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The newsletter of the U.S. Navy Supply Corps Foundation
July 2016
$250,000 awarded to scholarship winners for 2016-2017
By CDR Jack Evans, SC, USN (Ret.), Chief Staff Officer
Fifty-six students, including children and grandchildren
of Supply Corps officers and supply enlisted personnel, were
awarded Navy Supply Corps Foundation scholarships for
the 2016-2017 academic year. Since 1971, the Foundation has
awarded 2,328 scholarships valued in excess of $5,252,000.
The board included CAPT Ken Epps, SC, USN (Active Duty
chair); CAPT Mike Plunkett, SC, USN (Ret.) (Retired chair);
CAPT James Shelton, SC, USN (Reserve chair); CMC James
Collins USN (Ret.) (Senior Enlisted chair); and Mrs. Amiee
Warner (Spouse’s chair). CDR Jack Evans, SC, USN (Ret.)
(NSCF Chief Staff Officer) served as the recorder.
Again this year the scholarship applications were uploaded
to a secure website making them available for each board
member to review and grade from home. The selection board
convened virtually in March and then met as a group on 9
April in Atlanta. The 116 applicants were ranked on scholastic
ability, character, leadership, and financial need. The names
Continued on page 16
Chapter, Volunteer of the Year and DA nominations due
By CAPT Pete Eltringham, SC, USN (Ret.),
Recognition Committee Chair
2016 Oakleaf River cruise a hit!
A hero is someone who has given of his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
-Joseph Campbell
Navy Supply Corps Foundation heroes are out there.
Please help find them and ensure they are recognized for their
outstanding work. There are three NSCF national recognition
programs and nominations are open to all. Nominations are
“open format” and must be received no later than August 1 by
letter or email to CDR (Ret.) Jack Evans at CSO@usnscf.com.
Award selections will be made at the fall Foundation Board of
Directors meeting.
Distinguished Alumni - The Distinguished Alumni Program is
one of the NSCF hallmark programs. Its primary purpose is to
Check out the Oakleaf River Cruise photos online at www.
usnscf.com. Click on Quicklinks then 2016 River Cruise.
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Navy Supply Corps Foundation
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Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
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Not so social media
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Thoughts from the Chairman
Busy days for your Foundation
Your Foundation has been busy! We are only half way
through 2016 and the Foundation has been engaged in a
multitude of different areas.
The hallmark event, the selection of the Foundation
scholarships, was completed under the direction of the
Scholarship Committee chair, CAPT Ken Epps. All the
candidates were outstanding, so the committee had to
make some tough decisions. In the end 56 students were
selected to receive Foundation scholarships and 31 previous recipients of multi-year scholarships were reaffirmed
for a total of $250,000 in scholarships. Watch the Foundation website www.usnscf.com for their video selfies,
where the students tell us why their scholarship is important to them.
The long anticipated second Oakleaf cruise was a resounding success. We had 161 cruisers who enjoyed every
moment of the trip from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Basel, Switzerland. Throughout the eight days, in between
the tours and river cruising, the passageways, lounge, sun
deck and dining room echoed with sea stories, greetings
among long ago shipmates and introductions of newly introduced friends. Everyone agreed it was an outstanding
trip and plans were already being made to join the next
cruise in 2018. The best outcome was the $38,200 contributed by the cruisers to the Foundation’s scholarship fund.
If you were not able to participate this year, we hope you
will join us in 2018. As you can see on page 5 we want to
know where you would like to travel. Planning will begin
soon for the 2018 adventure. Take this opportunity to let
us know.
The update of the Strategic Plan under the leadership
of Foundation Vice Chair, CAPT (Ret.) Kurt Libby, is progressing. Please take the time to read his update. I also encourage you to read the new features that introduce you
to a Board member and share a Distinguished Alumni’s
thoughts on leadership. CAPT Libby and CAPT (Ret.)
Bud Schiff are kicking off these two articles, respectively.
