The USNA Alumni Association Chapter Newsletter Leaders To Serve The Nation February 2014

Chapter Officers: at least 30 minutes and his responses 22776/army-takes-on-its-own-toxic- were from the heart and also from leaders President: Alan Lerchbacker ‘74 (626) 644-6452, [email protected] someone who has been involved with Reed is currently the Associate Dean at Vice President: Gilda (Addessi) Reeves ‘98 San Diego Sports for over 3 decades! the School of Leadership and Education (858) 220-1108, [email protected] Sciences at USD. 2nd Vice President: Shawn VanMeter ‘97 Our speaker for February is Col (858) 361-2648, [email protected] George Reed (USA, Ret.). He will be March 18, 2014 – Mark Divine will be VP for Membership: Craig Smith ‘82 speaking about Leadership topics. our March speaker, sharing about his (619) 623-5509, [email protected] You do NOT want to miss this recently published book, The Way of the Secretary: Tad Northcott ‘87 luncheon. SEAL: Think Like an Elite Warrior to (703) 819-2289, [email protected] Lead and Succeed. In The Way of the Treasurer: Maurice Caskey '64 (858) 484-3715, [email protected] Another event you do NOT want to SEAL, ex-Navy Commander Mark Corresp. Sec.: Barbette Lowndes ‘80 miss is our Casino/St. Patrick's Day Divine reveals exercises, meditations and (858) 243-2142, [email protected] event on March 15, 2014 at the Air focusing techniques to train your mind for NAVNET/Job Board: Tom Hammons ‘71 and Space Museum. This is not just mental toughness, emotional resilience (858) 538-9824, [email protected] for our alumni but for you to bring and uncanny intuition. This book is a Directors - Term to 2014 neighbors and all your friends. We practical guide for businesspeople or Myron Fleming ’62 [email protected] would like to get over 400 people to anyone who wants to be an elite operator Charlie Carey ’70 [email protected] attend Vegas Night!! The cost of the in life. Jack Vellis ’68 [email protected] tickets is $50 per person, which will Jason Jackson ’02 [email protected] Directors - Term to 2015 include food, one drink ticket and Bob Schoultz, a former Navy SEAL with Dick Evert ‘68 [email protected] $500 in chips. Even if you do not 30 years of Active Duty service, will be Dan Gruta ’86 [email protected] gamble, this event is for you. We are providing perspectives to augment some Bob Willingham ’96, going to have instructional tables and of the insights in Mark’s excellent book. [email protected] Richard Lederer will be our guest of Matt Parra ’91, [email protected] honor. Richard taught both his son's April 15, 2014 – CAPT Kent “Torch” Directors - Term to 2016 to play poker and they have won over Whalen is our invited April speaker. Sandra Davidson ’86 [email protected] $23M playing in poker tournaments CAPT Whalen is currently the CO of Dan Donoghue ’74 [email protected] around the world! The food is going USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Nick Hennenfent '03 [email protected] to be fantastic and the drinks will be Betsy Radelow ’01 [email protected] Western Region Trustee: Chris Cooke ‘81 flowing. Wear your Casino attire and Class Representative News and Gouge (619) 972-4283, [email protected] make it GREEN!! Our 2013 Chapter Membership Drive has National Trustee: Dan Archer, ’80 wrapped up with 952 members - please [email protected] We also have put our last year’s still encourage your Classmates to join USNA Foundation Athletic and Scholarship financial report on our website for the best USNAAA Chapter in the world Board - Trustee: Randy Bogle ‘68 you to view and also our budget for for about $2 a month (O-3 & below only (619) 328-5728 [email protected] next year. We want our Chapter to $1.25 per month) as we forge ahead to Naval Academy Info Officer, Area Coordinator: be 100% transparent for all our break the 1,000 member mark in 2014! Mike McVay ‘77 [email protected] Extended Brigade Initiative (EBI) members. Another great victory for Navy Football (Alumni helping Alumni) - [email protected] as they put a beating on Middle Charles Carey, ’70 (858) 636-4116 Come and join us in February and Tennessee State University in the 2013 Chapter Homepage: http://www.usnaaasd.com March!!! Armed Forces Bowl. We had very good Webmaster: Mike Bice ‘90 attendance at our 3 Bowl Game viewing [email protected] Your President, venues as we cheered on Navy to a super victory & a final 9-4 season – RJs had President’s Letter Alan about 35 turnout for an early Monday morning Bowling breakfast, with 8 Dear fellow Alumni, UpcomingLuncheons Classmates from '82 gathering together to remind the Blue Raiders why they need to Once again, our monthly speaker was over February 18, 2014 – Retired Army "Fear the Goat." Really appreciate the top!! "Coach" John Kentara gave us all Colonel George Reed will be our everyone getting the gouge out about our a look into all kinds of San Diego Sports. February speaker. Reed is most January Chapter Luncheon. We had 40 John is the GM for our indoor San Diego