


This group celebrated the FOURTH at our club AND since the WP gang was together we threw in Rod's July 28 th birthday (88) three weeks early . So, fourth and fifth persons from the right are; Ted and Marie Livesay WP55: me (blue cowboy hat) and rod in front of me ( red cowboy hat); FROM LEFT OF PHOTO - Art Follett ( WP55) with his friend, Eileen Chittick wearing white blouse next to gentleman with blue cowboy hat on . In front of Eileen are Vince DiBiasi and wife , Rose ( in red dress in front of blue cowboy hat) . Vince DiBiasi is an honorary member of our class of '55. All the rest in photo are various friends , kids, and grandchildren. [Naples FL - JUL 2021] |

Rod Vitty - Bob and Pat Hurley - Linda Newton - Joe Franklin - Roy and Sandra Lynn - Connie Franklin - Jack and Candy Strom - Pat Strati - Don Hilbert - Pat Vitty - Tom Horst - Bob Strati - Ruth Horst - Charlie Johnson - Suzanne Pirkey - Dave Wheeler - Trudy Johnson - Caye Wheeler - Jane and Bob Pinkston - Fred Pirkey (Not pictured - Pete and Angee Fikaris - daughter - SIL and grandson) [Air Force Game Gathering - Nov 2014] |

A Banner Moment at the West Point cocktail party. 8 August 2014 Front row: Marlowe Viney - Wendella Wiik (our tour leader) - Jeanne Drummond - friend of WP - Pat Vitty - Bernadette Dugan - Back row: Rod Vitty - Bruce Henry - Mary Walcutt - Rose and Vince Dibiasi - Paula and Jack Camplell - Mary Blitch - Dan Dugan - and three more friends of WP [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Here is most of our 55 Travel Group as we crossed the border from Finland into Norway while heading north on Aug 5th. You'll see in the picture Mary Blitch - Marlow Viney - Rod Vitty - Dan Dugan - Pat Vitty - Bernadette Dugan - Jack Campbell - and Paula Campbell. Jeanne Drummond is missing and the others are 'Friends of 55' that travel with us [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

The 55 Travel Group was made up of Classmate Couples (Vitty - Dugan [missing from pic] - Campbell) - Classmate Widows (Blitch - Drummond - Viney) - and Friends of the Class (The Rest). This picture taken overlooking Trondheim - Norway on Aug 9. |

Rose DiBiasi (friend of the the class) Pat Vitty - Mary Blitch. Helsinki - Finland. 2 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Pat Vitty and two Sami people - Inari - Finland (Lapland) 4 August [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Rod Vitty attempts to capture a wooden reindeer. Inari - Finland (Lapland) 4 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Dinner in the Sami Lodge - Pat and Rod Vitty await the meal of reindeer meat. Inari - Finland (Lapland 4 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Rod and Pat Vitty enjoy a banner moment in Hamerfest - Norway where Rod joined the Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society founded in 1963. 6 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Rod Vitty and Maria Anna (on site guide) on optional tour to Oygarden North West of Bergen - Norway. 11 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Rod Vitty on the fjord ferry between Bergen and Oslo - Norway [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Jeanne Drummond - Bruce Henry - Dan Dugan - Marlowe Viney - Rod and Pat Vitty celebrate a banner moment in Vigeland Sculpture Park - Oslo - Norway - 13 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Mirror image of Rod and Pat Vitty - Holocaust Museum - Oslo - Norway - 13 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Rod Vitty. The DFDS overnight ferry to Copenhagen in the background. Oslo - Norway -13 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Pat Vitty - Vince DiBiasi - Rod Vitty at Farewell cocktail party Oslo - Norway - 13 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

An amused Rod Vitty Farewell Party - Oslo - Norway - 13 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Rod Vitty stands guard with the guard at Rosenborg Slot - Copenhagen - Denmark - 16 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Rod and Pat Vitty along with Bruce Henry enjoy a Home Hosted dinner with Peter Christensen - his wife Birthe and son Christian. Copenhagen - Denmark - 16 August 2014 [Finland/Norway Trip - AUG 2014] |

Standing: Rod Vitty - Natalie Wilcox - Chrys Follett - Dianne Enslow - Art Follett - Bob Werner - Dick Wargowsky - Bob Henry - Bob Strati - Roy Lynn - Dan Ludwig - Marlowe Viney - Betty and Matt Schepps - Danny Dienst - Phil Enslow - Sitting: Lo Dienst - Sandra Lynn - Pat Strati - Trudy Lichtenberg - Sandy Wargowsky - Donna Ludwig - Pat Vitty - George and Patty Page ['55ers on Mississippi River Trip - NOV 2013] |

