Anniversary Book - 3rd Battalion - Small

50th Anniversary Book
United States Naval Academy

Class of 1967
50th Anniversary Book
3rd Battalion
Version date: October 16, 2017
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Published by the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association in 2017

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Table of Contents
13th Company. 15
14th Company.. 44
15th Company.. 89
16th Company. 147
17th Company.. 188
18th Company.. 228
3rd Battalion Index 286
Introduction
This book, one of a six volume set, contains the completed questionnaires and contemporary photos
provided by the members of the USNA Class of 1967. One volume has been prepared for each bat-
talion. This was in response to a request for information from the editors of the 50 th Anniversary
Book. The completed questionnaires were submitted to Tony Wayne over a two year period from
August 2014 until the end of 2016, with a few procrastinators sending their information much later..
The summaries from these questionnaires have been inserted into a printed version of the 50 th Anni-
versary book that will be distributed to the class later in 2017. This online volume is intended to sup-
plement the printed book.
The story of the Great Class of 1967 is told in these volumes. The questionnaires describe a truly
impressive group of young men who joined together on Tecumseh Court in 1963 where each re-
peated the oath, and accepted a commission as Midshipman, United State Navy. The heights to
which these men soared are spectacular as you will see when you read these pages. The biogra-
phies list the background, struggles, successes and heart aches of 90% of the class. The men re-
veal their most humorous memories of life in Mother B, momentous events in their lives and the
pride they have for their families who supported our classmates through long deployments and de-
manding life styles
The questionnaires published in these volumes are, for the most part, unedited except for running
spell checks. Many classmates, who felt too constricted with a 300 word maximum for the summary
that was intended as part of the printed book, also provided a longer version of their summary biog-
raphy. We included the longer summary in these online volumes.
The response by the members of the Class of 1967 to our requests for information was outstanding.
We received more than 800 completed questionnaires plus a number of responses that contained
only the summary biography. The response far exceeded the typical number of biographies submit-
ted by other classes commemorating the 50th Anniversary of their graduation from USNA. It also far
exceeded the volume of information anticipated by the publisher, Jostens Incorporated, so their ef-
fort to complete the printed book became heroic. Unfortunately, even with that effort they could not
complete the printed book before the reunion held in October 2017.
I want to thank Tony Wayne for his dedication in coordinating with the company representatives in
their effort to find classmates and collect the questionnaires and photos you see in this volume. Also
my thanks to Pete Smullen for his artistic skills and computer expertise who always found solutions
for the tricky problems that kept popping up. You can see his skill in the printed volume that con-
tains the Another Link in the Chain section and the Memorial to our classmates in the Memorial
pages. The online volumes were prepared by Pete Smullen and Tony Wayne and your editor using
Microsoft Publisher spending many long hours banging on their computers.
The following letter from the book editorial staff to the thirty-six company representatives contains
the initial request for information that initiated this whole effort. The company representatives
pleaded, cajoled, prodded and pushed our classmates to submit biographies and current pictures for
the project. Their efforts were relentless to the point that we received a few responses after the dead
line set for the printed book, but are included in these online volumes.
Thank you all for your efforts in developing this history of the USNA Class of 1967.
Ed Mills
Editor-in-Chief
United States Naval Academy - Class of 1967 - 50th Anniversary
Robert Allen
After graduation I served as a Surface Warfare Officer aboard

Destroyers off the shores of Viet Nam, China, North Korea,
Libya, Turkey, Albania, Singapore, New Zealand, and Greece.
I was Communications Division Officer aboard USS Mullany
(DD-528), Communications Officer for Destroyer Squadron
Staff (DESRON-16), Engineering Department Head of and
OIC for the sale of USS Ingraham (DD-694) to the Greek
Navy (HMS Miaoulis), and Weapons Officer of the USS Jo-
seph P Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850). Satisfying moments came when
I and my Mullany shipmates won the Arleigh Burke Award for
Destroyers for 1968 service and a Meritorious Unit Citation in
Western Pacific Viet Nam Operations.
My USNR assignments consisted of CO billets in Salt Lake

City and Ogden, Utah N&MCRC training centers, and five
years as Rules of Engagement Officer at NATO HQ
SACLANT Strategic Direction Center. I retired as Commander in 2005 after 43 years of ser-
vice.
As a civilian I worked many years demilitarizing conventional, chemical, pyrotechnic, propel-

lant, and lethal agent weapons and materials. I was Engineering Department Manager for a
Crane Naval Weapons Support Center contractor serving Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Op-
erations, and foreign militaries. My physics team gave direct support to Desert Storm by solv-
ing friendly fire tank problems on the first day. I became an independent consultant for DoD
contractors, supporting demilitarization projects such as the GB, VX, and Mustard Campaigns;
and as Army Project Quality Assurance Oversight Manager.
I met my future wife on a hayride in 1962,

and married shortly after graduation. We
have six daughters and 27 grandchildren (at
last count). We have been leaders of LDS
church youth and adult groups, served as
church welfare service missionaries in the
Salt Lake inner city, and as Directors of the
Timpanogos Family History Center at the
Utah Department of Corrections Womens
Prison.
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13th Company
Kenneth Peter Barausky

Service History
1961- Sworn into the Navy as a Midshipman at Cornell University
1963-1967: USNA (9th/13th Company)
1967-1968: Naval Aviation Training Command, Various Locations, received wings 10/1968
1968-1970: VT-3, NAS Whiting Field, FL; T28 Formation Flight Instructor
1970-1971: VRC-40, NAS Norfolk, VA; COD Pilot (C1)
1971-1972: P3 Replacement Air Training, NAS Patuxent River, MD
1972-1973: VP44, NAS Brunswick, ME; P3 Pilot
1973: Transfer to Naval Reserve
1973-1974: VP60; NAS Glenview, IL
1974: Transfer to Training and Administration of Reserves (TAR)
1974-1977: Navy Recruiting Command, Washington, DC; Head, OCS Programs
1977-1981: VP64, NAS Willow Grove, PA; P3 Pilot
1981: Transfer to Naval Reserve
1981-1988: VP64, NAS Willow Grove, PA; P3 Pilot; 1986-88; Commanding Officer
1988-1994: PATWINGSLANT, AIRLANT, NAVY COMMAND CENTER
1993: Selected for Flag Rank
1994-1997: Deputy Commander Patrol Wings Atlantic, Norfolk, VA
1997-1999: Deputy J3 US European Command, Germany
1999: Retired from USNR; Rear Admiral (lower half)
Principal Occupation
1973-1974: Saturn Airways; Ypsilanti, MI; L188 First Officer
1981-1984: Colonial Manufacturing, NJ; General Manager
1984-2001: General Electrical Aerospace (Lockheed Martin) as a project engineer and as a Director of Business Development. Lo-
cations included; Valley Forge, PA, Cherry Hill, NJ, Washington, DC.
2001-2003: EDS, Herndon, VA as a client representative on a Navy account.
2003-2004: TDC, Chesapeake, VA; Vice President, Chesapeake Operations
2004-2010: Aurora Associates LLC, Williamsburg, VA; owner of an executive placement firm.
Interesting, Unusual or Memorable Life Events

32 years from graduation to retirement with many changes left me with many, many fond memories. As an aviator, I got to fly from
1967 until I left command of a P3 squadron in 1988. From an Ensign in Pensacola to a Rear Admiral in Washington DC, I met won-
derful people, traveled the world and collected stories to pass to my grandchildren.
Information on wife, children and grandchildren

Julie and I were married in 1967 and have four children; one daughter and three sons. Amy (married to Richard Wilcoxon) lives and
works in Delaware as a Registered Dietician. They have one son, Christopher. Our three sons are all involved in the wholesale fi-
nancial world. Paul (with wife Jackie) lives in Dallas, Texas with no children. Number two is Mark (with wife Virginia), living in
Tampa, Florida. They have two children; Pete and Olivia. Our youngest, Adam (and wife Tracy) live in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
They have six children; Anne, Kelly, Jack, Tom, Pat and Mary.
Status of retired life and how I currently spend my time

Retired life is great. After closing our placement firm and moving to Crofton, MD, I did some consulting work for various small
defense operations. In 2012 I decided to call it quits and it was a wise decision. Julie and I travel for pleasure and to visit children
and grandchildren. I always have a list of projects and manage to get in 3-4 rounds of golf a week, weather permitting.
Most vivid/fondest memories of USNA

- 26 June 1963- walking through Gate 1 for the first visit to UISNA with no idea what was in store for me.
-Plebe Year is somewhat a blur with certain events being highlighted
Being told on about Day 2 to look to the left and right because one of us would be gone by graduation
JFK talking to us in Tecumseh Court
Being placed in the boxing ring with Don Downing by Jack Cloud (there was blood)
Pep rallies and football games in the fall
-Runs to Chriss sub shop
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-A blind date for Army-Navy youngster year with Julie.

-Company intramural sports
-Dinner at the Harbor House or the Chesapeake Inn with family
-And of course, 7 June 1967
Humorous memories of USNA

Relocating some of the large hardware within the Yard during Army-Navy week.
Watching my Plebe Year roommate wrestle with Wayne Hicks (in our room)
Getting stopped by the Annapolis police during June Week (youngster year), spending hours in the Annapolis Police Station, and
then sneaking back into USNA through Gate 0.
Uniform Device
Naval Aviator Wings
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to obtain from attending?
My father was a veteran of WWII in the Army Air Force and a Pan American pilot. The thought of flying was very much in my
mind throughout school. My experience in the Navy started during my brief stay at Cornell and the life appealed to me. I felt that
USNA would provide me with training and an education that would prepare me for the remainder of my professional life. Fortu-
nately I was able to get an appointment, graduate and spend 32 years in uniform, 22 of them directly involved with flying.
Did the academy experience satisfy your expectations?

Graduation from USNA goes down as one of the most significant events, if not the most significant in my life. My marriage, family,
success in the military and success in business can all be credited to USNA and the lessons learned there. The friendships built at
school continue to be very important to me 50 years later.
Summary
After graduation, and flight training (1968), I returned to VT-3 for
instructor duty. This was followed by tours in VRC-40 and VP-44.
In 1973 I left active duty to try my hand at the airline industry. The
oil embargo cut this venture short and the following year I reentered
active duty as a TAR with tours in Navy Recruiting Command and
Willow Grove, PA. In 1981, I decided to try civilian employment
again, and became a drilling naval reservist. My reserve career in-
cluded command of VP-64 and numerous aviation augment com-
mands. In 1993 I was selected for flag and after serving tours as Dep-
uty, Patrol Wings Atlantic and Deputy, Operations (J3) United States
European Command, I retired in 1999.
From 1984 to 2001, I worked for Lockheed Martin Corporation, in

program management and business development. I led the expansion
of one business unit into a contract with the United States Army and
served as Capture Manager and Deputy Program Manager for a con-
tract providing technical assistance to the Federal Aviation Admini-
stration for upgrades to the National Airspace System. I spent my last
years with Lockheed Martin assigned to Washington Operations in
Crystal City, VA.
In 2004, Julie and I opened our own business, Aurora Associates, an executive and management search firm. Being located in Wil-
liamsburg, VA, I chaired the Armed Forces Committee of the Greater Williamsburg Chamber & Tourism Alliance.
Retirement in 2010 led us to Crofton, Maryland (Annapolis area) where it all started in 1963. I keep fully occupied with travel, golf,
volunteer boards, reading and projects around the home.
Along the way we have lived in Florida, Texas, Maine, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. Julie and I have four
children; one daughter and three sons and nine grandchildren.

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Donald J. (Joe) Bezdek

1967 1973, Line Officer Submarines
1974 - 1978, Georgetown Dental School
1978 2006, Staff Corps - Dentist
2007 Present, GS/VA dentist
Tell us about your wife, children and grandchildren

Kathleen McCormick Bezdek, my partner and best friend, a retired
teacher, PTA President, Chairman Band Parent Support Group, Chair-
man Virginia Beach Summer Recreational Swim League, Accomplished
Navy Wife, her nickname is The Director. Children: Edward, Jean,
and John: two Aggies and one Illini, all bright and highly educated.
Grandchildren: Elizabeth (11), Katherine (9), and Gwendolyn (7), all
vivacious and very intelligent!
How is retired life going and how do you currently spend your time?
Great! Im doing what I love to do (clinical dentistry on Navy recruits) and Im getting paid to do it. I have a loving wife, three great
children, and three marvelous grandchildren. Life couldnt be better!
Most Vivid/Fondest Memories of USNA

Ring Dance - met my spouse of 47 years.
Academic Achievement
DDS, Prosthodontist
Athletic
USSF Soccer Referee, refereed youth soccer for 16 years
Service Awards
Meritorious Service Medal (2), Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2), National Defense Service
Medal (3), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Uniform Breast Insignia

Submariner Dolphins, Polaris Patrol Pin with silver star (5 patrols)
Why did I join the Academy?

I wanted to become a pilot and then an astronaut. My eyes went bad and I couldnt qualify for Navy Air! Nuclear Power sounded
like the next best thing. The training and technology were fascinating but the lifestyle did not appeal to me. I went to dental school
and came back into the Navy and served the remainder of my career as a Dental Corps Officer. The academy was a life-changing
event. It set me on a good course. I received an outstanding education, met and made friends with incredibly talented people. Met my
spouse. Ive had a full and satisfying life.
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Robert (Bob) Campbell

I transferred into CHS for our senior year from Punahou
School in Honolulu HI At Coronado High I played football
and baseball and graduated from high school. I then went to
the Naval Academy at Annapolis MD. I rowed crew for Navy
and majored in oceanography.
I was commissioned an Ensign in June 1967 and sent to Pensa-

cola FL for flight training. I got my wings in October 1968
and was assigned to Light Attack Squadron 4, stationed at
Vung Tau RSVN. I flew 368 OV-10 Combat Mission during
my tour of duty. Next I reported San Diego, CA for transition
training and deployment with the E-2 aircraft on USS Enter-
prise. After cruise, I was sent to the Naval Post-Graduate
School at Monterry CA where I studied Aeronautical Engi-
neering and met and married my wife, Robbie. Next we
moved to San Diego CA, bought a house and I served in sev-
eral squadrons and wings. In 1981 we were transferred to
Camp H.M. Smith HI and joined the CINC PAC Staff as the
joint and combined inter-operability officer. Next we moved back to San Diego where I com-
manded Tactical Air Control Squadron 12. From there we moved to Alameda CA where I
served as Executive Officer of NAS Alameda. Next we moved back to San Diego, CA where I
retired from Navy in 1991.
During that summer and fall I volunteered with Americas Cup work-ups as a Mark setter.
Early in 1992 I was offered a position with Piqniq Management Corporation (PMC) as a Pro-
ject Manager for their BOS/JOC contract with the US Coast Guard Base Kodiak AK. We
spent five years there and when the contract expired, we moved back to our home in San
Diego. During all this time we enjoyed our 30-foot sloop, Boomer. I raced sailboats, Robbie
played tennis and we loved our animals, which we call our kids in fur coats.

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Thomas A. (Tom) Christopher
Earned MS at Georgia Tech immediately after graduation and then entered the Navy Nuclear
Power Program.
Passed the Engineers exam in 1971 and left the Navy in 1973. Joined the Westinghouse Nu-
clear Energy Systems business for commercial nuclear power plants and was GM and VP of
the Westinghouse Nuclear Service Division from
1982 to 1995 and obtained a MBA from University
of Pittsburgh during that time. From 1996 to 2000
served as VP and GM of Westinghouse Power Sys-
tems Service Divisions. In 2000 was appointed
CEO of Framatome/ Areva North America nuclear
company (fuel, engineering and services) and re-
tired in 2009.
In 2011 became a Director on the board of Babcock

and Wilcox Company, which supplies fuel and nu-
clear components to US Navy submarines and air-
craft carriers and in 2013 became a Senior Director
for a Boston based private equity company that
owned a nuclear engineering company. Continue in
those positions today and teach at the University of
Pittsburgh graduate school in Nuclear Engineering
in the summertime. My wife Dale and I live in Uni-
versity Park, FL and we have five kids and 8 grand-
children. We split our time between Sarasota and
Pittsburg and enjoy our families very much.
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Peter Dabbieri
After graduating, completing flight training and

once through the A-6 Intruder RAG, I volunteered
to deploy to Vietnam with VA-176 aboard USS
Roosevelt, but the ship was diverted to the Mediter-
ranean due to a Greece/Turkey dispute over Cy-
prus. Subsequent sea duty included both aviation
and ships company tours. I obtained Masters De-
grees in aeronautical engineering and in business
then accepted assignments conducting research and
development work in China Lake, CA; project and
contract management in Washington D.C. at the
Pentagon and the Naval Air Systems Command; and oversight of government contract work at
Grumman Corp. on Long Island. When, during a particularly cold winter in New York, the de-
tailer called offering me a SoCal tour, I accepted with alacrity. I retired following my assign-
ment on the staff of the Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet in San Diego.
In 1993, I accepted a position with a small, start-up software development company, Manhat-
tan Associates, located in Manhattan Beach, CA. My role was negotiating contracts and main-
taining the companys PC computers during the day and learning to sell mid-range computers,
radio frequency bar code scanners, and printers at night. We moved the company and its 9 em-
ployees and their families to Atlanta, GA in 1995. The company grew rapidly and we took it
public (MANH) in 1998. As we grew and I hired staff as General Manager of the Hardware
Systems Division, my division was earning revenue of more than $20 million in annual sales
by 2001. My wife and I decided Atlanta was not as much fun as California so, retiring again,
we sold our home in Atlanta to embark on a two-year tour of the U.S. in our RV before we re-
turned to southern California in 2003. We joined the Naval Academy Alumni Association RV
Chapter and enjoyed many good times in Key West and other locations.
As a full time volunteer, I was past President and am currently Secretary and newsletter editor
of the San Pedro/South Bay Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, a life
member of the Association of Naval Aviation and the Navy League, and an active member
with both the Redondo Beach Elks and the Redondo Beach Veterans Memorial Task
Force. Our Task Force, raised over $400,000 to build a Veterans Memorial and the 5 of us plan
and execute the Veterans Day and Memorial Day events for our city.
Married and the proud father of two sons and a daughter (with 8 grandkids), I also lend support
and am Vice President of my wife Ninas animal rescue 501c3, Feline Charity, Inc., which in-
cludes cat spay-neuter and animal care projects throughout the L.A. area. Retirement certainly
isnt dull.

13th Company
Charles Robert Eisenbach II

Service History
TBS 7/67-11/67; 1st Recon Bn. 1/68-7/68; Casual Co. H&S Bn. HQMC 7/68-9/69
Infantry Officer, USMC, 2 yrs.; Speech-Language Pathologist, 22 yrs.;
Insurance and mutual fund sales, 10yrs.
Interesting, Unusual, or Memorable Life Events

Surviving a gunshot wound to the head; Becoming a husband, father and
grandfather.

Wife: Sherry, retired after 40 yrs. as a pediatric occupational therapist;
Children: Morgan (38) H.S. teacher; Robin (36) Social worker; Matt 06
(34) Business tycoon (to be). Grandcreatures: Lincoln (6); Mila (4).
How is retired life going and how do you currently spend your
time?
I am trying to perfect the worlds finest Manhattan!

1/C liberty in Glen Burnie; Spending Youngster leave in the USNA Hospital (vivid).
Humorous Memories of USNA

Plebe year roommate complaining that Trident Light kept him awake!
Awards Received
The following information will be used in a separate section of the book and will focus on awards and honors
Ph.D. (Speech) Univ. of Florida, 1983.
Service/USNA Awards
SS, BS w/V, PH.

Army Jump Wings
Summary
After graduating from The Basic School in November 1967, I caught up on some leave, spent three weeks at Camp Pendleton and
arrived in Vietnam in late January 1968. I was assigned to the 1 st Recon Battalion as a platoon commander and had the privilege of
leading 23+/- of the finest young Marines ever assembled into a recon platoon. My career plans were suddenly altered on 4 July 68
when I sustained a penetrating gunshot wound to the head which ruined my entire day. I was retired 13 months later at the tender age
of 24.
Following vocational counseling through the VA, I ended up at the University of Florida, studying speech pathology and earning an
M.A. in 1973. After several years of clinical work, I returned to the University of Florida and began working on a Ph.D. in Speech
which I completed in 1983. While in Gainesville, I met and married a terrific young woman, Sherry, and together we have raised
three wonderful children, two daughters, Morgan and Robin, and a son, Matt (USNA, Class of 2006).
We have lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1983, enjoying one of the last undiscovered places in the country. We are settled in
Newberg, Oregon and are enjoying the rigors of retirement.
Time, tide and advancing age have slowed me down considerably, but I look back fondly on the four years on the Severn and to the
many friends I made there.
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Maurice Alexander (Tex) Harkins
Service History
June 1967 Weapons Department, USNA
September 1967 Supply School, Athens, GA.
March 1968 Naval Support Activity, DaNang, RVN
April 1969 USS Simon Lake in Holy Loch, Scotland
May 1970 USS Canopus in Holy Loch, Scotland
April 1971 Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, VA.
June 1973 Resigned Commission
Fortran Instructor
Retail Shop Stores Officer
Ship Stores Officer
Food Services Officer
Special Weapons Supply Officer
Computer programmer
Software systems design
Business systems analysis
Project management
Business process reengineering
Consulting in computer system installation and integration

Being the NPQ guy wearing Marine greens carrying a .45 in a combat zone!
Remembering Ikes CO telling me Ike was shot and medevacked to Japan. We do not know if he is alive or dead!
Visiting Ike Eisenbach at Bethesda when back stateside.
Marrying Cecily and adopting 6 children
Births of two more children
Move from Dallas, Texas to Portland, Oregon
BIG Family!!
Learning that USNA Alumni and especially Classmates are always my brothers and by my side all along the way!

In 1983, in Dallas, married Cecily, a widow, adopted her six children and added two - really blessed with this family. All
but two have relocated to the Portland area - 8 children, 16 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren. Cecily has been a
Leader and Administrator of Le Leche League International (breastfeeding) for 50 years and involved me to assist.
Volunteering at the Portland VA Medical Center.
Active in Oregon alumni chapter
Active in local Catholic parish.
Busy with all the family.
Most Vivid/Fondest Memories of USNA:

Graduation!! may not be vivid but definitely fondest
Service/USNA Awards
Navy Achievement Medal
Navy Unit Commendation
National Defense Service Medal
Expert Pistol Shot Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal w/3 bronze stars
Vietnam Service Medal

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Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending?
It was impressive to attend any of the service academies and I had had a Navy League sponsored cruise across the Pa-
cific thus I applied to USNA. I was a little influenced by a longtime girlfriend whose father was then Secretary of the
Navy. I had no idea of what I would gain or obtain. Just too naive.

Satisfy? No, since I had none. Although NPQ (right eye problem) I was intending to be career Navy Supply Corps so
USNA must have influenced me. My USNA training and Navy experience provided an excellent basis for my endeavors.
Summary
Commissioned in the Supply Corps for being not physically qualified; at USNA in the Weapons Department to teach FORTRAN for
the summer, followed by Supply School, Athens, GA. March 1968 Retail Shop Stores Officer at Naval Support Activity, DaNang,
RVN - the NPQ guy wearing greens carrying a .45 in a combat zone! Remember Ikes CO telling me Ike was shot and medevacked
to Japan. We do not know if he is alive or dead! Visited Ike at Bethesda when back stateside. April 1969 Ship Stores Officer on
the USS Simon Lake in Holy Loch, Scotland. A year later the Food Services Officer (feed crew and resupply SubRon14 boats) on
the relieving ship USS Canopus. April 1971 Special Weapons Supply Officer, Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, VA.
June 1973 civilian via EDS in Dallas, TX. Left them in 1975 to be employed, self-employed, and founder of a corporation that
merged with another in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I progressed from programming to design to analysis to project management and
to business process reengineering all enjoying learning a lot about several different industries and governments served. August,
1990 relocated home and business to Portland, Oregon. The business slump in 2010 prompted retirement.
Volunteering at the Portland VA Medical Center the last 5 years. Active in Oregon alumni chapter and local Catholic parish.
In 1983, in Dallas, married Cecily, a widow, adopted her six children and added two - really blessed with this family. All but two
have relocated to the Portland area - 8 children, 16 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren. Cecily has been a Leader and Administrator
of Le Leche League International (breastfeeding) for 50 years and involved me to assist. I am blessed and thankful for my family,
my friends, and you, my dear classmates my many brothers!
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James A. (Jim) Heimer
Service History
1967/ 68 Fulbright Scholarship to the Technical University of
Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, (West) Germany
1968 1970 Submarine School, New London, Connecticut; Navy Nu-
clear Power School, Vallejo, California; Navy Nuclear
Reactor Prototype School, Idaho Falls, Idaho
1970 - 1974 USS Plunger (SSN593), Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor
Hawaii; Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California;
Submarine Base, San Diego, California
Production Engineering, Project Management, and Operations Auditing
for Exxon, later Exxon Mobil, in Los Angeles, California (Prudhoe Bay
Project), New Orleans Louisiana; London, UK; Stavanger Norway;
Morristown, New Jersey, and Houston, TX

Living in Germany 1967 / 68 while studying at a German University;
living in London, UK and Stavanger, Norway, while working for Exxon, 1979 / 86; married to Kandace in 1992

Married to Kandace in 1992 with daughter Kristi and son James. We have two grandchildren Bella (8 years old) and Ellie (6 years
old).
Kandace is an accomplished amateur underwater and nature and wildlife photographer who has won photographic recognition by the
National Wildlife Federation and Natures Best Photography. Her work has been on display at the Moody Gardens Aquarium in
Galveston, TX, and is on sale there.
Since retiring in 2002, I have become an avid fly fisherman and upland and big game hunter. Coincidentally with my wifes travel
for photography, I have had the opportunity to fish in Colorado and Wyoming, Costa Rica, and Botswana, Africa. Our travels have
also taken us to the UK, Norway, Germany, Austria, Kenya and Ecuador. I have hunted in Colorado (upland game, turkey and elk),
Mississippi (upland game) and Argentina (doves and ducks). We have been SCUBA diving throughout the Caribbean and in Austra-
lia and Indonesia, and we recently returned from a diving trip in the Philippines.

Attending Airborne School in the summer of 1964 and qualifying for the Navy Jump wings in December 1964

Piping the Brigade to breakfast from morning formation in Tecumseh Court, 1967
Fulbright Scholar to the Technical University (Technische Hochschule) Karlsruhe, (West) Germany, 1967 / 68 in Nuclear Engineer-
ing
Trident Scholar Academic Year 1966 / 67 in Physics
Member of Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honor Society
Service/USNA Awards
CinC Pacific Fleet Letter of Commendation
John Roach Prize for greatest improvement in academic performance from second-class to first-class year
Fleet Reserve Association Prize for standing highest in conduct and aptitude over the four year period

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Submarine Dolphins (Officer)
Deterrent (SSBN) Patrol Pin
Army Airborne Wings (Parachute Badge)
Navy and Marine Corps Parachutist Insignia
I didnt have any specific reason for attending the Naval Academy, but I considered the academic and physical requirements would
present new challenges for me. A secondary reason (remember this was the early 1960s) was to get into the atomic power field.
At that time, although there were civilian nuclear plants, I considered the Navy to be the best place to get the education and experi-
ence in this area.

The academy experience satisfied these expectations. The academic program prepared me for postgraduate work in nuclear engi-
neering, service aboard nuclear submarines, and a career in the oil and gas industry. Physically, the physical training program and
the opportunity to participate in airborne training took me to a level of physical fitness that I had not achieved before. It has also
carried me through later life, as I acquired the discipline (with a few slips) to maintain a healthy and fit lifestyle.
Summary
Upon graduation from the Naval Academy I accepted a Fulbright Scholarship to study nuclear engineering in West Germany
thereby incurring the wrath of Admiral Rickover during my interview for the navy nuclear propulsion program. After submarine
school and nuclear power and prototype schools, I reported to the USS Plunger (SSN595) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
On board the Plunger, I made two Westpac deployments and participated in an extended reactor refueling / subsafe overhaul at the
Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. The ship was then home-ported in San Diego for weekly ops. I resigned my
commission in 1974.
I began my career with Exxon in Los Angeles working on the production facilities for the Alaskan North Slope. Later I worked in
production engineering in New Orleans, LA. From 1979, I spent three years in London and four years in Stavanger, Norway, work-
ing on Exxons North Sea projects. In 1986 I moved to the international headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey. My final position
was in Houston, Texas, where from 1991 I helped develop and implement Exxons safety management system in response to the
Exxon Valdez incident.
After retiring in 2002, I got back into fly fishing, which I picked up in Norway, started hunting for upland game, turkey, and elk, and
we have continued our SCUBA diving and underwater video hobbies. My wife is an avid amateur underwater, nature, and wildlife
photographer. She has been recognized by several national organizations. In her role, and in conjunction with my fishing and our
SCUBA diving, we have traveled extensively in the US, to Africa, several European and Central and South American countries, and
to the Far East.
We have two children and two granddaughters. We live in Conroe, Texas, 50 miles north of Houston.
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Ronald R. Johnson
Service History:
1967-1969 USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), San Diego
1970-1972 USS Fox (CG-33), San Diego
1972 Defense Intelligence School
1972-1973 COMPHIBRON TWO Staff, Norfolk
1973 Destroyer School
1974-1976 USS W. S. Sims (FF-1059), Mayport
1976-1978 USS Canisteo (AO-99)
USNR: 1978-1979 Food Services Division (It was a pay billet so I took
it.), Little Creek
1980 Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity, Mayport
1980-1981 COMSERVRON EIGHT, Norfolk
1982-1985 COMPHIBGRU TWO, Norfolk
1985-1993 COMLOGGRU TWO, Norfolk
1993 Retired: Commander, USNR
78-02: Ford Motor Company: Truck Operations and Finance Staff Dear-
born, Michigan.
Academic Achievements
BS USNA
MBA, University of Michigan
Breast Insignia
Surface Warfare
Interesting, Unusual, Memorable Events

Life at sea: the midnight sun north of the Arctic Circle, the Southern
Cross in the South Pacific, dolphins in the bow wave, orcas passing alongside, storms at sea, returning home to family and so much
more. None of which will be in history books, but made the journey interesting and resulted in plenty of material for sea stories to
regale the grandchildren.
Wife, children and grandchildren

Mary Jane and I were married on June 8, 1967 in Saint Andrews Chapel. We have two children. A son who works in U.S. Customs
and Border Protection and a daughter who is a restaurant manager. Four grandchildren, three of whom are in college at Miami(OH),
Memphis, and Wright State.
Retired Life
Lots of unpaid work. Blue and Gold Officer, Kiwanis, County Genealogy Society, AARP Tax-Aid, Church Sunday School and
Council. Travel to see Navy football games and grandchildren.
Why did I attend?

I cannot remember the thought process that decided for USNA. My father was a LDO in Navy Air, so I grew up on or near Naval
Air Stations. It seemed like a natural thing to do.
Did the Naval Academy satisfy my expectations?

My expectations were that the Academy would prepare me for the Navy. I never imagined the transformation that resulted from the
Academy experiences. The bonus was all of the great people I met and can call shipmates and friends to this day.
Summary
Life changed in a hurry on graduation. The following day, Mary Jane and I were married in St. Andrews Chapel, and then we were
off to my first ship in San Diego. I was assigned to missile and gunnery billets in USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7). I then transferred
to USS Fox (CG-33), also out of San Diego, filling missile and ASW billets. We moved to Washington where I attended Defense
Intelligence School. Then on to Norfolk, homeport to COMPHIBGRU TWO staff where I was the Intelligence Officer. With a half-

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year detour at that Destroyer School, we moved to Mayport, FL, homeport of USS W.S. Sims (FF-1059) as Chief Engineer. Then it
was back to Norfolk where I was assigned as Operations Officer, USS Canisteo (AO-99). I then left active duty and became a prod-
uct engineer at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI. After receiving my MBA at Michigan, I moved to finance and ultimately
retired from Finance Staff at Fords World Headquarters. While at Ford I remained in the Naval Reserve and retired as a Commander
in 1993. After retiring from Ford in 2002, I moved to Clarksville in southwest Ohio. I continue to work with the Academy as a Blue
and Gold Officer. Mary Jane and I have two children and four grandchildren.
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Thomas P. (Tom) Lange
Coming from the northwest corner of Ohio with one year of ROTC and the University of
Toledo, Tom was fully prepared for the rigors of USNA. Toms roommate from first class
year, Ken Barausky, remembers him as a determined and driven individual who still had plenty
of time for good times and liberty. Tom did very well in academics and led the 13 th Company
to a number of Brigade Championships in Soccer and Fieldball. Tom went to the USS Lofberg
for one year following graduation and then reported to Flight Training in 1968. While in flight
training he and Ken were able to reconnect for a flight in a T-28 out of Whiting Field. It was a
day of memories.
At the time of his death on 7 August 1970, Tom was a student in VS-41 preparing to deploy to
VAL-4 based in Vietnam. He was survived by his widow, Wendy Dombroff Lange and his par-
ents.

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James McClendon
Jim McClendon came to Annapolis from LaGrange, Georgia, sporting a never-ending smile
and a southern accent as thick as overcooked hominy grits. He quickly established himself as
a 13th company favorite. He was progressing nicely towards his career goal of receiving a com-
mission in the Naval service when an unfortunate series of events resulted in his death on 15
October 1966.
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Douglass C. Ogden
Service History
7/67-8/69:. USS AULT (DD-698), Mayport, Fl.- WESTPAC, MED,
Caribbean cruises as Asst. Gunnery, DASH, Communica-
tions, and Operations Officer; Pre-Viet Nam training, Long
Beach and Coronado, CA,
8/69-11/69; INSHORE UNDERSEA WARFARE GROUP (IUWG),
WESTPAC DET, UNIT 3, Qui Nhon, RVN,
11/69-6/70 As Operations, then Executive Officer; Naval Advisory
Team 42, Qui Nhon as Senior Advisor to CO, VN Naval
Station, Qui Nhon, 6/70-6/71.
Left active duty in June, 1971.
Indiana University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1974. Entered on duty
as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in May,
1975. After completing New Agents Training in Quantico in 9/75, I
spent my career in Los Angeles, FBIHQ, and Columbus, Ohio, and I
retired in Sept. 1998.

Under Fire from NVA shore batteries, 7/67, thinking this isnt YP drills any more; just about anything in the FBI-highs included
recovering a kidnap victim alive, arresting an individual in LA who had robbed 64 banks, a drug traffic stop in Columbus and dis-
covering 14 Kilograms of cocaine, and preparations for the 1984 Olympic Games in LA. The low was having to tell the family of an
abducted girl in the Columbus area that we had found her body-THAT was tough!

Denise and I were married in April, 1978 after a blind date 6 months before. We have no children of our own, but since she was an
Elementary Educator, I felt like I had 25 new kids each year.
When I retired, we moved to Beaufort, SC and I worked in an Art Gallery for 12 years, certainly something I had never done before.
I play golf 4-5 times a week, and we enjoy the local life. I had a health scare several years ago when my heart went into Ventricular
Tachycardia. I am incredibly lucky that I survived the attack, and I take each day as it comes.
Most Vivid/Fondest Memories of USNA: I-Day, Uncle Charlie, Roger Staubach, Ring Dance, breakfasts-including chicken legs,
ice cream, and fried eggs for 4000, cannonballs, marching to breakfast First Class Year to the sound of Jim Heimer playing the bag-
pipes, The Animals We Gotta Get Out of this Place, graduation, and my classmates, ESPECIALLY my 13 th Company friends.
Humorous Memories of USNA:

Nothing memorable-I was just trying to get through.
Awards Received
Bronze Star w/Combat V, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorius Unit Commendation, National Defense
Service Medal, Viet Nam Service Medal, Viet Nam Campaign Medal with 4 stars, Republic of
Viet Nam Cross of Gallantry with palm, and the Expert Rifle Medal.
Law Degree (Doctor of Jurisprudence), Indiana University School of Law, 1974
Service/USNA Awards
See above-Bronze Star w/combat V.
My earliest memories of my father are of him in his Dress Whites as a Naval Aviator who flew in the Pacific during WWII (and sur-
vived it). He was not a USNA grad, but he took me to Annapolis in 1956 and I was hooked. Gaining or obtaining anything never

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entered my mind-I just wanted to a part of the experience.

Basically yes, but since I didnt make the Navy a career, its difficult to answer in terms of applying it careerwise. Everywhere I go,
people recognize the value of the USNA education and discipline, and I wouldnt trade the experience or the friendships for any-
thing.
Summary
After the first few years of active duty, I was beginning to think that this wasnt going to be a life-time commitment after all, and
when they were going to send me back to Viet Nam for the third time in five years, I got out. The FBI was a GREAT career and one
I would recommend to anyone because of the top-notch people and just the fun of being in the chase. Other than marrying Denise,
graduating from Annapolis is the greatest thing Ive ever done. Our Classmates are the best and most supportive group that anyone
could ever have.
Since graduation, I have fought in Viet Nam, graduated from Law School, served in the FBI for 24 years, and retired to the golf
course in Paradise. I have been married to the same incredible woman since 1978, and while experiencing some health issues (as we
all do at this age), I have thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Life is good.
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John Scalzo
After earning two engineering masters degrees at MIT, John was designated an Engineering Duty Officer.
Among many highlights in his career were tours on USS Shangri-La (CVS-38), the Repair Officer in USS
PIEDMONT (AD-17) and as the Project Officer for the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) Service Life Exten-
sion Program (SLEP) in Philadelphia, which came in on time and on budget.
Leaving the Navy in 1969, he worked for Booz, Allen and Hamilton for eight years. While at Booz, he
worked on the design concept for the Arsenal Ship project, transferring decommissioned ships to other coun-
tries and modernizing shipyards in Turkey and Colombia.
Retiring in 2004, he took to travel and volunteer work. He volunteered at Loudoun Hospital, provided trans-
portation to the elderly and, with the Red Cross, did extensive work on Hurricane Katrina recovery in New Or-
leans and Houston. A lifelong baseball fan, think Yankees, he attended baseball games in stadiums from the
east coast to the west. A very special trip for him was a trip to Italy tracing his familys roots. He learned
Italian before travelling and was able to meet many cousins. John was a good shipmate. John wrote a memoir
entitled, The Journey Was Its Own Reward, which was published in 2008, four years before his death on No-
vember 10, 2012 in Virginia. His wife Jackie passed away in 1990.
His two children, John David Scalzo of Louisiana and Jeffrey Scalzo of Virginia, three grandchildren and sis-
ters Bernadette Palang of New Jersey and Johanna May Palumbo of Maryland survive him. John was a good
shipmate and is greatly missed by his 13th company classmates.

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Mike Sherer
This synopsis of the last 50 years is intended to pique your interest enough to come visit! All ahead FLANK.
U.S.N.A.
Great times, terrific roommates, baseline professionalism, life altering.
Nuclear Submarine Force

Challenging, rewarding, fulfilling, and winning the Cold War was superb!
Family
My wife, Mary, and I have three children (one lawyer, two Marines). Mary and I met
on Waikiki Beach 43 years ago. We are planning our 50th anniversary back at Hale
Koa, at the same spot!
Retirement\
In 1990 (after 23 years in the Navy), we retired to the remote mountain village of Ste-
hekin, Washington. We raised our children, and we published/edited a newspaper. I
also constructed buildings, became a lawyer, a heavy equipment operator, and a suc-
cessful pro se attorney. In 1997 we moved down lake to Chelan for high school sup-
port. In Chelan; I became an excavation contractor, a developer, a farmer, a hotel
owner/developer/operator and a community advocate.
Current
We still farm 20 acres with apples, sheep and occasionally vegetables. We are develop-
ing and building a retreat center back up lake in the Stehekin community to serve 30
guests.
Mary, amazingly enough, puts up with most of my weird ideas and manages a career as a woman of words: that is, editing new
books, and producing an annual historical society publication, being a successful fundraiser, hostess for a Bible study, and she volun-
teers and serves on several boards in our community. She likes crafts and is extremely good at them as well. And I am a man of pri-
marily two words--yes dear!
Our children are all out on their own, pushing back the frontiers of excellence in their chosen specialties. We are blessed with seeing
them all on a regular basis, but there are no grandkids!
Mary and I are in reasonably good health. We try to swim regularly and eat right, and sometimes we succeed. I spend about half the
year in Stehekin working on the retreat center, and Mary tends to our flock of sheep and keeps the home fires burning. We have
Katahdin hair sheep that we raise for meat. We have a waiting list of customers to share the bounty at butchering time!
As you make your plans for the future, please keep us in mind for a visit if you find yourself in the great Northwest. We have a
guest cabin just for you.
Reflection is a big deal for me at this point. I thank God daily for all of you who have been a part of my life. You are all special to
me, and I thank you for your dedication to excellence, to your fellow man, and to your families. It has been pure joy to share some
life with you.
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Mike Singleton
After graduation, I spent a month as a Plebe Summer Company Officer at USNA before being
sent TAD to BuPers to work on a five-month submarine junior officer retention project. I cy-
cled through the nuclear power pipeline before reporting to USS Tautog (SSN- 639), in Pearl
Harbor in 1969. We made several successful and interesting Spec Ops runs in the Western Pa-
cific and Sea of Japan. I passed the Engineers Exam in March of 1971 and reported back to
USNA in May as a Company Officer. I took all the
prerequisite courses for medical school during that
tour. In May 74,
I went to the USS Nathaniel Greene (SSBN-636) as

Engineer Officer, but resigned my commission in
August of 1975 (as an LCDR) to attend medical
school at the University of Iowa as a civilian after
my request to attend medical school was denied.
Its complicated, but I was recommissioned as an

Ensign, MC, USNR, during my second year in
Medical School. After graduation in May of 1979, I completed an internship and residency in
anesthesiology at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda where I met and married my
wife, Nancy, a Navy ICU nurse, before going to the Naval Hospital in Millington, Tennessee as
head of the Anesthesia Department. In 1983 I resigned as a Commander, MC, USNR and
joined a private anesthesia practice in Memphis specializing in cardiac and neurosurgery. I had
a joint teaching appointment with the University of Tennessee Medical School and Anesthesia
Department and developed many of the anesthesia protocols for heart and liver transplants. I
moved back to Annapolis in 1989 to practice at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
After 36 years of marriage, Nancy and I are now Florida residents, but split our time between
Annapolis and New Smyrna Beach, Florida. We have six children and sixteen grandchildren
scattered all over the country.

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Ray Smith
Service History
Enlisted US Navy 1962; retired Dec. 2000
"Admiral Smiths 39 year Naval career began with him joining the
Navy as an enlisted man, however, within a year he had been
awarded an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy-Annapolis,
from which he graduated in 1967, and was commissioned an Ensign.
After serving two years on a destroyer, he volunteered to enter the
Navys elite special operations unit, the SEALS. Upon completing
this rigorous course, which had a then-failure rate of 80% due to
extreme physical and psychological requirements, he was deployed to
Vietnam where he led an Underwater Demolition Platoon in combat,
for which he received the Bronze Star and the Navy Commendation
Medal, both with the combat V (Valor).
Selected to attend the Navy Post Graduate School, Adm. Smith

graduated in 1974 with a M.S. degree in Physical Oceanography,
then served as operations Officer and Executive Officer of SEAL
Team 12, followed by an assignment in Washington as SEAL weap-
ons and diving systems Acquisition Manager. (NOTE: the classified
nature of SEAL Special Ops. precludes presenting details of many of
his assignments)
During his next assignment as Director of SEAL Training, Adm.

Smith led a staff of instructors which obtained a graduation rate of
55%, the highest in SEAL history. His next assignment, as a staff
officer at DOD, was in planning for Assist. Secty. Armitage and Sec-
ty. of Defense Weinberger, and involved numerous international
trips. Following Command and Chief of Staff positions, he was ap-
pointed Commander of 900 SEALS doing operations in both the mid-
dle east, and the Pacific region.
In Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he led 350 SEALS/support personnel which conducted 270 successful special opera-
tions combat missions, while incurring no fatalities, for which they were awarded the Navy Unit Commendation Medal.
Following his post as a strategic advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations, he was promoted to Admiral, and assigned as Com-
mander of all 5,000 SEALS and staff, for four years, the longest tenure at that position in Navy history.
Adm. Smith became the Director of Resources of U.S. Special Operations Command, then served as Deputy Command in Chief of
the Unified Special Ops. Command, leading 47,000 special Ops. forces from all service branches. His last active duty post was to
lead 100 systems analysts in a hard-analysis of the Navys $100 billion budget, which resulted in recommending potential budget
savings of over $36 billion to the CNO."
The previous copied from the website http://www.flagofficers.us
Principal Occupation Since Retiring

2001 Chief Operations Officer for Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral Los Angeles
Various Boards of Directors
Various Boards of Advisors
Public speaker (Leadership/Teambuilding) to corporations, colleges, state & federal govt. agencies, etc.
Adjunct researcher at Rand Corp (Santa Monica & Washington, DC)
Volunteer leadership instructor for LAPD and LAFD
Volunteer leadership instructor for graduating SEAL officers (2012 to present), a great number of whom are
USNA graduates.
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Unusual event
Being hired as the COO at the Cathedral!
Wife, Children, 8 grandchildren (our MAIN priority!)

Ive been married to my wife Kathy for 49 yrs. (8-12-67). She taught in Catholic elementary
schools for 25 years, and currently enjoys the retired life playing Bridge, reading, attending Book Club, Soroptimist organi-
zation, needlework, and MOST importantly, enjoying our 8 wonderful grandchildren!
Raymond III: San Diego Fire Captain; wife Kacey; 4 children
Nate: USNA 1991, Navy SEAL for 9 years, USNA Rugby Team Captain, & now general manager of international market-
ing and sales for Oakley Corp; wife Rachel; 2 children
Adam: Navy SEAL officer for 9 years; now an FBI Special Agent; wife Josi; 2 children
How I currently spend my time

Daily workout routine, reading, traveling with Kathy, and enjoying our grandchildrens games & activities.
Fondest/most vivid memories of USNA

Defeating Army in track!
Memories of my tenure as Captain of the Indoor Track Team
4 very large middiesroommates-- living in a very small roomalways looking for food!

My coach (Cantello) was also one of the instructors who evaluated each students
physical level. On the last pull-up test before graduation, Coach called me
forward to do the pull-ups. 16 pull-ups were a 4.0. I got to 15, and he yelled to me to
go for itso I did! Unfortunately, I didnt quite make it and rammed my front teeth
into the bar thus knocking out my 2 front teeth! One would think my being the track captain, Coach would give me the perfect score
anyway. But, not Coach Al.
Awards received
Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with 4 gold stars in lieu of subsequent
awards, Bronze Star with Combat V, Meritorious Service medal, and Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V & three
Gold Stars in lieu of subsequent awards,
United States Special Warfare Command Medal

Navy SEAL Trident insignia
Navy jump wings
Flag Pennant
US Navy O-8, 2 Stars
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending, and did the academy experience
satisfy your expectations?
Yes! The USNA experience more than satisfied my expectations. It allowed me a chance to grow up and get a great educa-
tion. I was blessed with the opportunity to experience the values of leadership and discipline at USNA. Shortly after my first tour, I
was also imbued with those same values of leadership and discipline drilled into me by the Navy SEAL instructors!
Summary
I enlisted in the Navy in January 1962. While attending Electronic Technical A School, I was selected to NAPS where I was
awarded an appointment to USNA. Upon graduation, I was sent to the USS Floyd B Parks (DD-884). While serving on the Parks, I
volunteered for BUDS (SEAL) training, graduating in 1970. I served in Vietnam as a Platoon Commander after which I was sent to
the US Naval Postgraduate School, earning a MS degree in Physical Oceanography.
In 1976, I served as Executive Officer of Underwater Demolition Team 12. After serving as Program Manager of the SEAL Weap-

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ons Program in Washington, DC, I was assigned as Director of SEAL Training, a truly unforgettable 2 years! Following that, I
served in Washington as Military Assistant to no other than Rach Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense.
In 1985, I assumed command of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, followed in 1987 by taking the position of Chief of Staff to the
Naval Special Warfare Command. In 1989 I was assumed command of Naval Special Warfare Group One, which managed the 700
SEALs assigned to the Pacific and Middle East.
A year later, Group One was selected to deploy to Saudi Arabia with 310 SEALs and support personnel. During operations in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm, the Team conducted over 276 successful combat missions incurring no fatalities. Between 1991-92, I
served on the CNOs Strategic Studies Group in Newport, RI, working on the strategic vision of the SEALs. Between 1992 and
1996, I commanded the Navys 2300 Special and Supporting Forces. In 1996, I was assigned as Deputy Commander of the US Spe-
cial Operations Command in Tampa, FL. In 1998, I returned to Washington, DC, to serve as the Director of Assessment on the OP-
NAV Staff (known as the Black Hat!)
In 2000, I hung up my uniforms after 39 years (31 as a SEAL) in the great US Navy. Since that time I have served on a number of
boards and advisory councils
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David John (Bear) Tate

SERVICE HISTORY
1962-1963: Boot camp great Lakes, NAPS
1963-1967: USNA
July 1967-December 1967: USNA assistant plebe football coach
1968-August 1969: San Diego, division officer (EMO) on USS Bradley DE-
1041
September 1969-August 1970: Supply Corps officer school, Athens, Ga.
September 1970-July 1972: Supply officer USS Plymouth Rock LSD-29. Little
Creek, Va
August 1972-August 1973: COMNAVAIRLANT A7E weapons systems sup-
port officer
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
1973-1976: Sales representative in Philadelphia for The Service Bureau Com-
pany. A division of Control Data Corporation.
1976-1977: Marketing manager
1977-1979: Branch Manager, SBCs Washington office
1980-2011: East Manufacturing Corporation. An industry leading Truck
Trailer Manufacturer. Started as Director of Marketing; Served as president for
last 12 years prior to retirement.
INTERESTING,UNUSUAL, OR MEMORABLE LIFE EVENTS

I have nothing but positive memories of my 6 years in the Navy, from both a
professional and personal
growth point of view. I have been blessed with a great family, great friends,
and with having a rewarding job.
INFORMATION ON WIFE, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

Sandy and I were high school sweethearts. We got married at the Naval Academy on graduation day. We have been blessed with
four sons and seventeen grandchildren. David, USAFA 92, has five children and lives in Waxhaw NC. Matthew, USNA 94, has
five children and lives in St. Charles, Ill. Russ, USNA 98, has four children and lives in Columbus, Ohio. Twin brother Steven, Vir-
ginia Tech 98, has three children and lives in Milton, GA.
RETIRED LIFE AND HOW I SPEND MY TIME

I have truly enjoyed retired life. After nearly five years of being retired, Im still getting used to the idea that every day is a Satur-
day. Sandy and I do a lot of traveling, which of course includes several visits to see the grandkids. Im involved with several volun-
teer activities which range from church organizations, to mentoring out of work professionals in their job search, to being a Naval
Academy Blue/Gold officer. I also enjoy exercising most days of the week ,reading, and playing not so good golf 3-4 times a week.
MOST VIVID MEMORIES OF USNA

--The many laughs, fun experiences, and lessons learned from having three great roommates: Don Downing, Mike Sherer, and Ray
Smith.
--Restricting most of third class June Week . The OOD fried me just as I sat down in the car to greet my date. My offense was
riding in a car.
--Restricting the last eight weeks of our senior year.
--Standing up through most of my classes to stay awake.
--As a plebe, doing everything possible to evade Midshipman 1/c Fred Fagan, who struck fear in the hearts of the plebes just with his
scowl.
HUMOROUS MEMORIES OF USNA

--There are several I could mention, but I do not want to tarnish the images of some very successful classmates, who engaged in what
could now be called immature moments while at the academy.
--One noteworthy event that seemed a lot funnier at the time was the following:
In the winter of our first class year, our roomie Ray Smith was bored, so he went around to the company plebes challenging them to

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break into our room, saying that Don, Mike, Ray and myself would be able to hold them off. The plebes came in waves, and we were
able to hold them off for about 30 minutes, laughing, screaming, and yelling the whole time. We all were able to escape with only
minor injuries.
WHY DID YOU ELECT TO ATTEND THE ACADEMY, AND WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO GAIN?
When I learned that I had the opportunity to attend the Naval Academy via NAPS, I realized that I would be tremendously chal-
lenged academically, and knowing I was immature, that the discipline would be a challenge as well. Other than the above two
thoughts, I had no idea to what I was committing.
DID THE ACADEMY EXPERIENCE SATISFY YOUR EXPECTATIONS?

The academy experience greatly exceeded my expectations. The institution, its leaders, my classmates, and close academy friends all
provided me with a foundation of knowledge and experiences that gave me confidence to be a positive contributor for any future
endeavors, whether as a Naval Officer or as a civilian.
Summary
After graduation, I stayed at the academy for six months as an assistant coach for the plebe football team. I then went to San Diego
as a division officer on the USS Bradley, DE-1041. Near the end of my tour I applied for a change of designator to Supply Corps.
After nearly a year of Supply Corps school, I was assigned to the Plymouth Rock LSD-29 as its supply officer. For My last year in
the Navy I served on the COMNAVAIRLANT staff.
From 1973 to 1979 I worked for The Service Bureau Company, a division of what was then called Control Data Corporation. I was
the Washington D.C. branch manager, when in late 1979 I received an offer to help grow a small family owned business that manu-
factured highway trailers. The opportunity was a big change from my previous business experience, but it provided me a chance for
personal growth, as well allowing our family to establish roots without making more moves. So we moved to North Canton, Ohio in
early 1980. I subsequently worked for East Manufacturing Corporation for 32 years, during which time we were able to grow the
business tenfold. I retired at the end of 2011 after serving the previous 12 years as the companys president.
I have been retired for nearly five years, and have managed to stay very busy. A combination of volunteer activities, travel, reading,
exercise, playing golf, and visiting grandkids have made retirement a joyful experience.
I have been blessed with a fantastic wife of 49+ years, four successful sons ,four lovely daughter-in-laws, and 17 beautiful grand-
children. Life is Good!
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William E. (Pete) Thompson
September 21, 1944-April 3, 2016
Service History
1963-1967 USNA 13th Company
1968 Flight Training, Pensacola Fl., Meridian Miss.
1969 Upon being awarded "Wings of Gold" Pete selected fighters and was assigned to Fighter Squadron 114, NAS Miramar, San
Diego, CA. He flew the F-4J and F-14
Served two tours with Carrier Air Group 11 in Vietnam aboard aircraft carrier
USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63).
Established perfect safety record earning Fighter Squadron 114, Pacific Fleet Battle Efficiency Award.
1972-Separated from Naval service and relocated to CA in the mid 1970's.
Sales/Management for Digital Equipment Corp., Xero and Oce.
Wife, Children and Grandchildren

Sue and Pete were married in 1980.
Pete had two grown children and three grandchildren.
Retirement was too short, spent on a citrus grove in Valley Center, CA. Along with functioning as Sue's technical support for her
educational sales/consulting business, he restored a 30' Newport Mark 111 sailboat, wooden ship model building, Navy League
meetings in Borrego Springs, monthly "Summer" meetings with classmates and volunteering for Meals on Wheels.
Service/USNA Awards
1 single mission Air Medal
18 Strike/Flight Air Medals
Navy Commendation Medal with combat V and gold star
National Defense Medal Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal Navy Expert Pistol Medal

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Remembrance
Dr. Mike Singleton, Pete's roommate of four years, plus Plebe summer and best friend for fifty years recalls many wonderful memo-
ries, especially his envy of Pete's military bearing and how sharp he always looked. 'He could literally sleep in his uniform (didn't
matter which one) roll out of the rack a couple of minutes before formation, brush his teeth, straighten his uniform and look like the
guy in the USNA recruiting poster. Pete is remembered by his classmates and shipmates as a soft-spoken, warm hearted man who
was also a thoroughly professional Naval Officer and aviator.
Pete was preceded in death by his sister, Sherry Smith, and is survived by his beloved wife Sue, Sister Rosemary Dann, brother
Danny Thompson and their respective families.
Memorial biography
Born in Savannah, GA, Pete grew up in Freeport, TX and graduated from Brazosport High School in 1963. He received a congres-
sional appointment to the Naval Academy where he was a member of the 13 th company. Following graduation he reported to Pensa-
cola for flight training and received his wings in 1968. He was assigned to VF-114 based in Miramar, CA flying the F-4J Phantom,
the finest fighter aircraft in the Navy. He served two tours with Carrier Air Group 11 in Vietnam aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-
63). He earned nine Air Medals and the Navy Commendation Medal with combat V.
He left the Navy in 1972 and entered graduate school at UCLA where he met his wife, Susan. Following graduation with an MBA,
Pete embarked on a career in the field of sales/management, working for companies including Digital, Xerox and Oce (a Canon
Company).
Bill never lost his love of flying and maintained his civilian FAA pilots license after leaving the Navy. He joined the International
Aerobatic Club, where he competed and volunteered his time as a judge in both Orange and San Diego county.
He spent his retirement years on a citrus grove in Valley Center, CA. Along with providing Sue technical support for her educational
sales/consulting business, he restored a 30 foot Newport Mark 111 sailboat, enjoyed building wooden model ships and monthly
Navy League meetings in Borrego Springs. He spent many of his free hours improving his guitar and piano skills and found his time
spent volunteering for Meals on Wheels especially rewarding.
Pete is survived by his wife, Sue and children Monica and Ben from a previous marriage.
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Edward J. Brennan
Service History
1963 67: USNA (14th Company)
1967 69: USS Walke DD723 ASW Officer. Ship served in 1 st and 7th Fleets
1969 70: Concurrent assignments as Intelligence Advisor, NAG Danang and Intelli-
gence
Officer Task Force Clearwater, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Provinces
1970 - 71 Executive Officer, AFEES, Philadelphia, PA
1971 - 72 USNR Resigned from Naval Service
Employed in NYC as Sales Engineer in the Marine Lubricant Department of Mobil Oil
Corp. In 1975 I was transferred by Mobil to New Orleans as Senior Sales Engineer. In
1990 I moved to Houston and I switched industries to structural fiberglass and have
been employed by various companies in Houston and its suburbs since. I retired from
Delta Composites LLC in Spring, TX, in 2014

Business travel has taken me to China where I took an opportunity to walk on the Great
Wall. Notable vacation travels have been to various Mediterranean countries and re-
cently to Ireland where I attended the Navy Notre Dame football game in Dublin

Barbara and I were married in August 1967 on the Long Beach, CA, Naval Station. We
have three daughters. 1.) Elizabeth graduated from the University of Southwestern
Louisiana (now Louisiana Lafayette) and is employed by Macys Department Stores in Houston. 2.) Allison (Peter Lamporte)
graduated from Memphis State University (now U.of Memphis) and she is a stay at home mom in Wilmington, NC. 3) Megan (Ted
Owen) graduated from the University of Mississippi where she received both bachelor and master degrees and is a stay at home mom
living in Houston, TX. During the recent collapse of the Libyan government, Megan and Ted made a last day escape from that coun-
try.
Since retirement I have worked part time in the fiberglass industry here in Houston. Barbara retired this year from Unum Insurance
Company. We expect to remain here in the Houston area.

Plebe year (63-64) as a member of the old Terrible Tenth company.
Living on the 4th deck of the 7th wing with the somewhat exotic (for USNA) lifestyle that went with being pretty well isolated.
Strawberries and ice cream for breakfast
June Week of 1st class year.

Closing windows from the outside during plebe window closing detail.
Service Awards
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Navy Commendation Medal with combat V
Uniform Device
Naval Surface Warfare Device
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "obtain from attending?
While my father had been an Army Officer during WWII, my uncle was a career Naval officer and I spent many summer vacations
visiting my aunt and uncle on various naval Bases. I fell in love with the Navy, and since I had grown up on Long Island I had been
exposed to the ocean on a continuing basis.
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My expectations were more than met by attending Annapolis. Graduation from an esteemed academic institution with an engineer-
ing degree, commissioned as a regular officer, and given the opportunity to serve my country in time of war has been truly important
to me and something of which I remain very proud
Summary
After his graduation, Ed was assigned to USS Walke DD723 as ASW Officer and operated in the 1 st and 7th Fleet areas of responsi-
bility. He was then assigned concurrent assignments as Intelligence Advisor, NAG Danang and Intelligence Officer Task Force
Clearwater, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Provinces. Following a tour as Executive Officer, AFEES, Philadelphia, PA, Ed left the ser-
vice in 1972.
In his civilian career, Ed was an employee of Marine Lubricant Department of Mobil Oil Corp in New York City as Sales Engineer.
In 1975, he was transferred by Mobil to New Orleans as Senior Sales Engineer. By 1990, Ed had moved to Houston and switched
industries to structural fiberglass, where he was employed by various companies in Houston and its suburbs until he retired. He re-
tired from Delta Composites LLC in Spring, TX, in 2014.
Ed married his wife Barbara in August 1967 on the Long Beach, CA, Naval Station. They have three daughters who all graduated
from college. Elizabeth is employed by Macys Department Stores and lives in Houston. Allison and her husband Peter live in Wil-
mington, NC. Megan and husband Ted also live in Houston. During the recent collapse of the Libyan government Megan and Ted
made a last day escape from that country.
Since retirement, Ed has worked part time in the fiberglass industry in Houston. Barbara retired in 2015 from Unum insurance com-
pany. They expect to remain in the Houston area.
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Patrick J. (Pat) Brown
Pat Brown was born in Anchorage, AK on 10 June 1945 and graduated from high school in Camus,
WA. After graduating from the Academy, he successfully completed Nuclear Power School, serving
with distinction aboard PUFFER (SSN-652), HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625), and SCULPIN (SSN-590).
He received his masters degree in oceanography from the Navy Post-Graduate School in 1973.
After leaving the Navy, Pat served as a consulting engineer and director of new business development
with Tenera, LP. Later he was founding partner of Comex Corporation, a Washington state-based con-
sulting firm, and with his wife Lori, started Entek Solutions, lnc, an engineering and technical consult-
ing firm that provided a variety of contractual environmental, health, and safety services to the Federal
Government and the state of Alaska.
Pat was instrumental in bringing USS BLUEBACK (SS-581) to Portland and to its birth at the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry on the Willamette River. He was also active in the Portland Chapter
of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and in the counseling of young men and women seeking
an appointment to the Naval Academy.
Pat Brown was struck and killed by a drunk driver on 3 August 1996. At the time, Commander
Brown was serving as engineering duty officer with the Naval Reserve. He is survived by his wife,
Lori Brown and two children, a daughter Reagan and a son Chad.
Pat Brown had a unique and boundless zest for life that infected those who were privileged to know
him. He was a man of immense kindness, love, and compassion. Things seemed to go better when Pat
Brown was around; he made us feel better about ourselves, and we all laughed a lot more when he
was there. He was simply that kind of a guy, and everyone liked to be near him.
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James E. (Jim) Christensen Jr.
Jim died January 27, 2012. Jim was a devoted and loving son, husband, father and especially dedicated Pop
Pop to his grandchildren. He was passionate about cars, golf, the New York Yankees, USNA and his coun-
try. He had a great sense of humor and will be sadly missed by many as he never met a stranger.
Jim was a 1967 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, where he received a Bachelor of Science De-
gree in Engineering before serving in the Air Force. He later earned a Master of Science Degree in Systems
Management from the University of Southern California. During his military career, Jim served as a United
States Air Force Counterintelligence Officer, and as a Special Agent in the Office of Special Investigations.
After his resignation from the Air Force he was employed by Electronics Data Systems, then Booz Allen Ham-
ilton, and later founded a consulting firm, Capital Systems Resources, Inc.
He is survived by his mother, Sylvia Christensen of Arlington; his wife of 42 years, Vicki; his son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Buddy and Jody Christensen, and grandsons Cole, Blake and Tyler of Vienna; VA., his daughter
and son-in-law, Aline and Eric Major, and grandchildren Ryan, Bryce and Lauren of Tampa, FL; his brothers
John Christensen, USNA 74 and family of Hollywood, MD, and Thomas Christensen, USAFA , 71 and fam-
ily of Davenport, Iowa. He also left behind his beloved dog Ozzie.
Memorial services were held at the United States Naval Academy Chapel and he was inurned at the Naval
Academy Columbarium.
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Roy Clymer
Less than two months after graduation, I was deployed to WestPac as Assistant CIC Officer
aboard the USS James E. Kyes (DD787) out of Los Angeles. Upon return I attended ASW Of-
ficer School in San Diego, where I was first in the class, just barely beating my classmate and
14th company mate Ed Brennan. Midway through my
second WestPac tour, I got orders sending me to RivDiv
594 in Viet Nam as Executive Officer. I completed the
obligated service as a Cargo Officer at NWS Concord.
After a while, I returned to graduate school in Physics at
the University of Maryland for two semesters before
changing course again and obtaining a Masters in Social
Work. That was soon followed by a Ph.D. in Medical
Psychology from the Uniformed Services University of
Health Sciences.
As a psychologist, I worked in both the private and pub-

lic sectors doing first research and then clinical work.
Jobs included six years in corrections running the Mary-
land Dept. of Corrections inpatient mental health units.
I then spent 13 years at WRAMC where I directed and
provided services in a three week Specialized Care Program for veterans returning from
southwest Asia with unexplained medical symptoms (Gulf War Syndrome) and/or PTSD. Im
mostly retired now with a private practice in Austin, TX.
I married my wife Phyllis in 1981, and we had our only child, Eric, in 1983. For my 70th
birthday, Eric and I hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back, spending the night at
Phantom Ranch.
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Dennis Costello
Service History
1967 69: USS Forrest Sherman DD-931, Newport
1969 71: USS Skill (MSO-471), Charleston
Obtained my MBA from Harvard Business School in 1973 and spent the
next 25 years with both large and small corporations in the pharmaceuti-
cal and medical device industries in marketing and general management
positions in Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, and Greenville SC. In
1997 I joined a Venture Capital firm in Cincinnati where I identified and
invested in start-up and early stage companies within those industries,
and in 2003 I co-founded Triathlon Medical Ventures where I am cur-
rently Managing Partner following a similar investment strategy.

I met Joan in Chicago where we were married in 1976. Before our chil-
dren came, she was a clinical social worker and has been in residential
real estate since they left the nest. We have two children, Caitlin and
Brian. As of the summer of 2015, Caitlin is the Special Assistant for
Middle East Affairs to the Vice President having spent the least ten
years in various policy positions at DOD and the NSC. Brian is in video
and media production in Cincinnati. No grandchildren as yet
time?
Not yet fully retired but am working my way out of my job as we wind
down the most current fund at Triathlon. Nice way to transition. Spend
my free time on the golf course, reading, and traveling

Losing three roomates plebe summer
Being in Plebe Skinny when told of Kennedy assassination
Realizing how bright and talented the whole Brigade was
Plebe Cruise summer of 64
Pensacola Flight Program summer of 65

Plebe Year in the Terrible Tenth
Kamikaze Mouse
Prestige and the chance to fly jets all around the world.

My eyes did not allow me to fly (thank goodness) so that specific goal was not met, but as I get older the more I realize how much of
me and who I am was developed during those four years. Things like honor, team, and loyalty were mostly buzz words to me at
USNA then and somewhat taken as a given because you were continually around it, but as I have spent so many years away from
that culture, I realize how rare and unique such qualities are outside the walls, and what those four years built my character. In short,
my four years at the Academy did provide me the prestige I was looking for but it is an inner prestige of knowing what it developed
within me and what I am lucky enough to have been part of.
Summary
After graduation I reported to the USS Forrest Sherman (DD931) in Newport where I spent the next two and a half years as CIC Of-
ficer and then Fire Control Officer. I then moved on to the USS Skill (MSO495) in Charleston as Executive Officer and then Com-
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manding Officer before resigning in July 1971.
In 1973 I received my MBA from the Harvard Business School and moved to Chicago to join a small management consulting firm
that began a forty year career in the pharmaceutical/medical device sector. After consulting for two years, I moved into the industry
side and spent the next 22 years working for large and small corporations in Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, and Greenville SC
in marketing and general management positions. In 1976 I decided to cross over to the investor side and we moved to Cincinnati
where I joined a venture capital fund that invested in start-up and early stage opportunities within that same sector. In 2003 I co-
founded a new fund, Triathlon Medical Ventures, where I am currently Managing Partner and in the middle of working my way out
of a job.
I met my wife Joan in Chicago where we were married in 1976 and where our two children, Caitlin and Brian, were born. Joan has
been selling real estate since we became empty nesters after a career in clinical social work. Brian works in video and media produc-
tion in Cincinnati, and Caitlin lives with he husband in DC where she is currently the Special Advisor for Middle East Affairs for the
Vice President after having spent the last ten years in various policy positions at DOD and the NSC.
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Ritchie W Gouk
Service History
1962 63: US Naval Reserve Training Center, Camden, NJ
1967 67: USNA YP Navigation Officer [summer after graduation]
1967 69: Naval Aviation Training Command, Various locations, re-
ceived wings 03/69
1969 -71: VT-23 SERGRAD instructor, NAS Kingsville, TX
1971 - 72: VA-122 A7E Replacement Air Training, NAS Lemoore, CA
1972 -74: VA-147, NAS Lemoore, CA, [USS Constellation] A7E Pilot
1974 -76: VA-127, NAS Lemoore, CA, A4 Replacement Pilot Instruc-
tor, and Air Combat Maneuvering Instructor
1977: Transferred to Naval Reserve
1977-92: VA-305/VTU-7676 NAS Point Mugu, CA, A7A/A7B Aug-
mentation Pilot, NAS Whidbey Island, WA, Augmentation
to Admirals Staff
1992: Retired from USNR with rank of Commander
Left active duty in 1976 to make my fortune as a civilian flight in-
structor. Marriage later that year caused me to seek a career with Hon-
eywell in Los Angeles, CA, in sales. In 1980, transferred to Seattle, WA, as sales manager then moved on to Simplex Time Re-
corder in 1983 as branch manager. Could not stand being away from airplanes, sought a job with Boeing Seattle, WA, in 1988 where
I instructed airline pilots in ground school in the 747-300/747-400, 777-200/777-300. Also wrote flight operations manuals, flight
attendant manuals, as well as computer-based training for these aircraft. Helped introduce 777 and 747-8 airplanes into the Boeing
flight operations manuals.

Boeing allowed me to travel overseas for training on a couple of occasions and returning from Kuala Lumpur and shirt sleeves to 2
of snow in Seattle and no coat. Going with my wife to pick-up her Volvo in Sweden and then traveling in Spain for 2 weeks.
Coaching a winning state high school championship boys soccer team. Watching and coaching our boys grow up playing soccer.

I married Gaye in 1976 and we have three boys. Ritchie, our eldest, served 8 years in the USN as an engineer [snipe] and now lives
in Oceanside, CA, with his wife Donna and two children, Ellie and Eli. Nathaniel, his wife Ally and daughter live in Lake Wilder-
ness, WA, were he is a city planner. Robbie, our youngest, graduated from Cal State Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA, where he coaches
several boys/girls school/club soccer teams and at a local community college. He recently married his college sweetheart.
I retired from coaching high school boys and girls in 2011. Later I retired from Boeing in mid-2012. Since that time I have been
diligently working on my Honey-do list while waiting for Gaye to retire. She retired in 2013 and we have been able to do some
travel with our trailer here in the western US. Currently we are in the process of selling our home of 35 years and building a new
home west of Spokane.

Seeing 1 full Army-Navy game plus a total of about 15 minutes in the remaining 3 years due to soccer
Playing 4 great years with the Navy soccer team and winning a NCAA Championship
Learning of the Presidents assassination
Come-arounds with Little Chuck Krulak
Walking to class in a full leg cast
Enjoying the spring walk to class first class year after spending the previous spring in the hospital
Graduation [oh yeah!]

Plebe winter snowball fights on the 4th deck of the 7th wing and the ensuing flood
Painting Chuck Krulaks sword with the idea that it would be several days before he had to use it at formation ended up being the
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next day go figure
Shooting paper darts across the H
Watching, errr, rather listening to the Don Waids pipe chase clean out [the OOD was supposed to be checking such things] and his
being left in the 4th deck chase as we ran.
Making and selling hot dogs with Ed Brennan
Graduated!
Athletic
Soccer Plebe [1] and Varsity [3], Lacrosse Plebe [1], JV [2], and Varsity [1]
Uniform Device
Naval Aviator Wings
I remember watching the TV show West Point and had decided that I wanted to go there. After attending the Army-Navy game my
sophomore year, I decided that I didnt like Army and wanted to go to USNA. After that it was hard word to get appointed [reserve,
bird-dog, congressional, 2 sports]. Fortunately, I took the reserve and left appointments for 3 other high school friends [Gary Bas-
tian, Al Davey and Ron Holcombe].

In a word YES. Graduation with an engineering degree, commissioning as a regular officer and given the opportunity to fly air-
planes for the service was all that I hoped for. That I was able to fly for 10+ years of my service and later leveraging my engineering
degree into a 22+ year career with Boeing in flight training was a great.
Summary
I had decided I wanted to go to Navy in my high school sophomore year. Graduation with an engineering degree, commissioning as
a regular officer, and given the opportunity to fly airplanes for the service was all that I had hoped for. I flew 10 years in the Navy
and later leveraged my engineering degree into a 22 year career in flight training with Boeing.
I left active duty in 1976 to make my fortune as a civilian flight instructor. Marriage later that year caused me to seek a career in
sales with Honeywell in Los Angeles, CA. In 1980, I transferred to Seattle, WA. Not being able stay away from airplanes, I found a
job with Boeing in 1988, where I instructed airline pilots in ground school, wrote flight manuals and computer-based training for 747
and 777 aircraft. I retired from Boeing in mid-2012.
In addition to flying, soccer has been a vocation ever since the Academy where I played four years on the Navy soccer team, winning
an NCAA Championship. I retired from coaching high school boys and girls in 2011. My resume includes coaching our boys from U
-5 to U18, and coaching a boys high soccer team to a state high school championship.
I married Gaye in 1976 and we had three boys. Ritchie, our eldest, served 8 years in the USN as an engineer and now lives in Ocean-
side, CA, with his wife Donna and two children. Nathaniel, his wife Ally and daughter live in Lake Wilderness, WA, were he is a
city planner. Robbie, our youngest, recently married his college sweetheart, Brianna, lives in Bakersfield, CA, and coaches several
boys/girls school/club soccer teams and at a local community college. Gaye retired in 2013, and we have been able to do some trav-
eling with our trailer and are building a new home west of Spokane.
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Kenneth A. (Ken) Hall
After graduation I went to the USS Norris a FRAM II destroyer as First Lt. and Gunnery Offi-
cer. It had just returned from Vietnam and was being refurbished at the Boston Naval Shipyard
before deployment to the Mediterranean. My next assignment was as Navigator on USS Coro-
nado, an LPD. After successfully keeping the ship off the rocks and generally getting where we
needed to go, I opted for shore duty. As Maintenance Officer for Naval Inshore Warfare Com-
mand Atlantic, I was responsible for setting up maintenance shops for all the Special Warfare
commands returning from Vietnam. My final tour was as operations officer at AUTEC, the in-
strumented test range on Andros Island in the Bahamas.
When I left the Navy I continued in the facility maintenance area working for Tracor, Inc. as a
government contractor tasked with developing a total of 21 Shore Intermediate Maintenance
Activities at Navy bases across the country. After 14 years, I felt called to seminary in Pensa-
cola, Florida. At the same time, I found my tentmaking skills in facility maintenance applied
perfectly to the field of home inspection where I have been working for the past 23 years.
My wife Midi and I have two boys and five grandkids. Well be celebrating our 50th wedding
anniversary in 2017. Midi is a licensed mental health counselor specializing in helping chil-
dren. We have settled in Punta Gorda, FL and enjoy church activities and sailing.
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Calvin Huey
Service History
Following graduation from the Academy in 1967 and receiving his commission, Ensign Huey served on the USS Perry (DD844) as
an engineer. In 1970, he was transferred to in-country Vietnam as a Cambodian Intelligence Analyst, serving two tours in Vietnam.
After completing his military obligation and obtaining the rank of Lieutenant, he resigned his commission to pursue a doctorate de-
gree from the University of Maryland.
After receiving his doctorate in 1976, Dr. Huey joined IBM as a
system engineer. His specialties include an array of technologies
such as Database, Migration, Software Reuse, NMR, FTIR, ESR
UNIX, ADA, Application Development and GSA software esti-
mation. He was also employed as a Hazardous Substance Consult-
ant for the State of Maryland. Dr. Huey retired in 1997.

Born in Sartinsville, Mississippi, Calvin Huey moved with his
family to Carver Village in Pascagoula, Mississippi at an early
age. His early education was completed at St. Peters Catholic
School and Skip Elementary School.
Calvin Huey attended Antioch Baptist Church where he served as

Assistant Superintendent of Sunday School. He also traveled ex-
tensively along the Gulf Coast as lead singer in the gospel group,
Voices of Harmony. Additionally he played the trumpet in a rock
and roll band, The Romancers.
Following high school graduation, he participated in the National Science Foundation Program at Tuskegee Institute with the inten-
tion of attending that institutions 5 year work/study program while playing sports. However, after completing the science summer
program, he decided to attend Oakland City College in California with his best friend, Alton Pickett.
Due to his academic and athletic performances, he received an appointment to attend the United States Naval Academy in 1963 from
Congressman Jeffrey Chelan.
While studying for his doctorate at the University of Maryland in 1976, he also taught chemistry as an Associate Professor at Navy
and coached the Academy 150 pound football team.

