheart, Vivian Olson, and they were the loves of each other’s lives for nearly 64 years.

Although he remained in the Naval Reserve for many years, Bob left active service in 1958 and began work as an engineer at Chandler Evans Corporation in West Hartford. Bob received his MSEE degree from the University of Connecticut. Except for a short stint at United Aircraft’s Corporate Systems Center in Farmington, Bob worked at Chandler Evans as an engineer and engineering manager until his retirement in 1993.

Bob was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed being with family, playing piano and he was a life-long New York Yankees fan.

He was predeceased by an infant son, Fred Michael Kampe in 1954. He is survived by his loving wife, Vivian; two sons, Bruce (and his wife, Ruth) and Brandon; grandson, Matthew; granddaughter, Sarah; and his sister, Paula. H

PETER AMY STARK ’52 Captain Peter A. Stark, USN (Ret.), of Charlottesville, VA, passed away on Tuesday, 10 October 2017, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, in Norfolk, VA. He was 89 years old.

Born on 29 March 1928, in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, he was the son of Peter Stark and Evelynne Johnson. After graduating from Hibbing High School in 1946, he enlisted in the Navy (family lore has it that he hitchhiked from Minnesota to San Diego to do so) and was designated a metalsmith. He was selected to attend the Naval Academy Prep School and graduated with the USNA Class of 1952—“Tough Shoes to Fill.” He served on various ships, serving as plankowner on three, including JULIUS A. FURER (DEG-6) as the commissioning CO. His final tour was as a professor of naval science at the University of Virginia.

After retiring from the Navy, he went to work for the University of Virginia as the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs for 15 years. He volunteered at AHIP (Albemarle Housing Improvement Program) for several years after retirement from UVA and enjoyed travel, golf, woodworking and spending time with his granddaughters and watching them grow.

Predeceased by his wife, Barbara; brother, Charles Lowell Stark; and his parents, he is survived by his sons, Timothy ’78 (Jorja) of Virginia Beach, VA, Jeffrey (Kathryn) of Norfolk, VA and Christopher (Barbara) of Hamilton, VA; four granddaughters, Bethiny Stark (James), Mariann, Marissa and Paige; as well as brothers, Emmett (Charlotte) and Larry; and several nieces and nephews.

Peter’s passion throughout his career was to grow leaders - both through the U.S. Navy as the commanding officer of NAPS and at the University of Virginia as a professor. A memorial scholarship has been established in his name at the University of Virginia NROTC to recognize the top UVA midshipman each year. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to this fund.

Checks should be made out to: The University of Virginia, Naval ROTC Unit, ATTN: CDR Eric Keiser, PO Box 400158, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4158.

Please place a note in memo field on your check specifying the “CAPT Stark Memorial Fund.” H

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SAMUEL JOHN WIEGAND ’52 Samuel J. Wiegand passed away peacefully on 7 November 2017, in his home in Reno, NV; surrounded by his loving wife, Mary Ellen, and his daughters. He was 88 years old.

“Sam” was born in Omaha, NE, on 31 January 1929 and spent his early years in Minnesota. He was an excellent student and a strong sportsman.

In 1949, Sam won an appointment to the prestigious U.S. Naval Academy and graduated with an engineering degree with the Class of 1952.

Sam served aboard ESTES in the South Pacific from 1952 to 1955. In this capacity, he was in the vanguard of atomic testing. Subsequently, he and his fellow shipmates celebrated each year of their participation in the “Glow in the Dark Society.”

Upon leaving the service, Sam joined the Honeywell Corporation in 1955.

This was the very beginning of the computer industry and Sam played a pioneering role in high technology. In 1969, Sam’s family relocated to the Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay area. He served as the VP of sales and marketing for Diablo Systems, a technology company that was sold to Xerox. He then joined the high flying start up, Tandem Computer, also as VP of sales and marketing, which became a market leader in non-stop computing.

Subsequently, he concluded his technology career as the CEO of the industry’s first laptop personal computer at Grid Systems.

Sam loved sailing and skiing and tennis, his friends, his family, his wife, the mountains and the ocean. He was an avid reader, an unrepentant traveler and a huge fan of the jazz greats.

He considered education the most important thing and helped not only his family, but other young people in getting through college when it seemed impossible.

He will be remembered and missed for his generosity, his many successes and for a life well lived. He was a good and honest man.

A wonderful husband, father and grandfather, Sam is survived by his wife, Mary Ellen (Hokanson) Wiegand; daughters (and sons-in-law), Johanna Harrison (C. Richard), Jean Wiegand, Susan Wiegand (Jeff Weitzel) and Jennifer Edwards (Cree); nine grandchildren, Mathew, Zachary and Sam Harrison, Oscar, Natalie and Daniel Wiegand, and Tabor, Reeff and Cleveland Edwards; two sisters, Jean Clark and Nancy Hirshfield; and many nieces and nephews.

Sam’s naval days led to a love of the sea. His ashes will be distributed in the Pacific Ocean following a small family memorial service. H

JOHN DANIEL BAKER ’53 Captain John D. Baker, USAF (Ret.), a loving, kind and gentle man, passed away on 19 August 2015 in Clearwater, FL. He was born in McKeesport, PA, to John and Marie Baker. He was orphaned early on, along with his twin sisters. John left home as a young man and joined the Navy. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1953 and earned his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Purdue University. During his 18year career in the Air Force, he had three major periods of activity. Those included eight years as an electronic engineer with such agencies as Foreign Technology Division and Pacific Ground Electronics Engineering – Installation Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency. He was also an air electronics officer for six years at the squadron level and eight years as a transport pilot at several bases.

John married Audrey (Winnicki) Kennedy in Clearwater, FL, where he shared 27 years with his beloved. He and Audrey were involved for many years in St. Cecilia’s Church choir. They also shared a love of travel and enjoyed every moment together.

John is survived by his wife, Audrey; his sons (with his first wife, Marney), Andrew Baker, John Baker and Olly Jerrold; niece, Karen Allen; and nephew, Daniel Allen. He was predeceased by his son, Patrick Baker.

Services were held on 24 August 2015 at Sylvan Abbey Cemetery in Clearwater, FL. H

RICHARD EARL CURTIS ’53 Rear Admiral Richard E. Curtis, SC, USN (Ret.), passed away on 2 November 2017.

“Dick” was born in Beckley, WV, on 17 November 1930 and attended 14 schools before high school.

Upon graduating from the Naval Academy in June 1953, he married Pat Lancaster. They enjoyed a succession of two-three year tours in New Jersey (Navy Supply Corps School), ship tours, Norfolk, VA, Key West, FL, and NATO command headquarters in Naples, Italy. After that, the Navy sent Dick to Harvard University Business School (MBA, with Distinction, 1961). Next came a series of tours in Mechanicsburg, PA, San Francisco, CA, and Charleston, SC. Dick had always told the Navy to send him anywhere but Washington, DC, so instead, the Navy sent him to Da Nang, Vietnam, for one year, which Dick always considered as his most interesting and challenging tour.

A series of Washington, DC, tours over 13 years, with a three-year reprieve in Charleston, SC, as commanding officer of the Naval Supply Center, came next. His 30-year career culminated as Deputy Chief of the Naval Supply Corps.

His medals include the Legion of Merit, Navy-Marine Corps Medal, Bronze Star w/Combat V, Meritorious Service Medal Navy Unit Commendation, Combat Action Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal and several Vietnamese personal awards.

In 1986, Dick retired from active duty and moved to San Diego, CA, where he was vice president of U.S. Elevator Company for four years.

In retirement, Dick and Pat raised award-winning roses, traveled worldwide, spoiled grandchildren and researched their family genealogy. In 2012, they returned to northern Virginia and settled in The Fairfax at Fort Belvoir.

Dick is survived by his wife, Pat; children, Steve ’76 (Sandie), Rick (Vikki) and Beth Ostlund (John); grandchildren, Stephanie, Matt (Ashley), Drew, Jeff, Timothy and Michael; great-grandson, Judah; and sister, Suzanne.

Throughout his life, Dick’s priorities were always God, family and the Navy.

He was generous to his friends and everyone was his friend. In retirement, he never tired of organizing family trips to Pawley’s Island and Cheatham Annex. He was greatly loved and will be truly missed.

A memorial service was held on 15 November 2017 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Fairfax, VA, followed by interment on 18 November at Oak Grove Christian Church in Beckley, WV. In lieu of flowers, Dick requested that memorials be given to the Salvation Army, 312 S. Fayette Street, Beckley, WV 25801 (Salvationarmymwv.org). H

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GERALD EDWARD WEINSTEIN ’53 Lieutenant Colonel “Jerry” Weinstein, USAF (Ret.), passed peacefully on 22 November 2017.

Born on 10 September 1928 in Troy, NY, after graduating from Troy High School, Jerry enlisted in the Navy, rising to the rank of electronic technician 2/C. Following the Naval Academy Preparatory School, he won a fleet appointment to the Naval Academy, where he was Fourth Battalion commander First Class Year.

