December 2011 - West Point Class of 1966

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..Classnotes 1966-2, page 6Farrell Recognized for Community Service to SoldiersRance Farrell wasinducted in October intothe Arizona Veterans' Hallof Famewhich...recognizesservice to the community,soldiers and veteransafter leaving the military.“It was nice, but for methe greatest honor wasmy family and friends whoshowed up for it. Thesespecial guests includedDon Brown who camefrom Virginia, Frank andCherie Hartline fromTucson, as well as RexRance Farrel (c) inducted into Arizona Veterans' Hall of FameNichols and Jerry andPat Sands from Phoenix. Susan also surprised me by having two of my daughters andbrother come in from out of town, as well as Ed and Janet Dewey ('67) from California. It wasa wonderful time being with them and I was a bit overwhelmed!Classmates witness Rance Farrell's inductioninto Arizona Veterans' Hall of FameFamily members see Rance Farrell inducted intoArizona Veterans' Hall of Fame
..Classnotes 1966-2, page 7Seigle, Murray, and Helkie on Hand toWitness Coach K's Historic 904 th WinBobby Seigle sent an inspiring report of his visitto Duke for Coach K's 904 th basketball victory.Dan Schrage, '67, Bill Helkie, Dick Murray,and Bobby Seigle as well as later yeargraduates had center court seats in the “benchsection.” Matt Brown, '79, from Mike's (CoachK) first team at West Point, along with TomValero, '76, and team captain; Vernon Crocker,'76, Dan Keefe, '76, and Joe Barto, '78, wereDan Schrage, Bill Helkie, Dick Murray, and there to present Mike with a game ball fromBobby Seigle attend Duke/Georgia Tech Victory #1 at Army (Army 56, Lehigh 29) andFootball on day after Coach K's 904 th win Mike's Duke team had a matching ball (whatelse?) from Victory #903 in Madison Square Garden on November 15, 2011. Tommy Valerowas the first team captain for Mike at West Point, and the Duke co-captains were Seth Curryand Ryan Kelly. The celebration took place at center court following the game where thePresident of Duke, Richard Broadhead, related several superlatives that defined Mike'sperformance to this point in coaching. “You can do things well; exceedingly well; better thanothers; and then the best there ever has been in achieving, now, 904 wins—but rememberthat you achieved this goal and never won a single one of those games yourself—it was yourplayers that won the games; certainly, it is obvious that they would not have won so many hadyou not been so accomplished at what you chose to do with your life. We would like toremember you for all this success; and for being a leaderamong leaders in today's world; but most of all, here atDuke, we remember you because you are a great teacherat a great university. Tom Butters, the AD who hired Mikeand stuck with him through those first three seasons of a37-48 record was introduced, and Mike actually got out ofhis chair and bowed toward him in a replay of how theCameron Crazies reacted to Mike as he was introducedafter the game. The crowd went wild! Mike recognized thatTom Butters believed in him more than Mike believed inhimself during those first couple of years.”
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