TEXAS FIGHT The History of Naval ROTC at The University of Texas at Austin Appendix 1940 - 2020 Edwin W. Mergele, III, CDR USN (Ret) TEXAS FIGHT The History of Naval ROTC at The University of Texas at Austin Appendix 1940 - 2020 Edwin W. Mergele, III, CDR USN (Ret) Copyright © 2014. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Appendix ........................................................................................................................ 1 Special Alumni Lists .................................................................................................................... 1 Alumni Who Were Killed in Action (KIA) ............................................................................................... 1 Flag Officers Associated with UT NROTC............................................................................................ 1 Command at Sea (Pennant) ................................................................................................................. 2 Command Ashore (Pennant) ................................................................................................................ 2 Past Presidents of the Alumni Association/Alumni Foundation ............................................................ 2 Alumnus of the Year ............................................................................................................................. 3 DADS Award Recipients ....................................................................................................................... 3 Legacies ............................................................................................................................................... 4 UT NROTC Plank Owners .......................................................................................................... 5 Unit Plank Owners ................................................................................................................................ 5 Buccaneer Plank Owners ..................................................................................................................... 8 Crow’s Nest Plank Owners ................................................................................................................... 8 Rifle Team Plank Owners ..................................................................................................................... 9 Drum and Bugle Corps Plank Owners .................................................................................................. 9 Battalion Leadership ................................................................................................................. 10 Battalion Commanders ....................................................................................................................... 10 Buccaneer Commanders .................................................................................................................... 13 Crow’s Nest Presidents ...................................................................................................................... 15 Unit Manpower .......................................................................................................................... 16 1940s .................................................................................................................................................. 16 1950s .................................................................................................................................................. 17 1960s .................................................................................................................................................. 17 1970s .................................................................................................................................................. 18 1980s .................................................................................................................................................. 18 1990s .................................................................................................................................................. 18 2000s .................................................................................................................................................. 19 2010s .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Commissioning Classes ........................................................................................................... 19 1940s .................................................................................................................................................. 19 1950s .................................................................................................................................................. 21 1960s .................................................................................................................................................. 22 1970s .................................................................................................................................................. 24 1980s .................................................................................................................................................. 27 1990s .................................................................................................................................................. 30 2000s .................................................................................................................................................. 32 2010s .................................................................................................................................................. 34 Unit Staff ................................................................................................................................... 35 Professors of Naval Science (Unit CO) .............................................................................................. 35 Associate Professors of Naval Science (Unit XO) .............................................................................. 36 Marine Officer Instructors ................................................................................................................... 37 Naval Officer Instructors ..................................................................................................................... 38 1940s .................................................................................................................................................. 38 1950s .................................................................................................................................................. 43 1960s .................................................................................................................................................. 47 1970s .................................................................................................................................................. 52 1980s .................................................................................................................................................. 57 1990s .................................................................................................................................................. 61 2000s .................................................................................................................................................. 65 2010s .................................................................................................................................................. 68 Intramural Sports ....................................................................................................................... 71 1940s .................................................................................................................................................. 71 1950s .................................................................................................................................................. 71 1960s .................................................................................................................................................. 71 1970s .................................................................................................................................................. 75 1980s .................................................................................................................................................. 76 1990s .................................................................................................................................................. 76 2000s .................................................................................................................................................. 76 2010s .................................................................................................................................................. 76 Guide to Texas Tradition Contents ........................................................................................... 76 1944 .................................................................................................................................................... 76 2008 ...................................................................................................................................................