Upon graduation with the Class of 1953 (39th in his class of 923), Jerry entered the Air Force and was assigned to Sandia Base (Albuquerque, NM) as a nuclear weapons officer. He received his master’s degree in electrical engineering the Air Force Institute of Technology then was assigned to Holloman AFB, NM, working on the redesign and testing of the Navy-developed Sidewinder and Falcon missiles to fit USAF requirements. He was also on flying status, testing the capabilities of redesign against various high altitude targets. He frequently flew past Mach-1 and Mach-2 design-testing new chaff countermeasures. From there, he was sent to the University of New Mexico to work toward a PhD EE, but was interrupted by the Cuban Missile Crisis and immediately transferred to the Defense Atomic Support Agency. Next, he reported to the State Department Disarmament Program (Washington, DC), designing and testing electronic equipment. At Vandenberg AFB, CA, he headed the Missile Flight Control Division, controlling the flights and safety for satellite insertion. At the Air Force Weapons Laboratory (Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM), he worked on programs including the design of new laser weapons systems.

He retired from the Air Force in 1975 and took a position with BDM Corporation in Albuquerque, leading scientific programs, rising to the rank of vice president and retiring in 1987. He was appointed by the Governor of New Mexico to the New Mexico State Parks Advisory Board of Directors and later became Chairman of the Board of the New Mexico State Parks Foundation. Jerry and his family were members of the B’Nai Israel Synagogue, where he served as a 14-year board member.

Jerry is survived by his wife of 64 years, Alice; their three children, Michael USAFA ’77 (Bonnie), David (Candy) and Rick (Janet); eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and his beloved Siberian Husky, Rex. In addition to Michael, there are four other Air Force Academy graduates in the family. Jerry was predeceased by his parents, Charles and Anna; and brothers, Leland, Burton and Elliott. H

LEONARD M. DICKEY ’54 Leonard M. Dickey died on 12 September 2017 of coronary artery disease. He was 87 years old.

“Len” was born in Aberdeen, WA, and raised in Hoquiam, WA. After high school, he was a seaman apprentice in the Naval Reserve for over a year. He also attended Bullis Preparatory School and gained his Washington appointment to the Naval Academy by successfully passing the Competitive Substantiating examination. Len was in the Second Company, and lived in the First Wing of Bancroft Hall.

At graduation, he was commissioned as an ensign, U.S. Navy Line. Eight days later, he married his OAO (his high school sweetheart), Mary Lou Owens, in Hoquiam, WA. Len’s first assignment was EPPERSON (DDE-719), operating out of Pearl Harbor, HI. During this assignment, she operated mostly in the Western 134 SHIPMATE • JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2018

Pacific and managed to play dodge-ball with many typhoons during the wet season. In May 1957, Len was assigned to Fleet SONAR School, San Diego, CA, as an anti-submarine warfare instructor. In June 1959, he was assigned to CASA GRANDE (LSD-13), operating out of Norfolk, VA. That September, Len submitted his resignation from active duty to pursue civilian work opportunities.

His first position was with Minneapolis Honeywell Corporation, West Covina, CA, where he was a field service representative for the ASROC system for nine years. Len then transferred to Seattle, WA, where he worked on special programs. In the early 1970s, Len worked on a special “black” program in support of the Hughes Glomar Explorer Project to recover manganese nodules or “other items” off the Pacific Ocean floor at a depth of 18,000 feet.

The real reason for the Glomar Explorer project was a Navy-CIA attempt (Project Azorian) to retrieve a sunken nuclear-armed Soviet Submarine. In the retrieval attempt, the submarine fell apart, sank and most of it became unrecoverable. In January 1984, Len accepted a position with a division of RCA located in Camden, NJ (which ultimately became part of the LockheedMartin Corporation), where he was an administrative manager of “black” programs. In February 1996, he retired from Lockheed-Martin and returned to the magnificent Pacific Northwest to settle in Shoreline, WA, where he and family enjoyed the great outdoors.

Len is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Mary Lou; three children, Mark, Brien and Annalise Beck (Emil); and one grandchild.

At Len’s request, there was no memorial service or newspaper obituary.

Len’s cremains will be committed to the Pacific deep. H

FREDERICK ARTHUR MATHEWS ’54 Colonel Frederick A. Mathews, USMC (Ret.), died on 24 July 2017 of Parkinson’s disease.

“Fred” was born and raised in Des Moines, IA. He attended the University of Iowa and Tulane University, and received a USNA appointment from Iowa. “Fearless Fred” (his Academy nickname) was in the 23rd Company, 6th Wing, Bancroft Hall.

At graduation, he was commissioned a second lieutenant, USMC. He received training as an infantry platoon commander at The Basic School, Quantico, followed by Infantry Platoon command, 1st MarDiv, Camp Pendleton, CA. He then underwent flight training, NAS, Pensacola, FL, then helicopter training.

Afterwards, Fred moved overseas to MCAF, Sukiran, Okinawa, where he flew HOK helicopters and O-1Es. Upon receiving F9F jet pilot training, he joined MAG-14, Cherry Point, NC. Next was VMA-225, flying A-4s, which deployed to the Mediterranean aboard SHANGRI-LA. In 1962, Fred became Marine representative at the Air Force Academy and cadet squadron commander. He next moved to Okinawa, then DaNang, Vietnam, with H&MS-16. In May 1966, Fred was piloting a HU-1E helicopter when he received a gunshot wound alongside his heart. Prompt evacuation to Charlie Med and surgery saved his life. Convalescence was at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Afterward, he attended Command and Staff College, MCS, Quantico. Then Fred reported to MCAS, New River, Camp Lejeune as XO, HMM-264. A year later, Fred was in Saigon on the MACV staff in J-3 operations. Then Fred became CO of HMM-163, MCAS, Santa Ana. Fred’s next duty was Assistant G-3 (operations), 1st MAW, El Toro. He then attended the Naval War College, Newport, RI. Following graduation, he remained as Strategy and Policy Instructor/Military Historian. In 1973, Fred was back overseas as CO, MAG-36, Futenma, Okinawa.

His last assignment was Head, Aviation Analysis Branch, HQMC, Washington.

Fred retired on 1 August 1978. His personal decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medals, Air Force Commendation Medal and Combat Action Ribbon.

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Fred settled in New England and attained a MS/Accounting, University of Rhode Island and CMA certification. He worked in Boston while commuting from Rhode Island for Dataware Technologies, Inc.; a worldwide software development firm. After retirement #2, Fred spent his “leisure” years as busy as ever.

Fred is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Pat; children, Terri Breach (Bill) and Tim (Elaine); three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Fred was buried with military honors on 4 August 2017 at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA. H

THOMAS LEO ALDRICH ’55 Thomas L. Aldrich of Decatur, IL, passed away on Friday, 20 October 2017, with his family by his side. He was 85 years old.

“Tom” was born on 2 November 1931 in Akron, OH, the son of George and Bernadine (McGuire) Aldrich. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with the Class of 1955.

During his naval service, he was a pilot of both helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. As a test pilot, Tom was part of a team that flew the first night mission of a helicopter over a body of water to test navigation. He also flew search and rescue missions and made his way around the world flying on and off aircraft carriers before receiving his honorable discharge from active duty in 1959.

In private life, Tom worked as an engineer at Firestone plants in Ohio, Canada and Illinois through production and plant manager positions until he retired in 1994.

He liked to swim and golf and was an active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. He married Patricia Mills in 1955 and she preceded him in death in 1987. He then married Ardith Wehling on 24 November 1988 in Decatur.

Surviving are his wife, Ardith; five sons, Timothy Aldrich of Florida, Michael Aldrich of Michigan, Gregory Aldrich (Michelle Lange) of Oregon, Terrence Aldrich (Cecille) of Illinois and Matthew Aldrich (Dana) of Illinois; daughter, Pamela Johnson (Keith) of Texas; 20 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a stepson, Charles Turner of Ohio; four stepdaughters, Anne Mardis (Bruce) of Missouri, Mary Rosencrans (Bradley) of Missouri, Kay Thorp (Donald) of Illinois and Jill Lloyd of New York; a son-in-law, Allan Penwell of Illinois; two brothers, Michael Aldrich (Mary Alice) of Ohio and James Aldrich (Irene) of Illinois; a sister, Patricia Mascolo of Ohio; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

In addition to his parents and wife, Patricia, Tom was predeceased by his daughter, Lori Stokes; grandson, Benjamin Turner; granddaughter, Chloe Aldrich; stepdaughter, Jan Penwell; and son-in-law, Kermit Stokes.

Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org) or the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org). H

ROBERT EDWARD EMERY ’55 Captain Robert E. Emery, USN (Ret.), died of Alzheimer’s disease at Waterford, CT, on 2 July 2017. He was 86 years old.

A native of Manchester, NH, “Bob” entered the Naval Academy through NAPS and graduated with the Class of 1955 as a member of the 20th Company.

Upon graduation, he served in COLUMBUS (CA-74) and HOPEWELL (DD-681) before transferring to submarines. Following Sub School, he served

aboard PIPER (SS-409) in Groton, CT, as weapons, engineering and operations officer. This tour of duty included a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and operations with several ships of foreign navies. It also included a visit to Naples, Italy, and a trip to Rome, where he attended a Christmas morning Mass celebrated by the Pope. In 1962, Bob reported to the Naval Submarine School as an instructor in the engineering department. He transferred to BLENNY (SS-324) in Groton in 1964, where he served as operations officer, navigator and executive officer. Following a Pentagon tour in 1966 in the Chief of Naval Operations Submarine Warfare Division, he had a two year command tour in CUBERA (SS-347). In 1971, he was ordered to serve as operations officer on the staff of Commander Submarine Group Two in Groton.

