2018 Distinguished Graduate Award Medal Ceremony Program

2018 DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD MEDAL CEREMONY

Celebrating 20 Years

2018 AWARD RECIPIENTS The 2018 Distinguished Graduate Award medal ceremony marks the 20th year of honoring and celebrating the lives of alumni through the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award program.

Each year, distinguished graduates are honored because of their demonstrated and unselfish commitment to a lifetime of service, their personal character and the significant contributions they have made to the Navy and Marine Corps or as leaders in industry or government. They are the living embodiment of the Academy’s mission to develop leaders to “assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.”

We honor these six individuals for the principles they stand for—today and always.

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.) MR. STEVEN S. REINEMUND ’70 ADMIRAL TIMOTHY J. KEATING ’71, USN (RET.)

CHAMBERS

HOGG

McCAIN

BOLDEN

REINEMUND

KEATING

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

to the 2018 United States Naval Academy WToelcome Distinguished Graduate Award Ceremony. this year’s distinguished graduates: congratulations and

thank you for your many years of dedicated service, both in and out of uniform. Your energy, your passion and your life’s work have made an incredible difference. We are especially grateful to your families who continue to support you in all that you do.

Selecting today’s honorees from a field of accomplished alumni was both challenging and humbling; challenging because there are so many truly amazing graduates who deserve recognition and humbling to have the opportunity to rub shoulders with these and so many other distinguished graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy. While each path was different, all of today’s honorees began their lifelong careers of service right here.

This great institution continues to serve as the foundation— that shared experience—of patriotism, camaraderie and character that has sustained these leaders and put them on their paths to success. To be back here with these truly distinguished graduates, and with all of you future distinguished graduates, is especially meaningful.

My special thanks to the selection panel and to everyone who had a hand in planning and executing today’s ceremony. To the Brigade, our alumni and guests: thank you for sharing this special event as we celebrate the noteworthy accomplishments and extraordinary careers of our fellow graduates.

Admiral Michael Mullen ’68, USN (Ret.)

Chairman, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award Selection Panel 2014 U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award Recipient

DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD SELECTION PANEL DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD SELECTION PANEL CHAIRMAN Admiral Michael G. Mullen ’68, USN (Ret.) U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND FOUNDATION PRESIDENT AND CEO Mr. Byron F. Marchant ’78 PANEL MEMBERS Admiral Richard W. Mies ’67, USN (Ret.); Admiral Robert J. Natter ’67, USN (non-voting); General John R. Allen ’76, USMC (Ret.); Admiral Samuel J. Locklear ’77, USN (Ret.); Vice Admiral Walter E. “Ted” Carter ’81, USN; Mr. David M. Robinson ’87; Captain Karin Vernazza ’90, USMC; and Major Murph McCarthy ’00, USMC (Ret.) 2

PROGRAM MEDAL PRESENTATION 4:30 p.m.

INTRODUCTION OF THE 2018 DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES NARRATOR Midshipman Daniel J. Stitt ’18 President, Class of 2018

INVOCATION Captain Francis P. Foley, CHC, USN Command Chaplain

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WELCOME AND REMARKS Vice Admiral Walter E. “Ted” Carter Jr. ’81, USN Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy

PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD MEDALS Admiral Robert J. Natter ’67, USN (Ret.) Chairman, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Board of Trustees and Midshipman Anna Paz ’18 Brigade Commander

REMARKS Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients

“NAVY BLUE & GOLD” DEPARTURE OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY

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REAR ADMIRAL LAWRENCE C. CHAMBERS ’52, USN (RET.)

orn in Bedford, VA, Rear Admiral Lawrence C. Chambers ’52, B USN (Ret.), lost his Navy veteran father at age four and grew up with his four siblings in Washington, DC, under the nurturing

influence of his maternal grandparents.

While in high school Admiral Chambers, taking his cue from fellow Dunbar High School alumnus Wesley Brown, honed his academic and leadership skills, turned down offers from Harvard and MIT and joined Brown at the Naval Academy—a move that culminated with his becoming the first African American Naval Academy graduate promoted to flag rank.

