Carl Cathey
(26 MAY 1931, 12 NOV 2000)
Carl Cathey Eulogies
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Elaine West, Marcia Cathey, Blahuta, Linda Newton
(Moving to CO party for Scribe MAR 2009)
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Earl Singer and Marcia Cathey
Washington DC (DEC 2008)
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Mary Vann and Marcia Cathey (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Marcia Cathey, Pat and Bob Strati (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Bernadette Dugan, Marcia Cathey, Pat and Bob Strati, Helga and Bob Hinrichs (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Pat and Bob Strati, Marcia Cathey (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Pat and Bob Strati, Marcia Cathey (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Marcia Cathey, Jim Fiscus, Libby Munroe (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Marcia Cathey and Libby Munroe (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Ute Ordway and Marcia Cathey (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Libby Munroe and Marcia Cathey (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Marlowe Viney and Marcia Cathey (Austin Mini APR 2008)
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Ted Vitori, Marcia Cathey
Washington DC (DEC 2007)
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Washington DC (DEC 2007)
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Washington DC (DEC 2007)
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Rear: Deardorff, Page, Malone, Nidever, Jim Ryan, Gay, Marcia Cathey, Goldstein
Middle: Anne Malone, McNair, Russell, Ed Anderson
Front: Jo Ann McNair, Dorothy Goldstein, Mary Monahan, Greta Masson, Donna Ludwig
Washington DC (DEC 2007)
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Rear: Marcia Cathey, Goldstein, ?, Kip Volkstadt
Middle: Ed Anderson, Ludwig, Wargowsky, Vitori, Hornbarger, Sandy Wargowsky, Patty Page
Front: Connie Franklin, Donna Ludwig, Betsy Anderson, Starla Vitori, Mary Ann Miller, Greta Masson
Washington DC (DEC 2007)
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Jim Ryan, Marcia Cathey, Dick Wargowsky
Moving to CO party at West's for Bergen (NOV 2007)
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Mary Monahan, Val Bundren, Marcia Cathey
Moving to CO party at West's for Bergen (NOV 2007)
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Mary Monahan, Val Bundren, Marcia Cathey
Moving to CO party at West's for Bergen (NOV 2007)
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Joe Franklin, Thorsen, Marcia Cathey
Bundren Funeral (DEC 2006)
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Jim Ryan, Wheeler, Anna Bates, Caye Wheeler
Marcia Cathey, ?, Lichtenberg, BG Myrna Williamson
Distinguished Grad Gathering (MAY 2006)
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Carla Hilbert's back, Marcia Cathey, Jim Ryan, Sherry Welter, Hilbert (MAY 2006)
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Kay Stockett, Roy Thorsen, Lo Dienst, ?, Marcia Cathey, Larry Michalove (50th, MAY 2005)
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Bob and Roseanne Wray, Marcia Cathey, Dick Peterson 'USNA (50th, MAY 2005)
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Roseanne Wray, Marcia Cathey, Dick Peterson 'USNA, Magician (50th, MAY 2005)
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Roseanne Wray and Marcia Cathey (50th, MAY 2005)
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Roseanne Wray and Marcia Cathey, Magician (50th, MAY 2005)
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Marcia Cathey (50th, MAY 2005)
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Marcia Cathey and Hugh Quinn (50th, MAY 2005)
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Roseanne Wray and Marcia Cathey, Dick Peterson 'USNA (50th, MAY 2005)
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Marcia Cathey, Shirley Jacobs, Anna Bates, Don Giza (50th, MAY 2005)
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Blahuta, Marcia Cathey (50th, MAY 2005)
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Hilbert and Marcia Cathey (50th, MAY 2005)
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Roseanne Wray, Marcia Cathey, Bob Wray (50th, MAY 2005)
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Donna Ludwig, Diane Enslow, Mary Monahan, Lo Dienst
Marlowe Viney, Marcia Cathey, Paula Campbell (Florida Mini APR 2003)
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Marcia Cathey (Florida Mini APR 2003)
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Doyle, Mary Monahan, Marcia Cathey (7 DEC 2002)
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Marcia Cathey, Mary Monahan, Doyle, Rich Miller, Nidever, West (7 DEC 2002)
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Cathey Funeral (NOV 2002)
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Cathey Funeral (NOV 2002)
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Cathey Funeral (NOV 2002)
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Cathey Funeral (NOV 2002)
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Dick and Carol Baker, Marcia Cathey
Cathey Funeral (NOV 2002)
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STANDING: Pirkey, Strati, Tour Guide, Follett, Enslow, Fikaris, Dienst,
Bates, Ludwig, Lichtenberg, Bergen, Vitty, Marlowe Viney
SEATED IN CHAIRS: Angie Fikaris, Pat Strati, Lo Dienst, Mary Monahan,
Marcia Cathey, Diane Enslow, Friends of '5(5 MARcia and Judy
SEATED on DECK: Chrys Follett, Donna Ludwig, Pat Vitty, Trudy Lichtenberg, Anna Bates (2001)
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McNair, Dugan, Singer, Arthur, Blahuta, Cathey, Strati
E-(1 NOV 2000)
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Carl Cathey
Masson Funeral (SEP 2000)
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Sanderson, Cathey, Father Donlon
(45th Reunion, 2000)
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Cathey, Secor
(45th Reunion, 2000)
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Haas, Bob Johnson, Cathey, Nordlie, Joe Franklin (2000)
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McCloskey, Cathey, Burrus, Deardorff, Malone (2000)
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Catheys, Pat Strati, Wargowskys (1991)
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Carl Cathey and Bill Robinson (1991)
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Marcia Cathey, Durf McJoynt, Barbara McJoynt, Ed Nidever, Susan Sheets (1990)
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Marcia Cathey and Nidever
ANCC (DEC 1990) ?