He returned to Submarine School in 1974 as director of the Basic Enlisted Submarine School and was later appointed as the executive officer of the Naval Submarine School.

He retired from active duty in 1980 and opened a successful appliance service business operating in New London County for over 20 years. Bob was a devout member of the Saint Paul Parish in Waterford for 50 years, a member of the Knights of Columbus and a coach in Waterford Little League.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Eleanor; four children (and their spouses), Michael Emery, Laurie Fucigna (James), Elizabeth Arnold (Eric) and Robert Emery Jr. (Karen). He also leaves 14 grandchildren, Brian Emery, Thomas Emery, Alex Fucigna Green (and her husband, Ben, and children, Miles and Emmett), Sarah Fucigna Wilbur (and her husband, Bryan), Erin Fucigna, Abby Fucigna, Peter Fucigna, Stephen Arnold, Lauren Arnold, Ryan Arnold, Adam Arnold, Kathryn Emery, Kyle Emery and Kristen Emery; and many nieces and nephews.

Following a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Paul Church in Waterford, CT, he was buried in Waterford’s Jordan Cemetery. H

PAUL EDWARD SUTHERLAND JR. ’55 Rear Admiral Paul E. Sutherland Jr., USN (Ret.), passed away on 24 October 2017.

Born in Annapolis, MD, in 1932, he was the only son of Paul E. and Katherine Sutherland. He graduated from the Naval Academy (Class of 1955) and received a master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School. He served at sea on six different ships, commanding NESPELEN (AOG-55) and O’HARE (DD-889). He was also commanding officer of Navy Regional Data Automation Center, Washington, DC; and as a flag officer, was commander of the Naval Data Automation Command, which is responsible for all non-tactical data automation for the Navy. He also served a year in-country during the Vietnam War. Admiral Sutherland retired from the Navy in 1986 after more than 31 years of naval service.

He then took a position as a senior executive in Zenith Electronics Corporation’s subsidiary, Zenith Data Systems Corporation, and was responsible for operations of the Washington office.

Paul retired from Zenith Data Systems in 1993. He and his wife, “Pat” moved to Southern Shores, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where he was active in community affairs. He served on the town council of the Town of Southern Shores for seven years, five of them as mayor. He was the town’s first mayor to be elected by popular vote of the residents. He was also a volunteer fireman and an EMT for many years. Paul was chairman of the Outer Banks Chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives and vice chairman and treasurer and board member of the Outer Banks Visitor’s Bureau for several years.

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Paul and Pat moved to Tryon Estates in Columbus, NC, in November 2004, where he continued to be active in volunteer activities; he was president of the board of directors of the Columbus Fire Department, vice chairman and treasurer of the board of the House of Flags, president of the Tryon Estates Resident’s Association and on the boards of the Continuing Care Residents Association of North Carolina, Steps to Hope, St. Luke’s Hospital and Hospital Foundation. He was also a member of the Rotary Club of Tryon.

Paul is survived by his wife of 62 years, Pat; daughters, Mary Katherine Thurmond, Theresa Carol Sutherland Shaw and Susan Lynne “Mac” Sutherland; five grandchildren; and five great-granddaughters.

Family services took place on 16 November 2017 with inurnment at the columbarium at Tryon Estates in Columbus, NC. Condolences may be left at (www.pettyfuneralhome.com). H

WILLIAM GOBEL ANTHONY SYMPSON JR. ’55 Captain William G.A. Sympson Jr., USN (Ret.), died on Saturday, 23 September 2017, at his home in Roslyn Heights, NY. He was 86 years old.

“Bill” was born on 16 June 1931, to W.G.A. and Louise Talbott Sympson in Bardstown, KY, which he always referred to as his “home.” He graduated from Bardstown High School and the U.S. Naval Academy (Class of 1955) as a member of the Third Company.

Among his numerous naval positions and honors, Captain Sympson was the commanding officer on VESUVIUS (AE-15) and was awarded the Bronze Star. He was also Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan. He received the Third Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure of the Emperor of Japan.

He was active in ordnance engineering in the area of missile development.

He was in the commissioning crew of the first Talos ship, GALVESTON (CLG-3); weapons officer for the homing Terrier (HT-3); involved in technical evaluation on PRATT (DLG-31); executive officer in RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG-23), a Tartar ship; and operations officer for ComDesRon 8 aboard an NTDS destroyer, WILLIAM H. STANDLEY (DLG-32).

After retiring with 30 years of service in 1985, he was employed by the New York City School System, working on new constructions and renovating public schools throughout the City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Marjorie Ann McPadden Sympson; a son, John W. Sympson; and a sister, Marie S. Conway.

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Walton Sympson; and was the devoted father of Sheilah Sympson Watanabe (Hideo) of Yokohama, Japan, Commander William G.A. Sympson III ’84, USN (Ret.) (Susan) of Chesapeake, VA, Colonel Thomas S. Sympson, USA, of Fort Hood, TX, and Sean M. Sympson of New York, NY; the dearest brother to Darothy S. Wachs of Lexington, KY; and the grateful patriarch to seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Captain Sympson was buried with full military honors on 30 January 2018 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Missionaries of Charity, 335 E. 145th Street, Bronx, NY 10451 (Mother Theresa’s order) or the Church of St. Mary’s Memorial Fund, 110 Bryant Avenue, Roslyn, NY 11576. H

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DONALD JOSEPH ALSER ’56 Colonel Donald J. Alser, USAF (Ret.), died on 19 September 2017 in Newport Beach, CA, after an extended illness. He was 85 years old.

Born in Los Angeles, CA, on 27 February 1932, “Don” grew up in Pasadena, graduating from John Muir High School and John Muir College. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1952 with the 20th Company and participated in football (quarterback) and track, winning the heptagonal (Ivy League and Army) javelin events in three successive years.

After graduating with distinction and commissioning as a second lieutenant in the Air Force, Don married his Pasadena sweetheart, Sandra Jeanne Gravier, in the Naval Academy Chapel on 1 June 1956.

Don’s Air Force career specialized in intelligence, space and missile systems, with numerous important assignments for which he received several decorations. He attended the Air Force Institute of Technology, earning a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering and the University of Southern California, earning a master of science degree in systems management.

Don’s Air Force duties included assignment as a launch officer with the 38th Tactical Missile Wing at Sembach Air Base in Germany; project officer at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory at Edwards Air Force Base in California; project manager in the Titan III Systems Program Office in Los Angeles; and Deputy Director in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects at Los Angeles Air Force Base.

Don’s awards include the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1981.

Following his military service, Don accepted a position with TRW in Los Angeles as a manager of strategic systems. He retired from TRW in 1992.

Don was an avid outdoorsman. In full retirement, he was able to enjoy time with his family, which included hiking and fishing in the Sierra Nevada.

Don enjoyed periodic trips with Sandra to San Diego, to join his local Naval Academy classmates at their luncheons, Army-Navy game parties, harbor cruises and just being together with them.

Don is survived by his wife, Sandra; one son; one daughter; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Memorial services and burial will take place at Arlington National Cemetery, at a date to be determined. H

LEONARD GEORGE RICHARD ANTON ’56 Leonard G.R. Anton died on 22 May 2017 at his daughter’s home in Fairfax, VA. The swift onset of esophageal cancer took his life in the first month of age 87.

He was born on 9 May 1930, to Anthony and Mary Anton in Shenandoah, PA, where he received schooling.

In the Navy, Len attended NAPS (Naval Academy Preparatory School) and entered the Naval Academy, where he put special effort into the crew team and shared his marvelous skills of piano playing by ear. He graduated with the 19th Company in June 1956.

Len married Josephine “Jo” Dilginis on 29 December 1956. Their son, Bill, was born in 1964 and daughter Susan was born in 1968. Jo died in 1985 after years of bravely fighting cancer. She is buried with family in Shenandoah, PA. After graduation, Len completed training as a naval aviator and joined Fighter Squadron VF-74. They were flying the F-4D Skyray, which broke

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several world time-to-height records. He ended his squadron flight duties piloting the F-4 Phantom, which established several speed, altitude and time-to-climb records. After a year at PG school, he joined plans officers developing a Navy computer system for all out mobilization. In two years, the task was completed and he was sent to Operational Intelligence School and then to duties with ASW hunter-killer groups until leaving the Navy.

As a civilian, Len worked for NASA in the Apollo program headquarters as an engineer under a technical integration contract. He spent five years in this effort until the program closed in 1972. He later became a federal employee with the Naval Air Systems Command – ASW branch and managed the air ASW fleet support program.

In retirement, Len spent his later few decades volunteering weekly for what he called “gigs” of piano playing at several local nursing homes, where he was in popular demand. He also gave abundant grandfather caring to his third generation girls, Morgan and Abbie, and his third generation boys, Ben and Nathan.

Len was cremated and on 29 May 2017 and was buried with Jo in Shenandoah, PA. H

VICTOR HOWARD PRUSHAN ’57 Victor H. Prushan died on 14 November 2017 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Thousand Oaks, CA. He was 81 years old.

A native of Bronx, NY, “Vic” attended high school in New York City prior to receiving his USNA appointment. He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1957 as a member of the First Company, and married Florence Wernick nine days later.