Dr. Huey resides in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife, Deborah and son Callen.
Following retirement in 1997, Dr. Huey remained active in the Annapolis community. He helped to co-found OIC, a job training
program for adults; coached boys age 7-10 in baseball and basketball for the Peninsula Athletic Association; and is a member of the
Board of Directors for the Annapolis Boys and Girls Club. Currently, he serves as a Trustee at First Baptist church.
As a rising high school senior, Dr. Huey attended Knoxville College, a summer program sponsored by the National Science Founda-
tion for students demonstrating exceptional aptitude in the field of science. He was the top prize winner in chemistry.
Calvin was valedictorian of his high school senior class.
Calvin earned a doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Maryland in 1976.
Athletic
While attending Pascagoula Negro Carver High School, Dr. Huey honed his athletic skills playing quarterback and defensive back in
football and as a guard, forward and center in basketball. He also served as captain of both teams. Calvin earned All Gulf Coast
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Conference honors in football for 2 years.
Following high school, Calvin attended Oakland City Jr. College where he played quarterback and earned All California Jr. College
honors.
He lettered in football as a wide receiver at Navy from 1963-1964. While at the Naval Academy, he earned the distinction of becom-
ing the first African American athlete to play varsity football. Additionally, he was the first black athlete to play on Georgia Techs
Bobby Dodd field in Atlanta.
Summary
)Born in Sartinsville, Mississippi, Calvin Huey moved with his family to Pascagoula, Mississippi at an early age. He was a two sport
letterman at Carver High (CHS) from 1958-1961, playing basketball and football, serving as captain in both sports his senior year.
Following high school, Calvin attended Oakland City Jr. College where he played quarterback and earned All California Jr. College
honors.
Calvin earned his appointment to the Naval Academy in 1963. He lettered as a wide receiver at Navy his 1 st two years and became
the first African American to play varsity football at a service academy and was the first black athlete to play on Georgia Techs
Bobby Dodd field in Atlanta.
Following graduation and commissioning from Navy in 1967, Ensign Huey served as engineer on USS Perry (DD844). In 1970, he
was transferred to in-country Vietnam as a Cambodian Intelligence Analyst, serving two tours of duty in Vietnam in Naval Intelli-
gence.
After completing his military obligation as a Lieutenant, he resigned his commission to earn a doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry from
the University of Maryland in 1976 while simultaneously teaching chemistry as an Associate Professor and coaching the 150 pound
football team at the Academy.
Calvin was employed as a Hazardous Substance Consultant for the State of Maryland. He later worked at IBM as a systems engineer,
retiring in 1997.
Following retirement in 1997, Dr. Huey remained active in the Annapolis community. He helped to co- found OIC, a job training
program for adults; coached boys age 7-10 in baseball and basketball for the Peninsula Athletic Association; and is a member of the
Board of Directors for the Annapolis Boys and Girls Club. Currently, he serves as a Trustee at First Baptist church. He resides in
Annapolis, Maryland with his wife, Deborah and son Callen.
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William Idsinga
Service History:
1967 69: USS Lowry (DD-770); Norfolk, VA; Main Propulsion Assis-
tant
1969-71: USS Marathon (PG-89); San Diego, CA, Guam; Executive
Officer
1971-72: US Naval Academy; Annapolis, MD; Seamanship and Tactics
Instructor
1972-75: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA;
Graduate Student
1975: Designated Engineering Duty Officer.
1975-78: Norfolk Naval Shipyard; Portsmouth, VA; Ship Superinten-
dent
1978-79: USS Shenandoah (AD-26); Norfolk, VA; Repair Officer
1980-83: Staff Commander Naval Surface Force Atlantic; Norfolk, VA;
Type Desk Officer, Intermediate Maintenance Officer
1983-86: Board of Inspection and Survey; Washington, DC; Hull Mem-
ber
1986-89: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; Philadelphia, PA; Repair Offi-
cer, Production Officer
1989-92: Staff Commander Naval Surface Group Western Pacific; Subic
Bay, RP; Assistant Chief of Staff Maintenance
1992-95: US Naval Ship Repair Facility; Yokosuka, Japan; Commanding Officer
1995-97: Pacific Northwest Regional Maintenance Center; Bremerton, WA; Director
1997: Retired from US Navy with rank of Captain
After graduate school I converted to EDO. Eventually I became very intimate with the USS Independence (CV-62) doing her SLEP
Overhaul in Philadelphia and later maintaining her in Yokosuka where she was forward deployed. After retiring from the Navy I ran
CDI Marines operation in Bremerton; WA, contracting Puget Sound Naval Shipyard design projects.

I think my career success as an Engineering Duty Officer was never to have had a tour at NAVSEA or OPNAV. In fact, once I made
O-6, the EDO detailer proclaimed me unqualified to go to DC. As an EDO, my career never was just a job and hovered between an
adventure and skidding in sideways proclaiming, H--- S---! What a ride! Working for Admiral John D. Bulkely at INSURV was
truly being in the presence of a national treasure.

Laura and I were married in 1988. Daughter Lisa is a Pharmacy Technician here in the Northwest, daughter Lara is a Chinese Lan-
guage Officer at the State Department and son Jeff is an industrial automation software manager in Madison, WI. We have five
grandchildren and one great granddaughter who is the apple of our eyes.
When I retired from the Navy on the after deck of the USS Missouri, then in Bremerton, we were building our retirement home just
South of Keyport. We committed to making the Puget Sound area our home after the Navy. I was able to find a good job with CDI
Marine. Now totally retired, Laura and I do the things that retirees normally do; travel, keep up with family, and be active in local
organizations and our church. I sail with my longtime friend, Ron Barrow 69, who has a beautiful 39 sailboat named Restless. I
have sailed with him to Alaska twice. Puget Sound is a boaters delight, especially, when compared to the Chesapeake Bay in knock-
abouts during July and August, 1963.

Oh, those four years are now such a blur. Its as if plebe summer and year are all I remember. I know there were lots of tough times
but even those memories have faded into generalities. Always being hot and sticky was a reality. I had never heard cicadas or seen
lightning and heard thunder like in Annapolis. President Kennedys visit and proclaiming his pride in having served in the US Navy,
let alone giving us amnesty, was the plebe summer event that really sticks out. Then came plebe year with the return of the Brigade.
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I have no doubt that the 1963 football team got me through Plebe year. Then came that day in November when I was going from
calculus to bull and saw upperclassmen coming from Bancroft Hall holding portable radios to their ears. I could not even imagine
why. By the time I arrived in my lit class I learned what happened. Not until the Challenger tragedy and 9/11 has anything else came
close to creating such a clear memory in my mind.
Uniform Device
Submariner Dolphins
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "obtain from attending ?
I was born in occupied Netherlands in the final weeks of weeks of WWII and came to the US at age 2 in 1947. I was always sen-
sitive about my roots and grateful to my parents for coming to the United States. Had Germany not invaded Holland, I may very well
have been born in the US. I grew up very conscious of the role the war played in my life. My parents found the United States to be
the antithesis of the world they grew up in and never looked back. We became Americans in 1954. As I began to grasp world events
and history, I saw the 1950s world situation as very threatening. At the same time, I was very aware that nearly all of my role mod-
els, teachers, coaches, and pastor were veterans. To me they were America. I wanted to be the Americans they were. Simultaneously,
I became infatuated with the Navys role in the war. At one time I saw myself as joining the Navy. I did well in school but did not
seriously start to think college until I was a sophomore, when my high school guidance counselor asked what my plans were. Im not
sure what triggered her but she pulled a USNA Catalogue out of a file cabinet and gave it to me to consider. Once I realized that I
could do it I was committed, not just to going to USNA, but to serving as long as the Navy would keep me.
Did the academy experience satisfy your expectations? .

I suspect I answered much of this in the previous question, but I shall add some more thoughts. When we were at boat school there
was a lot of flak in the press, especially the Post, about USNA being just a trade school. It provoked me to always put Civilian
graduate schools as my dream sheet preferences. Lo and behold, four years later at mail call in Cam Ranh Bay I receive a package
to apply to MIT for grad school. And so I went and picked up two degrees and happily concluded that USNA was pretty good aca-
demically. That course of events led me down the path to change my designator from Surface Warfare to Engineering Duty. I like to
believe that I had a very successful ED career, doing fleet maintenance and support in in every tour. Even in command many years
later, the Laws of the Navy rang true. Throughout all of my career I was proud of my NAVY roots. When I retired, I quoted Presi-
dent Kennedys assessment of his naval service that he gave to our class. I too was proud to have served in the United States Navy.
Summary
My initial assignments were USS LOWRY (DD-770) as main propulsion assistant and as executive officer in USS MARATHON
(PG-89). I earned two engineering degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and became an Engineering Duty Officer in
1975. At Norfolk Naval Shipyard, I was ship superintendent for aircraft carriers and surface combatants. I deployed to the Mediterra-
nean as repair officer in USS SHENANDOAH (AD-26) and then served on staff, COMNAVSURFLANT as type desk officer and
intermediate maintenance activity coordinator.
In 1983 I joined the Board of Inspection and Survey. After three years of testing firefighting systems and crawling through countless
tanks and voids, I was sent to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as repair officer and completed the USS INDEPENDENCE SLEP Over-
haul. Afterwards, I fleeted up to production officer. While at Philadelphia I married Laura.
After that tour, Laura and I went to the Philippines where I ran 7 th Fleet maintenance as the CTF 73 N4. We then went to Japan,
where I commanded SRF Yokosuka. We returned stateside in 1995 and I directed regional maintenance consolidations in the Pacific
Northwest. Laura and I decided to make the Bremerton area our retirement home. After 30 years of service, I retired from the Navy
on board USS MISSOURI (BB-62).
After the Navy, I managed the CDI Marine Company, Bremerton office which had a design services contract for Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard. I totally retired in 2005.
Laura and I have two grown children, five grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
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David H. Julier
Service History
1962 63: Naval Academy Prep School, Bainbridge, MD
1967 68: USS Hopewell DD-681 deployed to Vietnam
1969 70: USS Chevalier DD-805 deployed to Vietnam
1970 71: Naval Air Station Point Mugu, CA Administrative Officer
After leaving the Navy, I embarked on a career that included eight years
in contract administration in the gas and oil industry (Ralph M. Parsons
Co. and Brown & Root). I have spent most of the rest of my profes-
sional life in real estate-related businesses, including buying, rehabbing
and selling property; property management; and construction supervi-
sion

My contract administration work involved living and working in Saudi
Arabia for four years, and Prudhoe Bay, AK for four years (where the
winter temperature routinely dropped to 50 degrees below zero!) I took up diving when I lived in Saudi Arabia, and have dived in
Saipan, Guam, Indonesia, the Red Sea, Kwajalein Atoll, the Gulf of Oman (United Arab Emirates), Mexico, Bermuda, and other
destinations around the world.

I was married for five years to a woman I met at the Naval Academy Company Commander dinner. I have been in a relationship for
the past 24 years with a woman who is a retired marketing executive and college professor. No kids!
I cant imagine ever retiring! I did sell my property management business, though I am still involved peripherally, and I am currently
working in a partnership to buy, rehab and sell real estate.

Power walking across campus and running up five flights of stairs at noontime.
In my plebe year, sitting on the edge of my chair in the dining hall, braced up, answering questions on the news of the day.
Not having to brace up when, as plebes, we escorted visiting teams.

Standing on my chair in order to step into my white dress pants without wrinkling them.
As a plebe, helping to make snowballs so the upperclassmen could have a snowball fight on the 4 th floor of Bancroft Hall, with water
cascading down the stairwells.
Service Awards
Vietnam Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal (2 stars); National Defense Service Medal
Uniform Device
Naval Surface Warfare
I joined the Navy right out of high school since I had no money for college and my stepmother wanted me out of the house. I went to
boot camp in San Diego, CA and one morning an officer asked: Do any of you who got decent grades in high school want to go to
college? I raised my handmy Mom had always touted the value of a college education. I was tested, interviewed by a panel of
officers, and after finishing boot camp I was assigned to the Naval Academy Preparatory School in Bainbridge, MD. After a year
there, I entered the Naval Academy. I wanted a college education and this seemed like a great way to do it.

Yes. I got the good education I was hoping for and I feel that I matured faster than my peers attending other institutions. I also
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learned a series of life skills that have stood me in good stead throughout my lifedont make excuses, dont BS people, and stay
cool under pressure. I also learned techniques for approaching and solving problems that have been very useful.
Summary
In my first three years out of the Academy, I went on two western Pacific cruises. After leaving the Navy, I went into real estate in
Oxnard, CA for three years, and then I took a job with C. F. Braun & Co. as an expediter working in oil industry construction. From
1977 to 1981, I worked as a contract administrator for Ralph M. Parsons Co. in Saudi Arabia. Then, I spent four years as a contract
administrator with Brown & Root, in Houston, TX and Prudhoe Bay, AK (where the temperature routinely dropped to 40 degrees
below zero!)
I have spent the rest of my professional life in real estate-related businesses. I have recently sold my property management business,
and I am currently working in a partnership to buy, rehab, and sell real estate. I cant imagine ever retiring!
Starting with my naval experience, I have enjoyed traveling around the world. I took up diving when I lived in Saudi Arabia, and
have dived in Saipan, Guam, Indonesia, the Red Sea, Kwajalein Atoll, the Gulf of Oman (United Arab Emirates), Mexico, Bermuda,
and other destinations.
I was married for five years to a woman I met at the Naval Academy Company Commander dinner. I have been in a relationship for
the past 24 years with a woman who is a retired marketing executive and college professor. No kids!
While I was at the Academy, and in my four years in the Navy, I learned a series of life skills that have stood me in good stead
throughout my lifedont make excuses, dont BS people, and stay cool under pressure. I also learned techniques for solving prob-
lems that have been very useful.
I am grateful for my education and for my experiences at the Academy and beyond.
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Thomas (Tom) Kent

Service History
1967 Nuclear Power School, Mare Island, CA
1968 Nuclear Power Prototype Training, Idaho Falls, Idaho
1968 S ubmarine School, New London, CT
1969 -1971 USS THOMAS A. EDISON SSBN 610 Gold, Groton, CT
(Rota Spain) (RCA, DCA, MPA, CRA, and E Divisions)
1971 1974 USNA Navigation Instructor, Ocean Racing Boat Officer /
Navigator, Plebe Summer Sailing OIC. 1972 Newport Ber-
muda Race, Night School at George Washington Univer-
sity, Masters Degree in Systems Management
1974 1977 USS KAMEHAMEHA, SSBN 642 BLUE, Groton, CT
(Rota, Spain). - Engineer Officer
1977 - 1981 USS INDIANAPOLIS, SSN 697 (including Pre-
commissioning Unit), Groton and Pearl Harbor, HI - Ex-
ecutive Officer
1981 1983 Division of Naval Reactor, Officer Programs
1983 Submarine Prospective Commanding Officer Training
1983 1986 USS TAUTOG SSN 639, Commanding Officer
1986 1987 Deputy Readiness and Training Submarine Squadron
Seven, and concurrently COMSUBPAC Submarine Repre-
sentative, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, HI
1987 1988 COMSUBPAC Tactical Training Officer, Pearl Harbor, HI
1988 1991 CINCPACFLT Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board,
Pearl Harbor (Senior Member 1989 1991)
1991 1993 USS HUNLEY AS-32, Commanding Officer, Norfolk, VA
1993 1995 CINCLANTFLT Deputy Inspector General, Norfolk, VA
1995 1997 CINCLANTFLT Inspector General, Norfolk, VA
1997 Retired from USN with rank of Captain
After Retirement after 30 years in the Navy, took job as Deputy Commissioner Virginia Department of Social Services, Richmond,
VA. Established Office of Inspector General and Evaluations programs as well as oversaw the existing Administrative Hearings Di-
vision, and Fraud Programs for the department. Then retired fully.

Excitement of Special Operations as CO of submarine. Mooring alongside the ice at the North Pole - my second mooring as a Sub-
marine CO. The challenges of under ice operations during a heavy ice period after less than two months in command. Fantastic (off
duty) snorkeling in pristine island of Diego Garcia. In 1981 - 1982 being inside man for the interviews with Admiral Rickover
(trading off will Bill Gautier) fascinating, funny and mentally challenging! As CO of HUNLEY, watching with pride, the crews
Hurricane Andrew recovery efforts restoring devastated schools in Homestead, FL. Challenges as Navigator/ assistant coach on
USNA 65 foot yawl for Newport Bermuda race in the middle of Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Attending USNA Reunion segment
in Magnum PI last episode (as an extra).

I met Carol Anne plebe year while I was singing the Messiah at Hood the day after Army Navy game, in circumstances that were a
fall out of President Kennedys assassination. (My Silver lining from that tragedy). We were married June week at the Academy
Chapel. We have two sons and four grandchildren. Carol Anne was a teacher and then a long time Real Estate agent (in Hawaii and
Virginia). Through no special planning, we spent 9 years in Hawaii, thoroughly enjoying it. My oldest son, Tom Jr., graduated
from VMI, is a mechanical engineer, lives in Lynchburg, Virginia and restores and races vintage British sports cars. He has a boy
and girl. My youngest son, Ted graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in accounting and is in Banking. His hob-
bies include riding his motorcycle. His wife is a school teacher.
Although arriving late in my career in Norfolk (after 24 years), Carol Anne and I have come to really enjoy Norfolk and the sur-
rounding community. We continue to spend time in Groton Long Point, CT, and Bethany Beach, DE in the spring and fall.
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I volunteer as a master gardener at a local school, a community garden and The Hermitage Museum Wetlands Garden. I continue to
pursue various hobbies, including electronic gadgets, home renovations, and model trains (reverting to my childhood hobby). Carol
Anne and I also indulge in our love of travel and our interest in art and antiques.

Plebe year was greatly impacted by President Kennedy his summer visit, and then his assassination. The turmoil of maybe cancel-
ing Army-Navy game? The game! Nail biter. The official mourning period which was the impetus of my meeting my future wife the
day after Army-Navy game.
Tea fights. Where did they find them!
Flixs in Mahan Auditorium Saturday night (to save money for weekends with drags).
Summer cruises. The locations, all of them, but particularly fantastic European ports visits Youngster cruise. Can you believe Swe-
den!
Weekends! Celebrating some freedom and dragging my OAO nearly every weekend. Hops, Movies, brick sidewalks, Little Cam-
pus, Harbor House, Jimmy Legs trying to bust you in a car. (Were they bored?)
June Week! Finally! Followed by a much anticipated June week wedding.

Plebe year dressing in Full Dress, with towel on arm, Serving cocktails during weekends (and some weekday nights) in my Firsties
Room as he was on restriction as a recipient of one of the few Double Black Ns (at the same time being late and drunk), and man-
ning the Walkie Talkie as he dragged his date in the yard, calling him in for the snap musters. Crawling into the attic to find the pipe
races to dump the empties and hide the evidence.
First Class Year - My roommate, Tom Markley focusing entirely on food as he struggled to make weight for Light Weight Crew. He
starved, while I studied at the desk across from him. He - focused on that Orange that was his dinner for it seemed like an hour! Fi-
nally he slowly ate the Orange, section by section, savoring each bite. Then he stared for a long time at the peels. They were gone in
a flash! Finally, in desperation and extreme hunger, out came the Crest toothpaste at least there was apparently some sugar high
from eating the paste!
Master of Science in Systems Management from George Washington University 1974
Service Awards
Legion of Merit (3 awards), Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit
Commendation, National Defense Service Medal with Gold Star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Sea Service Deployment Rib-
bon with 3 Stars, Humanitarian Service Medal, Arctic Service Medal
Points of Light Award (Hurricane Andrew Recovery)
Uniform Device
Polaris Patrol Pin with 2 Silver and 1 Gold star. Submarine Dolphins and Surface Warfare Pin.
After first grade (1952), my fathers University sabbatical took us to the Philippines. We traveled on a passenger ship. During a stop
over in Hawaii, a friend of my mothers (a WAVE assigned to CINCPACFLT), arranged a tour of the USS ORISKANY. The ORIS-
KANY was preparing (loading Weapons) for another deployment to KOREA during the Korean War. The skipper entertained us in
his cabin (who knew the power of a WAVE?). When he asked me what I thought, (me having been mesmerized by great experi-
ences, fantastic travel and great personal service on a passenger ship and thoroughly impressed by the ORISKANY), I asked how I
got to be a part of this sea going adventure, and he said go to the Naval Academy. From then on going to the Academy and pursuing
a Naval Career became my goal.

Looking back on the Academy I feel it gave me a well-rounded education not only in academics, but in life that I doubt a civilian
university would have provided. That education has served me well not only in my Navy career, but throughout my life.
After my first sea tour, I was back at USNA as an Instructor. That experience re-instilled my interest and dedication to a Naval ca-
reer (after nearly resigning as a result of great disappointment in my first two COs, who both failed in command).
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Summary
Married Carol Anne June week, then a great tour of the country with Nuclear Power School in Mare Island, Idaho Prototype and Six
Month Sub School in Groton.
First ship was EDSION Gold in Groton in all the Engineering Divisions. Expecting another sea tour, surprised by assignment to
USNA, where I taught Navigation and Sailing, and got a masters in Systems Management from George Washington. Next was Engi-
neer on KAMEHAMEHA Blue in Groton, and XO new construction INDIANAPOLIS in Groton and Pearl Harbor. I was then on
Rickovers staff in DC, where I escorted candidates in for the infamous interviews. A surprisingly enjoyable and humorous time!
Submarine command tour on TAUTOG in Hawaii, with immediate deployment to the North Pole followed by two West Pacs and
Special Operations.
Post CO as Squadron SEVEN Deputy for Readiness and Training, COMSUBPAC Tactical Training Officer, PACFLT Nuclear Pro-
pulsion Examining Board, all in Pearl Harbor.
Major Command on submarine tender HUNLEY in Norfolk. Sent to Miami for Hurricane Andrew recovery. Received numerous
awards for that effort including Points of Light Award.
Post major command was Deputy IG for CINCLANTFLT. Was asked to stay on as first O-6 in the Flag Billet as CINCLANTFLT
IG for my final Navy Tour.
Served as Deputy Commissioner for the Virginia Department of Social Service in Richmond, and then fully retired.
I met Carol Anne plebe year while singing the Messiah at Hood. Started dating Youngster Year and married June Week. We have
two sons and each has a daughter and son.
Carol Anne and I have loved everywhere we have lived, but have real roots in Norfolk, where we especially enjoy the Chrysler Art
Museum and its tours. We also spend time in the spring and fall in Bethany Beach, Delaware, and Groton Long Point, Connecticut.
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Joseph J. Krol
Service History
1962-63: Naval Reserve Bullis Prep School, Silver Spring, Md
1963 - 67: USNA (10th/14th Co)
1967-68: Naval Nuclear Power School (Bainbridge), Prototype
(Windsor,Conn), SubSchool
1968-72: USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN 636) - Charleston,SC; Newport News,
Va.
1973-76: USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 619) New London, Conn; NAV/OPS
1976-79: Strategic Systems Program Office, Washington,D.C.; Lead Navigator
1979-81: USS Phoenix (SSN-702)-New London, Conn; Norfolk, Va; XO
1981-82: PCO training; Norfolk, Va
1982-85: USS Norfolk (SSN-714) Norfolk, Va.; CO
1985-87: USS Oklahoma City (SSN-723)- Norfolk, Va; CO
1987-90: Naval Reactors, Washington D.C.; Fleet Operations
1990-91: Commander Submarine Squadron 8- Norfolk, Va.
1991-93: Bureau of Personnel, Washington, D.C.; Head Nuclear Detailer
1993-95: Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet Norfolk, Va; Chief of Staff
1995-98: Defense Liason Division, Pentagon- Director
1998-01: Commander Submarine Group Eight, Youksuka, Japan
2001-03: Asst. Deputy CNO/Deputy CNO- Operations and Plans
2003 : Retired as a Rear Admiral (O8)
Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations at the National Nu-
clear Security Administration, US Department of Energy. Primary activ-
ity involved Nuclear Counterterrorism Operations both domestic and
internationally. This involved radiological search, consequence man-
agement and nuclear render safe. (2004-2014)

Travels to over 80 countries many of which included my wife has given us a deeper understanding of t;he good and bad that exist across the globe and
that there is a lot for Americans to learn from other cultures. The 9/11 event in the Pentagon which cost the lives of 28 of my personnel and was person-
ally devastating for both Carolyn and I. The Fukashima disaster during which my organization provided over 10 weeks of support in characterizing the
radiological fallout over thousands of square miles of Northern Japan the only organization in the world that was capable of this massive effort.

Carolyn and I have been married 47 years with no children. She continues as Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) helping individuals and
families with life issues and relationship problems.
How is retired life going and how do you currently spend your time
I am not sure about retirement life as I write this since I am still working. We plan on remaining in the Washington D.C. area and we
have a house we built on Lake Anna in Central Virginia.

Learning of the President's assassination and the confusing sense of loss expressed throughout the yard.
Relaxing on the weekends in Mother Bancroft if you can call it that.
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The 14th Co and the unique mesh of characters we possessed. 4 th deck 7th wing for 4 years!
The lack of a plebe year I spent the whole year on athletic training tables.
Two summer cruises to Northern Europe (youngster and firsty).
Rooming with Cal Huey for 4 years and both of us adjusting to George Philip.
Graduation and marriage within 2 days in early June extreme cultural shock.

The stuff we did in our company area that cannot be revealed herein because there is no statute of limitations.
The secret room we had in our first class room.
Our elevator shaft TV room.
Hosting my 15-year-old brother for several days in Bancroft Hall prior to June Week. I Put him in uniform and he mustered,
marched and ate in the dining hall.
Athletic
Brigade, Company Basketball Champions (1964), Baseball, Football (1963-64)
Service Awards
Presidential Rank award (2007)
Uniform Device
Submariner Dolphins
Flag Pennant
USN Rear Admiral (2-star)
1. Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "obtain from attending"?
I was recruited to play football. I had no family association with the military nor did I know anything about USNA. In the winter of my senior year in
high school I was called to the office and Joe Bellino (Heisman Trophy Winner 63) was there to see me I was sold. NAAA arranged appointment
from the 7th Congressional District in Louisiana (I was born and raised in Pa.) and they paid to send me to Bullis Prep School in Silver Spring, Md.
for one year.
2. Did the academy experience satisfy your expectations?
I adapted well to the routine with a goal at graduation of getting out as soon as I could. In short I loved every minute of my 36-year career and was
very fortunate to be mentored by a long line of distinguished Naval Officers and the time simply flew by. I would do it all again. Upon retirement I
used my experience from the submarine force in my current endeavor involved with nuclear counterterrorism.
Summary
After Graduation on June 6th Carolyn and I were married in the Chapel on the 9th of June the culmination of a goal that started on our first day
in high school. We went office to nuclear power training and subschool over the next 18 months and in February 1968 arrived in Charleston,
S.C. to serve my JO tour on the USS Nathaniel Greene (SSBN636). That was followed by a NAVS/OPS tour on USS Andrew Jackson
(SSBS619). We then moved to Washington D.C. where I was assigned to the Office of Special Projects where I was the Lead Navigator. Dur-
ing that time I was involved in 22 missile launches from Cape Canaveral Fla. During this time Carolyn added a B.A. degree from Marymount
University to her Nursing Certificate.
We then returned to Groton, Conn where I was the XO on USS Phoenix (SSN 702). While I spent some time non-deployed on Phoenix while
in the shipyard Carolyn deployed to Smith College in Northhampton, Mass for her Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work. It was then off to
Norfolk ,Va to successive commands of USS Norfolk( SSN714) and USS Oklahoma City(SSN723). During this time Carolyn opened a pri-
vate counseling practice which she operated very successfully for over 10 years.
The next 10 years went quickly as I speny three tours unaccompanied in Washington, D.C. while Carolyn continued her career. Our weekend
commutes were famous. I was a special assistant to the Director of Naval Reactors and the Head Nuclear Detailer at the Bureau of Personnel
with a couple of short tours in Norfolk as Commander Submarine Squadron Eight and Chief of Staff COMSUBLANT. Selection to Flag
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brought me back to Washington to direct a major intelligence program in conjunction with the CIA.
We then went off on a great adventure as I was assigned as Commander SUBGRU 7 in Yokosuka Japan. Being in charge of submarine opera-
tions from Hawaii to the Suez Canal brought many operational challenges and unlimited travel opportunities throughout Asia and the Middle
East with Carolyn alongside. Carolyn was able to continue her career as Clinical Director of a major Counseling Service in Tokyo which ca-
tered to the English speaking business and expat community.
In 2001 we returned to Washington I to the Pentagon as Asst. Deputy CNO and then Deputy CNO for Operations and Plans. Carolyn has
continued her career as a member of a large Psychiatric and Counseling Practice. My job offered the toughest challenges of my career the
9/11 attack on the Pentagon with the death of 28 of our staff and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Retirement came on I June 2003 almost 36
years after swearing in with the class of 1967.
In January 2004 I started at the Department of Energy as Associate Administrator for Nuclear Counterrorism Incident Response. I was involved
in both Domestic (FBI ) and International (DOD & STATE) issues that involved radiological and /or nuclear material. Our group did all of the
work during the Fukashima event. This job has given me access to most places in the world and has been a superb education for both Carolyn
and I and offered us a lifetime of memories.
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Bruce Lakefield
Service History
After tours at Nuclear Power School and Submarine School I was assigned to the USS Patrick Henry SSBN 599, completed three
patrols, and earned my Dolphins. The ship was then ordered to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a major overhaul. At the com-
pletion of the overhaul and sea trails in early 1972, I left active duty and took a reserve commission. I remained in the active reserve
community until my retirement as a Commander in 1989.
After leaving active duty, we moved back to NJ in 1972. I started my
career on Wall Street and spent the majority of my time at Lehman
Brothers. From 1995 to 2000, Bernadine and I had the pleasure of liv-
ing in London, UK while I served as Chairman and CEO of Lehman
Brothers Europe and as a member of the firm's overall Operating Com-
mittee. In 2000, I retired and we moved back to the United States.
In 2003, I joined the Board of Directors of US Airways. I served as
Director, President, and CEO at various times with the airline. I last
served as Vice-Chairman until the completion of a merger with Ameri-
can Airlines in December of 2013, when I then retired.

Over the years Bernadine and I were blessed with two great children,
both married, and four grandchildren.
time?
We now reside in Naples, Florida for much of the year, where we enjoy
family, friends, tennis, golf, and boating. Our family loves to visit and enjoy all that SW Florida has to offer.
Uniform Device
Submariner Dolphins
Summary
Three days after graduation I married my high school sweetheart, Bernadine, in our hometown of Garfield, NJ. After tours at Nu-
clear Power School and Submarine School I was assigned to the USS Patrick Henry SSBN 599, completed three patrols, and earned
my Dolphins. The ship was then ordered to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a major overhaul. At the completion of the overhaul
and sea trails in early 1972, I left active duty and took a reserve commission. I remained in the active reserve community until my
retirement in 1989.
After leaving active duty, we moved back to NJ in 1972. I started my career on Wall Street and spent the majority of my time at Leh-
man Brothers. From 1995 to 2000, Bernadine and I had the pleasure of living in London, UK while I served as Chairman and CEO
of Lehman Brothers Europe and as a member of the firm's overall Operating Committee. In 2000, I retired and we moved back to
the United States.
In 2003, I joined the Board of Directors of US Airways. I served as Director, President, and CEO at various times with the airline. I
last served as Vice-Chairman until the completion of a merger with American Airlines in December of 2013, when I then retired.
Over the years Bernadine and I were blessed with two great children, both married, and four grandchildren. We now reside in
Naples, Florida for much of the year, where we enjoy family, friends, tennis, golf, and boating. Our family loves to visit and enjoy
all that SW Florida has to offer. It seems like just yesterday that we all threw our hats in to the air on Graduation Day. It has been a
great privilege and pleasure to be a member of the Class of 1967.
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Allen Eugene Lawver

Service History
1963 67: USNA (10th Company, then 14th Company after Brigade re-
organization)
1967 68: Immediate Masters Program, Naval Postgraduate School,
Monterrey, CA. Masters Degree in Applied Mathematics
1967 68: Naval Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD followed by
Nuclear Power Prototype Training, Windsor, CT
1969 Naval Submarine School, Groton, CT
1969 1971: USS Francis Scott Key SSBN 657 Blue Crew, Groton,
CT; Dunoon, Scotland; and Rota, Spain. Electrical Officer,
Damage Control Assistant, Main Propulsion Assistant.
Qualified in submarines. 4 Polaris deterrent patrols
1971 1973: Nuclear Power Training Unit, Idaho Falls, ID. Leading
Engineering Officer of the Watch, Production Training As-
sistant. Qualified as Engineering Officer.
1973 74: Naval Submarine School, Groton, CT. Department Head
School
1974 78: USS Pargo SSN 650, Groton, CT, followed by refueling
overhaul, Electric Boat, Groton, CT. Engineer Officer
1978: Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA
1978 80: ComSubLant Staff, Norfolk, VA. SSBN Overhaul Officer
1980: Naval Submarine School, Groton, CT. PXO School
1980 83: USS Atlanta SSN 712, Executive Officer, New Construction Newport News, VA, followed by homeport assignment,
Norfolk, VA
1983: PCO Training, Naval Reactors, Washington, DC and ComSubLant Norfolk, VA
1984 88: USS Gato SSN 615, Commanding Officer, Groton, CT, followed by non-refueling overhaul in Portsmouth NH
1988: Naval War College, Newport, RI, student
1988 91: Chief of Naval Technical Training, Assistant Chief of Staff for Submarine Warfare Training, Millington, TN
1991 93: USS Georgia SSBN729 Gold Crew, Commanding Officer, Bangor, WA. 3 Trident strategic deterrent patrols
1993 94: Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force, Norfolk, VA, Assistant Chief of Staff for Undersea Warfare
1994: Retired from Active Duty as CAPT
1994 1996: Taught 8th grade science and high school chemistry at Norfolk Collegiate School, Norfolk, VA. Certified in Common-
wealth of Virginia as a public school teacher for Middle School science grades 4-9 and high school mathematics.
1996 2002: Director of Manufacturing, Face International, Norfolk, VA. Face International is one of several Face Companies
specializing in the development of technology and application based spin-offs of highly innovative, practical piezoelectric and meas-
urement technologies for the construction industry and commercial and industrial applications.
2002-2012: Plank owner of the Department of Defenses Joint National Training Capability (JNTC). JNTC provided joint training
capabilities, including a world-wide joint training communications system, to the four Services and other DOD agencies that allowed
US and international partner services to operate in a joint environment before deploying. I started in the program as a contractor di-
rectly supporting the Program Manager. I entered government service in 2005 as JNTCs Deputy Program Manager, later serving as
its Program Manager and head of the Joint Management Office at US Joint Forces Command in Suffolk, VA which then transitioned
to Joint Staff J7. Retired from government service in 2012.

While taking command of USS GATO SSN 615, one of my first tasks was to inventory the commanding officers top secret safe for
turnover. Carefully packaged among the crypto and other highly classified top secret pubs was the Captains night order book from
USS GATO SS 212, while my namesake ship was on war patrol. Hand written during the middle years of WW II in a typical green
Navy log book, it provided fascinating insight into the concerns and operating environment of that era. At my crews invitation, the
grandson of the WWII CO later presented the log book to the USS NAUTILUS Museum, Groton CT, in a ceremony pier side.
I was working for Face International in Norfolk, VA on a slow Tuesday morning in September 2011 when I happened by and saw on
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the TV news a burning skyscraper. As the employees slowly gathered around, we witnessed the second plane flying into one of the
World Trade Center towers and later heard the news of the attack on the Pentagon. I will never forget that day; it was incredulous
that our country was under attack. In the following days, weeks and months, it was amazing to see the level of support shown by our
citizenryflags were being flown everywhere. It made me proud to be an American. Some 10 years later, I stopped at Fire Station
54, in mid-town Manhattan, to purchase a tee shirt for my firefighter son. Station 54 lost 15 firemen on 9-11 fighting the devastation
and saving lives from the attack. It hit me full force that my son and many other public service people put their lives on the line every
day for our citizens. The Navy is not alone in safeguarding our freedoms and way of life.

Mary and I were married in Mystic CT in 1977. We met while I was an engineer in overhaul at Electric Boat in Groton, CT. She
lived just up the hill from the shipyard. We were both previously married and have a blended family of my two, her one, and our
three.
Mary and I raised her daughter and our two boys and a girl while living and moving for the Navy in a triangle stretching from Nor-
folk, VA to Groton, CT to Bangor, WA and back to Virginia Beach, VA, where we settled. While Mary held occasional part time
jobs, I was fortunate in having her home with the children my entire Navy career. We have nine grandchildren, five here in Virginia
Beach split among our daughter Christines (3) and son Derricks (2) families.
While I spent most of my working years in one field, most of our children are reinventing themselves and looking to start new ca-
reers. My daughter Kim and son Craig spent their growing up in Ohio. Kim, who recently moved from Ohio to Virginia Beach, has a
Masters Degree in Fine Arts but is working in the medical field. My oldest son Craig, an auto mechanic, lives in Ohio with four of
our grandchildren. Christine has worked in the school system for over 10 years and recently completed her college degree and will
enter the medical field. Derrick started out as an accountant but shifted careers to become a fire fighter here in Virginia Beach. Kelly
lives in Fort Lauderdale, FL and has gone back to school, graduated, and will work as an Occupational Therapist Assistant. Our
youngest son Nathan was married in October 2014. He has his own business as an IT auditor and lives with his bride in Washington,
DC.
Knowing I was going to retire from the Navy in 1994, we moved back to Virginia Beach for my last tour. We said wed stay here at
the Beach until the youngest child was ready to enter high school and then think again where we might like to settlethe topic has
never come back up and we consider Virginia Beach home. Post-Navy careers kept me in the area until 2012 when I left government
service again. Including the Academy, I completed nearly 42 years with the government.
My plans for retirement were to type my dads memoirs and conduct some genealogy research, but I find that Im busier now than
when I was working full time. I teach college math at the local community college as an adjunct professor, just a few classes a week.
Im busy with our church, teaching Adult Sunday school and serving as Chairperson of the Finance Committee. I play an occasional
round of golf, but my wife Mary and I are frequently on the road attending the grandchildrens local events or traveling to FL, CT or
OH to visit siblings, children, and grandchildren. The Virginia Beach families usually find their way to our house Sunday night for
family dinner. Mary still watches the youngest grandchildren while their parents work. We have a house up against the Eastern
Branch of the Elizabeth River that nicely accommodates our family get-togethers, which we will one day give up for something
smaller when we can no longer climb the stairs.

It was November of Plebe year when I was sitting in a mechanical drawing class taught by a Navy Commander. The instructor left
the classroom briefly and returned. He was weeping when he announced that President Kennedy and our Commanderin-Chief had
just been shot.
I bought my first car and had my first beer at Navy. Raised in a home that didnt approve of alcoholic beverages, I never really had
any desire to drink alcohol, so I avoided it. Sometime during my third class year, I had my first beer. Didnt like it then, but over the
years have learned to enjoy a brew. While growing up at home, we had one family car. If I wanted to use it, I had to ask my dad and
compete with my sister for it. In spring of my 1 st class year, I was one of hundreds who purchased a car; mine was a 1967 Pontiac
LeMans.
I spent Plebe year in 14th company, which had a pretty bad reputation for dealing with 4 th classmen. The Company had a weekly
poster contest for Plebes to support the football team; each Plebe room had to participate. The winning room for the contest was al-
lowed to carry-on in the company area from Thursday after evening meal until the game. My roommate Bruce Lakefield and I won
the contest 9 out of 10 weeks during football season. That was the year Roger Staubach led Navy to a 9-2 season, losing to Texas in
the Cotton Bowl. The Plebes were granted carry-on until Sunday evening meal if the team won. As it turned out, the Fall was good to
us. Bruce and I had carry-on for nine of the ten weeks of football from Thursday to Sunday night.
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During our Plebe year in 1963, the Roger Staubach-led Navy team beat the University of Notre Dame 35-14. In 2007, Navy football
pulled out a triple overtime win 46-44 against Notre Dame, having come close to winning on numerous other occasions throughout
the years, ending a 43-game losing streak. Knowing that it was our Plebe year 44 years earlier when we last won, made the win even
better.

My company mates and I were sitting around one football weekend when the Class of 1913 was having their 50 th reunion. As we 18
to 20 year-old Plebes watched these alumni and their ladies, we remarked how old they looked. Fast forward over 40 years to our
40th Reunion when most of the same classmates were sitting together reminiscing. Someone in the group reminded us of our com-
ments that Plebe Fall and went on to say, Do you remember our conversation about those old guys during our Plebe year? Well we
are now those old guys!
During June week, I fixed up a couple classmates with dates for the ring dance. My sister and her girlfriend came to the Academy for
the dance along with my date, my younger sister, mom, and dad. They all came with suitcases as well as formal dresses and outfits
for the ladies. They drove from Ohio in a VW bug! My younger sister, 11, sat in the front straddling the two front seats, helping my
dad shift gears, and the three dates sat in the back. It was slow going up the hills of Pennsylvania. Dad would say every time they
stopped, folks would look strangely at them as six people got out of the car. It was a great week, and my classmates had a great time
as did their dates. Everyone got to and from Ohio without incident.
1969: Naval Postgraduate School, Master of Science, Applied Mathematics
1981: University of Southern California, Master of Science, Systems Management
1995: Old Dominion University, Master of Science, Education
1995 - 2015: Teacher Certification: Mathematics and Middle Education Grades 4-8 by Commonwealth of Virginia
1998-2005: Quality Manager Certification by American Society for Quality
2000: Old Dominion University, Master of Science, Business Administration
2000: Old Dominion University, College of Business and Public Administration, Outstanding MBA Student Award 2000-2001
2001 2010: Certified Adjunct Professor for Mathematics by Averett University, Danville, VA 2010: Program Manager Level III
Certification by Department of the Navy
2012 2015: Certified Adjunct Professor for Mathematics by Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, VA
Service Awards
Legion of Merit Medal (2)
Meritorious Service Medal (3)
Navy Commendation Medal (5)
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
National Defense Service Medal (2)
Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2)
JCS Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award
Uniform Insignia
Submariner Dolphins
SSBN Deterrent Patrol Insignia (7)
Command at Sea Insignia
As a senior in high school, I knew very little about the Navy when my football coach asked one day if I might be interested in the
Naval Academy. He had received a post card from one of the football coaches at Navy who was from the same county in Ohio as
me, asking for leads on scholar athletes. The only close military family members I had was an uncle on my moms side who had
been on the USS WASP as an enlisted man during the Korean Conflict. Big waves were those we experienced at the beach on
Lake Erie on a windy day; not sure I had ever been to the ocean. I subsequently received correspondence from the Academy athletic
office providing me some guidance and actions to take if I were truly interested. My Senators and US Congressmen had no appoint-
ments left that year but with some help from Navy, I was offered an unused appointment from another state. On the big decision day
when I received my appointment, I already had academic scholarships to two other universities. Simply stated, I chose Navy over my
other options for three reasons, none of which were patriotic, specifically career oriented, or even well informed: it was less expen-
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sive for my family to attend the Naval Academy; I was interested in science and engineering and Navy was a good place for that; and
as a graduating senior, there was a certain amount of prestige associated with saying Im going to the Naval Academy. I found a
rewarding career path, pride in country, and the importance of teamwork and friendships in the years that followed.

I expected an excellent education and was not disappointed. I knew nothing about Plebe year but learned quickly how to stay out of
serious trouble. I was fortunate to be assigned a room on the 3 rd deck of the 7th wing when the majority if my company occupied the
entire 4th deck. Living next door to Al Krekich 64, starting lineman on the football team, helped. The Academy taught me to appre-
ciate our country and way of life. It taught me the value of friendship and teamwork. I was proud of my uniform; the countrys mili-
tary backlash during the Viet Nam era was a difficult thing to get though. My priorities of God, family, and job were first instilled in
me at Navy and became my personal and professional philosophy over a long career.
Summary
Growing up in a small Ohio village, my high school football coach encouraged me to consider the Naval Academy. With no experi-
ence in what constitutes a Navy career or Navy life in general, I applied and was accepted. Had I known what Plebe year meant, I
might have reconsidered; fortunately for me, ignorance led me to the best career decision I could have made.
I did well academically and professionally at Navy and played four years with the baseball team. I took advantage of new Academy
academic opportunities and selected a mathematics major, earning a postgraduate school tour and Masters in Applied Mathematics
following graduation. My interview with Admiral Rickover for the Navys nuclear submarine program was without incident. I felt
lucky as XO on USS ATLANTA to take the kindly old gentleman on his last submarine new construction sea trials in 1981 before
he retired.
I completed four patrols and qualified in submarines on my first sea tour, USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY SSBN 657B. I was fortunate
to have alternating sea-shore rotations; I was unfortunate in having three shipyard tours -- refueling overhaul as USS PARGO SSN
650 Engineer Officer; new construction XO on USS ATLANTA SSN712; and finally as CO, USS GATO SSN 615. Selected to major
command, my last sea tour was CO, USS GEORGIA SSBN 729G.
Mary and I were married during a shipyard tour, the best thing thats happened to me in or out of the Navy. With our blended family,
my tours took us across country as far west as Washington State and back again to our current home in Virginia Beach. After active
duty, I taught school, did piezoelectric ceramic research, and managed a government joint military training program. We are now
enjoying retirement and our nine grandchildren.
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Thomas Markley
Service History
After being discharged from the Navy in 1971, I continued my service through the USNR. Tours included N.A.S. Glenview, Illinois,
Naval Base San Diego, and Naval Base Encino, CA. I worked in various
operations billets in the units I drilled with monthly. I retired as a Com-
mander in 1987.
I was an insurance underwriter after leaving the Navy and worked in the
field for over 20 years.

Shellback Ceremony during Unitas Cruise (1968)

My wife Judy and I were hometown classmates. We are celebrating 46
years of marriage. Judy pursued an elementary education career, teach-
ing over thirty years in Norfolk; Newport, Rhode Island, Illinois and
retired after 25 years in the Poway USD in San Diego, CA . Our daughter, Sarah Beth, lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Mark
and our grandchildren Gavin (10) and Griffin (7). Our son, Craig Thomas was tragically killed in a car crash August, 1996 just be-
fore leaving for college.
Because of failing health, Judy and I decided to move after 37 years in San Diego. We needed to be closer to family; Judys sister
and family reside in Boca Raton, FL. Judy is substitute teaching at nearby Pine Crest Preparatory School in Boca Raton. We have
somewhat adjusted to the weather, but San Diego was a fabulous place to work, play, and retire. Florida does offer some benefits,
however. We recently enjoyed a Disney Cruise with daughter, son-in-law and happy grandsons.

President Kennedy's visit to USNA;
Plebe year (63) Army/Navy Game;
Mulmeisters Ice Cream Parlor;
Harbor House with Judy;
Ring Dance 1966 with Judy;
The 1954 Aston Martin DB2/4 purchased at graduation and driven to Norfolk, Virginia

Smuggling my brother, Mike, into Bancroft Hall for breakfast 1 st Class year.
Athletic
JV Crew limit/150 pounds that took discipline!
I was thrilled (family and community too) to get an appointment to a top military Eastern School. Knew I was prepared to be chal-
lenged by the rigors of attending the Naval Academy.

My expectations were met. I was well-prepared when I entered the fleet. World travel was certainly enjoyed.
Summary
After being discharged from the Navy in 1971, I continued my service through the USNR. Tours included N.A.S. Glenview, Illinois,
Naval Base San Diego, and Naval Base Encino, CA. I worked in various operations billets in the units I drilled with monthly. I re-
tired as a Commander in 1987.
My wife Judy and I were hometown classmates. We are celebrating 46 years of marriage. Judy pursued an elementary education
career, teaching over thirty years in Norfolk; Newport, Rhode Island, Illinois and retired after 25 years in the Poway USD in San
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Diego, CA . I was an insurance underwriter after leaving the Navy and worked in the field for over 20 years. Our daughter, Sarah
Beth, lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Mark and our grandchildren Gavin (10) and Griffin (7). Our son, Craig Thomas was
tragically killed in a car crash August, 1996 just before leaving for college.
Because of failing health, Judy and I decided to move after 37 years in San Diego. We needed to be closer to family; Judys sister
and family reside in Boca Raton, FL. Judy is substitute teaching at nearby Pine Crest Preparatory School in Boca Raton. We have
somewhat adjusted to the weather, but San Diego was a fabulous place to work, play, and retire. Florida does offer some benefits,
however. We recently enjoyed a Disney Cruise with daughter, son-in-law and happy grandsons.
Oh yes, I did keep the Aston Martin I had purchased at graduation for many years (garaged) but sold it to another enthusiast in the
late 1990's. We now drive a Toyota.
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Service History
1962 63: Navy ROTC, University of Minnesota
1963 67: USNA (10th Company, then 14th Company after Brigade re-
organization)
1967: Temporary Duty @ USNA to write the USNA Watch Man-
ual, followed by TD with Mike Singleton 67 in Washington,
DC as the first Nuclear Submarine Candidate assigned to
assist the Submarine Officer Detailing Desk an assignment
which continues to this day
1967 68: Nuclear Power School, Vallejo, CA followed by Nuclear
Power Prototype Training, Idaho Falls, ID
1969 Nuclear Submarine School, Groton, CT
1969 1971: USS Hammerhead SSN 663, Norfolk, VA, Reactor Con-
trols Officer, Communications Officer, Weapons Officer
1971 1973: USS Batfish SSN 681, New Construction, Groton, CT fol-
lowed by homeport assignment, Charleston, SC, Electrical
Officer, qualified as Engineering Officer
1973 76: USS Grant SSBN 631, Charleston, SC and Dunoon, Scot-
land, Engineering Officer
1976 1979: Bureau of Personnel, Submarine Enlisted Desk, Washing-
ton, DC
1979 1983: USS Batfish SSN 681, Executive Officer, Non-refueling
overhaul, Portsmouth, VA followed by homeport assign-
ment, Charleston, SC
1983 1986: USS Aspro SSN 648, Commanding Officer, Pearl Harbor, HI
1986 1987: ComSubRon One, Pearl Harbor, HI, Squadron Readiness Officer and ComSubPac, Assistant Chief of Staff, Weapons
1987 1988: Senior Navy War College, Newport, RI, Student
1988 1989: Naval Operations (223), Submarine Force, Washington, DC, Head Research and Development/Arctic Operations
1989 1990: Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, Senior Seminar
1990 1991: Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC, Head Gulf War Policy Planning for Research and Devel-
opment/Strategic Planning/ Post-war Planning
1991: Retired from Active Duty as Capt
1991 1995: Head, Strategic Solutions Group, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Quest Consulting Group based in Holmdel, NJ. Lived in
Alexandria, VA with significant travel.
1995 2005: Principal, Michael Martin & Associates, Alexandria, VA, Business Management Consulting Group principally serving
Capital Hill Library of Congress, Transportation Department, Capital Police, US Senate.

I have made three trips to the North Pole by Submarine and traveled to all the oceans in my submarine career plus personal travels.
President Bush (41), rescued by USS Finback in WW II, sent handwritten notes to the Commanding Officers of submarines who did
something extraordinary including successfully completing an Arctic mission. I received more than one. The notes felt extra-
personal since my wife and I attended one of his inaugural balls.

Cassi and I were married in HI in1987. We joyfully (most times) raised two young girls from my first marriage. This while Cassi
continued her high pressure professional life as program manager and then CEO of her own contract management consulting firm.
Our oldest, Amy, is married to a French National. In spite of his politics we love him. And they have adopted our only grandson as a
day old infant in 2011. He is an altogether handsome and active boy. They just returned to Washington, DC after a three year stint in
Paris. Amys husband is a writer/editor/executive in a global news corporation while Amy is a senior member of a DC Public Rela-
tions firm specializing in national health issues.
Our youngest, Sarah, went to Baylor, married a Texan and never looked back. Ensconced in the Dallas/Ft Worth area, they have pro-
duced two beautiful girls. They are homeschooling the children with great success. Sarah was a decorated teacher in the local school
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system and earned an advanced degree in Science and Math before she chose homeschooling.
After retiring from the Navy, Bell Labs, and consulting in DC I retired in earnest in 2005 to a picturesque small town in southern
horse country; Aiken, South Carolina. We had no previous ties to this community, but it felt like home. No regrets. Here I teach Bi-
ble History twice a week, Docent at the County Museum, sing with two local groups, sit on the board of one large non-church related
chorus, am VP of the local Senior Mens Club, actively support the local MOAA chapter which is active indeed, and am a board
member of the local USNA Alumni Association when it is activated. But it seems I mostly support my wifes activities as President
of our local Ladies Club, a demanding job, and her other social functions. They keep me more socially active than I otherwise would
be. Our home is situated beautifully on the third hole of our communitys golf course, but I have not taken up golf in retirement. I
like golf, but cant find the time to do it justice. I like the view and the free golf balls for our dog Bailey.

One memorable event was singing with the Glee Club for President Kennedys funeral. We stood in front of the White House portico
facing heads of state from around the globe. Charles de Gaulle in his tall hat standing beside little Haile Selassie is a picture I wish I
could have taken for posterity.
As a First Class, I did a singing skit with Barbara Feldon on the Mike Douglas Show in New York City. That was one of many
unique experiences generated by the USNA Glee Club. My firsty would give me a hard time because, as a Plebe in the Glee Club, I
was out of Mother B for many more days and weekends than he was.
Buying my first car (somewhat early) so that transportation was POSSIBLE, even though leaving the car out in town was a pain.
Being in Normandy for the 25th anniversary of D-Day during youngster cruise was an awakening for a young person on their first
experience overseas. Cherbourg closed their doors to us as they suffered under US occupation and couldnt balance our logistical
necessities with the freedom we brought. Sad. On the other hand, above the beachheads, older people would see our uniforms
(required) and run to give us a hug and offer their appreciation. There it felt great to be an American.
I was assigned to the Naval Exchange Program with Australia. This was my first time in Australia and Asia and my travel was exten-
sive; from Penang to Singapore to Jakarta and to several Australian ports. I was even assigned to a British sub on loan to Australia
where my claim to fame was to win a small slam on the first game with the CO as sea. Also, I was the only person on board who
could shuffle cards in a meld. They thought I was from Las Vegas! This experience was a window to parts of the world I had never
properly imagined. I would return to the Western Pacific and beyond with much anticipation several more times in my life.

Being chucked into the Severn River amongst the dinghies on my January birthday was humorous to all but me. Until it was my time
to turn the tables.
The antics that were imposed on the Army Company Officers over the years were delicious. Especially in preparation for the big
game. Mules are hard to come by.
No one could believe a youngster year port call tea dance in Yachting Dress Blue Bravo. Say what?
1988: US Naval War College, Master of Arts, National Security and Strategic Studies, graduated with Highest Distinction
1988: Salve Regina University, Master of Arts, International Relations
1989 1990: Graduate of the one-year State Department Foreign Service Institute Senior Seminar course
Service Awards
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit Medal (2)
Meritorious Service Medal (3)
Navy Commendation Medal (3)
Navy Unit Commendation (4)
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Overseas Service Ribbon
Sea Service Ribbon
National Defense Service Medal (2)
Arctic Service Medal
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Submarine Insignia
SSBN Deterrent Patrol Insignia (6)
Command at Sea Insignia
Office of the Secretary of Defense Badge
Uniform Device
Submariner Dolphins
I was conflicted after two years in two different universities because I was interested in too many academic disciplines. I took the
problem to my high school mentor, a local lawyer in my home town and, unbeknownst to me, a 1947 USNA graduate. He convinced
me that a Naval Officer needed to be a bit of an engineer, a historian, a diplomat, a general strategist basically a renaissance man
based on what we now call STEM. And if I were to choose the Navy, the only way to go was first class: USNA. I was quickly con-
vinced. At that point we rushed to get a congressional appointment. Again, I did not then know that my mentor was also the Chair-
man of the South Dakota Republican Committee. And my family were Roosevelt Democrats! But I had found a potential career path
which in the end provided 24 fruitful and enjoyable years, the high point being command at sea of a nuclear submarine in the Pacific.

I expected a fine education that would not have been available to me any other way. I was not disappointed. Plebe hazing was also
expected. As a prior fraternity Pledge Master for one academic cycle, I was ready for that. All the rest of the Annapolis experience
was beyond my imagining as a young person from a small town in rural America with little or no worldly experience. For the rest of
my life, saying that I was an Annapolis graduate easily garnered personal, social and business opportunities that would otherwise
have often been more difficult. I got the career I wanted, comrades for a lifetime and much, much more.
Summary
After two years of university and still searching for a major, I was encouraged by a hometown USNA grad mentor to apply for An-
napolis. This was the singularly best professional decision I ever made. In addition to a first class education, Annapolis provided
unimagined experiences. With the Glee Club, I was able to travel far and often, sometimes appearing on national television pro-
grams. I experienced the 25th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. I was a foreign exchange Midshipman with the Australian Navy in
Western Asia as well as Australian waters and ports.
After completing the Nuclear Power and Submarine training pipeline, I was assigned to a new submarine in Norfolk, the USS Ham-
merhead. That began the traditional ladder of submarine assignments culminating in command: USS Batfish new construction and
deployments, USS Grant as Engineering Officer, USS Batfish (again) as Executive Officer for the first non-refueling overhaul plus
deployments, USS Aspro in Pearl Harbor as CO. This sequence was broken up by one LCDR assignment to BuPers. After command,
I was assigned a series of 6 month to one-year staff assignments culminating in a DoD policy assignment in support of the first Gulf
War. I retired from active duty in 1991 immediately following that assignment.
In the post-Navy period I worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories until the Company split up in 1995. At that time I started my own
business and shifted my customer focus to the Washington, DC area and Capital Hill in particular: Senate, Library of Congress,
Capital Police, Transportation Department.
In 1987, Cassi and I were married in Hawaii. She joined me in raising my two young and now successful daughters in a life that
seemed to have no pause button. We have shared many happy and memorable times and events, most of which were and still are
centered around USNA friends and activities.
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Dennis McGinn
In 2002, after 35 years of service, I retired from the Navy as a Vice Admiral. While in the
Navy, I served as a naval aviator, test pilot, aircraft carrier commanding officer, and national
security strategist and Commander of the Third Fleet. My capstone assignment was as the
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs, where I oversaw
the development of future Navy capabilities.
In 2013 I was appointed Assistant Secretary of the

Navy (Energy, Installations & Environment) where
I developed Department-wide policies, procedures,
advocacy and strategic plans. I also managed all
Departments of the Navy functions and programs
related to installations, safety, energy, and environ-
ment. This included effective management of Navy
and Marine Corps real property, housing, and other
facilities; natural and cultural resource protection,
planning, and compliance; safety and occupational
health for military and civilian personnel; and
timely completion of closures and realignments of
installations under base closure laws.
I was the former President of the American Council

On Renewable Energy (ACORE), an organization
dedicated to building a secure and prosperous
America with clean, renewable energy. While at ACORE, I led efforts to communicate the sig-
nificant economic, security and environmental benefits of renewable energy. I was a co-
chairman of the CNA Military Advisory Board and an international security senior fellow at
the Rocky Mountain Institute.
I served as a member of the Steering Committee of the Energy Future Coalition, the United
States Energy Security Council, and the Bipartisan Policy Center Energy Board. I attended the
national security program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and was
a Chief of Naval Operations strategic studies fellow at the U.S. Naval War College.
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John Nuzzo
Upon graduation I was commissioned as an Ensign in the Surface Warfare Community. Sea-
duty assignments during my career included four ships (DD, LST, LSD, LPH), serving as CIC
Officer, Operations Officer, Navigator, Asst Operations/TAO). Homeports included Norfolk,
VA; Yokosuka, JN; and San Diego, CA. My service included extended deployments to the In-
dian Ocean, Persian Gulf, the Atlantic Ocean,
Mediterranean Sea, Western Pacific, as well as
Southeast Asia. My ships participated in combat
support operations in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970. I
deployed again to Vietnam in 1975 for the humani-
tarian evacuation of Saigon and coastal cities as
part of the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Ready
Group.
In 1976, I accepted assignment to the TAR Program

which included command of several Naval Reserve
Training Centers, as well as a sea tour with the At-
lantic Amphibious Ready Group. Shore assign-
ments included Director of Training Programs for a
large Naval Reserve Readiness Command.
I retired from active service in 1989 with the rank

of Commander, USNR. After retiring, I pursued a career in transportation management with a
Motorcoach/Tour Company. I subsequently took a positon in Transportation Management for a
large school district, and continued in various positions until retirement after 22 years.
I am married to the former Joanne Bettoli. We have been married since June 1967; And, yes,
we went to the "Ring Dance" together. We have one son, Micheal, who also served in the U.S.
Navy as an engineering petty officer at sea.
Leisure time include road trips around the New York Finger Lakes, Adirondacks, New Eng-
land, up and down the east coast; We also enjoy gardening and cooking, and have treasured the
companionship over the years of toy poodles, and most recently our Havanese, Rocky.
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Russell E. Pelot Jr
Service History
1967-68 Naval Aviation Training Command, Pensacola, Fla, received wings Jan 1969
1969-70 NAS Jacksonville, Fla. QA/QC Officer, SAR Pilot (H-34,
HU-16, H-2, H-1, S-2, U-11), H-34 Test Pilot
1970-72 Naval Air Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Personnel Officer,
SAR Pilot (H-1, HU-16), H-I NATOPS Qual/Test pilot.
1972 Transferred to Naval Reserve NORVA
1972-74 NARS/R1, RTU-78. SLJO (various titles), transition to S-2F
1974-78 VS-806, NAS-2186. Asst Training Officer
1978-91 CLF Det 206. Washington Navy Yard. Training Officer; War
Gamer, Naval War College, Newport, RI
1991 Retired as Commander USNR
1974-1975, Mortgage Loan Analyst in the Mortgage and Real Estate
Division of the Life Insurance Company of Virginia, Richmond, Vir-
ginia, underwriting permanent loans for incomeproducing properties
throughout the Southeastern US.
1976-1982, Vice President/Senior Appraiser, for Beasley & Beasley,

Inc., Woodstock, Virginia, Director and Senior Project Appraiser for the
valuation and disposition of approximately 3,600 miles of railroad right
of way; 20 major rail operating facilities; and numerous special -purpose structures throughout the rail system transferred from the
Penn Central, Reading and other bankrupt railroad estates to The Consolidated Rail Corporation (CONRAIL). All valuation work
was in support of court litigation.
1982/1984, Director of Sales and Marketing for the Bowman Company, Inc., a regional producer of both private label and branded
apple based products with operational assets exceeding five million dollars.
1984-85, Director of Client Services in the Washington, D.C., office of the JacksonCross Company, a real estate financial services
company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa. Responsible for the development of business opportunities and expansion of client base.
Generated nearly a million dollars in revenues for the newly established Washington office in the first eight months of association.
Also presented expert property valuation testimony in the Federal District Courts of Baltimore City and Frederick County, Maryland.
1985-93, Vice President, Real Estate, RF&P Corporation, formerly the RF&P Railroad Company. Responsible for the acquisition,
sale, marketing, development, leasing, financing, and overall management of the Corporation's real estate assets located throughout
the Northern Virginia market. Paramount was Crystal City, Arlington, which included 5.5 million square feet of office space, 1,630
residential units, a 340room hotel and 350,000 square feet of retail space.
1994-2000, Vice President of the Horseshoe Group, Inc., a financial sourcing and consulting firm which with its associate company,
Metropolitan Funding Corporation, providing over two and one half billion dollars of development financing and services. Responsi-
bilities included the origination of commercial mortgage loans, application of numerous private sector financing programs with ma-
jor banking institutions as well as the government sponsored insurance guarantee programs of HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2001-2004, Vice President, Origination, Love Funding Corporation, a nationally positioned commercial mortgage banking firm with
operations into commercial banking, loan servicing, property management, equity investments, senior housing, Real Estate Invest-
ment Trusts and mortgage banking. Responsibilities included the origination of commercial mortgage loans for office, retail, multi-
family and industrial properties through such private sector sources as conduits, life insurance portfolios, individual investors and
national equity investment funds, as well as government sponsored insurance guarantee programs provided through the Federal
Housing Administration (HUD), the Federal National Mortgage Association (now Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mort-
gage Corporation (Freddie Mac).
2004-2011, Executive Vice President with CSR International, LLC, a Federally designated Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small
Business, widely experienced in the fields of homeland security, domestic preparedness and national/international business develop-
ment. During the last five years of this period, the Company's corporate exposure and relationships within the private, commercial
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and governmental contracting sectors were expanded to include masonry contracting and construction services in support of Defense
Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) efforts as well as other significant masonry projects in the Washington, D.C.
SMSA. Of particular note was the incorporation of Walter Reed Army Medical Center into the National Naval Medical Center, Be-
thesda, MD., for which the company completed two office buildings, parking deck and related structures in concert with the interna-
tionally renowned Clark Construction Company.

My wife, Nichola, was born and raised in Dundee, Scotland, on the northeast coast, a good wood shot across the River Tay to St.
Andrews. Dundee is a sister-city to Alexandria, Va., and as I was living/working in that area I was also a member of the Rotary Club
of Alexandria which supported Sister-Cities. She had visited several times under the exchange program while in school and contin-
ued these visits with friends whom I also knew after finishing, so it was only a matter of time until we met in Alexandria. She moved
here in 1997, and we were married in 1999. She became a US citizen in 2004 and was sworn in by classmate Tony Principi, then
Secretary of Veteran Affaires.
Have travelled quite a bit with my wife on her business trips, much more than with Uncle Sam. Lived in Adelaide, AU, for three
months and did the Sydney Bridge climb; London for three months and had a private tour of the Houses of Parliament; a full days
tour of all the beaches at Normandy and the Cemetery; Shanghai, China, for two weeks in a 5-star hotel (which her cousin owns)
complete with personal butler; numerous trips to Cape Town, SA, where her father and brother reside and of course visits back to her
Scottish homeland.
Left the frozen Northlands of Virginia and moved to Apollo Beach in December 0f 2011, intending to continue the work at CSR
International with classmate Jim Christensen and travelling back to NoVa as needed. However, with the sudden, shocking news of
his death in January 2012 the company ceased operations. Since that time I have assumed the role of full time retireetennis, dragon
boat racing and a bit of fishing and golf. Of course, I always accompany my wife, when invited, on her business trips which she says
are not going to continue too much longer.

GRADUATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hat toss
Army Navy March On 1/c Year

Academic Board letting me graduate!!!!!
Really ?!?!?!?!? I should include this under the Humorous section above
I dont have a long pedigree of family members serving in the military, save one. Lt. Thomas Postell Pelot, USNA Class of 1857,
who resigned his commission in 1861 to become an officer in the Confederate Navy. He died on the deck of the USS Water-Witch
just south of Savannah, Ga., while capturing the ship which was menacing the Georgia coastline. While I was not aware of this prior
to entering the Academy, it wasnt long before I learned of his history on the back wall of Memorial Hall. Though not an initial rea-
son for attending USNA, it was reassuring to know that I was continuing a tradition of Naval Service and a confirmation of my aim
to be independent. My enlistment in the Naval Reserve while at Bullis Prep School provided the means for securing an appoint-
ment through the Naval Reserve and an opportunity to fly several different types of both military and civilian aircraft in many differ-
ent and variable scenerios.

Yes, a fact that remains with me even today. The Academy experience provides a strong basis for meeting and handling the many
unknowns the life might throw at you, and it always presents a definite positive when others learn that you are a graduate of the
United States Naval Academy. Though I was on active duty for only five years after graduation, I wore the Navy uniform for thirty
and was able to incorporate the lessons learned while at the Academy throughout my active duty, civilian and Reserve careers.
Summary
Following Graduation I served as a Company Officer to the incoming Plebes and was able to experience "up close and personal" life
on both sides of that Midshipman/Officer line (Note, the latter side is preferable). Following the interim tour on the Plebe Detail, the
real career began with flight training in Pensacola, receiving my Wings in January of 1969. First duty station was NAS Jacksonville,
assigned as Search and Rescue pilot flying H-34, HU-16, H-2, H-1 and S-2 aircraft. I was then reassigned to NAS Guantanamo Bay,
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Cuba, again flying the H-1 and HU-16.
In 1972, traded the USN commission for a USNR and spent 18 months getting a Master of Science Degree in Real Estate and Urban
Land Development from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. The career highlight was a partnership with class-
mate Jim Christensen at CSR International, LLC, a Federally designated Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business headquar-
tered in the Washington, DC area.
Until 1978, was a member of several Air Reserve Units at NAS Norfolk transitioning to the S2F aircraft to maintain flight profi-
ciency. I then transferred to CinCLANT FLT Det 206 in Washington, DC, and became an Air Specialty War Gamer at the Naval
War College in Newport, RI.
My wife, Nichola, and I met as a result of common friends in Alexandria, Va, and her Sister Cities home town of Dundee, Scotland.
She came to America in 1997, and we were married in 1999. We have travelled quite a bit on business trips to Australia, China,
South Africa, of course the UK, and also to USNA several times, but always enjoy returning to the sunshine and warmth of our
Tampa home where we have lived since 2011.
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George Philip
SERVICE HISTORY
1962-67: USNA (14th Company)
1967-68: The Basic School, Quantico,VA and Basic Artillery Course, Ft Sill, OK 1968-69: 1st Bn, 13th Marines, Republic of Viet-
nam
1969-70: Instructor, Officer Candidates School, Quantico, VA 1970-71:
Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA
1971-72: Marine Advisory Unit, Republic of Vietnam 1972-73: Am-
phibious Warfare School, Quantico, VA
1973-74: Shore Party Company Commander,Third Marine Division,
Okinawa 1974-75: Battery Commander, 11th Marines, Camp
Pendleton, CA
1975-77: Commanding Officer, Marine Detachment, USS CANOPUS
(AS-34) 1978-80: XO/CO Recruit Training Battalion, MCRD,
San Diego, CA
1980-82: Staff, Field Command Defense Nuclear Agency, Kirtland
AFB, NM 1982-84: Staff, FMFPac, Camp Smith, HI
1985: Staff, Third MarDiv, Okinawa
1986-89: Staff, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, VA
1989: Retired from USMC as a LtCol
Duties as assigned. Two tours in Vietnam. Was one of the Marines remaining in Vietnam for the 1972 North Vietnam Easter Offen-
sive.
Memorable Life Events

Since I was single I willingly accepted reassignments which resulted in a fairly diverse change of scenery. I spent four years in the
Far East as well as time in Scotland, Spain and six states, some multiple times.
My Wife
Fran and I were married in 1994 and shortly afterward moved to Maine so she could take an executive position with the outdoor
sporting goods company, LLBean. We lived on a farm for six years before building our house in Freeport.
Retired Life
Since Fran retired from LLBean three years ago we have traveled extensively abroad. Winters will usually find us at our ski condo in
Maine and summers enjoying water activities at our home in Freeport.
Fondest Memory of USNA

On First Class cruise spending an evening at the royal palace in Monaco with other midshipmen as guests of Prince Ranier and Prin-
cess Grace and having a wonderful conversation with the Princess as well as enjoying a great party.
Service Awards
Bronze Star w/ V, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achieve-
ment Medal, Combat Action Ribbon
Why I elected to attend USNA

Three previous generations of my family attended USNA with my great grandfather being the first to graduate in 1867. Thus since
childhood it was a goal I sought and I secured an appointment from my fathers home state, South Dakota.
Did Academy experience satisfy my expectations?

The Academy experience was very helpful particularly early in my Marine career. Time management, integrity and self-discipline
were principles I learned at USNA that set me on the right path.
Summary
After basic Marine officer training and artillery school I was deployed to Vietnam where I served as a forward observer and battery
fire direction officer. A year after this tour I took a nine-month course in Vietnamese before returning to Vietnam to serve as an advi-
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sor with the Vietnamese Marines.
My duty stations took me to the Far East several times, to Europe and to six different states, some of them several times. One of my
most enjoyable tours was as commanding officer of the Marine Detachment, USS CANOPUS (AS-34), a ballistic missile submarine
tender. In 1989 I retired as a lieutenant colonel.
My fondest memory at USNA, indeed one of the fondest of my life, was an evening along with other midshipmen, spent as a guest of
the royal family of Monaco during 1/C cruise. Princess Grace was not only gracious to us; she seemed to really enjoy being with a
bunch of Americans!
Deciding to attend USNA was an easy decision. Three generations of my family, a total of five graduates, had preceded me. This
included two of flag rank and three Navy Crosses among them. All were Navy but I chose the alternate path and joined the Marines.
Fran and I met after I retired and married in 1994. She accepted an executive position with the sporting goods company LLBean so
we moved to Maine where we have remained. Since her retirement we have spent much of our time enjoying world travel, our pets,
and winters at our ski condo.
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Richard Rick H. Purnell

Service History
1963-67: USNA (10th Company Plebe year then 14th Company)
1967-68: Naval Aviation Training Command, various locations, re-
ceived wings 9/27/1968
1969: E-2 Replacement Training, RVAW-120, NAS Norfolk, VA
1969-72: VAW-126, NAS Norfolk, VA and CVW-17, USS Forrestal
(CVA-59), E-2 Pilot
1972-74: VT-3, NAS Whiting, FL, T-28 Pilot and Flight Instructor
1974-75: USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67), Air Department
1975-76: Commander Naval Air Force Atlantic Staff Safety Office
1976-79: VR-24, C-2 Pilot
1979-80: RVAW-120 Instructor Pilot, E-2C/C-2, NAS Norfolk, VA
1980-95: Transferred to the Naval Reserve
1995: Retired from USNR with rank of Commander
After leaving active duty, I went to work as an engineer for Sperry as
part of the design team for the Spanish Navy Aircraft Carrier Principe
de Asturias. Although I never left Sperry, in the intervening 35-years
I have worked at 5-other defense companies through various acquisi-
tions and mergers. I now work for Lockheed Martins Washington Operations. I remained in the naval reserve until retiring in 1995.

Joy, Ted and I went to witness our good friend and Classmate Mike Smith as he went to space in the Space Shuttle Challenger on
January 28, 1986 and were on the tarmac at Kennedy Space Center when the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster unfolded.

Four months to the day after USNA graduation Joy and I were married in Huntington, NY. God blessed us with only one child, Ted,
who remains the light of our lives. He now has four boys James, Bryce, Davis, and Quinn and they light up our lives even more
brightly as does Teds wife, Kelly. Fortunately they live only minutes from us and that too is a blessing.
I am still actively employed and have no plans to retire-retire. Every day I go to work to solve problems for our warriors and my
work-unit is populated by professional men and women who are each retired or reserve officers mostly naval aviators and air force
pilots. Why give up a ready room atmosphere that pays reasonable well while I am in good health?

Being informed by my roommate that the President and the Governor of Texas had been shot in Dallas.
Beating Army and qualifying to go to the Cotton Bowl as the #2 football team in America
Sailing to Europe during Youngster Cruise
Playing that wonderful, feral intramural sport Field Ball
Long weekends
Actually learning to fly during summer cruise in Pensacola
Meeting my future bride on leave Second Class summer
Putting USNA in my rearview mirror after a miraculous graduation!

It mostly wasnt very funny.
Awards Received
They actually let me graduate!
passed with little room to spare
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Athletic
practiced hard, played little
The U. S. Naval Academy was my first choice for college from an early age. I wanted to go to Navy for many reasons including:
1) it offered a first class education;
2) I understood that if I could get accepted that it was up to me to perform and if I did I would graduate;
3) Navy offered me an opportunity to play in a top level football program; and
4) most off all, USNA was a gateway to a commission and Navy flight training.

Navy met my goal of getting a degree from a well-respected college and a commission in the Navy. Additionally I qualified to go to
Pensacola to win my wings of gold and that was a bonus. Overall the Naval Academy experience prepared me well for life in the
real world.
Summary
I served on active duty for 12-years after flight training. I was a plank owner in my first squadron, VAW-126, and that was a learn-
ing experience both from the flying point of view and for learning how the squadron organized from the ground up. We won the
battle E and the safety S in our first cycle so it was a good learning experience.
Next I served as a basic flight instructor and that was another high-learning experience. It seems counterintuitive that you learn to
fly by teaching basic flying but I did. Then I went on to USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) where my career was interrupted by an injury
that landed me on a 3-star staff until I recovered and returned to flying status. My final two active tours were as a COD pilot in the
Mediterranean and then as an Instructor pilot in the E-2/C-2 training squadron.
I completed service in the Navy reserve where they let me fly for a while before shuffling me off to administrative duties. I went to
work for Sperry after leaving the Navy and have worked in the defense industry since. I now work in Washington Operations for
Lockheed Martin which in my opinion is a continuation of service since the corporations raison detre is to equip the armed services
with the best weapon systems in the world.
I married Joy in 1967 and we are still married, healthy and happy. Our only child Ted lives nearby with his lovely wife Kelly and
their four boys, James, Bryce, Davis and Quinn. Life is indeed good.
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Stephen A. Schwarting
Service History
1967 Graduation from U.S.N.A.
1967-1968 Primary Flight Training, Pensacola, Florida
1968-1970 Intermediate/Advanced Flight Training Corpus Christi, Texas
1970 1973 NAS Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, California
Memorial Biography
Stephen A. Schwarting decided as a young man that flying for the United States Navy was what he wanted to do. While Steve was
not initially accepted to the Naval Academy, a year at Penn State University made it possible for him to obtain his goal of attending
the Academy.
Shortly after graduation, Steve married Martha Rogers in Annapolis. Soon after, he was sent to Pensacola, Florida for flight training.
It was here that he learned that he would not be flying jets as he had hoped. Apparently, he was told that should ejection be required,
his legs may not make the trip with him. While this was a small disappointment, he was still going to complete his dream of flying
in the Navy. With jets no longer an option, he joined the maritime prop ranks.
In 1968, orders sent Steve to NAS Corpus Christi for training in the P-3 Orion, which led to his attachment to VP-47 at NAS Moffett
Field in Sunnyvale, California in early 1970. His letters to his wife, my mother, showed a man that was deeply in love with her, as
well as a man who really enjoyed his work. The time he and his crew spent not flying out of Guam or Adak was filled with fun.
In early 1973, Steve was accepted to the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California. He was to begin classes in the Gradu-
ate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in the fall of 1973. Sadly, he never made it to enrollment. During a routine training
operation on April 12, 1973 at NAS Moffet Field, California, the P-3 Steve was piloting accidently collided with another aircraft due
to a simple mistake in air traffic control procedures. Sixteen men from both planes were killed in the tragedy, including six on
Steves plane. LT Schwarting had been a Navy pilot for five years, and at age 29 he had logged 2014 flight hours, 1014 of those in P-
3 aircraft.
Steve is survived by his two children, Amy and Tom, his mother, Roberta, and his brothers, Gary and Michael.
Provided by his son Thomas Schwarting
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Donald P. Waid
Service History
1967 68: Naval Aviation Training Command, Various locations, received
wings 1968
1969: A6 Replacement Air Training, NAS Oceana, VA
1969 --71: VA176, NAS Oceana
1971-- 72: NARF, NAS Norfolk, VA, Maintenance Test Pilot
1967-72 - US Naval Officer
1972-74 - Pilot EAL
1974-79 - (Furlough EAL) VP First Farmers National Bank
1979-91 - Pilot EAL
1991-Present - Auditor First Farmers National Bank & First State Bank

Operation Stormfury In 1969 I participated in a hurricane eye wall seeding experiment. Using the A6 aircraft as the seeding vehi-
cle, I piloted two flights through hurricane Debbie.

