A NEWSLETTER FROMFrom THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ATheCADEMY FOUNDATION Bridge2012 ISSUE 2

Athletic Excellence: Physical Mission On and Off the Field

avy athletic director Chet deep support system for Navy athletics NGladchuk has witnessed the has propelled the Mids to the success Midshipmen rise from the bottom to the that underscores the Academy’s top of the playing field, and that matters commitment to its physical mission. dearly to the Academy and its alumni. One of the strong threads in Under Gladchuk’s leadership, the that support system is the Fund for Naval Academy, once a non-factor in Athletic Excellence. much of the , became the Unlike the charitable donations he importance of athletics at the Naval cream of its crop in 2012 by winning that are targeted to benefit specific TAcademy is evident every day in the lives the league’s President’s Cup for the first sports or projects at the school, the of midshipmen. The Naval Academy Athletic time. That award goes to the school with donations to the athletic excellence Association manages 33 varsity sports, oversees the highest cumulative sports points fund cover a wide area of common 14 club sports, a host of intramural opportunities total among its varsity athletic programs ground at Navy. The fund allows the and a four-year physical education curriculum. competing in the conference. Naval Academy Athletic Association The physical mission has long been one And Gladchuk, who oversees 33 (NAAA)—which administers varsity of the defining traits of the Naval Academy, as evidenced by the emphasis on sports participation. varsity sports, knows how much the athletics, intramural sports and the Nearly every midshipman is an athlete at Navy, where 92 percent of this year’s plebe class played at least one varsity sport in high school. All of which makes the fundraising efforts of the Naval Academy Foundation that much more critical to Navy’s success. To that end, the Foundation is hoping to expand the important Fund for Athletic Excellence from its current level of about $1.5 million to more than $2 million a year, as the cost of maintaining the Academy’s high level of performance continues to grow. The Fund for Athletic Excellence, which benefits varsity sports and non-varsity sports alike as short-term needs arise, helps to compensate coaches, fund athletic facility improvements and offers critical operational support to Navy athletics. To all of those who have contributed or plan to contribute to this vital fund, the Foundation extends its sincere gratitude and appreciation. Go Navy! ■ Chet Gladchuk, Navy athletic director