recognized for his research on Toxic people in attendance, including 8 Sockers soccer team and is a sports host for Leadership in the Army. You can members of the Class of '80, at RJs for the Mighty 1090 AM San Diego Sports read more about the subject and about some great food & an outstanding guest Radio. John took us through his college him from this link: speaker, "Coach" John Kentera, General days, into his first coaching gigs, and then http://www.npr.org/2014/01/06/2594 Manager of the & his transition to radio. He took Q and A for esteemed member of the Mighty 1090 2 The USNA Alumni Association AM Sports Radio Team! The latest & The Importance of Chapter Friend us on Facebook! Search for greatest gouge item to chow call out to all Membership "USNA Alumni Association San Diego of your local Classmates regards our There is a lot of value as a result of Chapter" or use the following link: upcoming February 18th Chapter Luncheon maintaining a current membership in http://www.facebook.com/pages/USNA- with Retired Army Colonel George Reed our local San Diego Chapter. Here are Alumni-Association-San-Diego- sharing his research on Toxic Leadership in few of the reasons it makes sense to Chapter/11729679215 . the Army. FYI, Class Reps are still needed JOIN or RENEW your Chapter for the following year groups: 1938, 1939, Membership: Chapter Logo Gear Now On Line 1940, 1943, 1945, and 1954. Please contact and encourage your local Classmates who Blue & Gold Support: The Chapter Looking for the perfect shirt for the are not yet Chapter members or need to is the primary funding source for the Army-Navy game or maybe some new renew their lapsed membership to join or San Diego Blue & Gold Program, glasses for the bar that show your San renew and stay connected with our superb which is one of USNA’s primary Diego support? Well, now you can order USNAAA San Diego Chapter and receive recruiting programs. Between 20 and them online through the USNA.com excellent member benefits with special 30 Plebes from the San Diego area Alumni Store. Our new chapter logo is pricing to all of our events, including are inducted each year. now available and can be put on our Vegas Night on Saturday, March 15th everything from glass ware to tote bags. at the San Diego Air and Space Museum USNA Program Support: From Ordering is easy, just go to: and our Annual Take Me out to the time-to-time Clubs (Rugby, Glee http://www.navyalumnistore.com/16/Ho Ballgame on Tuesday, April 1st as the San Club, etc.) seek funding assistance for me.htm directly or through the Diego Padres take on the Los Angeles San Diego area visits. If you were USNA.com website via the “Shop” Dodgers at 's 2014 Opening involved with a club as a MIDN button in the toolbar and you can order all Day. FYI, the primary reason stated by you’ll recall that USNA funding kinds of merchandise with our chapter Canoe U Grads for not joining the generally didn’t cover all team logo. Show your chapter spirit and turn USNAAA San Diego Chapter is that they activity costs, this has not changed. out for the tailgater or monthly lunch in assume that USNAAA Life Membership The Chapter supports as many your chapter. with Crabtown on the Bay at Mother "B" requests as it can. automatically signs them up for Obituaries membership in their local USNAAA Chapter On-Line Directory Access: Chapter, which is not the case. When you Only Chapter members have access VADM Patrick Hannifin, USN, meet a Navy Classmate or Grad, please get to the database of over 3000 area (Ret.) ‘45 them gouged up about our local Chapter and alumni. direct them to the Chapter website Patrick J Hannifin, Vice Admiral USN www.usnaaasd.com to sign-up to become a Preferred Pricing for Chapter (Ret.), a resident of Solana Beach, CA for local member – thank you very much for Events: All Chapter events have a almost three decades, passed away on your assistance! The Class Rep position has non-member surcharge, so you will January 9, 2014; he was 91. proven to be the backbone to strengthening normally save $5/event. Born in Oklahoma on January 26, 1923, our local USNA and Classmate camaraderie he was raised in Roswell, NM, where he while promoting all of our superb upcoming It’s Cheap & Easy to Join: $25/yr; attended New Mexico Military Institute San Diego Chapter luncheons and special $15/yr Active/Reserve O-3 & below. prior to entering the U.S. Naval events. Serving as a Class Rep is an Visit www.usnaaasd.com and click Academy. Graduating with the Class of awesome way to stay connected with your on the membership tab. 1945 in June 1944, he was commissioned local area Classmates as well as an Ensign and in 1978, he retired as a encouraging support of our Chapter and Call to Action to all San Diego Area Vice Admiral. Following graduation, he keeping everyone up to full speed ahead on Alumni!!! Please update your profile completed Submarine School and then all of our current USNA news and by logging onto www.usnaaasd.com joined USS BALAO (SS-285) in the