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Al Bundren and Carl Cathey (1989)
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Al Edwards, Carl and Marcia Cathey (1989)
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Sandy Wargowsky, Strati, Burrus, Cutchin, Catheys (1989)
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Carl Cathey, Tommy and Elaine West (1989)
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Ed Anderson, Marcia Cathey, Vicki Roades, McNair (1989)
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Carl and Marcia Cathey, Chuck Roades (1989)
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Roth, Cathey , Edwards (1988)
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Strati, Wargowsky, Cathey (1988)
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Linda and Bob Newton, Carl Cathey (1988)
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Carl Cathey and John Giddings (1988)
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Al and Edie Edwards, Dick Baker, Chuck and Vicki Roades
Carl and Marcia Cathey, Dick and Sandy Wargowsky (1988)
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Dick Masson, Carl McNair, Carl Cathey, Bud and Dotty Goldstein (1988)
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Vitoris, Wargowskys, McJoynts, Nidever
Catheys, Monahans, Ed Andersons, Sloan (1987)
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Rita Flynn and Marcia Cathey (1986)
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John Pickitt, Al Edwards, George Monahan, Carl Cathey (1986 AFA Banquet
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Joe Franklins and Catheys (1985)
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| Row 10: Bergen, Cathey, Chapman, Gamble, Todd Graham, Don Smith, ?, Polly, McCloskey, Row 9: Blitch, Secord, Jim Ryan, Wing ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Row 8: ?, ?, ?, Matuszak, Wayne Smith, ?, Fleeger, Lynn, Joe Franklin, Charlie Johnson, Gunderson, Row 7: Regnier, ?, Reed Stone, Herren, Weaver, Matteson, Hayes, ?, Enslow, Cliff Jones, ?, ?, Reid, Feagin, Row 6: Wargowsky, Lichtenberg, Sanderson, Baker, Dienst, McCullough, Schick, Ludwig, Soper, Bean, Shideler, Lenio, Pirkey, Row 5: Goldstein, Fralen, Le Cates, Meisenheimer, Wheeler, Horst, Whittaker ?, Cardillo, Page, Newton, Prater, Lucas, Row 4: ?, Sloan, Traut, Rich Miller, Hoeferkamp, Heye, ?, ?, West, Bill Graham, Row 3: Andrews, Perkins, Gay, Pace, Olvey, Strati, Dugan, Jackson, Whtitaker ?, Ralph Henry, Gallup, Murray, Ewing, Fikaris, Row 2: Hornbarger, Al Edwards, Robinson, ?, Thorsen, Dickson, Vitty, Tom Phillips, Bill Anderson, Giddings, Jacobs, Dryer, Row 1: Bazilwich, Samos, Wray, Trobaugh, Brokenshire, Bossert, Hagedorn, Walton, Poirier, Hasbrouck, LaFrenz, Nourse, Malooley |
(25th Reunion MAY 1980)
Larger Size
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Cathey, Olvey, Wargowsky, Minich
Reunion (1975) ?