Vitty - Hammond '66 - Follett - Blitch - Strom - Campbell - Enslow - Ludwig - Bergen - West - Bates - Newton [France Trip - JUL/AUG 2011] |

Vitty - Hammond '66 - Follett - Blitch - Strom - Campbell - Enslow - Ludwig - Bergen - West - Bates - Newton [France Trip - JUL/AUG 2011] |

Hilbert's - Wheeler's - Regnier's - Franklin's - Lynn's - Ryan - Newtons - Fikarises - Strati's - Johnson - Vitty's - Young. Plus guests: Hurleys (friends of Hilbert's) - Smith (he is son-in-law in Hilbert family) - Ulrichs (son-in-law in Fikaris family) - and Dave Young's lady friend Anne) [Army - Air Force: NOV 2010] |

COL Sam Johnson (Charlie's son) - Ed Zaborowski - Rod Vitty - Daryl - Derek - Cindy (Sandy's daughter) and Blake Schlin - George Kennebeck - [Sandy Sanderson Funeral @ West Point - JUL 2010] |

Bob Strati - Danny Dienst - Walt McCrillis - Tommy West - Lo Dienst - Pat Vitty - Jim Bergen - Quent Bates [Reunion Committee - 55th Reunion] |

Danny Dienst - Walt McCrillis - Tommy West - Lo Dienst - Pat Vitty - Jim Bergen - Quent Bates - Dan Ludwig [Reunion Committee - 55th Reunion] |

Natalie Wilcox - Ruth Horst - Paula Campbell - Pat Vitty - Marlowe Viney - Mary Blitch - Marcia Giza - Pat Strati - Patty Page - Connie Franklin - Carla Hilbert - Maren Palmer [NYC Trip - 55th Reunion] |

Sitting: Sandra Lynn - Dienst - Anna Bates - Lynn - Pat Vitty - Standing: Shirley Jacobs - Lo Dienst - Sanderson - Jacobs - Connie Franklin - Vitty - Bates - Regnier - Joe Franklin - Maren Palmer - Georgie Regnier [Steamboat Ski Trip - JAN 2008] |

Left: Pat Vitty - Phil Enslow - Danny Dienst - Marlowe Viney - Sandy D'Attilio - Right: Quent Bates - Lo Dienst - Chrys Follett - Anna Bates - Art Follett - Dianne Enslow - Front: Candy Strom and Rod Vitty [AUG 2007 England Trip - Loch Ness] |

Regnier - Fikaris - Bates - Lynn - Vitty - McNair - Dave Young - Hilbert - C. Johnson - Pemberton ? - Enslow - Wargowsky - Gallup - Hornbarger - Jim Ryan - Ludwig - Cardillo - Feagin - Robinson [DG Mini - May 2007] |

Bob Lang (55 Friend) - Lo Dienst - Enslow - Pat Vitty - Hilbert - Vitty - Carla Hilbert - Lynn - Dianne Enslow - Sandra Lynn - Dienst [DG Mini - May 2007] |

Rear: Tennant - Jack Campbell - Lynn - Sanderson - Vitty - Hilbert - Blitch - Dienst - Front: Frances Tennant - Paula Campbell - Nicky Silloway - Sandra Lynn - Maren Palmer - Pat Vitty - Carla Hilbert - Mary Blitch - Lo Dienst [Australia - NOV 2006] |

Front: Marlow Viney - * - * - * - Pat Vitty - Chrys Follett - Natalie Wilcox - Anna Bates - Georgie Regnier - Rear: Rod Vitty - * - Art Follett - * - Quent Bates - Dick Regnier - * - (* indicates not classmate) [Manchu Pinchu - Peru - JUL 2006] |

May - Carpenter - Heyer x55 - Norm Smith - Andrews - Welter - Lichtenberg - Streett - Cardillo - Fralen - Drummond - Vitty - Sloan [DG Mini - MAY 2006] |

Row 1: Bob Strati - Mike Stevenson - Don Hilbert - Dan Ludwig - Al Bundren Row 2: Rod Vitty - Quent Bates - Kelly Lichtenberg - Phil Enslow Row 3: Keeping Puccini company is Dick Regnier [JUN 2004 Italy Trip] |