After a tour of duty in CoLUMBUS, Admiral Chambers reported to flight training and received his wings in 1954. Chambers flew a variety of fixed wing aircraft including the AF Guardian, the A-1 Sky Raider, the A-4 Skyhawk and the A-7B Corsair II. Admiral Chambers’ early command tours included Attack Squadron VA-15 and WHITE PLAINS. Under Chambers’ leadership WHITE PLAINS earned the Ney Award for Best Small Ship Mess Afloat and the Type Commander’s “E.” In 1975, Admiral Chambers assumed command of MIDWAY, becoming the first African American to command an aircraft carrier. Under his command MIDWAY played a critical role in rescuing South Vietnamese Air Force Major Bung Ly (Lee), his wife and five children.

During the evacuation of Saigon, Major Ly had loaded his family into a two-seated Cessna and made his way out to the South China Sea. There he spotted MIDWAY, her deck already jammed with helos delivering other evacuees. His fuel running low, Ly dropped a handwritten note on MIDWAY’s flight deck, asking MIDWAY to “The decision made by Admiral Chambers that move the helicopters over the foul line so he could land. With day was not merely an act of courage or bravery. moments to spare, Admiral Chambers ordered every available It was one of leadership, compassion and kindness. seaman to assist the Air Department in making a ready The latter characteristics are innate—not capable deck. Despite rain, wind and the of fabrication—but those traits are often refined, arrival of additional evacuating helicopters the crew responded. heightened and sharpened through discipline, They pushed the abandoned helicopters overboard. Admiral training and education. Our family owes our Chambers, having ignored an admiral’s orders, feared a court gratitude to Admiral Chambers.” martial. However, later he learned —Nhan Lee, son of Major Bung Lee that all the ships involved in “operation Frequent Wind” took similar actions. In December 1977 following a successful tour as skipper of MIDWAY, Admiral Chambers was promoted to rear admiral.

Admiral Chambers’ later naval career included command of Carrier Strike Groups 3 and 4 and assignment as Vice Commander, Naval Air Systems Command. He retired from active duty in 1984 and began a second career in industry. Working for Unisys Corporation, he managed Federal Aviation Administration and international weapons systems programs. Following retirement from Unisys he embarked on a third career with Kinnevik AB taking assignments in developing countries all over the world. Recently, he has focused on community service, including supporting the MIDWAY Museum. He has also returned to the Naval Academy to address the Midshipman Black Studies Club.

Admiral Chambers holds an advanced degree from the Naval Postgraduate School and pursued additional studies in plasma physics at Stanford University. He and his wife, Sarah, live in Sun City Center, FL. He has two grown daughters.

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ADMIRAL JAMES R. HOGG ’56, USN (RET.)

he son of Rear Admiral James H. Hogg ’27, USN (Ret.), and his T wife Mary Jane, Admiral James R. Hogg ’56, USN (Ret.), never questioned his desire to attend the Naval Academy or spend his

life in service to the Navy. That conviction set the foundation for a 57-year career in active duty and civilian service.

Following graduation from the Academy, Admiral Hogg began his career at sea, completing 14 overseas deployments including three in the Vietnam War zone. His five command tours included the guided missile frigate ENGLAND, Destroyer Squadron 31, Destroyer Squadron 7, Cruiser Destroyer Group one/Task Force 75 and the Seventh Fleet, during which he established a more effective system for maintaining the location of Soviet submarines and turned back several Soviet incursions.

His shore service was no less distinguished, beginning with his selection as executive assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel and continuing with his time as Director of Navy Military Personnel Policy. In this role, Admiral Hogg combatted severe morale and retention challenges by paving the way for significant increases in compensation, housing allowances, bonuses and other benefits. Later, as Director of Naval Warfare, Admiral Hogg helped ensure the Navy’s continued warfighting capabilities as funding declined with the end of the Cold War. For his efforts and achievements Admiral Hogg received his fourth star and final active duty assignment as U.S. Representative to the NATo Military Committee, from which he retired in 1991.

After four years as president of the National Security Industrial Association, Admiral Hogg returned to the Navy as a civilian as director of “Jim’s work led to major initiatives in energy, cyber the Chief of Naval operations’ Strategic Studies Group (SSG) and unmanned systems that will shape the Navy of in Newport, RI. Admiral Hogg transformed SSG from the study tomorrow. Moreover, the time I spent in discussion of maritime strategy to the generation of revolutionary, with Jim was thought-provoking and shaped my actionable concepts to lead the Navy into the future by capitalizing thinking and decision making in ways not available on innovation and technology. to me elsewhere.”

