Naval Postgraduate School Commencement Ceremony / Class of September 2003
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Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive Institutional Publications Commencement Ceremony programs 2003-09 Naval Postgraduate School Commencement Ceremony / Class of September 2003 Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School http://hdl.handle.net/10945/39350 NAVAL POST@RADUATE SCHOOL · '. Cominencement Cere~ony (4_T-, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION .,,...... ' .. Superintendent .. ' ~ - REAR ADMIRAL DAVID R. ELLISON ,f Provost ... OR. RICHARD S. ELSTER ,· Dean of School of International Graduate Studies •• LTG ROBERT ORD, USA (Ret) Dean of Graduate School of .. 1l~ ...... Operational and Information Sciences PROF WAYNE HUGHES .. •- . Dean of Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Science DR. JAMES KAVS . ,.-.. Dean of Graduate School of Business and Public Policy -'· ~ ' DR. DOUGLAS A. BROOK Associate Provost/Dean of Research DR. LEONARD A. FERRARI " ~ Dean of Students CAPT C. J. HERRON, USN Director of Programs CDR DALE BENSON, USN Rear Admiral David R. Ellison Superintendent Naval Postgraduate School ~r Admiral Ellison hails from Weymouth, Massachusetts. After graduation from mouth High School in 1965, he participated in the Reserve Officer Candidate pro Ef•cam while attending the Boston University College of Engineering. In 1966, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Commission as Ensign in the U.S. Navy. Rear Admiral Ellison's Navy operational, educational and staff experiences are extensive. Rear Admiral Ellison has completed nine operational sea tours with five of seven deployments in crisis related operations. He was Combat Systems Officer in USS Virginia (CGN 38) during the Iranian Hostage Crisis in the early Eighties. During Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union, he operated in the Mediterranean as Executive Officer in USS VOGE (FF-1047). As Commanding Officer in USS KIDD (DDG-993), ~,13 deployed to the Arabian Gulf in Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Serving as Assistant hief of Staff for Operations and Plans on the staff of Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Eight, and as Commanding Officer in USS YORKTOWN (CG-48), he operated in the Mediterranean supporting Joint/Coalition efforts during Adriatic Hostilities. Upon seledion to Flag rank in 1997, he was assigned as Commander, South Atlantic Force, where he commanded Task Force 138 until December 1998. Rear Admiral Ellison assumed duties as Commander, Western Hemisphere Group in March 1999. Rear Admiral Ellison's educational experiences are diverse. From 1973-1976, he served as an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a Master of Science degree at the George Washington University. In 1984, he completed a Ph.D. in Business Administration at the Pennsylvania State University. After completing the Senior Officials in National Security program at Harvard University in 1990, he was assigned to the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel. During the 1995-1996 academic year, he was a Fellow on the CNO Strategic Studies Group at the Naval War College. Rear Admiral Ellison's Joint and Washington staff assignments are varied. He has had tours as: Manpower, Personnel, Training Analyst on the staff of the CNO (N81 ); Senior ~ary Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and .onnel); Land Attack Warfare Branch Head on the staff of the CNO's Oiredor, ~urface Warfare (N86); and Executive Assistant to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. Rear Admiral Ellison's personal awards include: the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (three awards), the Bronze Star w/Combat "V", the Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy ~· Achievement Medal, and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal. In addition to these personal awards, Rear Admiral Ellison has earned several service awards, including the Combat Action Ribbon. Lieutenant General James T. Conway Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force Lieutenant General James T. Conway currently serves as the Commanding General, -,rine Expeditionary Force. Lieutenant General Conway attended Southeast Missouri State University. He was commissioned in 1970 as an Infantry officer and served Initially with the 3d Battalion, -- 1~st Marines, Camp Pendleton, as a rifle platoon commander and as the Battalion's ., 06mm recoilless-rifle platoon commander. SubsequenUy, he served as a company commander in the Infantry Training Regiment; as Executive Officer of the Marine Detachment aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63); at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego as a series and company commander in the Recruit Training Regiment, as the aide