The Spring 2016 Board of Directors meeting was held
in Newport, RI. In addition to a full agenda, we had a tour
of the schoolhouse and inducted the Foundation’s 51st
Distinguished Alumni, Mr. Scott Wine, Chairman and
CEO Polaris Industries Inc.
The remainder of 2016 will be equally busy as we
work hard to complete the update of the Strategic Plan
and continue to develop the new Family Aid and Support
Team (FAST) Program.
If you have any thoughts about how the Foundation
can better serve you or you would like to provide your
expertise in a specific support area, you can reach me at
FoundationChair@usnscf.com. I welcome your comments
and look forward to hearing from you.
RADM Linda Bird, SC, USN (Ret.)
The Newsletter of the Navy Supply Corps Foundation
3651 Mars Hill Road, Suite 200B, Watkinsville, Ga. 30677
(706) 354-4111
e-mail: CSO@usnscf.com
website: www.usnscf.com
About the Foundation
Anyone who has ever worn the Oakleaf of the
U. S. Navy Supply Corps is automatically a member of the
Navy Supply Corps Foundation, an organization whose mission
is to perpetuate the values, traditions, history and camaraderie
of the Supply Corps throughout the lives of its members.
Board of Directors
Chairman
RADM Linda Bird, SC, USN (Ret.)
Vice Chairman CAPT Kurt Libby, SC, USN (Ret.)
Treasurer
CAPT Charles Parker, SC, USN
Secretary
LCDR Scott Long, SC, USN
Chief Staff Officer CDR Jack Evans, SC, USN (Ret.)
Directors
RADM Patricia Wolfe, SC, USN (Ret.)
Recognition Chair CAPT Peter Eltringham, SC, USN (Ret.)
Chapter Relations CAPT William Fenick, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship Chair CAPT Kenneth Epps, SC, USN
CAPT Dan Pionk, SC, USN
CAPT Len Sapera, SC, USN (Ret.)
DA Programs Chair CAPT Albert J. Schiff, SC, USN (Ret.)
Heritage Chair CAPT Tiffany Schad, SC, USN
CDR Danny King, SC, USN
Family Aid & Support Chair CDR Keith Applegate, SC, USN
IAC Chair CDR Dennis Collins, SC, USN
Communications Chair CDR Spencer Moseley, SC, USN
Career Transitions Chair CDR William Boucek, SC, USN
LCDR Warren Sherman, SC, USN
CWO5 Gordon Keith, SC, USN
Mr. Victor Trione
Mr. Michael McCleary
Mr. Patrick Fishburne
Ad Hoc
CMDCM Jim Collins, USN (Ret.)
Mrs. Tracy Pimpo
Past Chairmen
Development Chair CAPT John L. Kizer, SC, USN (Ret.)
RADM Don Hickman, SC, USN (Ret.)
The Oakleaf Staff
Writer / Editor Liz Van Wye
TheOakleaf@comcast.net
Graphic Layout Linda Hall
The Oakleaf is published three times a year.
The publication schedule and content deadlines are:
September 15, 2016 for the November 2016 issue
January 15, 2017 for the March 2017 issue
May 15, 2017 for the July 2017 issue
Submit news and ideas to: TheOakleaf@comcast.net
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Wine inducted as Distinguished Alumnus
Scott Wine, Chairman and CEO of
Polaris Industries, was formally made
a Distinguished Alumnus of the Supply Corps School in a ceremony held
in Newport in May. Recognition as a
Distinguished Alumnus is conferred
by the Navy Supply Corps Foundation
upon “retired and former Navy Supply
Corps officers who have distinguished
themselves by obtaining significant
success in the public or private sector,
who credit their Supply Corps experience as a basic foundation of further
professional achievements.”
Wine, a 1989 graduate of the Naval
Academy, served as a Supply Corps
officer until 1996, including service
aboard the USS Lewis B. Puller. He became CEO of Polaris, a market leader
in off-road vehicles, snowmobiles,
motorcycles and on-road electric/
hybrid powered vehicles in 2008 af-
ter serving as President of Fire Safety
Americas, a division of United Technologies.
