Class Notes Rockbridge County, Virginia, George was a proud member of the VMI Class of 1955, where he studied civil engineering. After VMI, he served in the U.S. Army then returned to Glasgow, Virginia, and began a career in the family brick business, The Locher Brick Co. George retired to Richmond, Virginia, where he worked in real estate sales, played golf and spent time with family. He volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Services were held Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. (His obituary can be found in the Taps section of this issue.) Chuck Hoffert’s father died. Retired U.S. Army Col. Charles Edward Hoffert was 82 and a resident of Chester, Virginia. He died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of over 50 years, Patricia E. Hoffert. He was a retired Army colonel who served our country for over 30 years. He served two tours in Vietnam. During his service, he received a Silver Star, Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars and The Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm. He was Ranger qualified and earned a Combat Infantry Badge. Charles took pleasure in Civil War history and genealogy. A Mass of Christian burial was held Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia. Bill Argiriou lost his father, Paul William Argiriou, Feb. 7, 2015. A decorated World War II veteran who participated in the D-Day Invasion of Normandy landing on Utah Beach, all the major battles in Europe and the Battle of the Bulge, he was awarded two Purple Hearts and the Chevalier de la Legion D’Honneur, France’s highest honor. He was blessed with 90 years of vital and meaningful life – 61 of them shared with his beloved wife, Angela, who survived him. A funeral service was held Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church. Born in New York City, New York, Paul raised his family in Huntington, New York, and retired with Angela first in Williamsburg, Virginia, and later in Lakewood, New Jersey. Mike Plazcek shared that Douglas Scott, the father of his wife, Lynn, died in February. He was 82. Mike and Lynn are doing well. Their grandchildren are already 1 year old. (One in January, and the other in March.) John Cawthorne has headed to greener pastures having left Michael Baker International, and he and Lisa are moving “south” this summer. Bogey Bogart is now assigned to Special Operations Command, Africa, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Bruce Kitchen shared that V. Wood, Grover Outland and he are scheduled to play golf together during the Keydet Club Leadership Outing.
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Ed Boylan reported he and his family are pretty much settled in to living in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area since their move from Texas last summer. It has been tough, because for the first time in their married lives, they moved away from their children. The children are doing fine back in Texas, but it is still hard on Ed and his wife, Linda. Ed had the opportunity to listen to Gen. Peay ’62 give a “State of the Institute” address in Fayetteville, North Carolina, earlier in the year. Ed shared that it was refreshing to hear about all the great things going on at the “I,” and he enjoyed meeting a number of alumni in the area. He and Linda had a great visit with Tom and Sandy Savage the first weekend in May. Tom had business in North Carolina, so Sandy stayed with Ed and Linda during the week until Tom could join them for the weekend. Jim Waring ran into a few of our BRs since the last Review. In February, he ran into John Haithcock in Suffolk, Virginia, who was in town for a conference in his role as the director of the battle lab at the U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Jim said John is doing well. In March, Jim had lunch with “Bogie” Bogart and Bull Smith ’95 at the Fort Eustis Club. Both are still on active duty with the Army as lieutenant colonels. Bogie and Bull were serving on the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Commander’s Plans Group at the time. In April, Jim and his wife, Catherine, attended a VMI Alumni Association event at Scope in Norfolk. It was the Norfolk Admirals last home game, and they ran into Mark Kanter and his son, Robert Kanter ’13. They had a great time catching up on old VMI stories. Mark and Robert are both doing very well. John Dixon wrote to say that he and Patti are doing well. He wrapped up his sixth year at Carson Long Military Academy, and it was a good one. He is still teaching chemistry and physics in the high school and serving as a building officer. He was also very busy with Carson Long’s athletic department coaching varsity football, basketball, and track and field. Patti is enjoying working for PNC Bank, and they are both ready for a great summer at home on Gwynn’s Island. Patti developed a long list of tasks for John to attend to, including ripping-out all of the carpet and installing new hardwood floors and painting and installing a new dock. Gunny Olsen reported in that he loves his new contractor job with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Jeff Adler shared it was only four years and five months (as of May) before he can retire, and he is seriously considering relocating to the west coast of Florida when he does retire. He had the opportunity to lunch with Dan Pere, Bill Bird,
Class of 1981: Greg Wolven with his daughter, Katie, at an award ceremony at the University of South CarolinaAiken. Katie was named the Outstanding Graduate Student in Psychology for 2014-2015 by the university.
Class of 1981: At a gathering of brother rats at Leroy Selmon’s restaurant in Fort Myers, Florida, were, from left, Dan Pere, Bill Bird, Jeff Adler and Chip Chipley. VMI Alumni Review