years. - Landon School

Michael M. Duffy Duffy '49 Yes No Information Information ColonelNeededNeededBurnham C. McCaffree McCaffree '49 Yes Yes Navy Information AdmiralNeededChris Slonaker Slonaker '49 Yes Yes Marines 1953 - 1955 1st Lieutenant Pacific TheaterWilliam Landon Banfield III Banfield '50 Yes No USAF 1959-61 3rd Mate and LTSenior Grade(USNR)Halleck Butts Butts '50 Yes Yes USAF 18 AUGUST, Captain1954 - 17AUGUST 1957Active Duty, PlusSubsequentReserve Time.Flight surgeon. Germany.Primary Duty: B - 47 CopilotJerry Fitzgerald Fitzgerald '50 Yes Yes Navy 1955 - 1959 Lieutenant Flight training NAS Pensacola, designated Naval Aviator l956, qualified in multi-engine, single engine andhelicopters aboard ship(carriers), NAS Key West, numerous deployments on Atlantic Fleet carriers.Delivered from Sikorsky factory and ran evaluation on first "all weather" helicopter. Wrote original instructionmanual for receiving and launching helicopters from carriers(they didn't know that I was ADD). Dischargedout of NAS Key West, l959.Kleber Masterson, Jr.Bob NorrisMastersonNorris'50'50YesYesYesYesUSNUSMC1950-19821955-58Rear AdmiralInformation NeededB.S. U.S. Naval Academy (1954); M.S. (Physics) U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (1961); Ph.D. (Physics)University of California at San Diego (1963) (first Ph.D. in physics from UCSD) - Career focused onintroduction of new technologies into the fleet. Served in seven ships, including commanding U.S.S. Preble(DLG-15) in Vietnam War. Worked in development, production and support of weapons systems asCaptain and Rear Admiral. Worked in analysis of weapons needs in several assignments. Chief of StudiesAnalysis and Gaming Agency, doing analysis and wargaming for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Booz AllenHamilton Inc from 1982-1992 (retired as partner and vice president). Science Applications International1992-1998) (Senior Vice President). Awards include Defense Superior Service Medal, 3 awards of theLegion of Merit, 3 awards of the Navy Commendation Medal (two with combat "V"). B.S.(Engineering) U. S.Naval Academy; M.S.(Physics) U. S. Naval Postgraduate School; Ph.D.(Physics); University of California,San Diego; Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School. Served in seven cruisers anddestroyers. Commanded USS Preble in VIetnam. Project Manager Antiship Missile Defense Project.Executive Assistant and Naval Aide to the Secretary of the Navy. Deputy Commander Naval Sea SystemsCommand for Surface to Surface and Surface to Air Weapons Systems. Chief, Studies and AnalysisAgency, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Awarded Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit(three times), Navy Commendation Medal (three times, twice with combat "V").Retired I served vice in the president 12th Marines, and partner, the artillery Booz regiment Allen Hamilton of the 3rd Inc. Marine Retired Division. senior vice president ScienceRichard (Dick) Beatty Beatty '51 Yes Yes U.S. Army, 1956-1959 SargentCounterIntelligence CorpsRichard Beers Beers '51 Yes Yes US Navy 1951-1056MidshipmanNROTC BrownUniv. 1956-59Active USN. 1960-62 Active ReserveLieutenantWillard A. Holbrook Holbrook '51 Yes Yes Army 1955-1985 Colonel - 4th AD (TX & Germany) - USASA (VA) - RVN Abn Bde - 82d Abn Div (NC & Dom Rep) - 18th Abn Corps(NC) - MACV - USMA - Berlin Bde - USAREur - Sixth Army - FEMA Region X.Roy H. Lynn Lynn '51 Yes Yes USAF Information ColonelPilotNeededPeter L. Smith Smith '51 Yes Yes Navy 1957 - 1967 Lieutenant SeniorGradeI attended Officers Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1957 and graduated as a U.S. NavyEnsign. I served on active duty in the Naval Security Group for eleven years, serving in Taiwan, Turkey,Japan, and the Washington, DC area. Several of these tours were on assignment to the National SecurityAgency.Don Wight Wight '51 Yes Yes USN 1955-1977 CDR USN R PilotAlonzo O. Bliss Bliss '52 Yes Yes Information Information LieuenantNeededNeededCharles Buchanan Buchanan '52 Yes Navy 1956-1961 Information Needed He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland with a degree in Engineering. He holdsa Masters Degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, School of AdvancedInternational Studies in Washington, D.C. and a Masters Degree in Business Management from MIT(Sloan School of Management).Member of the Executive Council of the Luso-American