He holds an MBA from the Uni-
versity of Maryland and serves on
the boards of US Bancorp, Terex Corporation and the Greater Twin Cities
United Way.
Foundation Chairman RADM (Ret.) Linda Bird presented Mr. Scott Wine with a
lithograph of the Navy Supply Corps School in the ceremony recognizing Wine’s induction as the school’s 51st Distinguished Alumnus. The Commanding Officer of the
school, CAPT Kristin Fabry, assisted.
What my service meant to me
By CAPT Albert J. “Bud” Schiff, SC, USN (Ret.),
Managing Director and CEO, Alvarez and Marsal Executive Compensation
and Benefits,
Navy Supply Corps Foundation Distinguished Alumnus
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about their service by Distinguished Alumni.
Becoming a Navy Supply Corps officer was the perfect entry-level job for
me - a pivotal experience that greatly
shaped my life.
After Supply Corps School in Athens, Ga., I was assigned aboard the
USS Berkeley (DDG 15), including three
combat tours in the Gulf of Tonkin off
the North Vietnamese coast.
Serving on board a ship at sea was
the most grueling job I ever had - intense
and exhausting. We worked all day,
seven days a week. Sleep deprivation
was routine.
As a brand new ensign, I needed a lot
of help and working with experienced
and motivated Chiefs and Petty Officers
I could rely on was essential.
After being released from active
duty, I remained an active participant
in the Ready Reserves for another 20+
years while forging a successful career
in the life insurance and financial services industries.
I’m still amazed at how much responsibility the Navy gives a junior officer. A
taste for business wasn’t all I took with
me when I left active duty after two
years. The leadership and management
lessons, skills and experiences I gained,
and the magnitude of responsibilities I
assumed would never have been availContinued on page 8
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CAPT Albert J “Bud” Schiff, SC, USN (Ret.)
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Board member closeup
CAPT Kurt Libby, SC, USN (Ret.), Vice Chair
Editor’s note: This article begins a series of profiles of Foundation Board and staff.
As President of the Bay Area Chapter for the past six years and now Vice
Chair of the Foundation Board, retired
Supply Corps CAPT (Ret.) Kurt Libby
wears several hats. In addition to serving as Vice Chair, he is also Chair of the
Foundation Governance Committee,
overseeing the updating of the strategic
plan, currently underway, as well as the
Foundation bylaws and the nominating
committee.
A 1966 graduate of the University
of Minnesota, Libby was a member of
the Navy Supply Corps School class
of ’67. During his career, he served in
numerous afloat and ashore assignments, including a tour in Vietnam, and
earned a masters degree from the Naval
Postgraduate School. His final tour was
as Commanding Officer, Naval Supply
Center Oakland.
Retired from the Navy for more than
twenty years, Libby has stayed active
and involved, initially doing consulting
assignments and, until two years ago,
putting his logistics skills to work as a
purchasing manager for the University
of California, Berkeley. Kurt and his wife
Janet, who have two grown children,
live in Alameda Calif.
But his heart was always with the
Navy. “I loved the Supply Corps, the
camaraderie and the idea that you
could go to a Supply Corps gathering anywhere and still have that
connection,” he said. It’s difficult to
maintain that relationship after leaving active duty, he added, and that’s
why he is such a strong supporter of
the work of the Foundation, “which
helps keep that connection alive. We
have lifelong friendships and this
organization is an investment in the
rest of our lives.”
Libby got involved in his local
chapter and then the Foundation
Board for a simple reason, he said.
“I know that non profits exist on
volunteer support. If we’ve gotten
a lot out, we’ve got to give back.”