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| Standing (L to R): Weaver, Lewis, Turner, Chikalla, Gallup, O'Brien, Freed, Hadly, Wix, ?, Streett, ?, Reb Young, Quinn, Lenio, ?, Perkins, Thorsen, ?, Nieves, Sherman, Burroughs, Giza, Traut, Sloan, Gay, Paul Parks, Andrews, Ginter, Bates, McNair, ?, Lichtenberg, Nidever, Secord, Feagin, Cathey, Herren, ?, ?, Ludwig, ?, ?, ?, Ralls, ?, Shimunek, Macdonald, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Bob
Strickland Front (L to R): Soper, Newton, Dax, Chance, Schmidt, Shideler, Bergen, Matteson, Hargrove, Hornbarger, Steakley, Stevens, Drummond, Rudzki, Knierem, Wargowsky, ?, Stern, ?, ?, Livesay, Dickson, Michalove, Hagan, Landers, ?, Blitch, ?, Cardillo, Ordway, Trobaugh, Crancer, Maus, LaFrenz, Sydenham, Strom, ?, Howie Stone, Schepps, Raymond, Spellman, Sanderson ?, Wray , Fikaris, Stevenson, Sims, ? |
(10th Reunion 1965)
Larger Size
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E - 1
1st Row: Nidever, Olive, McNair, Lapham (CO), Nordlie, Cathey, Keegan
2nd Row: Dugan, Burrus, Norm Smith
3rd Row: Daly, Strati, Muller
4th Row: Blahuta, Arthur
5th Row: Ralls, Hinrichs, Richie Johnson, Singer, Coleman
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2nd Bn Staff, 1st Regt
Cathey, RD Johnson, Wiegand, Buchwald
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Front row, Col. Fraser, Dulk, Bossert, Smetana, Straus
Fikaris, Gilpatrick, Cathey, Jacobs, Maj. McCanna
2nd row, Donald, Raymond, Garn, Bates, Dorward, Eddins, Wix
3rd Row, Fetko, Lovell, Ginter, Karam, Geran, Hergenroder, Ludwig, Rock, Miller
(1954 Firstie Trip)
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I recently got to know Carl well during the last months of his life. He had just been elected as West Point 1955's President and I a member of his Executive Board. In that short time I was very impressed by his leadership qualities and his willingness to learn and use electronic communication to involve the members of the class he had just been elected to lead. Carl was a unique individual and I will miss him, God rest his soul. -w Willy Welter November 13, 2000) Carl and I met in Beast Barracks, and we maintained a good friendship through cadet years. After graduation, we went through primary flight training together in Marianna, Florida. Carl and Marcia graciously hosted my bride to be for a weekend visit and we got to be great friends. Unfortunately, we never served together, but we did maintain some contact. I was delighted he took the Class presidency and I was confident he would do an outstanding job. His initial enthusiasm proved his determination. Lynn and I were devastated by his death, and our hearts go out to Marcia and his family. Bob and Lynn Strickland November 14, 2000) When Mary and I were married 43 years ago on a hot August afternoon in Tupelo, Mississippi, Carl Cathey rode a unairconditioned bus all the way from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to stand by me at the wedding. He fought flies and mosquitoes for two days, coming and going. He was the only guy in the world who would have made that trip. Carl, with Marcia by his side, went on to great sucess, both in the military and after his retirement. He had the ability to focus on the minutest detail and yet move on and see the big picture. He is the most loyal roommate, and finest man I have ever known. I will miss him. Jim Keegan November 14, 2000) (MAY the memories of their time together sustain the Cathey family in their time of sorry. I have great respect for Carl's service to his country and more recently to his classmates. Howard Whittaker November 14, 2000) Connie and I came to know Carl and Marcia so very well when they were stationed at USAFE and we were in Spain. We exchanged reciprocal visits and found so many interests in common, along with a mutual admiration and deep affection for one another as individuals and as couples. Such relationships are to be cherished, and Connie and I cherished our friendship with Carl and Marcia. In recent years, we have shared our homes with each other, and Carl and I have played and worked together when time was kind to us and gave us these opportunities. To be included in Carl's inner circle of friends and working partners was a privilege and pleasure rarely experienced in this world. I loved Carl Cathey and I will miss him every day. I know he has God's blessings because he was truly one of the great men who lived and walked among us. Joe Franklin November 14, 2000) Carl is gone and my heart is broken. He and Marcia have been so fabulous to me these last 7 years since losing my wonderful George. I love them both for that. George was there to meet Carl and they are already off to the golf course driving 300 yards and getting nothing but birdies and eagles. "Try to behave up there you two" and we'll all meet again someday. Mary Monahan November 17, 2000) Carl's passing shocked the whole class. He was a leader from the time he was a plebe, and we all knew it. Now we have lost the new class President who would have accomplished so much for the Class and West Point. During Carl's brilliant USAF career I crossed paths with he and Marcia many times from primary pilot training through basic pilot training and onward. Carl was the officer West Point strives to produce. I always admired and respected him. Now that Carl has "...slipped the surly bonds..." I hope to join up on his formation some day in the future. Dick Secord November 19, 2000) Jack Campbell To A Friend Friday, November 24, 2000) Carl, you were a great leader, a loyal classmate and a good friend! You always served your Country, your Class and your Friends with honor and determination. You will be missed and long remembered. -Jack Jack Campbell November 24, 2000) Although I had the privilege of knowing you only a short