During his 18-year tenure, SSG provided five CNos with key —Admiral Gary Roughead ’73, USN (Ret.) strategies to ensure the Navy’s 29th Chief of Naval Operations rapid advances in critical areas including all-electric ships, unmanned systems and cyber warfare.

Admiral Hogg stepped down from SSG in 2014. Still active, he offers outreach services to the Naval War College through its foundation, conducts leadership workshops at Northeastern University and serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Surface Navy Association. The recently dedicated Future Forces Gallery at the Naval War College and the Rail Gun Firing Line Facility at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division both bear his name.

Admiral Hogg has continued to give back to the Academy through his service as a member of the Curriculum 21 Review Committee, an early advisor in cyber security studies, New England Alumni Chapter president, Naval Academy Alumni Association Trustee and a Trustee of the Naval Academy Foundation’s Athletic and Scholarship Programs division. He and his wife, Anne, make their home in Portsmouth, RI, and have four grown children.

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SENATOR JOHN S. McCAIN III ’58 third-generation Naval Academy graduate, the son and A grandson of two four-star admirals, John S. McCain III ’58 knew from birth he was bound for the Navy and the Academy.

Earning respect for his integrity, leadership and loyalty at the Academy, Senator McCain reported to Pensacola after graduation, earning his wings as a Navy pilot in 1960. He flew A-4E Skyhawks off FoRRESTAL and oRISKANY during the Vietnam War. Shot down over Hanoi in october 1967, Senator McCain was taken as a prisoner of war into the now infamous “Hanoi Hilton,” where he was denied necessary medical treatment and often tortured by the North Vietnamese. He spent much of 5 ½ years as a prisoner of war in solitary confinement, aided by his faith and the friendships of his fellow PoWs. When he was finally released and able to return home years later, Senator McCain continued his service by regaining his naval flight status. Senator McCain’s last Navy duty assignment was to serve as the naval liaison to the United States Senate. He retired from the Navy in 1981. His naval honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Senator McCain served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before he was elected to the United States Senate in 1986. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, and is a member of the Committees on Indian Affairs and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Senator McCain was the Republican Party’s nominee for “I can say it no more simply than this: John McCain president in 2008.

A former member of is a patriot. He is a man who understands what it the Academy’s Board of Visitors, he delivered the 1993 means to sacrifice for what you believe in. He Commencement Address as well as several Forrestal Lectures, embodies those most noble virtues—courage and most recently in the fall of 2017. loyalty. And, throughout his long and successful He and his wife, Cindy, have also been generous supporters political career, never once has he compromised of the Academy. Cindy McCain established the McCain his principles in pursuit of his goals. That is a Conference in honor of Senator McCain in 2001 and the couple quality all too uncommon these days.” has supported the Smedberg Gate —Joseph R. Biden Jr. at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial 47th Vice President of the United States of America Stadium, the Admiral Charles R. Larson Class of 1958 Buchanan House Fund, the Admiral Charles R. Larson Ethical Leadership Excellence Award and a Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership fellowship.

Senator McCain has seven children, including Lieutenant John S. McCain IV ’09, USN, and five grandchildren, and lives in Phoenix, AZ, with his wife Cindy.

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MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES F. BOLDEN JR. ’68, USMC (RET.) aised in segregated South Carolina, Major General Charles F. R Bolden Jr. ’68, USMC (Ret.), refused to let a lack of support from his congressional representatives deter him from attending

the Naval Academy. He earned his appointment from an Illinois congressman. He excelled at the Academy as a boxer, in the Glee Club, as 11th Company commander and as the Class of 1968’s first president, also serving as one of a few midshipmen working directly with the Superintendent to increase diversity at the Academy. A positive experience with his plebe year company officer drew General Bolden to the Marine Corps, where he was designated an aviator in 1970. After flying 100 combat missions over North and South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the A-6A Intruder, General Bolden returned to the States and spent two years as a recruiting officer, later earning a master’s degree in systems management from the University of Southern California.

A gifted aviator who would amass more than 6,000 flight hours throughout his career, General Bolden soon became a test pilot and was selected for the astronaut program in 1980. He would spend 14 years in the NASA astronaut corps, logging 680 hours in space on four shuttle missions—two as pilot and two as mission commander.