CAPT Kurt Libby, SC, USN (Ret.), Vice Chair
When he’s not busy giving back,
Kurt and his wife love to travel. He
plays golf a couple of times a week, al- Bay Area trail. It is 500 miles long, he
though “I’m not getting any better!” he said, and “it’s all flat!”
says with a laugh. The couple enjoys CAPT Libby can be reached at
bike riding, and especially biking the ViceChair@usnscf.com.
Chapter, Volunteer of the Year and DA nominations due
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identify and give appropriate recognition to retired and former Navy Supply
Corps officers who have distinguished
themselves by obtaining significant success in the public or private sector. As
such, it is the intent of the Foundation
to honor those retired and former Navy
Supply Corps officers, (Active and Reserve), who credit their Supply Corps
experience as a basic foundation of further professional achievements.
Volunteer of the Year Award - Each chapter
should select a high impact Volunteer of
the Year (Active/Reserve/Civil Service/
Retired/Former) and forward a recommendation for consideration. Chapter
Presidents are encouraged to oversee
nomination of the best volunteer in
their chapter. That said, nominations
are open to all NSCF members and will
be considered.
July 2016 • p. 4
Chapter of the Year Award – The greatest strengths of our Foundation are the
outstanding programs initiated by each
chapter to further the mission of the
Foundation. Your chapter is eligible
for national recognition and special
resources. All that is required is a brief,
open format run-down of the chapter’s
programs and their impact, both in the
NSCF mission overall as well as in the
local community.
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Strategic Plan update: Focus on taking care of ourselves and others
By CAPT Kurt Libby, SC, USN (Ret.), Foundation Vice Chairman
We are continuing along our strategic plan update path. Committee chairs
have reviewed the goals of the existing
strategic plan and updated them. This
month the committee chairs incorporated the comments from last year’s
survey and made additional refinements to the revised strategic plan. The
comments from the survey were heavily
weighted toward the mission of “taking care of our own.” There were two
primary subsets: taking care of others
and taking care of ourselves.
In the latter category are comments
regarding career guidance and transition. They range from mentoring,
job advice, duty station choices, and
spouse employment assistance to career transition and subsequent civilian
job placement. This committee was a
major concern because it was the primary interest area for survey responders, but we didn’t have a committee
chair. I am thrilled to announce that
Member survey provided
direction for updating the
Foundation Strategic Plan
CDR (Ret.) Bill Boucek has agreed to
take on this very important chairmanship. Bill is the perfect person for the
job because he has unlimited enthusiasm and drive, and also because he
is currently going through the career
transition process himself.
In the “taking care of others” category, the survey responders were very
concerned about filling the gaps left
by other Navy programs for helping
families of deceased members. They
want to make sure that not only are the
current needs met, but that there is an
effort made to continually embrace these
families in the Supply Corps community.
The other “taking care of others” concern
was to continue offering scholarships to
as wide a group of supply community
recipients as possible.
The next step in the update process
will be to gather all of the committee chairs and selected other interested parties in a group meeting.
The output will be a final draft to be
presented to the Chapter Presidents
and Board of Directors at the fall 2016
meeting.
Let us know where you’d like to travel in 2018
In April, 161 cruisers joined in on the second successful Oakleaf river cruise, along the Rhine from Amsterdam,
Netherlands, to Basel, Switzerland. In addition to sharing sea stories, greeting long lost shipmates and meeting new
friends, cruisers contributed $38,200 to the Foundation Scholarship Fund. Here are three photos…look for more at
www.usnscf.com.
Think you might want to travel with members of the Foundation in the future? Have ideas on trips you’d like to see?
Send an email with your thoughts to Cindy Inglett at Foundationadmin@usnscf.com and your ideas will be added into
the mix for the 2018 trip.
Oakleaf River cruise on the Rhine started from
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
George Morgan, Sheri Morgan, Jan Nyenhuis, Keith
Nyenhuis, Kapi Kizer enjoy the sights and tastes of
the Rhine river valley.
Cruiser Newt Gingrich shared
his perspective on today’s
political scene with interested
passengers.
