Class
Notes
USMA 1958
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Classmates--
Sorry, recently launched the March version and realized I had not
included the names of classmates and wives who attended the DC area
luncheon on 10 March. Good place to begin this April edition (not
in alfa order, rather random instead): Audrey Webb,
Alan & Diane Chase, Alan Salisbury, George &
Mary Jane Lawton, Jerry & Maria Mitchell,
Angela Ganey, Bill Parks, John Herren,
Phil Gibbs, Jack & Henrietta Gordon,
Joe & Peggy Luman, Dick Reidy, Dick
Schonberger, Bill Tuttle, Jim & Miyuki Wade,
Lee & Betty Miller, John Nun, John
Shaffer, Church Hutton and myself (notetaker).
With some luck this totals 27 attendees. I had to check my list
with our social organizer Jack Gordon. Hope that between us, Jack
and I did not miss anyone. And, this is a good place for me to say
that the luncheon was Jack’s last event as our social guru. We
will miss him – he has done great work on our behalf here in the DC
area. We used Andy Andreson’s ANCC membership – Andy
was there, but all too briefly, then he had to depart for some other
event for some other organization that was paying for his time.
Our class cannot afford to pay Andy, but we do appreciate using his ANCC
membership at the Fairfax and Arlington clubs!
The 18th Annual West Point Class Ring Memorial Melt took place on
February 26, 2018. To date, 520 West Point class rings have been donated
to the program, including the 69 rings that were donated this year for
the Class of 2019 Ring Melt. Each year, gold from donated rings worn by
past West Point graduates has been melted and mixed into the gold for
the rings of the Academy’s next graduating class. LTC (R) Ron Turner ’58
developed the idea for the “Ring Melt” in 1999, believing such an
endeavor would provide a tangible link between members of the Long Gray
Line. Your support of the
Long Gray Line Fund
supports programs such as the Ring Melt, keeping you connected to West
Point and the Corps of Cadets and perpetuating the events, the awards,
the traditions.
Full story and
photos are a click away.
This does not say that gold from prior melts is saved each year and
mixed with the gold from rings donated that year. Therefore, gold
from all 520 rings donated is included in the 18th Annual
Class Ring Melt. Our own Ron has had a significant impact by
starting a new tradition, now 18 years old. Thanks, Ron!
The card will be mailed to WPAOG for Jack May’s file.
I believe his record still stands.
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