After his final shuttle flight in 1994, General Bolden resumed his Marine Corps service with an assignment as Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen just as the Academy was responding to the cheating scandal that had unfolded two years earlier. General Bolden embraced the opportunity to instill a sense of pride and responsibility in the Brigade.

Later assignments included Assistant Wing Commander, “Throughout his enormously accomplished career, 3rd Marine Air Wing; Deputy Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force; Commanding General Charlie Bolden was an astute, dynamic General, 1st Marine Expeditionary leader with uncommon technical expertise and a Force (FWD); Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Japan; and Commander, sincere commitment to the welfare of the men and 3rd Marine Air Wing. Following women under his charge, as well as their families.” his retirement from the Marine Corps in 2002, General Bolden —General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.) served as a senior vice president 32nd Commandant at Tech Trans International until United States Marine Corps 2005 and then spent several years as CEo of a privately held military and aerospace consulting firm.

Nominated by Barack obama to serve as 12th NASA Administrator, General Bolden rejoined the agency at a critical time. His eight-year tenure included the phase out of the space shuttle, the launch of a new era of exploration based on the International Space Station and the start of rocket and spacecraft programs that could carry astronauts to Mars by the 2030s. This period brought the launch of the JUNo spacecraft to Jupiter, Mars CURIoSITY rover, NEW HoRIZoNS mission to Pluto and progress toward the introduction of the James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble. For five consecutive years during Bolden’s tenure, NASA was ranked the best place to work among large federal agencies, and applications to the astronaut program reached an all-time high Bolden’s final year as Administrator.

General Bolden continues to devote time, talent and support to the Naval Academy, where he has delivered Forrestal Lectures, chairs the annual Astronaut Convocation and serves as a member of the Naval Academy Foundation Board of Directors. He and his wife, Alexis, live in Alexandria, VA, and have two grown children, including Lieutenant Colonel A. Ché Bolden ’93, USMC, and Dr. Kelly Bolden, MD. 7

STEVEN S. REINEMUND ’70

teven S. Reinemund ’70 was born in New York on 6 April 1948.

S As a midshipman at the Naval Academy, he rowed crew and served as company commander.

Mr. Reinemund served five years with the Marine Corps.

His final service assignment with Marine Barracks Washington, DC, included duty at the White House during the Nixon and Ford administrations.

After leaving the Marines, Mr. Reinemund earned an MBA from the University of Virginia and began a corporate career with the restaurant division of Marriott Corp. Then he joined PepsiCo’s Pizza Hut division and was named CEo IN 1986. Under his leadership, Pizza Hut entered the delivery market and within two years the company surpassed Domino’s as the number one pizza delivery business in America.

After eight years at Pizza Hut, Mr. Reinemund was named CEo of Frito-Lay. During his tenure, sales and profits rose steadily and market share increased from 34 percent to 60 percent between 1993 and 1997. Mr. Reinemund introduced healthy snacks and led the movement to remove trans fats from all products. While at Frito-Lay Mr. Reinemund was chairman of the Salvation Army National Advisory Board and established the National Kettle Campaign with the Dallas Cowboys.

Mr. Reinemund was promoted to chief operating officer of PepsiCo in 1999 and CEo/Chairman in 2001.Under his tenure as CEo, PepsiCo acquired Quaker oats, including Gatorade; revenues grew by $9 billion; net income by 70 percent; market capitalization topped $100 billion and the annual dividend doubled.

“Steve’s values-based approach to business Among Mr. Reinemund’s goals was to increase diversity and inclusion in the company; PepsiCo education is perhaps his greatest legacy, along subsequently became one of the with his deep and unwavering commitment to leading companies recognized for diversity. helping students develop into ethical business After retirement from leaders who achieve results with integrity.

PepsiCo, Mr. Reinemund joined Wake Forest University as dean of One can ask for nothing more from a leader: the School of Business, where he developed a new master’s degree results with integrity.” and a scholarship program that —Nathan O. Hatch significantly increased students’ President, Wake Forest University racial, ethnic and economic diversity. He also led the design, construction and funding for Farrell Hall, the new $55 million business school building.

Mr. Reinemund currently serves as a board member for ExxonMobil, Marriott, Wal-Mart, Chick-fil-A, Wake Forest, the Center for Creative Leadership and the Naval Academy Foundation. He and his wife of 43 years, Gail, are members of the Naval Academy Foundation’s Superintendent’s Society.

The Reinemunds live in Denver, Co, and are the parents of four adult children, including Second Lieutenant Kevin Reinemund ’17, USMC.