upcoming Chapter happenings. Please and clicking on the “My Account” tab Pacific. While in BALAO, he contact Vice President for Membership, in the upper right hand corner. Next, participated in three war patrols. Craig Smith '82, at 619-623-5509 or at click on the “My Profile” tab in the [email protected] to volunteer to fill a middle of the page followed by the After World War II ended, his service Class Rep vacancy or to discuss any “Edit Profile” tab. You will be able to included duty in multiple diesel questions regarding application for local update your profile. Be sure to put submarines: Chapter membership. Thanks again for your year group in the “Year” field in U-858, SEA ROBIN (SS-407), staying connected with your local the “School 1” part of the “School GRAMPUS (SS-523), RASHER (SSR- Classmates and fellow Alumni – Go Navy, Information” section. 269) and he commanded USS DIODON Beat the Dark Ages! Keep charging, Craig (SS-349). Forgot your password? Email the Membership Chapter Webmaster to receive a After completing Navy Nuclear Power Current Members – 965 temporary one. Please avoid creating Training, VADM Hannifin served as Paid Members – 454 a new record. the commissioning Executive Officer of the Navy’s first Fleet Ballistic Missile 3 The USNA Alumni Association submarine, USS GEORGE he conducted studies and provided children, Steve (a retired Naval Aviator), WASHINGTON (SSBN-598); he was advice to the Department of Energy Mary (Molly), and Margaret Jane then selected as the first Commanding on future nuclear issues. He was also (Margo). He has three grandchildren, Pat Officer of USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN- President of HANESCO, INC., a (also a Naval Aviator), Susan, and Honor; 616). He later served as Commander family-owned oil and gas exploration and four great-grandchildren – Justen, Submarine Squadron FIFTEEN in Guam. company, for over 30 years. Sean, Kelsey, and Jacob. He was preceded in death by his parents, Steven Ashore, he was one of the early students at Pat was an active member of the and Elizabeth, and by his younger the Armed Forces Guided Missile School at Navy League of the United States, the siblings Betty, Kay, Marty, Dan and Bob. Fort Bliss, TX and was subsequently Rotary Club of Encinitas, and was In addition to his children, grandchildren, assigned as a Department Head at the also a deeply involved parishioner of great-grandchildren and their wives (Jane Navy’s Guided Missile School in Point St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Del Hannifin and Grace Hannifin), Pat leaves Mugu, CA. He also had duty in Mar—serving for years on the vestry behind two sisters-in-law (Maxine Washington at the Bureau of Ships, in the and directing a multi-million dollar Hannifin and Barbara Hannifin), and Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, capital campaign. several nieces, nephews and their spouses and on the Joint Staff. and children. Phyllis Whittle, of A man of surprising talents, he also Arlington VA, has been Pat’s best friend As a flag officer, VADM Hannifin served managed to fit in travel to Rome and and world-wide traveling companion as Commander THIRTEENTH Naval Malta with his new-found Hollywood since Mary’s death in 2000. District in Seattle, Commander Submarine friends when he was hired as the Flotilla EIGHT/Commander Submarines Technical Advisor for the motion A memorial service will be held at 12:00 Mediterranean (the NATO submarine forces picture U-571. Subsequently, the noon, on Friday, January 17, 2014, at St. in the Mediterranean), Deputy Director for television industry called upon him Peter’s Episcopal Church in Del Mar, Strategic and Nuclear Plans for the Joint for technical expertise and CA. Inurnment at the U.S. Naval Chiefs of Staff, on CNO’s staff as Assistant commentary as they covered the loss Academy Columbarium will follow in the Director, Plans and Operations, as Director of the Russian submarine Kursk. spring. Plans and Policy (J-5) for JCS. His final responsibility was as Director of the Joint He was inducted into the New In lieu of flowers, donations in Pat’s Staff for the Joint Chiefs. Mexico Military Institute’s Hall of name may be made to the Dolphin Fame in 1985; in 2012, the Naval Scholarship Foundation, 4966 Euclid VADM Hannifin graduated with distinction Submarine League honored VADM Road, Suite 109 Virginia Beach, VA from the Industrial College of the Armed Hannifin with their Distinguished 23462; www.dolphinscholarship. org, or Forces, concurrently earning an MBA from Submariner Award. as a Memorial Gift to St. Peter’s George Washington University. Episcopal Church, 334 14th Street, Del Pat Hannifin was married to the Mar, CA 92014; www.stpetersdelmar.net. After retirement, he lived an active life in former Mary Snyder—also of Santa Fe, NM and Solana Beach, CA. As Roswell, NM and a childhood friend a member of the Senior Executive Service, – for over 55 years. They raised three 4 The USNA Alumni Association

