TRUMPET TALES How Their Music Shaped the Lives of Two Alumni
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2016 - ISSUE 3 TRUMPET TALES How their music shaped the lives of two alumni HOMECOMING Memorable moments PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS Under rainbow, stars and sail The Leading Source for U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Merchant Marine Officers All Departments, All Trades WWW.AMO-UNION.ORG • 601 S. Federal Highway • Dania Beach, FL 33004 • (800) 362-0513 ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System, Certificate Number 33975 ★ Complete STCW 2010 Training and Certification ★ STCW License Upgrading — All Departments ★ Comprehensive Dynamic Positioning Training ★ Full Mission Simulation: Deck, Engine, Radar, Liquid Cargo www.star-center.com ★ (800) 445-4522 ★ Port Modeling and Research Services 2 West Dixie Highway ★ Dania Beach, FL 33004 ★ A Division of the AMO Safety and Education Plan Content IN THIS ISSUE MARINER STAFF Director of College Relations 8 Jennifer DeJoy | [email protected] Managing Editor Billy R. Sims | [email protected] Designer & Production Editor Deanna Yocom | [email protected] Ad Representative Julie Adley | [email protected] ADMINISTRATION President Dr. William J. Brennan Provost & V. P. for Academic Affairs As a young midshipman on a training cruise stopover in New Orleans, John T. Page ’68 visited Preservation Hall and Dr. David M. Gardner was inspired to play the traditional jazz he still performs today. V. P. for Advancement FEATURES Christopher J. Haley, MBA V. P. for Student Affairs & Enrollment 8 Trumpet Tales Management Dr. Elizabeth True 19 Homecoming Highlights V.P. for Financial & Institutional Services 26 MMA #PhotoContest 2016 Petra Carver Director of Alumni Relations DEPARTMENTS & OTHER NEWS Jeff Wright 5 President’s Watch 28 Athletics Postmaster: Please send change of address notice to Alumni Relations, Maine 6 Alumni President’s 34 Class Notes Maritime Academy, Castine, ME 04420. Message Sent free of charge to all MMA alumni. Letters to the editor may be edited for 39 Commandant’s Desk length. Opinions are those of the authors, and no material may be republished 7 Alumni News 40 Chapter News without the editor’s written consent. 11 Alumni Profile 44 Eight Bells Printed by Franklin Printing, Farmington, Maine 12 Castine Current 47 Annual Giving 24 People Report On the cover: Continuing a proud tradition of MMA highlighted by others in this issue, Midshipman Matthew Cook ’19 plays trumpet for the academy band. mainemaritime.edu 3 Robert Somerville ’65 Jason Oney ’96 Chair Falmouth, Maine Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Strategic Maintenance Solutions American Bureau of Shipping Owner Board of Trustees Chairman (Retired) Capt. Robert J. Peacock II ’71 Earle Cianchette ’77 Eastport, Maine Vice Chairman Quoddy Pilots, USA Captain & Pilot Saco, Maine John F. “Dugan” Shipway, Anne Marie Samway RADM, USN (Ret.) Hampton Falls, New Hampshire Phillips Exeter Academy Treasurer Administrator (Retired) Bath, Maine Bath Iron Works President (Retired) Hon. W. Tom Sawyer, Jr. Dedham, Maine Sawyer Environmental Services Morten Arntzen President & CEO (Retired) New Canaan, Connecticut Chairman & Managing Director Team Tankers International, Ltd. Miles Theeman Bangor, Maine Carolyn Brodsky Scarborough, Maine Arthur “Kitt” Watson Sterling Rope Company New Canaan, Connecticut President Watson Enterprises Incorporated President & CEO Matthew Fendl ’17 Ellsworth, Maine J. Douglas Wellington, J.D., LL.M. Student Trustee Castine, Maine Husson University Gregory S. Fryer Associate Professor Cumberland, Maine Verrill Dana, LLP Partner Katherine Greenleaf Yarmouth, Maine Emeriti Capt. Wendy Morrison ’85 William Bullock Dickinson, Texas Ward I. Graffam, Esq Galveston Texas City Pilots Captain Richard J. Grosh William E. Haggett MMA thanks the Trustees Walter E. Travis for their service. 4 MARINER / 2016 - ISSUE 3 MMA President’s Watch reach into your memory bank. I consider myself that they also credit for helping to shape them lucky to have been the recipient of many letters into the people they are today. As one exam- and stories that you shared as you connected ple, we share with you in this issue a few vivid back to your history with MMA. memories from Timothy D. Keefe, Class of 1966. Wonderful stories came to light during this Tim was the band leader during his years as a anniversary year, along with all sorts of connec- deck student at MMA. Of his visit to Castine for tions that were re-kindled. At Homecoming, we the ’66 reunion last summer, Tim said, “Many welcomed more alumni and guests than at any thanks again for my chance to turn back the other Homecoming in recent memory. Alumni clock, to dream one more time, to hear my bugle came to campus for all of the regular attractions calls…” as well as a few that were planned