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291 Wood Road • Annapolis, MD 21402 410.295.4100 • www.usna.com Athletic Excellence Athletic Excellence… continued from page 1 Brand New Boathouse Academy’s 14 club sports—to maintain we’ve hired in recent years, like [men’s a “margin of excellence” by addressing soccer coach] Dave Brandt and urgent needs that arise in various [women’s basketball coach] Stefanie programs throughout the year. Pemper, I’m not sure they could Those needs range from coaches’ have relocated to Annapolis without compensation, to team travel costs, the help we receive from the athletic recruiting budget enhancements, excellence fund.” equipment replacement, nutritional Navy baseball coach Paul supplements, operational support Kostacopoulos, who has won 182 and upgrades to the Academy’s games in six seasons in Annapolis and athletic facilities. led the Midshipmen to the National Hubbard Hall Rededication. “There are so many needs and Collegiate Athletic Association requests that can pop up at any time, tournament in 2012, said the fund has hen-Midshipman Matt Fluhr ’12 and the Fund for Athletic Excellence helped defray the cost of the team’s Tgraduated from the Naval Academy in has become a central component of annual trip to Florida. It has also paid May, and over the four years he spent as an our ability to advance the athletics for such additions as free weights and a oarsman for the Midshipmen, Fluhr witnessed program,” said Gladchuk, who works hitting simulator in the team’s hitting the home of Navy crew literally transformed. with margin of excellence funds and pitching facility at Terwilliger Hubbard Hall, the home base for the totaling about $1.5 million annually. Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium. school’s 140-year-old rowing program, was a “As coaches approach me with “These are the kinds of things you useful albeit outdated structure when Fluhr legitimate needs, I allocate the funds need at this level to compete. Our arrived on campus in the summer of 2008. to help them. You can see how it has budgets are very fair, but sometimes worked. The results are tangible.” there is a little extra piece you need to By the time he graduated, Hubbard was one For example, Gladchuk cited how make you better,” said Kostacopoulos, of the jewels of the Yard. the acquisition of hi-tech swimsuits who added that the Fund for Athletic Thanks to a publicly-funded $18 million helped the Navy men’s and women’s Excellence ideally reflects the reconstruction project that overhauled the teams win last year’s Patriot League importance of athletic success in the three-story building located on Dorsey Creek, Championships. That helped Navy’s school’s physical mission. the school’s proud rowing program has arrived entire athletic department, which was “Sports are a proving ground for in the 21st century. Hubbard now boasts a list at the bottom of the league nearly a the future leaders we’re coaching. of amenities that accommodates about 200 decade ago, and elevated them to You’re going to have challenges and rowers representing the Academy’s heavyweight, second place in the President’s Cup disappointments and get kicked in the lightweight and women’s teams. Hubbard race in the previous five years, to win gut. Sometimes you’ve got to go to has a new floating docking system provided the Cup last spring with 121.75 points. Plan B,” he said. “There is no excuse through a generous gift from General William “Those suits became a necessary not to perform and do the best you can. “Bill” Anders ’53, USAF (Ret.). In recognition tool for the swim teams, and they cost You’ve got to find the answers.You’ve of his gift, the rowing tank was named in us about $25,000 to outfit the team. got to keep your expectations high.” honor of Colonel Robert Detweiler, USAF We had them delivered within about a In that spirit, the NAAA and the (Ret.), a member of The Great Eight, Navy’s week after ordering them,” Gladchuk Naval Academy Foundation have ’52 Olympic gold medal crew. And, private said. “Clearly, those suits had a enhanced the Fund for Athletic gifts to the Navy Crew Excellence Fund will psychological benefit, and they helped Excellence with new benefits and our swimmers with their times. That recognition levels. In addition to the Continued on page 3 was a sudden and necessary cost.” President’s Circle ($2,500+) and “It might be something as small as Friends of Navy Athletics ($25,000) Editor’s note From The Bridge is published periodically by the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni replacing a six-man blocking sled with levels, donors can now be recognized at Association and Foundation. an eight-man sled for the football team the Fleet Club ($5,000+) or Rip Miller © 2012, USNA Alumni Association and Foundation. Portions of this publication may be reproduced with the permission of the Communications Office, USNA Alumni during the season,” he added. “Or it Society ($15,000+) levels as well. Association and Foundation. To suggest articles or provide feedback, please contact us at [email protected]. could be a bigger expense such as By way of benefits, annual Athletic Visit us on the web at www.usna.com. coaches’ compensation. Some people Excellence contributions of $5,000 or