Commissioned in the Navy, Vic reported to POWER (DD-839) in Newport, RI. During his 30 months aboard, he fleeted up to engineering officer while a lieutenant (junior grade). Vic’s next assignment was Officers Submarine School, Class 110, followed by three years in DOGFISH (SS-350), homeported in New London. At the end of that tour, Vic resigned his commission and joined the civilian work force. While in the Navy, his sons were born: Paul (1958), Marc (1960) and Robert (1962).

Vic started as a sales engineer with Honeywell Micro Switch Division in New York City. He then joined Texas Instruments Product Marketing in Attleboro, MA, during which time he earned an M.B.A. at Northeastern University. In 1969, Vic moved back to New Jersey to work in navigation and controls in New York City. In 1977, the Prushans moved to California, where Vic joined Litton Industries as a marketing manager in the Automated Marine Systems Division. From there, he became marketing manager for Konigsberg North America. In 1981, Vic formed VHP Associates, a management consulting company. In 2000, he joined one of his clients as chief marketing officer. Vic retired from the corporate world in 2002. While a consultant, Vic was the author of several management books, which have been published in a number of countries. After retirement, he became a fiction writer.

For a number of years Vic was active in local USNA alumni affairs, serving as the president of the Los Angeles Chapter for several years in the 1980s.

Vic was also the chairman for the Class of 1957’s 47.5 reunion in San Diego (2005) and served on the class reunion committee for the 57th reunion in Coronado (2014).

Vic is survived by his wife of 60 years, Florence; three sons (and their wives), Paul, Marc (Wendy) and Robert (Irene); and five grandchildren, Lauren, Sara, Max, Hannah and Benjamin.

Memorial services were conducted in Simi Valley, CA, on 16 November 2017. H

PHILLIP WALTER CRISWELL ’58 Lieutenant Colonel Phillip W. Criswell, USAF (Ret.), passed away on Saturday, 15 July 2017, from cancer. He was 83 years old.

Born in Lexington, KY, to a career Army officer, Phillip was the youngest of three children of Howard Criswell and Mildred Carr. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC, and did postgraduate studies at The Bullis School prior to entering the U.S. Naval Academy with a presidential appointment.

He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1958 as a member of the Fourth Company. He married Alice Martin Mott upon graduation. Phillip entered the U.S. Air Force and began with flight training. He had over nine years of operational experience in B-47s at MacDill AFB, FL, and Plattsburg AFB, NY, including deployment to Morocco during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

After obtaining a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Arizona State University in 1967, he served in Vietnam in RF-4s at Tan San Nhut AB during the Tet Offensive and also as a staff officer at Headquarters, 7th Air Force. He flew over 200 combat missions while in Vietnam. His decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Medal (with five Oak Leaf Clusters).

Following his tour in Vietnam, he was on the staff at Headquarters 3rd Air Force at RAF South Ruislip, England, and RAF Mildenhall as a logistic plans specialist. Upon returning to the United States, he was operational with B-52 aircraft at Barksdale AFB, LA, and commanded a field maintenance squadron—the largest maintenance squadron in the Air Force at that time.

Following assignment with the Office of the Inspector General, his final assignment was at Headquarters, USAF (Pentagon) in Washington, DC, in the Directorate of Logistics Plans.

Upon retirement from the Air Force in 1981, he was employed as a defense contractor by The Analytical Science Corp (TASC), and Titan Corp. as a senior manager. He was a private consultant for various companies before retiring again in 1995.

Phillip was a life member of the USNA Alumni Association and served as 1958’s Fourth Company representative for many years.

Phillip is survived by his wife of 59 years, Alice; sons, Philip Jr. ’85 and Andrew; and seven grandchildren, Philip III (USNR), Everett, Fletcher (USNR), Bridgett, Meredith, Katherine and Mamie.

Phillip’s interment will take place in a few months at Arlington National Cemetery. H

JOHN EDWARD SCHMIDT ’58 John E. Schmidt died on 11 October 2017 in Middleborough, MA. John was born on 13 November 1935, in Wilkes-Barre, PA, the son of John and Josephine Schmidt. He attended Meyers High School, where he captured the city wrestling championship and co-captained the winning football team in the East-West Championship game during his senior year. The game was scouted by Navy coaches and was instrumental in his attending the Naval Academy. John attended Columbian Preparatory School in Washington, DC, while serving a year in the Naval Reserve and qualifying for an appointment to the Naval Academy, entering with the Class of 1958, 20th Company.

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In his first year at Annapolis, John suffered a knee injury playing Plebe football, which ended his Navy varsity football aspirations. He was a 20th Company “striper” and was consistently on the Superintendent’s List.

Upon graduation, John was commissioned as a Marine Corps second lieutenant. After completing Basic School in Quantico, VA, in 1959, he was assigned to Camp Lejeune, NC, where he served as an artillery officer for three years, becoming Commanding Officer, Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. He left active duty in 1962, and subsequently served ten years in a Marine Corps Reserve 105mm artillery battery in Cranston, RI, where he attained the rank of major.

John initially was employed at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory as a mechanical engineer, developing the inertial guidance system for the Navy’s Polaris Missile. In 1972, while at MIT, he earned a master of engineering degree from Northeastern University. John worked at the laboratory throughout its transition to the independent R&D Draper Laboratory, the guidance systems design agent for the Navy’s Submarine Ballistic Missile Program. As a thermal design engineer for Polaris and Poseidon missile guidance systems, John ultimately became associate director of his laboratory division and technical director of the Inertial Measurement Unit for the Trident Submarine Missile Program. He retired from Draper Laboratory after 32 years of service.

John was an avid sports enthusiast who enjoyed tennis, skiing, white water rafting, handball and squash. In retirement, John became interested in art— particularly pencil sketching; completing over 150 portraits. He was a member of the Oakmont Art Association at the senior living community in Middleborough, MA, where he and his wife, the former Eleanor Wieners, resided.

A Celebration of Life service was held on 16 October 2017, followed by a Funeral Mass at Saint Ann’s Church in Quincy, MA. H

BYRON SCHRIVER JR. ’58 Byron Schriver Jr. of Little Rock, AR, passed away on Friday, 5 May 2017 at the age of 80.

He was born in 1936 in Ft. Smith, AR. His childhood residences consisted of Memphis, TN, Cortez, CO, the island of Guam and Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from Poly Prep Country Day School, an Ivy League preparatory academy in Brooklyn, Byron was appointed to the Naval Academy.

Annapolis was demanding, but rewarding in many, many ways. He was proud to have commanded a company of his classmates and was on the Dean’s List and Superintendent’s List for four years. He graduated with distinction, which permitted him to receive his diploma personally from President Dwight Eisenhower. Subsequently, he received a master’s in business administration from Harvard Business School.

He was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force, where he served five years – including 3.5 years with Strategic Air Command’s Nuclear Strike Force during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His crew was selected as the senior launch crew for evaluation of the other Atlas D launch crews of the 703rd Strategic Missile Wing at Cheyenne.

Upon leaving active duty in March 1963, Byron joined the Chrysler Corporation Space Division in New Orleans, LA, to assist in the development of the Saturn V space booster.

Byron worked for the Trust Company Bank in Atlanta, GA, for four years before joining a start-up real estate investment and development firm, also in Atlanta. He moved his family to Little Rock in 1977, where he began his 27-year career with Stephen’s Inc., and retired as senior vice president of public finance.

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In retirement, he enjoyed travel, serving at St. James United Methodist Church, playing poker with friends and family, and watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball.

Byron loved his family deeply. He considered himself blessed to have been paired by God with his beloved wife of 49 years, Carol. Byron was preceded in death by his parents, Byron Sr. and Faye Allyn. Immediate family surviving include his wife, Carol; son, Lee of Memphis, TN; son and daughterin-law, Robert and Jean Del Colliano of Brooklyn, NY; daughter and son-inlaw, Allyn and Aaron Elleman of Springdale, AR; grandchildren, Davis, Carley and Layton Elleman of Springdale, AR, and Casey and Tess Schriver of Brooklyn, NY; cousin, Randy Weaver (and his wife, Diane) of Plano, TX; and step-mother, Martha Dietrichson of Tampa, FL. H

WILLIS SAVAGE WHITTLESEY III ’59 Willis S. Whittlesey III was born on 18 September 1936 in Torrington, CT, and died at his home in Holladay, UT, on 2 October 2017 of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma.

After attending Phillips Andover Academy, he became a Midshipman in the 13th Company at the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1959.

Due to a congenital condition in his back, he was physically disqualified from serving, but always enjoyed a long association with his USNA Classmates nevertheless.

Shortly after graduation, he married Judith Van Dusen of Fairfield, CT. He worked for 54 years in a variety of mechanical, instrumentation and process control engineering fields in the mining, power, water treatment, chemical, food and petrochemical industries across the country and in Siberia, Germany, Alaska and Canada, and even in Southern Africa, where the family lived for eight years.

He retired at age 74 to continue pursuing his genealogical research.

A gifted and avid athlete (he ran more than 45 marathons, including the Comrades 56-miler), he was catcher on the USNA baseball team and was No.1 on the Plebe squash team. He also enjoyed playing ice hockey, racquetball and golf. Bill served as Scoutmaster many times, joined various choral and church singing groups, and was a proud member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Activity in the LDS (Mormon) Church, particularly regarding Temple work, was very important to him. His hobbies in later life included fly fishing (using his own hand-tied flies) and woodworking. With a work ethic to rival anyone’s, Bill always made himself available to help those in need. Gregarious by nature, he was a friend to all and entertained many with his stories and experiences.

