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December 2009 Happy Birthdays! to the UNITED STATES NAVY and MARINE CORPS Heritage, Scholarship, Leadership, Camaraderie The official message board of the University of Texas NROTC Alumni Foundation Volume 14, Issue 4 December 2009 Happy Birthdays! to the UNITED STATES NAVY and MARINE CORPS On October 13, 1775 the Continental Congress approved legislation that started the development of the Continental Navy. The next month, on November 10, 1775 the Continental Congress approved a resolution officially forming the Continental Marines. That was 234 years ago! See related story on Page 4. SEPTEMBER 2009 UT NROTC ALUMNI REUNION SSTTAARRTTIINNGG OOUURR 7700tthh YYEEAARR!! Speaking of birthdays, this year’s reunion kicked off the beginning of the UT NROTC Unit’s 70th year as a program on campus. And UT President Bill Powers was on hand Saturday to present a framed copy of the original letter signed by Secretary James Forrestal on September 11, 1940 and addressed to the University of Texas for the purpose of establishing our NROTC Unit. President Powers presented the charter letter to CAPT Mike Spence, representing the unit, and to Mr. Joe Smith, representing the Class of 1944, the second year group to graduate from the new NROTC Unit. The reunion was, once again, full of something for everybody. The festivities started on Thursday night with the Navy League dinner at the Austin Women’s Club. Many midshipmen and officer candidates from the Battalion were present as guests of the Weldon Koenig, Joe Smith, President Navy League. CAPT Mike Spence and his Executive Officer, Bill Powers, and our Charter Letter CDR David Hogsten, were in attendance. The guest speaker was RADM John D. Butler (’74). The President of the Austin Navy League Chapter, Bruce Byron (’70), performed emcee duties. After an excellent dinner, RADM Butler, who is now retired and working for Lockheed Martin, gave a very informative briefing on his company’s involvement in and the Navy’s development of new undersea and surface platforms. Friday morning provided beautiful weather for our golfers at the Star Ranch Golf Course. That evening the Class of ’69 celebrated their 40th anniversary at Sholtz’s Bier Garten and most of the rest of us attended the annual dinner at the Austin Country Club, where Joe Smith (’44) was honored with the Outstanding Service Award. Our host at the Austin Country Club, Rusty Allman (’66), provided a spacious and beautiful setting, The Pennick Room, for the award ceremony. Over 60 alumni and friends attended and the NROTC Unit provided a color guard for the program. CAPT Mike Spence attended and participated in the award ceremony. Also in attendance was MIDN 1/C Christopher Olander, the Battalion Commander, as a guest of the Midshipmans and Alumni Foundations. Ed Mergele emceed the program. The Outstanding Service Award presentation was made by RADM Weldon Koenig (’58) and a lapel pin of the award was applied by Max Miller (’57). CAPT Spence presented Joe with a framed picture of the Battalion in front of the UT tower. Joe had several friends at his table to enjoy the moment with him, including Mr. John Barnhill, a former UT Regent, Joe’s brother Max Smith (’54), and Joe’s niece and nephew, both graduates of UT. All were guests of the Midshipmans and Alumni Foundations. The evening was capped off with everyone singing The Eyes of Texas, followed by retiring of the colors. Continued on Page 2 1 Volume 14, Issue 4 December 2009 Alumni Foundation Officers Reunion Recap continued from Page 1 Edwin W. “Ed” Mergele (1975) President Michael Waldron (1967) Saturday was also a beautiful day. Activities started at the Russell A. Steindam Hall Vice President (ROTC Bldg), where at 7:45 a.m. an informal dedication ceremony was held in the David Wells (1969) st Secretary library on the 1 deck, which has been redone to accommodate the library of Howard Dan O’Neil (1980) R. Lowe (’44), a donation to the NROTC Unit. All of the Battalion members, who Treasurer were to receive scholarships later in the day, were in attendance. A framed certificate Edwin W. “Ed” Mergele (1975) Editor/Publisher was presented to CAPT Spence by yours truly to be displayed in the library for all to James D. Brotherton (1968) see. Attendees enjoyed light refreshments and some camaraderie after the ceremony. Historian Next year the dedication certificate will be replaced by a more permanent plaque in a Alumni Foundation more formal dedication of the Howard Lowe Library. Immediately following the Board of Directors dedication, the board of directors for the UT NROTC Alumni Foundation met in the James D. Brotherton (1968) W. Robert Brown (1952) Howard Lowe Library to conduct their quarterly business. Those present at the John Engstrom (1966) library dedication were invited to stay and observe the meeting if they wished. Luis de la Garza (1966) James N. Higdon (1967) R. Glenn Looney (1961) Edwin W. “Ed” Mergele (1975) Fred Moon (1970) CAPT Spence and Ed Mergele with Dan O’Neil (1980) the Lowe Library Dedication Plaque Gabriel R. Salazar (1979) Spencer Smith (1973) Michael Waldron (1967) David Wells (1969) Ex-Officio Members CAPT James M. Spence, USN MAJ Lobato and Scholarship Professor of Naval Science Recipients at the Dedication Jack Ritter (1955) Navy League Liaison Regional Directors Ray Adams (1980) DFW (H) 972-596-7188 Keys Curry (1958) After the Board adjourned, attendees strolled over to Welch Hall to join other Houston (H) 713-783-8185 Reunion attendees, visitors and friends for the General Business Meeting. Three of Robert Hancock (1967) our Flag Officers were in attendance, RADM Weldon Koenig (’58), RADM Brady West (H) 619-586-0036 K. J. Moore (1964) Cole (‘58) and RADM John Butler (’74). We were again this year honored to have Eastern (H) 703-759-3327 the President of the University of Texas, Bill Powers, attend our General Business Rudy Kruger (1963) Meeting. We started the meeting with the presentation by President Powers of our Central (H) 402-331-6557 Henry Harper (1965) Charter Letter. President Powers then gave a short talk to the audience on how Mountain (H) 208-522-7776 pleased he is to have this NROTC Unit on campus and to have a strong alumni group Midshipmans Foundation supporting it. President Powers was a naval officer himself and feels a strong Directors connection with the NROTC. He thanked everyone for their service and W. Robert Brown (1952) congratulated the scholarship recipients. After President Powers’ departure the Clay W.G. Fulcher (1955) Robert L. Gartner (1965) meeting proceeded with annual reports. Ed Mergele gave the Treasurer’s report in John Hitchock (1965) Dan O’Neil’s absence. Bob Brown followed with a very good Gifts Committee J. Weldon Koenig (1958) report. Max Miller gave the Midshipmans Foundation report and then it was time to Max Miller (1957) Dan O’Neil (1980) refocus on the Unit. The Battalion Commander, MIDN 1/C Christopher Olander, gave a briefing on Battalion activities of Midshipmans Foundation Advisory Directors the recent past and its plans for the near future. After his Jefferson D. Howell (1961) briefing it was time to award some scholarships. CAPT Spence Donald S. Inbody and members of the Midshipmans Foundation did the honors. Spencer Smith (1973) Chairman, Gifts Committee Fifteen Scholarships, totaling $22,000, and two officer swords W. Robert Brown (1952) were awarded to Battalion members before an audience of over Printing of the UT NROTC 100 alumni, family and friends. Alumni Log generously donated By Raytheon Company Continued on Page 5 MIDN 1/C Olander McKinney, Texas 2 Volume 14, Issue 4 December 2009 President’s Corner Ed Mergele ’75 My wife, Terry, and I thoroughly enjoyed the Reunion activities this year. I hope you did as well. The UT NROTC Alumni Foundation does its best each year to make the experience a memorable one and one for which you will want to return year after year. Keep up the participation and seriously consider serving on the board for a term or two. We need your volunteer help to ensure that these traditions continue on into the future. Prepare yourself to take the watch! The year 2009 is fast coming to a close and so is your opportunity to take advantage of a tax deductible contribution for 2009. I would hope that every one of us can find it in our hearts to remember just what this unit has meant to us in our professional growth and the acquisition of livelong friends. And that those memories may manifest themselves into something a bit more practical for the midshipmen today. The Midshipmans Foundation and the Alumni Foundation are pretty unique in what we provide to the Battalion members. The Midshipmans Foundation has nearly reached its envisioned endowment of $1 million (the “corpus”) and is giving out scholarships each year in excess of $20,000 without touching this corpus. The Alumni Foundation also accepts tax deductible contributions and applies them to the requested needs of the Battalion each semester. These are needs such as assistance in travel and lodging at competitions in which the pistol team and Buccaneer drill team participate. The midshipmen work hard each year earning money for these events by cleaning up the football and baseball stadiums after games but they could do even more with your help. Private universities, like Tulane and Rice, can offer NROTC scholarship students incentives to come to their school that UT cannot. We help level the playing field and attract the country’s best and brightest by offering additional scholarship money and other financial assistance. But we cannot do it without the generosity of our alumni. Some of you are more capable than others to provide higher levels of giving.
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