2 From the Bridge, 2012 Issue 2 Class Giving Athletic Excellence Battle Names Updated Continued from page 2 ensure the commitment to crew. Generous hen describing Navy-Marine private gifts are critical to maintaining WCorps Memorial Stadium, it’s equipment and the spaces enabling Navy often said that it is a memorial first and to compete with the best rowing programs a stadium second. Members of the Class in the nation and abroad. of ’66 took that to heart in their class “[Hubbard] was completely functional gift to update the battle names on the when I got here. But you could tell the teams façade of the stadium seating areas. were getting too big for what we had there,” As part of their charge, the Naval Byron Marchant '78, president & CEO of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and said Ensign Fluhr, a newly-commissioned Academy Memorial Oversight Foundation; Chet Gladchuk, athletic director; surface warfare officer. “We knew [as Committee, chaired by Admiral Bruce CDR Mike Baird ’66, USN (Ret.); VADM Michael Miller ’74, USN, superintendent; and Dr. Bruce incoming plebes] the new boathouse was DeMars ’57, USN (Ret.), took on the Bickel ’66 at the unveiling of the plaque coming. We started with the old and ended task of maintenance and review of the commemorating the Class of ’66 gift at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. with the new, and it’s pretty amazing.” memorials at the stadium. They, in The revitalized Hubbard Hall sits on the turn, asked the Naval Historical Society same space it occupied in 1930, when the to review and reconcile the original Thierry, Belleau Wood, Pearl Harbor, facility opened and was designed to handle battle names on the façade with official Wake, Java Sea, Coral Sea, Aleutians, Navy’s lone men’s rowing team of 40 Navy and Marine Corps campaign/ Midway, Guadalcanal, Savo Island, members. When renovation plans were battle records as displayed on the Solomons, New Guinea, Tarawa, finalized, there was no option to expand on battle arches throughout the stadium. Kwajalein, Marianas, Philippine Sea, The Naval Historical Society reviewed Peleliu, Leyte Gulf, Lingayen Gulf, Iwo its original space of 36,000 square feet. and recommended changes that Jima, Okinawa, Battle of the Atlantic, Start with the state-of-the-art, motor- were accepted by the Memorial North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, driven, indoor rowing tank that accommodates Oversight Committee and approved Normandy, Southern France, Pusan up to 16 people. Move on to the renovated by the superintendent. Perimeter, Inchon-Seoul, Chosin shell storage area, which currently stores nearly The changes to names of wars, Reservoir, Wonsan Siege, 38th Parallel, 60 boats and boasts a brand new, tapered conflicts, campaigns and battles will Lebanon, Cuban Missile Crisis, concrete floor that drains quickly. bring the Battle Arches and façade Mekong Delta, I Corps-DMZ, Khe “We had to do everything within the names into alignment and continue the Sanh, Hue, Persian Gulf, Bosnia, building’s limits,” said Chris Allsopp, solemn tradition of the Navy-Marine Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Navy’s assistant director of rowing and Corps Memorial Stadium. Further, the The Class of ’66 raised the funds boatman, who also became former head coach names were replaced with a more for this project as part of their Rick Clothier’s de facto project manager durable material and made consistent in $1,966,000 50th Reunion gift project. during Hubbard’s facelift. both size and color around the Thank you for your generosity and The new Hubbard marries green Stadium. As you enter the stadium in commitment to honoring their technology with the fundamental needs of 2012, the following battle names will shipmates who gave their lives in a crew program at a uniquely demanding be recognized on the walls: Chateau- service of their country. ■ school. For example, a new geothermal heating and cooling system eliminates any re-circulated air in the building. Allsopp said Continued from page 2 To learn more about the value of 87 geothermal wells nearly 400 feet below the supporting the Fund for Athletic ground, interconnected by about six miles of more qualify donors for President’s Excellence and helping to advance two-inch pipe, run the Circle recognition, Admiral’s Row the school’s physical mission, geothermal pump and the privileges and additional benefits please contact Associate Athletic rowing tank. available exclusively to supporters of Director–Development Fluhr said the finished the Fund for Athletic Excellence. ■ Steve O’Brien, at 410-293-3767 or Hubbard product was at [email protected]. ■ ■ worth the wait.

www.usna.com 3 President’s Circle President’s Circle Weekend From Houston Celebrates to Annapolis and Recognizes Donors