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ADMIRAL TIMOTHY J. KEATING ’71, USN (RET.)

by his own father’s naval service in World War II, the Iwithnspired popular “Men of Annapolis” TV program and a chance meeting Navy football legend Roger Staubach ’65, Admiral Timothy J.

Keating set his sights on the Academy at a young age. He excelled as a midshipman, becoming a four-striper and playing a wide variety of intramural sports. Following graduation, he followed service aboard the destroyer LeoNARd F. MASoN with an aviation career, earning his wings in 1973 and eventually flying the A-7e Corsair and F/A-18 during deployments to the Mediterranean, Western Pacific and Indian ocean.

In the mid-1980s, Admiral Keating served as aide and flag lieutenant to Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command, before assuming command of Strike Fighter Squadron 87 and deploying on THeodoRe RooSeVeLT. His subsequent commands included Carrier Air Wing Nine; Commander, Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center; Commander, Carrier Group Five; Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet; Commander; U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace defense Command (NoRAd); and Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, from which he retired in 2009. other tours included head of the Aviation Junior officer Assignments Branch of the Naval Military Personnel Command; Chief of Naval operations Fellow with the Strategic Studies Group; deputy director for operations, operations directorate, Joint Staff; deputy Chief of Naval operations for Plans, Policy and operations; and director, Joint Staff.

The first naval officer to command NoRAd, Admiral Keating orchestrated a dramatic increase in “Tim Keating has demonstrated success and a the collaboration among previously constancy of character in every position he has disparate intelligence agencies including the FBI, CIA, dIA held … Throughout a lifetime of honorable and and local law enforcement. As Commander, Northern Command, faithful service in and out of uniform, Tim has had he worked extensively with the a profound impact on our nation, and a positive Homeland Security leadership to integrate intelligence programs and influence on our armed forces.” organizations to provide effective counter-terrorism strategy and —General Peter Pace ’67, USMC (Ret.) with the National Guard Bureau to 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff improve responses to natural disasters throughout the United States.

While at Pacific Command, Admiral Keating visited more than 30 countries, several frequently, to enhance our National defense Strategy. He was responsible for a dramatic revision to the Pacific Command Strategy, emphasizing partnership, presence and power.

Following his retirement from the Navy, Admiral Keating continued to serve as a member of the Secretary of the Navy’s Advisory Panel, providing counsel on issues including the development of Chinese A2/Ad strategy to prevent U.S. intervention in key areas and energy utilization in carrier strike groups. He also served as a member of the defense Naval Intelligence Senior Advisory Group from 2014 to 2017, providing recommendations to the director of defense Naval Intelligence on counter-terrorism, information assurance and other critical issues.

Admiral Keating continues to serve the Navy and Naval Academy communities through his role as senior director of the Navy & Marine Association, a member of the Wings over America Scholarship Foundation board, vice chairman of the U.S. Naval Institute and a Naval Academy Forrestal Lecturer. He also supports numerous organizations as an international consultant and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Admiral Keating and his wife Wandalee live in Virginia Beach, VA, and have two grown children.

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PAST RECIPIENTS 1999 Admiral Thomas H. Moorer ’33, USN (Ret.) (1912-2004)

2000 Dr. John J. McMullen ’40 (1918-2005)

Admiral James L. Holloway III ’43, USN (Ret.) Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence ’51, USN (Ret.) (1930-2005)

Major General William A. Anders ’55, USAFR (Ret.) Mr. Roger T. Staubach ’65 2001 Captain John W. Crawford Jr. ’42, USN (Ret.) Admiral William J. Crowe Jr. ’47, USN (Ret.) (1925-2007)

Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale ’47, USN (Ret.)