Row 1: Emanuela Spadoni (our Mama Mia and Grand Circle's Tour Guide) - Row 2: Gale/Paul Antell - Donna Ludwig - Sue Taylor - Tatyana Sigal - Mary Gallion - Angee Fikaras - Greta Masson - Mary Monahan - Lo Dienst - Marlowe Viney - Pat Strati - Margit Singer - Pat Vitty - Row 3: Georgie Regnier - Trudy Lichtenberg - Anna Bates - Bob Chapman - Bill Taylor - Mike Stevenson - Pete Fikaris - Dan Ludwig - Barbara Johnson - Carla Hilbert - Val/Al Bundren - Bob Strati - Carol Qually - Phyllis Chapman - Val Schroeter - Dorothy Kane - Row 4: Dick Regnier - Danny Dienst - Rod Vitty - Diane/Phil Enslow - Andy Johnson - Don Hilbert - Kelly Lichtenberg - Jim Kane - Lloyd Qually [JUN 2004 Italy Trip] |

Row 1: Bob Strati - Rod Vitty - Marlowe Viney - Pat Strati - Margit Singer - Lloyd Qually Row 2: Emanuela (The Guide) - Tatyana Sigal - Dick Regnier - Georgie Regnier Laura (hostess) - Bob Chapman - Phyllis Chapman (hiding) - Carol Qually - Val Bundren Row 3: Don Hilbert - Carla Hilbert - Pat Vitty - Al Bundren - Dianne Enslow - Phil Enslow - Jim Kane - Dorothy Kane (hiding) [JUN 2004 Italy Trip] |

Danny Dienst - Joe Franklin - Quent Bates - Rod Vitty - Dan Ludwig - Kelly Lichtenberg [Eastern Europe Great Rivers Trip - 2003] |

Front: Lo Dienst - Anna Bates - Connie Franklin - Marlowe Viney - Rear: Trudy Lichtenberg - Barbara (Donna's sister) - Donna Ludwig - Pat Vitty [Eastern Europe Great Rivers Trip - 2003] |

Front: Joe Franklin - Dan Ludwig - Rod Vitty - Rear: Kelly Lichtenberg - Danny Dienst - Quent Bates [Eastern Europe Great Rivers Trip - 2003] |

Front: Trish (Marlowe's daughter) - Joe and Connie Franklin - Trudy Lichtenberg - Margit Singer - Hostess - Marlowe Viney - Rear: Marcia Cathey - Kelly Lichtenberg - Pat and Rod Vitty [Eastern Europe Great Rivers Trip Home Hosted Lunch - 2003] |

Standing: Pirkey - Strati - Tour Guide - Follett - Enslow - Fikaris - Dienst - Bates - Ludwig - Lichtenberg - Bergen - Vitty - Marlowe Viney - Seated in chairs:: Angee Fikaris - Pat Strati - Lo Dienst - Mary Monahan - Marcia Cathey - Dianne Enslow - Friends of '55 Marcia and Judy - Front: Chrys Follett - Donna Ludwig - Pat Vitty - Trudy Lichtenberg - Anna Bates [2001 Class Trip] |

Front: Chrys Follett - Marlowe Viney - Lo Dienst - Mary Monahan - Pat Vitty - Rear: Rod Vitty - Art Follett - friend - Danny Dienst - Dianne and Phil Enslow - waiter [Great Rivers Trip which ended in Brussels - 2001] |

Newton - Raynal - Fontaine - Dienst - Hilbert - Baker - Vitty - Lichtenberg - Wargowsky - Masson - Ludwig - Roades - Horst [c1994] |

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A-1 Firsties - 1st Row: Chuck Martin - Munroe - DeLong - Bazilwich - Dulk - Vitty - 2nd Row: Lewis - Greene - Herdman - 3rd Row: Fred Johnson - Strom - Lynn - 4th Row: Jerry Brown - Thomer - Bob Johnson (CO) - Pearson |
(Updated JUL 2019) |
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For six decades and counting, Mr. Rod Vitty has never missed an opportunity to serve as an ambassador for USMA and champion West Point's impact on the Nation and its national pastime. His company, Vermont Heritage Press, has both published original works and republished classics that tell the West Point story through autobiography and historical research. He also established and personally funded The Doubleday Society, which presents an annual award to the Most Valuable Player on the Army Baseball Team. One of three cadets in Academy history to pitch a no-hitter himself, Mr. Vitty has a special connection with Army Baseball and is credited with spearheading the 'Save Doubleday Field' effort, which raised funds to help construct Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field. He also served as a West Point Regional Representative, the President of the West Point Society of Philadelphia and as an energetic and dedicated member of WPAOG's Board of Trustees. |