Betty and I were married in December 1970 and have two daughters and three grandchildren.
Although I still stay active in the family community banking business, I am currently semi-retired. I am an avid amateur astrono-
mer and operate equipment in two private observatories to capture and produce images of celestial objects in the night skies. I main-
tain a personal web site where I publish my images. http://www.waid-observatory.com Betty and I enjoy spending time under the
dark skies at our mountain retreat in the Davis Mountains of west Texas.

Friends made at USNA, especially roomy Rick Purnell
Youngster Cruise to Europe.
JFKs assassination and the effect it had.
Watching Rodger Staubach play football
Graduation

June Week, 67 - Smuggling my younger brother into Bancroft, dressing him in working dress whites, and marching into the mess
hall for morning meal. A memory he will keep for a lifetime!
Awards Received
1967 USNA - First Prize for presentation of research paper Ducted Flow with Heat Addition and Area Change.
1967 UVA Third Prize for presenting the above research paper.
Uniform Device
Naval aviator Wings
I grew up in rural Oklahoma where patriotism and respect for the military was very prevalent. Going to one of the service academies
was an achievement to be to be sought after and considered to be a very high goal for any young person. I decided this was the path
I would try to follow. I felt I could gain the education and training that would benefit me in a far greater extent than I could at a tra-
ditional institution of higher learning.

All in all, I would say that my goals of gaining a high quality education were achieved. More importunately, the character and lead-
ership training received exceeded my expectations.
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Summary
I was born, and raised, in a small town in Oklahoma. My family, and the community as a whole, were always very patriotic and held
the military in the highest regard and respect. One of the greatest ambitions a young man could have was to attend one of the na-
tions military academies. In 1963 I applied to my congressman, and received, an appointment to the US Naval Academy. My time
at the academy was possibly the most memorable and life molding experience of my life. I not only received an excellent education
but, more importantly, I obtained leadership values and moral character instilled by the training and influence received during my
four years by the Severn.
Upon graduation I requested orders to flight school training in Pensacola, FL. After receiving my Wings of Gold, I was given or-
ders to NAS Oceana for A6 Intruder training. Upon completing the A6 transition course at VA-42, I was assigned to attack squadron
VA-176. My tour of duty in VA-176 included two Mediterranean deployments aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. After my
tour with VA-176 , I served at the Naval Air Rework Facility, NAS Norfolk, as an A6 maintenance test pilot. Upon completing a
short tour at NARF, I left the Naval Service and started a career as a pilot for Eastern Air Lines. In 1991 I left EAL and became
active in the community banking business.
During my assignment to VA-176 I met, and married, the love of my life, Betty Smith. We have been blessed with two daughters
and three grandchildren. I am now retired and Betty and I remain active with the grandchildren, hobbies, and spending time at our
mountain retreat in West Texas.
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Harold (Rusty) Baumberger

Service History
1967-68: Georgia Tech, MS Engineering Mechanics 68
1968: Nuclear Power School, Vallejo, CA
1968-69: Nuclear Prototype Training, Idaho Falls, ID, Nuclear EOOW Qualifi-
cation
1969: Submarine School, New London, CT
1969-71: USS Henry Clay (SSBN 625 Blue), Refueling Overhaul, Charleston
Naval Shipyard, SC, Homeport: Hawaii, Three Polaris Patrols, Oper-
ating Site: Guam, Qualified Submarines
1972-73: USS Pollack (SSN 603), Homeport: New London, CT, Refueling
Overhaul: Charleston Naval Shipyard, SC, Qualified Nuclear Engi-
neer Officer
1973: Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons Officer School, Dam Neck, VA
1973-75: USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN 630 Blue), Weapons Officer, Home-
port: Charleston, SC, Four Poseidon Patrols, Operating Site: Holy
Loch, Scotland
1975-77: Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons Training Officer, Charleston, SC
1977: Temporary Duty, USS John Adams (SSBN 620 Blue), Weapons Officer,
Homeport: Charleston, SC, Operating Site: Goose Creek, SC
Nuclear Engineer & Consultant, Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and DOE Facilities.
1977-80: Nuclear Power Consultants, Inc, Rockville, MD, Consultant, Nuclear Quality Assurance Auditor, Registered Profes-
sional Engineer MD
1980-88: Senior Evaluator, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), Atlanta, GA
1988-91: Senior Consultant, Liberty Consulting Group, Atlanta Office
1991-96: Self-Employed Consultant, Atlanta, GA
1996-2015: Vice President, Marathon Consulting Group; Alpharetta Office (1996-1999); New Hampshire Field Office (2000-
2007), Oregon Field Office (2007-2015)

Member of original group that founded INPO, a nuclear industry organization formed after Three Mile Island accident, with a mis-
sion to significantly improve nuclear station performance and avoid further serious nuclear events. I participated in over 40 evalua-
tions of nuclear power stations (over half in U.S.). One major individual contribution was as initial developer and manager of the
Nuclear Plant Performance Indicator Program to collect, analyze and publish nuclear station performance data used for establishing
quantitative measures of nuclear safety and goals for station improvement. This organization contributed to significant improvement
in performance and avoidance of similar events in the US.
As Transition Manager for Nuclear Power Plant, I managed the sale of a nuclear power plant for $180 million dollars for the owners.
The sale took almost two years to complete and included identifying, assigning, tracking and completing all the seller actions neces-
sary to complete the sales agreement, including necessary regulatory approvals and Nuclear Regulatory Commission license transfer,
all of which were highly contested by anti-nuclear groups. The sale closed successfully on the last day allowed by the sales agree-
ment. The most interesting part of the work was working out trading off one million dollar issue for anothercan only be described
as playing Monopoly with real money!!!

Mary Lou and I were married in 1967 right after graduation at the USNA Chapel. After years of moving regularly, we settled in Ma-
rietta, GA for over twenty years, then seven years in New Hampshire. We are now living happily in suburban Portland, Oregon, re-
main active and plan on staying put. We have two sons, Scott and Craig. Scott owns his own business in architectural illustration and
rendering. Craig is an assistant manger at Recreation Equipment Incorporated (REI). Both live in the Portland area. We have three
grandchildren, one grown living in Springfield, MO, and two younger ones nearby in the Portland area.
I am semi-retired, occasionally consulting through my former company, working up to three months a year (mostly during the rainy
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season in Portland!). Since retirement from full-time consulting (2008), we have taken a long trip at least once a year, including one
of my favorites, bicycling through Holland. I stay active in the Portland area playing golf regularly, managing monthly public nights
at the Haggart Observatory through the astronomy club, and constructing and operating a backyard garden railroad. Most of all, we
enjoy seeing our children and grand children regularly and having them nearby.

The first evening after induction (what had I gotten myself into?)
Plebe year Army-Navy game final gun (extreme relief when game ended, followed by euphoria!)
End of Plebe Year (more extreme relief)
Ring Dance (with the girl I later married)
First Class Year (its good to be on top!)
Watching Star Trek on TV in the Company First Class Wardroom
All the guys in my companystill life long friends
BS USNA 1967, Highest Standing in Mechanical Engineering Award, Selected for Immediate Graduate Education Program
(IGEP)
MS Georgia Tech, Engineering Mechanics 1968
MS Georgia Tech, Nuclear Engineering 1992
Certified Professional Engineer, MD (1979), GA (1982)
Service/USNA Awards
SSBN Strategic Deterrent Patrol Pins (7)

Submarine Dolphins
My father was USNA 44, and was a career surface Naval Officer, retiring as a Commander. I grew up in a Navy family and had a
general idea what Navy life was like. I also expected that USNA would provide a quality academic education. I wanted to fly jets
and intended to be a Naval Aviator after graduation. I was offered both an NROTC scholarship (to University of Southern Califor-
nia) and a Naval Academy appointment (Presidential) and elected USNA because I felt it would prepare me better for a naval career,
and had more prestige.

Yes. My eyesight kept me out of Naval Aviation, and I elected to pursue Nuclear Submarines instead. My navy nuclear training and
experience was the basis for my civilian career. The academic education was top notch, and completely prepared me for graduate
education at Georgia Tech (a top 10 engineering school) immediately after graduation. The navy nuclear experience was an excellent
basis for a career in the commercial nuclear industry.
Summary
My navy career included tours of duty on three nuclear submarines, a fourth one for a short temporary assignment and a submarine
training center. I spent a lot of time in shipyards (primarily Charleston). What I enjoyed and remember most were the great people I
worked with.
I decided to leave the Navy and try my hand at civilian life after almost ten years (halfway to retirement!), but have had no regrets
about the decision. My navy experience in nuclear paved the way to a career in the US commercial nuclear industry. After working
for medium to large companies for a number of years, I began my own consulting company in 1991. In 1996, I joined my current
company, the Marathon Consulting Group, and am a Vice President. Currently, I am semi-retired, but still work a few months a
year, as needed.
My wife Mary and I have been married almost 50 years. She was my ring dance date and we were married at the USNA chapel right
after graduation. We have had a marvelous life filled with wonderful memories, including extensive travel. We get together with
other classmates and their wives frequently, often traveling together overseas.
Our greatest joy is our children and grandchildren. They have each become successful and fascinating people. We often marvel at
how talented they are, especially considering they probably didnt get it from us! Having them all together in the Portland area, after
years of being separatedsometimes all the way across the countryis terrific. We expect to settle here in the Portland area for the
rest of our lives. We look forward to the next reunion and a chance to see those of you we havent got a chance to visit since the last
one!
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Clifford (Cliff) Brahmstadt

Service History
1963 67: USNA (9th Company Plebe Year, then 15th for the final three)
1967 68: Basic School, Quantico, VA
1968: Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Ft Sill, OK
1968 69: 3rd 155 Guns (SP), Fire Direction Officer and G/2/11, attached to
K/3/7 as Forward Observer, RVN.
1969 72: Field Artillery School, Ft Sill, OK Gunnery Instructor
1972 76: Field Artillery Officers Advanced Course, Ft Sill, OK
1976 74: 2nd Bn 12th Marines, Okinawa Battery Commander/S-3
1974 78: I Battery 3rd Bn 14th Marines, Reading, PA Inspector-Instructor
1978 79: 1st Bn 10th Marines, Camp Lejeune, NC S-4/XO
1979: Transferred to the ready reserve
1981 83: 3rd Bn 14th Marines, Philadelphia, PA S-4/XO
1985 89: PP&O Reserve Augmentations Unit, HQMC Plans Officer
1989 95: MTU PA-2, Ft Indiantown Gap, PA, - War Gaming Project Officer,
Active duty assignment during Desert Storm
1995 Retired from Naval Service with a rank of Colonel
After leaving active duty, I completed an MBA at Lehigh University and was
employed in the auto battery industry. Then, I started a corn based snack food
company with several partners. We later sold the operation to a regional com-
pany, Bachman Foods. I continued with Bachman as plant manager and later
Director of Operations and Chairman of the Corn Technology Committee for the Snack Food Association. I then joined Sara Lee
Foods as manager of North East Distribution and retired from there in 2011.

Reporting to K/3/7, RVN, and finding my company commander was Capt Fred Fagan, USNA 64, from my plebe year company.

Sharon and I were married in June 1967. She was a member of the first graduating class of a four year program at Cameron State
Agricultural College at Lawton, Okla. She completed her M.Ed and taught English at both Holy Name High School and Reading
Area Community College. She was also a national park service seasonal park ranger in historic interpretation working at both Valley
Forge NHP and Hopewell Furnace NHS. We have a son, David, and a daughter, Carrie. Both are married and we have 3 beautiful
granddaughters.
When we retired, the kids asked if we were going to move to another location. Our answer was, why? Locally, we have ready ac-
cess to the arts and fine dining. In addition, we are within 2 hours of the National and Maryland State Archives for conducting fam-
ily history research, and I can volunteer at nearby state parks doing trail maintenance. I also work as a collier at Hopewell Furnace
NHS during the charcoal making events and as a gardener at Reading Public Museums arboretum. I also enjoy attending events at
the Greater Reading World Affairs Council. We are both active members of our parish. Sharon and I also enjoy some travel.

JFKs speech to the Plebe Class (67) in August of 1963
Learning of the Presidents assassination during mechanical drawing class.
First Navy football game, at West Virginia.
At sea in a destroyer, leaving the Chesapeake Bay and entering the Atlantic
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Graduated!
Service/USNA Awards
Army Commendation, PUC, MUC, CAR and various campaign and service awards.
To become a Marine Corps officer.

Yes
Summary
After completing TBS at Quantico and Field Artillery Officers Basic Course and Ft Sill, I was assigned to 3 rd 155 Guns (SP), 11 Ma-
rines, RVN, and later as Forward observer with K/3/7. Subsequent assignments included, Gunnery Instructor, US Army Field Artil-
lery School; 1/12 battery commander and S-4; I&I I/3/14, Reading PA; and 1/10 S-4 and XO.
In 1979, I transferred to the Marine Corps Reserve and served in various units including PP&O Reserve Augmentation Unit, HQMC,
which was my first assignment that was not in an artillery unit after 18 years. I was called back to extended active duty during the 1st
Gulf War and retired from the Marine Corps reserves with the rank of Colonel in 1995.
After leaving active duty, I completed an MBA at Lehigh University and was employed in the auto battery industry. Then, I started
a corn based snack food company with several partners. We later sold the operation to a regional company, Bachman Foods. I con-
tinued with Bachman as plant manager and later Director of Operations and Chairman of the Corn Technology Committee for the
Snack Food Association. I then joined Sara Lee Foods as manager of North East Distribution and retired from there in 2011.
My interests center around working outdoors, gardening, trails maintenance at nearby state parks, and maintenance work at the local
arboretum. I am also a member of the Greater Reading World Affairs Council and Alvernia University Seniors College.
My wife, Sharon has been by my side through it all, from the first day of TBS. We have two children, David and Carrie, and 3 won-
derful granddaughters.
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Thomas F. Burns
Service/ Professional History:
1967-1969: Nuclear Power School (Mare Island), prototype (Idaho), sub school (New London)
1969-1971: USS Henry Clay (SSBN 625 B)- engineering dept. (overhaul) (Charleston)/(patrols) (Guam)
1971-1973: USS Silversides (SSN 679)- weapons officer (new construction)
(New London)/(operations) (Charleston)(Med)
1973-1975: USS Nathan Hale (SSBN 623 G)- navigator/operations (overhaul)
(Bremerton)
1975-1980: EG&G Idaho- nuclear test reactor operations MBA Univ. of
Idaho
1980-1982: Juris Doctor- Gonzaga Law School- (honors)
1983-1984: Bechtel National- Three Mile Island decommissioning- admitted
to PA Bar
1984-1990: EG&G Idaho- corporate attorney- admitted to Idaho Bar
1990-1995: Idaho Operations US DOE -SES program manager
1995-2000: British Nuclear Fuels Limited- Program manager- President of
Canadian Nuclear Project Limited (BNFL with 3 Canadian part-
ners)
2000-2003: Rocky Mountain Remediation Services (BNFL-WG)- President of
Pu decommissioning company at DOE Rocky Flats Plant- Wash-
ington Group Operations manager for Energy and Environ-
mental Projects
2003-2005: EG&G Defense Materials-Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facil-
ity-Manager operations demilitarizing 40% of US chemical
weapons inventory
2005-2012: Los Alamos National Laboratory- Project manager disposing of
Pu waste and modernizing Manhattan Project facilities
Following USNA, I went thru the nuclear power training pipeline. I served on three submarines. Each started with a shipyard and
preceded thru shakedown into at sea operations. Once I left active duty my career dealt primarily with the management of high risk
materials (Pu, spent nuclear fuel, nerve agent) thru several government contractors. I ended up as President/CEO of a couple of
these companies. One detour was thru law school and several years as a corporate attorney.

Waking up one morning in my early 40s as a single parent with three children - the youngest of which was 4 years old.
Watching the country get ready to go to war on a deployed fast attack submarine (1974). Somewhat breathtaking to be part of open-
ing Top Secret sealed war orders and understanding where you are going.
The Challenger accident
Inspecting an old British nuclear weapons facility and being notified of the crash of the first plane into the World Trade Center on
9/11. Being evacuated from that facility when we were notified that the second plane had hit.
Being part of the 9/11 observance (3 minutes of silence) in Edinburgh, Scotland as the UK recognized the event
Seeing the security gate at Rocky Flats Plant come down and recognizing that the nuclear weapons complex was really being down-
sized

In 1969, I married Martha Jane (Polly) Potsko in Mount Dora, Florida. We had three sons. The oldest, Christopher, is a chemistry
professor at the Univ. of Louisville. Paul is an electrician living in Sandy, OR. He has two children. The youngest, Timothy, is an
Army med tech stationed at Madigan Hospital in WA. Polly died (cancer) in 1989.
In 1990, I married Joan Leeds. We had been an item in high school but went separate ways. Joan who is a CPA has two grown chil-
dren and four grandchildren.
Since our retirement from Los Alamos, Joan and I have both dealt with medical issues. Now that we are healthy, we are committed
to see the world we didnt get a chance to when we were working. We have a Bucket list, which we are steadily working thru. I
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have an expectation that I will volunteer at our VA hospital once our traveling slows down.

Sailing during fall/spring P-rades
Tanning outside Bancroft while studying for spring exams
Steak and onion subs from out in town
Strawberries and vanilla ice cream for breakfast
Navy lacrosse games

Pete Smullen and I hauling Ted Witt up the side of a mountain on a rope after Teds mountain climbing effort ended where he could-
nt go up or down.
BS- USNA
MBA- Univ. of Idaho
JD-Gonzaga Univ.-honors
Uniform Brest Insignia

Submarine Dolphins
Polaris Patrol Pin
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to gain/obtain from attending?
I wanted to become a Marine fighter pilot like my father. Plebe cruise in the Pacific aboard Coral Sea convinced me that I wanted
nothing to do with airplanes. Changed my major from aeronautical engineering to nuclear science youngster year. Secondarily I
wanted to complete college and have a good education.

I believe the education and the opportunities it brought were excellent.
Summary
Following USNA, I went thru the nuclear power training pipeline. I served on three submarines, was in the shipyards in Charleston,
New London and Bremerton. I made patrols in the Pacific from Guam and was deployed to the Med.
Once I left active duty my career dealt primarily in various management roles with several government contractors dealing primarily
with the management of high-risk materials (Pu, spent nuclear fuel, and nerve agents) from the nuclear weapons program, civil nu-
clear power, and Army weapons demilitarization. I was the President/CEO of a couple of these companies at Rocky Flats Plant in
Colorado and the Whiteshell Laboratories in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I obtained a juris doctor degree and served as a corporate
attorney for a few years. Before I retired I was a project manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico where I was
involved in the disposition of nuclear waste and the modernization of Manhattan Project facilities.
In 1969, I married Martha Jane (Polly) Potsko in Mount Dora, Florida. We had three sons. The oldest Christopher is a chemistry
professor at the Univ. of Louisville. Paul is an electrician living in Sandy, OR. He has two children. The youngest Timothy is an
Army med tech stationed at Madigan Hospital in WA. Polly died (cancer) in 1989.
In 1990, I married Joan Leeds. We had been an item in high school but went separate ways. Joan who is a CPA has two grown chil-
dren and four grandchildren.
We live in Portland, Oregon and are actively working off a list of Bucket List items in our retirement.
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Richard J. (Dick) Collins

Service History
1963 1967: USNA (9th Co. Plebe Year, then 15th Co. for the remaining three years)
1967 1969: USS COLLETTE (DD-730), Yokosuka / Long Beach, 1st Lt.
1969 1970: COMRIVPATFLOT 5, South Vietnam, Operations officer
1970 1972: USS MCMORRIS (DE-1036), Pearl Harbor, Weapons Officer
1972 Transferred from Active Duty to Reserve Duty
1972 1973: SAMAR, Tacoma, WA, Training Officer
1973 1975: FTG 1022, Seattle, Weapons Officer
1976 1977: USS ORLECK (DD-886), Tacoma, WA, Weapons Officer
1977 1981: YR-84 DET 322, Tacoma, WA, OIC
1981 1991: USCINCPAC DET 322, Seattle / Camp Smith, HI, Current OPS
1991 Retired from the Navy with the rank of Captain
Spent two years working with a mechanical contractor in the industrial environ-
ment. Moved into commercial real estate for another two years before selling
securities. Finally, joined The Boeing Company, working 21 years in Military,
Sea Launch, and Commercial Airplanes programs. By far the most memorable
Boeing job was spending six months working in St. Petersburg, Russia, with
the Russian, Ukrainian, and Norwegian partners on the joint Sea Launch pro-
gram, to prepare the platforms for launching satellites at sea from the equator. Retired in 2005.

1. At breakfast one morning aboard USS COLLETTE, in heavy seas, took a 48-degree roll. Oatmeal was everywhere!
2. Crossing the equator as a pollywog is not near as much fun as crossing after becoming a shell back.
3. As 1st LT aboard a destroyer, during an UNREP in snowy conditions, the fuel hose broke out of the fuel trunk and sprayed heavy
black oil everywhere. Imagine trying to clean the ships exterior in those cold condition
4. Reaching the summit of Mt. Rainier and listening to the words of the Carpenters in my head, On top of the world, looking down
on creation
5. Having cocktails in the lounge on the 123 rd floor of Burj Khalifa, the worlds tallest building, in Dubai.

Linda and I were married on the Space Needle in Seattle in 2005, and have two sons and a daughter. Andrew is living in the Seattle
area and loves working in a bicycle shop. Chris and his wife live in Reno, where he is a land surveyor and they have both a son and
daughter. Marlene lives here in Tacoma, near us, with her daughter.
WOW, there has not been one dull moment in ten years of retirement! 2015 will be our 11 th year of taking our bicycles to Europe in
order to go on an organized two-week bike ride. We have ridden in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. Volunteering has
been an important part of our life, including 18 years on the Games Management Team for Special Olympics. If it is not biking
weather we go for a walk. In winter, cross-country skiing is a favorite. My son taught me the art of brewing beer, which is abso-
lutely the best hobby I have ever had.

1. Making football game posters out of bed sheets
2. Playing handball after Saturday noon meal
3. Making runs to the donut shop in town on the weekends: you buy and Ill fly
4. Listening to Pete Phelps stories
5. 2nd class summer training at Little Creek, climbing down those cargo nets and getting into the landing craft, when the seas were
not calm

1. Relocating the Company Officers office into the head
2. Having an upperclassman task me with figuring how many feet per fortnight of toilet paper would go down the toilet when flush-
ing
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Academic Achievement:
B.S., USNA, Naval Science
Athletic
The reward for the following sports was the personal satisfaction of participating in intramural lightweight crew, handball, and track.
Running the rocks along the sea wall was a challenge.
Service/USNA Awards
Navy Commendation Medal; Navy, Marine Combat Action; Navy Unit Commendation; Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation; and
8 various campaign and service awards
Uniform Breast Insignia:

Surface Warfare Device
During High School, like many other kids, I did not know what to do about choosing a college. While in Sea Scouts throughout
High School, our Skipper took an interest in encouraging me to apply for Annapolis, starting with an enlistment in Naval Reserves
during High School. Then he suggested applying for a SECNAV appointment, which was approved. I was the first in our family
tree to serve in the military. There were many of the basics from four years of Sea Scouts that applied to life on a Destroyer. The
various assignments and responsibilities were staggering but proved so useful in later life.

Absolutely No question whatsoever! I am sure that by the time of graduation, I had matured far more at that age than if I had at-
tended any other school. An important benefit is the lasting friendships that were made during those four years, which continue
through this day. Hardly any other school could produce the camaraderie that we all still enjoy, especially after 50 years!!!
Summary
I served aboard a Destroyer in WESTPAC, spent a year in South Vietnam in a Command Center, and served a tour on a Destroyer
Escort before becoming a Reservist. Reserve tours included a Training Unit, a Destroyer, a Repair Facility and finally 10 years in a
USCINCPAC unit. Retired after 25 years, in 1991, as a Captain.
Spent two years working with a mechanical contractor in the industrial environment. Moved into commercial real estate for another
two years before selling securities. Finally, joined The Boeing Company, working 21 years in Military, Sea Launch, and Commer-
cial Airplanes programs. By far the most memorable Boeing job was spending six months working in St. Petersburg, Russia, with
the Russian, Ukrainian, and Norwegian partners on the joint Sea Launch program, to prepare the platforms for launching satellites
from the equator. Retired in 2005.
WOW, there has not been one dull moment in ten years of retirement! 2015 will be our 11 th year of taking our bicycles to Europe in
order to go on an organized two-week bike ride. We have ridden in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. My son taught
me the art of brewing beer, which is absolutely the best hobby I have ever had.
Vivid memories listening to Pete Phelps stories. And during 2 nd class summer training at Little Creek, climbing down those cargo
nets and getting into the landing craft, when the seas were not calm.
Humorous memories Relocating our Company Officers office into the head.
Linda and I were married in 2005. We have three grown children and three small grand kids. We still live in Tacoma, WA, in the
house I was born and raised in!
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Harold R. (Hal) Demarest, Jr.

Service History:
1967 68: USS Rowan (DD-782), San Diego, CA Electrical & Auxiliaries
Officer
1969 - 70: USS Independence (CV-62), Norfolk, VA Asst. Electronic Mate-
rials Officer
1970: Naval Destroyer School, Newport, Rhode Island
1971 - 72: USS Semmes (DDG-18), Charleston, SC Chief Engineer
1973 - 74: Minewarfare Force, Charleston, SC Aide and Flag Lieutenant
1975: Fleet and Minewarfare Training Center, Charleston, SC - Student
1975 - 77: HMAS Waterhen, Sidney, Australia Staff Officer Minewarfare
1978 - 79: USS Kansas City (AOR-3), Alameda, CA Chief Engineer
1980 81: Minewarfare Command, Charleston, SC Mine Countermeasures
Operations Officer
1982 83: Fleet & Minewarfare Training Center, Charleston, SC - Instructor
1984 85: Minewarfare Command, Charleston, SC NATO & Atlantic
Minewarfare Officer
1986 87: Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, FL Minewarfare
Projects Officer
1987: Retired from the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant Commander
Stayed at Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, FL, and became a civil service engineer working on new mine countermea-
sures equipment for 12 years. Then left civil service in 1999 and worked for Presearch, which was bought by SAIC, and have contin-
ued doing similar work, just less and less of it until the present.

Arriving at USNA and finally realizing what my father, who started as a radioman in WW I, graduated from USNA 24, and retired
as a line Captain after Korea, had accomplished.
The view from the top of a CV mast in Norfolk is awe inspiring, and makes you check your safety lanyard frequently.
Attending the mine clearance negotiations in Haiphong, NVN.
Living in Cairo, Egypt, for a month as we negotiated protocol with the Egyptians for clearing the Suez Canal.
Sidney harbor is the most beautiful in the world and I never tired of passing through it on Australian mine sweepers.
My wife, Amanda, visited me in Subic Bay, PI. Yes, we took her across S**t Creek!
Being part of the NATO squadron and trying to keep up with the Europeans ashore luckily I was Australian trained.
Being sent to Desert Storm as a civilian to be the Naval Force Minewarfare Operations Officer
The births of our two sons. Made one, missed one.
Amanda and I were married in 1967 and have two sons. Hank is married to Stowe and is a logistics manager in Charlotte, NC, with
our two grandsons, Hal and Jackson. David is an advertising manager for Panama City Beach in FL.
Im down to 10% of full time at SAIC now with our summers spent in Montreat, NC, and the winters in Panama City Beach, FL.
Full retirement will be soon. We keep busy with social events and volunteer work and enjoy hikes in the NC mountains and the
lovely PCB beaches. Were starting to travel more this year, but still spend as much time as possible with our two grandsons.

JFKs speech to the Plebe Class (67) in August of 1963 (I was a JFK appointment)
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Learning of the Presidents assassination and the sense of deep loss expressed by the entire Brigade (particularly 67)
Training tables!
Cheesesteak subs on the weekends
Taking delivery of my first car (67 Camaro), slightly ahead of schedule, fall of 66.
Track team trips to Ivy League schools
Fred Fagan!
June Week(s)

I volunteered to march in Lyndon Johnsons inaugural parade thinking Id get some DC liberty, but all we got was a cold sandwich
and a bus ride back.
Putting 67 Sez Beat Army! on the smoke stack despite the removal of the bottom part of the ladder going up it.
Rusty Baumberger clarifying every question I ever asked about (math/eng/etc.) by starting with F=ma and deriving the solution.
I graduated!
Athletic
3 Ns (one star) and an N* Blanket in indoor and outdoor track.
Service/USNA Awards
Meritorious Service Medal (3), Service to Egypt (First Class), Meritorious Civilian Service, and various campaign and service
awards from Vietnam and Desert Storm.

I grew up as a Navy Junior (only Army and Air Force have brats) and wanted to attend USNA since I was a young child living in
Annapolis. Going to the Academy I expected to get the best education I could to be an officer in the Navy and be better prepared to
manage my first division.

Yes, I gained an excellent education in engineering, science, foreign language, computers, weapon systems, and naval planning,
which were all valuable to me in my careers.
Summary
I served in various shipboard assignments, including USS Rowan (DD-782), USS Independence (CV-62), USS Semmes (DDG-18),
and USS Kansas City (AOR-3). I also served on the staff of Commander Minewarfare Command during mine countermeasures op-
erations in North Vietnam, Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, and the Persian Gulf. Assigned exchange tours with the Royal Australian Navy
as Mine and Mine Countermeasures Staff Officer on HMAS Waterhen and the Australian Mine Countermeasures Squadron. After
being active in MCM planning and evaluation for a number of years, my last duty station was Naval Coastal Systems Center, where
future MCM systems are developed and analyzed. I provided operational expertise to the engineers and worked with fleet units to
develop operational procedures and training for sailors.
I retired in 1987, and was employed as a civil service engineer at NCSC doing much the same work as when I was on active duty for
the next twelve years. Wanting to cut back on work I left NCSC and was employed by Presearch, then SAIC, continuing to do simi-
lar work, but concentrating on the development of unmanned vehicles for use in MCM and training sailors to operate them. As these
vehicles transition to Fleet use, Ive been able to back out of the process and am about ready to fully retire!
Good memories of USNA include the chance to escape the system for a few hours by participating in track, visits by my future wife,
and the way engineering and physics formulas told us how things work. Downers include a portion of the class of 1965, DiffEq,
marching, and reveille.
Amanda and I were married in 1967 and have two sons and two grandsons. We have lived in Panama City Beach, FL, since 1985,
and in 2010 became summer residents of Montreat, NC.
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Bennie Lyle Jim Fletcher
Service History
1963-1967 USNA 15th Co. B.S. Mechanical Engineering
1967-1968 Submarine school- Graduated with distinction
1969-USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN 617
1970-USS Drum SSN 677 under construction at Mare Island. Ca.
1972-1975 Navigator USS Von Steuben SSBN632
1975-1978 Shore tour
1978-1981 XO USS Greyling SSN 646
1981-1984 Shore tour
1984-1987 CO Lewis and Clark SSBN 644 Battle E twice; Outstanding Atlantic Fleet FBM; Meritorious Unit Commendation;
Atlantic Fleet Golden Anchor for retention
1987-1990 Operational Reactor Safeguards Exam (ORSE) team
1990-1992 CO USS Canopus AS-34 Submarine Squadron 16 King's Bay, Ga.
1995 Retired from active duty with the rank of CAPT
Shore tours included

Submarine Placement Officer at the Enlisted Personnel Management Center
Deputy Submarine Commander Submarine Squadron 18
Senior member Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board
Following retirement from the Navy, Jim worked for Carolina Power and Light for 10 years managing nuclear facilities in Florence,
S.C. He had a serious bicycle accident that ultimately led to an early retirement from C,P &L. Jim then moved to Isle of Palms, S.C.
with Marcia and enjoyed the camaraderie of a substantial nuclear power community of old friends and shipmates.

The photo shows Jim with his remote control sailboat he got the Christmas before he got so sick. He loved it and used it all the time
at our Lake home in Saluda NC. He was even in a Sailing Club and they would race at various lakes around Ashville. It had no mo-
tor; you only controlled the movement of the sails just like for real but you were on the shore. Jim never ever gave up his zest for
life and always found new and interesting and challenging things to do. He never gave up and he never once complained about his
situation. He found the positive side to everything and that rubbed off on all he knew.
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Wife Marcia and sons, Brian and Tad
Our retired life was full with many trips to France, Italy, Spain and England. We went on numerous cruises to various places. Life
was simple but beautiful. We decided to buy a cabin in the NC Mountains on a beautiful lake much to everyone's delight. We spent
many happy days there. Jim enjoyed learning to fly fish and could be seen casting about at the end of the dock. He then was given a
model sailboat that he loved and joined a Sailing Club where they sailed at area lakes. Jim became involved in the community and
at church and enjoyed the camaraderie of his long time Submarine friends who had also found Charleston to be a jewel.
As Jim's Parkinson's Disease progressed it became harder and harder to walk the beach and for the first time in our life we did not
have a sailboat. In the end, his disease took him but not without all his friends coming to be with him. He was a wonderful husband,
a beloved father and grandfather and a trusted friend. He truly loved life and lived it to the fullest, always trying new adventures and
always testing new waters. He didn't like going to the same place twice and was forever looking for the next new thing. Jim was
exciting, adventurous, steadfast, positive and always embraced life.
BS, USNA 1967, Naval Architecture
George Washington University-Masters Project Management
Harvard University- Residence for Senior Officials in National Security
Central Michigan University-Masters Business Management
Athletic
USNA Varsity Dingy Sailing Team
Service/USNA Awards
Legion of Merit with one Gold Star
Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold Stars
Navy Commendation Medal with three Gold Stars

Submariner Dolphins
Summary
After graduation from the Naval Academy, Jim and I spent 28 years enjoying our life together in the Navy. We had two boys along
the way and loved living and visiting many duty stations. The assignments were always near the water that from a long time ago was
Jims passion. He built a sailboat in high school and was bitten by the bug of going and being on the sea from that time on. Jim re-
tired from the Navy 1995 and we moved to Charleston, SC. We had been stationed there many times and found the harbor a won-
derful sailing area. We spent many years sailing up and down the East coast from Annapolis to Kings Bay GA with many stops in
between. We even sailed our sailboat, including children, from Charleston to New Orleans for one of our shore duty assign-
ments. Every weekend we would ply the waters and went many times to the Caribbean Islands. In Charleston we decided to live on
the Isle of Palms at the beach so he could be close to the ocean. Our now grown sons, Bryan and Tad also live in the Charleston area
and they are married with families. This was a very happy time for all of us and as each grandchild came he became even more sat-
isfied (4 girls, 1boy).
Our retired life was full with many trips to France, Italy, Spain and England. Jim became involved in the community and at church
and enjoyed the camaraderie of his long time Submarine friends who had also found Charleston to be a jewel.
Jim died on March 11, 2011. He was a wonderful husband, a beloved father and grandfather and a trusted friend. He truly loved life
and lived it to the fullest, always trying new adventures and always testing new waters.
Provided by Jim's wife Marcia
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William Scott (Hoot) Gibson

Service History
1963 67: USNA (10/15 Company)
1967 69: Nuclear Power Schools: Mare Island; Idaho Falls; Submarine
School (The last six month version)
1969-1971: USS Barb SSN 596, Honolulu, HI
Realizing that submarine life was not for my family, in early 1972 we moved
to St. Leonard, MD and I worked for Baltimore Gas and Electric at the Calvert
Cliffs Nuclear Plant until 1983. Then we moved to Roswell, GA where I
worked for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations until retirement in March
2008. Like many in the commercial nuclear power industry, I felt like the po-
sitions and responsibilities that I had were important to keep the civilian nu-
clear industry sound.

My wife still thinks I am the best husband in the world. I retired at 62 and tell
everyone that I didnt retire early. I put in the hours that I would have used if I
had worked regular hours until I was 70!

Sally and I were married in 1969 and we have one son who is a veterinarian.
Our son is married and lives close enough we can visit often. We also like to
travel together as in to Europe three times.
My yard and garden are my pride and joy. When we are not traveling or fixing things, I am in the garden or volunteering for our
church. (I think my phone number is on all the neighbors speed dial to call in an emergency.)

Watching the CD of JFK s speech Plebe Summer! (Now he sounds so much like todays Republicans supporting a strong military.)
As they say the best two positions in the Navy are First Class Midshipman and Admiral. I experienced the former!

Trying to convince my eventual wife that not all drag houses were bad. (She was one and done.) Cocktail hours on a Saturday
night. Driving roomie Bill Hamilton crazy with the inspection of plebe finger nails at 6:15.
USNA 1967, Naval Engineering (Somewhat hacked to this day that all the extra courses I took for a Weapons Major show up
no where. Were we not Accredited?)
University of Maryland, University College - 1980 B. S. Business and Management
Service/USNA Awards
Qualified in Submarines
Vietnam Service Medal

Submarine Dolphins
My parents were not military and we had no history of military service. My dad worked for the railroad during WWII and those
workers kept moving the troops and supplies so they did not serve. My mom was probably the first influence to attend USNA. I
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should have asked her why but I know she always thought it was a great honor to attend there. In addition, I had a cousin who was a
doctor in the Navy during the Korean War. I decided to apply through my Congressman Ken Heckler. I scored the highest of all the
candidates on the civil service exams. So he calls me to his office and tells me I can go to any of the academies I wanted. Luckily I
had firmly decided on USNA because I never considered I would have to make a choice. (I also instantly recalled that I get really
airsick and did not particularly want to drive a tank or live in a foxhole.)

I wanted to be a stand up guy and the principles that USNA had as a goal were mine. I felt that the academic challenge prepared
me for the technical world. I also learned to value the leadership opportunities in every job.
Summary
As I look back over my life at 70, I am thankful for so many things it is hard to list them all. The fact that my family and I are
healthy and happy is probably the most important.
The friends that I made at the Academy and their wives have been a part of our lives to this day. We are fortunate that our years
have been filled with their friendship. Even though we all live far apart we get together and see each other as often as we can.
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Bartis (Bart) Greenoe

Service History
1962-1963: NAPS Bainbridge, MD
1967-1969: USS Dynamic MSO-432(Supply/1st Lt), Long Beach, CA
1969-1972: USS Lester DE-1022 (Weapons Officer), Newport, RI, then Naples, It
1972-1975: COMASWFORSIXTHFLT, OPCON Watch Officer, Naples, It
1975-1977: USS AJAX AR-6, 1st Lt, San Diego, CA
1977-1978: Destroyer School, Newport, RI
1978-1981: USS Bainbridge CGN-25, Combat Systems Officer, San Diego, CA
1981-1983: COMBALTAP(NATO), Naval Intelligence, Karup, Denmark
1983-1987: CINCPAC, Tomahawk Cruise Missile, Plans and Policy, Honolulu, Hi
1987-1990: COMINWARFARE, Surface/Air Inspection Group, Charleston, SC
1990: Retired from USN as CDR
Upon retirement in 1990, started contractor business designing and installing Japanese
gardens in the Houston, TX area. Retired from that in 2011.
Interesting, Unusual, or Memorable Life Events:

Had two deployments on Dynamic (MSO-432) to Westpac during Viet Nam war con-
ducting surface interdiction ops off the coast of Viet Nam. Got to see a lot of beautiful
downtown Olongapo, PI
On Lester, while in the MED, we were the test platform for a new surface towed array
sonar system.
While stationed in Naples, June and I got to tour a lot of Europe in our MG Midget,
with our then newborn baby in the back seat.
Upon return stateside in 1976 had one deployment on Ajax to Japan. Spent about 4
months in Yokosuka. While there, my department decided to try and set the Guiness
World record for the longest continuous softball game. After about 36 hours it was
done and so were we.
Had two deployments to Westpac on Bainbridge which included crossing of the equa-
tor and all it entails.
June and I had four years of "arduous duty" in Hawaii. While there decided my next career would involve creating Japanese gardens
back on the mainland.

Married June Ann Graham in August 1967. Still married. Have two beautiful daughters, Kimberly (1970) born in Naples, Italy, and
Susan (1976) born in San Diego. Both have masters, Kim in molecular biology and Susan in education. Have four grand kids and
two great grand kids. Trying to see as much of them as possible. Moved to Spring, TX, just outside, Houston in 1992 and been here
ever since.

Naval Surface Warfare
Summary
Following graduation I reported to USS Dynamic (MSO-432) as Supply Officer/1st Lt, Long Beach, CA. I then reported to USS
Lester (DE-1022) as Weapons Officer, Newport, RI, then Naples, Italy with COMASWFORSIXTHFLT, OPCON as Watch Officer.
I was then assigned to USS AJAX (AR-6) as the 1st Lt out of San Diego, CA. I completed Destroyer School, Newport, RI, in 1978
and was assigned to USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) as Combat Systems Officer, San Diego, CA. I had an arduous tour with COMBAL-
TAP (NATO) as the Naval Intelligence officer in, Karup, Denmark, then followed that up with another four year hardship tour with
CINCPAC as the Tomahawk Cruise Missile, Plans and Policy Officer, Honolulu, HI. While there decided my next career would in-
volve creating Japanese gardens back on the mainland. I completed my active duty with COMINWARFARE as the Surface/Air In-
spection Group in Charleston, SC, and retired as a CDR in 1990. I then started designing and installing Japanese gardens in the
Houston, TX, area. Retired from that in 2011.
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I Married June Ann Graham in August 1967. Still married. Have two beautiful daughters, Kimberly (1970) born in Naples, Italy, and
Susan (1976) born in San Diego. Both have masters, Kim in molecular biology and Susan in education. June and I have four grand
kids and two great grand kids. Trying to see as much of them as possible. Moved to Spring, TX, just outside, Houston in 1992 and
have been here ever since.
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Dennis G. Hackathorn
Service History
1963 67: USNA (10th/15th
1967 69: Naval Aviation Training Command, Various locations, re-
ceived wings 1/1969
1969: P2 Replacement Air Training, NAS North Island, CA
1969- VP2, NAS Whidbey Island, WA, P-2 Pilot (Squadron decommis-
sioned 6 weeks after check in)
1969-71: VC-3, NAS North Island, CA, S-2 Pilot
1971-72: P3 Replacement Air Training, NAS Moffett Field, CA
1972-75: VP17 NAS Barbers Point, HI, P-3 pilot, Personnel Officer,
Admin Officer
1975-77: VT-3 NAS Corpus Christi, TX, Flight Instructor, Admin Offi-
cer, OPS Officer
1978: P3 Replacement Air Training, NAS Jacksonville, FL
1978-80: VP-16 NAS Jacksonville, FL, P-3 pilot, Admin Officer, Asst
Maint. Officer
1981-83: COMPATWINGTWO staff, Wing Maintenance Officer
1983-87: NAVAIRHQ Arlington, VA P-3 Production Officer & Busi-
ness Manager,
1987-90: NAVAIRHQ Arlington, VA, AIR-100 Division Officer
1990-93: NAVAIRHQ Arlington, VA Program Manager of a classified program
1993: Retired from U. S. Navy with rank of Commander
I only had two full-time jobs in my life, the U. S. Navy and RBC, Inc. I served 26 years on active duty and had a great Navy career.
My warfare specialty was flying the venerable P-3. I was blessed to have my first 4 tours in the Navy all squadron flying tours, and
in the first 16 years in the Navy I was not stationed further north than Jacksonville, FL. My squadron tours provided me the oppor-
tunity for increased responsibility and leadership. As a LT in my first VP squadron I was selected to be the Admin Officer. The
highlight of my tour with VT-3 was to serve as the OPS officer as we transitioned from the old S-2 aircraft to the new and exciting T
-44 aircraft. What a dream it was to fly that aircraft! My last 10 years of active duty were in 3 separate assignments at NAVAIR
where I became skilled in the acquisition profession and served as a program manager.
After retiring from the Navy in 1993, I joined RBC, a small engineering and program management company supporting the Maritime
Patrol and Reconnaissance Program Office (PMA-290) at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). At RBC I provided acquisi-
tion and program management support to the P-3 Program and later to the S-3 and P-8 Programs as well. I moved up the manage-
ment chain at RBC and took over as the RBC manager for all support to PMA-290. I had 19.5 wonderful years at RBC and loved
the job and the people. What a great place to work!

In my Navy travels I visited 4 continents and 18 countries but didnt come close to matching the travel my wife had done before she
was 19. She won a trip around the world as a high school senior. The 2 tours I had in Hawaii were the best, and my wife and I have
been back to visit many times. Seeing the volcano and lava flows on the big island of Hawaii were the most memorable sights of
my life.

I met my wife Stephanie on 18 May 1969 at the Downwinds Junior Officers Club at NAS North Island. She was sitting on a beer
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keg when I asked her to dance, and Ive had that dance for the rest of my life. We were married 5 months to the day from the day we
met, even though she never told me she would marry me until at the altar the day we were married. We have 3 beautiful daughters:
Lisa, Jill & Annie, and we have 7 wonderful grandchildren.
Since retirement from the Navy and RBC I have been fully enjoying the retired life. I sleep late whenever I want to, stay up late
watching TV or surfing the web on the computer, and enjoy frequent meals out. My wife and I enjoy being close to our three daugh-
ters and seven grandchildren and spending lots of time with them. We enjoy traveling, especially to places like Disney World with
the grandkids, and look forward to many exciting travels in the years to come. We have a second home on the beach in Ocean City
(OC) and love spending time at the beach both in the summer and throughout the year. The kids and grandkids come to the beach
with us every year for a week or two so that gives me plenty of opportunity to ride the waves on a boogey board with them, to play
games in the pool, and to challenge them to a friendly game of putt putt golf. A visit to OC is never complete without a trip to the
boardwalk to get some world famous Thrashers fries.

Learning of the Presidents assassination and the sense of deep loss expressed by the entire Brigade.
Army-Navy football games and all of the pep rallies leading up to the game.
Strawberries and ice cream for breakfast, cannonballs, and mystery meat night.
Chriss steak subs on the weekends.
Tossing the Midshipman covers graduation morning, 7 June 1967

Hundred Days night plebe year, and ending up in the infirmary with a big cut over my eye from a head-on collision with Hal Dema-
rest during Greyhound Races. During plebe year at a P-rade practice one of the upperclassman in front of me passed out. He let his
rifle fall backwards and the bayonet hit my thigh and caused a large cut which required stitches to close. I believe I was the only
plebe to suffer a bayonet wound while at USNA.
Masters Degree in Business Administration from Webster University
Service Awards
Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, and various campaign and service awards.

Naval Aviator Wings of Gold
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending ?
I attended USNA to serve my country, to obtain a college education, to test myself in a rigorous environment, and to develop leader-
ship and management skills. I became interested in the Naval Academy through my high school football coach who recommended
me to the Academy football coaches. I received an appointment through my Congressman Charles Mosher.

Yes, it definitely satisfied my expectations although not always a pleasant experience. The stress and rigor of USNA was great
preparation for my career in the Navy as well as my follow-on career with RBC, Inc. The time management skills and leadership
principles were used throughout my lifetime.
Summary
I received my Naval Aviator Wings of Gold in January 1969, and served in various squadron flying billets including VP-2, VC-3,
VP-17, VT-3, and VP-16. Other Navy assignments included COMPATWINGTWO Maintenance Officer and three consecutive
tours at the Naval Air Systems Command HQ (NAVAIR) in acquisition assignments including a tour in the P-3 Program Office and
a Program Manager tour. I completed 26 years of active duty in the Navy.
I retired from the Navy in July 1993 and accepted a job with RBC, a small engineering and program management company support-
ing NAVAIR. At RBC I provided acquisition and program management support to the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Pro-
gram Office (PMA-290) and supported the P-3, S-3 and P-8 Programs. I moved up the management chain at RBC and took over as
the RBC manager for all support to PMA-290. I retired from RBC in October 2012.
Vivid memories of USNA include JFKs speech to our class in August, 1963; the deep sense of loss on learning of JFKs assassina-
tion; Chriss steak subs on weekends; and tossing the Midshipman covers graduation morning, 7 June 1967.
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Stephanie and I were married in October 1969. I met Stephanie 18 May 1969 at the Downwinds Junior Officers Club at NAS North
Island. She was sitting on a beer keg when I asked her to dance, and Ive had that dance for the rest of my life. We were married 5
months to the day from the day we met, even though she never told me she would marry me until at the altar the day we were mar-
ried. We have three beautiful daughters (Lisa, Jill & Annie), and seven wonderful grandchildren. We have lived in Tall Timbers,
MD since 2002.
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William H. (Bill) Hamilton, Jr

Service History:
1963 Graduated from Edgewood High School, near Pittsburgh, PA
1967 BS in mathematics, USNA, 15th Company
1968 MS in mathematics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
1969 Nuclear and submarine training, Vallejo, CA; Idaho Falls, ID, and
New London, CT
1970 to 1971 Gold Crew, USS M G Vallejo (SSBN 658), Aux Div, MPA, Engineers Exam,
stationed in Hawaii and South Carolina
1971 to 1973 Naval Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD, Instructor and leader of Pre- Nu-
clear Power School
Life After Navy

1973 Hired on at Westinghouse Electric Corporation for 23 year career:
1973 Clinch River Breeder Project at Waltz Mill, PA, site
1974 Clinch River Breeder Project in Oak Ridge, TN
1981 Commercial nuclear power plant engineering and waste management in Pittsburgh,
PA
1986 Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School
1986 Waste Management in Pittsburgh, PA
1989 Waste management at Hanford site in Richland, WA
1997 Retired from Westinghouse and hired on at Los Alamos National Laboratory for 15 years
of various management assignments including construction and project management
2012 Retired from Los Alamos Laboratory and started furniture making business called
WoodGeeks (www.etsy.com, search for WoodGeeks)
Wife, Children, and Grandchildren

I married Marlane Thues in Monterey, CA, in 1969 and we have two children, Trey who will be 46 in 2017 and Brynne who will be
43. Trey has two children, Drew who will be 10 and Brianna who will be 8. Brynne has two children, Sam who will be 9 and Claire
who will be 6.
Retirement Life Summary

The WoodGeeks furniture business has become nearly a full time job but we do spend two months in Florida each year to escape the
coldest months and snow in New Mexico. Have time to visit children and grandchildren and take some trips.

Winning football games during the Staubach era, going to get a sub sandwich on Saturdays, and making a lot of good friends are
good memories. Learning of President Kennedys assassination from Midshipman (and later Marine Corps Commandant) Krulak is
not such a good memory.
Awards Received
Several DOE awards for construction project management.
Graduation with honors, MS in Mathematics, Program for Management Development at Harvard.
Breast Insignia
Submarine dolphins with stars
Expectations from Academy

I had never been to USNA before I enrolled there and knew almost nothing about it so there were no expectations to be met. I en-
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rolled because going to USNA seemed to be better than a regular college. Looking back over 50 years, I made some great friends,
learned a good bit academically, and got a good start on a working career.
Summary
My first duty assignment was to the Naval Post Graduate School to study for a MS degree in mathematics. Nuclear power and sub-
marine training followed with the first ship assignment on USS Mariano G. Vallejo (SSBN 658). After passing the engineers exam, I
was assigned to Naval Nuclear Power School in Bainbridge, MD, where I taught and led the Pre-Nuclear Power School.
In late 1973, I hired on with Westinghouse Electric Corporation with assignments in the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant project,
commercial nuclear power, and hazardous/radioactive waste management. Locations were in Oak Ridge, TN, Pittsburgh, PA, and
Richland, WA. In 1997, I retired from Westinghouse, and started a 15 year career at Los Alamos National Laboratory in construction
and other project management assignments.
In 2012, I retired from Los Alamos and started a furniture making business (www.etsy.com, search WoodGeeks). I continue that
work although we spend two months in Florida to avoid the coldest months in New Mexico. The furniture is modern with thick natu-
ral edged slabs. The furniture, wood art and household items are made from hardwoods from around the world.
Marlane and I were married in 1969 and have two adult children and four grandchildren. We visit them and take some other recrea-
tional trips each year. Marlane continues to manage the Los Alamos Arts Council and volunteer for some other non-profits.
My most vivid USNA memories are of winning football games in the Staubach era, walking to get a sub sandwich on Saturday
nights, and making some good and lifelong friends. I also remember well remember learning of President Kennedys death in No-
vember of our Plebe year.
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John Inman
Service History
1963 67: USNA 9/15th Company
1967 68: Naval Aviation Training Command, Various locations,
received wings 12/1968
1969 F8 Replacement Air Training, NAS Miramar, CA
1969-70: VC-1, NAS Barbers Point, HI
1971-72: F-4 Replacement Air Training, Oceana, VA
1972-74: VF-84/VF-41 (VF-62.5 . . . long story), CVW-6,
USS Roosevelt CV-42
1974-1977: VT-19, NAS Meridian, MS, Flight Instructor
1977: F-14 Replacement Air Training, NAS Oceana, VA
1977-1980: VF-14, CVW-1, USS John F Kennedy
1980- 1981: Staff Fighter Wing One, NAS Oceana
1981-84: CIC Officer, USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69
1984-87: Staff CincLantFlt, Norfolk, VA
31 Oct 1987: Retired from active service as a Commander.
Employed as a research /analyst at Tactical Training Group Atlantic, Virginia
Beach, Virginia. Spent approximately 10 years as a naval wargame director and
designer before pursuing certification as a network systems engineer. Managed
multiple classified and unclassified networks for TacTraGruLant. Retired Dec 31,
2015 after over 27 years with the same company at the same location

Every Naval Aviator vividly remembers their first catapult shot and the first trap. There are a few of us who had the opportunity to
initially carrier qualify on other than the USS Lexington CVT-16. Lady Lex was in the yards in June 1968, when my turn came and
the USS Randolph CV-15 was temporarily in her place. Beyond the thrill of that first trap was the surprise of the first catapult shot.
You see, the Randolph was never converted to steam catapults and it took a couple of seconds after the hydraulic catapult fired to
retrieve my knees from around my ears, re-cage my eyeballs and start flying the T2B. The subsequent traps and cats were exciting
and uneventful. I even won a bottle of scotch from my instructor LSO!

My high school sweetheart, Jane Danner, and I were married in Abilene, KS, 17 Jun 1967. We were blessed to have a daughter,
Molly, born in Meridian, Ms. We are the proud grandparents of granddaughter Danner Bergerson. Molly and her husband Kris and
Danner live in Annapolis, MD. Kris is a senior intelligence analyst at DIA and Molly is a professor at George Washington Univer-
sity.
Since I just retired, it is a little premature to say how its going right now. Jane and I have established a daily routine and I try to stay
out of her way! Weve gone through the hassle of establishing new health insurance (Medicare/Tricare), getting Rx renewed for the
new insurance, etc. We plan to do some traveling and of course spend time with our granddaughter and her family.

JFK address to us in Tecumseh Court Plebe summer
Stringing pep sheet-posters completely across Tecumseh Court (led by Ollie North) in the middle of the night the week before the
Army-Navy game plebe year.
Youngster Cruise on USS Little Rock. Holystoning the decks of same.
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The Drum and Bugle Corps
The Chapel Choir
Ring Dance, June 1966
Winning Team Brigade Fast-Pitch Softball 3 of 4 years
Graduation
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Infrequently outsmarting the firsties, usually followed by handing them all the shelves from your locker (pretty sure come-arounds
are different now than when we were there)
Hundredth Night
Bachelor of Science, US Naval Academy Class of 1967

Naval Aviator Wings
I had an older brother who was a Naval Aviator (NAVCAD) whom I idolized. I knew his lifestyle was exciting and fulfilling. It
seemed like a good idea, to an 18 year-old from central Kansas, to attend a prestigious institution and at the same time set the path to
flight school.

The overall academy experience was exceptional in every possible way. Some experiences were more pleasant than others, but a
learning experience none the less. I went on to designation as a Naval Aviator and served in the navy over 20 years.
I was exposed to good and other leadership styles and learned to differentiate the two. I think most important to me was the honor
code. In so many ways it is the bedrock of personal values no matter what profession. It is critical to be able to trust the words and
deeds of those you depend on. Honesty and integrity are personal values that have to be maintained at all costs. It is the critical
point of honor among superiors, contemporaries and subordinates.
Summary
I was fortunate to spend my first 16 years in the cockpit, principally flying F-8, F-4, and F-14 aircraft. I retired from active duty in
October 1987. I worked as a contractor at Tactical Training Group Atlantic until January 2015. Initially I was a research analyst in
the war gaming department, designing, building and directing war games for the senior staffs in their training progression. I eventu-
ally shifted to IT and became a systems engineer for multiple classified and unclassified networks. I retired after 27 years at Tactical
Training Group Atlantic on Dec 31 2014
Every Naval Aviator vividly remembers their first catapult shot and first trap. There are a few of us who had the opportunity to ini-
tially carrier qualify on other than the USS Lexington CVT-16. Lady Lex was in the yards in June 1968, when my turn came and the
USS Randolph CV-15 was temporarily in her place. Beyond the thrill of that first trap was the surprise of the first catapult shot.
You see, the Randolph was never converted to steam catapults and it took a couple of seconds after the hydraulic catapult fired to
retrieve my knees from around my ears, re-cage my eyeballs and start flying the T2B. The subsequent traps and cats were exciting
and uneventful. I even won a bottle of scotch from my instructor LSO!
My high school sweetheart, Jane Danner, and I were married in Abilene, KS, 17 Jun 1967. We were blessed to have a daughter,
Molly, born in Meridian, Ms. We are the proud grandparents of granddaughter Danner.
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Walter Gary McBride

Service History
1962-1963 Pennsylvania Military College, Chester, Pa.
1963-1967 USNA 9th Company Plebe Year, then15th for the final three
1967-1968 Flight School-- Wings in August of 1968
1968-1969 RVAW 120, student
1969-1971 VAW-124, Line Division Officer then Aircraft Division Officer
1972-1973 RVAW-120, Pilot Instructor
1973-2003 Delta Air Lines Engineer, First Officer, Captain, Retired May 1,
2003

Married right after graduation. Son, David, born December, 1968
I loved the Navy and my job. It was a very difficult decision to leave but the
lure of the airlines won.
Obligatory airline pilot divorce late in the 70s
Remarried in 1982 to Jill, a Delta Flight Attendant. Two beautiful daughters followed.
Thirty plus years with DeltaLandings equaled Takeoffsnuff said!!
2003-2004 Dekalb Tech Student, Motorcycle Technology, Welding

Jill and I were married in 1982 and had two daughters, Amanda and Kinsey. Amanda was killed in an automobile accident in 2004 at
the age of 20. This was without a doubt the greatest tragedy in our lives. Kinsey is married with one child (Cooper), with one on the
way. She is a UGA grad and an RN. Her husband is a Georgia attorney. Son, David, is a CFA with a pension-managing firm in At-
lanta and has two daughters, Emily and Hadley. Both Kinsey and David live in the Atlanta area so we are very close to them.
Son: David 12/27/1968

Daughters: Amanda 9/22/1983-5/20/2004
Kinsey: 4/23/1985
My two Golden Retrievers keep me busy throughout the day. Reading, Netflix, the business of living and time at the local gym oc-
cupy most of the 9-4 hours. In between, I maintain many machines, both my own and those of friends. In 2008 I built a garage that is
well equipped to handle just about any repair. Most days, friends and neighbors stop by in the afternoon to hold court at the bar.
I'm in great shape for the shape I'm in and don't particularly wish to do any extensive traveling as most of my working life was on
the road!!

JFK granting amnesty to our Class in August of 1963. Nice, but the future was dim.
Plebe summer, the Grabber, Jim Heimer with his 4.0 first semester
Youngster cruise to Europe on the Little Rock.
Mike Delong signing me over from the shore patrol in Pensacola Beach.
Tony Principi and I getting busted by the OD for selling hamburgers cooked on the window ledge. The OD demanded two with the
works delivered to the Main Office in 15 minutes. We had a Plebe run them down. Never heard a word about it.
Three months before graduation, Leadership class topic Who Stole the Pig....Lt. Instructor sez this is the topic.. 1. Don't take out a
big loan, 2. Don't buy a new car, 3. Don't get married right away. Any questions? Class dismissed. And what did I do?
Plebe Summer, Heavy Weight touch football, Heinz Lenz, Steam classes, Italian classes, restriction, June weeks, Summer Cruises,
my '67 GTO, and of course, graduation. Most of all, the great guys in our class that became lifelong friends.
Really, really looking forward to graduation and flight school with my roomie, Dick Tolotti, We Gotta Get Out of This Place.
USNA 1967, B.S. Old Dominion University 1972, Dekalb Tech 2003-04
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Athletic
Plebe pistol team
Service/USNA Awards
Expert pistol (for awhile), Expert rifle (for awhile), National Defense, Armed Forces Expeditionary, Meritorious Unit Commenda-
tion, Vietnam Service, Republic of Vietnam Campaign, Air Medal (2)

Naval Aviator Wings
As a little kid of 8 years, all I wanted to do was ring the bell on a fire truck and blow up things with cherry bombs. Then I saw Sabre
Jet with Robert Stack in 1953. I knew right then and there what I wanted to do. With a little help from my mentor, Cdr. Joe Marshall,
I was able to enter the USNA through the Naval Reserves. I am very grateful for the opportunity to have been a Naval Aviator/
Officer.

Somewhere along the way I decided I wanted to be an Airline Pilot. The decision to leave the Navy was very difficult. I loved it. My
greatest regret was not continuing on in the reserves
Summary
The Naval Academy has often been called The Trade School on the Severn. To that end and as I look back, I believe that a trade
school would have been more suitable for me. The broad, but in depth courses offered had very little to do with my life's pursuits
and I would have preferred more practical courses (OK, four semesters of mostly celestial navigation was practical, but really?) than
those required to complete the program. Having said that, the Academy did open enough doors for me to reach my goal as the Cap-
tain of a commercial airliner for a major carrier. I was not alone as many other Classmates did the same. My path to this end began
with graduation, flight school, wings in August of 1968, RVAW 120, VAW 124 with a West Pac and Med cruise, instructor with
RVAW 120 (had 36 night carrier landings in one night-whew!!), and then thirty plus years with Delta Air Lines. Thirty-six wonder-
ful years of flying resulted in the same number of landings as takeoffs (can I get an Amen?). Six of those years were serving my
country followed by thirty years of serving the public. All of this was very satisfying. Lifelong friendships, great reunions, fondness
of the institution, made it worth the effort. Happily living in Berkeley Lake, Georgia since 1979 and in the area since 1973, and yes, I
have been very fortunate. I love my family, my country, my classmates, and of course, the Naval Academy. Its been a great ride so
far!! Go Navy, Beat Army!
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Timothy (Tim) Moore

Service History
1963 67: USNA (10th/15th Company)
1967 68: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterrey, CA
1968 69: Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD and S1C Prototype Training, Windsor Locks, CT, Submarine Officer Indoc-
trination Course, New London, CT
1969 71: USS Plunger (SSN 595), Pearl Harbor, HI
1971 72: Submarine Officer Advanced Course
1972 76: USS Kamehameha (SSBN 642), Groton, CT and New London,
CT (patrols out of Rota, Spain)
1976 77: Staff, COMSUBPAC, Pearl Harbor, HI
1977 79: USS John Marshall (SSBN 611), Vallejo, CA and Pearl Harbor,
HI (patrols out of Guam, MI)
1979 80: Staff, COMSUBGRU 7, Yokosuka, Japan
1980 83: USS Aspro (SSN 648), Pearl Harbor, HI
1983 84: PCO School, Naval Reactors, Arlington, VA and
PCO School, San Diego, CA
1984 87: USS Cavalla (SSN 684), Pearl Harbor, HI
1987 89: Staff OPNAV, Pentagon, Arlington, VA
1989 Retired from Naval Service as CMDR
Immediately after graduation, I reported to Naval Postgraduate School, Mon-
terrey, along with 22 of our classmates for 9 months of classes in mathematics.
Upon successful completion, we were awarded a Master of Science in Mathe-
matics. Most of us then went on to Nuclear Power School in Bainbridge, Mary-
land, then to Prototype training at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and finally to
the Submarine Officer Indoctrination Course at New London, Connecticut. I reported to USS Plunger in August 1969 and deployed a
week later. I served as Reactor Controls Officer, then as Damage Control Assistant and qualified in Submarines. At one time, there
were 5 of the class of 67 onboard out of a wardroom of 12 officers. Then it was back to New London for the Submarine Officer Ad-
vanced Course, after which I reported to USS Kamehameha in overhaul/Poseidon conversion at Electric Boat in Groton. There I
served as Electrical Officer, Damage Control Assistant and Reactor Controls Officer and qualified as Engineer. My next duty station
was on the COMSUBPAC staff in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, working in logistics. My next ship was USS John Marshall in refueling
overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where I became the Blue Crew Engineer following completion of overhaul. This was fol-
lowed by a tour at COMSUBGRU 7, Yokosuka, Japan, in Operations, where I routed the submarines in the Western Pacific and In-
dian Ocean following their CHOP from either COMSUBPAC or COMSUBLANT. After this, I served as Executive Officer of USS
Aspro and then Commanding Officer of USS Cavalla, both in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. My final tour was in the Pentagon in OP 70
working for the Force Level Plans Division.
Following retirement, I returned to school at The George Washington University to complete coursework for a teaching credential in
math and physics. I taught math and physics at Oakton High School, Vienna, VA for 18 years, until I retired again in 2011. I still
substitute for math and physics teachers.

Ruthi and I met on a blind date to the Army-Navy game when I was a firstie and she was a student nurse at the Walter Reed Army
Medical Center.
Living with Ruthi in the nurses BOQ at Tripler.
As Engineer on USS John Marshall, helping the Supply Department win the Ney award for small mess afloat.
Visiting the North Pole on USS Aspro.
Clean Sweep returning from deployment to the Pacific on USS Cavalla.
Working with Navy Seals in the Dry Deck Shelter.
Leaving Subic Bay and winding up in Roosevelt Roads via the Panama Canal.

Ruthi and I were married in December 1967. We have two grown children, one grand-daughter and two grand-sons. Our daughter
Wendy is a Registered Nurse in Austin, Texas, and our son is teaching middle school in Salem, Massachusetts. Ruthi is the Director
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of Nursing at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, where she oversees 53 nurses from Japan to Italy and the various Navy and
Marine Corps bases in between.
I substitute periodically, for math and physics teachers, because I can teach the lessons. I spend my time outside gardening, including
taking down trees and splitting the wood for firewood. Since Ruthi has to travel to visit each of the sites where NMCRS has nurses, I
occasionally travel with her. She has gotten me interested in cruising, and we go on a cruise at least every other year or take a trip to
Hawaii.

Listening to the Beatles during their first concert in the US, courtesy of some Youngsters who turned their radios up to full vol-
ume, so us plebes could hear it.
Snowball fight on the 4th deck, after which we used our dust mops to sweep the water down the stairwells.
Watching the football team hold Pitt inside the 10-yard line for four downs at RFK and making so much noise that no one could
hear.
Burgers at the OClub when they opened it to Mids.
Taking my raingear to every class of Theory of the Complex Variable to use as a pillow.
Skipping most of my Sea Power classes under the newly instituted policy of unlimited cuts.
The day I asked the dumb question in class and was gratified not only to have the instructor answer my question fully, but to
watch my classmates come to life and begin taking notes.

JFK addressing us Plebe Summer and telling us to stand at ease. When nobody moved because the command wasnt relayed,
he remarked that Maybe they havent learned that yet. He didnt realize that he wasnt talking about us, he was commenting
on the chain-of-command.
Rusty Baumberger would come into the room with two new James Bond books the day before mid-terms and finals and toss me
one. He knew I would spend the next few hours reading instead of cramming, and that it was the best way to prepare.
BS USNA 1967, Naval engineering,
MS USNPGS 1968, Mathematics
Service/USNA Awards Meritorious Service Medal (4), Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (2), Navy Unit Commendation
(2), Meritorious Unit Commendation (2), Navy Expeditionary ribbon (2), National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal,
Humanitarian Service Medal, Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (5), Navy Arctic Service Ribbon, Navy/Marine Corps Overseas
Service, Navy Expert Pistol

Gold Dolphins, Polaris Patrol Pin (6 patrols), Command at Sea
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending.?
My father was a career Naval Officer, and I spent a lot of time aboard his ships. Everyone on board was unfailingly professional and
polite (even when they found me climbing up the radar mast), and I decided that this was the kind of an organization I wanted to be a
part of. And, if youre going to join the Navy, why not get the best possible preparation for it by going to the Naval Academy? I ex-
pected the Academy to teach me the academics I needed, to teach me how to think for myself, and how to lead men.

The Academy more than fulfilled my expectations academically. I can remember reading The Passive Ranging Manual on my first
submarine and learning how to compute and apply a time-corrected Ekelund range, despite my COs opinion that a mathematical
education was a waste of my time. He came to think differently when, while tracking a target, three successive Ekelund ranges
seemed to be totally contradictory, but when time-corrected, lined up perfectly and gave us a firing solution. In subsequent assign-
ments, I used what I learned to more accurately estimate when submarine reactor cores would be depleted and to program a computer
to calculate rhumb line approximations to great circle tracks across the Pacific. The Academy helped prepare me to think for myself,
but it was really my training in submarines that taught me the most. After youve mastered the routine, you are challenged with the
what if scenarios which dont have a book answer and require you to use the knowledge and experience you have acquired to date.
Summary
After graduation, I obtained a MS in Mathematics from NPGS, Monterrey. I then attended Nuclear Power School, Prototype training,
SOIC, and finally reported to USS Plunger in August 1969, where I qualified in Submarines. Following SOAC, I served on USS
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Kamehameha where I qualified as Engineer, then to the COMSUBPAC staff, USS John Marshall as Engineer, COMSUBGRU 7
staff, USS Aspro as Executive Officer and USS Cavalla as Commanding Officer.
My tours took me throughout the Pacific, as far north as the North Pole (to rendezvous with another submarine), through the Panama
Canal three times, and even into the Indian Ocean to Diego Garcia (where they have a beautiful beach) and down to Australia.
My memories of the Academy mostly center around academics, until I met Ruthi on a blind date to the Army-Navy game when I
was a firstie and she was a student nurse at Walter Reed.
I thought I would go surface line until my first class cruise on the USS Long Beach (CGN-9) during her workup for deployment to
Vietnam. I found that the true professionals were the officers who worked with things nuclear, and after 3 weeks in an exercise
where I didnt get a chance to see the sun, I figured I could handle submarines.
Ruthi and I were married in December 1967. My first submarine was in Pearl Harbor because that was the only place that had a sub-
marine base and an Army hospital. Although we were married, we technically had no dependents, since we were both active duty.
The Navy had a six month wait for housing, and the Army wouldnt assign married quarters to a nurse with no dependents, so we
stayed together in the nurses BOQ at Tripler. We have a grown daughter and son, one grand-daughter, and two grand-sons.
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Service History
1967 68: Naval Aviation Training Command, Various locations, received wings 11/1968
1969 70: VT-1, NAS Saufley Field, Pensacola, FL. Instructor Pilot
1970 73: VP-10, NAS Brunswick, ME, P-3 Pilot
1973 76: Naval Recruiting Command Headquarters, Arlington, VA. Educa-
tor Liaison Officer
1976 77: Naval War College, Newport, RI, Student, Naval Command and
Staff College
1977 79: VP-16 NAS Jacksonville, FL, Operations Officer
1980 81: VP-30, NAS Jacksonville, FL, Executive Officer
1981 83: VP-16, NAS Jacksonville, FL, Executive Officer/Commanding
Officer
1983 86: Office of Program Analysis, Washington, DC, Congressional Liai-
son
1986 88: Commander Surveillance and Reconnaissance Forces, Sixth Fleet,
(CTF-67) Naples, Italy, Chief of Staff
1988 90: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Manage-
ment and Comptroller, Washington, DC, Deputy Director, Invest-
ment and Development Division
1990 94: Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, DC, Comptroller
1994: Retired as a Captain
Following retirement, I assumed the position of Conrad Chair for Financial Management at the Naval Postgraduate School in Mon-
terey, Ca. I remained at NPS for the next 17 years, teaching Financial Management courses prior to retiring in 2013.

Over the course of my naval career, both on active duty and as a civilian, I was fortunate to visit six of the seven continents, 39 coun-
tries, and seven territories. I had summer cruises on the USCGC Eagle and the USS Nathaniel Greene (from the age of sail to the
age of nuclear power), capped off by a terrific career in naval aviation.

Linda and I were married in 1997. Between us, we have three sons, one daughter, and seven grandchildren. One son followed the
family tradition and has had a successful naval career including command of a DDG.
Since retirement from the Navy (94) and the Civil Service (13), I have been involved with the Big Sur International Marathon as
Chairman of the Board of Directors. Ive got 34 marathons under my belt including five Boston Marathons. Ive taken up wood-
working to keep the grandkids supplied with toys. Travel continues to be on the agenda. (Seeing the world never gets old.)

Plebe year (63) finding that the chore of closing upper class windows during the winter could be done much quicker and with signifi-
cantly less chance of waking up a rooms occupants by using the outside ledge (fourth deck).
Youngster cruise aboard the USCGC Eagle participating in Operation Sail with more than a dozen of the worlds largest sailing ves-
sels culminating with a ticker tape parade in New York City.
First class cruise aboard the USS Nathaniel Greene. (Underway on nuclear power, a perfect complement to my youngster cruise un-
der sail.)
Being tossed out of ADM Rickovers office not once but twice (yet still being selected for the nuclear power program.)

Explaining to my Company officer why a shipment of 100 swords had been delivered to me at USNA
Converting a MOCs locker into an alternate study hall. Who knew that the pipe locker behind the urinals could accommodate up
to half a dozen mids during a mandatory lecture.
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BS USNA 1967, Naval Engineering;
MS Financial Management, The George Washington University, 1976
Service/USNA Awards
Legion of Merit (3), Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation (5)
Superior Civilian Service Award, Meritorious Civilian Service Award

Naval Aviator Wings, Command at Sea badge
My father was a 1940 graduate of USNA. As a Navy junior, watching my fathers experience in the Navy as well as the constant
moves, had a major impact on my decision to attend the academy. I had wanted to attend USNA from an early age to join the navy
and see the world.

My summer cruises aboard the USCG Eagle (one of the worlds premier tall ships), the USS Nathaniel Greene (an SSBN), and
seeing the world of naval aviation in Pensacola convinced me that I had made the right decision. After graduation, I, in fact, saw the
world as a P-3 pilot.
After retirement, I joined the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School and continued my association with the Navy.
Summary
Following graduation, I attended flight school. After receiving my wings, I spent the next two years as a flight instructor at VT-1.
My first operational tour was with VP-10 in Brunswick Maine flying P-3s. Deployments to Keflavik, Iceland; Sigonella, Sicily; and
Rota, Spain were part of that tour. Subsequent tours were in VP-16, VP-30 (XO), and back to VP-16 as XO/CO. Deployments in-
cluded: Bermuda, Rota/Lajes, and Sigonella.
Shore tours included the Naval Recruiting Command Headquarters; the Naval War College Command and Staff course; Office of
Program Appraisal; Chief of Staff for CTF-67 in Naples, Italy; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management and Comp-
troller; and Naval Air Systems Command (Comptroller).
After retiring from the Navy as a Captain in 1994, I joined the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School as the Conrad Chair for Fi-
nancial Management. I taught financial management courses at NPS for 17 years and retired, again, in 2013.
Plebe year memories include using the outside ledge on the fourth deck of Bancroft Hall to speed up closing upperclassmens win-
dows during the winter.
As a first classman, I had the opportunity to be dismissed from ADM Rickovers office not once, but twice. Surprisingly, he still
accepted me for the nuclear power program. (After that experience, I made the decision to be a pilot.)
I followed in the footsteps of my father who graduated from USNA in 1940. I joined the Navy to see the world and that is pre-
cisely what happened. One of the advantages of flying P-3s was flying into and out of airfields in dozens of different countries.
My wife Linda and I were married in 1997 and have three sons and one daughter between us as well as seven grandchildren. We live
in Carmel, CA and are both enjoying retirement.
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Service History
1962-63: U. S. Naval Reserve, Submarine Division 5-7, Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, MD (E-2)
1963-67: USNA (15th Company originally 9th Company)
1967-69: Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program/Submarine School (Bainbridge, MD;
Windsor, CT; Groton/New London, CT)
3/69-12/71: Spadefish Pre-commissioning Unit/USS Spadefish (SSN-668)
(Newport News/Norfolk, VA)
12/71: Transferred to Naval Reserve
1972-79: Inshore Undersea Warfare (IUW) 5-3/Mobile IUW 706/ IUWG-2, Ft.
McHenry, Baltimore, MD
1980-86: Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet Unit 106, Norfolk, VA
1986-1991: Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Unit 206, Norfolk, VA
1992: Retired from USNR with rank of Captain
After leaving active duty, I spent my entire civilian career in the commercial nu-
clear power industry, principally in nuclear licensing for Baltimore Gas & Electric
Company and, later, litigation support, followed by nuclear licensing/consulting
stints with several engineering firms in support of various commercial nuclear
power plants.