just for the Of course, I credit MMA for having a big MMA President 75th. On Friday, we invited alumni to partici- influence on me, having grown up on campus. DR. WILLIAM J. BRENNAN pate in morning muster, attend classes, and play My connections to the college and to Castine a round of golf at the Castine Golf Club. That have been a constant in my life for more than 50 evening, we held a Welcome Reception, the Hall years. The 75th anniversary gave us all a chance ime seems to race faster each year, and of Fame Ceremony, and the Alumni Banquet, to reflect, to reach out to old friends, and to link August came more swiftly than ever as the followed by an entertaining show with comedian ourselves back to the MMA community. Tsounds of Regimental Preparatory Train- Jimmy Dunn. On Saturday, the MMA vs. MIT With this third regular issue of the magazine, ing, athletes practicing on Ritchie Field, and a football game was very well attended, as was we will close out what has been a very eventful full dining hall signaled the excitement of the the March On, with alumni representing every and celebratory 2016, but our memories endure. transition from summer to a new academic year. honor year. The barbecue and street dance at Please keep in touch, or consider reaching out By now, you have received the special 75th the town waterfront drew a crowd of nearly 300 to someone you may have been missing from commemorative issue of Mariner. My hope is people and culminated with cake and a fireworks your years at MMA. We are all the richer for the that you enjoyed the publication, and perhaps show out in the harbor. connections that MMA has helped us to create learned something about Maine Maritime Acad- The stories I heard from alumni echoed the in our lives. emy that you didn’t know before. We heard from pride and genuine affinity they have for a place many of you that the articles prompted you to that challenged them in more ways than one, but mainemaritime.edu 5 Alumni President’s Message ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Mary Hutchins ’11 PO Box 125 Joe Cote ’82 Grantham, NH 03753 32 Locksley Lane [email protected] Brewer, ME 04412 Alumni President [email protected] Rylee W. Knox JOE COTE ’82 204 S Livermore Road Vice President Turner, ME 04282 Capt. William S Full ’76 [email protected] 3 Balsam Dr Dear fellow alumni, Cumberland Center, ME 04021 M. Shawn Longfellow ’86 [email protected] 1008 Rosea Ct hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful summer and fall. Where I live in Treasurer Leland, NC 28451 Brewer and Brooklin, Maine, they have been among the best seasons [email protected] I I can recall. Charles (Cal) Lechman ’65 And among the best events of the fall season was this year’s Home- 6 Sweet Haven Lane Troy Malbon ’89 coming, celebrating 75 years of the academy. Those who made the trip Harpswell, ME 04079 69 Anthony Avenue to Castine enjoyed a variety of events suited for all ages. Jeff Wright and H: 207-729-6644 Topsham, ME 04086 Karen Cukierski deserve a grateful thank you for helping coordinate [email protected] [email protected] events and activities, and thanks also to everyone who contributed long hours to help with the countless details that made the celebration such Clerk Chet T. Manuel ’67 a success. Michael X. Savasuk, Esq. ’74 51 Crescent Street I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the incoming Troubh Heisler, PA Skowhegan, ME 04976 President of the Maine Maritime Academy Alumni Association. It is 26 Stony Ridge Rd [email protected] with great pleasure and honor that I accept this role to represent the Cumberland, ME 04110 academy, but most important, to represent all of us who are graduates B: 207-780-6789 Steve Rendall ’96 of one of the finest schools in the country and the world. [email protected] 1 Squire Lane Over the past 20 years, I have served in many capacities to support York, ME 03909 MMA, including President of the Bangor Seadogs Chapter, organizing Past President [email protected] fundraising activities, participating in social events and contributing in various ways to the academy. However, through the years my efforts James Proulx ’85 Stephen “Jack” Spratt ’93 have focused primarily on bringing alumni and friends together— es- 5 Coach Road 577 Castine Road pecially networking with alumni by making acquaintances or seeking Stratham, NH 03885 Castine, ME 04421 possible employment opportunities. B: 603-659-7011 [email protected] As we move forward over the next couple of years, I would like [email protected] Capt. Ralph Staples ’71 to continue to bring us together in support of the academy and one 299 Oak Valley Lane another. John Gillis ’72 Escondido, CA 92027-5338 I ask our MMAAA Board of Directors to join me in achieving our PO Box 127 [email protected] strategic goals and mission as we participate in fundraising events and Norway, ME 04268 with local chapters.