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES are listed below. Please call the VP Membership or email [email protected] if you are interested in filling an opening. Class Reps will be invited to an annual training event in April. Classes that have graduated 60 or more years ago are provided a free Lifetime Membership. A “*” indicates the Decades Rep. Class Rep e-mail addresses are located on the USNAAA San Diego Chapter website.

1936 David * 1937 Bob Erly 1941 Rollo Rieve 1942 Charlie Bishop 1944 Jack Reynolds 1946 Ed Ellis Richardson 619.435.8919 760.704.1319 619.223.0492 858.673.8122 858.278.8665 619.295.3994 1947 Nick * 1948 Chuck Gorder 1949 Chuck Howe 1950 Dean French 1951 Paul Tuzo 1952 Dick Dietz Nicholson 619.546.4808 619.437.4190 858.459.4360 858.695.3690 619.435.4646 858.454.9624 1953 James 1954 VACANT 1955 Ned Floyd 1956 Carl Nelson 1957 George Lanman * 1958 Chuck Rodgers 619.423.2870 619.421.9094 619.437.6095 Smith 619.435.1021 619.472.5858 1959 Jim 1960 John Schmidt 1961 Bill Kraus * 1962 Greg Chauncey 1963 Phillip Marsden 1964 Bob Glennon Cartwright 858.673.7169 858.485.8333 858.551.7540 619.435.3318 760.730.3608 619.435.9363 1965 Dave 1966 George Klein 1967 Warren 1968 Randy Bogle 1969 Mike McNeil 1970 Tom Schlesinger 619.221.0059 Millard 619.328.5728 858.354.6565 Flaherty 619.470.0542 858.695.3342 858.740.5142 * 1971 Tom 1972 Bob Harrison 1973 Dave Kuhn 1974 Bob Santos 1975 Dave Frost 1976 Phil Poirier Hammons robert.harrison@wilso 619.957.8371 619.476.7683 858.541.2604 858.538.6708 858.538.9824 nelser.com 1977 Mike 1978 John Rogitz 1979 Pat Garcia * 1980 Rich Carlquist 1981 Tom Carlson 1982 Craig Smith Keeney 619.561.5292 619.307.9167 619.294.9727 619.397.0909 619.623.5509 619.435.2642 1983 Don 1984 Bryan Caraveo 1985 Kyle Freitas 1986 Dan Gruta 1987 Tad Northcott 1988 John Ross Hinderliter 619.249.6043 760.522.7916 619.806.1155 703.819.2289 760.744.1762 619.665.9078 1989 Paul 1990 Elrod Rodriguez 1991 Max Folkers 1992 Brian Dozier 1993 Arlen Aspenson 1994 Jamieson Gallagher 619.890.2547 619.277.3688 619.920.3178 858.717.9998 Slough 760.492.4247 760.716.1350 1995 Kevin 1996 Bob Willingham 1997 Chris Benson * 1998 Gilda Reeves 1999 Alan Baca 2000 Roger Grant Messer 619.889.9872 619.417.0620 858.220.1108 619.818.1024 [email protected] 858.663.1658 om * 2001 Betsy 2002 Jason Jackson 2003 John Reeves 2004 Justin Braune 2005 Paul Bania 2006 Jonathan Radelow 619.665.6131 858.997.6993 619.791.9797 702.538.3407 Johnston 619.306.1333 609.356.8410 2007 Lisa 2008 Natalie Lamb 2009 Chris * 2010 Michelle 2011 Will Cunha 2012 Donald McKinnon 301.233.4138 Rowland Webster 901.336.6581 Bowers [email protected] 815.954.7305 619.980.1651 713.876.0794 m 2013 Madison Jones 832.381.7726 5 The USNA Alumni Association