While assigned to CinCLantFlt, having made Commander, I was assigned as CSS-
14 liaison to the Royal Navy in Dunoon, Scotland during a NATO exercise. I re-
ported directly to Commander Submarine Squadron 14. He gave me a specific as-
signment to scout Scotland for alternate anchorages. I had carte blanche to tour virtually anywhere in Scotland to assess anchorage
possibilities. I completed my assignment with enthusiasm, circling nearly the entire country, and filed my report to CSS-14.
I enjoyed dinner with a Scottish family while I was there, and I recall the patriarchs response when I asked him what a Scot drank
when wanting good scotch: The McCallan! Sharon appreciated the woolens I brought home, and I enjoyed The McCallan ever-
so-sparingly.
I never was west of Catonsville, MD before the Academy, and I never was west of West Virginia after that until I entered the civilian
workforce following my active duty career. It was then that I gained an assignment to an Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
task force, which met annually in Palo Alto, CA. The assignment afforded me the opportunity to tack some vacation time onto the
Palo Alto trips and to see Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. I stayed in the parks for a week three years in a row.
(Ive since done it two more times.)
During my second visit, I took my Dad, who also had never seen California. After checking into our hotel on the weekend, imagine
my shock when I showed up for the task force meeting Monday morning, only to learn that the meeting had been the previous week!
After some serious pleading to my boss, I was able to add some vacation time to compensate for the lost meeting time and continue
our trip for Yosemite/Kings Canyon/Sequoia, as planned. I still wonder how our VP, who was on a higher EPRI oversight commit-
tee, had allowed my trip to be approved.

Sharon and I were married in June 1967, three days after graduation, and we had the first of our two daughters, Tracey, a scant nine
months later. Kristen came along in 1974 and has gone on to become the mother of four lovely children. Sharon and I look forward
to celebrating our Golden Anniversary in 2017.
Retirement from civilian work has been gradual. I still keep open opportunities for nuclear consulting work, but most of my time
now is spent around the home. I had a vigorous period of playing disc golf (some say Frisbee golf) in the late 1980s and again dur-
ing 1992-2010, or so, until my playing days were cut short by two rotator cuff tears and wearing-out knees. Now I spend much lei-
sure time as an informal course pro, of sorts, and as a tournament director for disc golf events in Baltimore. Sharon would point
out that I live on the computer, and I guess she knows.
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Plebe Summer, when I started doing uniform races for Freddy Fagan, who was to be my Firstie, and I lost 20 pounds in two
weeks.
Fred Fagan had a fearsome reputation in the Class of 64, so I was stunned when spooned by Freddy after just a week or two
into Plebe Year.
I still recall one of the most squared-away Mids youd ever want to meet, Larry North, one of my roomies Plebe Year, on a
come-around. Larry was getting it tough from a Segundo and was made to do so many sit-ups that his butt was raw to the point
of bleeding. Larry kept going and never gave in quite a guy.
Losing roommates Mike Kumler, Dan Orenge, Larry North, Tom Mai.
Of course, JFKs assassination was the major shocker of the year, especially because he had become the Class of 67s Presi-
dent when he came to Annapolis our Plebe year and personally forgave our demerits. We all remember where we were when
we heard the sad news.
Vivid but not fond memory: 4th periods at Melville Hall Plebe year.
Add pecan pies to the Saturday hamburgers and strawberries and ice cream for breakfast and cannonballs and rum sauce and
home-grown milk.
Going to Morgantown, WV, Plebe year for the football game against the Mountaineers and meeting my girlfriend, Sharon, there
for a rare opportunity to kiss and hold hands.
Parents Weekend, Plebe Year, when my parents got to see what I had become and I got to see my girl, that is, my sister, for the
first time in what seemed like ages.
Running morning ED for demerits Plebe Year and having my Classmates prop me up for the last half of the run because of a
torn meniscus.
Flunking Calculus Plebe Year and facing the Academic Board and expulsion, I pleaded for a re-exam, and when they asked why
I thought I could pass a re-exam, I pointed out that I had gotten a D on the final exam. They asked how come I flunked, and I
said that my F going in must have been so low that the D couldnt bring it up. They granted the re-exam, which I passed
with flying colors and remained a Middy.
Actually making the Sups List 2nd Class year and qualifying for the Deans List in my final semester of 1 st Class year after hav-
ing almost flunked out Plebe Year.
Saturday noon meal formations in Tecumseh Court with my girl sitting pretty on the bench and hearing the other Mids remark-
ing about the good-looking blonde.
Virtually every weekend after Plebe Year, when Sharon drove to Annapolis and stayed at Mrs. Boyers drag house, but,
mostly, the basement in the drag house with the windows painted black!
The glorious snow storm of February 1966, which closed the Academy while we were on break and I was in Baltimore staying
at my girls house.
Playing fieldball on Hospital Point in the freezing winter and catching a soccer ball squarely in the nose after it was kicked by a
soccer team player from about 20 feet away.
Buzzys pizza on the weekends.
Seeing whatever movie was playing in town on Saturday, and always sitting in the back row with Sharon.
Sunbathing on the 5th Wing terrace during Dead Week.
Ring Dance, June 1966; and our engagement at Christmas 1965.
The Pontiac dealer in town was popular with me because my first car was sitting in his showroom (1967 Plum Mist Pontiac
LeMans). I also remember when my roommate, Joe Schmitt asked my girl to keep his car for him. She had a great time cruising
in his bright red 67 Plymouth Fury convertible.
Walking the streets in Southampton, Antwerp, Paris, Oslo and Rome. Seeing Pompeii. Cruising the Riviera in a rental car with
like-minded Mids.
Plebe Detail, breaking in the Class of 1969, and staying close to Baltimore and Sharon.
Interview with Admiral Rickover. Prior to being selected for Nuclear Power, one had to successfully pass an interview with Ad-
miral Rickover. When I walked into the room, he looked over my academic record and asked why I did worse this past semester
than the one before. I responded that even though my grades went down, my average went up. He gaped at me for a couple of
seconds before yelling, Sarbaugh, Sarbaugh! His secretary ran in, and he said, Get him out of here and find out what I want
to know!
She took me into an anteroom, where a PCO said, Now, tell me everything that was said in the room. I explained that my QPR
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He took careful notes and sent me on my way. I was very concerned that I had failed the interview, and my fears appeared justi-
fied when the Nuclear Power Selection List did not contain my name.
Being selected to the Nuclear Power Program. When the selections list was posted, Steve Olsons name was on the list, but not
mine. I was crushed, and I congratulated Steve on his selection. He responded, I havent gone for my interview yet. After
some frantic moments, the Officer (dont recall who) handling the selection process confirmed that Steves name was on the list
accidentally, and it should have been mine! (Steve made it, too, later.)

One of my Plebe Summer roommates, Dan Orenge, was a true free spirit, arriving at USNA with a bass fiddle in a Bentley. Dan
was better-suited to St. Johns, I think, and it seemed fitting when he composed a marching rhyme for us to retort as we marched
past the Johnnies, who always chided us on the way to a football game. Dans composition: Fie, Fie, a hex on thee for perpe-
trating such blasphemy!
James Bond was huge in 1964. My roomies were John Payne and Tom Mai, both athletic guys, John in cross-country and Tom
in basketball. There was a moment when Tom and John were jawing about something and Tom suddenly flipped something at
John (I dont remember if it was shaving cream or what.), and John kicked his foot up and sent the object arcing over his head,
wherein he calmly caught it in his hand. We all laughed at the James Bond moment.
First Class year, on Army-Navy weekend, Rudy DeAtley and I were in Baltimore and we planned to drive to Philly with Sharon
and Diane on Saturday morning. Something happened that morning and we were running late really late. We knew we had to
make formation or face being put on restriction. We franticly drove to Philly with no time to spare. As we made our way
through the city toward JFK, there was a red light and several cars in front of us. We needed to make a right turn and fast! I
can imagine what people thought as we rode up over the curb, onto the sidewalk and around the corner, before bumping back
down onto the street! We made formation with minutes to spare!
I was on the Plebe Detail for the Class of 1969. I was a tough squad leader and made sure they all got the same kind of Plebe
Year I got tough but not cruel. We also had some fun times, and I tried to keep a sense of humor when running the Plebes.
Late in the Summer, I had called all of the Plebes out, and they were braced up outside their rooms. I had a 12 amplifier that I
played my records and Wollensack through, and I was blasting out Cannibal & the Headhunters Land of 1000 Dances. I told
them to start dancing, and I went back into my room. Mike Hough was the ringleader of the squad, and he led them into my
room as they were dancing. I started to protest, but they succeeded in wrestling me onto the bunk and tying me up. They then
hoisted me up and carted me out of Bancroft Hall to the seawall and threw me into the Severn River. It was only through my
panicky protests that I could drown with my hands and feet tied that they untied me before they threw me in.
Hell Night. I still have photos of the riotous stuff we did to the Firsties! Plenty of White Works Love and shaving cream!
Mattress races. Sliding down the passageway on shaving cream, wearing only White Works Love. How about the olive
races? Did we actually pick up those olives off of the block of ice without using our hands and carry them down the passage-
way, or am I imagining we did these things?
BS-Engineering, USNA; MBA (Finance), Loyola College (Baltimore)
Athletic
I played all intramural sports at USNA with vigor but not distinction. The only ones I remember were fieldball, sailing and golf. I
should have pursued the latter two but only did them one semester.
Service/USNA Awards
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Na-
tional Defense Service Medal.

Qualified in Submarines
After high school, I had no expectations regarding college, not having the grades for a scholarship nor the money for tuition. I joined
the Naval Reserves after high school as a preference to being drafted into the Army. Upon completing the standard classification
tests, I was informed that my scores were good enough to possibly make me a candidate for the Naval Academy if I was interested. I
expressed my interest and started attending classes to prepare for the entrance exam to win a Naval Reserve appointment. My scores
were just shy of being admitted by one appointment. However, a candidate ahead of my received a Congressional appointment and I
got the Naval Reserve appointment. I was truly fortunate, and my life would have been far different were it not for the USNA ap-
pointment.
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I owe all of what I achieved to my Naval Academy education and training. Without them, I would never have been a Naval officer or
achieved the rank of Captain, and I never would have had a professional career in the nuclear power industry. Furthermore, without
my naval career, I wouldnt have gotten my MBA, which was financed as a VA benefit.
Summary
I graduated from Corpus Christi School after eight years and attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1961. After
working for 2-1/2 years in drafting-related positions, I managed, through the wisdom and guidance of a Naval Reserve counselor, to
take the necessary steps to gain admission to the Naval Academy in 1963.
After graduating from the Naval Academy, I completed the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and Submarine School. My class
standing in the latter helped me to get assigned to a new construction ship as close to home as possible. Sharon had our first child
while I was attending Naval Prototype training in Windsor, CT, and being close to home was important.
My only active duty assignment was in USS Spadefish (SSN-668), a fast attack nuclear submarine, which was built in Newport
News, VA and home ported in Norfolk, VA, wherein I qualified in submarines and as a Duty Officer. I held positions in Spadefish of
1st Lieutenant/Deck Officer, Electrical Officer, Communications Officer and Weapons Officer. I made three North Atlantic patrols in
Spadefish, earning several awards.
After leaving active duty, I continued my 26-year naval career in the Naval Reserves, achieving the rank of Captain in 1990 through
assignments to Inshore Undersea Warfare, CinCLantFlt and USCinCLant.
My 40-year civilian career was concentrated in commercial nuclear power support, principally with Baltimore Gas & Electric Com-
panys Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant.
My wife, Sharon, and I were married in June 1967 and have two daughters, Tracey and Kristen, and four grandchildren, all living in
the Baltimore area.
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John Payne
Service History
1967 68: Naval Aviation Training Command, Various locations, received wings 10/1968
1969 70: Flight Instructor -- Advanced Jet (SERGRAD)
1970 71: F-4 Replacement Pilot Training NAS Oceana/NAS Key West
1972 73: Fighter Squadron FORTY ONE, Oceana, VA
1973 75: Post Graduate School, NPGS Monterey, CA (MS Aeronautical En-
gineering)
1976 79: Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN (F4J/F4N/F14A)
Miramar, CA
1980 81: Air Test and Evaluation Squadron FOUR, NAS Pt. Mugu, CA (F/A
18 Project Off.)
1982 84: XO/CO Fighter Squadron TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN NAS
Miramar, CA (F14)
1985 86: Nuclear Power School, Orlando, FL; Idaho Falls, ID; Arlington,
VA
1986 88: Executive Officer, USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Norfolk, VA with a
homeport change to Bremerton, WA
1989 90: CO USS Sacramento (AOE 1) Bremerton, WA
1991 92: Third Fleet Operations Officer (N3), Pearl Harbor, HI; San Diego,
CA
1992 94: CO USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Alameda, CA
1994 97: Deputy Commander and COS Joint Interagency Task Force West,
Alameda, CA
1997 - Retired from Naval service as CAPT
Naval officer. Naval aviator. Wonderful thirty-year career filled with excitement, challenge, satisfaction and great colleagues and
friends.
Following retirement I worked with the Navy League sponsored Naval Sea Cadet Corps as a Headquarters Representative for the
Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountain states and Pacific Islands (Hawaii and Guam)

Too many to list and too difficult to prioritize. The U.S. Navyits more than ships at sea, but being at sea is what its all about.

Mary Ruth and I attended the same junior and senior high schools and dated at USNA. We were married in 1968 near the end of
flight training and celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary in 2015. We have three children. Kathleen is a Speech Pathologist in
Arizona, John is an officer in a Washington state fire department, and Mary Beth is a schoolteacher employing her MA in Urban
Education in the Chicago Public School System. We have five grand grand children (four boys and a girl).
Im active in the Association of Naval Aviation (Olympic Squadron in Port Ludlow, WA.) and was its CO for eleven years. Mary
and I are splitting our time between homes in Poulsbo, WA and Mesa AZ following her retirement as a public school teacher after 15
years of teaching subsequent to our navy career together.
Im a volunteer with the Island Volunteer Care Givers of Bainbridge Island, WA and until recently served as a member of their
Board of Directors.

1963 Army Navy game when Roger Staubach and the team brought home the victory
Summer cruises to Europe on Cruisersconvinced me I wanted Carrier life
June week events in 1966 and 1967
Nearly suffocating during the Herndon Monument climb
Traveling and competing with the Indoor and Outdoor Track Teams
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Nothing to report
BS Naval Science USNA 1967;
MS Aeronautical Engineering NPGS 1975
Service/USNA Awards
Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (2), Meritorious Service Medal (2), various unit awards

Naval Aviator Wings,
My father was a naval officer during WWII and I had an uncle on active duty as a naval aviator.
I thought that the Naval Academy would provide the best start for a naval career in naval aviation. I dont think I missed an episode
of the TV show Men of Annapolis and I was drawn to the focus on honor and duty.

My expectations were more than met by attending the Naval Academy. Graduation from a highly regarded academic institution with
an engineering degree, commissioned as a regular Naval officer and given the opportunity to fly high performance carrier based air-
planes was everything for which Id hoped.
Summary
Flight Training in Pensacola, FL is a great way to start a career in Naval Aviation and to transition to the real life of the Fleet. I
went the jet pipeline through Meridian, MS and Beeville, TX, receiving my wings in October 68.
Following a year as an Advanced Jet Flight Instructor in Texas. I went into fighters flying the F4 (J, B, and N models), the F14A,
and eventually conducting the Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT & E) of the F/A18 at Patuxent River as part of a Det.
from VX4. Along the way I was assigned shore duty at the NPS receiving a MS in Aeronautical Engineering in 1975.
I enjoyed serving as Executive Officer and CO of VF-213 at Miramar and followed that with fifteen months of Nuclear Power Train-
ing at Orlando, FL; Idaho Falls, ID; and at the Naval Reactors office in Crystal City. This lead to assignment as Executive Officer of
the USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
I served as Third Fleet Operations Officer for a year in Pearl Harbor, HI and San Diego, CA before assuming command of the USS
Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and returning her to Alameda from an overhaul period at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. We made a full
WESTPAC deployment in 1994 with plenty of time in the Persian Gulf.
My last assignment was as COS and Deputy Commander of Joint Interagency Task Force West then located in Alameda, CA. I re-
tired after thirty years in 1997.
This adventure was shared by my wife, Mary Ruth who agreed to marry me in 1968 and raised our wonderful family of three kids,
mostly in my absence. We are now both retired and living mostly in Poulsbo, WA with a few months each year in our home in
Mesa, AZ.
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Jean Price (Pete) Phelps, Jr.

Service History
1962 63: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - enlisted Navy Reserves
1967- 68: USN Postgraduate School - Immediate Master's Program - MS Aero
Engr.
wings May '69
1969 : F-8 Crusader Replacement Air Group Training, NAS Miramar, CA
1970 - 72: VF-24, NAS Miramar & USS Hancock (CVA-19) - F-8 Crusader
pilot deployed to SE Asia / Gulf of Tonkin / major & minor
villages of North Vietnam & Laos
1972-73: Navy Astronautics Group/ Navy Missile Center/ Pacific Missile
Range, Pt Mugu, CA, VX-4 - F-8 Flight Test Pilot and target.
1973: Left Naval Service with rank of Lieutenant
Principal Occupation (post USNA/USN - a twisted path)

Following seven+ years of active duty, I worked with Decision Science Inc. in
San Diego as a Human Factors Engineer, analyzing F-86 drone operations and
accidents, as well as Air Combat Maneuvering analysis and programming for
advanced ACM training for the Navy and Air Force.
In 1974, I went to work at Flight Systems Inc. as a Flight Test Pilot working
with modified civilian aircraft performing flight tests of new military weapons systems and avionics, including LATAR Optical
Tracking systems, ACMR/ACMI air combat maneuvering ranges, manned/unmanned flight operations of modified F-86 aircraft, and
ACM tactics analysis of F-14/ F-15 aircraft at AIMVAL/ACEVAL at Nellis AFB.
In 1978, I embarked on the "airline, airline bankruptcy, new airline" career path. I began at Frontier A/L (Denver 1978-86), Pacific
Southwest Airlines [thanks Poopie] (San Diego 1986-88), merged into US Air(ways) (San Diego, Los Angeles, Washington DC,
Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia [get the picture?] 1988 - 2004). Mandatory Age 60 retirement in July 2004; and moved from San
Diego 30 miles east into the foothills of Alpine, CA.
Flunked retirement (Sep 2005), and went to work for classmates Jim Gilbert and Bud O'Hara at Northrop Grumman Mission Sys-
tems (San Diego, 2005-2010) working in ASW underwater acoustic surveillance.
Retired again (Dec 2010) to establish a suitable 4 acre site for class Army-Navy game get-togethers in the foothills of Alpine, CA.
Aviation has always been my game; I was fortunate to fly many small aircraft, as well as the T-2, F-9, F-8, A-4, T-33, F-86, DHC-3,
CV-580, MD-80, BAe-146, Boeing -737, 757, 767, and Airbus 319, 320, & 321; for over 16,000 hours - with no (major) accidents,
no ejections, no ramp strikes, no fatalities (in my cockpit), some scary moments, and many vivid memories.

Flying all around SE Asia and the Orient, the US, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands. Many micro-memorable moments that occa-
sionally flash back for me - in a good way. From 1977 to 2004, I was engrossed in endurance events including 15 marathons, includ-
ing Boston (1979 - 2:47) on a Monday, followed by the Denver Marathon the following Sunday (3:02). Personal best was probably
the 1978 Coronado Half Marathon - sub 6 minute miles for the course! Ran the 1982 Hawaiian Ironman in sub 12 hours (come on;
that's a long [141 miles] race).
Most memorable events ?: every time I ran into a classmate and re-experienced the bond we share!

I married late; I was 41 when I married for the first and last time. That's a good thing; I don't know how I would have ever kept a
woman happy if I had married earlier; considering my wanderings through life. However, as many of you have expressed, I married
well above my station. I met Pat in Las Vegas when I was working for Flight Systems. I thought she was a dancer; turned out she
worked the emergency room graveyard shift at Sunrise Hospital; the perfect mate for a "sinner" such as me! I inherited her son; a
great kid who truly considers me to be his "Dad". Chris graduated from USD in San Diego, and went on to play baseball in Italy (a la
"Playing for Pizza" [Grisham]). Wait a minute! We all graduated from college and went to Vietnam, Chris graduated from USD and
went to Italy for 5 years of baseball? Where's the justice? Chris now owns and operates a baseball school (Brickyard Cages) in San
Diego. Dogs, dogs, dogs are MY grandchildren!
After flunking my first retirement in 2004 from the airlines, I tried it again in 2010 and have been successful - so far. I admit that I
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still have "ideas and stirrings" about what else I could achieve in another field. However, that 4 acres in the back, and my innate de-
sire to transform it into a "park" keeps me very busy. Maybe horses (?) maybe a vineyard! I do try to keep in shape by swimming a
mile 3-4 x week. Not that much, but my "endurance years" of running 50 - 120 miles a week were specifically designed to get me
healthy to age 60. I made it; should I even try to keep up that pace?

To plagiarize: Plebe year (63) Army-Navy game: screaming with the rest of the more than 100,000 in attendance and praying Army
didnt get off another play.
Rollicking good times expounding on esoteric mathematical proofs, partial differential equations, and Fourier Transformations with
my roommate, Tony Principi, in exchange for his insight into dating Catholic girls.
Meaningful dialog and insight into the affairs of man and his interaction with the elements and the cosmos as espoused by Jean-Paul
Sartre and other great minds, as presented by the liberals of the 15th Company; Gary McBride and Dick Tolotti.
Learning and perfecting the art of the perfect sword salute under the watchful eye, mentoring, and tutelage of John Scott Payne dur-
ing the "Spring Set" of 1967.
Raising and launching a team of intrepid hamsters in John Inman's RC airplane. Designed to do more than just fly, we could para-
chute hamsters! Never did establish a military mission for that great idea!
Promising the Plebes "carry-on" if they could capture one of those humongous seagulls that screamed at us every day outside of the
seventh wing. Then telling them to throw the newly captured and flapping fowl into the room with Rusty Baumberger, who was nap-
ping through a youngster morning. You've never heard a man scream like that!
Ring Dance, June 1966 - not for that event; because I took one of those Catholic girls that Tony Principi had explained to me about;
but because my future wife was there as Terry Wendt's date; a coincidence that I discovered 12 years later!
My 1967 Green Corvette, 435 HP - 427 c.i., warranted as an L-88 a year later, but stolen at Disneyland in 1968. The same car sold
for $2.5M last year at auction!
My "contraband garage" just off West Street with myself, Doug Matthews, Bart Creed, and ????

Leaping into the tail section of that F-4 static display down by the field house, thinking it to be an original and unknown hiding
place, while evading the OOD and his mate, while trying to go "over the wall". Turns out there were already 3 other mids inside the
fuselage.
Climbing around the chain link fence at Gate 0 after a winter foray into town; then seeing a hole in the ice where someone had fallen
through. Later informed of a classmate that hadn't made it back for muster. Turned out that the OOD did get that one!
Being a "take down dummy" for Guido Carloni during summer wrestling so he could "validate" wrestling class. Who knew? My
shoulder sockets have never recovered!
That train ride from Paris back to Cherbourg with classmates puking in shoes, amid stories of a "strange" toilet they tried in their
Paris hotel room.
Stumbling around in the dark of some "drag house" in town with a date, while tripping over so many unseen Mids; all fumbling
around in the dark!
John Chehansky's motorcycle accident in Barcelona on First Class cruise, and his markings of "Gentian Violet" all over his body that
his "health care provider" had applied!
At the base of the Herndon Monument, thinking my legs were going to be broken at the thighs from the outside "push".
So many memories, so little time!
BS USNA -should I say more? OK - MS Aeronautical Engineering (NPGS Monterrey 1968
Athletic
Frankly, although I did swim Plebe year, I realized early on that Division I varsity sports were just out of my reach.
Service/USNA Awards
USNA - Immediate Master's Program
USN - Distinguished Flying Cross, 1 Individual Air Medal, 13 Strike/Flight Air Medals, 7 Navy Commendation Medals, a "great"
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry made out of stamped shrapnel, and 11 other "I've been there" pieces. I should have been awarded a
Purple Heart for that damn rabid dog bite at Phan Rang AFB while on an AF exchange, but my Skipper said I was stupid for letting
him get that close! I survived 242 missions in RVN, but I also watched Guido Carloni, Rick Amber, and a few more "hit the ramp"
on the Hancock. Here's to those we left behind!

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My father flew PBY's in WW II - (1+ sub kill got him an Air Medal and a Purple Heart; but he lost his best friend). In 1951, one of
his squadron mates, now the CO of NAS JAX flew a dark blue F-9F-2 (straight wing) Panther jet into Teterboro (NJ) airport to visit
us. On departure, he told me to get into the back seat, and proceeded to take me on a high speed taxi down the runway, then back to
the flight line. Crafty bastards, he and my father; my juices started flowing then and I always knew I wanted to Fly Navy after that. F
-8 Crusaders were one of the best decisions of my life!
"Men of Annapolis" was icing on the cake. It may seem a clich by today's standards, but just what are "today's standards"?

My education, ALL OF IT, at Annapolis made me the person I am today. Hopefully for better, but for better or worse, my actions,
decisions, and values since then were formed by my experience at USNA with minor adjustments in the following years.
Summary
I got to fly fighters in the US Navy, in combat, and as a civilian test and commercial pilot in my later years. I couldn't be more con-
tent with my career path and my life! Except maybe for that rabid dog bite in Phan Rang and poor choices in my initial airline em-
ployers! Ha!
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Anthony (Tony) Principi

Service History
1963 - 67: USNA (15th Company)
1967 - 69: USS Joseph P. Kennedy (DD 850)
1969 - 70: River Patrol Squadron 5, Tra Cu, Viet Nam
1971 - 73: Naval Education and Training Center, Newport Naval Base
1973 - 75: Seton Hall University School of Law
1975 - 80: Navy Judge Advocate General Corps, San Diego, CA
1980 - 81: Legislative Counsel, USN, Washington, DC
1982 - 84: Senate Armed Services Committee, staff counsel
1984 - 88: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, chief counsel and staff di-
rector
1989 - 92: Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
1992 - 93: Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs (President George HW Bush)
1993 - 95: Senate Armed Service Committee, Republican chief counsel and
staff director
1996 - 20: Chairman, Congressional Commission on Service Members and
Veterans Transition Assistance
2001 - 05: 4th Secretary of Veterans Affairs (President George W Bush)
2005: Chairman, Base Realignment and Closure Committee (BRAC)
Principal Occupation following Government Service

I served as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Pfizer, Inc. and
was Executive Chairman of QTC Management, Inc., the largest provider of
medical and disability evaluations to the federal government. I served on the
Board of Directors of Perot Systems, Inc. I was appointed by President George
W. Bush to serve as Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the United States
Naval Academy.
I currently serve on the Board of Directors of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Engility, Inc., Get Well Network, Inc. and
Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. I am President and CEO of The Principi Group, LLC.

I was fortunate to serve in the Cabinet of both President George H.W. Bush (41) and George W. Bush (43). I was asked by the
President to co lead a Presidential delegation to North Korea where I met with the North Korean leadership to negotiate the denu-
clearization of the Korean Peninsula and repatriate the remains of MIAs from the Korean War.

I am married to Cynthia Renee. I have a stepdaughter named Caroline who was adopted by Cynthia from a Russian orphanage. She
is an extraordinary young woman. I have wonderful grandchildren.
Im blessed to be married to a wonderful woman and to live in St. Michaels on the eastern shore of Maryland. I keep busy on Boards
of Directors, tending to my garden and getting to the Academy as often as possible.

Making weight for 150# football (cutting 30 pounds one season was a challenge).
First-class exchange cruises with Italian Navy.
Wonderful memories of the times we spent together.

Trying to go over the Wall with Tolotti to meet up with Pam Am flight attendants and getting caught. It wasnt very funny at the
time and we spent dead week first class year in the yard.
Cooking burgers with my roommate Jim Fletcher and selling them to Plebes.
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USNA, 1967, BS, Naval Engineering
Seaton Hall, JD, 1975
Athletic
3-year letterman, Lightweight Football
Service/USNA Awards
Bronze Star with Combat V
3 Navy Commendation Medals with Combat V

Ever since I was a young boy watching Men of Annapolis on TV I wanted to attend the Academy and play football. My life ambi-
tion was to be a Naval Officer and lead men in combat.

My expectations were fully met and I would not have achieved goals I set out for myself were it not for the Naval Academy experi-
ence.
Summary
After graduation I was assigned to the USS Joseph P Kennedy (DD
850). Following a Med cruise in 1968, the Kennedy entered drydock
for periodic repairs. I received orders to join River Patrol Squadron
Five, Tra Cu. I returned to the Newport Naval Base and after a tour
with Naval Education and Training Center, I attended Seton Hall Uni-
versity School of Law, obtaining my JD degree in 1975. 1975
through 1980: I was assigned to the Navy Judge Advocate General
Corps in San Diego, CA. After a tour as Navy Legislative Counsel in
Washington DC, I left naval service in 1981 and began a civilian ca-
reer as legal counsel to various organizations. 1984 to 1988: I served
as Republican chief counsel of the Senate Committee on Veterans
Affairs, following three years as counsel to the Chairman of the Sen-
ate Armed Services Committee. I served as Deputy Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs from 1989 to 1992 and Acting Secretary of Veterans
Affairs until 1993. Following that assignment, I served as Republi-
can chief counsel and staff director of the Senate Armed Services
Committee. Following my assignment as Chairman of the Congres-
sional Commission on Service Members and Veterans Transition As-
sistance established by Congress in 1996, I was nominated by Presi-
dent George W. Bush on December 2000, and was confirmed by the
Senate in January 2001 as Secretary of Veterans Affairs until 2005.
I am blessed to be married to a wonderful women, Cynthia Renee and

to live in St. Michaels on the eastern shore of Maryland. I have a
stepdaughter named Caroline who was adopted by Cynthia from a
Russian orphanage. She is an extraordinary young woman. I have
wonderful grandchildren. I keep busy on Boards of Directors, tending
to my garden and getting to the Naval Academy as often as possible.
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Joseph (Joe) Schmitt
Service History
1967: Naval Air Station, Twin Cities. Recruiter
1967 - 69: Naval Aviation Training Command, Various locations, received
wings 01/1969
1969: Naval Air Station, Twin Cities. Recruiter
1969: VA-44, Cecil Field, Jacksonville. A4 Replacement Air Training
1970 - 71: VA-94. Naval Air Station, Lemoore and USS Bon Homme Richard,
deployed to Southeast Asia. A-4 Pilot
1971 - 1973: Nuclear Weapons Training Group, Pacific. In San Diego as a
Nuclear Warfare Training Instructor
1973: Resigned from USN
Upon leaving the navy, I worked at Rohr Industries in Chula Vista, CA in ad-
ministrative systems developing and publishing Corporate Policies and Proce-
dures. After leaving Rohr, I obtained a Brokers License and worked at Inter-
national Business Investments and Services, listing and selling businesses.
Realizing that sales of that type didnt really fit me well and drawing from the
computer skills learned at USNA, I moved onto computer systems analysis and programming with B-K Dynamics, Advanced Digital
Systems, and Presearch, all in San Diego, CA. In 1985 I joined Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) where I spent
the remainder of my career.
I joined SAIC as a Senior Analyst Programmer, initially working on a system for the US Marine Corps. I moved through a number
of positions with increasing responsibility over the next 22 years performing technical work and managing programs for the US
Navy, US Marine Corps, and the US Air Force as well as a few DoD agencies. I also did a number of commercial programs. SAIC
was an employee-owned company. With increased responsibility came the expectation of increased investment and the benefits of
increased ownership. The company went public, trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. One of my interesting assign-
ments was several years as CEO and President of Data Systems and Solutions, USA, a subsidiary of a joint venture between SAIC
and Rolls Royce. I learned that Rolls Royce sells aircraft engines and related products and services, and that Rolls Royce automo-
biles are now built by a BMW subsidiary licensing the name. I retired from SAIC in 2007 as a Vice President.

Sugar and I were married in 1983. We have four children: Rick who is in CSM sales and marketing at Illumina, Joey who is the in-
formation systems manager for the San Diego Transcript, Stephanie who is a teacher for special needs children in Chula Vista, and
John who is a technical support supervisor for Cox in Phoenix, Az. We have eight grand children. Rick and Joey have provided two
each, Stephanie three and John one.
Since retirement from SAIC, I have been enjoying being able to set my own schedule, doing what I want to do when I want to,
within the guidance that Sugar provides. We are able to spend a lot of time with our children and grandchildren, taking in many
school-related activities. The work schedule and travel requirements at SAIC were very demanding. In enjoying the time with our
grandchildren, I have gotten a much better understanding how much of the activities of our children that work schedule caused me to
miss.
We also have developed a liking for stage plays and frequent several of the excellent venues available in San Diego. Dinner at a fine
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restaurant and a play are, for us, an excellent evening. We do travel a bit, visiting relatives and enjoying road trips and times in the
likes of Las Vegas, but for the most part, I am still enjoying not having to travel. Life is good and we are focusing on doing the
things we like to do.
We also each have quite a number of hobbies that we enjoy. As examples: Sugar is great at a number of different forms of arts and
crafts, photography, and computer applications. I am still pretty heavy into financial and computer system issues, both for our sys-
tems and helping friends and family. Our home network consists of about two dozen devices and an eleven camera security system
that I built and maintain. I enjoy being able to pursue anything that I find interesting and follow where ever that leads me. The secu-
rity system is one of the results of taking that approach.

Youngster cruise on USS Little Rock, CLG-4 and the opportunity to see the real navy for the first time and, as a bonus, visit sev-
eral European countries.
Being in the Glee Club and traveling to colleges for performances and liberty away from Annapolis
Opportunity to participate in the pilot courses for an Aerospace Engineering Degree
Discussions with Professor Rogers and learning from him that the key to solving problems is determining the right questions to pur-
sue answers to
Discovering computers and computer programming and seeing the help they could be in problem solving
First Class cruise on USS Duncan, DDR-874, navigating to Pearl Harbor and having the opportunity as a Midshipman to take a de-
stroyer alongside a carrier for unrep.
Graduation and all the activities of June Week leading up to it.

So much has happened since then, that my old memory banks fail me on specific instances
Received a BS in Aerospace Engineering as one of, I believe, 10 of our class who participated in the pilot program for the major.
Service/USNA Awards
Air Medal with 2 stars, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 1 star, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Naval Aviator Wings
As a teenager, I was impressed with the military, particularly combat ships and aircraft. The concept of someone operating aircraft
from a ship seemed almost unbelievable. I decided that I wanted to be part of that and felt that USNA would be the best route to pre-
pare me for that type of career.

Overall, yes. I was very unprepared for many aspects of the academy. I just didnt have the understanding of what to expect com-
pared to many of our classmates who were Navy juniors or had better info from others sources. The cultural shock had an impact.
Summary
Following flight training and A-4 replacement training in Jacksonville, I was assigned to VA-94 stationed in Lemoore and deployed
on USS Bon Homme Richard, flying combat missions in Southeast Asia. My last duty station before resigning in 1973 was as a Nu-
clear Warfare Training Instructor at Nuclear Weapons Training Group, Pacific, in San Diego.
I worked at several companies building my experience base and resume in systems analysis and programming and joined SAIC in
1985 as a Senior Analyst Programmer. I moved through a number of positions over the next 22 years performing technical work and
managing programs for the services, other DoD agencies as well as commercial organizations. SAIC was an employee-owned com-
pany. With increased responsibility came the expectation of increased investment and the benefits of increased ownership. The com-
pany went public in 2005. One of my interesting assignments was as CEO and President of Data Systems and Solutions, USA, a sub-
sidiary of a joint venture between SAIC and Rolls Royce. I learned that Rolls Royce sells aircraft engines and related products and
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services, and that Rolls Royce automobiles are now built by a BMW subsidiary licensing the name. I retired from SAIC in 2007 as a
Vice President.
Sugar and I were married in 1983. We have four children and eight grand children, and are lucky to be involved in all of their lives.
We also have developed a liking for stage plays and frequent several of the excellent venues available in San Diego. Dinner at a fine
restaurant and a play are, for us, an excellent evening. We do travel a bit, visiting relatives and enjoying road trips and times in the
likes of Las Vegas, but for the most part, I am still enjoying not having to travel unless I want to.
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Peter F. (Pete) Smullen
Service History
1963 67: USNA (10th Company Plebe Year, then 15th Company)
1967 67: Naval Nuclear Power School, Vallejo, CA - student
1967 - 68: Naval Nuclear Prototype Training Unit, Idaho Falls, ID - student
1968-69: Naval Submarine School, Groton, CT - student
1969-69: USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) Charleston, SC/Rota, Spain -
Patrol status. Various engineering assignments.
1969-1971: USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN 630) Mare Island Naval Shipyard,
Vallejo, CA - Overhaul. Various engineering assignments.
1971: Resigned from the US Navy with the rank of Lieutenant
Principal Occupations
After teaching Physics for six years, I entered the defense-contracting world,
working on submarine torpedo employment tactics and tactical simulations,
Trident CCS software development and maintenance, submarine construction,
and Coast Guard strategic simulations. Also, Director, Information Technology
for Connecticut State Technical Extension Program (CONN/STEP).

My most memorable event was the Canadian Canoe Trip that our Boy Scout troop embarked on in the summer of 1961. When we
departed, the world was a great place to live, and at peace. We were incommunicado in Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada
for nearly two weeks. We canoed, portaged, swam, camped, tracked beaver, caught lunker bass, and watched bear, wolf, deer and
myriad other wildlife. The trip was wonderful, even idyllic.
The evening before we were to return to Ely, Minnesota to then drive home from our adventure, one of our counselors and a fellow
scout canoed into town to purchase a newspaper. Upon their return, we read the headlines and were stunned, absolutely stunned.
The US and Russia were nearing war over Berlin. Based on the contents of that article, we were convinced that nuclear war was
imminent. We discussed the situation around the campfire until the early morning hours. For a time, we seriously considered canoe-
ing back into Quetico, there to remain until we could assess the results of the anticipated nuclear strike to our country. Saner heads
prevailed, and we reluctantly headed back to our homes and to a more sober and dangerous world.

Linda and I married in 1969 and just celebrated our 46 th anniversary. We have one wonderful daughter, Joelle, who also married a
submariner. Together they have provided us with the two most wonderful grandsons Avery and Seth.
Since retirement in 2005, I have enjoyed spending quality time in my wood shop, my auto restoration shop (same shop, and it's
called my garage) while Linda creates wonderful things in her craft room, boating, visiting with our grandchildren and their parents
whenever possible, extensive travel with Linda, bridge and driving my RED '94 Corvette Convertible.

Learning of President John F. Kennedy's assassination while buying a soda between classes in the basement of Maury Hall. Presi-
dent Kennedy had spoken to us from the steps of Bancroft Hall a few short months ago, and that speech had made a profound impact
on me.
Plebe year Army-Navy game march-on; it was an overwhelming experience.
Taking delivery of my first car (RED '67 Chevrolet Corvette convertible) for my birthday.
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Each and every millisecond of the day that encompassed my two-question interview with Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN.
Cannonballs, cannonballs and more cannonballs.

Before I even left high school, one of my teachers, a nun, cornered me in the hallway and told me I must not go to the Naval Acad-
emy because I was not disciplined enough to make it there. Guess I showed her.
I arrived at USNA two days before Plebe Summer started, and stayed in the Field House. The day before Plebe Summer started, two
of us decided to play tennis on the courts across the street. Two Midshipmen came over while we were playing and told us the
courts were reserved for Officers and we shouldn't play there. We ignored them and continued to play. I was chagrined the next
day ... no, make that PANICKED. Our Plebe Summer Midshipman company officer was Fred Hufnagel ... none other than one of
the two midshipmen who had told us we shouldn't play tennis. Fred, excuse me, Mr. Hufnagel, SIR! was not understanding at all; it
took a long, long time before he quit yelling at me.
Learning that if you dared your roommate Don Wade to throw iced tea at you at Sunday breakfast in the Mess Hall, he would.
All of us belting out Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones every chance we had, during 2 nd Class Summer in Bancroft Hall.
Ted Witt, in his Austin Healey Sprite, getting rear-ended by a very large truck and walking away with nary a scratch.
USNA BS With Honors
University of Rhode Island MA (Science Education)
1. Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending?
I had a choice of:
1) A National Merit Scholarship that would include three years at Bowdoin College and two years at MIT with a double bachelors
degree,
2) The United States Naval Academy (principal appointment) and
3) The United States Air Force Academy (principal appointment)
I was seventeen when I graduated from high school and in many ways very immature. I did not have a long-range plan for my life,
but lived day to day. One day I wanted to be a research physicist, and the next, a fighter pilot. I have always responded to a chal-
lenge, and decided the best challenge I had been presented, of my three choices, was the Naval Academy. I had a glimmering that I
wanted to be a fighter pilot when I was still in high school, and the research I did said that more USNA grads became pilots than did
grads from the USAFA, and USNA also had a better academic reputation. Besides which, a person in my high school one class
ahead of me went to the USAFA, and I didn't need to be number two.
I was really excited to go to Pensacola during second class summer, and loved the flying experience. I knew I could be a great pilot. I
did well there, but it turned out my eyes were not good enough to sit in the pilot's seat. I thought long and hard about what to do
instead, and decided nuclear power presented the toughest challenge available me.

I really had no idea what I was getting myself into, and still had no long-range plan. However, after I was at the academy, I found I
could survive the plebe experience well enough by keeping a low profile and striving to meet all expectations. I then focused on
academics. I took an extra class each and every semester I was at the Academy.
The midterm grades were posted the first semester of Plebe year and I had a 3.89 average. I was pretty proud of that accomplish-
ment and had thought that it would be well received. The response I received was just the opposite of what I expected. My profile
was no longer low. I was actually told by several firsties that since I had so much time to study, I must not have enough
professional questions to answer, nor enough come arounds. The rest of the year was a real challenge ... I personally experienced
every bit of what it meant to be in the Terrible Tenth. I was punished for being good academically. Did I mention that my firstie
was anchor man of his class and a soon-to-be jarhead. It was a match made in the fiery pits of hell. His classmates literally forced
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him to spoon me during dead week.
I had truly expected the older Naval Academy midshipmen to be mature and intelligent and focused on being great Naval Officers. I
had expected they would encourage me and my fellow classmates to become that as well. I was chagrined to find out that many of
the upper class were petty and vengeful, and not the model I would ever want to pattern myself after. So, no, that part of my expec-
tations were not met. On the other hand, I obtained a first-class education and the academy opened up a world of opportunities for
me.
Summary
After growing up in a small town in central Wisconsin, I attended the Naval Academy. After graduation, I entered the nuclear train-
ing conduit for submarine service. After my tour on the USS John C. Calhoun, (SSBN-630), I resigned my commission, and my
family and I moved to Connecticut.
I initially taught high-school Physics. After several years, I was lured into the defense-contracting world with the offer of signifi-
cantly more money than I was making. After twenty-five years of progressively more complex and challenging roles, mostly involv-
ing submarines, I moved to the Connecticut State Technology Extension Program (Conn/STEP), where I assisted Connecticut manu-
facturers to become more competitive. I quickly became the Director of Information Technology, and focused principally on help-
ing our customers become more sophisticated with respect to the use of their information systems. After leaving Conn/STEP to ac-
cept a position closer to home, I finished my career working on simulation studies for the US Coast Guard that would help them de-
termine what their Deepwater fleet needed to look like going forward.
After retirement, my wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed working on one project after another, visiting with our grandsons and their
parents, traveling extensively, playing friendly bridge with our friends and avoiding snow.
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William H (Bill) Tate

Service History
1967-68: NFO Flight Training, starting in Pensacola and finishing with A-3 training at
Whidbey Island, WA)
11/68 6/71: VQ-1, Japan (with one year spent in Danang)
1971-74: USNA, Navigation Instructor
1976-93: Transferred to Naval Reserves. Drilled with VP-62/VTU, NAS Jacksonville,
with two deployments to the Azores tracking USSR Submarines.
1993 Retired from USNR with rank of CDR
Spent two years in Tulsa, OK with Williams Energy Company as an Operations Analyst and
then Manager of Operations. Missing Florida eventually won out. I packed up my daughters
(ages 4 and 6) and went to a new job at Florida Institute of Technology in Jensen Beach. I was
head of the Offshore Marine Technology program and taught the navigation courses. I enjoyed
being a bachelor father and had students as roommates they were like big brothers to my
daughters. Six years later the campus closed after suffering financial problems and I went to the
University of Florida to obtain my PhD. From there I went to the University of Texas at El Paso
as an Assistant Professor of Real Estate. Money problems and the end of the real estate program
and it was back to Florida.

During First Class summer, I jumped with the Tidewater Navy Skydivers at NAS Oceana

My daughter Tania was born in Japan on an Army base with a Philippine doctor attending. My daughter Michele was born in the
Naval Academy hospital while as was assigned as an instructor. They are both married with two children each. My favorite ex-wife,
Gail, attended the 40th reunion with me. I bought her a condo six miles from my home in Palm City and we both enjoy being single.
I enjoy my grandchildren and driving to the beach with the top down. I have a house with a pool on the wide river.

On Youngster Cruise going to the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace to pick up American girls
After a noon meal, gathering up left over fried chicken and walking out to a ladys garage where Dick Collins kept his car I dont
remember where we went.
I was running with my rifle and saw the Admirals car coming. I slowed to a walk, did a right shoulder arms and saluted Uncle Char-
lie as he drove by. He gave me a big smile and a wave.
On graduation day I got married in the Chapel and had the reception at the Alumni House. It was well timed since my classmates and
their families were there as well.

My firstie, Stump Morrow, returning from a night on the town and singing Needles and Pins-a
While the first classman next door were out in town we short-sheeted them. Upon returning, they pounded on the wall yelling Dirty
rooters while we laughed like crazy. They came over and spooned us for our ingenuity. The next day when they were sober, they
were not happy about it and threatened a do-over. Too late!
University of Florida, 1987, PhD
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Wrote a book in 1982, published by the Naval Institute Press,

A Mariners Guide to the Rules of the Road, that re-
mained in print for 25 years.
Great study book for obtaining Captains license
Service/USNA Awards
Air Medal (5 awards)

NFO Aviator Wings
As for the two questions: My most prized possession is my class ring
Summary
Following flight training, I was assigned to VQ-1 in Atsugi, Japan flying in the EA-3B reconnaissance aircraft that included one year
in DaNang where I received five air medals. My daughter Tania was born in Japan in an Army hospital attended by a Philippine doc-
tor.
Next stop was USNA as a Navigation instructor. The Navigation Department was a great tour with a great bunch of guys. We had
our own bowling and softball teams and I attended night classes where I obtained my Masters degree. I also wrote a book A Mari-
ners guide to the Rules of the Road that was in print for 25 years. My daughter, Michele, was born in the Naval Academy hospital.
After flight training, I always wanted to live in Florida. I remember Christmas shopping with the top down on my graduation car in
December. After active duty, I managed to do so except for two years in Tulsa and El Paso. Life is good.
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Richard (Dick) Tolotti
Service History
1962 63: Columbian Prep School, Washington, D.C. (USNR)
1967 68: Naval Aviation Training Command, Pensacola, Meridian, Kings-
ville (wings in 10-68)
1968 69: A-4 Replacement Air Group, VA-44, N.A.S. Cecil Field, Jackson-
ville, Florida
1969 70: VA-12 on Board USS Shangri-la
1971 72: VA-174, Instructor/LSO, A-7 Replacement Air Group
1972- Resigned commission in June
I joined Michelin Tire Corporation in 1972 and was a Territory, District, and
Zone Manger until I resigned in December 1992. Joined Jacks Tire and Oil,
Logan, Utah as V.P. in 1992 and resigned as President/C.E.O. in 2011; Served
as Vice-Chair from 2012-2014; Board Chairman since 2015; Board Secretary
for A&E Tire, Denver, Colorado, since 2012

Vicky and I were married in July 1976 and she has been a true partner in any-
thing that I have accomplished. I have two children, Sherry and Richard Jr, that Vicky helped to raise, and four grandchildren.
Vicky and I moved to Naples, Florida in January 2012 where we have built our carry-out house. I remain on the Board of two tire
companies and we boat, bike, golf, fish, exercise and attempt to remain healthy. We have been very happy in our mostly retirement
mode and enjoy every day together.

Plebe year (63)-learning of President Kennedys death
End of Plebe Year, June 1964
Selecting a class for flight training
Laughs too numerous to mention with my roomie W. Gary McBride
Graduation
USNA 1967, B.S. Aeronautical Engineering
Service/USNA Awards:
Air Medal (8), Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam

Naval Aviator Wings
I wanted to fly aircraft off of a carrier since I was about ten years old. The opportunity was opened to me by a Blue and Gold Bird
Dog, Mr. John Clark, who approached me at a scholar-athlete award ceremony my senior year of high school and arranged for me
to attend Columbian Prep School where I played football and attended Naval Reserve meetings. I was accepted into the Academy
through the Naval Reserve Program. My focus was on graduating and flying airplanes for the Navy. Mr. Clarks willingness to offer
me the opportunity to attend the Academy remains very much appreciated by me today.

Attending and graduating from the Naval Academy was a life changing event for a boy out of the coal mining region of Pennsyl-
vania. The Navy afforded me the opportunity to realize my dream of flying and the prestige of Annapolis opened many doors for me
when I entered the business world after the Navy. While I did not fully embrace everything that occurred during the four intense
years at Annapolis, I have come to realize that whatever success I have enjoyed was, to a large degree, the result of the Academy
experience.
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Summary
My fondest memories were always shared with roommates and classmates. Many remain lifelong friends today. I appreciate now
that we held together as classmates and helped one another through the four years. I believe that willingness to help one another,
even at personal expense, is almost unique to the Academy.
I started flight training in July 1967 receiving my wings in Kingsville in October 1968. I was assigned to VA-44 transitioning to the
A-4.
I joined VA-12 aboard the USS Shangri-la on a Med cruise out of Naples, Italy in May 1969. The ship and air wing was to deploy to
West Pac the following year and the squadron ensured that I and the other nugget pilots received as much flight time as possible
before our tour on Yankee Station.
After the West Pac Tour, I was assigned to VA-174 to transition to the A-7. I became an instructor pilot in the RAG and was also the
squadron LSO until my departure from the Navy in June 1972.
I joined Michelin Tire Corporation and received a thirteen-week training program with other new hires. Many of the incoming class
were officers from other branches of service that made the transition to civilian life much easier.
I married Vicky in 1976 and she has made all the relocations with Michelin and supported me the entire way. She also accepted and
helped to raise my two children.
I joined Jacks Tire and Oil, Utah in 1992 and we expanded into Idaho, Arizona, and California.
We moved to Naples, Florida in January 2012 where we built a home for our retirement. I am on the Board of two tire companies
that helps to keep me engaged. Vicky and I bike, exercise, golf, boat, fish and enjoy every day together.
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Paul (PC) Ward

Service History
1963 - 67: USNA (9th/15th Company)
1967 - 68: US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (Mathematics)
1968: Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD
1968 - 69: Nuclear Power Training Unit (S1C), Winsor, CT
1969: Naval Submarine School, Groton, CT
1969 - 71: USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) Gold, Groton, CT (Division Officer)
1971 73: Nuclear Power Training Unit (S1W), Idaho Falls, ID (Staff Instructor)
1974: Advanced Submarine School, Groton, CT
1974: Naval Guided Missile School, Damneck, VA (Navigation School)
1974-78: USS James Madison (SSBN 627) Gold, Charleston, SC (Navigator/
Operations Officer)
1978: Naval Submarine School, Groton, CT (PXO School)
1978-81: USS Dace (SSN 607), Groton, CT & Mare Island, CA (Executive
Officer)
1981-83: Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC (Torpedo Division
Director)
1983-84: Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC (PCO School)
1984: USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN 641) Blue, Charleston, SC (Commanding
Officer)
1985-88: USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 627) Gold, New London, CT (Commanding Officer)
1988-91: Chief of Naval Operations Staff (OP 665), Pentagon, Washington, DC Director, Strategic Nuclear Plans and Policy Di-
vision
1991-93: Naval Submarine Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA (Commanding Officer)
1993-95: Chief of Naval Operations Staff (OP 444) Pentagon, Washington, DC
Director, Navy Base Closure Implementation
1995: Retired from Navy with rank of Captain
Following almost 29 years of active service, I started working for the Port of Long Beach. Initially, I served as a coordinator
(lobbyist) to get the Long Beach Naval Complex through the Base Closure wickets but after three years, I transitioned to project
manager for the demolition of the naval complex and building the largest marine terminal in the world. After almost eleven years of
self-employment, Space and Naval Warfare Command (SPAWAR) offered me a government job, managing the Navys strategic
submarine communications systems. I happily accepted this offer since it was in San Diego where I was currently living with a new
family. Several years later, I transitioned to working for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in their Surface Ship Division
(SEA 21) and currently manage waterfront training for them here in San Diego. I am planning to retire again later this year (2015)
and pursue other interests including helping a friend start up a satellite tracking antenna business, continuing travel the world with
my wife, helping my four daughters and watching my grandkids grow up.

While on USS Dace and passing through the Straits of Gibraltar, we collided with a Greek merchant while coming to periscope
depth.
Command is one of the most memorable events that anyone could experience! I was given that opportunity on two ships, USS
Simon Bolivar and USS Andrew Jackson, as well as for the Naval Submarine Base San Diego.
As the Strategic Nuclear Plans and Policy Director during the period when the Berlin Wall fell, I was able to help organize the unifi-
cation of the Navy and Air Force nuclear forces into STRATCOM.
Used Rich Mies Porsche to ballast an 18-wheeler going to Omaha from San Diego to pick up Air Force furniture.

Lori, a San Diego native, and I were married in 1999 and live in San Diego. Lori is a CPA who has worked for Sundt Construction
for almost 30 years. We each have two daughters. My oldest, Lyn, lives in the DC area and has 5 grandchildren ages 13 to 23 years
old. My youngest, Kristie, lives in Santa Barbara and has 2 grandsons 7 and 9. Loris daughter, Samantha, graduated from SDSU
and is working here in San Diego while getting her graduate degree. Our other daughter, Alex, graduates from Point Loma Nazarene
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University and starts her graduate work this year (2015).
I do not know about retired life, since I have been fully employed for over 50 years. However, we do try to vacation every two to
three months and scuba dive twice a year, as we attempt to learn how to retire. With one daughter still at home, two daughters at-
tending graduate school and seven grandkids, we stay very busy. I am also helping a friend set up a company to build satellite-
tracking antennas, play the stock market, and dabble in real estate investment and remodeling.
I expect to retire from my Government job this year (2015) and to transition to a semi-retired status where I can focus only on pro-
jects that interest me.

Spending Plebe summer with Ollie North as my roommate.
President Kennedys visit Plebe Summer and his assassination not long after.
Plebe Year Army-Navy game and learning the difference that a few inches can make as well as how important desire can be.
Youngster cruise to Northern Europe on a ship that didnt know we were aboard for most of the cruise.
Chriss Submarine Shop.
Playing 150 Pound Football and beating Army.
First Class Cruise in the Mediterranean. Escorting American debutants to a ball in Monaco, as guests of Prince Rainier. Being fea-
tured with Princess Grace in an Italian Fashion Magazine, Grazia.
Graduation, 7 June 1967.

Teach me Tiger Plebe Summer.
My Italian professor, an Italian Naval Officer, that frequently said, I wanta you to geta good grades so I givea you good grades. I
needed that help!
My Math professor that threw chalk at students when they were not paying attention or dozing off.
Delivery of a shipment of Spanish swords to the loading docks of USNA when no one was present at the garage where I had my car
hidden.
BS USNA 1967 Naval Engineering
MS USNPGS 1968 Mathematics
MBA Pepperdine University 1998
Service/USNA Awards
Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (2), Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Commendation Medal (2), and various
campaign and service medals

Submarine Warfare Pin (Dolphins), Command at Sea, Command Ashore
While my parents were more than willing to send me to a traditional college, I opted to attend USNA in order not to be dependent on
their assistance. Since I came from the Midwest and no one in my family had a military background, I had no idea what to expect or
what I wanted to do after graduation. I just entered each door as it appeared. I opted for Submarines and Nuclear Power, since in the
1960s, it seemed to offer the most opportunities.

I am very satisfied with my Academy experience. I received an excellent education and became a member of an exceptional frater-
nity of professionals with which I have networked and benefited many times. Being a Submariner and having command were high
points of my career.
Summary
After graduation and completing the Immediate Masters Program in Monterey, I had a fairly typical submariners career, culminat-
ing with command of two submarines, USS Simon Bolivar and USS Andrew Jackson. Following command, I was privileged to serve
as the Strategic Nuclear Plans and Policy Division Director during the first nuclear drawdown, destruction of the Berlin Wall and
standup of STRATCOM. Later, I managed the Navy and Marine Corps Base Closure Implementation that gave me a tremendous
picture of the depth and breadth of our Navy and set me up for my second career. Working as a consultant Program Manager to the
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Port of Long Beach, I saw the other side of Base Closure and learned construction and development as we built the largest marine
terminal in the world at the former Long Beach Naval Complex. After eleven years in Long Beach, the Navys Space and Naval
Warfare Command offered me a job managing their Strategic Submarine Communications System and I transitioned to Civil Service
where I could work in San Diego where I lived. I now work for Naval Sea Systems Command as their Waterfront Training Man-
ager. I will retire again later this year to seek new challenges.
Lori and I were married in 1999 and live in San Diego where she has lived her entire life. At the time, we each had two daughters
and I had two grandsons, one older than her youngest daughter who graduates from college this year. We now have seven grandchil-
dren. We both work full time but manage to vacation every three months. I am also helping a friend startup a company to build sat-
ellite-tracking antennas and to support customers in Slovenia and Indonesia. I plan on retiring later this year (2015) to have more
time for my avocations.
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Theodore (Ted) Witt

Service History
1967 68: USS Fearless (MSO-442), Charleston, South Carolina Operations
Officer
1968 - 69: USS Madera County (LST-905), In-Country Vietnam, Operations
Officer/Chief Engineer
1969-71: Service School Command, Bainbridge, MD Regimental Officer
(Head Janitor)
1971: US Naval Destroyer School, Newport, Rhode Island
1972 - 73: USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853), Newport, Rhode Island Chief
Engineer (Ship was decommissioned and sold to Turkey)
1973 - 75: USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192), Virginia Beach, Virginia
Chief Engineer
1975 - 76: US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
1977 - 79: US Naval Telecommunications Command, Washington, DC Ac-
tion Officer (I owned Diego Garcia)
1979: PXO School, Newport Rhode Island
1979 - 80: USS Kilauea (AE-26), Mare Island, California Executive Officer
(Ship was decommissioned and transferred to MSC)
1980 81: USS Pyro (AE-24, Mare Island, California) Executive Officer
1981 82: CNO (OP-942), Pentagon, Washington, DC Navy Rep to Joint
Tactical Data Program Office
1983: PCO School, Newport Rhode Island
1983 86: USS Cayuga (LST-1186), San Diego/Long Beach, California Commanding Officer
1986 90: PACFLT Propulsion Examining Board, San Diego, CA Senior Examiner
1991: Shore Command School, Arlington, VA
1991 93: Service School Command, Great Lakes, Illinois Commanding Officer
1994: etired from the Navy with the rank of Captain
Spent a year as Assistant Commandant at Army and Navy Academy, Carlsbad, CA.
Joined Resource Consultants, Inc., in 1995 and traveled all over the Pacific/Indian Ocean region teaching departing/retiring sailors
and civil servants how to transition to civilian life (resumes/interviews/etc.).
Moved to Northern Illinois after winning a contract to provide support to SSC Great Lakes, and subsequently won several other con-
tracts (including processing all new recruits entering the Navy) while transitioning with the company to Serco Inc., a large multi-
national professional services corporation.
Retired as Director in 2014.

Forty-foot seas in a 170-foot long minesweeper made out of wood. If youve seen The Perfect Storm, this was the same thing.
Arriving in Vung Tau, South Vietnam and seeing USS Madera County for the first time. Mr. Roberts dj vu.
Decommissioning (and then staying with) USS Charles H. Roan when it was transferred to Turkey. Dinner on the pier in Norfolk
with the Turkish CO consuming mass quantities of Raki.
Serving with CO of USS Pyro CDR Sai Manning he started out as submarine radioman in WWII. His recitation of The Crema-
tion of Sam McGee was awe-inspiring. He was on his fifth consecutive command when I served with him. The ultimate sailors
Commanding Officer!
USS Cayuga Command at Sea. No equal, no comparison!
I spent a year in Diego Garcia one week.
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Serco CEO Leadership Award, presented in Greenwich, England, at the Maritime Museum.
The births of our three daughters.

Marlene and I were married in 1967 and have three daughters. Lisa is married to an Aussie and lives in Brisbane, Australia. Jennifer
lives a block from Wrigley Field with her two Golden Retrievers, and is a highly successful Realtor in Chicago. Annie is married
and is a middle-grade math teacher in Lake Bluff, IL, with two children of her own, our two grandchildren, Juliana and Bradley.
If youre not retired yet, dont put it off another second! Its great! We have myriad hobbies to keep us busy, Marlene and I travel
several times a year, and we spend as much time as possible with our two grandchildren.

JFKs speech to the Plebe Class (67) in August of 1963
Learning of the Presidents assassination and the sense of deep loss expressed by the entire Brigade (particularly 67)
Vanilla Tapioca Pudding!
Chriss hamburger subs on the weekends
Taking delivery of my first car (66 Austin Healy Sprite), slightly ahead of schedule, summer of 66.
Glee Club Trips!
Fred Fagan!
Plebe Detail 2nd Class summer

Pete Smullen and I attending a Vietnam protest march in DC and then papering our room with the peace posters. That lasted until
the next Company Officer visit.
Entropy and Enthalpy, our two pet hamsters that we kept in a wall. We inherited them from Pete Phelps I think.
Rusty Baumberger clarifying every question I ever asked about (math/eng/etc.) by starting with F=ma and deriving the solution.
Awards Received
I graduated!
Service/USNA Awards
Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement
Medal (with Combat V), and various campaign and service awards.

Surface Warfare Device, Command at Sea, Command Ashore
I am a first generation American..both my parents were born in Germany. Men of Annapolis (the TV show) was playing my
junior year in high school, and I decided to apply. I expected (and hoped) that my time at the Academy would open my eyes to the
world around me, and it definitely did that. I learned how to thrive in the face of diversity, take orders, give orders, follow, lead,
cooperate, act alone, solve equations (with the help of Rusty), analyze problems, and program computers. An inestimable experi-
ence!

Absolutely! Graduation was the first step in achieving goals that evolved over the years and matured into two fulfilling careers that
left me with enduring relationships, and with the satisfaction of having developed and nurtured those who served with me and fol-
lowed after me.
Summary
I served in various shipboard assignments, including USS Fearless (MSO-442), USS Madera County (LST-905), USS Charles H.
Roan (DD-853), and USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192); as Executive Officer of USS Kilauea (AE-26) and USS Pyro (AE-24),
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and as Commanding Officer of USS Cayuga (LST-1186). Shore tours included Service School Command, Bainbridge, MD; Naval
Telecommunications Command, Washington, DC; one tour in the Pentagon (OP-942), CINCPACFLT Propulsion Examining Board,
and as Commanding Officer of Service School Command, Great Lakes, from May 1991 to July 1993.
I retired in 1994, and was employed as an Assistant Principal/Commandant at a military prep school, and then as the manager of a
mobile transition assistance team. Since May 1997, I was employed as a Director with a defense contractor, managing the Adminis-
trative Support Contract at Service School Command, Great Lakes, the Administrative Support Contract for the Customer Service
Desk/Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes (we touched every Recruit entering the Navy), and the Navys ID Card/CAC Issuance
offices in CONUS (55 sites). I retired (again) in 2014.
Vivid memories of USNA include JFKs speech to our class in August, 1963, vanilla tapioca pudding in the Mess Hall, Glee Club
trips, Pete Smullen and I attending a Vietnam peace march in DC, and our pet hamsters, Entropy and Enthalpy.
As a first generation American and growing up in the Midwest, I envisioned graduating from USNA and serving my country. Com-
mand at Sea was a distant (and ultimate) goal that colored every move and assignment. My experiences at USNA laid the foundation
for achieving that and other goals.
Marlene and I were married in 1967 and have three daughters and two grandchildren. We have lived in Gurnee, Illinois, since 1997.
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Louis J. Balestra Jr.

Service History
1963-1967 USNA (16th company)
1967 NAS Brunswick, Maine, Aircraft Maintenance Div. awaiting flight
school date.
1968 - 4/1969 Naval Flight School
1969 - 1972 S-2 Rag then to VS-31 at Quonset, R.I. and deployed on USS
Intrepid CVS-11
1972 - 1973 S-2 Rag instructor VS-30 at Quonset Point, R.I.
1973 - 1985 USNR pilot in Reserve Unit VP-92, S. Weymouth, Ma.
1972 - 1975 Grad School @ URI and completed a MS in Nuclear Engineer-
ing.
1985 - 1995 Engineering Duty Officer at Naval Shipyards and NAVSEA
working on Submarine projects.
March 1995 Retired as EDO (1445) Captain USNR.
1975 - Started working at General Dynamics in Groton, CT as a Nuclear
Test Eng. testing
SSN-688 class submarine reactor plants. During this time as a Naval Re-
serve pilot I chased SSN's on weekends and tested them during the week.
1978 - Assigned as the Chief Nuclear Test Eng for USS Indianapolis
(SSN697) for Initial Startup and Power Range Testing.
1979 Jan - Started employment as a pilot for United Airlines.
1980 Sept - Furloughed by United Airlines and started working at Yankee Atomic in Western Massachusetts. Next I transferred to
Startup Testing at Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in N.H.
1984- 2004 Recalled by United Airlines and had a 25 year career flying Boeing 737, 727, 757, 767 and finally retiring off the Boeing
777 flying from Chicago to Europe and the Orient. Mandatory retirement at age 60 in Oct. 2004.
2006 - 2008 Failed retirement and returned to work as the Port Engineer at Port Manatee in Bradenton, FL. and retired again in May
2008.
2009 Attended Univ. of FL and obtained a certificate as a FL Master Gardner.
2010 - 2015 Volunteered at the Manatee County Extension office as a Master Gardner helping homeowners with their landscape
problems. Retired again in 2015.
In summary: I really have had a fun and varied career. I was a Naval Aviator for 18 years, a Civilian Nuke in the Navy's Nuclear
Power program for 9 years, 4 years as a nuclear engineer at Public Service of New Hampshire's 1100 Mwe nuclear power plant, fol-
lowed by a 25-year airline career with United Airlines. In 2006 I failed retirement and went back to work for a few years as the Port
Engineer at Port Manatee, a major seaport in Florida. Do you ever feel like you want to do it all? I hope I am not done yet.

In 1999 Phyllis and I shot and worked as range officers in the North American Pistol Championship match held in western Illinois.
Several times between 1997 and 2004 we worked and shot in several U.S. National pistol matches and in 2012, Phyllis and I worked
as range officers at the World Championship Steel Shoot pistol match that was held here in central FL. Also this year (2015) Phyllis
and I once again volunteered to work for the NCAA's Women's and Men's National Golf Championships held here in FL.
Tell us about your wife and children

Phyllis and I were married in December 1967 and are both retired and happily living in Bradenton, FL. We have no children or
grandchildren primarily because we do not want to grow up and we do not want to share our toys with any kids.
We have done a few cruises. One cruise on the Eurodam from Ontario to Fort Lauderdale, several cruises in the Caribbean and a
River Cruise in The Netherlands and Belgium. Phyllis also plays a lot of golf and works on the amenities Committee at our Country
Club and on the Landscape Committee for our homeowners association. I play golf occasionally for the social aspects or to support a
military organization fundraiser. Sometimes I will play golf if there is a good Sunday brunch to follow. Otherwise we work at the
local shooting range teaching firearms classes and working the ranges as range officers.

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First and foremost INDOCTRINATION DAY June 1963. See the picture in the Year Book. I am the one with WHITE sox
and penny loafers in the first row.
During our graduation June week 1967, I convinced my then girlfriend Phyllis (now my wife) to dress in white works and
march into breakfast with our Company. The O.D, a Marine, did see us and came over to talk to us. Luckily he was a good-
natured person and just said," Make sure she has enough to eat".
Additional significant memories are learning of President Kennedys assassination, our Ring Dance June 1966 with my fu-
ture wife, my first car a Volvo P1800 which was backed into TWICE during June Week and throwing away my middies'
cap on graduation morning 7 June 1967.
Awards Received
After leaving Active Duty in 1973, I attended the University of R.I. and obtained a Masters degree in Nuclear Engineering. Then
while working as a civilian at General Dynamics in Groton, CT. I went to school and qualified in the Navy Nuclear Program as an
engineer on SSN-688 submarines.
From 1980 to 1984, during my airline furlough, I worked at the Seabrook New Hampshire Nuclear Power Station as a senior startup
engineer for the 1100 MW reactor and all its support systems. While working at the Seabrook Nuclear Power station, I completed a
MBA at the University of Southern New Hampshire. Additionally while at the nuclear power plant I passed the national test for Pro-
fessional Engineers (P.E.) in the fields of Nuclear/Mechanical and Aeronautical engineering.

Naval Aviator Wings
A good practical education, Naval Aviator Wings, a great career and lifelong friends. It all came true.

YES! It also taught me several lessons that helped me through life. Do you remember, "I will not lie, cheat or steal nor will I tolerate
anybody who does." Words by which to live by. Academy life also taught perseverance which means to me you can never give up no
matter how difficult things become. These lessons helped me through all my employment and education endeavors.
Summary
After graduation, I had a 6 month assignment to A.M.D. at the Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine prior to going to
flight training. Shortly after starting flight training, I married my long time friend from the 9th grade and we have been to-
gether ever since. Following flight training I was assigned to VS-31, an ASW squadron attached to the USS Intrepid
(CVS 11) now a memorial in New York harbor. I did a short tour as a VS RAG instructor in Quonset, R.I. before leaving
active duty. I transitioned to USNR and a Reserve VP squadron in Boston Massachusetts while attending graduate
school at the Univ. of R.I.
After earning a MS in Nuclear Engineering, I worked testing nuclear submarines as a civilian for General Dynamics at
Electric Boat in Groton CT. Four years later I was hired as a pilot for United Airlines. The airline career lasted 18 months
then I was furloughed for 4 years. During the furlough, I returned to the nuclear industry as a startup engineer at Sea-
brook Nuclear Power Station in N.H. After recall from furlough in 1984, I had a 25 year career with United Airlines flying
Boeing 737, 727, 757, 767 and 777 aircraft all over North America and from Europe to the Orient.
I continued in the reserves for a total of 27+ years and retired in March 1995 as a USNR Captain. Two years after retir-
ing from United Airlines at age 60 in 2004, I flunked retirement and returned to work as Port Engineer at Port Manatee in
Bradenton, FL. By mid 2008, I was ready to retire and left Port Manatee. Now I only do volunteer work that I find interest-
ing. Phyllis and I are both happily retired and living full time in Bradenton, FL.
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Terrence (Terry) Brown

Service History
6/63 6/67 USNA
6/67 6/69 Naval Reserve, Long Beach, Ca.
Principal Occupation (Life after USNA, with detours as applicable):
Clinical Psychology Faculty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Private
Practice, Sacramento, Ca.

Toni and I were married in Annapolis in 1967. Our son, Brenden, was born in
1976, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Harry Kluckhohn 67 introduced Brenden to
Kate. They were married in 2005. Many classmates that were at our wedding
in Annapolis were at Brenden and Kates wedding in California. We have a 6
year old granddaughter, Lily and twin grandsons, Waylon and Deacon, 2 years
old.
Im not retired. Toni and I travel frequently.

Beating Army plebe year and getting carry-on to Christmas

First Class year: Classmates knocking on each others door and presenting Turkey Necks, Rutabagas and Parker-House Rolls.
Ph.D. Psychology.
Service/USNA Awards
I became aware of the Naval Academy through a television series called Men of Annapolis during the late 1950s and early
1960s. I was impressed by the pride and comradeship portrayed and wanted to be a part of it. I later found that many in the classes
from the early to late 1960s watched the same television series and were influenced accordingly

The academy experience did satisfy my expectations as mentioned above. The bonds that were formed there have been very impor-
tant to Toni and I through the years. Although I didnt expect it nor appreciate it at the time, the self discipline I acquired was ex-
tremely important later in life.
Summary
Toni and I were married in Annapolis before we moved to Long Beach, California where I entered the Naval Reserve. We had a
good time socializing with classmates, some married and some not, who were also in Long Beach at the time. After floundering for
a while trying to decide what to do, I took a position in marketing at Texas Instruments and we moved to Dallas. I was a Major Ac-
count Manager. At first it was fun flying to different parts of the country, and I enjoyed talking with people, but when it came to
having to focus on Semi-Conductor Circuits I found I wasnt much of a business man. Toni and I decided to move back to Califor-
nia so I arranged to be transferred from marketing to sales and we moved to Palo Alto. I took some psychology classes there and
found I did well, contrary to my dismal academic performance at Navy. I was accepted into the Clinical Psychology department at
Long Beach State. So, Toni and I returned to Long Beach. While completing a M.A. degree there, I was accepted into the Ph.D.
program at The University of Michigan. Toni got a B.A. and M.A. degree and I a Ph.D. at Michigan. I taught at Michigan until after
our son, Brenden, was born in Ann Arbor. The cold got to us and we moved back to California and now live in Cameron Park. Toni
retired after working with the Sacramento Co. Sheriffs Department, as Liaison to Childrens Services. I am still in private practice
and on staff at a psychiatric hospital in Sacramento. Harry Kluckhohn 67 introduced Brenden to Kate. They were later married.
Toni and I now have a granddaughter, Lily, and two grandsons, Waylon and Deacon.

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Peter Burggren
Service History:
67 - 68 - Pilot training; Aviation Training Command, NAS Pensacola,
FL; NAAS Meridian, MS; NAS Beeville, TX
69 - 70 - F-4 pilot training; VF-121 & VF-101, NAS Miramar, CA,
and NAS Oceana, VA
70 - 73 - EW and Flight Officer, Aircraft Div Officer, Training Offi-
cer; VF-11, USS Forrestal NAS Oceana, VA
73 - 76 - AIM-9L OPEVAL Project Officer; VX-4, NAS Point Mugu,
CA
76 - 76 - F-4 refresher pilot training; VF-121, NAS Miramar, CA
76 - 79 - Asst Maintenance Officer, Maintenance Officer, Operations
Officer; VF-151, USS Midway/Yokosuka, JA
79 - 80 - Instrument Training Officer, Operations Officer; VF-126
(adversary squadron), NAS Miramar, CA
80 - 81 - Fighter training staff job, Commander Fighter AEW Wing,
Pacific, NAS Miramar
81 - 83 - Asst Operations Officer; COMCARGRU ONE, multiple
CVs/San Diego
84 - 87 - XO/CO; VF-43 (adversary squadron), NAS Oceana, VA
87 - 89 - Air Operations Officer, ACOS Operations; COMCARGRU ONE, multiple CVs/San Diego.
Oct 89 - Retired as O-5 (selected/frocked to O-6 as ACOS Operations, but didnt have sufficient time in grade to retire as an O-6).
Retiring after 22 1/2 yrs in Navy, I wanted a career involving the development and manufacturing of a product; something I could
point to and state that I helped make that. Obtained an MBA (University of San Diego), thinking it would be a springboard to find-
ing the right job and then it would help me steer the right path in my post-Navy career.
Initially, I worked for Astro Arc Corporation, a manufacturer of robotic welding equipment in Los Angeles as Vice President/
General Manager. Later worked for Cubic Defense, San Diego, in business development role directed to a seaborne version of the
Tactical Air Combat Training System for CV battle groups.
Returned to Astro Arc, Pacoima, CA, now a subsidiary of Messer Griesheim GmbH, manufacturer of robot welding equipment, as
COO and General Manager. Remained with Astro Arc for 14 months at which time another restructuring occurred.
Between the above jobs and after 2000, I spent 21 years at Wintriss Engineering Corp in various operations and sales/marketing po-
sitions as Wintriss evolved from an electronics engineering to a product-based company developing and manufacturing machine vi-
sion systems. Retired in the fall 2015 as Director Sales & Marketing of Wintriss with a small equity position in the company.

My first ride in an aircraft was a commercial flight from Minneapolis to Baltimore to enter the Academy. From that experience for-
ward I had my heart and mind set on Navy Air.
My first fleet squadron tour was great. One deployment to the Med on the Forrestal was 10 months, with five straight months in &
out of Athens. My wife and I rented an apartment in Glyfada, a suburb of Athens, and enjoyed an idyllic winter free of the tourist
hordes. The ship flanchored (flying at anchor; the Forrestal was short of OPTAR) out of Piraeus; the squadron had air combat
maneuvering dets out of Souda Bay, Crete; and the liberty throughout the Med was spectacular. Missed out on a chance to get a Mig
during Viet Nam, but someone had to be in the Med !
My first shore tour offered one of the best jobs an aviator JO could get. Assigned as the project officer at VX-4, Pt. Mugu, CA, for
the opeval of the AIM-9L Sidewinder Missile, I shot drones, explored missile detection paramters, traveled extensively, and worked
with great people in the squadron and with the USAF.
As XO/CO of an adversary squadron at NAS Oceana, VA, I flew F-5s, A-4s, and Navy-leased Israeli Kfirs to my hearts content
providing air-to-air opposition against East Coast fighters.
I pushed paper as Air Ops and later Ops (N-3) on a CARGRU/battle group staff during two deployments to the IO, but it was still a
great twilight tour working with stellar people.
Experienced a prolonged business case study with Wintriss Engineering as we evolved from being a boot-strapped, perpetually
cash-poor electronics engineering firm, taking any job we could get, to eventually being a profitable, market-driven manufacturer of

capital equipment in the machine vision industry. Machine vision involves the use of digital cameras, processing engines, and infra-
structure to perform quality monitoring and control tasks in manufacturing.

