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Class of 1963
40th Reunion
19th September, 2003
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- SITREP Members of the Class who took the oath as “Midshipman, U.S.
Navy” on 7 July 1959……..................….1,191
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Lingering traditions when we entered the Academy:
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A real Plebe Year
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A smokestack that could be painted (“ ’63 sez….”)
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Marching to Protestant Chapel Service in Full Dress
uniforms
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No Public Display of Affection
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Heavy raincoats
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Service Dress Khaki
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Academic sections marching to class
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An all male Brigade
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No cars
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A (consistently) winning football team
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Lingering traditions when we entered the Academy:
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SAT was 2.5
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WWII-era rooms in Bancroft Hall
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Philippine Mess Stewards
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Commanders, Captains and Chief Petty Officers were old
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Bullet-proof Service Dress Blue Uniforms
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A Bachelor of Science Degree in Naval Science
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The former Spanish Cruiser Reina Mercedes
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Thompson Field
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Isherwood Hall
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Tea Fights
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While we were at USNA:
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The administrations of Presidents Eisenhower and
Kennedy
The first game in the new Navy Marine Corps Memorial
Stadium
The USSR put the first man (Major Yuri Gagarin) in earth
orbit
The Bay of Pigs (Cuba) invasion
The first U.S. Astronaut (CDR Alan Shepard) entered
space (116.5 miles up)
An American U-2 (Francis Gary Powers) was shot down
over the Soviet Union
Joe Bellino was named Navy’s first winner of the Heisman
Trophy
The Berlin Wall was erected by East Germany
The first American (LT. COL. John Glenn) orbited the
earth
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The USSR exploded the largest (50 megaton Hydrogen)
bomb in world history
Bancroft Hall expanded to 7th and 8th wings
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Members of the Class who graduated and received commissions
on 5 June, 1963……………………………...876
NAVY ----- 733 (83%)
Surface line - 323 (37% of graduates)
Naval aviation – 208 (24%)
Nuclear power – 138 (16%)
Supply – 42 (5%)
CEC – 10 (1.1%)
Other – 7 (1%)
USMC ----- 67 (8%)
USA ----- 20 (2%)
USAF ----- 60 (7%)
NPQ ----- 5 (0.5%)
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19th September, 2003
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Those who made Flag rank:
-Vice Admiral Charles S. Minter,
Jr. (Honorary)
-Vice Admiral Bill Earner
-Vice Admiral George Emery
-Vice Admiral Dave Frost
-Vice Admiral David Robinson
-Rear Admiral Charles C.
Kirkpatrick (Honorary)
-Rear Admiral Ken Carlson
-Rear Admiral Dennis Conley
-Rear Admiral Tom Hall
-Rear Admiral Larry Marsh
-Rear Admiral Dave Oliver
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Those who made Flag rank: (continued)
-Rear Admiral Joe Strasser
-Rear Admiral Paul Tobin
-Rear Admiral Denny Vaughan
-Rear Admiral Rich Wilson
-Rear Admiral Guillermo Devoto
(Peru)
-Rear Admiral Jack Donegan
-Rear Admiral Wes Jordan
-Rear Admiral Karl Kaup
-Rear Admiral Tom Robertson
-Rear Admiral Rick Rohrback
-Rear Admiral Lee Tillotson
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Those who have served as Presidential Appointees in the
Federal Government:
-Roger Mehle (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-83)
-Steve Duncan (Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1987-93)
-Dave Oliver (Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense,
1998-2001)
-Mario Fiori (Assistant Secretary of the Army, 2001-____)
-Tom Hall (Assistant Secretary of Defense, 2002-____)
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Service in senior positions of State Government:
-Tony Celebrezze (Ohio Attorney General 1983-91; Ohio
Secretary of State 1979-83; Ohio State Senate 1975-79)
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Number of Classmates killed in combat in
Vietnam…………………………….13
Classmates killed aboard U.S.S. Liberty, June, 1967............1
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Senior Awards for Valor:
-Bill Fitzgerald (Navy Cross)
-David Robinson (Navy Cross)
-Willis Wilson (Navy Cross)
-Frank Wroblewski (Army Distinguished
Service Cross)
-At least 15 Classmates were awarded the Silver
Star Medal
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Prisoners of War in Vietnam:
-Mike Cronin
-Denver Key
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Deceased Classmates (as of 4 September, 2003)
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(includes 100 graduates and 23 non-graduates)
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12. Attendance at the 40th Reunion (as of 10 September, 2003)
………………………………..………....733
(including 375 Classmates, 12 widows, and 346
spouses/guests)
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Classmate with the greatest number of grandchildren:
-David Puckett (10)
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19th September, 2003
CLASS OFFICERS
President:
Steve Duncan
Secretary: Mike Shelley
Vice President: Denny Vaughn
Treasurer: Al Sherman
CLASS FOUNDATION
President:
David Puckett
Other major contributors to the work of the recent
Legacy fund drive:
Regional Vice Presidents: Sonny Glassner,Kent Maxfield,
Tim Cook, Terry Abell, Al Griggs, Dick Arvedlund,
Bruce Webb, Frank Hilton
Secretary: Will Settle,Ken Metviner
Treasurer: Jim De Francia, Dave Riley
Trustees: David Robinson, Pete Carrothers,
Chuck Stone, Roger Mehle, Ron Klemick,,
Lou Simpleman, Steve Duncan, Satch Baumgart,
Jim Koehn, David Puckett, Doug Davidson,
Jim Ring, Larry Marsh
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40th Reunion
19th September, 2003
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22 Oct. 1998- At the 35th Reunion Class Meeting, the Class elected