2004 Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak ’34, USMC (Ret.) (1913-2008)

Vice Admiral Gerald E. Miller ’42, USN (Ret.) (1919-2014)

Vice Admiral James F. Calvert ’43, USN (Ret.) (1920-2009)

Lieutenant General Charles G. Cooper ’50, USMC (Ret.) (1927-2009)

Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott ’57, USN (Ret.) (1934-2005)

2005 Captain Slade D. Cutter ’35, USN (Ret.) (1911-2005)

Rear Admiral Robert H. Wertheim ’46, USN (Ret.) Admiral Ronald J. Hays ’50, USN (Ret.) Mr. H. Ross Perot ’53

(1923-2005)

Admiral James D. Watkins ’49, USN (Ret.) (1927-2012)

Captain James A. Lovell ’52, USN (Ret.) 2002 Vice Admiral Charles S. Minter Jr. ’37, USN (Ret.) (1915-2008)

The Honorable James E. Carter Jr. ’47

2006 Captain Thomas J. Hudner ’47, USN (Ret.) (1924-2017)

Admiral Kinnaird R. McKee ’51, USN (Ret.) (1929-2013)

General Robert T. Herres ’54, USAF (Ret.) (1932-2008)

Admiral Charles R. Larson ’58, USN (Ret.) (1936-2014)

Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost ’53, USN (Ret.) Colonel John W. Ripley ’62, USMC (Ret.) (1939-2008)

2007 Rear Admiral Maurice H. Rindskopf ’38, USN (Ret.) (1917-2011)

2003 Ambassador William H.G. FitzGerald ’31 (1909-2006)

Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey ’35, USN (Ret.) (1913-2007)

Rear Admiral Robert W. McNitt ’38, USN (Ret.) (1915-2012)

Vice Admiral William D. Houser ’42, USN (Ret.) (1921-2012)

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Admiral Thomas B. Hayward ’48, USN (Ret.) Mr. Ralph W. Hooper ’51 Admiral Leighton W. Smith Jr. ’62, USN (Ret.)

PAST RECIPIENTS Mr. James W. Kinnear III ’50

2013 Mr. Roger E. Tetrault ’63

Admiral Frank B. Kelso II ’56, USN (Ret.)

The Honorable John Scott Redd ’66

2008

(1933-2013)

Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Montoya ’58, CEC, USN (Ret.) (1935-2015)

Lieutenant General William M. Keys ’60, USMC (Ret.) Admiral Henry G. Chiles Jr. ’60, USN (Ret.) 2009 Mr. John E. Nolan ’50 (1927-2017)

Admiral Bruce DeMars ’57, USN (Ret.) Mr. J. Ronald Terwilliger ’63 Admiral Joseph W. Prueher ’64, USN (Ret.) General Peter Pace ’67, USMC (Ret.) 2010 Mr. David J. Dunn ’55 Admiral Leon A. Edney ’57, USN (Ret.)

Ambassador Richard L. Armitage ’67 Admiral Thomas B. Fargo ’70, USN (Ret.) 2014 Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford ’52, USAF (Ret.) Rear Admiral William C. Miller ’62, USN (Ret.) Admiral Steve Abbot ’66, USN (Ret.) Admiral Michael G. Mullen ’68, USN (Ret.) Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. ’70, USN (Ret.) 2015 Admiral Henry H. Mauz Jr. ’59, USN (Ret.) Admiral Richard W. Mies ’67, USN (Ret.) Admiral James o. Ellis Jr. ’69, USN (Ret.) Mr. David M. Robinson ’87

Admiral Joseph Paul Reason ’65, USN (Ret.)

2016 Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn ’51, USN (Ret.)

General Carlton W. Fulford Jr. ’66, USMC (Ret.)

The Honorable John H. Dalton ’64

Rear Admiral Thomas C. Lynch ’64, USN (Ret.)

Captain Carl H. June ’75, MC, USN (Ret.) 2011 Rear Admiral Robert H. Shumaker ’56, USN (Ret.) Dr. Bradford N. Parkinson ’57

2017 Admiral Harry D. Train II ’49, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Matthew T. Cooper ’58, USMC (Ret.)

Milledge A. “Mitch” Hart III ’56

Mr. Corbin A. McNeill Jr. ’62

Vice Admiral Cutler Dawson Jr. ’70, USN (Ret.)

2012 Admiral Sylvester R. Foley Jr. ’50, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Eric T. olson ’73, USN (Ret.)

The Honorable Daniel L. Cooper ’57 Captain Bruce McCandless II ’58, USN (Ret.) (1937-2017)

Vice Admiral John R. Ryan ’67, USN (Ret.) Mr. Daniel F. Akerson ’70

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NAVY BLUE AND GOLD Now colleges from sea to sea, may sing of colors true, But who has better right than we, to hoist a symbol hue?

For Sailors brave in battle fair, since fighting days of old Have proved the Sailor’s right to wear, the Navy Blue and Gold.

MISSIONS UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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.

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.

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