Bill was preceded in death by his daughter, Anne, and is survived by his wife of 58 years, Judy; three daughters, Sarah, Margaret and Elizabeth; ten grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. H

ROBERT DALE MATULKA ’60 Commander Robert D. Matulka, USN (Ret.), passed away on 7 August 2017 at his home in Arlington, VA, after a battle with cancer.

“Bob” was born in Chinook, MT, on 2 September 1937 to Joseph and Agnes Matulka. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy with the Class of 1960, he married Mary Kathleen “Kay” Thompson.

Bob earned his Wings as an attack pilot in Vietnam, flying an A-4D Skyhawk off MIDWAY (1963-1965). He was

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accepted to graduate school and received a PhD in aerospace engineering and space physics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, in 1970. Following graduation, Bob worked for the Office of Naval Research.

He loved the Navy.

Retiring from the Navy in 1980, he went to the private sector working on satellites, computer hardware research and space applications projects.

Bob was a man of faith, integrity, honor and high standards. He had a way of making everyone feel a little better for knowing him.

Bob is survived by his wife, Darlene (Gehler Lebedev) Matulka; two children, Michael and Meghan (and her wife, Lori); three grandchildren, Patrick, Alec and Marie; and his sister, Elizabeth (Matulka) Scott (and her husband, Darrell). He was predeceased by his wife, Kay. A Funeral Mass took place at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington, VA, on Monday, 14 August 2017. Bob was laid to rest in Chinook, MT, on 19 August 2017.

The family has requested donations be made to the United States Naval Academy Foundation (www.usna.com).

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FORREST TERENCE RHODES ’60 Forrest T. Rhodes of Burlington, KS, passed away on 14 November 2017, following a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 79 years old.

A native of Toledo, IL, Forrest graduated from Cumberland High School and received a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy. While at Annapolis, he was active in several intermural sports and the concert band. He graduated with the Class of 1960 as a member of the Fifth Company.

Following commissioning, he served onboard COWELL (DD-547), where he was engineering officer until his selection for submarine service. After completing nuclear power training, he joined the gold crew of JAMES MADISON (SSBN-627) and was later posted to the Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit in Idaho Falls, ID, serving as engineering duty officer and training officer, until his resignation in 1967.

In 1967, Forrest began a civilian career in the nuclear power industry with Wisconsin Electric Power Company, initially in Milwaukee, WI, and in 1968, moved to Two Rivers, WI, to work in operations management at the nuclear plant at Point Beach. In 1980, Forrest relocated to Burlington, KS, to accept a position at Wolf Creek Nuclear Plant, which was then under construction.

While at Wolf Creek, Forrest served in various roles, initially as Plant Manager, and later as Vice President of Nuclear Operations, and then Vice President of Engineering and Technical Services. He retired from Wolf Creek in 1995.

While in Wisconsin, Forrest’s hobbies included curling and then golf after the move to Kansas, as well as home brewing. He devoted much of his free time to serving on the boards of different local civic organizations. He was a trustee for Coffey (County) Health System and for 20 years, was a founding director (and past-chairman) of the Coffey Health Foundation. He also served two terms on the Burlington City Council.

Forrest is survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Julia Kent “Judy” Waldo of Holland, VA; sons, Forrest T. Rhodes Jr. (and his wife, Tiffany) of El Dorado, KS, and Chris Rhodes of Topeka, KS; and grandchildren, Meghan and Nathan.

A memorial service was held on 4 December 2017 at First United Methodist Church in Burlington, KS, with inurnment with military honors at Graceland Cemetery, also in Burlington.

Memorials may be sent to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (www.michaeljfox.org) or the Coffey County Cancer Support Group, c/o Jones Funeral Home, P.O. Box 277, Burlington, KS 66839. H

DENNIS BRADLEY NICHOLS ’61 Dennis Nichols passed peacefully in his sleep after succumbing to Alzheimer’s disease on 28 May 2017. He was at his home in St. George, UT, surrounded by his family.

Born on 17 July 1939 in Baltimore, MD, to Margaret and Maurice “Nick” Nichols, Dennis grew up in the Baltimore area. He attended Baltimore Poly Technical High School and went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1961. He married Carolyn Marie Mathis on 20 October 1962 in Pensacola, FL. Dennis flew with the Black Lancer Attack Squadron (VA-64) while serving in the Navy and later achieved much success during his business career in the aviation industry. Lieutenant Nichols earned the distinction of being the first pilot to land 100 times on AMERICA in 1965. Ultimately, he would log more than 400 trap landings on the deck of AMERICA. Earning several awards and distinctions in his civilian career, Dennis’ most noteworthy achievements include securing the U.S. Air Force contract for the A-10 aircraft in 1977, while serving as a marketing executive for Fairchild Industries (an air platform I came to revere 40 years later as a Marine during my combat tours). He also served as CEO and president for Turbomeca, a world leader in the manufacture of helicopter engines during his 20-year tenure.

Most importantly, Dennis will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He was a wonderful example of persistence, dedication, discipline and love to all those around him.

No doubt many Classmates and squadron mates have fond memories (and perhaps even a few shenanigans) with him. His Navy family had a profound impact on the whole Nichols family and we cherished his sea stories told during family gatherings. Thank you for helping to make those celebrations so special.

Dennis is survived by his wife, Carolyn; three children, Marcy, Dennis Jr. and Steve. He is also survived by his brother, Timothy Nichols ’65. He was preceded in death by his parents, Margaret and Nick; along with his oldest daughter, Kathryn.

Colonel Steve Nichols, USMCR H

ROBERT ALLAN PIRRMANN ’61 Robert Pirrmann died in Stuart, FL, on Sunday, 19 November 2017, surrounded by his wife and five children. He was 78 years old and had survived 16 months after he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer on 21 July 2016.

Born and raised in Garden City, NY, “Bob” graduated from Garden City High School in 1957 and then graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1961.

He served as a line officer aboard SPRINGFIELD (CLG-7), flagship of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, which was homeported in Villefranche-surMer, France. He then attended Air Control School in Glencoe, GA, and finally served aboard WILLIAM C. LAWE (DD-763), homeported in Mayport, FL. Bob worked at several air pollution control firms prior to co-founding Amerair Industries, offering design, fabrication and erection of site-specific air control equipment and systems to heavy industry.

He married his high school sweetheart, Elizabeth McGowan, three days after graduation from the Academy raising a family of four daughters and one son. Bob and Betty moved about the United States some 18 times over the years, finally settling in Mariner Sands, a golf course community in Stuart, FL. They had a wonderful life and their love affair endured for 56 years.

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He is survived by his wife, Betty; daughters, Mimi Santoro (Greg), Colleen Schneider (Bill), Christine Charles (David) and Katherine Kearns (Mike); son, Robert Pirrmann (Pamela); and 12 grandchildren, Drew, Ryan and Cameron Santoro; Jack, Peter, Leila and Nina Schneider; Robert and Caroline Charles; Brendan and Maggie Kearns; and Charlie Pirrmann.

Bob was cremated, with his ashes interred at the Mariner Sands Memorial Garden. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at a time yet to be determined. H

BRUCE NEAL STRATVERT ’61 Lieutenant Colonel Bruce N. Stratvert, USAF (Ret.), passed away peacefully on 5 December 2017 in Morristown, NJ, after a battle with glioblastoma.

He was 78 years old. His wife of 38 years, Renate, and his two sons, Steven and Kevin, were by his side.

Bruce was born on 16 June 1939 in Mobile, AL, to Emilie and Olav Stratvert. Bruce graduated from Peabody Demonstration School (now the University School of Nashville) in 1957, and shortly thereafter, enrolled at the Naval Academy. Bruce’s Classmates remembered him as an intelligent, hardworking and good man who was always pleased to help his classmates. He graduated with the Class of 1961 as a member of the Fifth Company.

Upon graduation, Bruce kicked off his career working at the Air Force Weapons Lab in Albuquerque, NM, focusing on nuclear weapons EMP research.

With that background, Bruce continued working in arms control at the U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency in DC; HQ 7th Air Force in Saigon (operations analysis); OSD/DDR&E in DC; HQ USAF (R&D) at the Pentagon; AWACS SPO in Bedford MA; and the Defense Nuclear Agency in Alexandria VA. While at the Pentagon, Bruce met Renate, who was with the Navy Department at the German Embassy in DC, and they were married shortly thereafter. Bruce often joked that it may have been the Navy connection that pulled them together, or more likely, it could have been the Mercedes 450SL that he had at the time.

Bruce continued his education with an MS from USC and JD from Columbia Law. He spent the rest of his career with a Wall Street law firm and served as a trial attorney for the USDOJ, litigating cases relating to international trade.

In retirement, Bruce spent much time with family and friends, pursued his love for travel, was an avid reader and played tennis.

Bruce is survived by his brother, Bill; sister, Karen; wife, Renate; sons, Steven and Kevin (and his wife, Kerry); and his soon-to-be-born grandson, Thomas Bruce Stratvert.

Bruce was an outstanding father and a wonderful and loving husband.