ach year, the Naval Academy and president and CEO of the USNA Ethe Naval Academy Foundation Alumni Association and Foundation; welcome President’s Circle donors to Bill O’Connor, executive vice president Annapolis for weekend events to thank of the Foundation; and fellow parent them for their generous support; Lynn Atkinson Drucker who is a introduce them to like-minded alumni, member of the Parent Steering parents and friends; and to share Committee. information about the Naval Academy Drucker spoke directly to her peers The Honorable Stan Legro ’59 and midshipmen. about the importance of supporting the The weekend activities began on Naval Academy. he path that brought The Honorable 27 September with a special luncheon “Private gifts through the TStan Legro ’59 to the United States for parents of midshipmen as well as Foundation provide those extras like Naval Academy was through the Rice fleet parents. Parents had the opportunity clubs, international exchange, Institute in Houston, TX. Legro began his to hear from Commandant of distinguished professors, the Center for college career as a student at the Rice Institute Midshipmen Captain Robert Clark Academic Excellence, the Fund for and as a member of the school’s NROTC ’84, USN; Byron Marchant ’78, Athletic Excellence, the Science, program. The Navy captain who led that program soon became convinced that Legro belonged not at Rice, but at the Naval Academy.The captain pushed Legro to take a competitive examination which resulted in Legro receiving an appointment to the Academy. While Legro was happy at Rice, he accepted his appointment and headed to Annapolis. His decision to do so not only changed the course of his life, but allowed him the opportunity to give back to the school that paved the way for his success in and outside of the classroom. Following his graduation, Legro served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1959 to 1963, after which he transitioned into a successful and distinguished career in environmental law. Legro graduated first in his class from the Academy with a degree in engineering; combined with a juris doctor cum laude from Harvard University this prepared him to serve in high level positions including the chief environmental enforcement officer at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (NACOA). Legro has also held Garden Party at Buchanan House. Photo by Barbara Hendricks Continued on page 5

4 From the Bridge, 2012 Issue 2 Technology, Engineering and like-minded alumni and friends,” President’s Circle

Mathematics program for middle and said Marchant. Continued from page 4 high school students, to name a few,” The afternoon events included a Drucker said. “The Annual Fund junior officer fleet panel, a luncheon private practices in both San Diego, CA, and allows the superintendent to fund with midshipmen and seminars Washington, DC. top priorities such as adding Cyber featuring Naval Academy curriculum. Legro attributes his leadership abilities Security to the curriculum as a major Phil Ferrara ’65 and his wife, Linda, in both his civilian and service careers to his and developing the Center for Cyber have attended nearly every President’s education and training at the Academy. Security Studies.” Circle Weekends since joining in 1998. “I think the leadership and the training I Lynn and her husband, David, “Our favorite part each year has received, combined with the interaction I had have been donors to the President’s been the midshipmen and/or recently with the other midshipmen, faculty and the staff, Circle for four years, but this was commissioned officer panels, followed really helped shape me as a person,” said Legro. their first time attending President’s closely by the lunch with the midshipmen His appreciation for his experience at Circle Weekend. and then the classroom seminars or the Academy has driven him to give back to That evening, President’s Circle classroom observations,” said Ferrara. the institution. As a donor to the U.S. Naval donors were invited to a welcome Friday wound down with a formal Academy’s President’s Circle, Legro has reception at the Loews Hotel in parade on Worden Field followed by contributed to the debate program and has Annapolis. Loews generously sponsored the superintendent’s garden party at also established an endowment for the Naval the reception. The guests were greeted Buchanan House. That evening, Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC). by ambassadors representing the War President’s Circle donors were treated to Legro was president of the Foreign Relations of 1812 including Francis Scott Key a “Musicians of the Brigade” concert Club while he was at the Academy but gives in an effort to tie the celebration with featuring Jules Massenet’s Meditation the credit for launching NAFAC to the the Naval Academy's focus on the and the debut of the Naval Academy classes that immediately followed. Since 1960, commemoration of the war. Chamber Choir. The midshipmen put the Academy has hosted a gathering of Friday began early with a morning on a terrific show and were thanked undergraduates from around the world mingle at Alumni Hall where guests with a standing ovation from the crowd. who come together to discuss themes from met over a light breakfast. The annual Saturday began with a “Taste of current global affairs. meeting followed with briefs from Maryland” tailgate at Navy-Marine “I think NAFAC is a vital program,” Byron Marchant and Superintendent Corps Memorial Stadium where guests explained Legro. “It’s valuable for the Vice Admiral Michael Miller ’74, USN. were treated to farm-to-table treats midshipmen as far as participating in foreign Marchant took the opportunity to and seasonal food grown or raised in affairs and from actually operating NAFAC as share the spotlight with Naval Academy Maryland. Ethel and Captain Frank a midshipmen-operated program. I also think leadership including Chet Gladchuk, Feltham ’64, USNR (Ret.), attended it does wonders for the wider institution of athletic director; Andrew Phillips, the tailgate with their grandson, the Naval Academy as far as making it well academic dean and provost; Captain Midshipman Kevin Ginn ’14. They known to a lot of bright young people on Bruce Latta ’78, USN (Ret.), dean of used the time to catch up and share different major university campuses around admissions; and Commander Wes Huey stories from the weekend. Frank the country.” ’87, USN from the LEAD division. Feltham described President’s Circle Legro’s commitment to the midshipmen They, along with the superintendent, Weekend as “informative, enjoyable foreign affairs experience and to the provided a terrific overview for the and should not be missed.” institution reflects his gratitude for the gathered audience on the state of the Although the weekend ended with experience and education he received at Academy as well as a look at how a loss against San Jose State (0-12), the the Academy. private dollars help to enhance the energy of the weekend was undeniable. “I think the Naval Academy did a lot Academy and its programs. “Reinforcing or reaffirming one’s for me, and I think it’s a “President’s Circle Weekend events own reasons for giving back can be very wonderful institution for provide a great opportunity for our beneficial to an individual alumnus and midshipmen,” said Legro dedicated and generous donors to beneficial to the group as a whole,” said on a visit to the Academy learn more about the Academy and Ferrara. “In effect, the President’s Circle for President’s Circle ■ Weekend. ■ priorities, while also networking with group feeds upon the group energy.” Visit www.usna.com for a video with Legro.