Development Foundation since 1988. After servingin the US Navy, he joined the US State Department Diplomatic Service, where he served for 24 years withthe Agency for International Development and was responsible for managing Economic CooperationPrograms in Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Central America and Portugal.Champ Buck Buck '52 Yes Yes US Army 1957-79 Colonel Armor, Ordance. Served US, Germany, Vietnam, Korea. West Point, Airborne Training, GA Tech (MSEE)West Point Professor, Senior Service School, combat tour Vietnam.William C. Gawler Gawler '52 Yes Yes Air Force 1954 - 1983 Colonel Command Pilot, Management, Command. US, UK, Greece, Vietnam, Thailand, Iceland. Pilot Traininginstruction, Fighter Operations-Air Defense Command, Tactical Air Command, Air Forces Europe, Veitnam(combat), Senior Service School, Management, Command.Lloyd Kriner Kriner '52 Yes Yes US Navy 6/30/52 (Approx.) LtGraduate US Naval Academy.- 6/30/64Dan Thompson Thompson '52 Yes Yes Marines 1956 - 1958 1st Lieutenant 4th Bat. 10th Marines 2nd. DivisionRicardo Alfaro II Alfaro '53 Yes Yes U.S. Army - SIgnal 1954 - 1956 PFC Had assignments at Ft. Campbell, KY with 511ABN Signal Company, 11ABN DIV, and Airfield OperationsCorpsUnit, Ft. Rucker, Alabama where I was Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) Radar Final ApproachController with IFR rating.William Chadduck Chadduck '53 Yes Yes Air Force 1967 - 1969 Captain Hospital Neurosurgeon Clark Air Base, Philippines during the Vietnam conflict. Provided neurosurgicaltreatment for Vietnam vet casualties, civilian patients from Philippines.Alfred Pasternak Pasternak '53 Yes Yes US Air Force 1960-66 Information NeededDonald Whalen Whalen '53 Yes Yes Army 7July 1953 - 30 Brigadier GeneralApril 1985John Hains Hains '54 Yes Yes Army Information Information NeededNeededPaul Kern Kern '54 Yes Yes US Navy 1959 - 1962 Lt. Jr. (Ltjg)Richard Dortzbach Dortzbach '55 Yes Yes Army 1964 - 1974 Captain Captain in a medical unit of the U.S. Army Reserves in Madison, WIBill Granik Granik '55 Yes Yes U.S. Army July - December Private First ClassReserve1962Charles Hayes Hayes '55 Yes Yes Army 1955-1964 Captain Father of Matt Hayes '87, West Point graduate. Indeed, I did serve in the military. Upon graduating fromLandon in 1955, I entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. I graduated in 1959 as aSecond Lieutenant in the Regular Army. My branch of service was the Artillery. I attended and graduatedfrom the Artillery Basic Officers Course at Ft. Sill, OK and Fort Bliss, TX , Ranger School and AirborneSchool at Fort Benning, GA, and the Army Fixed Wing Flight School at Fort Rucker, AL. After thisschooling, I was assigned to the 3rd Aviation Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division in Kitzingen, Germany. Ispent three years there flying the East German border during the era of the Berlin wall crisis, JackKennedy's "Ich bien ein Berliner" visit, and his subsequent assassination, in addition to time on the Battalionstaff. I returned the CONUS in May of 1964, resigned my commission and entered civilian life.Jack Kneipple Kneipple '55 Yes Yes Navy Information Information NeededNeededGordon Littlefield Littlefield '55 Yes Yes USN 1955-67 Information Needed Naval Aviator. Was a carrier fighter pilot flying F-8 Crusaders - 1961 - 1964.Sam Milliken Milliken '55 Yes Yes US Army 1959-1962 Specialist 5 Neuropsychiatric Technician, Assistant to Division Psychiatrist in Korea.Thomas Baskett Baskett '56 Yes Yes Information Information Information NeededNeededNeededBlackie Bruner Bruner '56 Yes Yes USN 1967-70 Lt. Cmdr Medical Corps. Served US and Vietnam. Opthamamologist aboard ship "Repose" during Tet Offensive,Vietnam Vet, Bethesda Naval HosptialAlfred Elbrick Elbrick '56 Yes Yes USMC Sept 1960- Captain1302 (Engineer) Quantico, Camp Lejune, Okinawa, 3rd Division EngineerOctober 1963Tom Kern Kern '56 Yes Yes US Army 1960-61 Information NeededHeaton Nash Nash '56 Yes Yes Information Information Information NeededNeededNeededBill Poulton Poulton '56 Yes Yes USN 5/50-10/63, 1963- Information Needed1980 (Reserves)Served aboard the Uss Thetis Bay (LPH-6) as OI Division Officer, CIC Watch officer and OOD. Left activeduty in late '63, but stayed in the Naval Reserve in various billets, retiring from the Navy in 1980 as aCommander. Active Duty included participating in the Cuban Blockade in the early 60's.