News From Fort Schuyler

WEDDING BELLS, TOO - May 16 was the day that MIKE BURKE, Class of 1986, tied the knot with his bride. Some of the Maritime College alumni attending this gala ceremony were: ROB ARCHAMBAULT 86, TIM COCKERILL 86, BRUCE CURTIS 86, ED GAFFNEY 86, JOHN SWAINE 86, GREG TUTHILL 86, and ERIC ZEHNTER 85. Mike also mentioned that, by coincidence, the pianist at the cocktail hour was none other than JOE OWENS 86 who plays gigs as a hobby and part-time job. As Mike says: "Domers are everywhere! Congratulations to the bride and groom !

BACK TO FAMILY TIES - That promised combined list of family connections to the Maritime College will be published later THIS month. Sorry for the delay, but take advantage of it to submit more additions and corrections to the list.

BOYE Siblings: Donald 80 - Dennis 85

BULLOCK Family (Updated): Howard 48 - William 57 - Nancy 86 (Daughter of William)

Contributors: Don Boye, Nancy Bullock.

IN THE NEWS - There is a profile of LINDA OVERBY, Class of 1987, in the May issue of Marine Officer (MEBA) in a feature with the catchy title: "Female members contribute to make outstanding contributions to MEBA." Linda, who holds a Master's license, currently teaches at the Calhoon MEBA Engineering School.

MAKING THE NEWS - Giving some very pointed advice to President Clinton on the eve of his trip to the Europe-U.S. economic summit in London was ERNEST H. PREEG, Class of 1956. Entitled, "From here to free trade," this long, pithy Op-Ed piece appeared in the May 13 issue of the Journal of Commerce. Dr. Preeg observes that the U.S. goes to this meeting without any E.U.- U.S. trade strategy and makes some very specific proposals to remedy that situation. Ernie holds the Scholl Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.

NEW SUBSCRIBER SETS A FAST PACE - A recent search for alumni on the Internet resulted in many additions to the mailing list. BOB WHITE, Class of 1966, responded: "I was surprised (and pleased) to get your News. How sad that my training ship was torched for scrap in 1982. Too bad they didn't offer to sell small chunks to cadets who had shipped on it.

After graduation, I landed a job in the aerospace industry working in the new-at-the-time computer area. I have stayed in the engineering software area for the 32 years since. As recreation, I enjoy running, and have for some time. In the last 21 years, I have run at least 100 miles per month 234 times (out of 252 months). This includes running in each of the original 13 states in 1 day (the 4th of July).

Though I haven't been involved with maritime affairs since graduation, I'm always interested in Ft. Schuyler news. I have visited the campus a few times since '66 to show my kids the school, and attended the 30th reunion." Welcome to NFFS.

SPECIAL ISSUES OF NFFS LATER THIS WEEK - A tale of SST 1951 by KARL HUBNER 54 Will be sent out on June 2. On June 4, an interesting technical query from DICK STENSON 62 about TSES III for all you ship buffs and a remembrance from RICK BAGSHAW 62 about winter watches aboard TSES III will be distributed. Featured training ships in these issues will be: EMPIRE STATE II (xHYDRUS) and TSES III (xMERCY)

FERGIE PHILOSOPHIZES - Responding to a comment in a recent NFFS that the experience at Maritime is often most cherished in retrospect, FERGUSON BYARS, Class of 1939, asks: " ...isn't this also true for some people after a hitch in the military? It is a human failing, I suppose, that we do not fully comprehend all aspects of the events in our lives at the time of happening. How much fuller our lives would be if we could be taught how to do that at an early age."