www.usna.com 5 Corporations and Foundations Class Giving Northrop Grumman Donates Software ’63 Supports Academic Excellence he United States Naval Academy TFoundation received more than $1 million in Voyage Management System (VMS) software donated by Northrop Grumman Maritime Systems, a business unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leading global defense company. The gift-in-kind will support the Naval Academy’s professional development of midshipmen as future naval officers, specifically as submarine and surface warfare officers. “We are honored by Northrop Grumman’s generosity,” said Byron Marchant ’78, president and CEO of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation. “This gift will enable today’s midshipmen to train with a state-of-the art electronic navigation system and thus better prepare them for service in Byron Marchant ‘78, president and CEO of the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation; CAPT Spencer Johnson ’63, the fleet.” USN (Ret.); VADM Michael Miller ’74, USN, superintendent; Andrew Phillips, USNA academic dean and provost; and Bruce Bukowski, director, Center for Academic Excellence. Northrop Grumman donated the newest version of its VMS, which incorporates the Electronic Chart Display Information System- n 21 September 2012, Naval and welcomed the first speaker Class Navy (ECDIS-N) technology that has been OAcademy leadership, Alumni President Captain Spencer Johnson ’63, selected by the navigator of the Navy and is Association and Foundation staff, USN (Ret.). now the fleet standard. This version is members of the Class of ’63 along “At the end of our four years here, currently installed, or under contract and with friends and family gathered in almost a third of our class had been scheduled for installation, on more than 200 the foyer of the Commodore Uriah P. separated, largely due to academic U.S. Navy ships and submarines. Levy Center for deficiencies,” said “This donation is presented to allow the the ceremonial Johnson describing Naval Academy Professional Development ribbon cutting his experience of a Division to provide state-of-the-art navigation “This building would of the Class of and electronic charting training,” said Bill demanding course 1963 Center Hannon, vice president of Northrop not exist if not for the load and little Grumman Maritime Systems. “We are proud for Academic available help. to continue our support to the mission of the Excellence. vision and generosity “If the Class of United States Naval Academy, and I sincerely Lieutenant 1963 Center hope that this donation enhances the Jacob Foster Davis of our alumni.” for Academic professional development of our Navy’s ’07, USN, director Excellence had future leaders.” of strategic existed in our day, Jeff Holloway ’77, site director of communications and instructor at the there would have been a lot more of us Northrop Grumman Maritime Systems in Center, served as master of ceremonies at graduation, tossing our caps in the air, Charlottesville, as well as a retired career naval