July 2016 • p. 5
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Chapter resources include website, monthly phone calls and more
By CAPT Bill Fenick, USN (Ret.), Chapter Relations Chair
Wondering where to find information about the Foundation and your
chapter? Here are some of the significant
resources available to help you.
The Foundation website at www.
usnscf.com is your source not only for
information about the Foundation but
also for all necessary chapter information. Go to “About Us” and “Chapter
Information” to find the following: l Foundation brochure describing
who we are and what we do for your
use for chapter events. l Display panels that can be printed
and mounted for any event you host
l Recommended By-Laws for those
interested in starting a chapter. l
Chapter Operations Manual, a
good guide to run a chapter.
l Chapter Web Administrators Manual, our strongest tool.
Foundation/Chapter Brief Template, our branded format for presentation.
Also on this page is the list of individual
emails for the Chapter Presidents. If you
need to reach all the Presidents, use the All
Presidents link to send an email to all. In addition, under “About Us” click
l
Go to “About Us/Chapter
Information” on
www.usnscf.com to find
help for Chapter operations
on “Logos” and your chapter name to
retrieve an assortment of custom logos
for your use as well as a template for
chapter stationery.
In addition to the web-based materials, the monthly Foundation CommCall
includes Chapter Presidents, Board
members and Committee chairs covering an agenda based on issues of interest to the Foundation and the chapters.
These calls last no more than an hour
and provide an opportunity for dialogue
among all levels of leadership.
The process for the Community Values
and Traditions (CVT) program has been
tweaked. Requests for CVT funds should
be directed to me at ChapterRelations@
usnscf.com for immediate approval or
review by Foundation leadership. This
is your opportunity to create a chapter
family event in your region with the
direct support of the Foundation. Welcome aboard to the Twin Cities
Chapter; Guam and the Tri-State region
chapters are in development as well.
Thank you all!
New Board members welcomed at May meeting
RADM (Ret.) Linda Bird, Foundation Chairman and CAPT (Ret.) John Kizer, Foundation immediate past Chairman
welcome new Board members CAPT (Ret.) Bruce Maxon, Mr. Patrick Fishburne ,and CAPT (Ret.) Kurt Libby. Not
pictured is new Board member RADM (Ret.) Patty Wolfe.
July 2016 • p. 6
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In Memoriam
The Oakleaf is aware of the following members of the
Supply Corps community who passed away recently. A
complete list of names is on www.usnscf.com along with
available obituaries. Please let us know of those who
have passed away for this column and on the website by
forwarding information to TheOakleaf@comcast.net.
2016
CDR William J. Nicol, SC, USN (Ret.) CAPT Alfred S. Maurstad, SC, USN (Ret.) CAPT Robert I. Connolly, SC, USN (Ret.) Distinguished Alumnus Roger Enrico
June 3
CAPT Robert Whitacre, SC, USN (Ret.)
May 31
CAPT Arthur T. “Art” Silk, SC, USN (Ret.) April 22
CDR George D. (Doug) Kroon, SC, USN (Ret.) April 5
CAPT Robert H. Wilson, SC, USN (Ret.) April 3
CAPT John H. Dunlevy, SC, USN (Ret.) April 2
LT John R. Winegardner, SC, USN (Ret.) March 28
James B. Ricketts, SC, USN Prior Service
March 23
CDR James P. McMenamin, SC, USN (Ret.)
Jan. 27
CDR William E. Polk Jr. SC, USN (Ret.) Jan.11
LCDR David T. Boyd, SC, USN (Ret.) Jan. 4
CDR Phillip C. Holt, SC, USN (Ret.) Jan. 4
2014
CAPT Gene P. Olson, SC, USN (Ret.) CDR Eugene D. Eppen, SC, USN (Ret.) LT Stephen J. Casey, SC, USN (Ret.) Dec. 14
Nov. 26
May 25
2013
CAPT Barbara S. Furst, SC, USN (Ret.) 2012
LTJG Walter W. Faner, SC, USN (Ret.) Jan. 26
Dec. 18
2011
CDR Jack E. Brookes, SC, USN (Ret.) 2015
2003
LT Winston B. Darby, SC, USN (Ret.) Dec. 17
CDR James M. Forman, SC, USN (Ret.) Dec. 15
CAPT Douglas W. Brown, SC, USN (Ret.) Dec. 11
CDR Robert Alexander Bobulinski, USN (Ret.) Dec. 1
LCDR Darrell M. Kibby, SC, USN (Ret.)