DATE/TIME EVENT/SPEAKER LOCATION/TOPIC EVENT INFORMATION* 18Feb2014/1115 Col George Reed, USA, (Ret.) Randy Jones’ All-American Sports Grill, 7510 Hazard Center Contact: Drive, Suite 215, San Diego Alan Lerchbacker ’74, (626) 644-6452, 92108 [email protected]

21Feb2014 NAVNET Trellis Garden Grill, Town & Country resort, 500 Hotel Cir N, Contact: Tom Hammons ’71, 858.538.9824, [email protected] San Diego, CA 92108 15Mar2014 Vegas Night Air and Space Museum, Balboa Contact: Alan Lerchbacker ’74, (626) 644-6452, Park. 2001 Pan American Plaza, [email protected] San Diego, CA 92101 Cost: $50, includes food, (1) drink ticket, $500 in chips 18Mar2014/1115 Mark Devine & CAPT Bob Randy Jones’ All-American Schoultz, USN, (Ret.) Sports Grill, 7510 Hazard Center Contact: Drive, Suite 215, San Diego Alan Lerchbacker ’74, (626) 644-6452, 92108 [email protected]

21Mar2014 NAVNET Trellis Garden Grill, Town & Country resort, 500 Hotel Cir N, Contact: Tom Hammons ’71, 858.538.9824, [email protected] San Diego, CA 92108 15Apr2014/1115 CAPT Kent “Torch” Whalen, Randy Jones’ All-American CO, CVN 70 (Invited) Sports Grill, 7510 Hazard Center Contact: Drive, Suite 215, San Diego Alan Lerchbacker ’74, (626) 644-6452, 92108 [email protected]

18Apr2014 NAVNET Trellis Garden Grill, Town & Country resort, 500 Hotel Cir N, Contact: Tom Hammons ’71, 858.538.9824, [email protected] San Diego, CA 92108

Luncheon Reservation RSVP: [email protected] or (626) 644-6452 NLT the Monday preceding the event. $20 Member with RSVP; $25 Non-Member or Member at the door New Member/Renewal: $25 per year, $15 Active/Reserve O-3 and below

Luncheon/New Member/Renewal Form: Please make checks payable to: USNAAA San Diego, 14430 Callejon Musica San Diego, CA 92129

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