My fondest memories are in the company of Maria, my wife of 44 years. A first-generation Lithuanian-American, and daughter of a
partisan who fought the Russians during WWII, she immigrated to the U.S. at 3 and entered public school speaking no English. Her
familys story spotlight the American dream. After obtaining a graduate degree and teaching in the Cal State system, her academic
career became partially derailed when she married me.
Somewhat mystified by the military at the beginning of our marriage, she acclimated just fine and enjoyed the travel opportunities
through the first four years of our marriage. We started a family during our first shore tour and the subsequent sea tour in a squadron
on USS Midway gave us the opportunity to live in Japan. Our second son was Made in Japan. Im not going to continue the chro-
nology; but suffice it to say, through it all Maria kept working (college instructor and later started a computer program at our sons
parochial school), impeccably raised our sons, actively participated in the American-Lithuanian community, and continues to main-
tain an active, varied lifestyle.
Our two sons are married, with the oldest in the L.A. area having four terrific children. The younger was a Naval Officer in EOD for
seven years. During one tour he was OINC of an EOD det, TDY to SEAL platoons in Iraq. He now works for a bank in Manhattan
and just moved to the burbs in NJ.
Great. Retired in the fall of 14 and am aggressively adjusting. Had a double knee replacement in the summer of 14, so am still
working out the kinks, but I am power walking, back on the tennis courts after five years, and am taking up golf . . . although coun-
seled extensively against it.
Maria and I are doing some traveling and playing tennis; Im working a mean vegetable garden, and am developing some cooking
skills, mainly grilling and BBQ (real BBQ . . . low, slow and smoke). Four grandchildren to enjoy are an hour away. We can still
handle them all at Burggren Boot Camp. I joined the board of the Armed Services YMCA at Camp Pendleton.
I tremendously enjoy when two or three shall meet . . . San Diego Slummers are a hoot.

Teach me Tiger on a 2/c record player; the music wafting up multiple decks in the hot, humid night air of a plebe summer evening
JFKs assassination
Beating Army in football during plebe year and carry-on.
The anticipation of Christmas Leave plebe year
The abject gloom of coming off Christmas leave.
The glory of Herndon Monument
Training during the three summers. Great exposure to the warfare specialties and superb liberty
The euphoria of finishing end-of-year finals
Solitude of the Yard at night; the sound of lanyards slapping against the Knockabout masts
Bright fluorescent lights coming on at 0615 in Bancroft
Hats in the air at graduation.

Hare and Hounds during Plebe Summer. What demented 2/c came up with H&H?
Socks, Jocks, Boondocks, and Strongbox
Window closing detail
100 nights, taking Jack Mumaw to task
67 on the Stack and all accompanying activities
Breakfast formation inside Bancroft on a dark, cold rainy morning during the Dark Ages. Muster taken, waiting to march . . . abso-
lute silence. A deep, resonating voice was heard sounding off down the passageway, Noah, I want you to build an ark.
Sock placed in my coffee mug by the Kluckhohn-Gilbert-Wright Gang. Discovered at the bot-
tom having quaffed my java. This turned out to be a morale boost for KGW for the next 48
years. Cheap thrills. There has to be some life lesson-learned in from this, but I havent fig-
ured it out yet.
MBAs from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, and University of San Diego. Going to school between sea and shore duty;

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starting at USD and continuing at ODU and then concluding at USD took 10 years to obtain the degree from ODU. Since I was retir-
ing from the Navy in San Diego, I took a few more courses to obtain the second degree.
Athletic
No awards, but but helped organize a rugby team at NAAS Meridian, MS, during basic jet training. During a 2-3 month period, we
played teams in Alabama, Mississippi, and in Louisiana at a Mardi Gras tournament. Have no recollection of our W-L record in
games, but we were spectacular at post-game parties. Some classmates swore off rugby for the rest of their lives; but I recall the
whole experience being exhilarating. Once in F-4 training at Miramar in San Diego, I played for Old Mission Beach Athletic Club
for a season before moving on to the East Coast and the fleet.
Service/USNA Awards
Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, campaign ribbons

Naval Aviator Wings
I was so naive. My father was in the Navy at the end of WWII - destroyers, PT Boats, and minesweepers. He was a Lt (jg) when he
separated from the Navy. I remember him relating his experiences to my brothers and me. We were spellbound. Those stories cou-
pled with Men of Annapolis, televised Army-Navy games, the Victory at Sea documentary series, and my parents encouragement
provided all the impetus I needed to try for an appointment. My expectations were incredibly modest. Being on a ship seemed like
it would be interesting, even exciting. Never considered flying until I flew from Minneapolis to Baltimore to enter the Academy.

My modest expectations were satisfied. My horizon through the Academy and early-on as a J.O. was meeting the minimum service
requirement. Taking leave and returning home through the first few years after graduation, I was asked the question time & time
again by relatives and high school friends - When are you getting out ? People just didnt equate the Navy, and the military in
general, with a career; and to some extent I was influenced by that perspective. Fast forwarding a few years, I was delighted in field-
ing the get out question, by responding that I was having too good a time to get out. That would prompt a quizzical look and I
would explain that I loved the flying, the travel, the job was fulfilling, and the family generally enjoyed the lifestyle.
Years passed . . . and assessing my expectations and career aspirations past squadron command, I decided that a DC tour and other
senior jobs - the ones in reach at the time - were fading in appeal and I started preparing for a civilian career by entering graduate
school part time. The MBA didnt really open doors in finding a job, but it helped me focus on a successful transition to the private
sector and it aided my performance in certain aspects of later jobs. Looking back on 25 years in the private sector, I must give my
naval career due credit for the success I did achieve. Many professional traits nurtured at the Academy and honed during my 22 year
Navy career served me exceptionally well in a small business.
Summary
I had no idea of what I was getting into when I departed Minnesota for the Academy, but I sure enjoyed my first airplane ride !
Thanks to 2/c summer, I had a somewhat better understanding of Naval Aviation when I headed to Pensacola.
After receiving the best flight training in the world I arrived in the fleet and I started the learning process all over again in the F-4.
Every fighter pilot couldnt go to Viet Nam to get their Mig, so I went to the Med and enjoyed spectacular liberty and copious flight
time. The days when a J.O.s girlfriend, and later wife, could follow him port-to-port - affordably - will never happen again. We
knew it was a good deal when it was happening.
I met Maria in 1969. She persevered through geo separations and we married in 71. Good tours followed ashore and at sea. The se-
cret to a successful overseas tour is the wifes outlook, and our tour in a USS Midway squadron, home-ported in Japan, was memora-
ble many times over. Fast-forward a few years . . . after an XO/CO tour in an adversary squadron, my flying days were over. A twi-
light tour as ACOS Operations on a battle group staff with a couple fast-paced deployments were a good let down as I pondered a
second career.
Armed with an MBA, I wanted to be involved in making something. Worked 21 discontinuous years in a small San Diego engineer-
ing/manufacturing company, Wintriss Engineering. We evolved into a successful machine vision company, a small business that
defied the statistics and became profitable!
Through it all, Maria and I had two sons, the older now with a family and four children an hour from us in SoCal; and the younger,
recently married, living in New Jersey.

James (Jim) Gilbert

Service History
67-69:Gunnery Officer USS Rupertus [DD-851]
69-71:US Naval Advisory Group, Phan Thiet, RVN
71-72:Weapons Evaluator, Fleet Training Group Pacific, San Diego
72-75:Weapons Officer, USS Reasoner [FF-1063]
75-77:Staff ASW Training Center Pacific, San Diego
77-79:Chief Engineer, USS Leahy, [CG-16]
80-81:Executive Officer, USS Thomaston [LSD-28]
82-85:Enlisted Community Manager, Combat Systems Ratings, OP 132,
Wash. DC
85-87:Commanding Officer, USS Fort Fisher, [LSD-40]
87-88:Executive Officer, USS Peleliu, [LHA-5]
88-89:ACOS, Operations, Amphibious Group One, CTF76, Okinawa
89-92:ACOS, Operations, Amphibious Group Three, San Diego
93-95:Commanding Officer, USS Denver [LPD-9]
95-97:Curriculum Director, Tactical Training Group, Pacific, San Diego
Division Director, Defense Contractor

Dueling with NVA shore batteries off Dong Hoi 21 Sep 1968
Boat trips up the cost of California into the Sacramento Delta with Chunky Wright, Terry Brown and Harry Kluckhohn

Wife, Carol-retired teacher-married 44 years
Son, Zak-Business Director, Deans International Welding-stepson, Brady; daughter, Michalee
Son, Garret-Chef Rancho Bernado Country Club, Pipeline Welder-son, Trevor; son, Owen; son, Jake
Son, Aaron-Pipeline Welder
Life is outstanding. I spend time on my motor yacht, play golf/tennis, hang out at the beach, mountain biking/skiing with grandchil-
dren, apple farming and traveling.

Nino Tempo/April Stevens melodies from Goat Court Plebe Summer
JFK August 63
Plebe year Army game
Herndon Monument climb
Pistol team road trips with close friend/teammate Doug
Grading on a curve-getting a score of 17 on a Steam P-work and earning a grade of C.

Two weeks into Plebe Summer, thinking what have I gotten myself into?
100th night
Pre Army game antics
Athletic:
All American Pistol, 1965,66,67
Service/USNA Awards
Bronze Star, Legion of Merit (2), Meritorious Service Medal (4)

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I spent my childhood by the sea and was always in awe of Navy ships-Victory At Sea was my favorite show on TV. I also loved
watching the Army Navy football game but I had no grand plan-I just wanted to serve on a Navy ship.

The experience exceeded my expectations and I credit the successes in my life to what I developed at USNA; such traits/skills as:
time management, organizational ability, teamwork, prioritization, problem solving individually and as a team. All of these contrib-
uted to my success in Command and as a leader in the business world.
However, the greatest benefit that I personally gained from USNA was the bond amongst a group of lifelong friends (classmates)
that exists to this day.
Summary
After graduation I was a member of the Navy Pistol Team during the summer of 1967 culminating with the Nationals at Camp Perry,
Ohio. I commenced my operational career on the USS Rupertus (DD-851) as Gunnery Officer followed by a tour in RVN as an ad-
visor for USMACV. Then followed a series of department head and XO jobs with a stint in DC as Enlisted Community Manager for
Combat Systems ratings for OP-132. While on a shore duty in 1977 I earned a Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine
University. The highlights of my service were as Chief of Staff for the Amphibious Strike Group during Desert Storm and two Com-
mands at sea: USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) and USS Denver (LPD-9).
In 1997 I commenced working for TRW as a Systems Engineer, and in 2005 when TRW was acquired by Northrup Grumman, I
stood up Naval Systems San Diego as Regional Manager. In 2010 NG spun off its Advisory Division to become TASC and I then
assumed the position of Director, Western Division until my retirement in January 2013.
I met Carol at the Miramar O Club in June 1971 and we married in December 1972. Carol became a National Board Certified educa-
tor and retired from a very rewarding teaching career in 2005. Quilting has become her passion and she now hosts quilt camps. We
have three sons with four grandsons and two granddaughters.
Carol and I have become bi-coastal, managing a farm in Maine, frequenting a townhouse in Mammoth Lakes and occasionally living
in our home in Poway, SoCal. We are thoroughly enjoying retirement, apple farming, traveling, playing on our boat in San Diego
and spoiling our grandchildren.

Michel Dennis (Mike) Glerum

Service History
1962-63 Columbian Prep, Wash DC
1963-67 USNA, Annapolis, Md (11th/16th Co)
1967-68 Columbia Univ, NYC, Guggenheim Fellowship
1968-69 Pilot flight training and winging, Pensa, Fl, & Corpus Christi,
Tx
1969-70 P3 FRS, Norfolk, Va, & Pax River, Md
1970-73 VP22, NAS Barbers Pt, Hi, P-3A/B PPC & Flight Officer
1973-76 TPS & VP30, NAS Pax River/NAS Jax, Fl, Instructor Pilot &
Training Plans Officer
1976-77 NWC, Newport, RI
1977-79 CCG6, Mayport, Fl, Flag Sec
1979-81 VP45, NAS Jax, Fl, P-3 PPC/MC & Admin Dept Head
1981-83 VP30, NAS Jax, Fl, XO
1983-86 VP49, NAS Jax, Fl, XO/CO
1986-89 CTF67, Naples, It, COS
1989-91 Pers6, Navy Annex, Wash, DC, Dep Dir
1991-94 NROTC Auburn Univ, Auburn, Al, CO
1994 Sep 1, retired O-6, USN
Following 27 years active service, and earning an MEd, I taught Commu-
nity College and High School math in Alabama and Georgia for 14 years.

During active service I traveled nearly around the worldmissing only the far eastern end of the Med.
Two of our three children had destination weddings: Florence, It and Compare, Fr.
Getting an engine fire warning right after lift-off from NAS Guam in a fully loaded P-3.
Selection to attend Naval Test Pilot School.
Receiving the Guggenheim Fellowship for study at Columbia Univ.

Norma, my high school sweetheart, and I were married in Sep 1967 (a great year!) and are rapidly approaching our 50 th anniversary!!
She holds more degrees than I (is a lot smarter) and has worked as a dental hygienist, a teacher, a computer programmer, credit card
processing company director and now works part time (40 hrs/week!) as an office manager in our sons architecture firm. We have
three grown and married children (F/A 18 & airline pilot (surgical vet wife), anti-money laundering expert/CFO (executive chef hus-
band), architect/partner (senior program director for IT wife)) and 4 great grandkids (boy 12, girls 10, 4, & 2yo).
Following USN retirement (9/94) and receiving my MEd (12/94), I taught at a community college and local high schools for 14
years and was very active in our church. Then we decided to move from our low cost/slow paced Ga home in 2010 to high cost/fast
paced Alexandria, Va, (kinda backwards, huh?), to be near the only 2 grandchildren we then had. Knocked down an old and built a
new house and worked through 3 flooded basements in 2 years. Now were settled and enjoying being near the family, traveling to
see the other grandchildren in Grand Cayman and family in San Fran, and relaxing (?) more.

Beating Army and receiving Carry-On.
Caps in the air at graduation.
Marching into the reflection pool following the P-rade.
Running aground with a knockabout, with our dates aboardgood show, not!
Family and friends in attendance for June Week and graduation.
Picking up my first car, Pontiac Tempest convertible, 2 nd class year and letting my girl drive it to NJ so she could get back/forth and I
wouldnt have to park (hide) it.
Being distracted by my wrestling partners war hoop, just before he took me down.

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Being selected for and running 2nd class detail duties for the new Plebes.

Soaking my firsties roommates blues with a glass of milk following a free shot (which earned me numerous come arounds)still
not sure who was right!! Humorous NOW!!
Awards Received
USNA, BS Aero Engineering,67; Guggenheim Fellowship to Columbia Univ, MS Aero Structures,68; Auburn Univ, MEd Post-
secondary Math,94
Service/USNA Awards
LOM (3), Air Medal, MSM, NCM (3), NAM, assorted campaign and service ribbons.

Naval Aviator Wings
I felt that I wanted to join the military and to fly. My uncle had been killed in a flight training accident as a NAVCAD when I was
young and I guess that influenced me somewhat. I had heard that I had a better chance of being a pilot from USNA than USAFA.
And if I couldnt fly, I would try for the nuke navy. (Glad that didnt happen!) I wanted to do engineering or teaching if the career
option didnt pan out. I felt I had a better opportunity for a career from USNA vs NROTC, and the out of pocket costs were better,
too! So, a career flying job with an engineering background sounds like USNA to me and I was fortunate enough to attain all
of that and more!

Met my initial expectations and opened doors for attaining further goals. Not only did I get an engineering degree and become an
aviator, but I had a full and rewarding career with two command tours. Also, I was able to take those experiences and receive a Gug-
genheim Fellowship, select for Test Pilot School, and teach math and engineering courses.
Summary
After HS, I joined the USNR, went to prep school and received an appointment to the Academy. Following graduation, I went to
Columbia Univ on a Guggenheim Fellowship, and then started flight training, earning Naval Aviator wings and selecting P3s. Op-
erational tours with VP22 and VP45, separated by Test Pilot School, VP30 instructor, NWC, and Flag Sec, CCG6, led to selections
as XO, VP30 and XO/CO VP49. Flying days behind, I went to COS CTF67, Naples, It, then returned stateside as Dep Dir Pers-6.
Retiring (9/94) as CO, NROTC Auburn Univ allowed me opportunity to earn an MEd in math and smoothly transition to civilian
life. Following 14 years of teaching, we retired and moved to Va near the grands.
The time at USNA provided many great memories, including beating Army/carrying on, tossing caps at graduation, marching into
the Reflection Pool, running a knockabout aground with dates aboard and receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship. Likewise, 27 years
of service hold many highlights: serving nearly around the world (Djibouti to Hawaii, Bermuda to Naples IT), selection to Test Pilot
School, 5 flying tours in P3A/B/Cs, including 2 XO and 1 CO billets, an engine fire right after takeoff from Guam, and CO,
NROTC. The training, education and experiences, along with the people Ive worked with and for have molded me, given us all a
greater appreciation of what we have, and provided us the tools and determination to succeed.
Norma and I dated in high school and married in 1967; she still puts up with me today. She has been a pillar and stabilizing force
through all the years and has accomplished even more herself: earned 3 degrees, worked full time, raised 3 great children, often on
her own. Our three kids are now grown and married and we have 4 grandchildren.

David Gompert
Upon graduation, my childhood sweetheart Cindy and I wed at the Academy, and I reported to
the USS McCloy, where I was Main Propulsion Officer. Subsequently, I was Aide and Flag
Lieutenant to Admiral Ike Kidd.
After leaving the Navy, I got a post-graduate degree

from Princeton. During various U.S. Administrations, I
served in numerous positions at the State Department
and White House, including Special Assistant to Secre-
tary of State Henry Kissinger, Deputy Assistant Secre-
tary for Political-Military Affairs, Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary for European Affairs, Deputy to the Under Secre-
tary for Political Affairs, and Special Assistant to Presi-
dent George H.W. Bush. My more recent government
appointments include as Senior Advisor for National Security, Coalition Provisional Authority,
Iraq, and as Principal Deputy Director and then Acting Director of National Intelligence in the
first Obama Administration.
In private industry, I held the positions of Vice President for Federal Civilian Programs at
AT&T and President, Systems Management Group at Unisys. In addition to government and
for-profit work, I have led and done research at the RAND Corporation, where I was Vice
President for National Security Research and President of RAND Europe. I have authored a
number of books on global security, national defense, and information technology. The most
recent are Paradox of Power, Sea Power and American Interests in the Western Pacific and
Blinders, Blunders, and Wars: What America and China Can Learn.
I have been on the faculty of the National Defense University, the U.S. Naval Academy, and
Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, I serve on a number of corporate and not-for-
profit boards, and I am a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Acad-
emy of Diplomacy. I also coach soccer for underprivileged kids. Cindy and I have two chil-
dren, Christian and Ellie, and three grandchildren, including Ani, who is in the accompanying
photo with me. We live in Virginia and Maine.

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John K. Hobbs
John was from a Navy family in Williamsburg, VA. He attended William and Mary for one year before enter-
ing the Academy. John was a true Virginia gentleman, congenial, and erudite with life-long interests in history
and mathematics. He traveled extensively in Europe during his summer leaves as a midshipman and his experi-
ences helped him develop a well-rounded perspective on life. A competitive swimmer, he was on the plebe
swim team and excelled thereafter in intramural swimming. He was also active in sailing during the winter
and spring.
After graduation he served on USS Farragut (DDG-37) and subsequently was stationed in Newport, R.I. Later
he was assigned as CO to the Naval Weapons Station in Yorktown, VA. He separated from the regular Navy
in 1972 and entered the Reserves. He served in a recruiting role for the Naval Academy between 1975 and
1980 and later worked for the Naval Inspector General until 1990, when he retired as a CDR from the Re-
serves.
John received his an MBA degree from The Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. He began his
civilian career with the former Maryland National Bank, leaving to start up Bulloch International Inc., a con-
sulting firm specializing in government liaisons. Shortly before his death, John worked for Hyundai Precision
America in San Diego as Director of Government Affairs and lived in Coronado, CA.
John died in April 2000 of natural causes. Surviving him were his companion, Barbara Bosworth; a son, John
K. Hobbs Jr. of Alexandria, VA; a daughter, Kathryn M. Hobbs of Timonium, MD; his mother, Rachel Wells
Hobbs of Norfolk, VA, who died in 2002; one sister, Rachel Hobbs Blanks; and three brothers, Cdr. Charles
McAuley Hobbs, USNR, James Reid Hobbs, and Thomas Page Hobbs. Inurnment is at the Naval Academy
Columbarium.

Charles Herndon (Chuck) Jeffries II
Following graduation, Chuck served as an Unrestricted Line Officer in USS Robison (DDG-12) before being
selected for graduate school in Civil Engineering and subsequent transfer into the Civil Engineer Corps. He
received a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in 1971 and served in the Public
Works Department at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard from 1971-73. Following Philadelphia, he was as-
signed to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 home ported in Gulfport, MS.
While deployed to the Philippines in April 1974 and commanding a construction detachment building a pe-
rimeter road around Subic Naval Base, he and two other Civil Engineer Corps officers were killed in a daylight
ambush by insurgents later identified as HUK guerillas. Ironically, his former Commanding Officer in Phila-
delphia, Captain Thomas Mitchell (USNA 53), was one of the officers also killed.
Chuck was interred at Arlington National Cemetery. In 1976, the Seabee base in the Philippines was named
Camp Jeffries in Chucks honor. It has since been decommissioned, and the plaque commemorating Chuck
resides at the Seabee Museum in Port Hueneme, CA. To those of us who knew and loved Chuck, this was a
cruel and tragic blow; a wonderful and purposeful life ended too soon.
Chuck was an all-State football lineman from Waynesboro, VA, a large, incredibly strong but gentle man, an
unwavering Christian and a committed husband and father. He and his wife Ginny had two children, Doug
and Amy. Amy is a successful hairdresser, has a son and lives in Greensboro, NC. Doug is a President with
the Bank of America, has a stepson and lives in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Ginny later married William L. Sell-
ers, a Submariner of USNA Class of 1968. They reside in Greensboro, NC, have a daughter Becky, who is a
nurse practitioner and a mother of three children.

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Harold Kluckhorn
Harry came to Navy from Prairie Village, Kansas. While at the academy Harry enjoyed
company football, brigade boxing, and the annual Musical Club show productions. His regular
position on the Sups List coupled with his good grease placed him on the Regimental Staff
during First Class year. After commissioning Harry entered flight training at Pensacola,
receiving his Navy Wings of Gold in 1969. He was then assigned to Patrol Squadron 46 at
NAS Moffett Field, flying the P-3 Orion. He made two deployments to the Pacific; first
conducting maritime patrol missions in the Republic of Vietnam, then flying out of Adak,
Alaska. He was then assigned to Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit at Moffett Field, was
released from active duty and entered the Naval Reserves with VP-91 in 1974.
Harry earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Stanford University in 1975;
opening a door to the financial world , and ultimately to the position of Managing Director at
Dean Witter in New York. After six years in that position, he transferred back to San Francisco
where he specialized in public finance and became an expert in large public bonds used to
finance airport expansions and consolidated rental car facilities in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Kansas City, and Cleveland. This led to extensive worldwide travel where Ireland became his
favorite destination, where he pursued a love of golf at the finest courses on the Emerald Isle
before retiring in 2005 and returning to his boyhood home in Prairie Village. He died in
November 2009.
Harry was the MASTER of telling a GREAT joke or story! He was known for his humor, wit
and camaraderie. Loved and missed dearly, he is toasted during the annual Army game festivi-
ties at the Phelps estate.

Tom Knudson
Service History
1963-1967 USNA (16th Company)
June 67 to April 68 Immediate Masters Program, USNPGS, Monterrey,
graduated with MSAE
April 68 to June 69 Flight Training, VT-1 Pensacola; VT-7,9 Meridian;
VT-4 Pensacola; VT-22
Kingsville. Designated Naval Aviator July 1, 1969 (Promoted to LTJG
July 1, 68)
July 69 to September 69 Naval Justice School, Newport, RI
September 69 to May 70 A7E Rag VA-122 Lemoore
May 70 to December 72 VA-27- including two Vietnam deployments,
Legal & Training Officer; Avionics Weapons Division Offi-
cer; Weapons Training officer (following completion of Light
Attack Weapons School) (Promoted to LT July 1, 70)
January 73 to August 74 Physics instructor at USNA (Promoted to LCDR
1 August 74)
August 74 to April 75 Resigned active commission, joined SRU as XO
supporting VA-303/304 NAS Alameda flying the A7A
April 75 to March 81 Maintained reserve status as Blue and Gold Area
Coordinator for East Texas. Resigned reserve commission March 81
Joined Conoco Inc April of 75 as project engineer in the midstream natural gas business. Had many different engineering, opera-
tions, and trading jobs over my first ten years with the company. After serving as Executive Assistant to the Conoco chairman, I
served as General Manager Refined Products and Intermediates Supply and Trading; Managing Director of Conoco Scandinavia
(Stockholm, Sweden); General Manager Public Affairs; General Manager Upstream Business Development; Vice President Mid-
stream Business Unit, Chairman & President of Conoco Upstream Europe & Former Soviet Union (London, UK); finishing my 29
year career following the merger of Conoco and Phillips as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, IT, Government Affairs and
Communications

Working 29 years for Conoco/ConocoPhillips gave me the opportunity to live overseas twice and to work projects and develop
friendships with people all over the globe and on every continent other than Antarctica. I was able to drink champagne with heads of
state and antelope blood with village chieftains in mud hut villages and everything in between. Perhaps most memorable - I travelled
to Hanoi in 1993 to negotiate an offshore drilling concession with the Vietnamese government. Most government officials I met with
up to and including the Vice Premier were ex NVA senior officers who treated me as a worthy advisory and comrade in arms. The
experience coupled with visiting places I had bombed was truly memorable.

Married right after graduation to my high school sweetheart with one son and one daughter and divorced 11 years later in 1978. I
met my wife Candy in 1979 who was divorced with one daughter, we dated for a short time and married in 1980 and we just cele-
brated 35 years second time was the charm. Our three children have given us six grandchildren, three boys and three girls.
In the 11 years since retiring from ConocoPhillips, I have served on five NYSE public company boards: Bristow Group
(NYSE:BRS) for the full 11 years and have been Chairman since 2006; Natco Group (NYSE:NTG) 2005-2009 when we sold the
company to Cameron International. I served as lead director; Williams Partners (NYSE:WPG) 2006-2008; MDU Resources
(NYSE:MDU) 2009-2014; and Midstates Petroleum (NYSE:MPO) since 2013 I also chair that board. I am very active at our
church in Houston, St John the Divine Episcopal and have served (and am currently serving) as Senior Warden of the vestry and one
of our Bible teachers. I have served on numerous petroleum industry and civic boards and still serve on several. Between golf, en-
joying our second home in Santa Fe, NM, grandchildren and the above, retirement has been very busy. I doubt if I will ever truly
retire.

Three gold Ns; three black Ns

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Too many to mention without putting myself and others on report.
First group of Immediate Masters/Immediate Graduate Education at USNPGS. Graduated in nine months with MSAE. While on
faculty at USNA attended one year of night law school at George Washington U but decided if I had to go to law school to be a law-
yer, it wasnt worth it.
Athletic
Varsity heavyweight crew lettered all three years, captain as a senior, member of the 1965 National Championship Eight rowing in
the #5 seat. I was approached by Conn Findlay on behalf of George Pocock offering to sponsor me and a fellow oarsman from U.
Wisconsin to train for the 1968 Olympics in a pair with coxswain. With marriage, graduate school, flight training and Vietnam, my
Olympic dream never materialized. In 2004 I travelled to Henley, England to compete in the world veterans crew championships
with a group of former USNA oarsmen earning a silver medal in the eight in our age bracket.
Service/USNA Awards
Individual action Air Medal, 11 strike flight air medals, two Navy Commendation Medals with Combat V plus the usual assortment
of campaign medals

Naval Aviator wings
My dad was career Navy but entered with two years of college as a NavCad in 1942. He served in the Pacific on jeep carriers flying
F4Fs during WWII, rising to the rank of CDR and serving as skipper of VF 111. He did about as well as he could given his lack of
a degree. I always wanted to be like him. He didnt push Annapolis, but told me that my prospects for a naval career would be sig-
nificantly better if I attended the academy. I only applied to one other school, Stanford and was accepted there as well but never
seriously considered anything other than USNA. I only wanted to fly so as I continued to grow at USNA eventually reaching 67,
my biggest concern was qualifying to fly jets but, most likely because of Vietnam and the need for pilots, I was always able to duck
under the 64 bar and get by on my flight physicals. The parachute riggers in my fleet squadron, VA-27 strongly encouraged me
not to eject so I had practiced beating the seat ad nauseum hoping that if necessary I could get out of a crippled aircraft alive and
with all my appendages. We were all ten feet tall and bullet-proof in those days.

It did but probably not in the way I thought it might. I was never one to follow the rules and so struggled with the conduct system
my entire four years and had pretty mediocre aptitude grades. But USNA and particularly rowing, taught me to persevere which is
one of lifes most important lessons. With great COs in VA-27 I worked hard at my craft both as a pilot and as an officer with
troops serving under me, excelled and was picked up two years early for LCDR. The toll of long deployments during Vietnam and
long separations from my family caused me to decide to resign my commission notwithstanding having had an excellent start to my
career. But not a day goes by that I dont reflect on the experience of my four years at Annapolis and 7.5 years of active duty there-
after with gratitude.
Summary
Thanks for everything USNA Class of 1967. You were wonderful preparation for my life that has been unpredictable, rewarding,
challenging, with a few hiccups along the way but always a great adventure
During my 4 years at Annapolis I was Captain of the rowing team and a member of the 1965 national championship eight. I
struggled to earn more gold ns than black ns but managed to end up breaking even.
After graduation I spent 9 months at NPGS Monterrey getting a masters in Aerospace Engineering followed by flight training, and a
tour in VA-27 with two combat deployments to Vietnam aboard USS Enterprise. I finished active duty at Annapolis teaching
physics, moved to California for a short resumption of my flying career with VA-303/304 in Alameda and finally decided I needed
to move on.
I spent the next 30 years with Conoco working and traveling the world, living overseas two different times, working projects
inCchina, SE Asia, Russia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, & Latin America (and the US of course). I retired as a SVP in 2003 and
have been heavily involved in corporate board work since, currently chairing two NYSE companies Bristow group (BRS) and
Midstates Petroleum (MPO).

My first marriage ended in 1978 but I met Candy, the love of my life a few years later and we will celebrate 37 years of marriage as
we all celebrate our 50th. We are very active in our church and probably way too many charitable and community endeavors.
We have three grown children between us and six grandchildren. All are in Texas and within a few hours of us so life is good. We
have homes in Houston, TX and Santa Fe, NM and cycle between them based on who has better weather and where the grandkids
are.

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Adam Karl Llewellyn

Service History
1967-69: Gunnery Assistant, USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), San Diego, CA
1969-71: Boat Group Commander, USS El Paso (LKA-117), Norfolk, VA
1971-74: University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL; USNR (surface warfare)
1974-76: Naval Legal Service Office (NLSO), WNY, Washington, DC
1976-77: Appellate Government Division, Naval/Marine Corps Appellate Re-
view Activity, (NAMARA), WNY, Washington, DC
1977-78: 26th Advanced Class, TJAGSA, Charlottesville, VA
1978-81: OIC Legal Office/Staff Judge Advocate, Atlantic Fleet Seabees, Na-
val Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, MS
1981-83: Head, Standards of Conduct /Ethics in Government Branch, Civil
Affairs Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General (OJAG), Alexan-
dria, VA
1983-85: OIC, Midshipman Legal Affairs Office, USNA, Annapolis, MD
1985-87: Executive Officer (XO), NLSO, WNY, Washington, DC
1987-90: Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General, Investigations, OJAG,
Alexandria, VA
1990-91: XO Appellate Defense Division, NAMARA, WNY, Washington.
DC.
I1991 : Retired from Naval Service as CDR, JAGC, USN.
Following active duty, I was a Senior Appellate Litigation Attorney for 15 years in the Office of General Counsel, (027B), US De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, in Washington DC. I retired from Civil Service in 2006

Memorable. Other than getting married in the Chapel the day after graduation, this ranks right up there. Gulf of Tonkin, 1969.
Standing the mid-watch as OOD (F), in a screen 1000 yards off the Carriers port bow. Contact off my port bow, steady bearing
decreasing range, closing rapidly. Coming right as required would put me in the carriers path. So I waited for the contact to come
right, but it didnt. Now too late to contemplate and so before extremis, I ordered all ahead full, right full rudder, and watched the
contact slice through my wake. Then left full rudder and back into its wake. Then back to base course and formation speed. Be-
lieve it or not, I was on station. Flashing light from the carrier. What color are your skivvies? White, I told the signalman to
reply. Then I realized I had neglected to wake the Captain in advance for course and speed changes as his night orders required. Sir
I had to maneuver to avoid a contact but the situation is over and we are back on station, I spoke into the voice tube to his state-
room. Very well, was his reply. After a few hours sleep I entered the wardroom for breakfast. The Captain was already seated
and he gave me a cold stare. I knew then that he now knew that the incident had been more serious than I had let on. But, he never
said a word about it. P.S. No one had ever warned me about foreign freighters on Iron Mike.

Married Pamela Lane Herbener on June 8, 1967. We have two accomplished sons and four wonderful grandchildren. But I would
need a Privacy Act Release to gush.
Great. We divide our time between the mountains of Virginia and the coast of Maine; and enjoy life in between.

Fondest: Later in plebe year, I grew weary of incessant Plebe Hos by a particular firstie. During one, I waited until he got into my
face then picked him up over my shoulder, carried him down the 7 th wing stairs and threw him into the reflection pool. I remember
having an
appreciative entourage. No adverse consequences. I think it helped that Johnny Sai was my firstie.

Humorous now, not then. Marching extra duty during Army/Navy game 2/c year after being Class Aed for plebe servitude.
On my way to chapel choir practice after evening meal. Rehearsing the Messiah. On Stribling Walk I realized I had forgotten to

pick up the donuts for the 1/c coffee mess. So I asked the first plebe I saw to do it. Picked the wrong plebe. He delivered the
donuts to the seventh wing but couldnt find his way back to his room in the
second wing so he missed study hour muster. Of course they had to investigate his excuse and it didnt take them long to find me.
Class Aed over a box of donuts. Whatever
happened to plebe year?
J.D.,University of Miami, 1974; L.L.M. TJAGSA, 1978;
Naval War College (off campus) 1986.
Athletic
Plebe football, Plebe wrestling
Service/USNA Awards
Expert pistol; Expert rifle; Various campaign ribbons indigenous to the times.

I had watched Victory at Sea and Men of Annapolis, with my father. It had appealed to me. My father was a very young Ma-
rine on his way to China when WWII ended. Good thing it ended or I may not have had siblings. After attending the University of
California, Davis, for a year, and going down to Berkeley to watch Craig Morton, my favorite QB before Roger, I decided that I
would benefit from more structure and discipline that USNA had to offer. So I decided to accept the Senatorial appointment I had
obtained rather than a football appointment that Wayne Hardin said I could pursue.

Yes. A midshipman will not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do.
After graduation leave I flew to Subic Bay to meet my first ship mid cruise. They were happy it was almost over. I was happy to be
a part of it. But back at home, in San Diego, I got a call from my department head. Llewellyn, get your butt back to the ship now.
But, Sir? Now!! Back on board, he said, Llewellyn, these PMS logs are incomplete. We have an inspection coming up.
Complete them. But sir, I wasnt even aboard then. I wont do it. My early introduction to gun decking. Life was strained
after that, but I made sure my men performed all scheduled maintenance and that I completed all required paperwork.
Summary
After driving to San Diego via Cape Cod and Montreal in our green 66 VW bug (aka the Turtle), I flew to Subic Bay to meet the
Anderson. After plane guarding with a carrier, ASW exercises and a stint on the gun line we were rewarded with liberty in Hong
Kong. Back in San Diego four months after graduation, I felt like a world traveler and an old salt.
But more adventure was yet to come. During my second deployment, I went ashore near Da Nang to help coordinate a gunfire sup-
port mission later that night, became a Shellback in route to Singapore and was part of the armada that transited into the Yellow Sea
following the U-2 incident. On El Paso I was Sea and Anchor Detail OOD, transited the Panama Canal and put a tank battalion of
Marines ashore in Alexandroupolis, Greece as part of a NATO exercise with Turkey. As SJA, Atlantic Fleet Seabees, I became fa-
miliar with a different community within our Naval family that deserves more publicity. As XO, NLSO, Washington, I witnessed
several high profile courts-martial and as DAJAG (Investigations), I was privy to the lessons learned throughout the entire Navy.
After more than fifty years together, Pam and I have two sons and four grandchildren who all live in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C.
area. We divide our time between the mountains of Shenandoah County Virginia and mid coast Maine. Having spent most of my
latter career in the Washington, D.C., area, we were able to attend numerous football games as well as other memorable Academy
events. We feel blessed to have made so many life-long friends as a result of our Naval Academy experience.

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James (Jim) Lohse

Service history
I started flight school almost immediately after graduation. For that reason, I was the first in our class to receive the Wings of
Gold in the jet pipeline. Thereafter I entered the Real Navy as an A6 pilot stationed on Whidbey Island NAS. I was assigned to
VA-52 and had the great fortune to have Ned Laskowski as my bombardier/navigator. I believe we were the first and only all 67
crew. Ned kept me on course and out of trouble in Viet Nam. Thanks Ned!
Civilian history
Viet Nam convinced me there was a need
for a career change. I picked medicine for
the opportunity to serve others. First was
med school at the University of Nebraska
followed by general surgery residency at
the University of Wisconsin and Gloster-
shire Royal Hospital (Oxford) and finally
vascular surgery fellowship at Baylor Uni-
versity in Houston. I picked Bellingham,
WA as the ideal place for my children and
surgery practice. Before retiring after 31
years, I served as Chief of Surgery and
president of our local Medical Society and
American Cancer Society.
Retirement
After retirement, I moved from Bellingham
with my beautiful wife Lucia to a gated
resort called Semiahmoo located in the
furthermost northwest corner of the continental United States. Between us we have 5 children and 3 grandchildren that we adore and
dote over. We enjoy friends, travel. good food and good wine. We also play real estate and help my physician colleagues buy apart-
ment complexes.
Catalyst for change

I attended USNA to get off the farm in Nebraska and become a carrier-based aviator. My greatest unforeseen gifts, however, were
developing a drive for integrity, a desire to serve and confidence to succeed. My fondest hope is that I used these gifts wisely.
Summary
I started flight school almost immediately after graduation. For that reason, I was the first in our class to receive the Wings of
Gold in the jet pipeline. Thereafter I entered the Real Navy as an A6 pilot stationed on Whidbey Island NAS. I was assigned to
VA-52 and had the great fortune to have Ned Laskowski as my bombardier/navigator. I believe we were the first and only all 67
crew. Ned kept me on course and out of trouble in Viet Nam. Thanks Ned!
Viet Nam convinced me there was a need for a career change. I picked medicine for the opportunity to serve others. First was med
school at the University of Nebraska followed by general surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin and Glostershire Royal
Hospital (Oxford) and finally vascular surgery fellowship at Baylor University in Houston. I picked Bellingham, WA as the ideal
place for my children and surgery practice. Before retiring after 31 years, I served as Chief of Surgery and president of our local
Medical Society and American Cancer Society.
After retirement, I moved from Bellingham with my beautiful wife Lucia to a gated resort called Semiahmoo located in the further-
most northwest corner of the continental United States. Between us we have 5 children and 3 grandchildren that we adore and dote
over. We enjoy friends, travel. good food and good wine. We also play real estate and help my physician colleagues buy apartment
complexes.
I attended USNA to get off the farm in Nebraska and become a carrier based aviator. My greatest unforeseen gifts, however, were
developing a drive for integrity, a desire to serve and confidence to succeed. My fondest hope is that I used these gifts wisely.

Orval Wayne Mac McCormack
Service History
1961 MCRD San Diego, CA
1961-1962 Naval Academy Prep School Bainbridge, MD
1963-1967 USNA Annapolis, MD
1967 A Co., The Basic School Quantico, VA
1968 C Co., 5th Tank Bn., 1st MarDiv Camp Pendleton, CA
1968 3rd Bn. 27th Marines Vietnam
1968 C Co., 5th Tank Bn, 1st MarDiv Camp Pendleton, CA
1969 Defense Language Institute Washington, DC
1970-1973 CINC PAC FLT Honolulu, HI
1973-1974 Tank Bn, 3rd MarDiv Okinawa, Japan
1974 Amphibious Warfare School Quantico, VA
1975-1978 Officer Selection Team Washington, DC
1978-1980 Instructor, MCDEC Quantico, VA
1980-1981 Command & Staff School Quantico, VA
1981-1984 Tank Bn., 2nd MarDiv Camp Lejeune, NC
1984-1985 H&S Co., Maint Bn. Charlotte, NC
1985-1986 National War College Washington, DC
1986-1989 Joint Chief of Staff Washington, DC
1989-1992 Personnel Mgt. Div., HQMC Washington, DC
1992-1994 Div. of Humanities & Soc. Sci. USNA, Annapolis, MD
8 great years of retirement, volunteer work

Wife, Ginny a retired teacher; son, Chris a software engineer with his own company; daughter, Melissa a physical therapist
MPA George Washington University 1986

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Service/USNA Awards
Republic of Vietnam Commendation Medal
National Defense Service w/1*
Vietnam Service w/1*
Purple Heart
Combat Action Ribbon
Navy Commendation w/1*
Navy Achievement w/1*
Meritorious Service
Legion of Merit w/1*
Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation

Joint Chiefs badge
Summary
Mac entered the Academy by way of a fleet appointment and the NAPS program at Bainbridge, MD. After graduation and marriage
to Ginny Atkinson, he completed The Basic School at Quantico, VA. He was wounded in Vietnam while serving with 3 rd Bn. 27th
Marines in 1968 and returned to Camp Pendleton, CA.
After recovering, he attended Thai Language School in

Washington, DC followed by staff duty at CINC PAC Fleet
in Honolulu, HI, Officer Recruiting, Instructor at schools in
Quantico, VA, Tank Battalion Commander at Camp Lejeune,
NC, Headquarters Marine Corps, and finally senior Marine at
USNA.
Mac retired in 1994 after almost 30 years of active duty ser-

vice. He enjoyed 8 years of retirement, riding his tractor
across his 22 acres in rural Spotsylvania County, VA, volun-
teering for a therapeutic horseback riding organization, and
supporting activities of American Legion Post 320. He suf-
fered a fatal heart attack on Oct. 1, 2002, is buried at Quan-
tico National Cemetery, and is survived by his wife Ginny,
son Chris, and daughter Melissa

Warren James Millard
Service History:
1963 - 1967: USNA Eleventh and Sixteenth Companies
1967 - 1969: USS Orleck (DD-886) WestPac and Homeported in Yokosuka, Japan 1970-1971: River Squadron 55 incoutry Vietnam.
1971 - 1973: Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA MS in Operations Re-
search December 23,
1972: Married Helene Amble in Aberdeen, WA.
1973: Naval Destroyer School Newport, RI.
1973 - 1975: USS Richard E Kraus (DD-849) in Charleston, SC. Chief Engi-
neer
1976 - 1978: Surface Warfare Development Group, Virginia Beach, VA
1979 - 1981: USS Forrestal (CV-59) in Mayport, FL. Main Propulsion Assis-
tant
1981 - 1983: USS Durham (LKA-14) San Diego, CA. Executive Officer
1984 - 1986: Carrier Group Seven, San Diego, CA, ACOS Material
1987 - 1988: Naval Personnel Research and Development Center. San Diego,
CA
1989: Retired from active duty. Principal Occupation after USN;
1989: Earned an MBA- Finance from San Diego State University
1989 - Present: Financial Advisor with New England Financial. Life Member of the New England Financial Leaders Association.
Life Member of the Million Dollar Round Table. Professional credentials of CLU, ChFC from the American College.
Memorable Life Events

Transitioned from a small rural town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to USNA in Annapolis, MD. Made a Westpac deployment
onboard USS Ranger (CV-60) in 1985 and went 120 days without seeing a blade of grass or anything else but the Arabian Gulf.
Only port call was the Pl. Made the decision to retire after being offered a job in Guam. I had been to Guam!
Summary
My first duty station was aboard the USS Orleck (DD-886) as Communications Officer.
We deployed to WestPac and then rotated homeport to Yokosuka, Japan in the summer of 1968. We had plenty of time on the gun
line and many midnight underway replenishments. After a stint with PBRs in Vietnam, I reported to Monterey PG School for an MS
in Operations Research and a wife. My wife, Helene was the real prize. A chief engineer tour on a FRAM I destroyer USS Richard
E Kraus (DD-849) was a real learning experience. On a Med cruise in 1974, the oil embargo caused us to spend many 5 day port
calls in Italy and France; tough to take. We made a side trip to the Black Sea and a rendezvous with a Kresta I Cruiser. A subse-
quent tour as MPA on Forrestal (CV-59) as part of the Carrier Readiness Improvement Program was real. I made a Westpac deploy-
ment as ACOS Material with Carrier Group Seven onboard Ranger (CV-60) in 1985. Four months in the North Arabian Sea and two
stops in the PI; lots of industrial grade ice cream from Bahrain and steel beach picnics.
An assignment as Exec of the USS Durham brought me to San Diego. My wife, Helene went back to teaching and our children be-
came involved in sports and school organizations. Our son Jonathan now works in the foster care program in San Bernardino, CA
and our daughter with an EdD from USC lives with her husband and our three grandchildren in Franklin, TN
An offer in 1988 for a job in Guam an accompanied tour caused me to decide it was time for another endeavor away from USN.
Hence I went into the financial planning and consulting business and am still with New England Financial

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Richard Douglas (Seadog) Poole

Service History
1967-1969: Damage Control Officer, USS BARNEY (DDG-6)
1969-1971: Graduate School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
Master of Science in Engineering (Civil Engineering)
Oct 1971-Oct 1972: Transferred to Civil Engineer Corps. Assigned to Officer
in Charge of Construction, Republic of Vietnam
Oct 1972-Jun 1975: Public Works Officer, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washing-
ton, DC
Jun 1975-Jun 1976: First Lieutenant, Bancroft Hall, USNA
After leaving the Navy in 1976 and moving to York, PA I worked for a civil
engineering consulting firm for three years before joining a local construction
company as Executive Vice President. I subsequently served as President of
that company in which I held a minority ownership interest. In 1985, I left and
started Richard D. Poole, Inc., General Contractors and Construction Managers
with the objective of attaining an annual volume of $25 million in five years.
Our actual attained revenue after five years was $31 million, which placed us
as #224 on Inc. Magazines list of 500 fastest growing companies. I was
named the 1991 Entrepreneur of the Year in construction in Eastern Pennsylvania. In 1999, we purchased Henry H. Lewis Contrac-
tors in Baltimore and, by 2007, the combined revenue of the two companies was nearly $200 million primarily in industrial and com-
mercial construction employing 165 people. In 2008, we sold both companies to a local firm and exited the construction business.
As we had several collateral real estate development interests, it has taken most of the next six years to unwind and terminate those
interests, which provided a soft landing in exiting the working world.

Certainly the birth of our children and grandchildren are among the most memorable. Among the most unusual was that, while serv-
ing in Viet Nam, my wife Beth came in-country via a tourist visa and spent a week there. My roommate and classmate Bob Moeller
moved down the hall, which allowed me a significant upgrade! Buddy Barnes escorted Beth back to Hong Kong at the end of the
week as he headed out on leave.
Among the most interesting, was that, while I was PWO at the Naval Observatory the transition from the home of the CNO to that of
the Vice President took place. We were fortunate to know ADM and Mrs Zumwalt quite well and had the opportunity to meet Vice
President. and Mrs. Ford, and Nancy Kissinger during the transition to the VP residence.

Beth and I met at Christmas of Youngster year and have been together since. She enjoyed three June Weeks in Annapolis. At the
recent 50-year reunion of the 1964 NCAA championship soccer team, I realized Beth was one of the few wives to have actually seen
games at the Academy as many of the relationships came later. As we started the construction business from scratch, she was an in-
valuable partner in taking the risks necessary to make it happen. Beth has a degree in Interior Design and had her own business in
that field. Although we worked together on many projects, she had her own customer base on which she worked independently.
We have two children, Kelly (1974) and Keith (1977). Kelly graduated from the University of Michigan in Civil Engineering and
from Michigan law school in intellectual property. She was married in 1999 and practiced as a patent attorney, until the birth of her
fourth little girl (one set of twins). We spend as much time as possible with them in Connecticut and love being a part of their lives.
Keith graduated from Boston University in computer science, lives in Colorado and was recently married (at 37, for the first time).
He is a network engineer for a small consulting firm in the Denver area. We are hoping to see some Colorado grandchildren one of
these days.
Because we sold two businesses and remained involved in multiple continuing interests, my retirement has been a gradual process
over seven years rather than separating from a corporation on a date certain. I am also involved in multiple for-profit and non-profit
boards and recently went on the Board of Trustees of one of our local colleges. I also play a fair amount of golf, ski about 50 days a
year and have been doing sprint triathlons the last few years, all of which has kept me as busy as I want to be. With the collapse of
the construction industry in 2009, I often say I did not retire, I escaped! These have been some of the best years of our lives, and we
hope to enjoy many more.


You mean other than graduation, I suppose. I had the good fortune to play soccer all four years that not only occupied much of my
time, but produced many of my fondest memories and closest friends. Knowing and having played under Coach Glenn Warner was
one of my most appreciated memories.

Plebe year we were in 11th Company. There was a guy in 65 named Robinson who had a very large head and mouth and could in-
sert an entire hamburger with toppings in his mouth in one bite. His nickname was Face. Seeing him do this always cracked me
up. It was hilarious!
Watching my girlfriend (now wife) drive a stick 66 Corvette around the little streets of Annapolis. Jerk, jerk, jerk!
When we were Plebes, there were a few Firsties who had a thriving sub sandwich business. One even had sleeves sewn into his B-
robe and would come into the room, open the B-robe like a flasher and display his offerrings. Enterprising, and funny!
Awards Received
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Construction, Eastern Pennsylvania (1991)
Master of Science in Engineering, Civil Engineering, University of Michigan
Registered Professional Engineer
Athletic
Two varsity letters in soccer. Member of 1964 NCAA National Championship team
Service/USNA Awards
Navy Commendation Medal

I always expected to go to college, but other than watching Men of Annapolis a few times, I knew nothing about the Academy. I
was a good student and three sport athlete but, when asking my guidance counselor about it, her advice was to Forget it. Youll
never get in! Thereafter I started the process, wrote to my congressman whom I never met, took the tests and physicals and was
shocked to get an appointment. I had committed to Lehigh, but someone put my picture in the newspaper saying I was going to
USNA, so I changed course and reported to Annapolis having no idea what I was getting into. I dont recall having any specific ex-
pectations other than to get a good education. As it turns out, it was an inflection point changing the entire trajectory of my adult
life, and one for which I am thankful.
Did the academy experience satisfy your expectations? Maybe the academy graduation was only an interim goal for some
and their expectations were met either during the service experience or after taking a different path entirely.
See #1 above. Graduating from USNA, the education and self-discipline I received there was the formative event in the rest of my
life that followed.
Summary
After graduation, I served as Damage Control Assistant in USS BARNEY (DDG-6). I then received a Masters in Civil Engineer-
ing at University of Michigan and transferred to Civil Engineer Corps. I spent a year in-country (Oct 71-Oct 72) with the Officer
in Charge of Construction, primarily building roads and bridges. Following Viet Nam, I was Public Works Officer at the Naval
Observatory in Washington, an interesting tour because of proximity to the CNO and later the Vice President. My last tour was as
First Lieutenant, Bancroft Hall. Never in my Midshipman dreams did I ever expect to be to OOW in Bancroft!
Leaving the Navy in 1976 and moving to York, PA, I was with a civil engineering firm for three years, then president of a general
construction company for six. In 1985, I started Richard D. Poole, Inc. with a telephone, a box of paper clips and a second mort-
gage. Our market was primarily commercial and industrial construction in South Central Pennsylvania. We were #224 on Inc.
Magazines 1991 Top 500 fastest growing companies. In 1999, we purchased Henry H. Lewis Contractors in Baltimore. The com-
bined companies peak year was 2007 when revenue was nearly $200 million and employing 165 people. We sold both companies
in 2008 and retired from the construction business although involvement in numerous real estate projects, several for-profit and non-
profit boards and work as an Arbitrator has kept me busy.

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My wife Beth and I met Christmas of Youngster year and have been married since 1967. We have a daughter, Kelly, who was a
patent attorney until the birth of her fourth daughter and a son, Keith, who is a network engineer and was just married. Beth and
I both enjoy good health, golf, skiing, travel and our four beautiful granddaughters. Life is good!

Roger Rathbun
Service History
62-63 Columbian Prep School, Washington DC. student.
63-67 USNA, Annapolis, Md., student.
67-67 US Naval Supply Corps School, Athens, Ga., student
68-69 USS English DD-696, Mayport, Fl., supply officer.
69-70 Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fl., inventory officer/DRMO disposal
officer.
70-71 Naval Supply Center, Charleston, SC., Admirals Aide/transportation
officer.
71-73 Ryder Truck Lines, Jacksonville, Fl., maintenance/tire control manager.
73-81 Rathbun Truck Service/Advanced Fabricators, West Palm Beach, Fl.,
manufacturing.
81-83 Key Houston, Jacksonville Shipyards, Jacksonville, Fl., pressure vessel
design and engineering
83-89 Ploof Truck Lines, Jacksonville, Fl., dispatcher
89-91 Environmental Recovery Corporation, Atlantic Beach, Fl., maintenance
director
91-94 Advanced Fabricators, West Palm Beach, Fl., truck body/custom fabri-
cation production engineer
94-96 Silver Eagle Transportation Company, Jacksonville, Fl., dispatcher
96-13 Honeywell Technical Services, Inc., Jacksonville, Fl., USMC Maritime
Preposition Program, Blount Island Command, fleet manager, Garrison
Mobile Equipment.

Running (jogging) in 15K Gate River Run approx. 25 times in 33 years

Married Linda in 1994, no children; each have two grown children from previ-
ous marriages. Two grandchildren, 16, 9.
Life is GOOD! Yard work, physical exercise, church and family consume my retirement time.

The day entering and the day of graduation are the most memorable. All else was encapsulated by the thick fog of study.

While I am sure there were some very funny times, but, as a plebe and as hard as I try, I just cant seem to remember a darn
thing humorous about the words COME AROUND or BRACE UP!
general engineering degree
Service/USNA Awards
pistol sharpshooter
I followed in my brothers footsteps (USNA 65) and attended the Naval Academy to obtain a college education and wound up re-
ceiving much more than that in the end. After going Supply Corps and serving my four years in the Navy, I spent the next forty-
five years very proud of my education and time spent at the Naval Academy. I have utilized it to run fleets of trucks, manufacture
pressure vessels and truck bodies and manage a USMC Garrison Mobile Equipment fleet.

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My engineering degree equipped me for life after the Navy and allowed me to pursue and accomplish many satisfying endeavors
over my next 45+ years, almost all of which was in the truck transportation business.
Summary
Upon graduation, I attended the Naval Supply Corps School in Athens, Ga. From there, it was on to a destroyer out of Mayport, Fl.
as the senior (and only) supply officer on board. From sea duty at Mayport, it was then to CONUS duty at NAS Jacksonville and
Admirals aide at Supply Center, Charleston, SC.
With my Navy tours behind me, truck fleet management, truck body manufacturing and pressure vessel manufacturing encompassed
the next twenty five years. The final seventeen years were spent with Honeywell as contractor for the USMC Maritime Preposition-
ing Program at Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Fl. as the Garrison Mobile Equipment fleet manager. Most of the forty five
years, have been spent in Jacksonville, Fl. with two stints of employment back home in West Palm Beach, Fl. My wife, Linda,
and I were married in 1994 and have no children. We each have two children by previous marriages and there are two grandchil-
dren.
When I am no longer able to mow the lawn, take care of the yard and ever so slowly jog around the block, we will have to retire in
Florida (not that I havent lived there all my life) at one of them thar retirement homes.

Edward J. Smith
Edward Jefferson (Smitty) Smith, Jr. grew up in Mountain Lakes, NJ, and attended VPI for one year be-
fore entering the Academy. He had earned NJ All-State honors in high school choir and carried that talent
to the academy. He participated in Protestant Choir, Glee Club, The Spiffys, and Drum and Bugle Corps.
Smitty tried out for the 150 lb football team, but injuries restricted his participation. A math major, he
spent many nights playing Bridge and was regarded as the best Bridge player in the company if not the bat-
talion.
Naval Aviation was his career choice. After graduation, he proceeded to Pensacola and flight training. In
spite of injury he successfully completed the jet pipeline. After receiving his wings, he reported as a fleet
replacement pilot (FRP) to the A-4 Skyhawk replacement training squadron (RAG). Shortly thereafter,
the Navy shut down the pipeline for nugget A-4 pilots, resulting from the transition of A-4s to A-7s in
the fleet. Smitty was then assigned to the RA-5 Vigilante RAG as a FRP. Shortly afterwards, the Navy de-
cided not to send nugget pilots to fleet RA-5 squadrons and Smitty was reassigned to VF-121, the F-4
Phantom RAG at Miramar. He completed the RAG in mid-1971 and was assigned to a fleet squadron, VF-
213.
During VF-213s pre-deployment work-ups, an aircraft accident on an air combat training mission off the
coast of California took Smittys life and that of his Radar Intercept Officer on September 9, 1971.
He was survived by Kay Ann (Hokens) Smith of Ontonagon, MI, who he married in 1967 and three chil-
dren, a son, Shane Christian, and twin daughters, Shannon Noel and Tania Maria. Smitty is buried in Ar-
lington National Cemetery.

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Christopher H. (Chris) Ward
I was a SEAL; now I'm a general surgeon. I live in northeast Nevada. I have a wife, Jane, and
two grown sons. I wanted to be a cowboy but couldn't afford a ranch so I sold my cows and my
horses died of old age. I intend to work until I do the same.

Peter L. White
Service History
USS ZELLARS (DD-777), August 1967 July 1970, serving as First Lieutenant, Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer, and then as
Weapons Officer;
Naval Postgraduate School, August 1970 December 1971, Student; USS FIRM (MSO-444) January 1972 June 1972, Executive
Officer;
U.S. Naval Destroyer School, Class #39, July 1972 February 1973, Student;
USS CAPODANNO (FF-1093), March 1973 September 1975, Operations Officer, Pre-com and post commissioning;
Prospective Commanding Officer/Prospective Executive Officer
Course, Surface Warfare School, Instructor, September 1975
July 1979; Acting Director, October 1978 July 1979; USS
MERRILL (DD-976), August 1979 June 1981, Executive
Officer;
Commander Destroyer Squadron FIFTEEN, Yokosuka, Japan, July
1981 July 1984, Chief Staff Officer;
Chief, Naval Operations, Information Systems Division, August 1984
August 1986, Head, Program Coordination Branch (OPNAV
945D);
Chief, Naval Operations, Information Systems Division (OPNAV)/
Department of the Navy, Information Resources Management
(SECNAV), August 1986 February 1987, Acting Deputy
Director;
Chief, Naval Operations, Information Systems Division (OPNAV)/
Department of the Navy, Information Resources Management
(SECNAV), February 1987 March 1988, Head, Policy, Plans
and Architecture Branch;
Defense Systems Management College, March 1988 September 1988,
Student
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Information Transfer Systems Program Directorate, September 1988 May 1990,
Deputy Director;
Navy Regional Data Automation Center, Washington, May 1990 March 1991, Commanding Officer;
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Washington, March 1991 October 1992, Commanding Officer;
Military Sealift Command, October 1992 December 1993, Director, Command, Control and Communications;
Retired from Active Duty January 1, 1994 as Captain
Following retirement in January 1994, I became a house husband for about a year. In 1995 I joined the ranks of independent con-
tractors doing consulting work and subsequently writing software applications for a small company, which continues to this day.

Every day that finds me on the right side of the grass is a memorable day! However, having my youngest son and his family includ-
ing his wife, four daughters and a cat living with me for 2 years has to be the event. Every day was interesting with granddaughters
ages 8, 6, 4, and 1 1/2 when they moved in.

Married Susan E. Collis June 24, 1967 and fathered three children: Stephen J., Barbara T., and William P. Divorced in September
1979. While serving in Japan, met and married Dr. Janice M. Gallagher, LT, USNR June 16, 1984. Jan passed away in September
2012, but we had a wonderful 28 years together. My three children have blessed me with eight grandchildren.
Although fully retired from the military, I am still working at my part time consulting job. It provides me gas money for the Motor
Home. Travel has become a major component of my life at this time. In addition to splitting time between my home in Columbus,
Ohio, Florida condominium, and ancestral home in Maine, motor home excursions are still on the calendar.

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Plebe Year Uniform races; youngster cruise on the Coast Guards Square Rig Training vessel, Eagle; roommate hijinks; football
games

Simply too many to enumerate.
MS, Computer Systems Management, Postgraduate School, 1971
Athletic
Sailed Shields at the Academy, became a marathoner in my 40s.
Service/USNA Awards
Legion of Merit with Gold Star; Meritorious Service with Gold Star; Navy Commendation with Gold Star

Surface Warfare Device; Command Ashore
I was looking for any way to attend college at a time when my family had little financial means to help. Coming from a small, Navy
shipbuilding community with a strong sea-going heritage, as well as, living close to a Naval Air Station, home to land based ASW
and Reconnaissance Air, the logical choice was Navy. After applying for and receiving a NROTC Scholarship, I was offered the
opportunity to attend the Academy. At the time of accepting my appointment I had no idea what lie ahead. However, I did expect to
get a good education and assumed that I would serve for some period of time in the Navy. Beyond that I was clueless.

Yes, the Academy met my expectation of simply achieving a college degree. And, of course, I received much more than that! The
Academy experience shaped my character and work ethic, and my first tour following graduation, secured my love of shipboard life.
Summary
My career and life following retirement, was and is, an exercise in the unexpected. First, I fully anticipated flying fixed wing ASW
aircraft, getting stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Station whose main gate was 5 miles from my home, leaving the Navy after serv-
ing my minimum time, and living in Maine for the rest of my life. But when my entrance physical at Pensacola discovered an uni-
dentified heart issue and classified me as Unfit for Aviation Duty, I found myself at sea on a destroyer that was older than I was at
the time. Twenty-seven and a half years later, after spot promotion to Lieutenant, deep selection to Commander, declining my Sur-
face Command (a story in its own right) and selection to Captain as a Material Professional, I retired and followed my wife, Dr.
Janice M. Gallagher, to her hometown in Columbus, Ohio.
So, despite a wonderful career, I never flew, never was stationed in Maine, and found myself land-locked. Though nine years
younger than I, Jan unexpectedly passed away in September 2012 from complications following ankle surgery, and I now find my-
self in a relationship with a terrific lady from my hometown of Bath, Maine. While we graduated from the same high school, we did
not know each other at that time, but met at my 50 th Reunion in 2013. Columbus remains home base as 2 of my 3 children, and 6 of
my 8 grandchildren live here as well. Totally unexpected!

Hugh Dixon Wolcott

Service History
1967 (Summer): Intern, U. S. Department of State
1967-69: Guggenheim Fellowship, Princeton University
1969-70: Naval Aviation Training Command, received wings Dec 1970
1971-72: F-4 Replacement Air Group, VF-101, NAS Oceana, VA
1972-74: VF-14 NAS Oceana deployed CVW-1 USS JOHN F. KENNEDY
1974-76: NATC Patuxent River, Weapons Systems Test and Strike Divisions
1976-79: Medical and Osteopathic Scholarship Program, Northwestern Uni-
versity Medical School
1980-84: OBGYN Residency, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, VA
1984-86: Staff Physician, OBGYN Department, Naval Hospital, Jacksonville,
FL
1986-91: Staff Physician, Residency Director and Acting Head, OBGYN De-
partment, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, VA
1990-91: Specialty Advisor to the Surgeon General for Obstetrics and Gyne-
cology
1991: Retired from USN with rank of Captain
Obstetrician-gynecologist in Norfolk, VA from 1991-present with positions
including Chairman, Department of OBGYN, Sentara Hospitals Norfolk;
Chairman, Mid-Atlantic Womens Care, LLC and Board of Directors, U. S.
Womens Health Alliance

Project Officer and Principal Pilot for Fighter Launched Advanced Material
Experiment (FLAME) at NATC Patuxent River and NWC China Lake: a
modified F-4J was utilized to loft-release an Aerojet General two-stage solid
rocket booster at Mach 1.6 and 55,000 feet to determine if then current warhead ablative materials could survive penetration of cirrus
clouds (could WWIII only be started on a clear day?)
Mike Smiths Memorial Service at NASA in Houston (address by President Regan) and giving a eulogy in his home town, Beaufort,
NC, some days later
Skiing in Portillo, Chile, on the Andes Mountains continental divide
Jane and I finding the Arlington gravesite of my fathers uncle, CPL Charles B. Stone, who was killed on the front lines in France
within hours of the Armistice signing which ended the Great War. He was a handsome young man with a promising career on Wall
Street. It was a very moving experience because as far as we know, no one had been there to honor him since his mother (my great
grandmother) buried him in 1919.
Castle Connolly Top Doctors Hampton Roads 2014 and previous decade
Being awarded as having the Outstanding Preserved Antique Runabout at 2014 50 th Annual Antique Boat Museum Show in Clayton,
NY
Drift boat fly-fishing with Chris Ward on the fast-running and cold (I fell in) Kootenai River near Libby, MT

Jane and I were married in 1990. She had previously been married to our Classmate, Mike Smith, who was lost in the Space Shuttle
Challenger tragedy. Jane and Mike had three children, Scott, Alison and Erin, and I had two children, Allison and James, from my
previous marriage. Four of the children are married and we have seven grandchildren: Addison Smith, Michael Smith, Anna Balch,
Lauren Balch, Amelia Ringgold and Felix and Diego Wolcott.
I am still practicing medicine although it is now limited to office-only gynecology (no obstetrics, no call, no stress). We have more
free time and very much enjoy visiting the children and grandchildren and visiting with friends. We enjoy boating (just sold our ski
boat this spring, though) and I still work in a little snow skiing. I also have a George Pocock scull from USNA which I need to use
more often. We have a red 1961 MGA roadster just like the one I had back in the day and it is a kick for short drives on nice days.
Finally, my latest obsession is restoration of classic and antique wooden boats, a 1947 Century Sea Maid and a 1937 Gar Wood Cus-

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tom. We have fun taking them around to various boat shows even though, at this point, Jane thinks we have more than enough old
things.

I had my own, personal I-Day: since my high school graduation was not until June 26, I was granted an extension in reporting
until July 5. When I arrived, I remember being greeted by a sea of shaved heads in rumpled working whites with acne in full
bloomcertainly not the Pat Boone Men of Annapolis image I had from TV.
Being almost close enough to shake JFKs hand in front of Bancroft Hall Plebe Summer.
Youngster Cruise with port calls in Kiel, Germany and Stockholm. I remember the irony of being in Germany less than 20 years
after my father was bombing it in 8th Air Force B-17s.
Being in the varsity first boat on the crew team for about 3 or 4 weeks very early in the 1965 seasonnever got that high again.
Trident Scholar Program
Rhodes Scholarship prep sessions with Professor James R. Cuttingdidnt happen (and actually Bill Clinton beat me out the next
year)
Graduationvery good feeling to have made it through and to be moving on.

Flicking off JB, one of the Youngsters in our company, as he turned around to walk out of our room after spooning me with about
three days to go until Graduation. Unfortunately, his roommate saw it from across the courtyard whereupon JB returned, un-
spooned me (can you do that?), braced me up and ran me for the rest of June Week.
Remember how we chilled our ill-gained Mess Hall fruit in sock bags hanging out our windows? One night, with nothing better to
do, Tom Knudson, Chris Ward and I saturated Harry Kluckhohns bag with lighter fluid from one deck above and then dropped
saturated, lighted toilet paper wads until we ignited his fruit bag. There was a short period of time when he thought it had
been struck by lightning (rather than by Room 7260).
Inviting Miss America to the Army-Navy Game Second Class year. She actually accepteduntil she didnt.
I had been relegated to the crew fourth boat First Class year (a reprobate, I guess, in the eyes of the coach) along with Sandy Prouty.
There was one afternoon out on the water when the fourth boat found its swing. We kept beating the other three boats all
afternoon long no matter how many Ouija board oarsman shifts Coach Quinn made in the other boatsa fun validation if
only for an hour or so.
Many others requiring alcohol to tell and even more to hear
Trident Scholar
Guggenheim Fellowship (MSE in Aeronautical Engineering, Princeton University)
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (elected third year of medical school)
Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School
Athletic
Member Plebe Football Team, Plebe Wrestling Team and Varsity Crew (no awards)
Service/USNA Awards
Alive in65, Expert Pistol and maybe another one or two gimmes (not worth researching)

Naval Aviator Wings
I would like to say that from my earliest recollection, I yearned for a career in the military, but that wasnt really true. How many of
us truly knew what we wanted to dedicate our lives to at age 15 or 16? I did greatly admire my fathers heroic years as an 8 th Air
Force B-17 pilot with more than 50 combat missions and used to dream about growing up to be just like himand I definitely
wanted to fly. Even though my dad had been in the Air Force (actually, he began in the RCAF), he always felt the Navy was the
senior service. In 10th grade, he and I drove down to USNA in his MGA a couple of times, saw the P-rades and had great dinners
at Buschs Chesapeake Inn. That was as good as it got back then and the rest, as they say, is history.

My expectations for the Academy were very high and they were more than met. The rigors of everyday life and athletics were
largely as anticipated, but the academic opportunities far exceeded what I had expected. Still, the most significant aspect of the four

years there was the friendships that were made with the very best people I have ever met in my life, even to this dayand that these
friendships are as strong as they ever were underscores further the permanence of these bonds.
Summary
During a medical school admissions committee interview, one of the committee members said she particularly wanted to meet me
because she could not believe someone could write such a bombastic personal statement at such a young agealmost as if it were
from one of Richard Nixons speechwriters. It would have been kinder if she had stabbed me in the heart with her pencil, so here
is a little light-hearted self-effacement about the past 50 years hopefully devoid of any pretense.
I know that I did not always fully apply myself to the task at hand or necessarily find lasting satisfaction in accomplishing it. In the
background, there seemed to be an element of looking to the next thing and also getting wrapped up in the thrill of the chase.
That said, I absolutely would not change a single thing even if I could (wellmaybe be a little more mindful of the chase factor).
It has been a great ride and I have had more than my share of fulfillment and fun (the latter being facilitated by my son, James, who
at age 12 said, You know whats wrong with you, Dad? You cant have fun having funlife-changing.).
The first of the two best things Ive done was to marry Jane Jarrell Smith. Jane has the very best heart and is the most completely
beautiful person I have ever known. She has tried to teach me about kindness and not finding humor at the expense of others (this is
still a work-in-progress), about true loving and about being happy and thankful for all that we have.
The second of the two (can there be two best things?) is having helped raise five of the best human beings I know. Each one is
very bright, very interesting and very different. There is nothing Jane and I would rather do than spend time with our wonderful
children and with the equally wonderful grandchildren. Can there be better testimony to lives well spent than this?

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Bruce Alan Wright

Service History
1963 -1967: USNA (11th/16th Company), USNA Drum and Bugle Corps
1967 1968 USS Turner Joy DD-951, NS Long Beach, CA, Gunnery Officer , one
deployment to Vietnam
1968 1969 Naval Aviation Training Command, Various locations, received Naval
Flight Officer wings 08/1969
1969 Recruiting Duty, NAS Alameda, CA
1969 1970 F-4 Replacement Air Training, NAS Miramar, CA
1970 1973 VF142 NAS Miramar CA, F-4 Radar Intercept Officer; assigned to
CVW-14 embarked upon USS Enterprise CVN-65; two deployments to
Vietnam
1972 Attended Naval Fighter Weapons School (Topgun)
1973 Transferred to Naval Reserve
1973 1984 VF-302 NAS Miramar, CA flying in F-4 B/N/J/S aircraft; deployed to
NAS Fallon, Tyndall AFB, USS Ranger CV-61, Cold Lake CAFB,
LUKE AFB, NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
1976 Proof of Reserve Readiness test aboard USS Ranger CV-61; two weeks
of day and night cyclic operations, simulating a deployed operations
scenario.
1984 1993 Naval Air Systems Command, various units located at NAS North
Island, NAS Point Mugu and NAS China Lake, CA.
1993 Retired from USNR with rank of Commander.
Following 6 years of active service and concurrent with Naval Reserve Duty I
worked at various companies such as Burroughs Corp., Century 21 and Mathetics. In 1982 I went to work for Northrop Grumman
Corp on Special Access Programs. During a 29+ year career I participated on various classified programs including: 22 years on the
B-2 Stealth Bomber as Principal Design Engineer and Team Leader on the cockpit display system; RQ-4 Global Hawk Avionics
Manager; Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Airborne Demonstrator Program Avionics Manager; other future Unmanned Aircraft
programs as Airborne Mission Systems Manager.
My time associated with the Navy provided me with a journey that many will never have the joy of experiencing. My combat ex-
perience included firing 23,000+ rounds on a Vietnam deployment while a Gunnery Officer on a Destroyer, followed by two subse-
quent Vietnam deployments flying off an aircraft carrier in the F-4J Phantom . My Aviation experience included 2400+ hours in the
F-4, 200+ combat missions and 400+ traps. Most importantly, I have been associated with the finest people in my life, my Shipmates
of the class of 1967. Our unique bond is one that few others ever have the pleasure of experiencing; I hold that treasured bond very
close.

Elaine and I were married in 2004 and we have three great children (Jennifer, James and John) and two wonderful grandchildren
(Daniela and Vincenzo).
Our retired life has kept us so busy that we cannot find the time to slow down. In the past we have toured on our Harley Davidson
and cruised on our motor yacht. We continue lifes journey by touring the National Parks, cruising extensively with Princess Cruises,
enjoying the children and grandchildren, and living our lives to the fullest. Additionally, I belong to The American Legion, Disabled
American Veterans, The Masonic Lodge and The Shriners. New adventures for us are just around the corner and happening every
day. Our times spent with my classmates and their mates has been a pure joy. Events such as our annual Army Navy Football game
gathering, the monthly West Coast Slummers rendezvous or whenever 2 or more are gathered, reinforce the unique, precious bond
with my shipmates - priceless!

Watching the football team rise to #2 in the nation and participate in the Cotton Bowl
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy, I was in a Chemistry Lab.
Successfully completing Plebe Year and participating in the climbing of Herndon Monument

Youngster cruise on the west coast: coming to California for the first time in my life; the honor of introducing my classmate Ray
Smith to his future wife at the Tea Fight at NAB Coronado and then participating in his wedding after graduation
Second Class summer: getting my first taste of Naval Aviation at Pensacola FL.
First Class cruise: traveling to the Mediterranean; visiting all of the fantastic ports; traveling on Eurail to small towns and ex-
periencing the food and drink.
Taking delivery of my first car, 1966 Corvette 427 big block burgundy coupe after first class cruise. That was a tad early!
Our June Week and all of the 1967 festivities, including our anthem We Gotta Get Out of This Place by The Animals
The graduation ceremony and tossing of our Middie covers, followed by meeting with my Mother who put on my Ensign
Boards and gave me my Commissioned Officer cover to wear for the first time
My four year tenure with the Drum and Bugle Corps, travelling to many wonderful venues, executing halftime shows and pro-
viding the Brigade with the best music possible.
My time as the Manager of the USNA basketball Team.
My 16th Company classmates - friends for life.
My roommates during this four year journey, especially my special friend Jim Gilbert.

Youngster cruise and sending our eldest classmate into buy beer for us, only to see him arrested for being a minor and having to
chip in all of our liberty money to bail him out. This moment in history provided Ray the necessary leadership tools to be-
come a Navy SEAL and rise to Flag Rank.
Swimming in the reflection pool at night during Second Class summer academics and NEVER getting caught.
Don Wigington losing his class ring while swimming in the Mediterranean during First Class cruise; his shipmates found after
several diving attempts.
Smuggling a girl into our room during First Class year
Escaping and evading the OOD when returning from liberty a bit late.
Running out of gas upon returning from liberty with Pete Thompson. We were in uniform and driving that early delivery. We
were helped by a Navy Captain who never ask a question nor said a word.
Secretly placing a sock in Pete Burggrens full coffee mug repeatedly.
Being falsely accused of chasing naked women around Jim Gilberts parents summer cottage. If only we could have lived the
life we were accused of experiencing.
Awards Received
BS USNA Naval Engineering
Athletic
Manager, USNA Basketball Team
Service/USNA Awards
Air Medal 9 awards, Navy Commendation Medal with combat V, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Commen-
dation Ribbon 3, Navy E Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal -2, Vietnam Service Medal 1 silver star, Navy Armed Forces
Reserve Medal Silver Hourglass, Naval Reserve Association Medal, Vietnam (RVN) Gallantry Cross Military Medal bronze star,
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Ribbon, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal.

