Class of 1963

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
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• Members of the Class who took the oath as
  Midshipman, U.S. Navy on 7 July
  1959...................1,191
• Lingering traditions when we entered the Academy
• A real Plebe Year
• A smokestack that could be painted ( 63 sez.)
• Marching to Protestant Chapel Service in Full
  Dress uniforms
• No Public Display of Affection
• Heavy raincoats
• Service Dress Khaki
• Academic sections marching to class
• An all male Brigade

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
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• Lingering traditions when we entered the Academy
  (continued)
• SAT was 2.5
• WWII-era rooms in Bancroft Hall
• Philippine Mess Stewards
• Commanders, Captains and Chief Petty Officers
  were old
• Bullet-proof Service Dress Blue Uniforms
• A Bachelor of Science Degree in Naval Science
• The former Spanish Cruiser Reina Mercedes
• Thompson Field
• Isherwood Hall

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
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• While we were at USNA
• 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 Navys 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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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
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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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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 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

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
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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

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
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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-____)
• 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)
• Number of Classmates killed in combat in
  Vietnam.13
• Classmates killed aboard U.S.S. Liberty, June,
  1967............1

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
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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
• Prisoners of War in Vietnam
• -Mike Cronin
• -Denver Key

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
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• Deceased Classmates (as of 4 September, 2003)
  ..123
• (includes 100 graduates and 23
  non-graduates)
• 12. Attendance at the 40th Reunion (as of 10
  September, 2003) ......733
• (including 375 Classmates, 12 widows,
  and 346 spouses/guests)
• Classmate with the greatest number of
  grandchildren
• -David Puckett (10)

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 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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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
- LEGACY GIFT CHRONOLOGY -
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
QAs 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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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
- LEGACY GIFT CHRONOLOGY -
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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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
- LEGACY GIFT CHRONOLOGY -
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
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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
- CLASS GIFTS -

• Scholarship assistance to 83 children of 44
  deceased classmates (since 1974)
  ................... 652,000
• Construction of Alumni Hall (30th Reunion, 1993)
  ..................................................
  ............ 50,000
• The commissioning of the U.S.S. Fitzgerald
  (DDG-62) (1995) ..................................
  ......... 5,000
• Memorial service for classmates killed in Vietnam
  (1995) ...........................................
  ....... 4,800
• The Submarine Memorial at Nimitz Hall (1996)
  ..................................................
  ................ 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 Tetraults gift for an Academic
  Chair (Directors Position) for the Center
• for the Professional Study of Military Ethics
  (1997, 1998) .....................................
  ............. 1,750,000

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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
- CLASS GIFTS -

• The Chapel Flower Fund (for Parents Weekend)
  (2002) ...........................................
  ..................... 3,500
• Gifts by Mike and Sheila Bonsignore (2002-2003)
  . 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)
  . 70,000
• Unrestricted contributions/pledges to the
  NAF/USNA .. 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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Class of 1963 40th Reunion 19th September, 2003
- CLASS GIFTS -

• Initial Corpus of a (40th Reunion) Living
  Legacy Gift for the Class of 1963 Center for
• Academic Excellence..
  ........... 1,123,000
• Class Crest for Alumni Hall (2003)
  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
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  TOTAL 9,992,800