to explore the possibility of a perpetual and flexible “Living
Legacy” form of gift to USNA at the 40th Reunion and to use the
Class Foundation as the vehicle
Oct. 1998-Oct. 1999- Meetings with outside consultants
22 Oct. 1999- Duncan/Ring letter to the Class summarizing the
“Living Legacy” concept and including several Q&As
6 Mar. 2000- Duncan/Ring letter to the USNAAA/NAF (RADM.
Ron Marryott) re: elements of a possible Letter Agreement
Aug. – Sept. 2000 - Negotiations culminating in a Letter
Agreement signed by the NAF,the Class of 1963, and the Class of
1963 Foundation
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25 Sept. 2000
- Duncan/Ring letter to the Class
announcing the terms of the Agreement and describing the three
funds available for support:
a. NAF, Class of ’63 Foundation Fund
b. NAF, Class of ’63 Legacy Restricted Fund
c. NAF Unrestricted Fund
16 Mar. 2001- All day meeting at USNA with 9 officials who made
presentations on the various needs of USNA
5 June 2001- Duncan/Puckett letter to the Class re: status report
Oct. 2001- Duncan/Puckett letter to the Class describing the
Academic Center and recommending it as the “Living Legacy” gift
at the 40th Reunion
22 Oct. 1998 – Present- Many formal meetings of the officers and
trustees of the Class Foundation re: the “Living Legacy”
campaign
Dec. 2002- Duncan/Puckett letters explaining the “Living Legacy”
concept and soliciting contributions
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April 2003- Shipmate article (by Dean Bill Miller) re: the Class
of 1963 and the Academic Center
June 2003- Puckett, Duncan, Maxfield, Arvedlund meeting with
NAF officers.
Conceptual agreement on the “Living Legacy” aspect of the gift
July-Sept. 2003- Negotiations with NAF culminating in the
signing of a new Gift Agreement (for the “Class of 1963 Center for
Academic Excellence”) between the NAF and the Class of 1963,
and Class of 1963 Foundation
Class of 1963
40th Reunion
19th September, 2003
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•Scholarship assistance to 83 children of 44 deceased
classmates (since 1974) ...................
$ 652,000
•Construction of Alumni Hall (30th Reunion, 1993)
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$ 50,000
•The commissioning of the U.S.S. Fitzgerald (DDG-62)
(1995) ...........................................
$ 5,000
•Memorial service for classmates killed in Vietnam (1995)
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$ 4,800
•The Submarine Memorial at Nimitz Hall (1996)
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$ 6,000
•Listing of deceased Classmates at the U.S. Navy Memorial
in Washington, D.C. (1998) ..
$ 2,500
•Miscellaneous other memorials, subscriptions to Shipmate
for widows, etc ………………
$ 4,000
•Roger and Linda Tetrault’s gift for an Academic Chair
(Director’s Position) for the Center
for the Professional Study of Military Ethics (1997, 1998)
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$1,750,000
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19th September, 2003
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•The Chapel Flower Fund (for Parent’s Weekend) (2002)
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$
3,500
•Gifts by Mike and Sheila Bonsignore (2002-2003)
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$4,000,000
- Two sky boxes at the Navy/Marine Corps Memorial
Stadium, one to be named
for the Class of 1963 ($2,000,000)
- Undesignated ($2,000,000)
•“Class of 1963” Rowing (8 Oar) Shell (2003)
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$
70,000
•“Unrestricted” contributions/pledges to the NAF/USNA
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$1,620,000
•The Levy Center and Jewish Chapel (2002-2003) (approx.)
……………………………………… $ 180,000
- Class of 1963 Foundation ($25,000)
- Individual contributions/pledges ($155,000)
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•Initial Corpus of a (40th Reunion) “Living Legacy” Gift for the
“Class of 1963 Center for
Academic
Excellence”…………………………………………………………
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$1,123,000
•Class Crest for Alumni Hall (2003)
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6,000
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TOTAL OF CLASS GIFTS TO DATE: $9,476,800
BALANCE (of the Class of 1963
Foundation) FOR FUTURE GIFTS: $ 516,000
TOTAL: $9,992,800
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