Naval Flight Officer Wings
I came from a very small town near Syracuse, New York; a rural area which was known for its apple orchards and dairy farms. My
family core values included contributing to improving the community and provide aid and comfort to those in need through volun-
teer work. My Grandfather, a Small business owner and 32 year Justice of the Peace, imbued in me the motivation to secure a good
education and contribute to the betterment of our nation. The television series Men of Annapolis plus the Victory at Sea docu-
mentary series steered my passions to a career in the United States Navy. After graduation from high school an additional year of
schooling was needed to improve my SAT scores. I received an Honor Military School appointment from that institution. I accom-
plished what I expected to obtain; a superb, well-rounded education and a fantastic unique career in the Naval Surface and Naval
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John Gillespie Magees poem High Flight perfectly defines the satisfaction of my expectations, which were exceeded by choosing
to attend the Naval Academy. The unique journey and its attendant experiences could not be equaled had I chosen a different path. I
enjoyed the service life and felt a profound sense of accomplishment in serving my country. I was responsible for a weapons system
aboard a surface combatant on my first duty assignment and deployment to Vietnam. I then changed to Aviation Warfare and
achieved my passion for flying in a premier, front line fighter aircraft, where I two additional deployments to Vietnam. I transitioned
from active duty to reserves and continued my passion for flying until it was time to move on to NAVAIRSYSCOM, where I applied
my engineering knowledge. My Naval career allowed me to so many countries and experience their cultures and peoples. As a ci-
vilian I leveraged my engineering degree and 20+ years of Naval service into a 29+ year military aerospace career, participating in
classified groundbreaking technology programs that few ever experienced.
Summary
My first duty was Gunnery Officer aboard USS Turner Joy DD-951 which deployed to Vietnam. After receiving flight training in
Pensacola, FL, I received my Naval Flight Officer wings in 1969. I was assigned to VF-142 at NAS Miramar and deployed two more
times to Vietnam aboard USS Enterprise CVN-65. I entered the Naval Reserves in 1973 and flew in VF-302 at NAS Miramar. In
1984 I affiliated with NAVAIR until I retired as Commander USNR in 1993.
Concurrent with Naval Reserve Duty I worked at various companies; in 1982 I commenced working at Northrop Grumman Corp. on
Special Access Programs. I was privileged to work on the B-2 Stealth Bomber Program, from Preliminary Design Review to Final
Operational Capability as Principal Design Team Leader on the cockpit display system. Subsequently, I participated as a manager
on various classified programs: RQ-4 Global Hawk; BAMS Airborne Demonstrator Program; future Unmanned Aircraft. Graduating
from USNA, and my Naval Warfare background helped me to provide the best new Weapons System to the warfighter.
Elaine and I married in 2004, live in Ladera Ranch, CA, have three great children (Jennifer, James, John) and two wonderful grand-
children (Daniela, Vincenzo). We would love to see any classmates who come this way.
We retired in 2011 and have continued to pursue an active life with new adventures every day. In the past we have toured on our
Harley Davidson and cruised on our motor yacht. Now we tour the National Parks, cruise with Princess Cruises and enjoy the chil-
dren and grandchildren. Many memories from the Academy days plus times spent with classmates have been a pure joy. Army Navy
Football game gatherings, Slummers rendezvous, or whenever two or more are gathered, reinforce that unique, precious bond with
shipmates - priceless. The poem High Flight says it all.

John J. (Jack) Young

Service History
June 67-Sept 68 USS Newman K. Perry (DD 883)
Sept 68-Jan 69: NAVINSWARTRAGRU, Vallejo, CA
Feb 69-Feb 70: PBR RivDiv 574 & 531
Mar 70-Oct70: BUD/S Training, Coronado, CA
Oct 70-Oct 72: UDT-12, Coronado, CA
Jun 81-Jul05: Reservist in Selective Service System, various locations
Professional YMCA Director for 32 years

It is memorable to Ellen and myself that we have lived together in seven differ-
ent urban areas. We appreciate the friendships and diversity provided to our
family with those job relocations. Together in 2013, we backpacked 500 miles
on the ancient pilgrimage, El Camino de Santiago, located in France and Spain.
Tell us about your wife, children and grandchildren: Ellen and I met while we
were both earning our MEd at Springfield College, MA. Her degree is in Out-
door Education and mine is in Physical Education. We were married in August
1975. She is now retired after working much of her career in special education.
We have two adult children, Kevin and Meghan.
How is retired life going and how do you currently spend your time? Retired
life for us is wonderful. I volunteer with the local Fire District, the Literacy
Association, the NY State YMCA and Sunshine Golden Retriever Rescue. In
season, I fly fish in the Catskills and row on the Hudson River. We hike, bike,
walk, snowshoe, ski, camp and travel as much as possible. Since my Y retire-
ment and through the time of this update, I have been an assistant coach for
cross country/track&field at Bard College.

Meeting Lou Balestra, my roommate-to-be for all 4 years at USNA on the day before Induction Day. Little did we know......
My Firstie, Carl Gallmeyer
Football practices working with Pledger Robertson et al behind the Green Fence
T-Court Pep Rallies
You Can Do Anything You Set Your Mind To.....And Dont You Forget It, from Adm Kirkpatrick
My 16th Company classmates
Marching to mandatory Chapel each Sunday morning

Rick Poole named my car, a 1966 three-speed Volvo sedan, The Gray Stallion; Sitting on the wall behind the Sups House while
the Jimmy Legs ordered us off and back to our rooms after a Pep Rally; food fights across the mess hall.
Received a 2 year Teaching Fellowship in the Anatomy/ Physiology Department , Springfield College. While teaching in that posi-
tion, I earned my MEd in Physical Education.
Athletic
Completed several marathons, including Atlanta, Rome (NY) and Boston, with a personal best of 2:45:31.
Service/USNA Awards
Bronze Star with Combat V (2), Navy Achievement with Combat V, Presidential Unit Citation and other Navy/Vietnam service
awards
Small Craft Insignia, Navy Parachutist Insignia, Special Warfare Insignia (SEAL)

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In junior high school, I was attracted to the challenges that one would face at any of our five military academies; I applied to all of
them and selected USNA because I was designated as a Primary Candidate from my Representative. I had no idea what to expect
beyond a college degree and orders to a ship as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy.

The academy experience satisfied my expectations far beyond my wildest dreams. Although I spent only 5 years on active duty,
much of what I have experienced and accomplished since then has roots at USNA. The bonds of friendships forged through 4 years
together will never be broken. .
Summary
Leaving 4 wonderful years of learnings, friends and memories behind, I reported aboard the USS Newman K Perry (DD-883) and
was assigned as the EMO. After only 6 months, my sole resolve in life was to acquire orders from there to any other command in the
fleet! Vietnam and the PBR assignment was perfect, a very satisfying and defining year for me. I enjoyed all aspects of the experi-
ence, and from it, turned my attention to qualify for BUD/S training and eventual assignment to a UDT or SEAL Team. My UDT 12
tour remains with me to this day, but I decided to resign when I was convinced by a very senior officer in my chain of command that
with the end of the war in sight, Special Warfare was a dead end path to nowhere. I should return to the fleet, he said. That was not
about to happen.
Three years of post graduate schooling was rewarded with both my degree and my wife, Ellen. Upon graduation, I was hired by the
Coatseville (PA) YMCA and together, Ellen and I began what continues to be a wonderfully fulfilling 40+ year journey together. I
rose through the YMCA professional ranks from a Program Director to become the CEO of two different independent YMCAs; I
worked at Ys in six different cities before retiring in 2007. Not insignificantly throughout those years, I accumulated 24 more years
in the USNR, and retired with the rank of Commander.
We have been blessed to raise our two children, Kevin and Meghan, both of whom we are tremendously proud. Along the way, we
have provided forever homes to five different Golden Retrievers (three rescues) and two Calico cats. Combining our interests in
the outdoors with healthy living and community, we have fashioned an active and healthy life style which includes volunteerism,
service and family.

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17th Company
The 17th Company of the Class of 67 started our Plebe year with our brothers from 18 th Com-
pany in the 12th Company of a 24 Company Brigade. Our Plebe year was pretty rough as more
than half of our classmates departed. We lost Bob Wagner in 1964--a natural leader whose
presence filled up a room--in a tragic auto accident.
After Plebe year, the Brigade was re-organized into 36 Companies; and so, 17th Company was
born. We were never much of a factor in the Color Company competition but we featured the
best Bridge and Poker players in the Brigade as well as some of the best stories and most inter-
esting characters.
After graduation, we went separate ways to our first assignments. Early, in our military service,
we lost James "Grub" Brown, Cannoneer extraordinaire, much loved and famous for never
shining his shoes in four years and Julio Giannotti, an engineering genius and son of the Peru-
vian CNO who arrived at USNA accompanied by his servant.
Our company is marked by its diversity in later years---a leading Naval Architect, a prominent
artist, successful Career Marine and Naval officers, great pilots, lawyers, writers, engineers, an
architect, an investment banker, and a top gun fighter pilot who just retired this year after being
the opposition for Navy flyers in air combat training exercises. We fought from Vietnam to
Libya to the Gulf War and on the land, air, blue and brown water "on the far China Station
from Crabtown to ships at Timbuktu". We have lived lives wonderfully rich in experiences,
places, friends, family and we are also each proud of what our classmates have done in and out
of the Navy over the last 50 years. It's been a hell of a ride.
The 17th Company has a numerological placement as part of a class equally spaced between
the Class of 1917, who entered active service just after the U.S. entered WWI, and the Class of
2017, who will enter active service to lead Sailors and Marines against terrorists and cyber
warriors. The Class of 1917 produced noteworthy leaders for the Navy and Marine Corps in
WWII. The Class of 1967 produced leaders for the Navy and Marine Corps in Vietnam and the
Middle East. The Class of 2017 will make its forebears proud in leading our Sailors and Ma-
rines against whatever conflict it faces.
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Jack Airlie
Service History
Boot Camp Great Lakes.
Electronics Technician School Great Lakes.
First ship was a submarine tender USS Bushnell (AS15) out of Key West.
Never could pass the Seaman Exam so they sent me to NAPS (62-63).
Naval Academy
Flew P3s in VP6 out of Barbers Point, HI. Command Pilot. Flew out of Sangley Point and
Utapao during Vietnam deployments.
T28 Instructor pilot, VT3 Whiting field.
Taught flight instructors in T28s, VT22 Corpus Christi.
Hangar Deck Officer then Flight Deck officer on the USS Midway out of Yokosuka, Japan.
(I know, P3 pilot the Flight Deck Officer? Long story. It gets worse. While on the
Midway I taught conning alongside and was the Sea and Anchor OD.)
Student Control Officer at VP30 Training squadron.
Masters in Telecommunications from Naval Postgraduate School.
VP46 training officer.
Navy Satellite Communications Program Manager on the CNO Staff in the Pentagon.
Chief, Space Surveillance at NORAD and US Aerospace Defense Command.
Chief, Satellite Systems at Air Force Space Command and then US Space Command
Principal occupation
I was the senior engineer on the development and support contract for the Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center at
Schriever Air Force base. Started out as an analyst when the U.S. wasnt allowed to do any development or testing. Was in place
when we were given the go ahead. Put in charge of all ground testing, then took over as the senior engineer for the entire contract.
An exciting and very satisfying job working with some brilliant people.
Unusual, or Memorable Life Events

-Both kids born in Japan. Jason was born in Yokosuka. Wendy, who was born on Okinawa, likes to point out she was the daughter of
a Naval Officer, born on an Army base, delivered by a Chinese doctor on a Japanese island.
-I was on the bridge of the Midway as the Officer of the Deck during the evacuation of Vietnam when we were throwing helos off
the fantail. The CO took the deck just before the famous bird dog landing. Followed that up with the evacuation of the aircraft flown
from Vietnam to Thailand. (theres a story there).
- Conning the Midway through the Bashi channel after the evacuation of Vietnam and thinking about the Japanese doing it at night
during World War II without radar.
- Have been adventuring with Marty Cover ever since he got me drunk and I agreed to hike the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska (it seemed
like a good idea at the time). Since then we have hiked the Inca Trail, Climbed Kilimanjaro (on my 59th birthday), ran a two man,
three day stage race from Argentina over the Andes into Chile (on Martys 60th birthday - Marty and I came in dead last). Backpack-
ing in the Patagonia region of Chile I broke my leg in three places. Marty got me out. Three days hobbling/crawling and riding a
horse. Best trip was several days of running in Portugal. We were younger then.
Wife, children and grandchildren

Married Ruth Pharris on graduation day just so I only have to remember one date for graduation, my commission and my wedding
anniversary - and I still forget. Daughter Wendy is Chief Financial Officer for the Parish Schools in Houston. They specialize in
schooling for children with learning differences but who have high learning potential. She is also CFO for the abandoned animal
rescue. My son Jason is the technical IT lead for the University of Georgia Safety department. He and his wife Rhonda also own a
summer camp in the north Georgia mountains. The camp had its hundredth anniversary in 2014. Jason is a tad younger.
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Dont retire! It tires you out. You wind up being the President of St Simons Inn by the Lighthouse Board of Directors just because
well you arent busy, right? Then Perdido Key Coves Maintenance Association makes you the financial officer because...well..
you arent busy, right? And your wife wants you to refurbish an entire house in Florida because well . you arent busy, right?
Help me!

- The day Kennedy got shot and waiting in the wrestling loft until they told us wrestling practice was cancelled. Hard day that.
- Telling the Dean that I was dropping his quantum mechanics class. He said I dont understand why you would want to drop when
you are doing so well in class and I responded with I havent understood a single thing youve said since I started and seeing the
pain in his eyes.
- Doing my Prophet Jones routine after a drink or two or three or...
- Calling my first baseball game as a senior and realizing I made a really bad call.
- Going over the wall with Marty Cover
- The number of times Marty or I would ask How much money do we have?
- Marty and I sneaking off the ship in Portsmouth and hitchhiking to London.

Naval Aviator Wings
1. Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "obtain from attending?
I decided to go to the Academy while watching the Men of Annapolis TV show. I thought it would be a great way to get out of De-
troit. Turns out I wasnt the only one wanting to leave.

Yep. Got out of Detroit. But many others found an easier way. Interesting fact: When I lived in Detroit there were approx 2 million
people; Today there are less than 700 thousand.
Actually, I wanted a challenge and thought being a Naval Officer would be exciting. The Academy let me do that and it was excit-
ing. But it did so much more for me. It taught me about perseverance and honor and duty like no other school could.
Summary
Went Naval Aviation. Flew P3s in VP6 and VP46, T28s as an instructor in VT3 and VT22. I was average in P3s but the worlds best
in T28s just saying. During my disassociated tour I was the Hangar Deck then Flight Deck Officer on the USS Midway home
ported out of Yokosuka Japan. Involved in the evacuation of Vietnam. Chief of Satellite Systems on the Navy Staff. Chief of Space
Surveillance for NORAD and Aerospace Defense Command. Helped form U.S. Space Command and became the first Chief of Sat-
ellite Systems in that organization. It seems like it was minutes from being the ordnance officer in my first squadron flying Market
Time Patrols in Vietnam, to being the Chief of Satellite systems at U.S. Space Command prior to retirement.
After military retirement I was lucky enough to have a job that ended with me as the senior engineer on the Missile Defense Integra-
tion and Operation Center development and support contract. We went from analyzing the possibility of a missile defense system to
missiles in the ground in Alaska and California.
During retirement, although Marty Cover and I have never lived in the same location, we have managed to have a few adventures
and misadventures over the years when our wives allow us to go play. We have spent nights on motorcycles on dirt roads in the
mountains of Ecuador and time in hospitals for broken legs and concussions. In between we have run races in Argentina, Bicycled in
the mountains of Morocco and other places around the world and rode motorcycles to the Arctic Ocean.
Married Ruth Pharris graduation day. Two kids, Wendy and Jason, both smarter than me.
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Calvin L. (Cal) Bender
(Note: The following bio summary was cobbled together from bits and pieces of information from various sources.)
Sometime after his service obligation, Calvin attended law

school. He returned to Florida and now lives in Tallahassee.
He has retired from the practice of law; he still does some pro
bono legal work. He has always cared for the underdog.
Warmest greetings from sunny Tallahassee. I belong to a nu-

clear family of four.
Presently, I work pro bono at the senior center to assist 24 eld-

erly clients a year. I just received my award for 15 years of service to the Tallahassee Senior
Center & Foundation for Active Adults. It is a paperweight magnifying glass, which allows me
to read the numbers on my credit card and see small print.
My future project may be to publicize pension assisted living for poor veterans in their own
homes. The VA is proposing new rules for these benefits. Perhaps, it found out the program
was too expensive in its present form. After all, we baby boomers are fixing to plunge the
world into the Great Depression. Politics all depends upon whose ox is gored.
As for health, I have chronic bronchiectasis, mysterious unsolvable pains in my right arm, high
cholesterol, and I work to prevent Alzheimers, which 50% of those of us who live to be 85 are
currently enduring. I run on 1.5 inch stilts under my toes because of bad knees. During jog-
ging, these prevent the legs from straightening and locking the knees. Also, they cause the
calves to be shock absorbers, preventing impact on the knees. Everyone walks as fast as I jog,
but I try not to let it bother me. I am experimenting with swimming and bike riding.
For peaceful retirement, the beach is this-a-way
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Richard T. (Dick) Brantigan
Service History
1961 to 63: enlisted USN
1962 to 63: NAPS, Bainbridge , Md.
1967 to 1968: Naval Air Training; wings Dec 1968
1969 to 71: VC-1 Hawaii
1971 to 72: VA 125 Lemore NAS
1972 Resigned my commission as Lt.
Work History
Enrolled at NYS College of Forestry in 1972, and graduated with BS Forest Mgt.
1973. Worked for Weyerhaeuser for about a year in Raymond, Washington before
being hired as a Forester by the US Forest Service. USFS sent me to Oregon State
to train as a Logging Engineer, received a MS in Forest Engineering in1975.
Worked on the Klamath National Forest and Daniel Boone NF until taking advan-
tage of an early out program in 1995. Built two houses the next two years, and both
Maureen and I decided that that wasn't the life for us. Started D & M Forestry, a private forest consulting company, in 1996 where I
am currently employed.
Personal History
Married Maureen after she graduated from nursing school in 1967. We have three daughters and three grandkids. My most memora-
ble moments have been being present when two of my three daughters were born. When I'm not working or doing Church stuff, I
like to fly fish. Have made many western fishing trips and several to Alaska I still run a little to stay in shape_
My funniest memory at USNA was helping my roommate get ready to come around with 10 pairs of sweat gear and my happiest
time there was graduation.
Summary
After graduation I reported to NAS Pensacola for flight training. I earned my wings in December 1968 and reported to VC-1 in Ha-
waii. In 1971 I was assigned to VA-125 at NAS Lemoore.
I resigned my commission in 1972 and enrolled at the New York State College of Forestry located in Syracuse, NY, where gradu-
ated with a BS degree in Forestry Management in 1973. I worked for Weyerhaeuser in Raymond, WA, for about a year before being
hired by the US Forrest Service. USFS sent me to Oregon State to train as a Logging Engineer and I received a MS in Forest Engi-
neering in 1975. I worked on the management of Klamath National Forest and Daniel Boone NF until taking advantage of an USNF
early retirement program in 1995. I built two houses over the next two years and both Maureen and I decided that it wasnt the life
for us. I started D&M Forestry in Winchester, KY a private forest consulting company in 1996 where I am still currently employed.
I married Maureen after she graduated from nursing school in 1967. We have three daughters and three grandkids. My most memo-
rable moments were being present at the birth of two of my daughters. When not working or doing Church work, I like to fly fish. I
have many western fishing trips including several to Alaska. I still run a little to stay in shape.
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James (Jim) Brown
Jim Brown (lovingly known as the Grub for his principled refusal to ever shine his shoes in
four years) was a much loved member of our class, who grew up on a typical Ohio farm and
might have succeeded his dad as Farmer Brown except for one thing: he loved flying more
than anything from the time he built and flew model aircraft as a kid. At the Academy, he was
legendary for his practical jokes and as a wonderful bridge and poker player. As much as he
loved flying, he hated marching and avoided it through calculations ranging from the Cannon-
eers to Spring Sailing. He was real and without pretense a wonderful friend, classmate and a
character whom most of our class will never forget.
He was killed in 1970 in an aircraft accident near San Antonio, Texas, while instructing a stu-
dent. He is buried in the VA cemetery near Piqua, Ohio. But his memory is not buried with
him and he is deeply and affectionately remembered by his classmates.
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George R. (Pat) Bryan III

SERVICE HISTORY
1967-1970: Served aboard USS New (DD-818)joined my Gearing Class Destroyer in
Hawaii on route to Vietnam immediately after graduation from USNA;
spent 6 months in Vietnamese waters aboard the USS NEW providing
search and rescue and off shore bombardment support in the Tonkin Gulf;
July 68 -- involved in the search for the ill fated USS Scorpion (SSN-589);
Nov68-May 69 good will cruise to Africa/Middle East/Persian Gulf/
Indian Ocean; July 69 Atlantic abort recovery ship for Apollo 11 moon
launch; served as Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer aboard the USS NEW
and was qualified to handle nuclear weapons.
1970-1971: Assigned in country Vietnam (the village of An Toi) to serve as an advisor
to the Vietnamese Navy; saw action on Vietnamese river patrol boats in the
Mekong Delta; lots of other experiences best left unsaid.
1971: I left the service in June, 1971 (after my second tour in Vietnam); retiring as a
Lieutenant.
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
I returned to my home state of New Mexico to attend law school in 1971; I graduated
with a Law Degree and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of New
Mexico in 1974; worked for a large trial firm in Santa Fe, New Mexico before being
appointed to serve as the City Attorney for the City of Albuquerque (1976-1982); after
my public service, I opened my own law firm and practiced law for more than 25 years
(primarily trial practice and civil rights law); In 2006, I was honored with the Distin-
guished Achievement Award by the University of New Mexico School of Law.
INTERESTING, UNUSUAL OR MEMORABLE LIFE EVENTS

I have been lucky enough to visit more than 100 countries around the globe and all 7 continents --- as a Navy brat, as a Naval officer
and while traveling extensively for both business and pleasure after I left the Service. Those travels have very much shaped my
world view and inspired me to try to make the community that I live in a better place. Over the past 30 years, I have led a number of
community initiatives in my home city of Albuquerque, New Mexico (I was the architect of a complex public/private deal to acquire,
preserve and limit development of a large portion of the Sandia Mountains which frame and identify our city and to provide a con-
tinuous source of capital for future open space acquisitions/preservation; I led the successful effort to divert 5% of all of the City and
County capital expenditures dedicated to building roadways to construct and continuously expand an extensive network of recrea-
tional biking/hiking/pedestrian trails throughout the city; I was a leader of Albuquerques ambitious 10 year long Quality of Life
Initiative to build a number of public museums, to create a bio-park by expanding our zoo and adding a botanic garden complex
and various other facilities along our Rio Grande River; and, to provide funding for various open space projects; and, I spearheaded a
decade long effort to revitalize Downtown Albuquerque).
TELL US ABOUT YOUR WIFE; CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN

Debbie, the love of my life, and I were married in 1993. Debbie is an Occupational Therapist. She ran her own business providing
services to both adults and children with disabilities until she retired last year. Our daughter, Andrea, is an administrator for the Uni-
versity of New Mexico Foundation. She and her husband, Shayne, have blessed us with a 6 year old grandson, Chase, who is deter-
mined to be a pro basketball player. He is amazing (he can dribble with both hands at more than 60 dribbles a minute and routinely
outscores the entire other team by himself). Too bad that his Mom stands only 5 feet tall.
HOW IS RETIRED LIFE GOING AND HOW DO YOU CURRENTLY SPEND YOUR TIME?
When I retired in 2006, Debbie and I decided to challenge ourselves by living in another country, adapting to a different culture and
learning to speak another language (to keep those neurons spinning). We finally decide to settle in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I tell
people that Puerto Vallarta is located where the mountains and jungle meet the ocean..so it is a very interesting place ecol-
ogically. The Bay of Banderas is one of the 3 largest Bays in the Americas and is home to abundant sea life (including
more than 1000 humpback whales), great beaches, charming fishing villages, etc. The city is one the few touristic cities of Mexico
that was not a creation of the Mexican government so it has enough amenities (great restaurants, vibrant art,
etc.) for my wife and yet it has managed to maintain most of its authentic Mexican charm (important to me). We now live here 7-8
months a year (returning to Albuquerque only for the summer to avoid monsoon season). While we expected that this journey would
be an adventure, we did not expect that we would meet so many great friends from all around the world and would call it home!
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MOST VIVID/FONDEST MEMORIES OF USNA

Perhaps my most vivid memory of USNA was climbing the smokestack (with my buddy Dave Longeway) to proudly paint 1967 on
the stack the day BEFORE we were admitted. The next day, the entire brigade of new plebes was punished for our act but no one
gave us up!
Sneaking out of the yard via sailboat (or in the trunk of a car) during plebe year. to attend parties in town.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
BS (Bachelor of Science/Engineering): USNA 1967
MPA (Masters in Public Administration): University of New Mexico 1974
JD (Juris Doctorate Law): University of New Mexico Law School 1974
AWARDS RECEIVED
Distinguished Achievement Award: University of New Mexico Law School 2006
WHY DID YOU ELECT TO ATTEND USNA AND WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO OBTAIN FROM ATTENDING?
I grew up as a Navy Brat in the 40s and 50s. My Dad was a USNA graduate (Class of 1943) who had served in WW II and the
Korean War. He retired after 30 years of service as a Captain and was an inspiration to me. So attending USNA seemed like natural
transition. While my military career was far shorter (4 years which included two tours in Vietnam), I believe that the leadership skills
I learned from him and at USNA and the commitment to service engrained in me at USNA shaped my life and my career. I have
been a community leader and organizer for most of my life --------- committed to serving my community. In my legal career, I
conducted myself honorably and my word was my bond--------- traits that can be traced back to my USNA origins. I have seldom
taken the easy path! In my life and in my career, I have been unafraid of challenges no matter how daunting they might have ap-
peared to be! I attribute this to my upbringing and to my USNA experience.
DID THE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE SATISFY YOUR EXPECTATIONS?

While at USNA, I took a double load, enabling me to graduate with not only an Engineering Degree but also with a major in Politics
and Economics. My USNA education has opened many doors to me. I was accepted at Stanford and Virginia although I choose to
attend Law School at the University of New Mexico. At UNM, I was the first person in the schools history to complete a joint de-
gree program obtaining both a JD and an MPA in 3 years. When I was appointed to be the City Attorney for the City of Albuquer-
que, New Mexico at age 32, I was the youngest City Attorney of a city over a quarter million in population in the United States.
SUMMARY
After graduation, joined the USS New (DD-818) on route to Vietnam (spent 6 months in Vietnamese waters providing search and
rescue/off shore bombardment); served as Anti-Submarine Warfare/Nuclear Weapons Officer; cruised the Mediterranean/Africa/
Middle East/Persian Gulf/Indian Ocean; Assigned in country Vietnam to serve as an advisor to the Vietnamese Navy; saw action on
Vietnamese river patrol boats in the Mekong Delta.
Left the service to return home to New Mexico to attend law school; obtained a Law Degree and a Masters in Public Administration;
worked for a large trial firm before being appointed to serve as Albuquerques City Attorney; founded my own law firm and prac-
ticed law for more than 25 years (trial practice and civil rights).
Have been lucky enough to visit more than 100 countries around the globe and all 7 continents. Those travels shaped my worldview
and inspired me to try to make the community that I live in a better place (as a community leader and activist).
Perhaps my most vivid memory of USNA was climbing the smokestack with Dave Longeway o proudly paint 1967 on the stack the
day BEFORE our induction. The next day, the entire brigade of new plebes was punished for our act but no one gave us up!
Debbie, the love of my life, and I were married in 1993. Our daughter, Andrea, has blessed us with a 6-year-old grandson, Chase.
When I retired in 2006, Debbie and I decided to challenge ourselves by living in another country, adapting to a different culture and
learning to speak another language (to keep those neurons spinning). We settled in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (where the mountains
and jungle meet the ocean). We now live here 7-8 months a year. While we expected that this journey would be an adventure, we
didnt expect to call it home!
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Richard R. Brydges
Following graduation, I looked back on the

previous 4 years and thought, there by the
grace of God go I. The next time I recalled
that thought was returning from my first
night combat sortie in the Tokin Gulf. After
landing, I remember walking across the
flight deck citing that same remembrance.
Having lived through those two experi-

ences, I thought the rest of my life would
be downhill from there (a piece of cake).
But no! I had not factored in the blessings
and unexpected events in my life. The
blessings include our five adult children and my third wife, a career in the Navy, a Doctorate
Degree, and my second career with the Institute for the Advancement of Leadership.
The unexpected event was being diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. The last event is the one
I am struggling with and is the greatest challenge of my life. But, Im making it! Just another
COME AROUND and again there by the grace of God go I !
Other than those high lights and low lights, there isnt much more to talk about. But I will end
by acknowledging everyone who in some way has touched my life over the years. It has been
one hell of a ride! GO NAVY! Beat Army!
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John C Burch
Service History
1967 - 68: Naval Aviation Training Command, NAS Pensacola/ Meridian/ Kingsville, received wings 10/1968
1969: F4 Replacement Air Training, VF -101, NAS Oceana, VA.
1969 - 71: VF - 74, NAS Oceana/ USS Forrestal
1971 - 73: 550th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, USAF Exchange Tour,
Luke AFB, F4 Instructor
1973 - 75: COMCARAIRWING 17, CAG LSO, NAS Oceana/ USS Forrestal
1975 - 78: COMNAVAIRLANT, AIRLANT LSO
1978: F14 Replacement Air Training, VF 101, NAS Oceana, Va.
1979 - 1981: VF 142, NAS Oceana/ USS Eisenhower, Department Head
1982 - 1985: VF 31, NAS Oceana/ USS John F Kennedy, CO/XO
1986: US Naval War College, Student
1987 - 1988: COMCARGRU TWO, NAS Norfolk/ USS Coral Sea, Operations
Officer
1988: Captain USN, retired
After retiring in 1988 I bought a full service gas station, which I owned for the next 25 years. In 2001 I was hired by Airborne Tacti-
cal Advantage Company (ATAC) to fly the F-21 Kfir as adversary aircraft for US Naval Forces. I figured everyone should have 2
full time jobs. I have been with ATAC for almost 14 years (nice to have only 1 job now, sold the gas station in 2013). I am the Sen-
ior Vice President and Director of Flight Operations and have amassed over 3000 flight hours with the company flying the Kfir,
Hawker Hunter and A4N along the way. In 2014 I became the high time pilot in the world in the Israeli produced Kfir.

10 cruises provided a lot of color and challenges. Coming home for 10 honeymoons with Kathy was pretty neat too!Being CO of a
Fleet Fighter Squadron was probably what I was born to do in life. Too bad it didnt last longer.
Training and flying with todays young war fighters for the past 14 years with ATAC has been a real treat. Todays fighter pilots are
so much more technically savvy and more efficient than my generation. Its too bad they dont seem to enjoy the experience as much
as my buddies did. Nonetheless, it has been a privilege to contribute to their training and I would like to think they learned something
from me.
Sharing life with the same woman for all these years is my most memorable life event (of course if I didnt say that I would be in a
lot of trouble!)

I married my high school sweetheart, Kathy, 3 days after graduation. I have been with this extraordinary lady for 57 years now. She
has to be some sort of Saint to have put up with me. We have 3 children and 4 grandkids. The entire family remains in Virginia
Beach and actually they all live close by. I am fortunate to have such a tight knit family. Kathy and my life revolve around the kids
and grandkids.
Since I am still working as I write this I will mark this box N/A.

Plebe Year/ what did I get myself into, everybody loved me in my home town Ocean City, NJ. President Kennedy granting us am-
nesty in Tecumseh Court plebe summer. I really needed help. Of course his death later that year was a monumental event. I still re-
member where I was standing when I got the word.
Getting so seasick on Youngster Cruise, USS Allen M. Sumner, DD-692, UGH!Participating in the football program for all 4 years,
although I was not very good. My coaches and teammates were impressive.All my friends I met along the way.Seeing that pano-
ramic view of the Academy as you crossed that bridge in the rear view mirror.

Just rooming with Rick Brydges and Skip Meinhold for all 4 years provided enough humorous stories to last a lifetime, 90% of them
I cant write about in this format (not exactly politically correct)
Awards Received
Still waiting ......
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Still waiting, but I think that ship sailed ....... I did pick up a couple Masters Degrees along the way.
Athletic
Won a couple Ns with the lightweight football team while at the Academy. Post graduation I became a tennis buff. Turns out after
about 10 years I got pretty good. Represented Navy in Inter-Service Tournaments. Post retirement I won numerous USTA age group
state championships and played in numerous national tournaments. My tennis career came to an abrupt end in 2007 with hip replace-
ment surgery. I should have taken up that sport at Navy, but Skip Meinhold and I thought Rick Brydges was such a sissy for playing
that game (BTW, Rick was really good on the Navy Tennis Team!).
Service Awards
A lot of the standard stuff a career fighter pilot gets.
Uniform Device
Naval Aviator Wings
I got recruited by the football staff. I was recruited by other schools, but none of them as impressive as Navy. I had no life long
dream of becoming a Naval Officer. I did want to play football. Turns out I was probably a bad draft pick for Navy, but I enjoyed the
experience anyway.

I knew nothing about the Navy prior to entering the Academy, so as a 17 year old kid I didnt have any profound expectations. I
know my parents were very interested in me graduating, so I guess you could say that was my immediate expectation. After gradua-
tion I went to flight school basically because my buddies said that was what they were going to do. It turns out that I became totally
enamored with flying fighter aircraft off aircraft carriers. I spent most of my career underway and, while I dont want to do it again at
this point in my life.
Summary
I married my high school sweetheart, Kathy, 3
days after graduation. Sharing life with this same
remarkable woman for 57 years is my most
memorable life event (of course if I didnt say
that I would be in a lot of trouble!). Our life re-
volves around our 3 kids and 4 grandkids who all
live close by in Virginia Beach. We are fortunate
to have such a tight knit family.
I was a career fighter pilot in the Navy; F-4s, F-

14s, Fighter Squadron Command, 10 cruises,
1100 + carrier landings. Haze grey and underway!
I was a Captain when I retired in 1988.
After retirement I bought a full service gas sta-

tion, which I owned for the next 25 years. In 2001
I was hired by Airborne Tactical Advantage
Company (ATAC) to fly the F-21 Kfir as opposi-
tion for US Naval Forces. I figured everyone
should have 2 full time jobs, although recently I
sold the gas station. I have amassed over 3000
flight hours with the company flying the Kfir,
Hawker Hunter and A4N along the way. In 2014 I
became the high time pilot in the world in the
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war fighters for the past 14 years has been a real treat.
Todays fighter pilots are so much more technically savvy and more efficient than my generation. Its too bad they dont seem to
enjoy the experience as much as my old buddies did. None the less, it has been a privilege to contribute to their training and I would
like to think they learned something from me.
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Michael Cathey
I was one of 86 Classmates commissioned in the Marine Corps on graduation. My first MOS
was artillery and during my first operational tour, I was a forward observer but was later de-
tailed to the Division headquarters and flew as an aerial
observer in OV-10 Broncos and OH-6 helicopters. These
experiences led me to apply for flight training. On com-
pletion, my monitor and I agreed that my first flying
should be done back in OV-10s. Later, I transitioned to
A-6Es, and had a grand time in great squadrons with
wonderful people. Other tours were in the Pentagon
with the Navy Secretariat. One was the Administrative
Aide for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower
and Reserve Affairs) and the other was Director of Man-
power Analysis for the ASN.
Following retirement, I pursued two occupational paths. The first was as a defense contractor
working on Marine Corps and Navy projects doing test and evaluation, operations analysis, re-
quirements analysis, analysis of alternatives, and acquisition. Later, it was business develop-
ment and proposal writing. The second occupational path was as an adjunct professor in ac-
countancy and finance mostly at The George Washington University from 1997 to 2014. With
the passing of sequestration, defense contracting was less fun: and, after turning 70, teaching
lost its appeal, so I retired from both.
Patricia Devitt and I were married this June. Together, we have three granddaughters and two
grandsons on the way. Patricia was a teacher in DOD schools in Quantico for 20 years and is
now Dr. Devitt and an administrator in the Augusta County VA School Division. We live in the
Shenandoah Valley in Staunton.
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Martin Cover
Service History
1963-1967 USNA (17th Company)
1967-1969 USS Widgeon (MSC-208) Sasebo Japan
1969 DESDIV 102 Staff Newport RI
1970 Student, Destroyer School Class 30, Newport RI
1970 USS Benner (DD-807) Long Beach CA
1970-1972 USS Edson (DD-946) Long Beach CA WestPac April
October 1971
1972-1973 German Language Student, Foreign Service Institute, Ar-
lington VA
1973-1975 Instructor, German Navy Communications School, Flens-
burg, Germany
1975-1977 USS Saginaw (LST-1188) Little Creek VA
1977-1979 USS Mobile (LKA -115) San Diego CA WestPac Septem-
ber 1977-April 1978
1979-1981 USS San Bernardino (LST -1189) San Diego CA WestPac
JanuaryJuly 1980
1981-1983 USNA, Training Officer (Midshipman Summer Programs)
1983-1985 USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) Yokosuka Japan
1985-1988 Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon
March 1 1988 Retired as Commander USN
Since retirement have worked for a number of defense contractors on a number
of interesting projects including developing the requirements for the communi-
cations management system for the Strategic Defense Initiative (aka Star
Wars), working as a consultant for the National Security Agency, and as an
analyst assessing the damage to Naval programs caused by the compromise of information residing on defense contractor unclassi-
fied networks. The highlight of my post-Navy jobs was working for classmate Julio Gianotti, managing the waterfront at Naval
Weapons Station Concord, CA, and earning my commercial license as a tug boat Captain. I followed this experience with two years
moving barges and doing ship assist in the ports of Philadelphia and Baltimore before I returned to the Beltway Bandit job market.

During my first eight years in the Navy I was out of the country for 60 months. Travels since then (with classmate Jack Airlie) have
taken me to the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska, the Inca Trail in Peru, the top of Mt Kilimanjaro, road biking from Prague to Budapest,
mountain biking in Bulgaria and Morocco, and backpacking in Chile and Argentina. In 2006 I renewed my interest in motorcycles
and have ridden as far north as one can go by road, both east and west of the Mississippi, in North America to Prudhoe Bay,
Alaska, and Caniapiscau, Quebec, Canada. I also participate in motorcycle long distance endurance riding competitions. With
Donna I have done a number of powerboat charters in the Pacific Northwest, ridden a train from Singapore to Chiang Mai, and taken
a number of two-up motorcycle vacations around the US.

My Ring Dance date Donna and I were married in 1969 and have two daughters. Lisa is a Naval Architect (thank Julio for that) cur-
rently working for the Navy on the requirements for the next generation SSBN. Danielle is an attorney and Assistant Professor at the
University of Wyoming Law School and concurrently Director of the Legal Service Clinic for the State of Wyoming. They have pre-
sented us with three grandchildren.
Am still a working stiff at this writing. Planning on retiring or working half time in conjunction with my 70 th birthday in February
2016. Will then become a motorcycle hoodlum according to Donna.

Plebe year Army-Navy game and the joy of carry-on
Walking into the Foreign Language Building with Mike Apple to learn that Kennedy had been assassinated.
Strawberries and ice cream for breakfast
Meals with family at the Royal Restaurant on West Street
Seeing five movies in one weekend
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Ring Dance
Taking delivery of my first car (66 Plymouth Hemi), slightly ahead of schedule, October 66
Getting Class Ad
Tossing hats graduation morning (Three cheers for those we leave behind)

Multiple trips over the wall with Airlie first class year
Getting covertly asked by our Battalion Commander and sub-Commander to take them to the railroad station in DC in my not yet
USNA approved car
Realizing as an LCDR how ingrained Bancroft Hall is in our psyche. On my first trip into the Hall after reporting aboard USNA,
glancing around to make sure no OOW was going to spot me, then immediately concluding they would be watching for me.
Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown
Awards
DESRON 35 Shiphandler of the Year 1972
My father served on a destroyer during WWII and my uncle, his brother, was a career Naval Aviator. Joining the Navy was my am-
bition for as far back as I can remember and attending USNA seemed the best way to set myself up for a career.

What I got out of USNA more than met my expectations. I found that driving ships was something I was really good at and at the
same time it was fun. One of the saddest days of my life was the day I figured out I would not be going back to sea. The Navy was
never a job for me but it was an adventure that I loved.
Summary
After graduation I had a very rewarding career as a surface warfare officer. Ultimately, I served aboard seven ships with three
WESTPAC deployments and two two-year tours in Japan. Ashore, I was an instructor at the German Navy Communications School,
Training Officer (aka Summer Cruise Czar) at USNA, and an action officer on the Joint Staff. Since retirement I have worked on a
number of interesting projects including developing the communications requirements for the Strategic Defense Initiative (aka Star
Wars). Currently I assess the damage to Naval programs caused by the compromise of information residing on unclassified net-
works. The highlight of my post-Navy jobs was working for classmate Julio Gianotti, managing the waterfront at Naval Weapons
Station Concord, CA, and earning my commercial license as a tugboat Captain.
My Ring Dance date Donna and I were married in 1969 and have two daughters. Lisa is a Naval Architect currently working on the
requirements for the next generation SSBN. Danielle is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming Law School and Direc-
tor of the Legal Service Clinic for the State of Wyoming. They have presented us with three grandchildren.
Since leaving the Navy, travel has been my avocation. I have backpacked the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska, the Inca Trail in Peru, been
to the top of Mt Kilimanjaro and biked in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria and Morocco. With Donna I have done a number
of powerboat charters in the Pacific Northwest, ridden a train from Singapore to Chiang Mai, and taken a number of two-up motor-
cycle vacations around the US.
Am still a working stiff at this writing. Planning on retiring or working half time in conjunction with my 70th birthday in February
2016. Will then become a motorcycle hoodlum according to Donna.
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Julio Giannotti
Julio came to the Naval Academy as an exchange student from Peru where his Dad was CNO of the
Peruvian Navy. His classmates remember well his first day in the 12th (later 17th) Company when he
arrived with a porter carrying his bags arousing the anger of
the Upper Class. Despite this beginning, no one had more
the common touch in his shortened life than Julio.
He was a brilliant engineer who was the gouge for many

desperate Classmates. After short naval service in Peru he
returned to the US obtaining a Masters from MIT in Naval
Architecture and a Doctorate in Ocean Engineering. After
marrying his wonderful Janet , they had two children Julio
and Aida.
Julio began his own Naval Architectural firm first in Anna-

polis later in Houston, Los Angeles and Seattle. He became
a very prominent and successful Naval Archi-
tect designing everything from large offshore
drilling rigs and platforms to ocean-going
barges and utility boats.
Shortly after organizing our Company for our

40th reunion and attending it, he died in a
tragic automobile accident on a freeway in Los
Angeles. We all miss deeply, his bright and
uplifting spirit---his wonderfully wry humor
and his frequently demonstrated care, compas-
sion and generosity for his classmates.
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Andrew J. (Andy) Hudak

Service History
1967 - 68: USS Farragut DLG6
1968 - 71: USS Albany CG10
I received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard Univer-
sity and practiced architecture from 1975 until 2014.
From 1995 until 2007, I oversaw the City of Bostons Capital
Construction Division.

Doris Corbo and I have been married since 1967. We have two
daughters, Neva and Jean and two grandchildren Nate and Anja.

My fondest memory of USNA is my 17th Company classmates.
Beneath our superficial spit-shined uniformity and common experiences, we were all unique and special indi-
viduals. A great bunch of guys that I am honored and proud to have known and lived with for those four
years.
I experienced a first class education at USNA, particularly in math, science and engineering. I also learned life
long leadership and management skills. Most of all, I learned the importance of respect, honor, loyalty, per-
sonal responsibility, and to appreciate the skills, talents and dedication of others. Practicing these values have
been particularly important and rewarding in my private and professional life.

USNA and the Navy provided me with a host of life-long memories of adventures and experiences. These
memories have added a richness to my life and broadened my perspective of the world.
Summary
After graduating USNA in 1967, I served aboard USS Farragut DLG 6 and USS Albany CG10. After leaving
the Navy, I attended graduate school and received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University
and practiced architecture in the Boston area until 2014. From 1995 until 2007, I oversaw the City of Bostons
Capital Construction Division.
Doris Corbo and I have been married since 1967. We have two daughters, Neva and Jean and two grandchil-
dren Nate and Anja.
My fondest memory of USNA is my 17th Company classmates. Beneath our superficial spit-shined uniform-
ity and common experiences, we were all unique and special individuals. A great bunch of guys that I am hon-
ored and proud to have known and lived with for those four years.
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John F. Junek
After USNA graduation CAPTAIN Junek reported for flight training and was designated a na-
val aviator in 1968. His Primary Warfare Specialty is Air-to-
Air Warfare. Additionally he is a board selected Major Weap-
ons System Acquisition Program Manager, a proven subspe-
cialist in Engineering Flight Test, Operations Analysis, Ap-
plied Logic and Financial Management. Post Academy educa-
tion includes Navy Fighter Weapons School, Top Gun, Class
10, USAF Air Command and Staff Collage, Naval Test Pilot
School graduate and an MBA from Auburn University.
Operational assignments include two combat deployments aboard USS KITTY HAWK, three
deployments aboard USS CONSTELLATION, two deployments aboard USS ENTERPRISE
as Commanding Officer of Fighter Squadron TWO ONE THREE and a deployment aboard
USS ROANOKE as Commanding Officer. Captain Junek has flown 261 combat missions,
logged over 3,300 hours and made 962 carrier landings in fighter aircraft, sailed six of the
Seven Seas, rounded Cape Horn, transited the Panama Canal and sailed north of the Arctic Cir-
cle and south of the Antarctic Circle.
Assignments ashore include 7 years in the Pentagon as a TACAIR Analyst and the Program
Sponsor for the F-14 aircraft and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Supreme Allied
Commander, Atlantic.
After retirement Captain Junek worked as the Corporate Business Development Director for
Naval Aviation Programs for Lockheed Martin Corporation where he was on the design and
capture team for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. He is now retired to Southern Maryland and
farms small grain crops. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Kathryn Sinclair Junek
and has two children and three grandchildren. His son, Commander John Junek, USNR, desig-
nated the USNR Junior Officer of the Year, is a GS-14 at the Naval Air Warfare Center, NAS
Patuxent River, MD.
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Robert B. Kelly, Jr
Service History
1963-1967: USNA (12th and 17th Companies)
1967-1969: USS Brumby (DE 1044), Newport, RI (EMO and CIC Officer)
1970: River Division 543, Da Nang, South Viet Nam (Patrol Officer/Chief of Staff)
1970: USNH Bethesda, MD, Patient
1971: US Naval Destroyer School, Student, Department Head Course
1971-1972: USS Barry (DD 933), Newport RI and Athens, Greece (Weapons officer)
1973-1975: Office Of the CNO, Washington, DC as Security Officer (1973-1974
TEMDU to United Nations Truce Supervisory Force, Palestine in Cairo,
Egypt as Truce Observer)
1975-1977: USS Sumter (LST 1181) as First Lieutenant/Weapons Officer
1977-1979: Fleet Combat Direction Systems Support Activity Dam Neck VA as Budget
& Plans Officer and Deputy Comptroller
1979: Armed Forces Staff College (Student, Joint Ops Course)
1980 1982: USS Spartanburg County (LST 1192), Executive Officer
1982: Defense Systems Management Course, Ft, Belvoir, VA (Student, Program
Management Course)
1983-1985: Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, Project Officer/Test &
Evaluation Officer, MK-50 Torpedo)
1985-1988: Fleet Combat Direction Systems Support Activity Dam Neck VA, Project
Manager, ACDS Block Zero
1988-1991: Commander, Operational Test & Evaluation Force, Norfolk, VA, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Surface Warfare
1991-1993: Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, DC, Chief of Staff, Program
Executive Office for Cruise Missiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/
Military Deputy to PEO for Tomahawk
1993: Retired from USN with rank of Captain
After military retirement, I worked as a highway helper for another 17 years, mostly in testing and program management positions.
I designed, help execute, and wrote the final report on the first operational tests of Japanese DDGs outfitted with the AEGIS Weapon
System.

When I was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Surface Warfare programs at COMOPTEVFOR, I supervised the testing of the new Toma-
hawk Warfare System with an improved conventional warhead. After testing was completed, I authored the operational test report
that demonstrated the conventional Tomahawk missile would work against targets in a desert environment. Three days after the re-
port was completed, it was briefed up the Chain of Command to the Secretary of Defense. Within days, Tomahawk missiles were
fired in combat for the first time in Operation Desert Storm.

Terry and I were married in 1970 and have two children. My oldest, Eileen, didnt particularly like military discipline, so she joined
the Air Force as a social worker and served in a number of stateside and overseas assignments. Her last assignment was in an Air
Force program office helping to deliver a military digital medical records program. My son had a disability that prevented him from
entering military service, so he went into positions that involved software development and testing. He is now a program manager
for a firm that develops satellite uplink/downlink communications software. My wife and I have two grandchildren.
System. I am now fully retired, and my spare time is spent in volunteering for local service organizations. My wife and I have lived
in Norfolk, VA since 1997.

Plebe year (63) Army-Navy game: screaming with the rest of the more than 100,000 in attendance and praying Army didnt get off
another play
Learning of the Presidents assassination and the sense of deep loss expressed by the entire Brigade
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My favorite memories of life at USNA involve a classmate (now deceased) who seemed to take a perverse pride in being the least
military member of the Company, and perhaps the Brigade. Grub was into all sorts of hijinks, including an event that occurred
when he and I were sharing a mess table toward the end of First Class year. For some reason, John ONeill joined us for lunch after
one of the Saturday noon-meal formations. John was proudly wearing a set of the best-polished dress shoes I had ever seen
(especially on him). Must have paid one of the Plebes a fortune to get a shine that clear and bright. Grub thought it would be funny
to have one of the Plebes sneak under the table and coat the toes of the shoes with mustard, which occurred without John noticing
anything. John got up soon afterward to leave the mess hall, and walked down the center of the building toward the OODs Ta-
ble. Slowly, as folks started to see Johns bright yellow shoes, the laughter began to build up, with John not really sure what was the
cause of the hilarity. Finally, John looked down, saw the mustard coated shoes, and immediately collapsed into an empty chair at
one of the tables that he was passing. At the time it seemed to be the funniest thing that I had ever seen. Needless to say, the Plebe
who had so deftly wielded the mustard was immediately rewarded with permanent carry on for the rest of the year for his part in
the escapade.
Nothing of note at USNA. My highest degree is a Master of Science in Business Financial Management.
Athletic
I was a non-athlete and spent a lot of time on the blue trampoline.
Service Awards
Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Heart, plus the usual mess of end-of-tour awards.
My family had a long tradition of military and nautical service. My father graduated with the USNA Class of 1935, and fought in
WW II in the Philippines as a PT boat officer, as a PT Squadron Commander during the Solomon Islands campaign, and in com-
mand of a destroyer during the Okinawa campaign. He had several other Commands and retired as a Captain. Throughout my youth,
he impressed upon me that his success was largely due to the personal values and leadership traits he learned at the Naval Academy.
He also impressed upon me that attending the Naval Academy would be physically and academically demanding, but that I would
emerge a much better man. So, I had no doubt that I was going to go, if only to see for myself.

Yes and no. I entered the Naval Academy a shy and un-athletic young man. I knew I was expected to serve in the military, but I
wasnt sure whether I really wanted to do so. I didnt expect that the academics would be especially challenging, and they werent.
However, I found Plebe Year to be the most stressful event I ever undertook, and hated every minute of it. Even when I was in com-
bat in Viet Nam, I remember thinking at times that this wasnt a scary as my Plebe Year. During the next three years, I was not in
tune with the discipline, and often acted out by breaking as many of the pointless rules as I could. I was class Aed once, and
probably should have been at least once again. Somehow, I managed to get most of the rebelliousness out of my system before
graduating and actually found the real Navy presented the challenges and opportunities I needed. On the positive side, during the
course of my four years at Annapolis, I gained 40 pounds, became much more comfortable with the fairer sex, and developed a sense
of self-confidence that stood me well in the years to come. I made a lot of good friends, many of whom have become great friends as
we have gone down our respective, and often divergent, paths. I would do it again, just not gladly.
Summary
After graduation, I served as a Surface Warfare Officer, with the usual shipboard tours. I also had several less common duty assign-
ments, including in a PBR squadron in Viet Nam, in a ship homeported in Athens, Greece, and as a U. N. Truce Observer in Egypt
during the Yom Kippur War. After completing my XO assignment, I became a Materiel Professional, and had twelve great years
directing the testing of the MK-50 torpedo, managing a major cruiser combat system upgrade, and performing operational testing of
the AEGIS and Tomahawk weapon systems. I retired as a Captain from the Cruise Missile and UAV Program Office in 1993.
System.
My wife Terry and I were married in 1970 and we have two children and two grandchildren. My daughter became an Air Force offi-
cer soon after college graduation and got out as a Major. My son is a program manager for a firm that develops satellite uplink soft-
ware.
Now that I am fully retired, my spare time is spent in volunteering for local service organizations. We have lived in Norfolk, VA
since 1997.
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Arthur J. Meinhold
Service History
1962 63: Columbia Prep School, Washington, DC
wings 12/1968
1969: VF126 Instrument Training; VF121 F4 Replacement Squadron
(RAG) NAS Miramar, CA
1969-72: VF213 / USS Kitty Hawk, F4 Pilot, LSO, Completed two Vietnam
combat cruises
1973-74: VF124, NAS Miramar, F14 Fleet Introduction Cadre, Instructor Pilot,
LSO,
1974-79: Transferred to Naval Reserve; Joined Grumman Company as an F14
Instructor Pilot in Iran
1979-93: Served in various Reserve Units including recall to active duty with
the COMSEVENTHFLT Staff, Naval Component Commander, Per-
sian Gulf. Established training and operations with the active duty
staff and flew as the Naval component rep with the USAF AWACS
Airborne Command Element conducting Joint operations during Operation Desert Shield/Storm
1993: Retired from USNR with rank of Captain
Though finishing up my flying career in the cockpit in 1979, I remained a part of the military aviation community primarily in Inter-
national Business Development and Program Management. I worked with Grumman Aerospace, General Dynamics, Raytheon and
ATK retiring in 2009. Ive had the opportunity to work worldwide in the Middle East, Europe, South America, the Far East from
India, Malaysia, Singapore to Japan and South Korea while pursuing new business opportunities through building and maintaining
relationships with governments and customers, planning and coordination of programs as well as working with regulatory compli-
ance and contract negotiations. My specialty was in the development and implementation of FMS and direct sale aviation/weapon
systems tailored to meet international and domestic requirements.

Winning the NCAA Lacrosse National Championship First Class year was one of the most memorable events at Navy, while being
recalled to active duty as an O6 with the Seventh Fleet Staff at the start of the Gulf War was certainly the most interesting and un-
usual event of my Naval career

Being married to the same incredibly talented and tolerating woman since December of 1967. Dorothy has endured lengthy back-to-
back cruises (22 out of 27 months), my continued business travel, as well as moving and living around both the U.S. and internation-
ally. We went to Iran with the F-14 when our two sons were both under five in 1974, and it didnt stop until I retired in 09. Both our
sons and one grandson all reside in Park City, near us, so we have the pleasure of seeing them regularly. Matthew, the oldest, has
recently been promoted to Captain in the Park City Fire Department. Mason a USNA graduate, runs the medical training business for
the STABLE program. Grandson Max Masons son) is headed for 8 th grade in the Honors Program, with continuing straight As. (go
figure?) He is an excellent percussion musician and not too bad a competitive fencer. The only thing that I can take any credit for is
his interest in, and ability on the golf course, and the fact that he enjoys it !!
Retired life goes well. We travel frequently to visit friends and visit/revisit some of the spectacular places that we have been, but still
have not spent enough time. I do some occasional consulting and volunteer at a golf course as well as spending some time there rais-
ing my handicap. One spoiled grand-dog visits daily for his run while Grandpa rides his bike.

My first at sea experience on Youngster cruise in the North Atlantic aboard the USS Damato, DD 871 Green water over the
bridge (broke every window and tore off the main deck safety rails, CO in his at sea cabin so sick that he could not move, sealed my
desire to be a Naval Aviator and at least be on a big ship. Never ceases to amaze me that the friends and relationships formed while
attending the Academy translate over the rest of your life you may not see, let alone be in contact with, a friend from school over
literally decades but as soon as that contact is re-established, it is as though you havent missed a day
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When I think back on it, the whole experience of Plebe Year was an absolute riot, though not obvious while your undergoing the
transition from the outside world
I graduated and wasnt the Anchor man
Athletic
Playing in and beating Army in football and lacrosse
Uniform Breast Insignia / Awards:

Aviator Wings, with all the regular Fighter aviation stuff from Vietnam and the Gulf Wars.
My introduction to the USN was through my Father who was the CO of a Sub Chaser during WWII. He stayed in touch with and we
often were together with his former Navy friends and associates the camaraderie was extraordinary even to a young teenager. After
his passing I was recruited by the Navy football staff. Although recruited by other schools, Navy, ranked very high in Division 1
with Roger Staubach at the helm + my Fathers friends encouragement was the only place I wanted to go. Becoming a Naval Offi-
cer held a lot of intrigue and many choices for a career path as well as promise of adventure.

With some knowledge of the Navy prior to entering the Academy, as well as attending Columbia Prep, I got an inkling of what was
ahead and how demanding my choice was going to be. I was leaning toward aviation from the start and of course, Second Class avia-
tion summer really sealed the deal. My roomies John Burch and Rick Brydges may not have noticed, but I was pretty interested in
graduating as high as possible to ensure getting aviation on Service Selection day. After flight school and being selected for fighters
(F-4s) on the West coast in San Diego, the ride had just started and lasted for the rest of my working life, first as combat carrier pi-
lot, next as an initial cadre instructor pilot bringing the Navys newest fighter aircraft (F-14) into the fleet; and then as a civilian, in-
troducing the F-14 into the Iranian AF. So I have to say that my desires and expectations were fulfilled both at the Academy and
subsequently became even better, i.e. flying the Navys newest fighter as a civilian, living abroad with my family and not facing the
prospect of any more cruises. The experience gained during those years also formed the basis for my career in the international avia-
tion community.
Summary
Having had the good fortune of being introduced to the Navy as a young impressionable teenager, through my Fathers background
and friends, I was lucky enough to attend the Naval Academy and establish the basis for my lifes work in the aviation industry. The
skills learned on active duty and experience gained through my 20+ years in the Reserves in parallel with my civilian career as a
pilot and international businessman allowed me to spend the balance of my career with my wife, Dorothy, of 48+ years, my two sons
and now my grandson, being an intricate part of my life. She continues to be the love of my life and will always be so.
My active duty was spent as a West coast fighter pilot and LSO flying the F-4 and introducing the F-14 to the fleet. I left active duty
in 1974, joined the Naval Reserve, went to work for Grumman and went to Iran to introduce the F-14 into the Iranian Air Force. Re-
turning from Iran just prior to the downfall of the Shahs government, I continued to work in the aviation industry with Grumman,
General Dynamics, Raytheon and ATK until retirement in 2009.
My time in the Reserves continued throughout this time period and culminated with being recalled to active duty as an O-6 to serve
in Desert Shield/Storm with the Seventh Fleet Staff in Riyadh. It proved to be an extraordinary experience, walking into an environ-
ment filled with many people that I had served with on active duty 20 years earlier, saying hello, hows the family, lets go fight the
war. It seems now that this entire experience went very, very fast and I hope that my small contribution to service and country have
made a difference.
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Anthony Edward (Tony) Mitchell

Service History
1967-1968: Navy Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD
1968-1968: Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit (D1G), West Milton, NY
1968-1971: USS Bainbridge (DLGN/CGN-25), Electrical Officer, Qualified Nuclear
Engineer,
1971-1974: USS McCandless (DE/FF-1084), Commissioning Crew, Weapons Officer
1974-1975: Navy Recruiting Area Seven, Dallas, TX, Nuclear Officer Programs
1975-1979: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69), Commissioning Crew, Damage
Control Assistant
1979-1981: Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit, Idaho Falls, ID, Instructor Duty
1981-1983: USS Texas (CGN-39), Executive Officer
1984-1985: Cruiser-Destroyer Group One, Planning Officer
1985-1987: USS Ramsey (FFG-2), Commanding Officer
1987-1988: Navy War College, Newport, RI
1989-1991: USS South Caroline (CGN-37), Commanding Officer
1991-1993: US Forces Japan, Yokota, Japan, Deputy Chief of Staff
1994-2012: Document Reviewer and Program Manager for DOE Contracts

Navy: Two Vietnam deployments spent mostly north of the DMZ; Commissioned a Frigate and an Aircraft Carrier; Drydocking/
Undocking an Aircraft Carrier; Involved in recruiting first women aviation candidates; Crossed the Equator at the Greenwich Merid-
ian and the International Dateline; January amphibious operations in the Aleutian Islands; Boarding and Search operations during
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm; Commands earned Navy/Presidential unit citations.
Second Career: Reviewing nuclear weapons-related historical documents at the US Archives for release to the public

Susan and I were married in 2001 (second marriage) and moved to Kansas upon retirement. We have four sons, and four grandchil-
dren between us.
Loving the open plains, starry nights and friendly natives of Kansas. Traveling every chance we get. Attempting to bring my grand-
fathers 1950 Ford back to life.

Plebe Year -- all that carry-on, thanks to Roger Staubach and the football team.

My roommates nefarious and unsuccessful attempts (including torching and drop tests) to silence the noisy ticking of my metal
alarm clock.
Masters Degrees (MA) in National Security Studies and International Relations
Service/USNA Awards
Bronze Star, Defense Superior Service Medal

Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending
My father was career Navy. I was motivated to serve in the Navy in exchange for a college scholarship.

The academy experience exceeded my expectations. I received a superior education. I continue to enjoy the support of cherished
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classmates. USNA taught me not to fail.
Summary
Anthony (Tony) Mitchell learned humility, tenacity, and the importance of classmates while attending the Naval Academy. He
graduated with a desire to serve. A dedicated Surface Warfare Officer and nuclear power subspecialist, Tony paid his professional
dues and was rewarded with a varied and satisfying career -- highlighted by two commissioning crews, two commands, and overseas
duty in Japan. Tony spent 17 of his 26 years of service on sea duty. He put his crews first and was rewarded by their loyalty in try-
ing circumstances and dangerous seas. He loved the ocean, especially the joys of sunrise after a long midwatch.
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John E. ONeill
Service History
USS Woodpecker MSC209 (Sasebo and Vung Tau) 1967-68
Swift Boats Mekong/U Minh and Namcan ForrestsCosdiv 11, 13 Seafloat (1969-70)
NROTC Unit Holy Cross Worchester Mass 1970-71
Graduated from Texas Law School with highest honors in 1973. Clerked for Justice
William Rehnquist who became a lifelong mentor and friend. Trial lawyer in Houston
who tried many cases now a partner with Winston & Strawn. Very involved in farm-
ing in Iowa and Brazil.

Debated John Kerry on nationwide TV in 1971 over his false war crime charges. He
refused future debates. In 1972, I was the seconding speaker at the Republican National
Convention. Very involved with local Presbyterian church and representing and helping
religious refugees. In 2004, I donated a kidney to my brave wife Anne. Also wrote New
York #1 bestseller, Unfit for Command (proceeds from the book go to disabled vets)
and appeared on many shows opposing Kerry as part of the Swiftboat vets.

My wife Anne and I were married for 30 years until her death in 2006. We had two
wonderful children and three grandchildren. I married Diane Wood in 2007 and we
share 4 great children and now nine grandchildren.
In the past 19 months, I have survived, with my familys help, four unrelated cases of cancer (throat, facial nerves, back and leg) as
well as the deadly MERSA bug. My doctor calls me Mr. Five Percent. All of this has made me a better person, but I count on noth-
ing except Gods redeeming love. My Navy and Swiftboat friends have been central to my life and have always came through.
USNA 1967 BS in Naval Engineering
University of Texas Law School 1973 JD (Highest Honors)
It was our family school for generations.

It was a great thing for me.
Summary
After USNA, I went to the USS Woodpecker in Sasebo/Vung Tau and then to Swift boats along the Mekrong River, along the Cam-
bodian border and in the Nam Can and U-Mina forest. I met the closest friends of my life here, but lost other close friends whom I
have missed every day. In 1971, I debated John Kerry over his false war crimes charges on ABC. He refused later debates. In 1972,
I was the second speaker at the RNC.
After graduating first at Texas Law School, I clerked for Justice William Rehnquist, a lifelong friend and mentor. I was married to
wonderful Anne ONeill for 30 years with two great children. I donated a kidney to her in 2004. She died in 2006. I tried many cases
successfully as a trial lawyer for clients large and small. In 2004, my Swiftboat friends and I joined to oppose John Kerrys run for
President. I wrote the NYT No. 1 best seller Unfit for Command which they said was influential in his defeat. All proceeds went to
disabled vets or their families.
In 2007, I married a wonderful woman, Diane Wood she has helped me to survive four unrelated cancer cases and the deadly
MERSA bug over the last 21 months my doctor calls me Mr. Five Percent. I am a bad golfer, a decent grandfather, and a good
farmer and count only on Gods redeeming love and that of my family. My life some of its magic...some of its tragic...but Ive
had a good time all the way.
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James Peters
After Graduation got an AEC fellowship and went to MIT. Crazy Boston in the 60's, Red
Sox Impossible Dream year. Got an MS (Nuclear Engineering), then off to Norfolk and the
Kennedy, CVA-67, 2 years, A Division. Shipmates in airwing were Jimmy Lewis and the dear
John Lay. Changed designator to EDO and
served 4 years at SUPSHIPS, Groton, overseeing
construction and overhaul of nuke boats.
While at MIT started to paint, constantly visiting

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, had a studio in
the bowels of the Kennedy, left Navy in '75 and
using GI Bill got an MFA in Painting at Maryland
Institute, College of Art, in Baltimore. I've been
painting full time ever since, lucky enough to get
a few grants and fellowships, exhibit regularly in
NYC, Boston, and Provincetown, and have 16 pieces in a Guggenheim Museum Exhibition in
1985; web site - jimpetersart.com. Built own house (had someone pour the concrete founda-
tion) in the dunes of Truro, MA, and lived and painted there and in Provincetown from '82 to
2008 with brief 4 year ('89-'93) hiatus near Cooperstown. Taught part time at Rhode Island
School of Design and Mass Art.
In 2008 married Kathline Carr, writer/painter, (http://www.kathlinecarr.com/) and moved to

Providence area and recently to North Adams MA. Lots of hiking the AT and Mount Greylock.
Being artists we are usually broke and when we do sell some work we run off to Paris for a
month or so, and are broke again. Life has been, and continues to be, an adventure! Love to Pat
B. and Dickie B. and all our classmates. I have 4 wonderful kids, Heather (special needs
teacher/mom), Ingrid (landscape designer/mom), Arvid (musician/inventor), Sylvia (poet/
bookmaker) and an amazing lacrosse-playing step daughter, Mercedes, age12.
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John J. (Jeff) Root
After leaving the Navy, Jeff enrolled at the University of California San Diego to study bio-
chemistry and molecular biology, and to play beach volleyball with fellow 67er, Chris Ward.
Jeff then moved north and completed a masters degree in forest ecology at the University of
California Berkeley.
In the summer of 1977, Jeff hopped on his bicycle in

Berkeley and solo rode to Seattle and back, where he
started an on-going career as an environmental consult-
ant. During this time, Jeff joined a masters swim team
and had a few wet adventures, including swimming
across Lake Tahoe 6 times as part of a relay team; open
water swims throughout northern California and Hawaii;
and 3 times across the Golden Gate, winning his age
group the third time in 1987.
Following surgery to repair his worn out left shoulder,

Jeff returned to the bicycle, and is now a proud member
of the Bezerkeley Bicycle Collective logging between
5,000 and 6,000 miles a year while he continues his part
-time consulting practice.
In 2014, Jeffs team completed 4 task orders supporting

the California High Speed Rail Project, also referred to
occasionally as the train to nowhere. Jeff lives in
Berkeley, and would happily welcome any and all
67ers traveling through the area.
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Scott W. Ryan
Service History
1967 68: Nuclear Submarine schools (Bainbridge, West Milton, and New London)
1968 --1971: USS Ray, SSN 653, Norfolk, VA.
Asset Management
1973-1980 Goldman, Sachs
Founded several companies in several industries

I am divorced, and I have two daughters: Lindsay, who is at GW University in
DC, and Michelle who graduated from St. Andrews in Scotland in June 2015.
I still manage a small hedge fund, which keeps me busy. Also, I am chairman
of the board of Reconditioned Systems, Inc., a small public company in Ari-
zona, which manufactures office furniture.

The day when the USNA squash team won the US intercollegiate championship in 1967.
1971-1973 UVA Business School, Charlottesville, VA.
Athletic
Won US Squash National Doubles championship in 1987 and 1988. Won many US Squash age bracket doubles and singles champi-
onships.
Service Awards
MUC, NUC
My father was in the Navy and I wanted to serve like he did. I enlisted out of high school.

The academy was the best thing that ever happened to me, and made me the person I am.
Summary
I enjoyed my 5 years in the Navy and learned a great deal, but it was a relatively uneventful time in my life. After going to business
school, I went to work for Goldman Sachs and learned about the world of financial management. I started and ran several companies
in the financial industry. I still own and manage a small investment management company, Ryan & Company, and run a small
hedge fund, Index Arbitrage Partners, LP.
Presently, my main passion is golf, which I did not start playing until age 52; it is amazing at my age to still be lowering my handi-
cap each year-currently a 12.7 index.
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David Robert Scheu, Sr

Service History:
Jul 1963 Jun 1967 USNA (17th Company)
Jul 1967 Sep 1967 Guided Missile School, Vallejo, CA, student
Oct 1967 Dec 1969 USS STERETT (CG 31), Missile Fire Control Officer
Jan 1970 Aug 1971 USS BUCHANAN (DDG 14), Missile Battery Officer
Sep 1971 Aug 1974 U.S. Naval Academy, Instructor, Division of Engineering
and Weapons and Varsity Ocean Racing Coach
Sep 1974 May 1975 Destroyer School, Newport, RI, student
Jun 1975 Jan 1977 USS BERKELEY (DDG 15), Operations Officer
Jan 1977 Feb 1980 Fleet Combat Training Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, Tacti-
cal Warfare Instructor
Apr 1980 Oct 1981 USS HEPBURN (FF 1055), Executive Officer
Oct 1981 Nov 1983 USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62), Reactivation Manager and
Operations Officer
Sep 1984 Aug 1986 USS EDSON (DD 946), Commanding Officer
Sep 1986 Sep 1989 Commander, Carrier Group Seven, Staff Surface Operations
Officer
Sep 1989 Sep 1991 Military Sealift Command Liaison Officer to both the Pacific
Unified and Fleet Commanders
Sep 1991 \Retired from active service with rank of Captain
24 years of active Naval service as a surface warfare officer during which I served in six
ships including the Battleship NEW JERSEY and CARGRU SEVEN staff where I was
required to wear brown shoes. I had but three shore duty tours. When nearing the end
of my active service, my wife joked that I could have any ship I wanted if it did not get
underway or deploy. I found it when, in October 1991, I began my second career as the Executive Director of Battleship NORTH
CAROLINA (BB 55) which is moored in Wilmington, NC. She is the State of North Carolinas WWII memorial and a major tourist
attraction in the State. After 17 years at the helm, I fully retired in June 2009.

President John F. Kennedys assassination, 22 November 1963. I was taking a test in a calculus class in the old laundry when
our instructor came in and told us of the catastrophic event, then directed us stop the test and return to Bancroft Hall and
report to our firsties room.
USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62), October 1981 November 1983. Short toured as XO in HEPBURN to report to the Battleship the
first week of October 1981 as the prospective Operations Officer and Reactivation Manager. Highlights: incredible visibil-
ity from both Congress and all levels of the military from SECNAV Lehman on down; first operational launch of a Toma-
hawk from a ship; 10,000 guests at Long Beach Naval Shipyard to witness President Reagan commission the ship on 28
December 1982; what was to have been a 100-day shakedown cruise to the Western Pacific became an 11 month deploy-
ment; ship worked directly for all four numbered fleet commanders; was a mile off the beach the morning of 23 October for
the bombing of the Marine Barracks. Fortuitously, I departed the ship in November with orders to command or I would
have been only the third officer to make the entire deployment without relief.
First real vacation August October 1991. Took 45 days of terminal leave so my wife and I could embark on a 6-week excur-
sion with two weeks in England, Scotland and Wales and four weeks in Belgium and Germany. Stunning architecture and
art were highlights - castles, cathedrals and ruins, museums and art exhibits.
50th Anniversary of VJ Day, Saturday 2 September 1995. Battleship NORTH CAROLINA selected as one of the five national
sites for the commemoration of VJ Day. Built a four-day series of events around the observance. The observance on Satur-
day was held at the Battleship, recently painted in WWII Measure 32 paint scheme, in full dress ship, supported by the 2 nd
Marine Division Band and the 82nd Airborne Chorus. Most of the 7,000 seated guests were WWII veterans and their fami-
lies. Keynote speakers, Assistant SECDEF and NC Governor Hunt, led the platform party which included the Reverend
Franklin Graham, honored guest Margaret Truman Daniel, flag and general officers representing each of the branches of the
military including classmate MG Pat Howard paired with a WWII veteran from each branch. After Reverend Franklins
invocation, wreaths were laid by the pair from each branch, followed by commemorative remarks from the Governor who
spoke about the War effort at the State level and ASECDEF who spoke from the national perspective. After the benediction
and Honors, the observance completed with a flyover of WWII aircraft with a P-51 doing the missing man honors and with
one of the few remaining B-17 in trail. The final event of the day was a chronological walk through the War in a 20-minute,
$70,000 fireworks display choreographed to music with transitional elements narrated by David Brinkley. The fireworks
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were watched not only by the 1,450 dinner guests but another 35,000 along the river as well as televised locally. The next
day, Sunday, commemorative services were held at all local churches at 11am with a tolling of bells commencing at five
minutes before the services.
Dinner on HMS VICTORY, October 2006. After the completion of the annual meeting of the Historic Naval Ships Association
held in London onboard HMS BELFAST that year, a group of Historic Naval Ship executive directors and their wives trav-
eled to Portsmouth and we were honored to be hosted by the Commanding Officer HMS VICTORY at an unforgettable
reception onboard and dinner on the gun deck of Lord Admiral Horatio Nelsons flagship at the Battle at Trafalgar in 1805.
USS NORTH CAROLINA (SSN 777), commissioned in Wilmington on 3 May 2008. I was involved with the Submarine start-
ing about six months before SECNAV Danzig named the fourth unit of the VIRGINIA Class for the State in December
2000. With the WWII Battleship and her crew available, I was able to uniquely transfer the legacy of the name NORTH
CAROLINA from the WWII Battleship to the 21 st Century Submarine. Starting early in construction Submarine crew
members were invited down from Newport News for the annual crew reunion in Wilmington. WWII crewmembers at-
tended both the Keel Authentication and Christening ceremonies. I proposed to Reactors, ADM Bowman and, later, ADM
Donald, to allow mementos of the Battleship and the State to be placed in the Submarine. Thats why in the control room
the CO stands on deck plating covered in a WWII Battleship teak veneer and theres teak deck plating in his cabin as well.
The boats name boards are in teak as are the Stepping the Mast plaque, the board listing the names of the COs and a deco-
rative cover over a structural girder at the entry to the Crews Mess. The Crews Mess on NORTH CAROLINA is, appro-
priately, called the Tarheel Grill. The padded seats in each of the five booths in the mess are covered in school colors with
the school logo embroidered in the center of the seatback for UNC, Duke, NC State, Wake Forest, and local UNCW. Other
school mementos are under the tabletop Lexan and on the bulkheads. Three pieces of the Battleship presentation silver ser-
vice are displayed in a cabinet in the Wardroom in special restraints to allow for the boats maneuvering. For the commis-
sioning ceremony there were special elements as well. The WWII Battleship crew sat in a section next to the Submarine
families. The Ensign and Jack used for the commissioning ceremony 3 May had been flown at the Battleship on the anni-
versary of her commissioning on 7 April. The plankowner plaque each member of the crew received was a plank, an 11-
inch piece of WWII teak from the Battleship affixed to which is the Submarines seal and a brass plate with their name and
billet. I commissioned maritime artist Tom Freeman to paint the commissioning portrait of the Submarine and then took the
image of the Submarine and had it imprinted on 7 million Pepsi cans distributed throughout the State and in southern Vir-
ginia. For my 8 years of work, Im not only an honorary plankowner but considered by some as the godfather of the Sub-
marine.
National USAA Commercial March 12 February 2013. The commercial with the Scheus, primarily son and dad, premiered in
March 2012 for the opening game of the NCAA Final Four and ran, repeatedly, for the next twelve months. Got lots of
phone calls and emails from friends, relatives and shipmates many who I had not heard from in years.

Met Deborah Singleton Hill on a blind date orchestrated by company mate Marty Cover and his, then-girlfriend and later-wife,
Donna Manns. The date was on April Fools Day 1967 and to this day we still dont know on who the joke was on. We were married
in Freehold, NJ, on 3 February 1968, in time for USS STERETTs change of homeport to Yokosuka, Japan in June. Our first child,
David, Jr., was born in Yokosuka in June 1969, Made in Japan but of all-American materials. Son David is USNA Class of 1991
and an airdale who retired with 12 years active duty in rotary wing and 10 years reserve time in fixed wing. He is married to an ac-
tress and is Director of Corporate Aviation for Expedia and its sister, Interactive, in New York. Our second child, Stephanie, was
born in San Diego in January 1971. She is married to a former Marine and is in medical administration for a privately held health
care company in Wilmington, NC. The two have given us five grandchildren.
While I have been retired from my second career as Executive Director of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA since June 2009, I
continued serving on boards of directors of area organizations. In August 2014 I came off the regional public transportation authority
board after six years of service, the last two of which as chairman. With that end of service, this was the first time since arriving in
Wilmington in October 1991 that I was not on at least one board. Keeping me busy is Debbies business. She is a costume designer
primarily for stage productions in Wilmington and Charlotte and is one of three authorized dressmakers providing a group of young
ladies with antebellum gowns for the NC Azalea Festival. As an inducement to reducing her workload, we purchased a 30-foot Tif-
fin motorhome in June 2014. Our first major excursion in September 2014 was a four-week, 4,400 mile trek out as far as Denver and
we plan many more to see the USA.