time, I was personally touched by your considerate and caring concern. I will cherish the memories of the Alaska adventure, the Vail mini reunion and especially the '45th. Your presentation at the tennis center was superlative, a treasured recollection. What a treat to be your bus mate on that last Sunday, Marcia had left for another engagement. I loved hearing how you and she had met, dated and finally made the commitment "until death do us part". Sadly that time has finally come. You will be sorely missed. I know Jack was there to greet you and thank you for having watched out for me. Till later, rest softly and stay out of mischief. Marlowe D Viney November 30, 2000) I was fortunate to be able to associate with Carl during the past two years as a consequence of his responsibility as chair of the Commemoration Committee. Traveling with Carl to West Point in 1998) for a joint meeting with the Class Executive Committee to arrange detailed plans for memorializing our classmates who fell in Vietnam, I learned what a gem of person he was, what he stood for, and how he cared for the Class. Over the ensuing months, I observed how deeply Carl immersed himself in service to the Class and West Point. How gratifying it was to witness the magnificent memorial program at the Tennis Center that Carl planned and conducted. In the weeks following the 45th Reunion, we communicated regarding our duties as Class officers, and I sensed a genuine initiative on his part to put forth all of his energy into leading the Class forward toward well grounded goals. My excitement about working with Carl toward our 50th was was dashed with the email note on 12 November that informed us of his passing. I am thankful for the opportunity to have known this outstanding classmate. Dan Ludwig December 6, 2000) I can't claim to have known Carl as a close friend but as one whom I've admired since early plebe year. Opportunity to be more active in class affairs has given the opportunity for closer association. I think particularly of the Alaska trip and the long, wonderful bus ride way back into Denali. His organization and conducting of the memorial ceremony at the Tennis center rather epitomized his wonderful and compassionate leadership abilities. Whatever heaven is, I'm sure he's there now, and that's wonderful,- except it means he's no longer with us. Thanks, Carl, for just being you. Walt McCrillis December 6, 2000) Carl was a friend, a friend to his wife and family, a friend to his classmates and a friend to me. We go back 50 years from the days when we were carefree at Stewart Field. He was senior to me...a PFC and I was a buck ass private. Our yearbook recounts that he used to say "Lets get a little ventilation in here; its only 10 below!" on those cold New York winter nights. But that was a long time ago. In between he went into the Air Force and as I'm sure all will agree he made quite a name for himself. But then he returned to his Class, our Class as our President We were looking forward to great things from Carl that were not to be. You see God needed him more....and that call no one can deny. Carl will be sorely missed by all of us I'm sure. But I for one am comforted by the fact that he was my friend and I his. Rest in peace old friend. Tommy Thomas C. West December 7, 2000) Lt. Gen. Carl H. Cathey '53, USAF retired, died November 12, 2000). He left Davidson after attending for one year to serve in the Korean War. In August 1950), he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he rose to the rank of cadet captain. After graduation, he accepted a commission in the U. S. Air Force. He received a master's degree in 1965) from the M.I.T. in astronautics and aeronautics and is a graduate of the Army War College. Highly decorated, his awards include the Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit. Following retirement in 1986), he served as vice president of SAIC's Information Systems Group, a senior consultant of the Air Force programs of Burdeshaw Associates, and established an office for Loral in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He retired from Loral in 1996) to move to Annandale, Va. He was recently elected president of his West Point graduation class. He is survived by his wife, Marcia Maclachlan Cathey, 3806 HilIcrest Lane, Annandale, Va. 22003; three children, Kim Kloster, Michael Cathey, and Teri Pearson; four grandchildren; and his brother, H. Marc Cathey '49. Davidson College Journal March 31, 2001) Alas, Carl, you went much too soon. You were a super Cadet Battalion Commander and a great, great Lieutenant General. The Air Force is better for your service. Jim Drummond February 14, 2002) I first met Lt. General Cathey at Ramstein AB, Germany (1983) in a pickup round of golf. He never mentioned his rank and I was an E-4 Sergeant just arriving from Hurlburt Field, Florida. My friends dropped their jaw as I finished the 18 holes with "Carl" as he called himself. I soon learned that he was the Vice Commander of US Air Forces in Europe. General Cathey is in my heart and soul. Later in my AF Career I went TDY to Saudi Arabia (1994). I was in the APO checking my mail when this distinguished man walked into the APO, took one look at me and said, "How are you doing Adam and how's your game". That tells it all. He was then Vice President for the Loral Corporation (a defense contractor to the Royal Saudi AF) and invited me to play golf with him some time at U.A.E., in Dubai. We never did play that round but just knowing that he remembered me resonated throughout my soul. I'm going to meet him again someday and we are going to play that round of golf. Carl Cathey represented everything that was good in this world. I am a better person for having met him. Adam Brockie November 8, 2002) |
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