He will be sorely missed.

A memorial service will take place at Arlington National Cemetery in the spring of 2018. H

WILLIAM HENRY CARSON II ’64 Commander William H. Carson II, USN (Ret.), died suddenly at his home in Virginia Beach, VA, on 9 November 2017 after fighting esophageal cancer.

“Bill” hailed from Syracuse, NY, and spent a year at Bullis Prep in Maryland before entering the Naval Academy with the Class of 1964. At Annapolis, aside from academics, Bill’s interests ranged from intramural sports to the Chapel Choir. Many

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classmates benefited from his leadership capabilities and strong willingness to serve others.

After graduation with the 18th Company, Bill attended Submarine School, Nuclear Power School and AIW Prototype Training. He served in NATHANAEL GREENE (SSBN-636); SEA DEVIL (SSN- 664) commissioning crew; JOHN MARSHALL (SSBN-611); WHALE (SSN-638); NARWHAL (SSN-671); and as commanding officer of GEORGE BANCROFT (SSBN-643), Gold Crew. He also was a PXO tactics instructor at the Submarine School, New London, CT, and on the ComSubLant staff, Norfolk, VA. After retiring from the Navy in 1984, he earned a BS/MS in secondary math education from Old Dominion University. He then taught high school mathematics at Bayside High School in Virginia Beach for many years. In May 1985, he co-founded and directed the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT), an alternative organization to the National Education Association (NEA), which became a well-recognized and influential non-profit for Virginia teachers.

He became the “devil’s advocate” for questionable proposals and decisions of the Virginia Beach Public School System.

Bill was a dedicated member of Kings Grant Presbyterian Church and sang in their choir for many years. An active member of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the USNA Alumni Association, he hosted many Army/Navy football gatherings at his home. In 2007, he co-founded Tidewater-’64 (TW-64), a regional Class of 1964 chapter, which met bi-monthly for lunch, information and stimulating conversation.

He was married to Wilma Forrester (1970-1975) and Charlotte Yates (1986-2012). Surviving are his three children, Andrew Kirk William Carson (Jennifer), Tammy Walker and James Trai Forrester (Wendy); his devoted girlfriend and travelling companion, Patricia Briggs; and four grandchildren, Ryan, Eric, Austin and Nicole. He was predeceased by his parents, Edwin and Martha Carson; brother, Richard “Chip” Carson; his wife, Charlotte; and his daughter, Mary Rachel “Shellie” Carson.

Bill was a patriotic, loving, generous and humble person who enjoyed gathering people together and serving others. He dedicated his life to the service of family, church, professionalism and people.

He will be inurned with his wife, Charlotte, and daughter, Shellie, at the Kings Grant Presbyterian Church Columbarium. H

GORDON JOHN EVANS ’65 Captain Gordon J. Evans, USNR (Ret.), passed away on 5 September 2017 in Winter Springs, FL, due to a stroke following surgery for colorectal cancer. He was surrounded by his devoted wife, Moearii, and children, April, Lauren and Ian. A native of Clarks Summit, PA, “Gordie” worked from an early age. His first job was delivering daily newspapers atop the family horse. Following graduation from South Abingdon High School in 1959, he enlisted and served one year in the U.S. Air Force prior to receiving an appointment to the Naval Academy. At Annapolis, he was a varsity wrestler and graduated with the 23rd Company. Due to Bancroft Hall renovations during his time at USNA, Gordie became close friends with a large number of classmates in the various companies to which we were assigned. Because of his charismatic approach to every aspect of Academy life, both on and off the Yard, Gordie embodied a lifestyle which most classmates envied.

Upon graduation, he entered nuclear training and served on two ballistic missile submarines, DANIEL WEBSTER (SSBN-626) and SAM RAYBURN (SSBN-635) where he was engineering officer. While in Guam, he was able (characteristically) to charm a Pan Am flight attendant, Moearii, who eventually became his wife.

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Following his departure from active duty in 1974, Gordie moved to Florida, where he attended the University of Miami Law School. He remained in the Naval Reserve for the next two decades, reaching the rank of captain. As a trial lawyer, he achieved considerable success throughout southern Florida, eventually founding his own firm. He was also active in the Miami Yacht Club, the Orlando Bar Association and local chapters of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. His passion for cars from Academy days continued throughout his life. He was particularly proud of having survived several dramatic wrecks involving his sports cars.

Gordie is survived by his wife, the former Moearii Wilson of Los Angeles, CA; three daughters, April, Lauren and Katherine; two sons, Ian and William; brothers, David and Phillip; and five grandchildren, Malia, Bill, Cameron, Gordon and Evan.

A Celebration of Life ceremony was held in Orlando, FL, on Veterans Day 2017 with full military honors.

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DAVID THOMSON HALL ’66 David T. Hall of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Wednesday, 25 October 2017. He was 74 years old.

A Texas native, “Dave” graduated from Garland High School in 1960 and attended the University of Texas at Austin prior to receiving a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy. He graduated with the Class of 1966 with minors in nuclear science and mathematics. He was a member of the 16th Company.

Following graduation, he entered Admiral Rickover’s Naval Nuclear Power Program, attended Submarine School and was assigned to SAM RAYBURN (SSBN-635). He served on SAM RAYBURN for three patrols and a shipyard overhaul and refueling as an engineering division officer.

He resigned from active duty in 1971 and attended graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin on an AEC Fellowship. He graduated in 1972 with a master of science degree in nuclear engineering.

In 1972, he began his career with Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems in technical support for Nuclear Steam Supply Systems marketing. In 1973, he joined Houston Lighting and Power Company with responsibilities for construction permit licensing of the two-unit South Texas Nuclear Project with the Nuclear Energy Commission.

In November 1974, he joined Black & Veatch Engineers, where he met Louella Collins. They were married on 10 May 1975.

Dave spent 27 years with Black & Veatch, working in project management for electric power plant design and development. He was involved in design, planning, development and retrofit of various electric power generating facilities, which included nuclear, fossil and solar technologies. He was a registered professional engineer in six states.

In 1989, he was selected as a vice president of Black & Veatch Power Development Corporation (BVPDC), a subsidiary formed to develop, design, construct and own non-utility generating plants. He spent over ten years with BVPDC, working on domestic and international development projects, rising to executive vice president. He was elected a partner in Black & Veatch in 1992.

Dave served on the board of directors for the Leawood South Homes Association, Siena Homes Association and Leawood Country Club, where he was president during his final year.

Upon retirement, he continued pursuit of his lifelong hobbies of golf, reading, fishing and home design.

He is survived by his wife, Louella; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial services were conducted at St. Columba Catholic Church in Conception, MO. H

PAUL CHARLES FARMER ’68 Lieutenant Colonel Paul C. Farmer, USMC (Ret.), passed away in St. Petersburg, FL, on 6 December 2017. He was 71 years old.

A native of Lyndhurst, NJ, he graduated with the Class of 1968 as a member of the 31st Company.

A talented athlete, he was a great asset on his Company’s football and soccer teams.

Following commissioning in the Marine Corps and graduation from The Basic School, he completed flight training and became a Marine fighter pilot. Paul primarily flew the F-4 Phantom II and A-4 Skyhawk. He met his wife, Kathy, a U.S. Navy nurse, as a mischievous, but charming, patient on her ward at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Corpus Christi, TX. A 1972 graduate of the U.S. Naval Fighter Weapons School (“Top Gun”), he often said his happiest moments in the military were serving as a combat tactics instructor at Top Gun, teaching younger pilots how to fly, and fishing for mackerel in the Florida Keys near Boca Chica Naval Air Station.

Paul earned an M.B.A. from Brown University while attending the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, KS. After retiring from the Marine Corps in 1990, he served for 25 years as an operations research analyst in the DOD’s Program Analysis and Evaluation Office, Tactical Air Command Division in the Pentagon. Upon his retirement in 2015, it was estimated that just one of his many innovative ideas may have saved U.S. taxpayers more than $4 billion.

Paul believed in doing things right the first time, with dignity, honor and integrity. He devoted more than 50 years of his life to making America strong, safe and a better place to live. He did his duty with quiet stoicism, and he did it uncommonly well. He instilled in his children a drive and appreciation for excellence along with a love of nature, wine, baseball and good food.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents, Paul Norris and Dorothy Ruth Farmer. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Ann; son, Nicholas Alexander (Jessica Rose); daughter, Jocelyn Marie; his honorary son, Bryan Guido Hassin (Katherine Jean); and three grandchildren, Aidon, Jett and Luana.

Paul will be interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery at a future date.

Donations in his memory may be made to either the Ocean Conservancy (1-800-519-1541; www.oceanconservancy.org) or the American Cancer Society (1-800-227-2345; www.cancer.org). H

GREGORY HENRY RONCHETTI ’68 Gregory H. Ronchetti, a resident of St. Joseph, MO, passed away on 1 November 2017. He was 71 years old.

The son of Henry and Betty (Ehrhart) Seaman, “Greg” graduated from Mattoon High School (IL) prior to receiving his appointment to the Naval Academy with the Class of 1968. A member of the Tenth Company, he was a talented wrestler on the plebe and battalion teams. Greg reported to flight training following graduation and received his Wings of Gold in 1969. His father, a naval aviator, was killed in an aircraft accident in 1952, while stationed at Naval Air Station Adak, AK.