Navy Crew and the US Olympic Committee. What made Plebe year different for me and approximately 30 classmates was that the
US Olympic Committee requested that Navy Crew spend the year testing variations of a new type of oar for the 64 Olympics.
Though normally in-season only in the Spring, the team was considered in-season in the Fall and for the Winter worked out ashore
only when the team couldnt get on the water. With the lengthy daily practices, Plebes missed 1800 come-arounds most of the year
and the team missed evening meal formation as well. Made for a fun evening after the meal. I didnt march either.
Squash racquets with Scott Ryan. Roomed with Scott Ryan, varsity squash star, 2 nd Class year. We got in the habit of playing before
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most matches and most of which he won. By 1st Class year it had almost become a superstition. If we had a free period on the day
of a match, we played. Oh, and I probably only won 1 game out of a 100 but I learned to be a passably good player along the way.
Thanks, Scott.
Marty Covers Hemi. Coming back from sailing practice one Fall Friday night I was accosted by Marty, demanding I go with him to
a local dealer so HE could test drive a car on the lot. A Mid had to be 21 years of age to take a vehicle off the lot without a sales-
man. So off we went. At a distance, the car looked like a normally mundane 66 Plymouth Belvedere coupe but under the hood was
a 426 cube street-hemi. I got to drive it first, out and onto Route 50. 30 to 105 in a heartbeat! Then Marty got to drive it. and he
bought it. What a machine!!!

LCDR Jim Thearle. Remember the infamous company officer in our battalion. Fast forward to June 1971 when Im a JG and mis-
sile battery officer in USS BUCHANAN (DDG 14). Now-CDR Jim Thearle reports onboard as CO. On his first day, at lunch in the
wardroom, he is being introduced to the officers. He gets to me and says, I know you. I see my reputation has preceded me. Yep,
it had, but he was nothing like his rep that we all knew.
Awards Received:
Jun 1967 B.S. Engineering, USNA
Feb 1980 MBA, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
Athletic
Navy N for sailing (Shields sloops)
Service Breast Insignia

Service Awards
Legion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal with star
Navy Unit Commendation with 3 stars
Meritorious Unit Commendation with 1 star
Battle E Ribbon
Navy Expeditionary Medal with 1 Star
National Defense Service Medal with 1 star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with 1 star
Vietnam Service Medal with silver star
Humanitarian Service Medal
Sea Service Deployment Medal with 4 stars
Vietnam Campaign Ribbon
Uniform Device
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to obtain from attending?
My brother and I had both worked to pay half of our tuition to attend Marquette University High School and we had agreed that our
parents would not be financially liable for any of our expenses for a college education. So I looked for options to help defray my
expenses. Since my father was a WWII Navy veteran, that led me to consider naval service as a career with the Academy providing
the education.

Absolutely. The regimentation helped keep my focus. Varsity sports, crew then sailing, helped me through the process. My 1 st
Class cruise onboard USS MAHAN (DLG 11) was singularly responsible for my choosing USS STERETT (DLG 31) at service se-
lection night rather than one of the many WWII destroyers available, which paid dividends in later assignments due to my early im-
mersion in the Navy Tactical Data System and the Terrier/Standard Missile System. My experience in USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62)
led to my selection as Executive Director of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA (BB 55) over 103 other 0-6s who had applied for
the job.
Summary
50 years! 24 years as a surface warfare officer. First ship, USS STERETT (DLG 31) and homeport shift from Long Beach to Yoko-
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suka caused earlier wedding than planned to Deborah Hill. In homeport 12 days a quarter over the next year and a half resulted in
birth of first child, a son, Made in Japan but of all American materials. First shore duty, coming back to our alma mater to teach in
the Weapons & Systems Engineering Department and as a varsity ocean racing coach. After a 50/50 sea-shore rotation for the first
12 years, I spent next 9 years at sea in three ships, including the recommissioning of USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) in 1982, and a
carrier group staff. When nearing the end of my active service, my wife joked that I could have any ship I wanted if it did not get
underway or deploy.
I found it when, in October 1991, I began my second career as the Executive Director of Battleship NORTH CAROLINA (BB 55),
moored in Wilmington, NC, and the State of North Carolinas WWII Memorial and a major tourist attraction in the State. Highlights
of my 17 years as Executive Director included selection of the Battleship as one of the five National sites for the commemoration
of the 50th anniversary of VJ DAY on 2 September 1995 and the commissioning of the Submarine NORTH CAROLINA (SSN 777)
in Wilmington on 3 May 2008.
I retired from my second career in June 2009 and am thoroughly enjoying the leisure and opportunities of being fully retired.
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James A. (Jim) Tamplin, Jr.

Service History
1963 - 67: USNA 17th Company
1967 69: USS Johnson (DD-821) Charleston, SC
1969 70: USS Pitkin County (LST-1082) Guam, M.I.
1970 72: USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887)
1972 - 73: Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA
1973 - 74: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
1975: Destroyer School, Newport, RI
1975 - 77: USS Capodanno (FF-1092)
Worked for the original AT&T in corporate communications, operations, inter-
state tariffs and engineering, with locations in Atlanta, GA; Jackson, MS; Pis-
cataway, NJ; Vienna, VA and Washington, DC. Retired after 20 years and
worked for Nortel in Atlanta in Sales Software Support for a year prior to join-
ing BellSouth in Wholesale Contract Negotiations which merged with the new
AT&T and where I am today in Atlanta, GA.

Finally meeting Suzy in 1987 who I should have met in 1967 when I knew two
of her sorority pledge sisters. While working with the original AT&T had the
opportunity to testify as a technical witness before ten state public service com-
missions and submit testimony before the FCC, project manage the installation
of the worlds seventh largest voice network for the US Federal Government in
the Eastern US and the Caribbean and had engineering responsibility for the
alarms, design, power and telemetry for all of AT&Ts central offices through the US and the Caribbean.

Suzy and I were married in 1988 and have one daughter and four sons between us with a total of five grandsons with our daughter
and her two sons living in London, England. We have lived in the Atlanta area since 1996 and are considering retirement at the end
of 2017.
What is retired life?

Plebe year (63) Army-Navy game
Learning of President Kennedys assassination
Driving away from the yard with my sea chest in my trunk on June 7, 1967
Awards Received
Military Order of the World Wars prize
I was the oldest of three sons in my family and my Father once told me that he would not be able to send all of us to college, I
watched Men of Annapolis on TV and always cheered for Navy during the Army-Navy games that I watched growing up probably
because of my Fathers fondness for the Navy where he served as a Chief Pharmacists Mate during WWII. I expected to get a di-
ploma, make college available for one of my brothers and hopefully find a career.

Only from the perspective of gaining a diploma. The fact that it came from the Naval Academy has helped in some situations in the
past.
Summary
My first duty station was on the USS Johnson (DD-821) and deployed to Viet Nam where we arrived on the gun line just in time for
the 1968 Tet Offensive. Next was a tour as Engineering Officer on the Pitkin County (LST -1082) working the rivers of Viet Nam. I
transferred to the Brinkley Bass (DD-887) where I served as CIC Officer and Operations Officer. Next was the Defense Language
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Institute in Monterey, CA to learn Vietnamese in preparation for advisor duty. Just a week after having completed this training the
Paris Peace Treaty was signed and I was assigned to the US Naval Postgraduate School where I earned my Master of Science in
Management. Next was assignment to Destroyer School after which I became the Operations Officer on the USS Capodanno (FF-
1092) and left naval service in May 1977.
The memories that I recall most from the Academy include our plebe year Army-Navy game, hearing of President Kennedys assas-
sination and seeing the Yard disappear in my rear view mirror as I drove away on June 7, 1967.
I was the oldest of three sons in my family and my Father once told me that he would not be able to send all of us to college, I
watched Men of Annapolis on TV and my Father spoke fondly of the Navy where he served as a Chief Pharmacists Mate during
WWII. I expected to get a diploma, make college available for one of my brothers and hopefully find a career.
Suzy and I were married in 1988 and have one daughter and four sons between us with a total of five grandsons two of whom live in
London. We have lived in the Atlanta area since 1996 and are considering retirement at the end of 2017.
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Service History
Jun 67 Sep 67 Naval Academy YP Instructor and Bainbridge Prep. School Admin.
Oct 67 Apr 68 Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD
May 68 Oct 68 Nuclear Reactor Prototype Training, Windsor Locks, CT
Nov 68 May 69 Submarine Training, New London, CT
Jun 69 Dec 71 USS Sargo, SSN 583, Pearl Harbor, HI
Jan 72 Jun 75 Naval Reserve
25 years of nuclear power and industrial co-generation plant engineering and project
management for the Bechtel Group. Assisted in the formation of an international distributed power generation company, called Ener-
gyWorks and was named CEO when it was sold to a Spanish electric utility. Later led a management buyout of the company and
continue to serve as its CEO. The company is currently comprised of several businesses that perform professional services and that
build own and operate wind, solar and biomass renewable energy facilities. EnergyWorks is based in Annapolis.

Visited many fascinating places during WESTPAC deployments aboard the USS Sargo. Lived and worked in Spain for eight years
during its tumultuous transition to democracy and eventual entrance into the European Union. Traveled throughout Europe. Experi-
enced the dread, disappointment and industry resolve for renewal following the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island nuclear disasters.
Participated in the formation of a major international consortium to compete for reconstruction of the Iraqi national electricity infra-
structure after the US invasion and was disappointed but soon relieved when our bid was not selected. Became a Patron de Yate,
licensed by the Spanish Marina Mercantil. Cruised with family aboard a canal barge on the Thames River and aboard sailboats along
the Mediterranean coasts of Spain, Greece and Turkey. Built a 43ft ketch, named Melissa Claire in honor of my patient wife and
continue to enjoy sailing in the Chesapeake from home port on Asquith Creek, off the Severn River.

Soon after graduation, Melissa and I were married in Newberry, Michigan. We have four sons who lived and traveled with us during
most of our 25 (including 6 transoceanic) relocations. In 1997, we finally settled in Arnold, MD, a few miles up the Severn River
from the Naval Academy. Andrew, our oldest, is a successful entrepreneur, who lives in northwest PA with his wife, Niki, and three
children Benjamin is a college sophomore, Emmajane is a high school senior, and Zachary is entering kindergarten. Our second
son, Adam, manages one of the EnergyWorks businesses and lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Brooke, and two children,
Priya, who is eleven, and Owen, who is just one year old. Our third son, Aaron, also works in the family business and lives with his
wife, Carol, in Washington, DC. Our youngest, Alan, is a music therapist, living in Brooklyn with his daughter, Cleo, who is seven.
Although I look forward to the prospect of discretionary time, I am still busy with efforts to commercialize technologies developed
by EnergyWorks and this consumes most of my waking hours. By the time this is published, I hope to be sharing the majority of my
time with Melissa, traveling, sailing and enjoying grandchildren and catching up with friends.

The permanent friendships that came from shared plebe year survival experiences we made it through by looking out for one an-
other, keeping our sense of humor and having the good fortune to be on hand for Roger Staubuchs Heisman Trophy year. Memories
of the lows have faded but the good times remain vivid.
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Youngster cruise provided the chance to finally cross an ocean and spend time at sea this was what I had first imagined as a farm
boy in Ohio. Even though sea sickness set in as the USS W.C. Lawe (DD 763) hobby horsed down the Chesapeake and didnt sub-
side for a full week, the excitement of actually being there was what mattered. We reached Europe, entered the Kiel Canal and made
our way to Flensburg, home of the German Naval Academy. There was a band and the whole town came out to give us a warm wel-
come. An hour later, our hosts guided Andy Hudak and me to a local pub where we quickly learned to enjoy warm beer, one liter at
time. We were later invited to the home of a WWII U-boat officer, who had tears in his eyes as he spoke of our president John
Kennedy. To this day my preferred first time entrance to a city is by sea.

So hows your Italian? During my first class cruise we stopped for a couple of days in Palermo, Sicily. I had struggled through high
school Latin and two years of Italian classes so I was surprised to see how well I was able to communicate with the local folks. En-
couraged by this success, I more boldly displayed my skills in Naples, but the results were not as satisfying. When we went further
north to Genoa, the locals told me to stop speaking Italian because I sounded like a Sicilian. It was hurtful advice but I learned some-
thing about Italian regionalism and, for the first time, I knew the origin of my Italian professor.
Obtained a MS in Naval Architecture from the University of Michigan and a MBA from the University of California, Irvine.
Service Awards
Navy Achievement, Special Expeditionary
I grew up in a small northern Michigan town with no known relative who had previously served in the US Navy. At the urging of my
high school superintendent, I learned about Annapolis and decided to apply for a congressional appointment. I had a genuine thirst
for knowledge, enjoyed competition, loved boats and had a burning desire to travel what better opportunity for fulfillment than the
Naval Academy!

I found challenge in every aspect of the academy. Through the experience of being surrounded by people with high standards and
unlimited talent, we were forced to measure ourselves and become the best we could be in sports, academics, leadership, friendship
and citizenship. Although the Academy was the first of many varied chapters in my life, it has provided a compass for all that fol-
lowed.
Summary
Naval Academy preparations, followed by Navy nuclear power training and duty aboard the USS Sargo (SSN-583) gave me the tools
for a lifetime of learning and tackling challenging tasks. In the early years the work was mostly technical, then organizational and,
finally, business and entrepreneurial. My work has included nuclear plant engineering & construction, leading international teams in
another language, building an ocean-going sailboat, creating-owning-operating infrastructure for sustainable energy, water and agri-
culture.
The Academy lived up to its full billing and did not disappoint. It provided rich experiences, lasting friendships and lessons for a
healthy, happy and productive life. Melissa and I have shared home and road together since 1967. We have four sons with wonder-
ful families, including six grandchildren. Our travels have taken us from Maryland to Massachusetts, Connecticut, Hawaii, Michi-
gan, California (twice), Spain (twice) and back to Maryland again.
Thanks to good health, interesting and satisfying work, and a patient spouse, plans for retirement remain undefined. Ill report on
retirement life when we gather again in 25 years. For the time being we plan to stay in Maryland and continue exploring the Chesa-
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peake aboard s/v Melissa Claire with regular shore-bound travels and visits with family and friends.
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John Ronald (Volks) Volker
John (Volks) came to us from the Chilean Naval Academy. He and Peruvian Midshipman Ju-
lio Giannotti added some international flavor to our ragtag group of U.S. born Midshipmen.
John had spent two and a half years at the Chilean Naval
Academy.
After Graduation he returned to the Chilean Navy where

he served on board several Chilean Navy vessels in the
Engineering department. In 1975 he returned to the USA
to the MIT where he graduated as a Naval Architect and
Marine Engineer. He returned to serve duty in the Chil-
ean Naval Shipyards both at home and in Germany.
John retired as a Captain in 1995. After retirement he
founded and still operates a Construction and Engineer-
ing Company.
John and wife Maria Angelica are celebrating their 45th

anniversary this year; they have five children and eleven
grandchildren. Their son Andres was born during their stay at MIT, is a US citizen and has
lived in San Diego, CA for some years now.
In the last ten years, John has occasionally traded emails with Classmates and John is fond of
sending jokes to his many friends. John and Maria Angelica will hopefully be able to attend the
50th Reunion.
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E. Robert (Bob) Wagner
Midshipman E. Robert Wagner came to us from the state of New York. Bob joined the 12 th
Company and the Class of 67 at the beginning of the 1963 academic year, our Plebe year. Bob
had undergone the rigors of Plebe year with 66; so he was exempt from the usual Plebe exer-
cises.
Bob was not with us long. In February 1964, Bob was killed in a tragic auto accident near
Corning, NY. In the time he was with us, we came to recognize his leadership and athletic
skills.
Bob was a handsome, athletic young man; easy to like. He was helpful to his Classmates and
gave good advice on how to handle the rigors of Plebe year and navigate the academic Rocks
and Shoals. He was one of our Company's natural leaders. His death was the low point for
many of us in our first year at the Academy --the darkest point in Februarys dark ages. He left
us many years too early but we remember him with great appreciation and admiration. The 12th
Company split into the 17th and 18th Companies at the end of Plebe year. We in the 17 th Com-
pany are proud to claim him as one of our own and to honor his memory.
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Thomas J. (Tom) Waller
I came to USNA in June 1963 right after high school in Richmond, CA (San Francisco Bay
Area). After USNA graduation, I attended Georgia Tech in Atlanta and earned a Masters de-
gree in Mechanical Engineering. Then off to see Rickover and
join the nuclear submarine navy. Nuc school at Mare Island
(back home to the Bay Area) was followed by land-based
training in Idaho. It was there that I met Susan and we married
just a few months later. (Moved more quickly in those days!)
Following training in Idaho, I went to submarine school and to
my first shipboard assignment on the George Washington
Carver, a boomer based out of Rota, then Holy Loch. I made
four patrols on Carver and then got shore duty at nuc school in
Mare Island (back home again).
After completion of Engineer Officer qualification, my second

shipboard assignment was with the John Adams, a boomer in
overhaul at the Portsmouth, NH shipyard. And then it was
family decision time!
After nine years of commissioned service, I made the change to civilian life from subs to
suds, joining Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, WI. It was an exciting time at Miller
and I was able to make frequent management moves to diversify experiences, including manu-
facturing, sales, marketing, international business development, and strategic planning. Later
career moves involved consulting and technology services.
Along the way, Susan and I had three beautiful kids (Michael, Caroline, and Lauren) and now
there are four grandkids. After Susans and my marriage ended (1999), I married again (2015).
Her name is Tanya. She emigrated from Russia 25 years ago and became a USA citizen. We
still live here in the Bay Area (Hercules) so yall come see us!
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Thomas M. Apple
Service History
USAF ROTC, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1962-1963
Graduated USNA 6/7/1967
Naval Aviation Training, jet pipeline obtained my wings November 1968
NAS Mirramar, VF-124 F8 Crusader Replacement Air Group, January/
February 1969
VC-4 Det Cecil, Jacksonville, Florida F8/A4/US2B pilot/communications
officer, operations officer, March 1969-Nov 1970
NAF CRB DET TSN, Saigon, South Viet Nam C117D pilot & maintenance
quality assurance officer, January 1971-November 1971
Primary operations in the Mekong Delta, with twice a week flights
as a copilot on C1As belonging to the NAVFORV staff flying up
through Da Nang, Pleiku, Cam Rahn Bay and out to Yankee Station.
NAS Kingsville, Texas Station admin officer, January-May 1972
Left active duty for reserves, May 31, 1972, NAS Dallas, Texas
Transferred to NAS Glenview, Illinois, March 1973
Resigned reserve commission in 1975
Pilot for American Airlines 1973-2003 B727, MD80, B777, based at Chicago OHare,
La Guardia, NY, Baltimore-Washington, and DFW Texas.
Furloughed 1974-1975, attended grad school (no degree) and worked as a manager
in a restaurant, a baggage handler at DFW for AA, then an accounting clerk for
AA until recall in late 1975.

A combined family. My wife Sandy and I have six children, ten
grandchildren, and four great grandchildren, spread from one coast to the other..
Loving retirement (Retired one year early.) and enjoying the leisure time it provides. To my surprise, I found that I enjoyed cruising
and we try to take at least one cruise per year.

Probably the most vivid memory, aside from the great friends I met, was plebe year. My first class after the noon meal was German.
As our instructor, Herr Korvetten (sp?) Pater, a no nonsense German Naval Officer, entered the room, we sprang to attention.
Standing before us, he announced, Mein Gott, they hafe assassinated Kennedy! Class dismissed! And that was the way we
learned of the JFK assassination!
Next on my list would probably be the day that my roommate Art Meinhold and I were spooned by our firsties (also roomies). As
nearly as I can recall, we were the first two plebes to be so honored in our company (the old 12th). It was particularly significant to
me as my firstie was from Brooklyn and Arts was from New York. Given the JFK assassination in Dallas (my hometown) and that
SMU (also Dallas) was the only team that beat us in football during the regular season that year, it was quite a pleasant surprise.

Plebe Summer. President Kennedy arrived at the Academy to address the new midshipmen, class of 1967. We were sternly admon-
ished by the Segundos that we would, under no circumstance, break rigid attention. After the Supe introduced the President, he

stepped to podium and announced, Stand at ease. Fearing the second class more than the Commander in Chief, we remained at
rigid attention. Turning to the Supe, JFK remarked something to the effect, I guess they havent gotten that far in the program yet.
BS, Aerospace Engineering, USNA 1967
Athletic
Rowed crew (8 oared) plebe and youngster years.
Service/USNA Awards
Air Medal (3)
Viet Nam Campaign Medal w/Device (1960)
Viet Nam Service Medal w/Bronze Star
Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon w/Bronze S

Aviator Wings
My Dad was an ex-USAAF B-24 Liberator pilot (WW II) and an airline pilot. I decided
the summer before the seventh grade that I wanted to be a pilot and asked for his
advice for achieving the same. He told me I could learn to fly as a civilian or as a
military man; the difference being that as a civilian, I would have to pay for my training,
while as a military man, the military would pay for it. Then, toward the end of the
seventh grade, the USAFA graduated their first class, I determined to attend the
school in Colorado Springs. Ironically, I didnt get an appointment after high school
graduation and turned down one to Annapolis! After a year at the University of Texas
and Air Force ROTC, I wised up and accepted an alternates appointment to Annapolis. In retrospect, that was the best choice I
could have possibly made!

Yes. The Academy was very much what I anticipated and an experience that Im
proud to have had. The same is true for my active duty service, and, had the detailers,
just once, given me the orders theyd promised, I might very well have stayed in and
attempted to make a lifes career of Naval service.
Summary
Having decided to pursue a career in aviation, upon the advice of my Dad (airline pilot/ex-USAAF bomber pilot), I wanted to enter
the Air Force; shifting my goal to the Air Force Academy when they graduated their first class. Winding up at Annapolis was the
best thing that could have happened to me. The experiences at the Academy, the friends I made there, my experiences I had on ac-
tive duty, and, again, the friends I made there are some of the best of my life. As I had decided at the age of twelve, I did, after leav-
ing the Navy in 1972, pursue a career in aviation, and flew for American Airlines from 1972-2002. Retired, with my beautiful bride
Sandy by my side, were enjoying the leisure time for travel independently and with friends as well as visiting our six kids, ten
grandkids, and four great-grandkids that are spread out up and own both coasts (for the most part).
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Service History
July 1967-June1969 USS RENSHAW (DD499) Gunnery Officer and Navigator, Pearl Harbor Hawaii and WESTPAC
July 1969 - July1970 USS BENEWAH (ABP35) Weapons Officer, Mekong Delta into Cambodia
August 1970- September 1973 Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
October 1973 - March 1974 Destroyer Department Head Course, Newport,
Rhode Island
May 1974 October 1976 USS ROBERT E. PEARY (FF1073) Weapons Offi-
cer, Pearl Harbor and WESTPAC
November 1976 December 1978 Geodetic Survey Squadron, F.E. Warren
AFB, Cheyenne WY Navy Liaison and Executive Officer
January 1979 December 1979, Oceanographic Unit FOUR embarked in
USNS CHAUVENET (TAGS-29), Commanding Officer,
Straits of Makassar, Indonesia
January 1980 September 1982 Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center, Mon-
terey CA,
October 1982 June 1984 DMA Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda
MD, Acting Director Hydrographic Division
July 1984 April 1986 U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., Deputy
Superintendent
June 1986 June 1989 Naval Oceanography Command Facility, Cubi Point, Philippines, Commanding Officer
July 1989 June 1972 Naval Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS, Assistant Chief of Staff
July 1992 July 1995 DMA Headquarters, Fairfax, VA
After graduation I served two surface warfare tours then attended the Postgraduate School where I earned my M.S. in oceanography.
This was followed by my destroyer department head tour and then a pay back assignment to the Air Forces Geodetic Survey
Squadron where I found myself as the only active duty naval officer in the state of Wyoming. My license plate read NAVY. At
this point in my career I transferred to the restricted line as a Naval Oceanographer. I spent the reminder of my career in various
mapping and charting jobs with the Naval Oceanography Command and Defense Mapping Agency with a weather command tour in
Cubi Point.

I was the deputy superintendent of the Naval Observatory in 1986 during the return of Halleys Comet. Among the dignitaries who
came to view the comet were members of the cabinet and Vice President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara who also resided
on the observatory grounds. Also, since the observatory is located next to the British Embassy and we had a helo pad for the vice
president, when Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited Washington, they landed at the observatory.

I met Jill, originally from Canada, while attending postgraduate school. We were married in Monterey and have two children, a son
who is not married and our daughter who has given us to wonderful grandchildren.
After I retired in 1995, I started a second career with the state of Oregon as the director of facilities at the Oregon State Capitol. I
thoroughly enjoyed the job until I fully retired four years ago. I now serve as an elected fire district director, serve on several volun-
teer boards and am the Blue and Gold Officer for this area.

Being part of the only plebe class to be addressed by the President of the United States. Sailing the Shields slopes in the afternoons
and the weekend regattas. Receiving my first salute as an ensign from my father..

At the end of second class year I was in academic trouble (as usual), but was preparing to go to a national Shields regatta. I received
a personal note from the academic dean telling me I could not attend. I called the deans office and left a message asking to discuss
the situation. Within five minutes I was before the Battalion Officer with my Company Officer having the chain of command ex-

plained in no uncertain terms.
Awards Received
Master of Science in Oceanography
Athletic
Sailing N
Service/USNA Awards
Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation
Medal, Navy Commendation with V, Combat Action Ribbon, other service, unit, and campaign medals and ribbons.

I needed financial assistance to attend college, so I applied to USNA and several engineering schools with NROTC programs. I was-
nt certain that I would pursue a career in the Navy, but knew that USNA would give me the best preparation if I wanted that choice.

Absolutely, plebe year in the color company is an experience I would not want to repeat, but would give the world not to have
missed. I know of no other institutions other than the academies that form the lasting relationships of plebe summer. The preparation
we received for a career in the naval service was second to none. I always found it amusing that after joining the fleet as an ensign
and then j.g. that I was referred to as a lifer.
Summary
After graduation, I was assigned to an old WWII destroyer with an outstanding skipper who let us conn during all evolutions. That
fantastic tour was followed by a year in the Mekong Delta serving as weapons officer on the mother ship for the Mobile Riverine
Force. I then went to the Naval Postgraduate School, where I met and married my Canadian girl, Jill. After getting my M.S., orders
to Destroyer School in the middle of winter in Rhode Island was followed by a department head tour on a frigate out of Pearl Harbor.
My reward for back to back deployments was being assigned to a unique Air Force squadron in Cheyenne Wyoming that con-
ducted precise geodetic surveys for the ICBMs and the initial points for ballistic missile submarines. During this assignment I trans-
ferred to the restricted line as an oceanographer. Having been given a fresh caught OOD(F), my new detailer sent me to command
an oceanographic unit operating from the USNS Chauvenet in Indonesia. That was the last time I went to sea, I spent the remainder
of my career in various jobs involving map and chart production with the Defense Mapping Agency and duties with the Naval
Oceanography Command with one more command tour at Cubi Point.
We have been living in Salem since 1995, where for 15 years I was director of facilities at the Oregon State Capitol. During the in-
terview for that job, one of the legislators told the board after I left, You have a chance to hire a Naval Academy captain, dont blow
it.
Jill and I have two grown children, Chad who lives in Reno and is single and Kristin who got married and lives here so that we see
our two grandchildren almost daily.
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Service History
Naval Aviation Training Command; 7/67 8/68; Pensacola & Corpus Christi; P-3 Type training, 9/68 5/69; NAS North Island &
NAS Moffett Field; VP-28, NAS Barbers Point, HI,5/69 10/69; VP-48, NAS Moffett Field, 10/69 4/72; USNPGS, Monterey,
CA, 4/72 3/74; VX-1, NAS Patuxent River, MD, 4/74 4/77; Naval Air Systems Command, Crystal City, VA, 4/77 6/79; Naval
Air Reserve Center, Minneapolis, MN, NAS Pt. Mugu 0178, 7/79 9/89; Naval Air Reserve, Norfolk, VA , Naval Aviation Depot
Norfolk, 10/89 10/94
General Business Services franchise, Minneapolis, MN 6/79 8/88;
Unisys Defense Systems/LORAL/Lockheed Martin. Eagan, MN 8/88 3/2010

The shock of going to the Naval Academy without ever having experienced military
life; followed by actually completing it in June 1967.

Married a nice Edina girl in June 1967. Her dad never let me forget that we lost all
three football games with them by a total of 7 points. Still together with two excel-
lent daughters, three grandkids. Grandson to be married in May, 2015, in Vegas.
One granddaughter in college at Valparaiso. One granddaughter about to begin mid-
dle school in Evanston, IL.
Flunking retirement serving as unpaid executive director of local nonprofit, and chairman of the Board of Trustees at the national
level. Seems a lot like work without the paycheck.

Remembering great friends. I remember changing companies for first class year, but quickly learning that the friends you have will
always be there.

I laughingly remember the bumper drills with the YPs. What a hoot. I also remember the lecture first class year on poetry in
Mahan hall. What a surprise that I can still remember John Ciardi giving that lecture.
Awards Received
Normal array of military awards for 27+ year career, including two command tours in the reserves.
MS Systems Acquisition Management, USNPGS, 3/74
Certified Financial Planner (CFP) 5/83
Service/USNA Awards
Meritorious Service Medal, 3 Air Medals,

Naval Aviator Wings
I accepted the appointment to the academy because it was something I was able to achieve entirely on my own. No one in my family
had been in the service, and we had no political connections. I was honestly not sure what to expect or gain, but I knew I wanted to
fly and the academy offered me that opportunity.

My superficial expectations were easily met. What I did not appreciate then was how it would change me as a person. That has been
revealed over time. I provided me with a real sense of purpose, an appreciation of what leadership means, and true ethical behavior.

Summary
I cannot speak too highly of the academy experience for me. It has been a thrill when I have gotten to return to the yard and take in
the accumulated history embodied there. My next thought is that I can claim a small piece of it. It profoundly changed my world
view, and gave me a real sense of where I fit in. I highly value the relationships made over the 27+ years of service, and the perspec-
tive those years have given me. I know more than ever the value of working with a team, and the honor it is to be looked upon as the
team leader. I am now trying to lead a nonprofit, and find the lessons learned still seem to apply. I miss being closer to the popula-
tion of classmates such as is in DC or San Diego, but I keep up with as much as I can from the frozen tundra of Minnesota. To say
this is a true fraternity is no understatement. We are all brothers with a shared family experience. I am pleased and proud to be a
small part of it.
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Curtis J Cowgill III

Service History:
JUL 1967- FEB 1969 Nuclear Power Training Bainbridge, Md and Windsor, CT and Submarine School New London, CT
FEB 1969 May 1972 USS Nathan Hale (SSBN) 623 New London Ct and Pearl Harbor Hawaii
June 1972- Jan 1975 USS Daniel Webster (SSBN) 626 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Engineer Officer)
FEB 1975 FEB 1977 USS Gato (SSN 615) New London, Ct.
FEB 1977 FEB 1979 USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN) 633 New London Ct.
FEB 1979 Separated from active duty.
Following my separation from the Navy, I worked
at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the re-
mainder of my working career. I was a projects
Branch Chief
And I was privileged to be involved in several sig-
nificant projects along the way. My training and
education certainly helped me succeed and I believe
make a difference.

I spent time immediately following the Three Mile
Island Reactor Accident at the site evaluating sys-
tem integrity. This required preparing for and enter-
ing some highly contaminated portions of the plant.
Combining my military and post military travel, I

have traveled north of the Arctic Circle, across the
Equator several times, through the Panama Canal,
across the international dateline, through the
Straights of Magellan, and south of the Antarctic
Circle-all onboard ships.
I met my wife in 1984 and we have had a grand time since.
I made a 30 day voyage into the Ross Sea in January of 2014 and it was an exciting trip that fulfilled a lifelong dream. My problem
is now I want to go back.

Carolyn and I were married July 1985. She was an educator, specializing in learning disabled children and English as a Second
Language. She managed the English as a Second Language program at a suburban New Jersey school district for 30 years. She was
very good at what she did and friends continue to consult with her about how to help their children and grandchildren.
Carolyn has one daughter and we have three grandchildren ages 17, 15 and 5. Elinor graduated with high honors from Rutgers Uni-
versity with a degree in Nursing. Her husband is a physician, who is board certified in emergency room medicine and toxicology. He
served as a Navy Doc for 12 years and is now an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
We are taking the two girls to Italy for two weeks this summer (2015).
I am having a great
time in retirement. Carolyn and I are heavily involved in community activities and volunteer service.
Carolyn volunteers with Art Goes to School, bringing art into the classroom for elementary students. As an active part of an advo-
cacy coalition, she informs and persuades PA state legislators to pass bills helping women and families to become economically self-
sufficient. Carolyn serves on two boards focusing on raising awareness and funding for women and girls around the globe.

I tutored math at a local high school for 12 years and I continue to greet students that I worked with around the community.
I have served on several local non-profit boards: a community symphony orchestra, a foundation supporting the symphony, a local
community theater, a local community action organization, a semi-professional choral society, and my local YMCA. I served as
president for the symphony and symphony foundation and I am on the executive committee for my Y. In addition, I do volunteer
work for several other groups. In my spare time I participate annually with a team that interviews USNA candidates for my district
member of Congress.
Carolyn and I have travelled all over the world together exploring cultures and photographing the people, scenery and wildlife. Some
exotic destinations include, Kenya, Botswana, Costa Rica, the Galapagos, Antarctica, many places in the US and Canada, Turkey,
Crete, Cyprus, Bhutan, and several European countries. She met me in New Zealand when I returned from my voyage to Antarctica.
Photography has been an outstanding hobby. It has lead me to shoot pro-football at the legendary Lambeau Field in Greenbay, WS;
a mother grizzly with her cubs in Alaska; and ice tongues in Antarctica. I have taught classes and lead photography trips. I have just
completed photographing 300 families for a church directory. I have spent numerous hours photographing charity events including
the annual Manion Foundation Run which supports Wounded Warriors. All those volunteer hours have been work but mostly fun!

My first sight of the yard was certainly one vivid memory It was awesome and just a little frightening at the same time. I felt honored
to get here. I remember the President Kennedy plebe summer and the second class giving us a hard time after he left for not standing
at ease.

We filled a shower with shaving cream and then put it in plastic bags. We tossed the bags out of plebe windows on the fourth floor
along with lit cherry bombs into the parking lot to create a snow storm.

Submarine Dolphins
I had a desire to attend a service academy from the age of ten. I wanted to fly jets off Aircraft Carriers and serve my country. I ended
up selecting Nuclear Power training. This choice ultimately shaped my lifes direction and I am happy where it has led me.

I found the life challenging and at times a bit overwhelming. I did not choose the branch of service that I thought I would when I
entered, but nuclear training and the submarine service prepared me well for my post Navy career. I make use of the skills and disci-
pline I learned in many of the activities I do now.
I am extremely proud and feel very fortunate to have been a part of the Naval
Academy and Navy.
Summary
Curtis Cowgill is an award winning amateur photographer specializing in nature
and wildlife photography. These interests have informed his world-wide travel.
His images have been published in newspapers, magazines, church directories,

educational pamphlets, Philadelphia Zoo publications and books. He has written
several photo essays published in a local newspaper. He has photographed exten-
sively in national parks and wildlife refuges, on the northeastern and western
coasts of the United States as well as in Canada, England, Wales, France, Italy,
Austria, Costa Rica, Botswana, Kenya, Galapagos Islands, Bhutan, Antarctica and
the Eastern Mediterranean.
He resides in Doylestown, Pennsylvania where he is a community volunteer with

the Doylestown Hospital, the Mercer Historical Society, and St. Paul's Lutheran
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Church. He is currently on the board of the Central Bucks Family YMCA where he is on the executive committee. He served on the
Bucks County Symphony Board where he was president for 3 years. He is currently president of the Bucks County Symphony Foun-
dation Board. He also serves on the boards of the Bucks County Choral Society and Bucks County Opportunity Council.
After graduating from the United States Naval Academy, he served in the Navy Nuclear Submarine Force from 1967 to 1979, and
subsequently, worked as a nuclear engineer at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission until his retirement in 2002.
He is married to Carolyn Cowgill. She is a retired educator.

Gerald E. (Jerry) Daniels

Service History
JUL 1967- FEB 1969 Nuclear Power Training Vallejo, CA and Windsor, CT and Submarine School New London,CT
FEB 1969 JAN 1971 USS John Adams (SSBN 620) Bremerton, WA and
Pearl Harbor, HI (Division Officer assignments)
JAN 1971 JAN 1973 USS Archerfish (SSN 678) New London, CT
(Weapons Officer)
JAN 1973 JUL 1975 Olmsted Scholar Program; Defense language Institute
Anacostia, VA and University of Munich, Germany
JUL 1975 OCT 1978 USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609) Pearl Harbor, HI
(Engineering Officer)
OCT 1978 NOV 1979 CINCPACFLT Nuclear Propulsion Examining
Board
NOV 1979 Separated from active duty and joined Naval Reserve in St. Louis,
MO.
Retired as a Captain, USNR
Joined McDonnell Douglas (later merged with Boeing) as an engineer in No-
vember 1979. Led several Submarine Launched Harpoon missile programs
for international customers. Served as program manager for the development
of the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and then was program manager
for the development and initial production years of the F/A-18 E/F Super
Hornet. I then led all Navy/Marine Corps programs for Boeing (F/A-18, V-22,
T-45, AV-8 and Harpoon/SLAM). Became CEO/President of Boeing Military Aircraft and Missiles in 2000. Retired from Boeing
in 2003 and became CEO and Vice Chairman of Engineered Support Systems, Inc. Retired again in 2004.

Both my time on active duty, but even more so my civilian career, allowed me to travel all over the world. I was fortunate enough to
do business with and make friends with people of many cultures. It was an education that I will always treasure. And it made me
realize how fortunate we are to live in the USA.

Ten days after graduation, I married my high school sweetheart, Mary Beth. Our daughter, Stacy, was born in 1968 at the Sub Base
in New London and our son, Matt, in 1973 at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Stacy and her husband and our four grandkids live in San
Antonio. Matt and his wife live in St. Louis.
After retiring from business, Mary Beth and I have devoted our efforts to several boards, volunteer work and enjoying four grand-
children. I have been on a number of business boards as well as the boards of Saint Louis University, St. Louis Science Center, BJC
Health Care and several other nonprofit/charitable organizations. Mary Beth is on the board of the St. Louis Art Museum and the
Missouri History Museum and volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House. I play golf and we try to get to our place in Destin, Flor-
ida several times a year to enjoy the beach.

I was and I remain extremely proud of just being there.
I was overwhelmed by the intelligence and talents of my classmates.

Jimmy Slaughter rewiring the elevator and shooting flaming tennis balls at the 8 th wing.
Tim Hoffman (9th company) and I taking on the townies one Saturday night.
Tea parties!
My interview with VADM Rickover.
Awards Received
Named Honorary Marine By General James Jones, Commandant of the Marine Corp in 2012 for my efforts on the V-22 Osprey
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aircraft development.
Olmsted Scholar University of Munich 1973-1975
MA (International Relations) University of Southern California
Athletic:
My prowess on the golf course has not been given the recognition it deserves (Or maybe it hasnt L)
Service/USNA Awards
Navy Achievement Medal (3); Navy Commendation Medal (2); Meritorious Unit commendation

Submariner Dolphins
USNA was a chance for me to break out. I was always in awe of the prestige of Annapolis and West Point. I wanted to serve.
They were about the only colleges my family could afford. I wanted to make a life for myself and my future family and I wanted to
feel like I was doing something that made a difference.

The USNA experience gave me everything I had hoped for. It broadened my horizons and my thinking. I felt that my service on
submarines was invaluable to me and to the country. It set me up for a wonderful career in aerospace/defense where I could go to
work every day feeling like I was really making a difference.
Summary
I married my high school sweetheart 10 days after graduation. I am proud to say that Mary Beth and I are still married, healthy and
happy together. We raised two children and now have four grandchildren. My active duty Naval career lasted 12 years as a proud
member of the submarine service on USS John Adams, USS Archerfish, USS Sam Houston, CINCPACFLT Nuclear Propulsion
Examining Board and a tour in Germany as an Olmsted Scholar.
In late 1979 I transitioned to civilian life and the Naval Reserve. I worked for McDonnell Douglas/Boeing for over 23 years where I
was honored to be part of the development and production of some of the aircraft and weapon systems that keep our Navy/Marine
Corps team safe and powerful. I consider the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the V-22 Osprey as two of my most challenging and
satisfying efforts. Those years also allowed me to work with and learn from the leaders of our defense establishment and allied navy
and air forces all over the globe. In 2002 I was named an Honorary Marine by Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Jim Jones.
I retired from Boeing in 2003 as CEO of Boeing Military Aircraft and Missiles. After a brief stint as CEO and Vice Chairman of
Engineered Support Systems, Inc., I retired a second time in 2004.
Since retirement, Mary Beth and I have tried to give back to our community by serving as board members and/or volunteers for
many wonderful organizations in the St. Louis area, including Saint Louis University, the St. Louis Science Center and the St. Louis
Art Museum. Mary Beth volunteers regularly at the local Ronald McDonald House.

Thomas R. (Tom) Decker

Service History
1962-1964: USNA Class of 1966 24th/35th company
1964-1967: USNA Class of 1967 18th company
1967 summer: YP instructor
1967-68 flight school VT-1, VT3, VT5, VT27 Wings Oct 1968.
1968-70 Flight Instructor VT27 NAS Corpus Christi
1970-73 VS 31 NAS Quonset Point, RI/ USS Intrepid, S-2 Pilot
1973-75 Monterey CA Graduate School
1975-78 Commander Third Fleet N-3 Staff Officer
!978-79 VS-41 Fleet Replacement Squadron Jet Transition
1980-82 VS-30 NAS Cecil Field Jacksonville, FL S-3 Pilot
1982-85 OP-643 Pentagon Washington, DC Staff officer
1985-87 Joint Staff N64 Staff Officer NATO Coordination
Retired October 1987
I worked fourteen years as a contractor outside the beltway and retired from
Northrup Grumman in 2002.

Flying off the USS Intrepid above the Arctic Circle in 27 foot seas chasing Soviet era submarines.
During SURTASS test and evaluation in the Pacific, listening to Soviet subs start up in Vladivostok from Hawaii.

First wife married in the chapel 6/7/67 Two sons, three grandsons. Divorced in 1987. Married second wife of 28 years and have one
son and three grandsons. Should have met this one in 1964.
Life is good here on the Chesapeake. My sailboat is in the back yard and I am on the Bridge of the Yacht club. Few stoplights nearby
and the life is pleasant.

Sitting class when it was announced that Kennedy had been shot.
Marching in JFKs funeral Procession.
Being the 50th member in front of the academic board watching 49 in front of me getting the boot.
Rooming with John Lay and Bob Torres as the third wheel.

Watching Canoe races in the hallways of mother B.
Bachelor Science USNA with Minor in Management and Far Eastern Relations
MS in Systems Technology (ASW) Naval Post Graduate School
Athletic
NRA All American Pistol 1966 and 1967
Two N Stars
Service/USNA Awards
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal,
Meritorious Unit Commendation, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Distinguished Expert Pistol Medal, Distinguished Expert Rifle
Medal

Aviator Wings
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Joint Staff Insignia
Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending? and
My Father was a career enlisted Navy man and he steered me into a life of service for my country. I had always wanted to fly and the
academy provided a means to an end. A chance dinner with Wilber Mills of the House Ways and Means Committee and I had an
Appointment to the academy. Little did I know of the challenges ahead? I was very naive in term of the politics and the required
study habits that would be required. Thankfully I was given the opportunity to finish my study by an admiral who saw something in
me that I did not know I had.
Summary
I knew that I wanted to fly by the age of twelve. I tried to obtain an appointment to the Air Force Academy while my father was still
in the Navy in California. I was given a second alternate which did not get me in that year after high school. My Father retired and
went back to Arkansas to take care of his Mother on the family farm and the rest is history. A letter came to the junior college that I
was attending stating that I was to report to Millington, Tennessee for a physical for the Naval Academy. I loved carrier aviation. I
could not get enough traps. I even beat out the F-4s for landing grades at one at sea period. My last six years in the pentagon were
not the best. It did give me the opportunity to make a second career in the messaging world. I managed data link, character message
standards for the US and NATO for almost twenty years. Somebody had to do it.

David A. (Dave) Garner
Service History
Naval aviation training immediately after graduation VA-122 RAG Lemoore CA from Jan 1969 to Sept 1969 VA-146 from Sept
1969 to March 1972 with WESTPAC cruises on both USS America and USS Constellation during that period Assigned as an in-
structor pilot at LAW (light attack weapons) school in Lemoore from April 1972 until
Aug 1973 when I left the Navy
Moved to Reno NV and opened a specialty sporting goods store with two partners in the
fall of 1973.

Married Tracy Panzarella in 1988 Son Patrick was born in 1989 He now lives in San
Clemente, CA and is a civil engineer. Daughter Kate was born in 1990 She lives in
Costa Mesa, CA and is a teacher/nutritional specialist Divorced in1994 Began dating
my loving companion and significant other, Mindy Lisosky, in 2012
Retired from the sporting goods business in 2014 after nearly forty-two years. Cherish-
ing the time spent with the extended family and a wonderful group of friends. Trying to
stay healthy by traveling, skiing, bike riding, and golfing. I find I need to occasionally
tune up my skiing skills by taking a clinic from Bill Goodwin, our 18th Co classmate
and currently a certified level 2 PSIA ski instructor at the Northstar resort in nearby
Truckee, CA.

The towering, violent thunderstorms with accompanying torrential downpours that would sweep across the Severn River toward the
Yard.

Watching Jim Slaughter try to launch various homemade flying contraptions from his 6th wing, top deck window Some flew, many
didn't .
Awards Received
Half dozen or so of the usual Vietnam era medals
Athletic
Member of the 1964 NCAA championship soccer team
Service/USNA Awards
Aviators wings
1. Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending"
. Watched "Men of Annapolis" TV series as a young lad and thought it looked pretty cool

The academy experience exceeded my expectations in so many ways It provided the solid foundation for the rest of my life.
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Summary
After receiving my "wings of gold" I was assigned to VA-122 in Lemoore and subsequently to VA-146 flying A-7E's. Cruises to
WESTPAC aboard America and then Constellation from 1969-1972 completed my fleet tour of duty. My final assignment was as a
LAWS (light attack weapons school) flight instructor from April 1972 to August 1973.
After leaving the Navy in 1973, I moved to Reno to open a specialty sporting goods store with another naval aviator and his
wife. After forty one years of excitement as president and CEO, I retired in 2014. Along the way, my former wife, Tracy, and I had
two wonderful kids, Patrick and Kate. Patrick, now 26, lives in San Clemente, CA and works as a civil engineer. Kate, 25, is a
teacher and nutritional specialist living in Costa Mesa, CA.
Retired life has gone smoothly with the capable assistance of my loving companion and significant other, Mindy Lisosky. I'm cher-
ishing the time spent with my extended family and wonderful friends. Traveling, and trying to stay healthy by skiing, riding, golf-
ing, and hiking take up a significant part of my time. Occasionally I tune up my skiing skills with a free lesson from our classmate,
Bill Goodwin. Looking back at the Naval Academy experience, I recall everything from gut wrenching frustration to exhilarating
satisfaction facing the incredible challenges posed every day. But the most indelible memories were provided by the incredible group
of young men who were members of the brigade of midshipmen , and specifically our class of 1967. I appreciate more and more the
solid foundation that experience provided with every passing year.

David Louis Gentile

Service History (Short version)
1963-1967 USNA (2nd/18th Company)
1967-1968 Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD
1968 Nuclear Prototype Training, D1G, West Milton, NY
1968 Submarine School, New London, CN
1969-1971 USS James Monroe (SSBN 622) Overhaul in Charleston, SC, tran-
sit through Panama Canal to Hawaii, station in Hawaii with patrols
out of Guam.
1971-1973 Director Reactor Plant Technology, Nuclear Power School, Mare
Island, CA
1973 Inertial Navigation School, Damn Neck, VA
1973-1977 USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN 602 Blue) Overhaul in Mare Island,
CA then stationed in Hawaii with patrols out of Guam.
1977-1978 USS Puffer (SSN 652) station in Hawaii and then in overhaul in
Bremerton, WA
1978-1980 USS Nimitz (CVN 68) station in Norfolk, VA
1981-1983 Senior Officer Material Readiness School (SOMRC) near Idaho
Falls, ID
1984-1987 Director Steam Training, Engineering Systems School, Great Lakes
NTC, IL
My History (Long version)

Since eighth grade my goal in life had been to be an officer in and eventually
command a submarine. That is why I attended the Naval Academy and se-
lected submarines for my career.
After graduation I went through Nuclear Power School in Maryland, Nuclear Prototype D1G in New York and Submarine School.
My first submarine was the USS James Monroe (SSBN 622 Gold). I started that tour in overhaul in Charleston but then went
through the Panama Canal to Hawaii. Then I did a tour as Director of Reactor Plant Technology, Nuclear Power School, Mare Is-
land, CA where I completed my Nuclear Engineer Qualifications and was involved in a course change. At that time the submarine
service was extremely short of Nuclear Engineers and my only choice for my next assignment was to be Cheng on a submarine. But
I wanted to move forward to NAV/OPs. Thinking that detailers only assign billets in a crisis mode without any advanced planning, I
delayed my rotation date a few months to exactly correspond to just before an Inertial Navigation Course that convened only three
times a year. I figured that the detailer had to fill those billets in a crisis mode and I was correct. I then became NAV/OPs of the
Abraham Lincoln (SSBN 602 Blue) (That was when it was a submarine and had not grown up to be an aircraft carrier.) I attended
Inertial Navigation Course in Damn Neck, VA and the Navigator portion of the Submarine Department Head School in New Lon-
don, CN. Again I started that tour in overhaul, this time in Mare Island, but then went to Hawaii with patrols out of Guam. During
this tour we had a crisis involving the Ship Inertial Navigation Systems (SINS) in the Navigation center that should have caused 1-2
days of down time for missile coverage. Using my knowledge of the math from USNA and of the SINS from Damn Neck I calcu-
lated the needed heading fix, convince the CO it would be good, and logged it within 15 minutes. Naturally our patrol was then au-
dited by someone with a number of doctoral degrees in mathematics. They said that what I did was never considered possible but
was technically correct. In addition, my mathematics was correct and later data proved that my heading input would have put the
SINS in firing specification; so, we were in specifications for missile launch at all times. They just never thought a Naval Officer
capable of such mathematics. (Good old USNA proved them wrong.) My next tour was as NAV/OPs on the USS Puffer (SSN 652)
starting in Hawaii and then after a West Pacific deployment it went into overhaul in Bremerton, WA. For some reason, every sub-
marine on which I served stated with a 6 and ended with a 2.
We accompanied a Carrier Task Force deploying to West Pac to help everyone train, but also had a 50 HZ noise maker on our
back to reduce our advantage. I briefed the Operations Officer of the carrier and gave him a list of the lessons learned from the last
six such exercises. He totally ignored the list; so, we sunk the carrier eleven times in eleven exercises. The carrier CO did not know
he had lost every time and was furious when we had the brief in the Philippines. I gave the carrier CO a copy of the list and during
the one exercise we did after the brief they did everything on the list and won. During this tour I developed a serious case of psoriasis
and was medically disqualified from submarines. This was a low point in my life as I had lost my lifes goal of commanding a sub-
marine.
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I picked myself up and went surface nuclear as the Electrical Principal Assistant on the USS Nimitz (CVN 68). There I was the
Shipyard Coordinator for two 12 million dollar shipyard availabilities, was onboard for Operation Eagle Claw (The attempted rescue
of the embassy personal from Iran that failed because of poor decisions by the President.) and completed my Surface Warfare Quali-
fications. I also married Amy Torres in the ships chapel. The carrier was quite a change in management from submarines where
one knew everyone on the boat to the largest ship in the Navy where I had to manage three other officers, 12 Chiefs and 555 enlisted
men in 18 different shops. Things were actually in poor shape and we had a very important first Nimitz class INSERV Board in-
spection coming soon. So, I formed a four man team to inspect and report on OCR forms on every electrical problem on the ship but
they were not to fix a thing. Some of my chiefs initially had a small revolt. Six of my chiefs cornered me in the hallway about all
the forms they were getting on problems. Rather than just pull rank, I simply asked them three questions.
Were any of the problems reported in error? They said no.

Were the problems on equipment for which they were responsible? They said yes.
Then why didnt you already know about the problems?
You should have seen the sheepish looks on their faces as they apologized and asked me to please forget this meeting ever took
place. The next day I walked around and all my 18 shops were very busy. Over 90% of the problems were fixed before the INSERV
and the rest entered as pending in the CSMP. The INSERV Board Electrical portion was headed by a Captain and after three days he
reported that his team had not found a single problem that we did not already have documented in the CSMP. He had never heard of
this ever happening before.
Then I had the honor of being assigned as an instructor for the Senior Officer Ships Material Readiness Course (SOSMRC) near
Idaho Falls, ID where I submitted and followed through to completion two dozen changes to NSTM 220 and 221 on boiler water
chemistry and layups and created a new course for EOOWs/EDOs and Oil Kings on understanding boiler water logs.
I completed my career as Director of Steam Training and Great Lakes NTC, rewriting the MM/BT 6YO courses, helping develop the
Senior Enlisted Propulsion Engineering Course (SEPEC), completing my Masters in Education and retiring in October of 1987.
At that time I was again at a low point in my life as I developed severe psoriatic arthritis and over eight months two dozen of my
joints, mostly extremities (toes and fingers) were locked solid. Worst yet, the arthritis was progressing rapidly in all my joints. I was
given 3-5 years to live at which time all of my joints would be locked, I would be bed ridden, full of bed sores, having to eat with a
straw because my jaw would be locked shut. Then my ribs would slowly lockup and I would slowly suffocate. In the meantime my
internal organs and mind would be working fine. I would literally be trapped in a rigid body. My wife is a nurse and had patient in
the VA with that exact very advanced condition and was one of the few nurses who helped them as they were so full of bed sores. I
was very afraid I was soon to be in that condition. In spite of this psoriasis that disqualified me from submarines and the psoriatic
arthritis the Navy gave me a 0% disability rating. The day I retired I went to the VA and receive a 70% Disability rating. At the VA
I luckily found a competent doctor and the proper medication (Methotrexate) to help control and slowly reverse these conditions.
This is a strong medication used in chemotherapy. I was able to keep it at a low dosage with good effect and eventually restored
motion to most of my joints. Eventually, over 20 years this medication led to a number of blood clots in my lungs and I have now
shifted to Humira shots, which did not exist years ago and has less side effects. I am doing well.
After retirement in 1987 I worked both as an instructor and writer for various marine engineering projects. For the first two
years, I taught Propulsion Engineering Basics and Mechanical JOBs and rewrote the Mechanical Jobs curriculum at Great Lakes
NTC.
In 1989 I went to work for Technical Research and Development (TRD) working at home. My basement was the Lake Bluff office
for TRD. I headed up a team of 2-4 retired military personnel that creating training for the initial crew of the USS Arlie Burk,
DDG51 and the MCMs in Ingleside, TX. The team also created the Ship Information Books, Maintenance packages, training pack-
ages, and conducted the training in Morgan City, LA and Alexandria, Egypt for the crews of six Egyptian Mine Hunting vessels. My
wife got to come out to Egypt for ten days during this training. We did the same for many other new military and civilian vessels
until 1998 when funding was cut.
In December of 1998 I used my Navigator and USNA flag host training and went to work as a Testing Officer at Great Lakes NTC
for Quartermasters and Signalmen. I have since continued to work as a Testing Officer for these courses and many engineering
courses and as well as being an instructor for diesel engines and other marine engineering courses.
I am married to Amy Gentile, have one son and three stepsons, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. We love time with
our family and to travel and cruise both throughout America and the world.


Like everyone-Plebe year Army-Navy football and that goal line defense.
Moment, on way to math class, I heard of President Kennedys assassination.
Bowl game we lost in Texas, making us 2nd in the nation. Some friends call to harass me but then I simply asked them where
their college stood in the nation.
Youngster cruise in Northern Europe and how I got out in town at each port, including a side trip to Paris.
Late night runs down to the basement of the 2 nd wing for fresh baked break.
Helping my restricted roommate, Bill Frawley, see his fianc on weekends.
Second summer during our Marine training, when my roommate Jeff Young, was knocked off a rope on which were sliding
down and into a water/mud pit by a classmate. We threw the classmate into the pit for shafting his classmate. The Marine
Officer then made the mistaken order, Everyone into the pit! We followed that order to the T by throwing everyone,
including him and the other Marines present, into the mud pit.
Low flights by rented cars to and back from my parents home near Chicago.
I had taken first place in 2/3 of the meets on side-horse over my four years at USNA. The best of all was taking first place
against an Army side-horseman who tried to cheat and break my concentration by placing the pommels (handles) way off
center. I told him I would do it his way and then I still beat him. His two Army teammates than come up to me after I won
and thanked me heartily saying they were really glade I beat him. Then he came over and made a bet with me for an Army
Bathrobe concerning the next time we would compete at the Conference Championships. That Army Bathrobe is still hang-
ing in my closet.
Weekend visits with my girlfriend, who had convinced the hotel owner we were married. As things worked out we never did
marry but had lots of great times.
I chartered a Grey Hound bus to and back from Chicago for Christmas break my last year when one of the two airplane charters
fell through. I filled it up both ways and had my fianc ride with me on the way back. One plebe behind us asked the other
why I had a girl on the bus. The other knowledgeable stated, It is his bus! (The two years I was a Nuclear Power School
in Mare Island I chartered a DC-10 to Chicago and back and filled it too.)
Taking delivery of my first car (67 Pontiac GTO). It was burgundy, black interior, stick shift, 4-barrels, verb sonic speakers and
all blindingly one with the chrome when you opened the hood. When I first passed a car and looked back over my shoulder
to see if I was clear it wasnt even there. The car was way back.
After graduation I took off in my GTO with by younger brother and all of my worldly possessions for the Montreal World Fair.
My car was packed but when I saw two USNA Midshipmen hitch-hiking to the same place, we repacked everything and
squeezed them into the car. At the Fair the BOQ was full because of a NATO Officers meeting, but an admiral noted my
USNA ring showing his wife how it would be oriented with the class sea towards ones heart before graduation but after
graduation was worn with the USNA seal towards the heart. He asked me when I had graduated and I answered that I had
just graduated. He then told the manager of the BOQ to make sure we had a room. So, we had a room for the four of us for
the next few days.
Summary
Since I was 12 years old my goal in life had been to command a submarine. That is why I attended the Naval Academy. My first
submarine was the USS James Monroe (SSBN 622). Then I did tours as Director in Nuclear Power School, NAV/Ops on the Abra-
ham Lincoln (SSBN 602) and the USS Puffer (SSN 652). Unfortunately, I developed psoriasis and was medically disqualified from
submarines. This was a low point in my life as I had lost my lifes goal. I then went surface nuclear as the Electrical Principle As-
sistant on the USS Nimitz (CVN 68). There I was the Shipyard Coordinator for two 12 shipyard availabilities, did a nine month de-
ployment including Operation Eagle Claw and completed my Surface Warfare Qualifications. I had the honor of being assigned as
an instructor for the Senior Officer Ships Material Readiness Course where I made two dozen changes to NSTM 220 and 221 on
boiler water chemistry and layups and created a new course on understanding boiler water logs. I completed my career as Director
of Steam Training at Great Lakes NTC, got my Masters in Education and retired in October of 1987.
We had bought a house in Lake Bluff, IL near GLNTC and still live there.
After retirement I have worked for Technical Research and Development both as an instructor and writer for marine engineering
projects, including the initial crew training for the USS Arliegh Burke (DDG51), MCMs in Ingleside, TX, Egyptian Mine Hunting
vessels, and many other new military and civilian vessels. I now work as a Testing Officer at Great Lakes NTC. I married my wife,
Amy, in the Chapel on the USS Nimitz, have one son and three stepsons, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
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William G. (Bill) Goodwin

Service History:
August 1967 January 1968: Student, Basic Infantry Officer Training,
The Basic School, Quantico, Virginia
January 1968 February 1968: Infantry Platoon Commander, 1 st Pla-
toon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, San
Onofre, Camp Pendleton, California
February 1968 August 1968: Infantry Platoon Commander, 2nd Pla-
toon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion. 27th Marines, Re-
public of South Viet Nam
August 1968 March 1969: Assistant Operations Officer, 1st Battalion,
1st Marines, Republic of South Viet Nam
March 1969 June 1971: Guard Officer, Marine Barracks, U.S. Naval
Support Activity, Naples, Italy
June 1971 May 1972: Company Commander, Separations Company,
Headquarters Battalion, Camp Pendleton, California
May 1972 September 1972: Student, Marine Air Intercept Control
Officers Course, Marine Corps Base, 29 Palms, Califor-
nia
September 1972 June 1973: Air Intercept Control Officer, Marine Air Control Squadron 7, 3 rd Marine Air Wing, Camp Pendleton,
California
June 1973 March 1974: Student, U.S. Army, Guided Missile Systems Design Course, Army Air Defense Center, Fort Bliss, Texas
March 1974 June 1976: Instructor, Improved Hawk Missile Systems School, U.S. Army Air Defense Center, Fort Bliss, Texas
June 1976 June 1977: Air Intercept Control Officer, Marine Air Control Squadron 4, 1 st Marine Air Wing, U.S. Maine Air Base,
Futema, Okinawa (included 3 month deployment Officer In Charge (OIC), Air Intercept Control Detachment, U.S.
Navy Base, Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines
June 1977 September 1978: Plans Officer, Plans and Policy Department, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington D.C. Trans-
ferred to Active Marine Corps Reserve
September 1978 October 1979: Planning Officer, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana, Califor-
nia
October 1979 June 1983: Commanding Officer, 4th FAAD (Forward Area Air Defense) Battery, 4 th Marine Aircraft Wing, Pasa-
dena, California
June 1983 June 1987: Senior Air Defense Control Officer, Command and Control Center, Camp Smith, Hawaii.
1987 Retired as Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Systems Engineer and Program Manager with Command, Control and Communications Corporation (4Cs) in Lomita, California,
and Systems Development Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Developed air defense systems simulation and training tools at
4C and developed preliminary design for Argentinas Air Control and Defense System prior to Falklands War while with SDC. Dis-
couraged with following Defense Contracts for career work, became owner/president of Corvin Cabinet Manufacturing, a commer-
cial cabinet supplier in Los Angeles, California. Major work included remodel/refurbishment of icon LAX Restaurant and Bar as
well as numerous shops, bars and restaurants in seven LAX airport terminals. Used production manufacturing skills to become Vice
President Manufacturing, Brice Manufacturing, a commercial aircraft cabin interiors and seating components manufacturer in Semi
Valley, California. Retired from formal career work in 2000. Worked as Director of Transportation for the Resort of Northstar for
nine years while developing and increasing alpine skiing skills under the direction and solid coaching of classmate/company mate
Dave Garner. Continuing to work full time during ski season at the Vail Resort of Northstar California as Certified Alpine Ski In-
structor, Level 2, Professional Ski Instructor Association (PSIA).

Was one of only two infantry officers from Basic School not to get orders to two months of Acclimatation/Deployment Training
before being deployed to Viet Nam. Since I was from Southern California, I reported immediately after graduation from Basic
School to my unit in Camp Pendleton. One week later, following a shipboard landing exercise, I was transferred to 27 th Marines, and
overnight deployed to Viet Nam. Was the first platoon of Westmorelands 100,000 to aid in the fight in the TET Offensive of 1968.
Since Marines had 13-month tours, also got to spend TET of 1969 as a ground officer.
Wedding to my lovely wife Anna in The Chapel of the Choirs, in Saint Peters Basilica, Rome, Italy, on May 30, 1970. (Even more

interesting or noteworthy is that she is still putting up with me.)
Trooped the Line of US Marines, Italian Mounted Caribineri, Italian Air Force, and US Navy Band during welcoming ceremonies
with President Richard Nixon to NATO Headquarters in Naples, Italy. Held a warm and welcoming conversation to keep him in
step, and recognized with a Presidential Office Medallion.

Anna is filling her time by teaching private classes/lessons in her native Italian language, maintaining our oversized mountain home,
refining my domestic culinary skills and organizing our off season travel schedules. Our older daughter Tanya graduated from Ore-
gon State University with a Bachelors degree in Marine Biology. She completed a Masters in Organizational Development and cur-
rently works as Director of Product Development for a high tech start-up in San Francisco, CA. Our younger daughter Christina
entered the Naval Academy in Class of 97. Near the end of her Youngster year, she voluntarily left due to a dietary illness which
resulted from staying fit for the Varsity swim team. Following graduation from Catholic University (Sigma Cum Laud) in Washing-
ton D.C., she pursued her love of the Navy, and graduated first in her class of 85 OCS candidates from Pensacola, Florida. Follow-
ing her very successful naval career as an intelligence officer for VAQ-130 and Navy Seal Team One (first female to do so), and two
deployments to the middle east, she worked for the FBI in Newark, New Jersey, on their Joint Counterterrorism Task Force for eight
years prior to her passing of cancer in January 2013.
We are really enjoying this time as best we can living in the vacation land of Lake Tahoe, California, Skiing (working) about 130
days in winter; while summer months are spent maintaining starting schedules for golfers who never had to give a Chow Call or
make a meal formation on time, at Coyote Moon Golf Course. The four months of shoulder seasons have been spent traveling
Europe, Caribbean and Hawaii (thanks to military Space A), and some oceanic cruising.

During Plebe Summer, while standing at rigid attention in the cool shade of Tecumseh Court, I thought I heard the President of the
United States John F. Kennedy granting pardons for all demerits not yet walked off. Next was listening to the horrible announce-
ment of JFKs assassination while standing at Tables in the Mess Hall. Marched in President Kennedys funeral parade. Rode the
newly invented skateboards down the halls of Bancroft. (This could also come under greatest opportunities lost by not using our tal-
ents learned in Strength of Materials and Engineering to expand that industry earlier and faster than it did.) Another was that I ended
my teenage addiction to chocolate, vanilla and caramel as a result of devouring 4 Cannon Balls for desert after a spaghetti dinner.
Lastly, there was, of course, the great sunbathing on the roof of the Mess Hall (in between Weekend Detention Musters).

There were several Sundays following evening meal when the Plebes would wander the Hall looking for the winner of the Brick
Award. As Firsties, this was one award for which you didnt mind finishing in second place (last place being more acceptable yet).
The most humorous part was that there was a lot of competition, particularly in our Company. The sad part was if one guy won
more than once. Another treasured memory as Plebes are those of the Hound Dog/Rabbit Races in which the J strap was placed
strategically over the face.
Masters in Secondary Education, Boston University
Athletic
Professional Ski Instructor Association, Alpine Skiing Level 2 Certification
Service/USNA Awards
Bronze Star with Combat V, Navy Commendation with Combat V, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation with two clusters
(Operations Allen Brooke, Marmeluke Sword and Meade River, Army Commendation Medal, numerous Rifle and Pistol Expert
Ratings.
There was no military service history with any of my parents, grandparents, cousins or aunts and uncles. As a seventeen-year-old
Southern California high school student, I honestly had no idea about a service career let alone a service academy. As one of five
kids in a very middleclass home environment, I applied for every scholarship program possible at several universities. As my GPA
and SAT scores were USNA acceptable along with moderate athletic skills, I pursued the application process. As the price was
right and once I learned I would never have to set an alarm clock for morning wake-up (thinking I could get up when I was ready),
thats all it took; I was on my way. A second benefit was that engineering was the only field of study offered, and that corresponded
to my academic interests entirely.
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The Academy certainly fulfilled all of my limited expectations since I was able to achieve a Bachelors Degree in Engineering,
graduate without a huge college loan obligation, and embark on an adventurous career. A certainly unanticipated reward has
been the remarkable bonding relationships with classmates that still give me pride and joy to relay to new friends.
Summary
Putting together a brief bio is reminiscent of what I should say when often asked by many of my older adult ski students while
taking up a long chair-lift ride. This question is frequently worded to the likes of What did you do during your real life? (The real
answer is, of course, and which I cannot say, is that I am now living my real life while everything before was real work.) I cau-
tiously speak of my 20 years of Marine Corps service ranging from combat, security, command, air intercept control and manpower
policy generation for fear they think Ill have them drop and give me 20 before heading down our next ski run. The following
phase of my life was spent in a variety of commercial industries in management, ownership and leadership positions. In looking
back, the real focus for change was to improve our familys experiences, development and opportunities. Through good fortune and
hard work all these endeavors proved successful and rewarding, as our family was able to grow and remain together. Our current
phase of lifes journey is one of enjoying the fruits of the prior work. We live and work in the fabulous outdoor mountain environ-
ment of Lake Tahoe while monitoring the success of our daughters athletic and work endeavors. With this explanation, it is now
time to make another lap while working on our turns.

Mark Christopher Haley
Service history:
1963-1967 USNA (11th/18th Company)
1967-1969 Nuclear Submarine Training (Bainbridge, West Milton,
New London)
1969-1971 USS James Monroe (SSBN 622) (Blue) Pearl Harbor
1971-1972 Naval Postgraduate School (Masters in Oceanography)
1972-1973 USS Drum (SSN 677) San Diego
1974-1977 USS Scamp (SSN 588) San Diego
1977-1981 USS Thomas Jefferson (SSN 618) (Blue) Pearl Harbor
1981-1985 CO, USS Plunger (SSN-595) San Diego
1985-1987 Squadron 22, La Madalena, Sardinia
1987-1990 Senior Member, Pacific Fleet, Nuclear Propulsion
Examining Board, Pearl Harbor
1990-1991 CO, USS Fulton (AS-11) New London
1991-1992 Commander Submarine Squadron 8, Norfolk
1992-1993 CNO Scholar Newport
1993-1997 Strategy and Programs (J-52) US CINCPAC CAMP SMIT
1997 Retired with rank of Captain
Principal occupation
1997-present Portfolio Manager, First Vice President, Wealth Management Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley-Honolulu
My family:
In 1971, I married the love of my life, Margit Pedersen of Copenhagen, Denmark. We have three children: Adrian, Katy and Shan-
non. All married. We have 5 grandchildren.
Fondest memory of USNA

Our Plebe Year Army Navy Football win.
Graduation in 1967
Humorous memory
Watching my First Class roommate, Bill Goodwin, spit polish his jump boots and go running at some ungainly hour every morning.
Watching Star Trek in the 18th Company wardroom.
Launching candles from 18th Company windows
Escaping the Midshipmen Officer of the Watch climbing through the windows after curfew.
Awards
Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with 2 Gold Stars, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal,
and Navy Achievement Medal
1963-67 on Superintendents List for Academic Performance
1967 Van Dyke Prize for English, History and Government
Athletics
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1963-1966 Plebe, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Basketball.
Uniform Device
Submariner Dolphins
I was an eighteen years old who had never thought about a military career and never visited USNA until I was dropped off at Anna-
polis in June l963. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and 34 years later with command of USS Plunger (SSN-595),
USS Fulton (AS-11), and Commander Submarine Squadron Eight to look back on, it certainly was.

Two things stand out from my USNA experience: Survival and the ability to understand good leadership. Both served me well in my
34 years in the service.
Arriving at Annapolis as a 18 year old in June 1963, I did not have any idea of what was shortly to commence other than it seemed
like a good idea at the time. 34 years later after 3 command tours in the Submarine Force, I certainly had a most interesting career
with a great deal to look back on and to be grateful for.
Summary
Following graduation from Annapolis, I embarked on the Nuclear Power Pipeline. The most notable experience was between Nu-
clear Power School and Prototype, where I ran out of money in Miami and needed a win by Clatterbuck in the ninth race at Hi-
aliah to make it to West Milton on time. On my first tour, I met the love of my life, Margit Pedersen of Copenhagen, Denmark. 44
years later we are still going strong with three grown children and five grandchildren.
My career was bounded by the Cold War with the Soviets. Command of the USS Plunger, USS Fulton, and Comsubron Eight high-
lighted this period.
The year at Newport as a CNO Scholar provided a most interesting background before going to CINCPAC as J-52 for strategy for
my final tour.
My post retirement career has been focused on working in the financial service industry for Morgan Stanley as a Portfolio Manager
and Financial Advisor.
Who knows where we will go next, but as noted in 1963, it will seem like a good idea at the time.

Toby Haight Hollander

Service History
67-70: USS Garcia (DE 1040): Damage Control Assistant, Main Propulsion Assistant, Acting Chief Engineer; Newport, RI
70-71: USS Sanctuary (AH-17): Operations Officer; Danang, RVN
I got to USNA through an honor school appointment from the Sec-

retary of the Navy, following graduation from Admiral Farragut
Academy in New Jersey. It was my intent to make a career of the
Navy. But life (war) intervened. My best (or most vivid) memories
of my time there include crew on the Severn River (unbelievably
choppy 90% of the time), JFKs appearance and news of his death,
hoagies in town, chess at St. Johns, the coffee house in town, manag-
ing to catch Zs between classes, carry-on on weekends following a
fantastic, Staubach led, 10-1 football season our plebe year, .shelling
Vieques Island during third class cruise and riding out a storm off
Cape Hatteras during first class cruise. My most important takeaway
from my time at Annapolis was the ability to rise to academic chal-
lenge, discipline in all aspects of my life, and the Honor Code, which
has guided me ever since.
After graduation, I attended damage control school in Philadelphia,

and then reported to the USS Garcia, a destroyer escort out of New-
port. I spent 2 and a half years in the engineering (major irony there)
department on that ship and, after some tense negotiations with the
Navy, was assigned as the Operations Officer of the hospital ship,
USS Sanctuary (now scrap somewhere in India). After my year tour
in Vietnam, I resigned my commission due to my opposition to that
war.
After my discharge, I attended law school at Washington University

(St. Louis, MO) and graduated with a J.D. in 1974. While there I es-
tablished the Military Law Project, which assisted veterans of all ages
and wars to upgrade less-than-honorable discharges, whose discharge
had been either unlawful or unfair, taking advantage of the law
schools proximity to the National Military Records Center. After
graduation, I began, with three other classmates, the general practice of law in Missouri and continued there for 13 years. I tried civil
and criminal cases in the state and federal courts in Missouri. In 1987, I moved to Portland, Maine, and have lived here ever since.
In Maine I worked in indigent legal services as the directing attorney of the Lewiston Office of Pine Tree Legal Assistance and then
opened my own general practice of law. Diagnosed in 1999 with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (SLL/CLL), I sought to reduce my
stress from trial practice, and became certified as a Guardian ad Litem for children whose parents were divorcing or who had been
removed from their homes due to neglect or abuse. In 2004 I organized the first statewide organization of Guardians ad Litem (the
Maine Guardian ad Litem Institute) and that year received the American Bar Associations Ann Liechty Child Custody Pro Bono
Award, a highlight of my legal career.
Music and baseball have shadowed me throughout my life. I began playing guitar during my Youngster year and have continued
ever since. I performed in a band during my years in St. Louis called Shady Grove, and here in Maine Im in a band named Chipped
Enamel. While I was in St. Louis I was an avid Cardinals fan (during the years of Whitey ball), but when I moved to Maine I
came under the influence of the hapless Boston Red Sox, who took another 17 years to return to the World Series after an 87 year
championship drought (i.e., the Curse of the Bambino).
I got married to my wife, Lucky, a year and a half after graduation from the Academy. Were going on 47 years. Her career focussed
on child welfare practice and policy, and child advocacy. We have three children: Tanja, a fine arts photographer; Amanda, a child
protection worker for the State of Maine; and Emma, a manager and bartender at Trinas Starlite Lounge in Cambridge, MA.
Amanda & her wife Katy are expecting our first grandchild, a boy, in July. In 2012 we invited a young woman from Burundi to live
with us as she completed high school, and she is now a member of our family. Her name is Chanelle Irakoze, and in the Fall she will
enter her second year at Wheaton College (MA) on a full scholarship.
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Summary
I went to the Academy via a Secretary of the Navy Honor School appointment intending to make the Navy my career. After gradua-
tion I attended Damage Control School in Philadelphia and then served as Damage Control Assistant, Main Propulsion Assistant and
Acting Chief Engineer (ironically) on the USS Garcia (DE 1040) out of Newport, RI. I was next assigned as Operations Officer on
the hospital ship USS Sanctuary (AH 17) out of Danang, RVN. After my tour in Vietnam, I resigned my commission due to my
opposition to the war.
Post-Navy, I attended Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and practiced law in Missouri for 13 years. In 1987, I
moved to Portland, Maine, and have lived here ever since. In Maine I worked in indigent legal services as the directing attorney of
the Lewiston Office of Pine Tree Legal Assistance and then opened my own general practice of law. Diagnosed in 1999 with Non-
Hodgkins Lymphoma (SLL/CLL), I sought to reduce my stress from trial practice, and became certified as a Guardian ad Litem for
children whose parents were divorcing or who had been removed from their homes due to neglect or abuse. In 2004 I organized a
statewide organization of Guardians ad Litem and served as its first president, and that year received the American Bar Associa-
tions Ann Liechty Child Custody Pro Bono Award, a highlight of my legal career.
I married my wife, Lucky, a social worker and child policy advocate, in 1968. We have 3 children: Tanja, a fine arts photographer in
Maine; Amanda, a child protective social worker in Maine (who is expecting our first grandchild in July 2015); and Emma, a restau-
rant manager and bartender in Cambridge, MA. A few years ago we offered our home to a student/refugee from Burundi, (Chanelle
Irakoze) who has become a member of our family and now attends Wheaton College (MA) on a full scholarship.