to the Commanding General, and as Director, Sea School. .er career level school in 1977. he reported to 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, 2d Marine Division where he commanded two companies and served in the Regiment's S-3. Posted to The Basic School he commanded two companies of officer students and ~ ~'$" - taught tactics. Following Intermediate level school, his next tour of duty was as oper ations officer for the 31st MAU, where he spent 13 months at sea in WESTPAC and in contingency operations off Beirut, Lebanon. Returning to CONUS in July 1984, he was assigned to Headquarters Marine Corps, and later served two years as Senior Aide to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Upon completion of top level school, he was reassigned to the 2d Marine Division serving as Division G-3 Operations Officer before assuming command of 3d Battalion, 2d Marines in January 1990. Under his command Battalion Landing Team 312 deployed to Southwest Asia for eight months as the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade's surface assault force. Selected for colonel, he was assigned as the Ground Colonels' Monitor, HQMC. He assumed command of The Basic School on April 30, 1993 and in that role was selected for Brigadier General in December 1995. Re-assigned to the Joint Staff, he served as the Deputy Director of Operations J-3 for Combating Terrorism. He then >8'Yed as the President, Marine Corps University at Quantico, VA. After being select- or promotion to Major General, he served from July 2000 to August 2002 as the \Jummanding General of the 1st Marine Division, and from August 2002 to November 2002 LtGen Conway served as the Deputy Commanding General Marine Forces Central. In November of 2002 LtGen Conway was promoted to his current rank and assumed command of the I Marine Expeditionary Force. His personal decorations lndude the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with gold stars <f''ieu of second and third awards, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Y dal, and the Combat Action Ribbon. Lieutenant General Conway graduated with honors from The Basic School, the U.S. Army Infantry Officers' Advanced Course, the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the Air War College. DR. RICHARD S. ELSTER Provost Naval Postgraduate School ~ ) .ard Elster was born on 3 December 1939. He attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis where he received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Organizational Psychology. n January of 1969, he joined the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School. His teach ing focused on DoD manpower, personnel and training policies. From 1July1975 to 1 July 1978, he was on leave from the Naval Postgraduate School. During that peri od, he worked in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), and as Senior Scientific Advisor to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower)/Chief of Naval Personnel, Admiral James D. Watkins. ~ {J 1 Odober 1979, he was promoted to Professor in the Department of Administrative Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School. In July of 1983, he became Chairman of the Department of Administrative Sciences. During the period of 1984-1988, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower. Additionally, he was Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) during the period 7 April - 28 June 1988. In 1989, he filled the Chief of Naval Operation's manpower chair at the Naval Postgraduate School. During January-September 1990, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resource Management and Support. He was named Dean of lnstrudion at the Naval Postgraduate School in September 1990, where he served in this role until June 1995. On July 1, 1995 he was named Provost/Academic Dean of the Naval Postgraduate School by the Secretary of the Navy. He was appointed to a second five-year term in July of 2000. ~i r-- FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 PLATFORM PARTY PROGRAM FIRST ROW (Left to Right) Captain C. J. Herron, USN Dean of Students Processional ••••••••••••••••••••.••••...•••.••••••••.The Marshall& Captain George M. Clifford Ill Naval Postgraduate School USN,CHC essor Alfred W. Cooper ••••..••.•...•••.•...•••...Grand Marshall Command Chaplain SECOND ROW (Left to Right) J - Naval Postgraduate School Dr. Mary Batteen Associate Professor Sherif Michael ..••........•...•..•....•.Marshall Colonel Michael Simone Department of Oceanography USA Associate Professor William Gates ..•••..•••• • ••••••••.•• • ••.Marshall Commandant Dr. Peter Denning Defense Language Institute Department of Computer Science Lieutenant Colonel William A. Johnson .......................Marshall Foreign Language Center Dr. Rudy Darken *Invocation •••...•••..•••..•.••...•..•....Captain George M. Clifford Colonel Sandra