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Greg was assigned initially to the U.S. Pacific Fleet Operations Control Center in Hawaii before reporting to Attack Squadron 153 (VA-153) at NAS Lemoore, CA, in 1971. He flew 150 combat missions during the Vietnam War in the A-7 Corsair II with “The Blue Tail Flies,” while deployed in ORISKANY (CV-34) from 1972 to 1973 and was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal for heroic achievement.

After resigning his commission in 1973, Greg became the youngest Buick dealer in the country and went on to an accomplished sales career. He transformed a struggling Buick dealership in St. Joseph into the Greg Buick Automobile Dealership, a highly successful enterprise for new and used car and truck sales. He built on this success with the acquisition of other car dealerships in St. Joseph and Savannah, MO. Greg enjoyed travels around the world with his wife, Deanna, playing golf and flying. His prize “toy” for several years was an Aerostar 602 aircraft. He was a member of the Tailhook Association, the Blue & Gold Officers Association, the Missouri Auto Dealers Association (where he served as a director), the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce and the St. Joseph Country Club.

Greg was preceded in death by his father, Henry Seaman; his adoptive father, Frank Ronchetti; and his daughter, Alicia Summers. He is survived by his wife, Deanna (Goben) Ronchetti; daughter, April Ronchetti Little; grandsons, Jett and Zane Little; mother, Betty Miller; sister, Marcia Ronchetti; brothers, Jim, Dick, Bob, Scott and Frank Ronchetti; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Farewell services were held in St. Joseph on 6 November 2017, followed by interment in Memorial Park Cemetery with full military honors.

Memorial donations may be made to the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1968.

Please visit the online guest book at (www.meierhoffer.com).

Go NAVY! H

ROBERT JEMISON MACKEY ’70 Commander Robert J. Mackey, USNR (Ret.), died following a courageous battle against cancer on 19 November 2017 at the age of 68.

“Bob” graduated from Arlington Heights High School and received a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy from Alabama. He was a varsity gymnast, holding the Academy All-Around record for several years and was selected to try out for the 1970 Worlds Games team. He was captain of the Naval Academy Fellowship of Christian Athletes and graduated from the 18th Company with the Class of 1970.

He then reported to flight training, earning his Wings of Gold in February 1972. He was assigned to VT-25 as an instructor pilot (1972-1974), before reporting to VA-125 in Lemoore, CA, for training in the A7-B. After VA-125, He reported to VA-155, making a WestPac cruise aboard ORISKANY (1975-1976) and a Med cruise aboard FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (1976-1977). During those cruises, he qualified as strike leader and wing landing signal officer. Bob was then assigned recruiting duty in Indianapolis, IN (1977-1979), being awarded District Officer Recruiter of the Year for 1978.

He resigned his regular commission in 1979 to join Delta Air Lines while accepting transfer to Reserve Squadron VA-204 (1981-1985), serving concurrently as a Blue & Gold officer (1980-2017). He retired from the Reserves in 1997, having twice received the Commandant’s BGO Award.

His career with Delta Air Lines spanned 25 years, flying the B-727, B-737, B-757 and the B-767 aircraft until retiring in 2004 after four years as the chief line check pilot for the B-737.

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In 2006, Bob began teaching at Keller High School, continuing until 2014. He was selected as High School Teacher of the Year for 2008-2009 and math department chairman (2010-2014), before retiring in 2014.

He also served on three Congressional Academy Nomination Committees and was especially proud to serve his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as church building chairman, deacon and elder with Lakeside Presbyterian Church PCA. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Barbara Gayle Murdoch; sons, Robert Jr. and Major Stephen Mackey ’00, USMC; and four grandchildren, Jordan, Carter, Peyton and Parker.

Memorial services were conducted on 25 November 2017 at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, with interment at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.

Military honors were provided by Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth. H

THOMAS ARTHUR LOFTUS III ’72 Thomas A. Loftus III passed away on 29 October 2017 following a cardiac arrest in Bakersfield, CA. He was 66 years old.

A native of Pittsburg, KS, “Tom” graduated from Pittsburg High School and entered the Naval Academy in 1968 as a member of the 31st Company.

He graduated in June of 1972 with a BS in political science and as the only Italian major in the class.

Upon graduation, he served onboard FOX (DD-829), homeported in Newport, RI, as gunnery officer, and WAINWRIGHT (DLG-28), homeported in Charleston, SC, as ASW officer. His final tour on active duty was as a member of DesRon 20 staff in the Mediterranean.

Tom entered Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, KS, in 1979 and graduated magna cum laude with a juris doctor degree in 1980. His legal career began with Gulf Oil Corporation (now Chevron USA, Inc.) as a staff attorney and progressed through numerous positions of increased responsibility at various corporations and law firms including Aikin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Field, LLC, Koch Industries, ConocoPhillips and Chevron.

He ended his law career as senior counsel for Chevron in Bakersfield, CA. Tom was elected to the board of governors of the Washburn University School of Law Alumni Organization and served as the chair of the Alumni Outreach Committee. Additionally, he served as the chair for the Legal Committee for the Colorado Petroleum Association during his tenure at Chevron.

Tom was married for 41 years to Lucy Alban-Wray of Chevy Chase, MD, and was a dedicated and loving father. He is survived by his wife, Lucy; son, Thomas Arthur Loftus IV; daughter, Cristina Loftus Jones (and her husband, Randolph Jones); and a beloved granddaughter, Juliette. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Loftus, and his sister, Janice, predeceased him.

A Funeral Mass was held on 6 November 2017 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Houston, TX, with interment and military honors at Houston National Cemetery.

Tom and Lucy were able to attend Homecoming Weekend in Annapolis in October 2017—just one week before his passing. It was indeed a blessing for Tom to celebrate his 45th reunion with all of his classmates and to gather with his close friends in the 31st Company one last time. He will be remembered fondly and will be deeply missed by all.

Memorial contributions may be made to Washburn University School of Law (www.washburnlaw.edu/alumni/give/index.html) or the Naval Academy Foundation (www.usna.com). H

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MATTHEW PAUL MINAHAN ’73 Matthew P. Minahan passed away peacefully at his home in Charleston, SC, on 10 June 2017 in the loving presence of his family after his courageous four-year battle with a disabling brain disease.

“Matt” remained positive to the end, typical of his outlook on life and his enduring faith in his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Matt was the pride of Chippewa Falls, WI. He was affectionately known as “Lendahand” by his companymates, a testament to his cheerful, generous and caring personality.

A dedicated student and runner, Matt was considered to be an efficiency expert by his buddies for his ability to juggle his academic and professional load and still be in bed by Taps. He was universally liked and respected by his Seventh Company shipmates and Naval Academy leadership, who in turn, selected him to be the first set Company Commander. His leadership was instrumental in producing Color Company honors.

Graduating with honors in aeronautical engineering, Matt entered the nuclear power program, serving on SIMON BOLIVAR and SANDLANCE. After two successful tours at sea, Matt left the Navy to pursue a career in software development.

In the ensuing years, while raising his family, he earned his master’s degree in Divinity from Calvary Baptist Seminary in Lansdale, PA, and served many years as an assistant pastor and deacon in his churches in New Jersey and Temple Baptist Church in Charleston.

It was at Temple Baptist Church, where in God’s providence, he met his true soulmate, Cheri. In February 1978, they were married, starting their life of 38 years together, and were blessed with four children and six grandchildren.

Matt has truly left behind a legacy of truth, honesty, integrity and the joy of serving others selflessly. Matt was a very godly man who deeply loved and served his family. His Christ-like love was evident not only in his commitment to his family, but also through his passion for cultivating meaningful relationships with everyone he met and serving their individual needs.

He is survived by his twin brother, Michael; older brother, Dan; his wife, Cheri Gresh Minahan; son, Michael Minahan (Preesa Bullington); daughters, Heidi Minahan Johnson (Kit), Jessica Minahan White (Richard) and Michelle Minahan Thompson (Paul); and grandchildren, Ariana (5), James (3), Josephine (3), Isaac (2), Olivia (2) and Isabelle (born 23 November 2017).

Matt was laid to rest at Beaufort National Cemetery. H

ROBERT JOE WALTERS ’74 As a Marine, he wasn’t hard core, but he was an outstanding officer. As a naval aviator, he wasn’t devil-may-care; but he was a stone cold, professional pilot. As a preacher, he wasn’t very preachy, but he was an inspired pastor. As a missionary, he was a courageous, adventurous messenger of God’s grace, and a thought leader whose work is still changing the way the Church thinks about missions.

The soul of Robert Joe Walters ’74, unexpectedly left our world on 31 July 2017 due to a heart attack near his home in Plainfield, IN. “Bobby Joe” was born 17 September 1952. Appointed from Farmersburg, IN, “B.J.” majored in general engineering, coached intramural basketball, qualified for command in the YP Squadron, and ultimately was commissioned in the Marine Corps.

After receiving his Wings of Gold, B.J. flew the CH-46 Sea Knight on three deployments to the Caribbean and North Sea. Heeding a divine call, he resigned in 1979 to enroll in Louisville Theological Seminary.