Richard (Dick) Kirtley

Service History
1967 1969: USS DeHaven (DD727), Yokosuka, Japan; 1st Lt/Gunnery/DASH; Tonkin Gulf (Yankee Station Plane Guard, SAR,
North VN Interdiction); Quald OOD
1969 1970: NATC Patuxent River, Md; Surveillance Drone Test Pilot
1970 1971: Naval Advisory Group, RVN; Senior Advisor, VN River Interdiction Division
40; Gau Da Ha/U Minh Forest
1971 1973: BUPERS, Wash DC; Enlisted Personnel; VN Assignment/Reassignment; 2 fact
finding trips to Saigon
1973 1973: Naval Supply Corps School, Athens, Ga; Line/Staff Transfer
1974 -1975: USS Tattnall (DDG18), Mayport, Fl; Med Deployment; US/USSR Ship Ex-
change visit to Leningrad, USSR
1976 1978: USNA; Contracting Officer/Acting Asst Supply Officer; Class of 1967 10 th Re-
union Committee, (Bricked Again After Ten Bricks)
1978 1979: Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, Ca; MS in Acquisition & Contracting
Management; Certified CPCM
1980 - 1982: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH; Contracting Officer
1982 - 1985: DCASPRO Sanders Assoc, Nashua, NH; Commander
1985 - 1986: USS Puget Sound (AD19), Gaeta, Italy; 6 th Fleet Flag Ship, Supply Officer/Asst
6th Fleet Logistics Officer; Transition of 6th Fleet Flag from Tender to Combatant
1986 - 1987: Naval Air Systems Command (PMA-278), Wright-Patterson AFB, Oh; Business/Financial Manager, Classified Joint
Navy/AF Development Program
1987: Retired from Naval Service as CDR
Following retirement in 1987, I worked at Lockheed Martin/BAE Systems, in Nashua, NH for 18 years as Division QA Manager and
Operations Director; retired to Florida in 2006. While with LM/BAE, developed and taught a course, Humor in the Workplace
Creating A Positive Environment; travelled throughout the corporation conducting workplace humor seminars. Concurrently,
started motivational speaking service, Laugh to Live, and published book, Laugh to Live, An Attitude Primer. In 2013, started
stand up comedy, and now perform in clubs throughout Florida.

My travels, including Plebe and First Class summer cruises took me to the Med, England, Northern Europe/Scandinavia, Westpac
(Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore), Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and across this great country several times.
Highlights include a tour in-country VN as Senior Advisor to a VN River Division, and a historic ship visit to Leningrad, USSR, in
1975. Also, identification and prosecution of government employee contracts kickback scheme, including testimony in Federal court
and convictions in two states of government and contractor personnel. Transitioned Sixth Fleet Flag from a Destroyer Tender to a
Combatant in the Med. In 2014, I lost 30 pounds to get into my uniform for the first time in 27 years to walk my youngest daughter
down the aisle at the Newport, RI OClub.

Debbie and I were married in 1983, and have raised 5 kids, hers, mine and ours. They are scattered between Florida, New England,
and California. We are blessed with 7 grandkids, with another due (my youngest daughters first) in April 2015.
We retired to Palm Coast, Fl in 2006. I continued to do occasional motivational speaking engagements for a while, and published my
humorous motivational book, Laugh To Live An Attitude Primer. In 2013, I decide to be a stand-up comic, and have progressed
to paid Feature comic spots in clubs around Florida. I also went back to painting, and will have a display beginning in April in a local
shop.

- President Kennedy address to the class
- Walking to class by Tecumseh and hearing about Kennedy assassination
- Roommate, Willie, flying high above the boxing ring
- Plebe Summer Talent Show, and my partnership in entertaining with Kluck. He and I went on to write for, and play in four Musical
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Club Shows
- Between Navy football wins, winning the poster contest every week, and being on the Brigade Champs Volley Ball team, enjoying
carry on for most of the first semester
- Dating Supts daughter, sleep over weekends at the Supts house, and escorting his daughter to the Deb Ball in DC
- Double Black Ns
- A/N weekends in Philly
- AWOL parties
- Early buy of my MGB and hiding it at my ministers house in town
- Exchange weekends; my WOOP brother at USNA, and with him at USMA
- Busted with Jim Slaughter for making hot air balloons from laundry plastic bags and launching them from 7 th floor window.
- Founding underground USNA Skateboard Association
- Brigade Activities Committee President; pre-game skits; escorting Wally Schirra to pep rally

(Included above)
BS USNA in Naval Engineering;
MS NPGS Monterey in Acquisition & Contracting Mgmt
Service/USNA Awards
-Bronze Star Medal w/Combat V, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, National Defense Service
Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Vietnam
Presidential Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/Palm Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Unit Cita-
tion, Republic of Vietnam Campaign

Surface Warfare Officer, VN Small Craft Insignia, Command Pin
- While I was a natural student and athlete, I had no particular career aspirations. My family had no military background. My junior
and senior years in HS, I was sports editor for our yearbook. Our faculty advisor was a widow of a USNA grad, and most of our
yearbook examples were Naval Academy. Meanwhile, my brother sought and secured an appointment to USMA. Bolstered by his
success, I competed for a USNA appointment. I was instead offered an appointment to the Air Force Academy. However, in April
before Plebe Summer, my Congressional Rep notified me that he now had a USNA appointment, which I accepted. Here, but for the
grace of God, would sit a ZOOMIE!

Quite simply, the experience changed my life. I wear the ring with pride to this day. I would not change the 4 years at USNA and my
20-year career for anything. I cherish the memories, my classmates, the adventure, the travel, and more than anything, standing with
my hand over my heart, regardless of where I am or who Im with, for the playing of Navy Blue and Gold
Summary
From simple, blue-collar parents, I earned a competitive appointment from my Congressional Rep to USNA. Having a brother com-
pete and win an appointment to USMA (66) made it even sweeter. The four years were a Dr Jeckle & Mr. Hyde experience, good
grades, Musical Club Shows, Masqueraders, sports, BAC on one hand, and parties, antics and two Black Ns on the other. Cruises to
Northern Europe opened my eyes.
Graduation sent me to Japan on a DD, where I saw the entire Far East and too much of the Tonkin Gulf. Quald as OOD as Ensign.
A great R&D tour at Pax River, and then a volunteer tour with the Naval Advisory Group in VN. Back to DC and the lowest point in
my careertold not to wear my uniform due to anti-war feelings. Two return trips to VN and then watched the fall of Saigon on TV.
Almost went theater full time, but instead, Adm James Watkins convinced me to stay in and go Supply Corps. Two more sea tours
(DDG and AD), Masters at NPGS, contracting tours at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, DCASR Boston, and USNA, and a joint
Navy/AF Black Program Business Manager job made for a super career. The tour at USNA coincided with our 10 th, and I was part of
the team that created our Bricked Again After Ten T-Court bricks.
Retired in 1987 and worked 18 years with Lockheed Martin/BAE Systems in NH, retiring as Operations Manager. Concurrently,
started motivational speaking service that took me across the country and to Europe. Moved to Palm Coast, Florida ocean front

condo with wife Debbie, where we walk the beach, and enjoy visits from our five kids and seven grand kids.
In 2013, started stand-up comedy, and Im currently a paid Feature comic at clubs throughout Florida.
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John Lay
"I saw John often while he was in the Brook Medical Center as I was a flight instructor at Cor-
pus Christi at that time (68-69). I was in the middle of the Atlantic deploying to the Med in
1970 when the chaplain came to my room to notify me of his death. He apparently flew into
the water on a night bombing run. His last words were, Ive lost it. I could not fly home for
the service due to the time it took for the Intrepid to cross the pond. His mother called to buy a
Navy sword for his interment. She was residing in an assisted living facility as his father had
died of a heart attack earlier. Johnny got me through the academy with his study habits."
- Tom Decker
John was a Louisiana boy from Baton Rouge. His Father, John, and Mother, Pauline, were
proud to see their son off to the Naval Academy. John earned stars each year for academics,
graduated with honors and was selected to go to North Carolina State with three other class-
mates for a masters degree in aeronautical engineering. John wanted to be an Astronaut so,
upon completion of his Masters program, he entered the Naval Flight program in Pensacola
Florida. While going through jet transition in Beeville, Texas he ruptured his Achilles tendon
during a basketball game and spent several months in rehab at the hospital in Brook Army
Medical center, San Antonio. John went to the A-7 replacement air group in Cecil Field and
then he joined VA-174 A few months later he was killed in an aircraft accident while flying
off the USS Independence during a workup period. John served his country and would have
made a great astronaut.

Michael E. Paulk
Service History
July 1967 January 1969, Flight Training Pensacola, FL, Meridian,
MS and Beeville, TX
Jan 27, 1969 - Designated Naval Aviator
Feb 1969 Apr 1970, Flight Instructor, VT-9, NAS Meridian, MS
September 1970 April 1971, VA-128, A-6 Replacement Squadron,
NAS Whidbey Island, WA
June 1971 July 1973, VA-65, NAS Oceana, VA. Deployed to the
Mediterranean aboard USS Independence, Sep 1971-Mar
1972. In 1972 VA-65 transitioned to the A-6E; as NA-
TOPS Officer I served on the Navy/Marine/Grumman
team which developed the NATOPS manual for the A-
6E.
July 16, 1973 Resigned from the Naval Service.
August 1976, I began my IBM career as a Sales Trainee in Raleigh,
NC. Worked for IBM for 17 years until July 1993, primarily in the
southeastern US and in Tokyo, Japan. Early retired from IBM in July
2000 after a 7-year leave-of-absence.
1994-1997, Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga and Nashville, TN.
April 1998 July 2000, DukeSolutions, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, Charlotte, NC.
Since August 2000 I have been a consultant for Sales Performance International in Charlotte, NC, for whom I still conduct occa-
sional sales training or sales management consulting engagements.

Linda and I and two of our children, Amy and Matthew, lived in Tokyo from December 1988 thru mid-1993, while I worked at IBM
Asia Pacific headquarters and in IBM Japan. We took advantage of the opportunity to travel extensively through Asia and Europe.

Linda and I met in Chattanooga, TN and were married there on December 16, 1988. We have three sons and a daughter. Todd Levi
and Eric Paulk live in southeastern Tennessee, near Chattanooga. Our daughter, Amy Baran and her husband Brian live in Pueblo,
CO with their daughters Ariel, 11, and Natalie, 7. Our youngest, Matthew Paulk and his wife Nikki live in San Jose, CA. After col-
lege graduation our oldest granddaughter, Katlyn Levi, moved to New Orleans, LA where she lives and works.
Semi-retired life is great. I still work occasionally, but not so much that it interferes with our travel plans. We travel road trips,
European river cruises, Hawaii, the Rocky Mountains. When were at home we are active in our church, where I sing in the choir
and Linda knits for the prayer shawl ministry. Weve recently moved to Myrtle Beach, SC where we take long walks on the beach
and are still exploring all that the Grand Strand has to offer. Linda is also an avid reader and is in a lively book club. Im currently
recovering from my most recent joint replacement and hope to be back on the tennis court soon and on the ski slopes with Linda next
season.

Youngster cruise in the northern Atlantic Amsterdam, Portsmouth and London, Cherbourg and Paris. Pretty heady stuff for a 19-
year-old from South Georgia.
Getting rides in a Phantom and an Intruder while on first-class cruise aboard USS America in the Med.
Standing in the bleachers praying that Army wouldnt score at the end of Plebe Year Army-Navy game.
Getting the announcement of President Kennedys death while in drawing class.
Missing President Kennedys Plebe Summer visit while I was in the hospital with pneumonia.
Working on the Brigade Hop Committee, hosting the formals and our Plebe Tea Dances.
Watching the summer lightning striking the towers across the Severn during second-class summer quite a light show with thunder-
ous sound effects!
Having the honor of being Best Man at Bob and Margies spectacular wedding.
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Most involved Kirtley and Slaughter: skateboarding, launching hot-air balloons from their third deck window, using the third deck
passageway as a golf driving range-keep your doors shut and dont venture out!
Living in the barn Plebe Summer with Howie, Smitty, Robby and Mike Robinson. Thank goodness for Robby, the Marine he
tried to help us be squared away, but it was mission impossible. Funniest moment was the looks on our parents faces when Midn 2/
C Regan came into the room during Parents Weekend and we all leaped into brace-up, with a unison Attention on Deck! We
thought for a minute they would all brace up!
Lt. Adams suggesting that on first-class cruise I could observe flight operations better from the bridge of a plane guard destroyer
than from aboard the actual carrier he was serious!
Being stopped by the Philly police in my government car during Army-Navy weekend. They were looking for a stolen car and
thought we might have disguised it!?
Awards Received
USNA, B.S., Aerospace Engineering

Aviator wings
I had wanted to attend USNA and fly in the Navy since I was about 12 years old. No clue why, I was not from a military family or
background and at that age had no real sense of what a 20-year or more career would be like. Just wanted to be a Navy pilot

USNA certainly helped me mature and develop discipline and habits that have helped me succeed. It also exposed me to experiences
and places that I might otherwise have missed.
Summary
After graduation I went into Navy flight training, earning my aviator wings in January 1969. After a brief tour as a plowback
flight instructor I received orders to the A-6 replacement squadron in Whidbey Island, WA and ultimately to VA-65 at NAS Oceana,
VA. While with the Tigers I made a deployment to the Mediterranean aboard USS Independence. The Indy then went into the yard
and VA-65 transitioned to brand-new A-6E aircraft. As squadron NATOPS Officer I was part of the Navy/Marine/Grumman team
which wrote the NATOPS manual for the A-6E. I resigned my commission and began the transition to civilian life in July 1973.
I started my career with the IBM Corporation as a sales trainee in Raleigh, NC. Over a seventeen-year career with IBM I was a clas-
sic Ive Been Moved-er, rotating through a variety of sales, sales support and management, and general management roles in six
different locations, culminating with a five-year assignment to IBMs Asia Pacific headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Since early retiring
from IBM in 2000 I have been a consultant for a small Charlotte, NC-based firm, providing sales training and sales management
consulting services.
In December 1988 I married the love of my life and best friend, Linda, which provided me the opportunity to experience the joys and
challenges of parenthood. Our family includes three sons and a daughter, who helped prepare us for our current jobs, the greatest job
in the world Gram and Grandpa to three bright and beautiful granddaughters.

Howard (Howie) Renzi

Service History
1967-68: Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD
1968: Nuclear Prototype Training, Windsor Locks, CT
1968: Submarine School, New London, CT
1969: USS Daniel Webster (SSBN 626 Blue) completed overhaul in Newport News, VA
1970-71: Stationed in Hawaii and completed 2 patrols out of Guam
Life after USN

1971-72: Earned MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia Uni-
versity Graduate School of Business
1973-74: Worked for Arthur Anderson & Co (one of the big 8 account-
ing firms at the time) and earned CPA
1975-76: Worked as Controller for a small public company
1977-82: Cofounded CPA firm of Renzi, Pinti & Co
1983-94: Acquired several CPA firms resulting in formation of Renzi,
Bernardi, Suarez & Co in 1994
1995-2002: Shifted my career from CPA to Financial Planning. Sold con-
trolling interest in my CPA firm, then founded financial advisory
firm Capital Planning Associates of the Greater Delaware Valley,
Inc.
2012: Started semi-retirement. Sold remaining interest in Renzi, Bernardi, Suarez & Co
2015: Transitioned my business to internal shareholders. Sold minority interest in Capital Planning Associates of the Greater Dela-
ware Valley, Inc.

Upon graduation, USNA Graduates who chose to become Marines no longer needed their blues and were disposing of them. I of-
fered to buy them for $10 each. I then brought them to Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Newport, RI and offered to sell them at
$25 each. My profit margin was reduced when they tried them on and found that the waists needed alteration because at that time in
our lives we were significantly thinner.
Coauthored Cost Accounting for Prison Industries which became the go-to manual for installing cost accounting in prison indus-
tries throughout the country.
Supervised the team that audited the 1984 Jesse Jackson for President Campaign Office. The Federal Election Commission (FEC)
recognized our work as the most thorough supporting documentation from a Democratic nominee to date.
Served as Treasurer for the 1988 Jesse Jackson for President Campaign. (My kids were proud that my name appeared in the legal
copy on his campaign materials.)

When I was in Nuclear Power School in Bainbridge, MD, my friend and fellow USNA 67 graduate, Dave Candler, introduced me to
my wife. Heres how it worked: he had a list of girls that were interested in going on a date with a Naval officer. I called one and she
declined. I went to the next name on the list and the rest is history. I married Genevieve Conway in September 1968 and were still
married today. We have three great kids and one very special grandchild. Gennie has had a long, wonderful career as a Physical
Therapist.
Now our three kids all live in California pursuing unique careers. Our son Michael is a Navy Diving Supervisor at the South West
Regional Maintenance Facility in San Diego and Im proud hes making a career in the USN. My oldest daughter, Melissa, is the
Copywriting Supervisor for Kaiser Permanente and has a great husband Bob and is the mother to our grandson, Patrick. My youngest
daughter, Lauren, leads the Producer Support Department of an insurance brokerage firm and lives just a few blocks from the beach.
Ive been semi-retired for the past 4 years, working 2 days a week on the internal transition of ownership of my firm. My mother
passed away in 2014 and Im thankful I got to support her in the last years of her life. She lived to be 96. Now, I spend a lot of time
assisting my disabled brother and enjoying his company. Also, I have early stages of Parkinsons Disease. I spend time exercising
and walking to sustain my health.
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The best part about retirement is that Gennie and I have more time to spend in California with our kids and grandson. We go to Cali-
fornia about 5 or 6 times a year and enjoy exploring San Diego, Los Angeles and Redondo Beach where they all live.

Attending the NY International Debutante Ball as a military escort. I was matched up with a French princess and was fortunate that
the civilian escort didnt speak French. I, on the other hand, took French1 three times.
Sitting on the edge of our seats during mealtime, so focused on eating in proper form that I dropped a piece of steak on the floor.
Didnt dare pick it up but wanted to desperately.
On Youngster Cruise we went to England, Belgium, and Norway. Taylor McCloskey and I tried to go to a concert but it was com-
pletely sold out. I went to the manager and said in the interest of Anglo-American relations I think it would be a good idea to give
us some tickets. He agreed and let us in. That night we saw the Beatles before they were known as THE Beatles.
Participating in pie-eating contests during Plebe Year.
Coming around to upperclassmen Bubnash in four sets of sweatgear and dropping for 67 push-ups.
Serving on the Plebe Detail
Having Ds in all my subjects Plebe year because there was no time to study. So I went down to the head with a flashlight to study
and got my grades up.
Listening to Hubert Humphrey speak at our graduation.
Being interviewed by Admiral Rickover for acceptance into the Nuclear Power Program. He noticed that my class standing had im-
proved substantially Junior and Senior years. He asked why. After careful thought, I replied that my aptitude (as evidenced by my
SAT scores) was far better in Math than English. My reasoning was: I struggled more the first 2 years which were English-heavy and
I was more successful the last two years which were more Math-heavy. His response was Bull Feathers! Its clear you didnt start
working until the third year! Then he ordered the CDR, his assistant, to escort me to a glass cubicle to come to my senses and es-
pouse his reasoning. After an hour or so the CDR returned asking if I was ready to accept the Admirals explanation as the correct
one. I declined. As an alternative, he asked if I would agree to do nothing but study, eat, work out and remain at the Academy for all
but 2 weekends from then to graduation. Since that was consistent with my plans, I agreed and was accepted into the program.

On a navigation test I got the first question out of 100 wrong. The remaining 99 were correct, so I received an A on the test because
the instructor gave me a Correct for Data (CFD) even though my ship ended up in the middle of Russia. The instructor wrote a note
to me saying, Remember Midshipman Renzi, theres no CFD in the fleet.
I can thank the Academy for placing me as roommates with Robbie Robitaille for most of my time at the Academy. This began a
great friendship that lasted for years until Robbies death in 2014. As Im sure many in the class of 67 will agree, Robbie was the
source of some of our best and funniest memories including the next few.
Marching to church. Robbie was so tired that he marched right back to his room and went to sleep. Then, he turned himself in. We
laughed about this for years.
Coming back from leave and seeing Robbie sitting in his underwear spit-shining his shoes. The song Pretty Woman was playing in
the background.
MBA, Columbia University Graduate School of Business
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Financial Planner
Service/USNA Awards
Meritorious Unit Citation
Polaris Patrol Pin (2)
Navy Rifle Marksmanship Ribbon
Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon

Submarine Dolphins
1. Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to gain/obtain from attending?
I elected to attend USNA because I was seeking a quality education that would prepare me for a career in the Navy and/or as a civil-
ian.
2. Did the Academy experience satisfy your expectations?

The Academy experience not only satisfied my expectations for a quality education, but it gave me the opportunity to learn how to

study which was an enormous benefit at Nuclear Power School, Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Business, and facilitated
passing the CPA and Certified Financial Planner 2 day examinations.
Since the Naval Academy was an engineering school, we participated with other engineering schools in the Graduate Records Exam
in Engineering. Our class averaged 90% which means that we, on average, scored higher than 90% of all engineering schools across
the country. Scoring well on that exam instilled a level of confidence in me as I was presented with other testing challenges through-
out my life.
One final advantage of my education is the credibility and sense of trust that comes with being a United States Naval Academy
graduate. Its prevailed throughout my business careerfrom building a CPA Firm to a Financial Advisory Firm and all the people
Ive worked with along the way. Prospective and existing clients alike gave me the opportunity to help them solve their problems
because they believed in me as a Naval Academy Graduate and trusted that I would honor my commitment to them. Without this
trust, I wouldnt have been able to help nearly as many families as I have.
Summary
After graduating from the Academy, I went on to Nuclear Power School. I married Genevieve (Gennie) Conway in September 1968.
I served as a Lieutenant in Admiral Rickovers Nuclear Power Program aboard the Polaris Submarine, USS Daniel Webster. Then, I
was stationed in Hawaii and completed 2 patrols out of Guam. After completing my Naval Service, I earned my MBA from Colum-
bia University to pursue a career in business.
Ive worked in financial services since 1973. I began my career at Arthur Anderson, then started my own CPA Firm in 1976. I was
energized by helping my clients save tax dollars. Now, as a Certified Financial Planner, I enjoy helping clients invest to attain their
goals; often by channeling tax savings into investment dollars.
Im semi-retired, working 2 days a week to transition my business. Gennie had a long, wonderful career in Physical Therapy. She
retired recently and works part time because she truly loves it. We have three children and a very special grandson. We live in Wyn-
cote, PA and our favorite part of semi-retirement is having more time to visit our kids and grandson in California.
As I think about everything I gained from attending the academy, Im especially thankful for my friendship with Robbie Robitaille.
When we graduated, we said well be lucky to see each other 5 more times since he went into Marine Air and I went into Polaris
submarines. Then, after our Navy lives, Robbie settled outside Dallas. My annual business conference was in Dallas, so I got to see
Robbie once a year for 25 years. I was blessed to spend the better part of the week with his family at his bedside before he passed in
2014
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Joseph (Rob) Robitaille
SERVICE HISTORY:
1961 Enlisted in the Marine Corps, San Diego and Camp Pendleton
1962-63 US Naval Academy Prep School, Bainbridge, MD
1963-67 Graduated from US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
1967 TBS, Quantico, VA
1968 US Air Force flight school, Laredo, TX
1969 VMFAT- 201, Cherry Point, NC and VMFA-312, Beaufort, SC
1970 VMFA-314, Chu Lai and Danang, Vietnam flying the F-4 Phantom
1970 Forward Air Controller, 3rd Battalion/7th Marines, Fire Support Ross
with 2 months in Cam Rahn Bay recovering from malaria
1971 VMFA-212, Kaneohe Bay, HI (with a 3-month deployment back to
Vietnam finished with exactly 150 combat sorties).
1973 VMA-542, Beaufort, SC, flying the AV-8A Harrier
1976 VMA-513, Yuma, AZ, AV-8A
1978 H&MS-10, Yuma, Executive Officer
1979 Resigned USMC and joined Texas Instruments Educational and Productivity Solutions in Lubbock, TX
1992 Moved to Dallas, TX with Texas Instruments (TI)
2004 Retired from TI and joined Southern Methodist University as
Executive Director of the Advanced Computer Education Center
2006 Left SMU and joined Cymfony, Boston, MA, as an on-line marketing
and business data analyst
2007 Retired from all jobs
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION:
Fighter and attack jet pilot is top of the list. At TI, I had several interesting management positions as quality engineer and manager,
manufacturing manager, organizational effectiveness manager and world-wide customer service manager.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

In 2005, I wrote and published a book, The Best Conversations in the World Happen in My Backyard, with iUniverse. It is a collec-

tion of humorous stories and events about our adopted daughter, Zoe. We got custody of her when she was 8 months old. The judge
said I had to file a report about her location, health and development every year. Not knowing how to do that, I kept a diary that
later became this book. A parent can give their child no greater gift than a book containing stories from their childhood (which they
would never be able to remember).
INTERESTING, UNUSUAL, OR MEMORABLE LIFE EVENTS

In 1998, Pat and I were presented with the opportunity to get an eight-month-old girl. We seized the opportunity and adopted her
when she was two years old. The event did change our retirement plans, but we would have had it no other way.
CURRENT GOALS
Publish an updated version of The Best Conversations in the World Happen in My Backyard. Raise a teen-ager at my current age.
FAMILY: Patricia - wife

Shannon daughter with twin 9-year-old sons
Zoe daughter, 15 years old and adopted
Note to reader: Rob Robitaille passed away on March 6, 2014. Some of his Academy and squadron mates attended his
memorial, which meant the world to his wife, Pat, and his girls. Pat submitted the following.
Rob and Patricia met his second year at the Academy. Pat was studying and dancing with the National Ballet in Washington DC.
They dated for those three remaining years and were married in the USNA chapel the day after graduation. Rob went to Quantico
and then flight training. 1970 marked the first of two tours in Viet Nam with 150 combat sorties. During his time in service, they
lived in Japan for 3 months, Beaufort, South Carolina, Cherry Point, North Carolina, (both on two occasions each), Hawaii and
Yuma, Arizona.
In 1979, Rob left the service and joined Texas Instruments in Lubbock, TX. He worked for TI in several managerial positions until
his retirement in 2004. Throughout his life Rob enjoyed spending time with family, camping, traveling, playing golf, watching foot-
ball, reading, and playing games. He was the eternal optimist, funny and kind. He donated his time and experience to the United
Way, Odessey of the Mind, Toastmasters, and Womens Protective Services. Rob and Pat have two daughters. Shannon was born in
1969. She now lives in Amarillo, Texas where she is a sales representative for a medical device company and raises twin boys who
will soon be 12 years old. Zoe will soon be a senior in high school. Both girls were the apple of Rob's eye. After Pat's dancing
career ended she turned to art and has been a working artist to this day.
Pat and the daughters miss Robby terribly. He was such a positive person, had such a sense of humor, and he was a friend to every-
one he met a good man who touched many lives. He took every opportunity to shout Beat Army to the occupant of any car with a
West Point bumper sticker. He treasured his time at the Naval Academy and the friendships he developed there.
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Dennis Gregory Rogers
Editors note: The following was lovingly prepared by Dennis wife of 38 years, Judy Rogers, shortly after his death.
Service History:
06/1967 to Fall, 1968: NAS Pensacola, FL. Saufly Field, Whiting Field, Ellyson Field.
Fall/1968 to 02/1969: HS-1, Key West, FL.
02/1969 to 12/1969: HS-5, NAS Quonset Point, RI.
12/1969 to 02/1972: HS-7 NAS Quonset Point, RI.
Dennis carrier qualified in both fixed wing and rotary aircraft. Much of his service was in the North Atlantic and Mediterra-
nean. Dennis served aboard the aircraft carriers Essex, Wasp, Independence, and Saratoga.
Dennis' civilian career included banking, sales, and medical instrumentation sales and management. Dennis also combined his love
of physical fitness and expertise in sales and conceived and executed a business plan for two ten-court racquetball and fitness centers
which he owned and managed. Later in Dennis' career, he accepted a position in medical instrumentation sales with Karl Storz En-
doscopy America, where he enjoyed outstanding opportunities until his diagnosis of ALS in late 1993.

Speaking for myself, the very moment I first saw Dennis was life changing. Lightening struck! I did not meet Dennis until nearly a
year later, and I could instantly see what a confident, dynamic, exceptional, outstanding man he was. I didnt know love at first sight
existed ... until ... Dennis.

Dennis and I (Judy) met in March, 1976. We married on December 22, 1978, in Savannah, GA. During our 38 years of marriage,
we lived in Savannah, GA, Athens, GA, Dallas, TX, Tampa, FL, Charlotte, NC, and Naples, FL.
After Dennis was diagnosed with ALS in 1993 at age 48, we lived a different version of early retirement. Shortly after his diagno-
sis, Dennis told me he would live with ALS, not die from it. He kept his word. We had 23 more years together after his diagno-
sis. We traveled, did silly things, laughed a lot, did a lot of soul searching, and enjoyed every possible moment. We shared much
that we might have missed, if not for his diagnosis -- perhaps that was the silver lining. In 2000, Dennis chose to go on a ventila-

tor. We were not ready to say goodbye to each other -- there was still so much life left to experience. Dennis did not allow the
inconveniences (as he called them) of the vent and power wheelchair to define or confine him in any way. In the 23 years Dennis
lived with ALS, he never once asked, Why me? Dennis said the key to remaining positive was to find something to be thankful
for the first thing every day. We learned to adapt and cope with almost any situation and still enjoy life. I never could have man-
aged all that we faced without his love, strength and reassurance. He encouraged me to lean on him. He was an extraordinary
man. There are many different definitions of success, and Dennis had success in many venues; but, because of our particular lifes
journey, I have come to believe the most important kind of success is defined by the qualities one chooses to possess. For all of his
life, Dennis embodied a deep faith, courage, sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom and charity. His signature
question was, Do you want to be right, or do you want to be kind? Asking that question always gave me the correct answer. I am
a better person because of Dennis. He lived by Gandhis tenet: My life is my statement. And, because of Dennis, I have had the
best life I could have ever imagined. I love and miss him more than words can say. It was my privilege and joy to care for him; and,
truly the greatest honor I could have ever had was being Dennis wife for 38 wonderful years.
Dennis also gave hope and provided a positive support system to newly diagnosed ALS patients. He helped start an ALS support
group in both Charlotte and Naples. He told new patients, If you die, it does not mean you lose to ALS. You beat ALS by how you
live, why you live, and the manner in which you live. Dennis once told me about the Special Olympics motto that he incorporated
into his battle with ALS. That motto is: Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. Dennis won a gold
medal every day of his life.

Dennis loved to crew on the Severn River, and was the sport he loved most.

Dennis discovered he had a glass nose while boxing Tony Principi. Tony was the first south paw Dennis had boxed. Dennis
said Tonys punches came from every direction, except where he expected. Tony landed a punch squarely on Dennis nose, making
him sneeze. As he started to sneeze, Tony finished the job! Dennis never saw what hit him, but did see stars!
USNA, 1967, B.S., Engineering
Athletic
Boxing
Crew
Up until his diagnosis, Dennis remained active in physical fitness, enjoying cross-country running, cycling, skydiving, racquetball,
handball, and crew. After his ALS diagnosis, Dennis practiced yoga daily.
Service/USNA Awards
Expert Rifleman Medal
Meritorious Unit Commendation

Naval Aviator Wings (August, 1968)
1. Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to gain/obtain from attending?
Dennis had set high goals for himself and wanted to attend college, but he knew there was no money. His plan was to enlist in the
Marines. A friends father encouraged Dennis to apply to the Academy. Dennis knew nothing about the Academy, but after re-
searching it, he knew it would certainly be his best option! He passed the competitive academic exam and received his appointment
to become a member of the Class of 67.

Im sure Dennis would credit the Academy for his many successful outcomes in life. He learned leadership, teamwork, commitment,
discipline, and the Honor Code. These attributes served him well, no matter the challenge. Being a graduate of the Academy meant
more was expected of him, and Dennis did his best to always meet or exceed any challenge or goal he faced.
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Summary
Dennis earned his Aviator Wings August, 1968, NAS Pensacola, FL. He carrier qualified in both rotary and fixed wing air-
craft. Next came HS-1, Key West, FL. Then NAS Quonset Pt., RI, with HS-5 and HS-7. Dennis spent most of his service in the
North Atlantic and Mediterranean. He served aboard the aircraft carriers Essex, Wasp, Independence, and Saratoga.
Dennis' civilian career included banking, sales, and medical instrumentation sales and management. Dennis also combined his love
of physical fitness and expertise in sales and conceived and executed a business plan for two ten-court racquetball and fitness centers
which he owned and managed. Later in Dennis' career, he accepted a position in medical instrumentation sales with Karl Storz En-
doscopy America, where he enjoyed outstanding opportunities until his diagnosis of ALS in late 1993.
Dennis told me would live with ALS, not die from it. He kept his word. We had 23 more years together. In those 23 years, Dennis
never once asked, Why me? We learned to adapt and cope with almost any situation and still enjoy life. I never could have man-
aged all that we faced without his love, strength and reassurance. There are many different definitions of success, and Dennis had
success in many venues; but, because of our particular lifes journey, I have come to believe the most important kind of success is
defined by the qualities one chooses to possess. For all of his life, Dennis embodied a deep faith, courage, sincerity, personal integ-
rity, humility, courtesy, wisdom and charity. His signature question was, Do you want to be right, or do you want to be kind? He
lived by Gandhis tenet: My life is my statement.
Dennis gave hope and provided a positive support system to newly diagnosed ALS patients. He helped start an ALS support group
in both Charlotte and Naples. He told new patients, If you die, it does not mean you lose to ALS. You beat ALS by how you live,
why you live, and the manner in which you live. Dennis incorporated the Special Olympics motto into his battle with ALS. That
motto is: Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. Dennis won a gold medal every day of his life.
Dennis Gregory Rogers died December 17, 2016, after his courageous 23 year battle with ALS. Dennis was 71 years old, and fought
bravely until the end. Dennis' wife of 38 years, Judy, was at his side.

Harvey L. (Harv) Scholz

Service History
1967-1968: Post-Grad school at NC State University - Masters in Aerospace Engineering
1968-1969: Flight Training- Pensacola, Meridian, MS, Beeville, TX -Designated Naval Aviator
1969: Transition to F-8, NAS Miramar, San Diego
1969-1971: VC-10, NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Flying F-8 and S-2 aircraft,
base defense, fleet training
1971-1973: USNA, Annapolis, Academic Instructor -Thermodynamics and
Fluid Dynamics, proficiency flying S-2 aircraft
1973: Resigned from U.S. Navy
1973-1976: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI - Product Design Engineer -
Light Truck Division. Survived layoffs during the Arab oil crisis, only to leave
later anyway because my (first) wife (from NC) did not like the cold weather.
1976-2001: Moved to Graham, NC and worked as a Mechanical Engineer for
several companies in the design and construction of fabricated stainless steel
equipment, primarily for the textile industry.
2001-2015: Pureflow, Inc., Graham, NC - Project Engineer, Mechanical -
involved in the design and construction of high purity water systems for phar-
maceutical, electronics, power, and beverage industries. At this writing I am
still working there full-time, planning to do so for at least another year.

During air combat training in the F-8, while trying to out-maneuver an instruc-
tor in another aircraft, I unintentionally got the plane into a spin at 23,000 feet.
The aircraft probably dropped 1,000 ft. per turn. We had been told to eject at
10,000 ft. if we did not have control of the aircraft. Fortunately the spin recov-
ery techniques worked and I got out of the spin before 10,000 ft. That was a
close one!
Most of my other life experiences, except for weddings, children's births, rela-
tive's deaths, pale in comparison.

My first wife and I got married while I was going through jet training at Meridian, MS. I had no more than a long weekend to get
married in NC and drive back to Meridian. No honeymoon. It was neat to have the academy guys I had gone to NC State with
(including John Lay) do a crossed swords ceremony at the wedding in a small church in NC. Bet they've never seen that again! From
that marriage I have two children, Eric and Lauren. Eric has two children and lives in Raleigh, NC, where he works as a contract
administrator for Duke Energy. Lauren has two children and lives in my home town of San Antonio, TX. She is a regional manager
for a clinical trials company. In 1986 I went through a divorce, which led to several years of being single. Then in 1995 I met Bar-
bara, who also lived in this area of NC. Barbara was a sales person with an out-going personality that offsets my serious, engineer-
type ways. In 1998 we got married and are still happily together. From that marriage I gained two stepchildren, Kristin and Shannon,
and one step-granddaughter, Melia.
Retired life has not started for me yet. I enjoy the engineering work I do and it keeps me active. Plus, I need the extra money for my
expensive hobbies. I still have a love for fast, sporty cars, and just finished restoring a 1970 Corvette. That was a money pit! Also
we have about 10 acres of semi-country property outside of Graham, NC that keep me pretty busy. And we travel occasionally to the
beaches and mountains, or to see family.

The Kennedy assassination during our plebe year. What a shock! What a sad time!
Having many weekends of "carry on" during plebe year because Roger Staubach was such a good quarterback and the Navy football
team won most of their games.
After 3 years of good conduct, I got a Black N the second semester of First Class year because I had a car prior to the time we could
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legally have one. Turned out the car had been seen parked in Annapolis during the winter, along with Bill Goodwin's identical '66
GTO, blocking snowplows from clearing the street. An academy official had checked registrations, but both came back (in error) as
belonging to people in Virginia. In the spring, when we could have cars in the academy yard, some sharp officer saw the cars in the
parking area and nabbed Bill and me. Many demerits and weekends of restriction followed.

First Class year the "firsties" had the privilege of riding the elevator upstairs after evening meal. We lived on the 3rd deck and the
Brigade Boxing Champ lived on the 4th deck. As we went up the elevator, BBC would hold the "door close" button so the elevator
would bypass the other floors and go directly to 4th (who would argue with him?). Some guys in our company rigged the buttons so
the elevator would go to 4th, but the door would not open. Then the elevator would go back down to 3rd and we would get off. We
would watch the elevator lights go back to 4th deck several times, then the mad 4th deck guys would get off at 3rd deck and have to
take stairs to 4th. Later our guys would return the elevator to normal operation. After a few days of this it got too risky, but was
really fun while it lasted.
Also during First Class year, Dick Kirtley would borrow my guitar case, go out to town on a weekday afternoon as if he was taking
lessons, and bring back a 6-pack of beer in the guitar case. We kept the beer in a cooler hidden in the closet. ( I better watch out, they
might still "fry" him for that! )
USNA, B.S., Aerospace Engineering Major
NC State University, M.S. Aerospace Engineering
Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of North Carolina

Naval Aviator Wings
As a teenager I had wanted to be a pilot in the military and felt that going to a service academy would give me a college education
and the opportunity to become a pilot. Also, being selected to attend a service academy was considered to be quite an honor in those
days. Still is.

The academy certainly brought a lot of discipline and structure into my life, and allowed me to have a college degree without going
into debt. Much of those academy qualities carried over into my subsequent service as an officer and a pilot, and continued to influ-
ence me during my civilian career. I feel that the academy prestige did open doors for me when I applied for my first job at Ford. In
other career moves after that, especially at smaller companies, it did not seem to be a factor.
Summary
After graduation, i entered the immediate masters program at NC State University where I received a Masters Degree in Aerospace
Engineering. I then headed to Pensacola for flight training and entered the jet "pipeline". After basic and a few months of jet training
at Meridian, MS, I returned to NC just long enough to get married. Then it was back to Meridian to complete the rest of flight train-
ing. After getting my "wings" I trained in the F-8 Crusader and was sent to VC-10 at NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Not the ideal
duty station, since we were limited to the base, but it did count as sea duty even though I had a house and wife to go home to almost
every night.
After Guantanamo, I was sent to USNA as an academic instructor, teaching Thermo and Fluids. I resigned from the Navy in 1973
and began a civilian career as a Design Engineer at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI. I liked working in the auto industry, but
after three years of cold weather, my first wife and I left and moved to NC. Eventually that marriage ended, and I was in the single
mode for several years. One day I met Barbara, who was a salesperson, and after dating for several years, we married and settled
down in Graham, NC, where we had both been living. Together we have a total of four children and five grandchildren, who we en-
joy seeing as often as we can. I continue to work as an engineer in a company that provides water purification systems. Barbara is
retired and handles all the household management responsibilities. I spend my spare time restoring and driving a classic '70 Corvette
(still have the need for speed), or working on my '84 Honda motorcycle.

James T Slaughter, II
OBITURARY
Jim Slaughter passed away peacefully on 25 April 2010 at RWJ University Hospital in Hamilton, NJ surrounded by his loving fam-
ily. After graduating, Jim had a tour on the minesweeper PRIME and served with the Seabees in Diego Garcia. After leaving active
duty, he served in the Naval Reserves, retiring after 22 years as a Commander. Jim held a Masters degree from Georgia Tech in
Civil Engineering and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the USNA. He worked in the private sector with a number of engineer-
ing companies. He was active in cycling, hiking and masters swimming. An avid reader of history, he loved foraging around old
book stores to feed his book buying habit. Jim is survived by his wife, Jurene and her daughters Michelle and Cherie; his son Drew
and wife Megan. He has seven loving grandchildren: Andrew, Christopher, Alex, Jessica, Calleigh, Kyle and Catherine.
A Memorial Service was held on 1 May 2010 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Ewing, NJ. The class was well represented by Pete
Misiaszek, Pat Thompson and Bill Goodwin. Pat and Bill were Jims roommates at the Academy, and Pete roomed with him at
Minesweep Officers School. The three participated in the service by reminiscing about their Classmate and friend.
Service History:
7/67- 8/67: Student - Attended Minesweeping Engineer Officer School, Charleston, S.C.
8/67 - 6/69: Engineer Officer, U.S.S. Prime (MSO-466), Long Beach, CA and WESTPAC,
Damage Control and Main Propulsion Officer
7/69 2/70: Student U.S. Navy Destroyer School, Newport, RI
2/70 3/70: Student Civil Engineer Corps Officer School, Port Hueneme, CA
3/70 3/72: Student, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Postgraduate Program Civil Engineering Advanced curriculum
4/72 8/73: Activity Civil Engineer, Navy Public Works Center, San Diego, CA
9/73 1/75: Resident Contracts Officer in Charge of Construction THREE, San Diego, CA
2/75 2/77: Operations Officer, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE, Port Hueneme, CA, 1975 deployed to Diego Garcia
and 1976 deployed to Guam
2/77 12/77: Naval Construction Training Center, Port Hueneme, CA
Department Head for Builders, Steelworkers and Engineering Aids Schools.
1/78: Retired active Naval duty, joined Naval Reserves. Port Hueneme, CA
Reserve duty - Construction battalion, public works and European staff duty.
02/84: Jungle Environmental Survival Training, Cubi Point, Philippines
11/90: Retired as CEC Commander U.S. Navy Reserves, Port Hueneme, CA
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Civil and Mechanical Engineering Project Manager with extensive engineering design and construction experience in the Industrial
Gas, Primary Aluminum and Pulp & Paper Industries.
1978-1980: Crown Zellerbach Corp., Antioch, CA - Tour Foreman, Senior Engineer
Planned, redesigned, scheduled and contracted various mill improvement projects and rebuilt paper machine starch systems to in-
crease production.
1980-1985: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., Oakland, CA Staff Civil Engineer
Consultant and troubleshooter on primary aluminum, refractories and bauxite capital projects.
1986-1997: Air Liquide Engineering Corp., Walnut Creek, CA & Houston,TX Project Manager
Managed cost estimates, planning, design, procurement, construction and startup supervision of 10 cryogenic air separation plant
projects in the US, Canada, Korea and Australia.
1989-2002: Matheson/Tri-Gas Corp., Irving, TX Manager Onsite Projects
Managed piping procurement, pipeline construction, building field fabricated storage tanks and vessels during the installation of ni-
trogen and air separation plants to locations in Texas, Mississippi and Florida.
2003-2005: UniSea, Dutch Harbor, AK Engineering Maintenance Planner
Overhauling of fish processing equipment, maintenance with associated conveyors, pumps and other machinery. Maintenance man-
agement system with a new, SQL Windows based system. Where working with the old timers on the jobsite was like herding cats.
2005-2010: Giant / Western Refineries, Gallup, NM Civil and Mechanical Engineering Consultant, our home base being in Albu-
querque, NM

14-DEC-1994: AUSTRALIA Civil Aviation Authority Private Pilots License NO. 526714
We spent 15 months working on the jobsite in Altona, Victoria, Australia and lived in Melbourne.
When we came back to the US we lived in Houston, TX and this is where we took delivery of an Avid Magnum tail dragger kit
plane. Jim worked on the plane in our garage in his spare time, which didnt happen much as he was traveling on the job a great deal
of the time and due to circumstances, he never finished the plane. I sold it after he passed on, to a man and his son in Oklahoma for
three times what we had paid for the kit, most of the work was finished already and would have only taken a short time to have it up
and flying.

Making and launching hot air balloons out of 7 th floor window, room 7361 with Dick Kirtley and Harvey Scholz.
Jim was President of ASA, an informal organization to further promote the sport of skateboarding that was practiced in the halls of
the Academy.
1967 USNA - BS in Mechanical Engineering
3/71 Georgia Tech - BS in Civil Engineering
3/72 Georgia Tech - MS in Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering, PE, California - Mechanical Engineering, PE, California
American Society of Civil Engineers - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Athletic
Plebe year lettered in swimming, with records in Breaststroke.
Varsity swimming (2 years).
Service/USNA Awards
Republic of Vietnam Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Expert Rifleman Medal, Expert Pistol Shot Medal
Jim was from a Navy family, his father, Commander James A. Slaughter was serving aboard the Kitty Hawk when Jim was ac-
cepted at the USNA. Since, Jims dad was a Naval officer, there wasnt a lot of monies for Jims college education, although he was
selected for a scholarship at Northwestern University, he chose the Naval Academy. Also, Jim was used to the Navy way of life,
having moved many times, and living in the following locations up through high school; Aiea, Hawaii (6/52-6/53), Long Beach, CA
(6/53-10/53), Coronado, CA (11/53-2/54), Honolulu, Hawaii (3/54-1/57), Peekskill, NY(2/56-7/60), Medford Lakes, NJ (8/60-7/61),
Bellevue, WA (8/61-1/62) and Coronado, CA (2/62-6/63).


When Jim talked about his time at the Academy, he would get a faraway look in his eyes and a smile that said, oh yeah, I had some
really fun times there. He was Academy proud and spoke often of the friendships he made that continued into his later life.
From Jurene While writing Jims bio, I have re-visited the 23 years we spent together, going
through his service records, letters and journals. A very small part of our story is
below.
Our Story
We met when I was 14 and Jim was 15 on Chippewa Trail, Medford Lakes, NJ. He was walking towards me, as we passed one an-
other, we both turned around and looked at one another, for whatever reason, the thought came into my mind, Im going to be mar-
ried to this guy one day, then I thought, Im too young for this.
We became good friends, biking, swimming, hiking, canoeing, playing Mah Jong, adding up columns of numbers to see who could
finish first, setting off beer can mortars in his parents driveway etc. In July of 61, Jims family moved back to California, as his
Dad was a Commander aboard the Kitty Hawk. We kept in touch via letters and then he was accepted at the Academy. Jim and I
became engaged in 1964, then we broke up in 1965, both went our own way. In October of 1988, Jim was on a business trip to
Philadelphia and he tried contacting my family, they in turn contacted me and I called Jim at his hotel.we talked all night. I was
single, living in East Lansing, MI. We were in contact every day via phone and letters, then we got together in Chicago in Novem-
ber, over Veterans Day, the sparks flew and we discovered that our love was still there and stronger than ever. I moved to Walnut
Creek, CA in March of 1989 and we were married in Trenton, NJ in February of 1990.
I miss Jim, but time will never take him away as he lives in my heart and the memories bring me happiness, that make me laugh and
smile to myself, as he truly is/was my soul mate and one heck of a wonderful person.
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William M. (Bill) Stremmel
It is a very sad endeavor to write this memorial on behalf of (Bill). I know he was very proud to have attended and serve
as an officer. I can however speak about his love and compassion for his fellow man.
I heard from a shipmate of his that when on the destroyer off the coast of Viet Nam, he was one of the most beloved offi-
cers. He was a strong leader but lead with empathy and understanding. He worked closely with his men. When they
were short of fresh water and the enlisted men had to shower in salt water, he went down to shower with them rather
than showering in fresh water with the officers. His work responsibilities were always done well and on time. He left the
ship suddenly due to a knee injury that needed surgery. He finished his tour in New York City after a stay at St. Albans
Hospital, Queens, NY. He was not physically able to return to a ship and was not as fond of the administrative work in
NYC. He left the Navy somewhat soon after that experience.
Bill began work as a swimming coach at a private swim club, Badger Swim Club, in Larchmont, NY, along with John
Collins. Bill loved working with the children and being a mentor. He was compassionate but also demanded hard work.
One of his swimmers, Rick Cary, was a National Champion many times and held several World records. He went on to
win a gold medal in both the 100m & 200m backstroke & 400m relay at the 1984 Olympics. Bill was well respected as a
coach and recently honored at a Badger Swim Club anniversary celebration.
Later he moved to Miami and started work with a printing company. He worked there for many years. He stopped
working approximately a year before his death due to a disability.
Bill was instrumental in my younger brother, Bobs, enlistment in the Navy Seals. Bob talked with Bill about his inter-
est in joining the Navy after graduating college. Bill suggested that Bob look into becoming a Navy Seal. Bob followed
that recommendation and just retired as a decorated Lt. Commander after serving 30 years as a Seal.
Bill had a wealth of knowledge in diverse areas that has always been amazing. Our entire family has been very proud of
Bill and misses his laughter and kind heart.
Bill is survived by 3 siblings: Nancy Stremmel, Patricia Stremmel Hahn, and Lt. Commander, Robert Stremmel
Trish Stremmel Hahn, Bills sister

Robert S. Thurlow
Service History
1967-1969 USS Newport News (CA-148)two Vietnam deployments--
Norfolk
1969-1971 USS Green Bay, (PG-101) Executive OfficerSan Diego
1973-1974 Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit Five, USNR Baltimore
1974 Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, GA
1974-1976 USS Somers (DDG-34) Supply OfficerPearl Harbor
1976-1979 NAS Barbers Point, HIAssistant Supply Officer
1979-1980 Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KSpostgraduate student
1981-1982 Navy Fuel Detachment, Tsurumi, JapanOfficer-in-Charge
1982-1983 Naval Supply Depot, Yokosuka, JapanFuel Director
1983-1986 Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force/U.S. Central Command,
Tampa
1986-1987 Naval Supply Center, Pearl HarborFuel Director
1971-1972 Electronic Data Systems Corp, New York CitySystems Engineering
1973-1974 Honeywell Information Systems, AnnapolisComputer programmer
1987-1989 Law Student, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1990-1991 Attorney, Honolulu, Hawaii
1991-2015 Attorney, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Directing eight inch gunfire support of ground forces in Vietnam
Commissioning cruise of patrol gunboat racing the winter ice to exit the Great Lakes and transit to San Diego
Meeting and working for Ross Perot
Watching my ship go aground as it exited Pearl Harbor
Eight great years living in Hawaii
Deployment to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kenya, Oman, and Somalia
Fuel tank fireseventh largest news event in Japan that year
Divorce case in Hawaii against Lee Marvins attorney
Daughter graduated from medical school
President, Southeast Volusia County Chamber of Commerce
President, New Smyrna Beach Kiwanis Club
Chairman, New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission

Married Annapolis native Margie Hyde two days after graduation
Son Robert born 1972; lives in Kansas, not married, is warehouse supervisor
Daughter Meg born 1975, lives in Ormond Beach, FL, married, 4 children, is radiologist for Veterans Administration
To begin August 2015, intend to golf, spend time with grandchildren

Port calls of northern Europe youngster cruise
My association with the wrestling team and Coach Peery
All the great formal and semi-formal hops
My great roommates
Plebe summer squad leaders from 65

Cruise box races plebe year
Lobbing water balloons through windows with lacrosse sticks during study hour
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Awards Received
Seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida Pro Bon Award, 1997
M.S., Univ. of Southern California, Systems Management
M.S., Univ. of Kansas, Petroleum Management
J.D, University of Kansas
Athletic
USS Newport News wrestling champion 165 lbs. (I beat the Marine Detachment OIC in the fantail smoker in WestPac)
Service/USNA Awards
Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Surface Warfare Officer
Attended USNA for the free education and to earn a commission as an officer.

It exceeded my expectations because it caused me to mature and it solidified my family upbringing in the crucible of plebe year to
make me an ethical man with a sense of honor.
Summary
After false starts as a surface warfare officer and a civilian computer jock, Bob found himself as a Navy Supply Officer and bulk fuel
terminal manager, enjoying many years in Hawaii and Japan with his family. He was a plank owner with CentCom and its predeces-
sor, the RDJTF out of MacDill AFB in Tampa, deploying to the Middle East and Africa setting up and participating in joint service
exercises with countries in the AOR. His twilight tour in Pearl Harbor was managing the worlds largest single military petroleum
terminal.
Bob went to law school upon retirement in 1987 so he could acquire a civilian racket to feed the family and live in a warm climate.
He has been an attorney for twenty-five years, mostly as a solo practitioner with a staff of five in a small town.
Bob has been blessed with his lifelong partner Margie, two children, four grandchildren and two Springer Spaniels (since passed).
Bob and Margie return to their roots in Annapolis several times a year, where her family still lives. They enjoy revisiting Hawaii
annually.

Robert P. (Bob) Torres

Service History
1963-67 USNA
1967-71 Sailing instructor for incoming Plebes, Annapolis, MD; Nuclear Power School, Bainbridge, MD; Prototype School, Win-
dsor, CT; Submarine School, Groton, CT; Two year major overhaul on USS Haddo SSN-604, Charleston, SC
1972-73: Eaton Corp. Battle Creek, MI, QA Engineer, Forman, Sales Engr.
1974-2000: Bechtel (several divisions and locations) Mechanical Piping and
Valve Engineer, Project Procurement Manager
2001-2010: Independent Consultant, Hanford, WA, Procurement Expert
Waste Treatment Vitrification Plant; Subcontract Specialist, MOX project,
Aiken SC

Guest of Post Cereal Founders Daughter, Marjorie Merriweather Post, to
Washington DC (She told me that, as a young woman, she liked Midship-
man and how much she loved the Tea Fights.)
Appointment to and graduation from USNA
Marriage and birth of our children
Intelligence Cruise under North Pole to USSR (10 weeks)
Sea Trials on Haddo after the USS Thresher SUBSAFE upgrade
Wore a tuxedo on my last day checking out for my official retirement from Bechtel
Several Cruises and Land Vacations

Beverly Gieske and I were married on June 17th in Battle Creek Michigan. She worked at the Naval Academy Library during part
of my 1st Class Year and after graduation while we were stationed at Annapolis. We have son, Bob, who is a Lieutenant for the
Michigan Department of Natural Resources. We have a daughter, Laura, who is a Financial Administrator at Merrill Lynch in the
Washington, DC area. No grandchildren.
If all goes as planned we will have completed 50 years of marriage by the time of the 50-year class reunion. Do you think that I can
convince Bev that attending the reunion will also be our 50-year celebration event?
Bev and I both took early retirement in 2000 at age 55. We had planned on part time employment as a Walmart Greeter. Something
easy and fun. How different it turned out. We spent the next 10 years working at various jobs, both part and full time. We were
able to travel as part of this new career. We have found out that retirement is not a destination but rather a journey that we are still
on.
We have attended classes at a local college, have done line dancing, have many social activities at our Country Club in our gated
community. I have played so much golf that I am now trying pickleball. We have several hobbies. I do a lot of computer stuff.
Who knows what we will try next.

As part of initial Plebe induction I was given a whole five minutes to select a major. Without a clue as to what it entailed, I selected
Nuclear Science.
Rooming with and interacting with the many Foreign National Midshipmen including John Volker and Julio Giannotti before and
after the company reorganization.
Being asked to try out for the Brigade Boxing Event and getting my bell rung in the first tryout match.
Taking 161+ credit hours over the 4 years. Much more than the minimum.
The value of the Economic Analysis course where we had to plan a 20 to 30 year naval career including life events such as marriage,
children, college costs, retirement and death. I have used the model for many years after leaving the Academy and still use a version
of it today.
Running on the seawall and playing a lot of handball.
Army Navy Games.
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Sneaking over the wall to visit Beverly who is now my wife.
Graduation.

Fighting to get back from the front of the line at Tea Fights.
During our first cruise, with weekend liberty in San Diego, four other Midshipmen and myself obtained the help of an expert wino.
He told us the best places to go and how to get there. He showed us how to have one of us check into a hotel. The rest of us sneaked
through the back door. We were careful to only give him money for his wine after he helped us. What a way to visit a place through
the view of the wino.
Listening to the training pilots brag about how many Midshipmen they got airsick during the first training flight in Pensacola.
The interview with Admiral Rickover.
BS USNA Naval Science majored in Nuclear Science
Nuclear Power Plant Operators School
Prototype School
Officer Basic Submarine School (last 6 month school)
Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer
Life Time Certified Procurement Manager
Service/USNA Awards
National Defense Service Metal

N/A but Qualified for Submarines
In 1957 we moved to Annapolis Street. While living there, I remember watching the black and white TV show, Men of Annapolis
and reading the book Annapolis Today. So I was very aware of the USNA. At the time I knew college was to be part of my
plans, my family could not afford it. I knew others who had been appointed to service academies and I felt that I was as or better
qualified. I was determined to get into one of the service academies, ROTC, or enlist. I had to take the SAT several times to get
acceptable scores and had to have a nose operation in order to pass the physical. Fortunately for me, I ended up receiving my ap-
pointment through wresting coach Perry. Unfortunately, injury and the demands of the Academy resulted in only one year in the
varsity-wrestling program.

I kept an open mind about making the Navy a career. I finally decided that my path lay somewhere else. The Academys high stan-
dards have served me well. Midshipmen character traits such as honesty, hard work, loyalty, confidence, leadership, desire to be the
best, awareness, responsibility, and the importance of physical fitness (to name few) were all enhanced as part of the Academy ex-
perience. These lifelong skills have severed me well and have exceeded expectations.
Summary
Bob reflects back on his experiences and graduation from the USNA. There is a sense of pride and accomplishment. His transition
from a student to a productive member of society began at the Academy and the life skill lessons he learned still continue today. The
Academy provided a strong foundation.
Bob spent almost four years in training and ship yard overhaul as part of his Nuclear Submarine Service. Upon leaving the Navy in
1971, he spent two years in the automotive industry and 27 years working for Bechtel on Engineering and Construction Projects. In
1976 he changed from engineering to procurement.
Beverly Gieske and Bob were married in June 1967 in Battle Creek, MI. She worked at the Naval Academy Library before and after
graduation while Bob taught sailing to Plebes. They have a son, Bob, a Lieutenant for the Michigan Department of Natural Re-
sources, and a daughter, Laura, a Financial Administrator at Merrill Lynch in the Washington, DC area. No grandchildren.
Bev and Bob both took early retirement at age 55. They had planned on some easy and fun part time employment. How different it
turned out. They spent the next 10 years working at various jobs, both part and full time. They have found out that retirement is not
a destination but rather a journey.

They will have completed 50 years of marriage by the time of the 50 year reunion. Since the Academy had such a lasting affect on
their marriage, the class reunion will also be part of their 50 year celebration event.
Retirement activities include classes at a local college, hobbies, golf, pickleball and social activities at their Country Club. They
have been able to take several sea cruises and land travel vacations. Who knows what they will try next.
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Kurt Trautman
Service History
Jul 67 Jan 68 Naval Nuclear Power School, Vallejo, CA
Feb 68 Jul 68 Nuclear Power Training Unit, Idaho Falls, ID
Aug 68 Feb 68 Submarine School, New London, CT
Feb 68 Nov 71 Division Officer, USS Sturgeon (SSN 637), Groton, CT
Nov 71 - Aug 73 Naval Reserve
Aug 73 Jan 76 Weapons Officer, USS William H. Bates (SSN 680), Groton, CT
Jan 76 - Sep 78 Navigator, USS Seahorse (SSN 669), Charleston, SC
Sep 78 Apr 80 Combat Systems and Tactical Instructor, Submarine School, New
London, CT
Apr 80 Apr 83 Executive Officer, USS Philadelphia (SSN 690), Groton, CT
May 83 Dec 84 Combat Systems Officer, Submarine Development Squadron Twelve,
Groton, CT
Jan 85 Jun 85 Prospective Commanding Officer Training
Jun 85 Aug 88 Commanding Officer, USS William H. Bates (SSN 680), San Diego,
CA
Aug 88 Apr 92 Staff Submarine Force, USS Pacific Fleet (Tactical Team Leader, As-
sistant Chief of Staff for Training and Readiness), Pearl Harbor, HI
Apr 92 Jul 92 Prospective Commanding Officer Training
Jul 92 Dec 94 Commanding Officer, USS Florida Gold (SSBN 728(G)), Bangor, WA
Dec 94 Aug 95 Deputy Commander, Submarine Squadron Seventeen, Bangor, WA
Aug 95 Retired from Nava Service as CAPT
While I was out of the Navy from Nov 71 to Aug 73, I worked for Aerojet Nuclear Cor-
poration, Idaho Falls, ID as the Training Director, Loss of Fluids Test (LOFT) Facility.
After retiring I worked for Darlington, Inc as a Senior Engineer supporting the Combat
Systems Department at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division in the
combat system development and development of submarine combat system perform-
ance assessment.
In November 2001, I joined the civil service working for the Combat Systems Depart-
ment, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division developing web based tactical
support and analysis systems serving as Program Manager for the Tactical Support Pro-
ject which provides web based ASW assessment and Navy environmental program sup-
port. In 2005, I became the Director of the NUWC detachment at Bangor, WA in addi-
tion to my program manager duties until I retired in Jan 2014.

Having my Navy career be a very stable settling experience after having moved to a
new place almost every year of my life prior to USNA.
Proposing the assignment of a submarine shipyard overhaul coordinator to coordinate
ship support and work with the shipyard. Served as the first overhaul coordinator, now
a mandatory position for all submarine overhauls.
Developing and teaching the first Digital Combat Systems course for submarine officers including Commanding Officers, Executive
Officers and advanced officer pipeline training.

Completing an around the world trip on a submarine including a transit through the Panama Canal.
Development and deployment of the ASW Tactical Assessment System (ATAS), the first system to provide web based automated
ASW exercise support including data collection, exercise replay and automated performance assessment.
Development and deployment of the SONAR Positional Reporting System (SPORTS). A web based system supporting the collec-
tion of active SONAR information in support of the Navys environmental assessment program. SPORTS provides data and infor-
mation in support of marine mammal protection programs and supports the Navys compliance with environmental requirements.

Marty and I married in August 1969 while attached to the USS Sturgeon (SSN 669). I met her while she was my civilian room-
mates girlfriend and stepped in when that relationship fell apart. Interesting enough, in a house with two submarine officers and two
civilians, both submarine officers married the civilian roommates girlfriends. Marty and I have two sons: Erich, who is married and
lives in Durham, NC; and Stefan who passed away in 1982.
Editor's note: Sadly, Marcia passed away on August 5, 2017.
I am still just getting settled into retired life. We are enjoying the freedom of going where we want when we want, especially trip to
North Carolina.
I am taking the opportunity to spend more time supporting my church and enjoying the time spent in Bible study.

Becoming acclimated to life at USNA, which had more Midshipmen than people in any town I had ever lived in.
Summer cruise program providing a great opportunity to visit Europe and to experience the many career opportunities the Navy of-
fered.
Interview with ADM Rickover for the nuclear propulsion program.

During the aviation portion of Second Class summer cruise, during the takeoff run from the carrier, the plane (T-28) got caught in
the prop wash from the plane ahead and instead of going up we went down and I got a good view of the aircraft carrier bow and an-
chor. The pilot said it was a good thing that the tail hook was not down or we would be swimming needless to say this was the end
of aviation as a career choice.
USNA, Bachelors, Weapons System Engineering
Service/USNA Awards
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (One Gold Star)
Meritorious Service Medal (Two Gold Stars)
Navy Commendation Medal (Three Gold Stars)
Navy Achievement Medal (One Gold Star)
Navy Unit Commendation (One Gold Star)
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Two Gold Stars)

Submarine Dolphins
I was always interested in going to an academy, especially the Air Force Academy. While living in a small town in Kansas I met a
gentleman who attended the Naval Academy and after many discussions, he convinced me that USNA would be a much better
choice.
I expected to get a college degree but a military career was not a goal when I entered the academy.

Yes my goal was to get a college degree in engineering. The academy, particularly the summer cruise program were very influential
in deciding what part of the Navy would be a good choice for me and ultimately led me to a naval career.
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Summary
After graduation, I went through the Nuclear Power training pipeline and Submarine School. Marcia (Marty) and I were married
while I was stationed on USS Sturgeon (SSN 637). In 1971, I transferred to the reserves and worked as the Training Manager for the
Loss of Fluids Test Facility in Idaho. In 1973, I returned to active duty on USS William H. Bates (SSN 680) in Groton, CT. Our
first son, Erich was born in 1974. While Navigator of USS Seahorse (SSN 669) in Charleston, SC, we welcomed our second son,
Stefan, into the family. I then served as a combat systems and tactics instructor in the Officer Training Department, Naval Subma-
rine School, Groton, CT followed by a tour as Executive Officer of USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) in Groton, CT. During this tour our
life was saddened by the loss of Stefan due to complications during heart surgery. I was then assigned as the Combat Systems Offi-
cer in the Tactical Development Department of Submarine Development Squadron Twelve; then as Commanding Officer, USS Wil-
liam H. Bates (SSN 680) in San Diego, CA, and on to Pearl Harbor as leader of the tactical training team and Assistant Chief of Staff
for Training and Readiness on the staff of Submarine Force Pacific. I then served as Commanding Officer, USS Florida (Gold)
(SSBN 728G). I retired in 1995 as Deputy Commander, Submarine Squadron 17.
Upon retirement I worked for Darlington Inc, supporting the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division. Transferring to the
civil service, I worked for the center as a combat systems engineer and Director, NUWC Newport Division Detachment Bangor retir-
ing from government service in 2014.

Robert (Willie) Williamson

Service History
1963-1967: USNA
1967-1968: Flight Training
1969-1972: VF-92 (Two combat deployments; USS America and USS Constellation) 1972-
1976: Flight Test Pilot
1977-1978: Naval War College
1978-1980: VF-103 (Two Mediterranean deployments aboard USS Saratoga)
1980-1981: VF-171 Detachment Key West, FL
1981-1984: VF-161 (Executive/Commanding Officer aboard USS Midway)
1884-1985: Nuclear Power Training
1986-1988: Executive Officer, USS Carl Vinson (WestPac deployment)
1988-1989: Commanding Officer, USS Coronado AGF 11 (Bahrain and Pearl Harbor)
1989-1992: Commanding Officer, USS Nimitz CVN 68 (Desert Storm deployment)
1992-1993: Office of CNO (N889B)
1993-1995: Joint Staff (NMCC)
1995-1997: Commander Carrier Group Two (Mediterranean and Persian Gulf deployment)
1998-1999: Director, Office of Program Appraisal
1999-1999: Deputy Assistant to SECNAV for Research, Development, and Acquisition
1999-2015: Rear Admiral, US Navy, Retired
1999-2004: Microsoft Corporation (first ever General Officer hire for MSFT)
2004-2009: Raytheon Company (VP, RF Communications, EMEA) 2009-2015: The Severn
Group, LLC (Founder and President)

1970-1997: 4000+ flight hours, 200+ combat missions, 968 carrier landings (265 at night)
1970: First ejection (F4J, South China Sea, operational loss due to jammed spoiler actuator)
1974: Second ejection (A4E, test flight, operational loss due to failure of #4 engine bearing)
1997: Last trap (F14D USS John F. Kennedy)
1998: Last flight (EA6B Whidbey Island)

1967: Married Jo Katha Hamilton of Alexandria, Virginia (to whom I am happily married today) 1970: The year our son, Matthew
Charles, was born and today he is also happily married w two children. At present, he is a Business Developer for a Canadian com-
pany in Victoria,
British Columbia, but resides near Philadelphia, PA
1974: The year our daughter, Brook Elizabeth was born and, as she has been all of her life, happily single. At present, she is the Ex-
ecutive Director of Communications for the Chancellor at the University of California, San Diego
By my own definition of retired, I am failing in it. That is the bad news! The good news is that I am down to a lone Board of Director
position and am wrapping up investments with the last of six startups. All of which has lead Jo and I to purchase our fourth and last
boat (all of them built in Maine and all hail as Patriot) to be delivered this coming June.

Leaving! Anyone with two black Ns and over 225 demerits their second class year and given plebe rates for over seven months of
that same year would understand. You should have seen the look on my Company Officers face when he realized that his Company
Commander had failed Conduct the year prior. Seriously though, the institution was a personal savior (the judge allowed me to show
up on 26 June, 1963), the experience defined me as an officer and as a person, and its legacy lives today in the hearts and minds of
those with whom I was blessed to serve.
Surviving Nuclear Power School at age 39!
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Athletic
Doing back flips in my 40s!
Service/USNA Awards
Legion of Merit (three Gold Stars)
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medals (12)
Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V
Presidential Unit Citation
Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation w Bronze Star
Meritorious Unit Commendation w Bronze Star
Navy E Ribbon
National Defense Service Medal w Bronze Star
Nine other Service and Deployment Medals

1968: Designated a Naval Aviator on October 25th of that year
Flag Pennant
Rear Admiral (Upper Half) - Two stars
1. Why did you elect to attend USNA and what did you expect to "gain/obtain from attending? and
I could easily have been a poster child for the Academy. Surviving on my own for over a year before joining the Brigade, being a
good kid, but doing the occasional bad thing, knowing that my salvation meant getting a college degree, but having no resources;
that was the beginning. Four years later, I had been transformed. I had gained a sense of purpose, an appreciation for being part of a
team, a better understanding of what is right and what is wrong, and most importantly, a deep and lasting pride in my own self, my
personal integrity, and the achievements of others with whom I could call friends, colleagues, classmates, shipmates, or squadron
mates. Its quite a testimonial for our Academy, if I say so myself!
Summary
Both personally and professionally, I have experienced several pivotable and memorable events which altered my life from those
moments forward. In chronological order, they were receiving my first and not last Black N, graduating from the Naval Academy,
marrying my only true love, my first cat shot and carrier landing, earning my wings, the birth of my son, ejecting from an operation-
ally wounded Phantom, flying my first and last combat missions, becoming a test pilot, witnessing the birth of my daughter, ejecting
from an injured Skyhawk, commanding a fighter squadron, then a deep draft, and then again a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, and
finally a battle group, buying my first boat, the births of my two grandchildren, selling my first boat, surviving heart bypass surgery,
starting my own company, two successful IPOs, and one that is yet to occur but rapidly approaching, full retirement.
Along the way, I have learned much from those events. I have leaned to be more humble. I have learned to listen. I have learned that
its okay to disagree and not be disagreeable. I have also learned that it is okay to be disappointed, but it is not okay to be discour-
aged. I have recently learned to be philanthropic. And I continue to learn from others whether or not their life experiences were simi-
lar or completely different.
All that thanks to a judge who allowed me to show up on June, 26, 1963, to a Superintendent who had faith in me, to Jo who always
stood by me when I needed her the most, and to my friends, classmates, shipmates, and squadron mates; all of whom checked my six
and set the right course for me.

Bernard Magdelain*
After leaving USNA in 1965, I attended Lehigh University where I earned a BS in Economics.
I also attended the New York University graduate school for Business Administration where I
received my MBA. Since 1967, my functions have been related to
marketing credit products and financial services for money center fi-
nancial institutions. My varied background includes relationship
banking and cross marketing of foreign exchange, syndicated credits,
origination of asset backed products, e-markets banking products,
marketing of custodial and funds transfers business and outsourcing
of margin deficient operational services for financial institutions.
Calling level was typically as the COO, CIO or CFO.
During my career, I have always played golf. After retirement I

wanted to give back something to the game. In 1997, I received for-
mal instruction in the somewhat arcane Rules of Golf and became a
USGA Golf Course rater. Since retiring, I assist the South Carolina
Golf Association as both a Rules Official in competitions and rating golf courses to determine
index and slope for handicap purposes. During a ten-year period I was also a volunteer fireman
for the Scarsdale Fire Department.
I married Renee in 1967 and we have two children and four grandchildren. Son Christopher
lives in Austin Texas and daughter Jennifer lives in Strafford, CT.
*Attended but did not graduate.
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We are proud of our Classmates.
We are proud of our accomplishments.
We are proud that we served.
We are proud of our Country.
Stand, if you are still able; place your hand over your heart, and repeat the following:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America,

And to the Republic for which it stands,
One Nation under God,
Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All.
3rd Battalion Index
Name Company Name Company
Airlie, Jack 17 Eisenbach, Charles 13

Allen, Robert 13 Fletcher, Bennie 15
Apple, Thomas 18 Garner, David 18
Balestra, Louis 16 Gentile, David 18
Barausky, Kenneth 13 Giannotti, Julio 17
Baumberger, Harold 15 Gibson, William 15
Bender, Calvin 17 Gilbert, Arthur 16
Bezdek, Donald 13 Glerum, Michel 16
Brahmstadt, Clifford 15 Gompert, David 16
Brantigan, Richard 17 Goodwin, William 18
Brennan, Edward 14 Gouk, Ritchie 14
Brown, James 17 Greenoe, Bartis 15
Brown, Patrick 14 Hackathorn, Dennis 15
Brown, Terrence 16 Haley, Mark 18
Bryan, George 17 Hall, Kenneth 14
Brydges, Richard 17 Hamilton, William 15
Burch, John 17 Harkins, Maurice (Tex) 13
Burggren, Peter 16 Heimer, James 13
Burns, Thomas 15 Hobbs, John 16
Campbell, Robert 13 Hollander, Toby 18
Cathey, Michael 17 Hudak, Andrew 17
Cazenave, Frederick 16 Huey, Calvin 14
Christensen, James 14 Idsinga, William 14
Christopher, Thomas 13 Inman, John 15
Clymer, Roy 14 Jeffries, Charles 16
Collins, Richard 15 Johnson, Ronald 13
Colomb, Herbert 18 Julier, David 14
Conn, James 18 Junek, John 17
Costello, Dennis 14 Kelly, Robert 17
Cover, Martin 17 Kent, Thomas 14
Cowgill, Curtis 18 Kirtley, Richard 18
Dabbieri, Peter 13 Kluckhohn, Harold 16
Daniels, Gerald 18 Knight, Harry 16
Davison, John 13 Knudson, Thomas 16
Decker, Thomas 18 Krol, Joseph 14
Demarest, Harold 15 Lakefield, Bruce 14
Downing, Donald 13 Lange, Thomas 13
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INDEX
3rd Battalion Index
Name Company Name Company
Lawver, Allen 14 Scheu, David 17

Lay, John 18 Schmitt, Joseph 15
Llewellyn, Adam 16 Scholz, Harvey 18
Lohse, James 16 Schwarting, Stephen 14
Lucas, Dennis 13 Scott, Robert 13
Markley, Thomas 14 Sherer, Wesley 13
Martin, Michael 14 Singleton, Michael 13
McBride, Walter 15 Slaughter, James 18
McCormack, Orval 16 Smith, Edward 16
McGinn, Dennis 14 Smith, Raymond 13
Meinhold, Arthur 17 Smullen, Peter 15
Millard, Warren 16 Stremmel, William 18
Mitchell, Anthony 17 Tamplin, James 17
Moore, Timothy 15 Tate, David 13
Mutty, John 15 Tate, William 15
Nuzzo, John 14 Thompson, Patrick 17
Ogden, Douglass 13 Thompson, William (Pete) 13
Olson, Stephen 15 Thurlow, Robert 18
O'Neill, John 17 Tolotti, Richard 15
Paulk, Michael 18 Torres, Robert 18
Payne, John 15 Trautman, Kurt 18
Pelot, Russell 14 Volker, John 17
Peters, James 17 Waid, Donald 14
Phelps, Jean 15 Waller, Thomas 17
Philip, George 14 Ward, Christopher 16
Poole, Richard 16 Ward, Paul 15
Principi, Anthony 15 White, Peter 16
Pruiett, Ronald 16 Williamson, Robert 18
Purnell, Richard 14 Witt, Theodore 15
Rathbun, Roger 16 Wolcott, Hugh 16
Renzi, Howard 18 Wright, Bruce 16
Robitaille, Joseph 18 Wright, Vernon 13
Rogers, Dennis 18 Young, John 16
Roll, Raymond 13
Root, John 17
Ryan, Scott 17
Scalzo, John 13
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United States Naval Academy

Published by the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association in 2017

After graduation I served as a Surface Warfare Officer aboard

My USNR assignments consisted of CO billets in Salt Lake

As a civilian I worked many years demilitarizing conventional, chemical, pyrotechnic, propel-

I met my future wife on a hayride in 1962,

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Kenneth Peter Barausky

Interesting, Unusual or Memorable Life Events

Information on wife, children and grandchildren

Status of retired life and how I currently spend my time

Most vivid/fondest memories of USNA

-A blind date for Army-Navy youngster year with Julie.

Humorous memories of USNA

Did the academy experience satisfy your expectations?

From 1984 to 2001, I worked for Lockheed Martin Corporation, in

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Donald J. (Joe) Bezdek

Tell us about your wife, children and grandchildren

Most Vivid/Fondest Memories of USNA

Uniform Breast Insignia

Why did I join the Academy?

Robert (Bob) Campbell

I was commissioned an Ensign in June 1967 and sent to Pensa-

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Thomas A. (Tom) Christopher

In 2011 became a Director on the board of Babcock

After graduating, completing flight training and

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Charles Robert Eisenbach II

Interesting, Unusual, or Memorable Life Events

Tell us about your wife, children and grandchildren

Most Vivid/Fondest Memories of USNA

Humorous Memories of USNA

Uniform Breast Insignia

Maurice Alexander (Tex) Harkins

Interesting, Unusual, or Memorable Life Events

Tell us about your wife, children and grandchildren

Most Vivid/Fondest Memories of USNA:

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Did the academy experience satisfy your expectations?

James A. (Jim) Heimer

Interesting, Unusual, or Memorable Life Events

Tell us about your wife, children and grandchildren

Most Vivid/Fondest Memories of USNA

Humorous Memories of USNA

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Did the academy experience satisfy your expectations?

Interesting, Unusual, Memorable Events

Wife, children and grandchildren

Why did I attend?

Did the Naval Academy satisfy my expectations?

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Thomas P. (Tom) Lange

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Interesting, Unusual, or Memorable Life Events

Tell us about your wife, children and grandchildren

Humorous Memories of USNA:

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Did the academy experience satisfy your expectations?

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