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6 From the Bridge, 2012 Issue 2 and going on to serve our nation in the project contributing nearly $3.5 million Continued from page 6 armed forces and a thousand other with the goal of a $6.3 million total to officer and former Naval Academy instructor, civilian pursuits.” be realized at their 50th reunion. spearheaded the gift-in-kind donation. The Since 1989 when the Center Their support has allowed for the donated VMS software will allow midshipmen for Academic Excellence opened, operation and staff of the Center while to use digital charts and Global Positioning thousands of midshipmen have been Superintendent Vice Admiral Michael System (GPS) in an integrated, automatic aided through the programs and Miller ’74, USN, allocated federal funds plotting system. By using this software in the services offered. Last year alone, more to renovate the spaces in the Levy computer lab, midshipmen are able to acquire than 750 midshipmen used services Center reflecting the high priority of relevant training that they will use in the fleet, weekly including specialized plebe the Center and programs. allowing them to begin their first assignments programs; extra help classes with In his remarks, Superintendent on ships or submarines already familiar with assistance in calculus, chemistry and Miller commented on the the system and proficient in its use. This physics; academic counseling and transformational power of private gifts. integrated system also enhances an officer’s tutoring programs; and midshipmen “You can’t stand in a place like this and bridge situational awareness while standing group study programs. not be reminded of how philanthropy watch and improves safety at sea. In 2003, the Class of 1963 decided changes our lives,” he said. “This “The challenges of finding and fixing to memorialize their class and help building would not exist if not for the your position at sea remain the same, whether midshipmen reach their academic goals vision and generosity of our alumni.” you are shooting sunlines, doing visual by funding the Academy’s expanding Thank you to the Class of 1963 for piloting or using GPS-generated fixes,” said Center for Academic Excellence. The your leadership. And thank you to Commander Doyle Hodges ’92, USN, Center for Academic Excellence and former Naval Academy Foundation chairman, Seamanship and Navigation the resources provided to midshipmen board member and great friend of the Department at the United States Naval is one terrific example of the Naval Academy, J. Willard Marriot, who Academy. “What’s critical is getting public/private partnership in support has been a consistent leadership donor midshipmen to understand the fundamental of the Naval Academy, the Brigade to the Center and to the Classes of processes that underlie all of these techniques, and the pursuit of excellence. More 1956, 1973 and 1975 for joining in so that they are truly navigating, rather than just relying on a compelling picture shown on recently, the Class of ’63 again their efforts to support the Class of the computer. Thanks to the generous support designated the Center as its legacy 1963 Center for Academic Excellence. ■ of Northrop Grumman, we are able to teach midshipmen how to approach electronic navigation and charting from an integrated perspective, and incorporate traditional techniques, even as they use the latest version of the software they will find in the fleet.” Since 1991, Northrop Grumman’s philanthropy has supported a wide variety of the Academy’s strategic initiatives, including cyber security studies; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics outreach to middle- and high-school youth; the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership; and the Midshipman Action Group, which enables midshipmen to Dr. Beth Mutch ’98, chemistry learning specialist and midshipman study group coordinator for the Center for participate in a variety of educational, Academic Excellence, teaching. environmental and social service volunteer projects in the metro Annapolis-Baltimore- Washington area and across the nation. With this most recent gift, Northrop Grumman has given more than $12 million in support of the U.S. Naval Academy. ■

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