In 1982, “Bob” was ordained as a Methodist minister and earned a doctorate of ministry in 2006. He pastored a series of churches for 15 years. Sermons featuring sea stories about USNA or flying were the most beloved by his congregations. Bob’s career reached a turning point during a visit to the Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

By 1997, Bob was a full-time missionary, widely known for peddling his bicycle thousands of miles along the Congo’s dirt roads visiting their churches, clinics and schools. He was driven to change a mission model that had not been updated since the late 1800s, which he privately characterized as the tainted inheritance of Kipling’s “white man’s burden.” Leading by example, Bob founded Friendly Planet Missiology (www.friendlyplanetmissiology.org) to replace the legacies of patronage and co-dependency with a more collegial relationship offering mutual growth through jointly conducted talent development and economic independence. Bob’s book, an entertaining first-person adventure story, The Last Missionary, tells this tale and makes his compelling case. USNA alumni will especially appreciate the chapter where he relates a Plebe’s five basic responses to the challenge of changing missiology.

He is survived by his bride, Teri (Thompson) Walters (his one-and-only for his entire tenure at Navy); their children, Reverend Taylor Denyer (husband, Stuart) and Robert James Walters (wife, Jordan); granddaughter, Evelyn Denyer; and his brothers, Gary and Michael, and their families.

Donald P. Chappell ’74 H

MICHAEL CAMIELLE MASLEY JR. ’75 Commander Michael C. Masley, USN (Ret.), 64, passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully, on 7 November 2017 in his beloved boyhood home in North Grosvenordale, CT, where he returned following retirement in 1995.

His pathway to the Naval Academy began at Tourtellotte Memorial High School, where he served as class president, played soccer and basketball, managed the baseball team and was a member of the glee and drama clubs. During his sophomore year, “Mike” decided he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and join the Navy.

Arriving at Annapolis in 1971, he had an unbridled enthusiasm for anything Blue & Gold. Mike was always the first to appear at a midnight pep rally and relished using his size to take out opponents playing winter field ball on Hospital Point. Throughout the year, Mike continued his passion for singing and performing as a member of the Glee Club and Masqueraders.

Despite the demands on his time, Mike could oftentimes be found well beyond Taps cheerfully helping out a Classmate. Mike was widely-known throughout the Brigade and everyone who knew him called him, “Friend.”

His positive attitude towards life was infectious and his booming laugh could be heard throughout the Company area. Mike always gave more than he received and his word was his bond; always ready to help a Classmate in need. He graduated (27th Company) in 1975 with a BS in oceanography/physics.

Mike’s naval career was defined by five consecutive sea tours in his first 14 years. During this time, he also managed to graduate first in his class in both Basic Surface Warfare Officers School and Department Head School— making him the only two-time recipient of the Admiral Arleigh Burke Award.

His last six years were shore duty assignments at the Pentagon and Naval War College.

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Following his Navy career, Mike began his involvement with his most lasting legacy—standing up the NJROTC unit at Oxford High School in Massachusetts. During his 22-year tenure, he led his cadets to an unprecedented number of national awards. The esteem in which his cadets and community held him was reflected in his memorial service, where more than 1,000 mourners attended to honor Mike.

Winston Churchill famously said, “You make a living by what you get, you make a life by what you give.” Mike shaped so many lives in his all too brief time with us, and he made the world a much better place. H

WILLIAM SEBRELL CRAIGHILL ’76 “Bill” Craighill passed away on 17 October 2017.

Born in Newport, RI, on 8 July 1954, to Rear Admiral Richard S. Craighill ’32 and Virginia (Jones) Craighill, Bill graduated from Westminster School in 1972 and from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1976.

While at the Naval Academy, “Wild Bill” could always be seen with a big smile, laughing and bringing joy to his classmates. A true mathematics expert, he was always helping his friends in his company work out challenging and technical problems. This incredible technical skill led him to apply and be selected for the nuclear power program.

After serving in the U.S. Navy, he transitioned to the civilian workforce by accepting a position at the Institute for Nuclear Power in Atlanta, GA. These experiences and abilities led to his creating his own company, Computer Help Desk, which operated out of Marietta, GA, until his death.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Virginia Drewry Cooper. He is survived by his brother, Richard (Cathie); six devoted nieces and nephews (and their spouses), Susan, Dawn, Richard, Lynn, Anthony and Sara; and eight great-nieces and nephews.

Services were held at the Cathedral of St. Phillips on 23 October 2017.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project (www.woundedwarriorproject.org). H

BLAKE THOMAS BUSH ’82 Blake T. Bush passed away at home surrounded by his family on 28 October 2017 after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 57 years old.

A native of Palos Verdes, CA, Blake attended Palos Verdes High School and received a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy from California. At Annapolis, he was a varsity football player, president of the Physics Honor Society, founder of the Midshipman Action Group and in his First Class Year, he received the Midshipman of the Year Award from the Annapolis Chamber of Commerce. Blake graduated with the Class of 1982 as a member of the Fifth Company.

Upon graduation, he served as a Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer. From 1984 to 1988, he served two tours on ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) and then returned to USNA to teach in the Law and Ethics department until 1991. After resigning his commission, he accepted the position of Chair of Advanced Technology at the Academy for three years. He left to pursue corporate engineering and IT opportunities that eventually brought him and his family to Northern California.

Prior to his death, he served as a chief enterprise architect for global clients at Hewitt Packard Enterprises.

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Blake’s faith and family were always his first priority and meant everything to him. He married the love of his life, Mary Elizabeth Barnhart, after graduation on 31 May 1982. He was a devoted and dedicated husband and father, taking great joy and pride in his sons and their families. He maintained his positive attitude and fighting spirit throughout his battle with cancer, continuing to enjoy each day to the fullest.

He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Mary of Lincoln, CA; sons, Christopher (Char), Matthew (Jessica), Nicholas (Charlene) and Benjamin (Tracey); six grandchildren, Noah, Jameson, Bennett, Olivia, Annabelle and Juliet; as well as his mother, Marilyn Muse Bush; and brothers, Bradd, Boyd and Blair. His father, Thomas W. Bush, and brother, Bob, predeceased him.

A Mass of Resurrection was celebrated on 16 November 2017 at St. Andrew’s Chapel at the Naval Academy, with inurnment at the USNA Columbarium with full military honors. H

CHARLES SPENCER ABBOT ’95 Captain C. Spencer Abbot, USN, died on 15 November 2017.

Born in Cleveland, OH, on 18 April 1973, he was the eldest son of Admiral Charles Stevenson Abbot ’66 and Marjorie Sellars Abbot.

A fourth generation naval officer, Spencer graduated from Hampton Roads Academy in 1991 and the Naval Academy in 1995, where he served as Brigade Commander and Plebe Summer Regimental Commander. He subsequently earned a master’s degree and PhD in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and an Executive MBA, taken in Spanish, from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.

Spencer completed Navy flight training in 2000 and F/A-18C Fleet Replacement Squadron training in 2001, receiving awards for graduating with the highest grades of the year for both programs. He then joined the VFA-15 “Valions” and flew combat missions at the outset of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. He joined the VFA-37 “Ragin’ Bulls” for his department head tour and was selected among all Navy pilots for the 2008 Order of Daedalians Exceptional Pilot Award following combat operations in Iraq. In his last aviation tour, Spencer served as commanding officer of the VFA-27 “Royal Maces” in Atsugi, Japan, where his squadron earned the “Battle E” award as the top F/A-18E/F squadron in the Pacific Fleet for 2014.

In his first shore assignment, Spencer served as an EF-18 exchange pilot with the Spanish Air Force. He later served as an interagency representative for U.S. Southern Command at USAID and worked in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince. He also served as an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations in Tokyo and coordinated with the Japanese government following the tsunami that hit Japan in 2011.

Spencer was selected for a White House Fellowship in 2015 and served at the State Department, where he worked on issues related to Latin America and the East Asia-Pacific. He then worked with the Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff until the fall of 2017 as a Special Assistant.

Spencer’s military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (four Strike/Flight awards), Navy Commendation Medal (two awards) and numerous other personal and unit awards.

Spencer is survived by his loving wife, Laura Winthrop Abbot; their two beautiful girls, Eloise (5) and Grace (2); and their son, who is due in March. H

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TREASURY CONTINUED Linda Reyes 410-295-4056 Accounts Payable Coordinator Joseph Bytella 410-295-4058 Accounts Payable Clerk INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY James Wolff ’03 410-295-4080 Vice President, Infrastructure and Technology Joanne Rennie 410-295-4043 Executive Administrator 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 Jerry Dorsey 410-295-4054 Network Administrator Brandon Decker 410-295-4088 IS Specialist 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

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DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED 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 Kaitlyn Sands 410-295-4147 Associate Director, Annual Giving Programs Damian Sinclair 410-295-4188 Associate Director, President’s Circle Tracey Cook 410-295-4164 Annual Giving Programs Coordinator Development Services Kelly Carter Rollison 410-295-4110 Director, Development Services Carolyn McCollum 410-295-4111 Assistant Director, Research & Stewardship Jill Cook 410-295-4121 Assistant Director, Research Gift Processing Dawn Beach 410-295-4115 Director, Gift Processing Liz Root 410-295-4126 Assistant Director, Gift Processing Elvira Reyes 410-295-4116 Gift Processor Vencka Peterson 410-295-4119 Gift Processor Tony Kayser 410-295-4120 Gift Processor Janine Bailey ’97 410-295-4127 Gift Processor 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

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