CAPT Raymond J. Pluto, SC, USN (Ret.) Sept.5
LCDR Raleigh J. Williams, SC, USN (Ret.) Aug. 27
CDR Roger L. Davis, SC, USN (Ret.) Aug. 25
Aug. 26
2002
CDR Robert T. Broili, SC, USN (Ret.) No date provided
CAPT Charles M. Schoman, SC, USN (Ret.)
LTJG Robert Mershon, SC, USN (Ret.)
Correction: LCDR David E. Ward was listed in the March 2016 In Memoriam. We apologize for the error.
Passing of Distinguished Alumnus Roger Enrico
Distinguished Alumnus and former
PepsiCo CEO Roger Enrico, died June
2, 2016. Upon graduating from Navy
Supply Corps School-Athens in 1967, he
volunteered for a tour in Vietnam and
was sent to Da Nang. He later served
in the USS Little Rock (CL 92), the Sixth
Fleet Flagship.
He joined PepsiCo (Pepsi-Cola/
Frito-Lay) in 1971, shortly after leav-
July 26
July 12
April 6
ing the Navy and retired from there in
2001. He held a number of senior level
management positions within that organization, including Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer.
Enrico said “I have always believed
that my Supply Corps experience was
critical to my success in business and
in life.”
July 2016 • p. 7
Dec. 9
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Spouses Corner
Making the not so social media work for families
By Karren Polowczyk
Twitter allows you to have 140
characters. The U.S. Navy family gram
allowed 50! Can you imagine being
the newly wed spouse of a submariner on your first deployment, living
3,000+ miles away from your family
and only communicating six times a
deployment with your new husband?
Oh and this 50 words included their
name and rank! You couldn’t ask questions or give any bad news, it was a
one-way conversation! These family
grams weren’t very private either– the
radiomen saw all of them and they
might even be reviewed by the Captain
before your husband saw it.
That was 1988 and we were living in
beautiful Hawaii. John was stationed on
the USS Queenfish (SSN 651). Our dog
was caged at a state quarantine station
for 120 days. I’m pretty sure every family gram was the same……X number
of days left in quarantine, the sun is
shining, I went to the beach, I miss you,
love Karren. That is 21 words so you get
the idea. Early on the information might
have been exciting like:
I moved into our house, we have an
address, or our household goods came
or the car arrived. There was never a
family gram like the one you really
wanted to send….
The house is full of ants and there is
gecko poop all over the place. Your mother
won’t stop asking when you’ll be home and
the insurance company won’t leave me
alone about that accident you had before you
deployed! I can’t find a job. The car won’t
start again. The dog ran away. Your brother
will meet you at the pier; he’ll be here for a
month!
I had to figure it out and I had to make
it work. So in this instant world of social
media, face time, and Skype where the
deployed spouse knows instantly what
is going on before you tell him I’m think-
Karren Polowczyk
ing those family grams weren’t so bad
after all!
Karren Polowczyk is married to Rear Admiral John Polowczyk (OPNAV, N41) who
is a geographical bachelor while she lives in
Virginia Beach with her children and three
schnauzers. They will celebrate their 29th
wedding anniversary in August.
What my service meant to me
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able for a 21 year-old college graduate
in any private sector job.
I learned how to interact with a variety of people – from brilliant and inspirational leaders, who quickly became
role-models for me, to some who weren’t
so effective. I vividly remember those
whom I admired, and I remember many
of the others too, and learned from them
as well.
I tell executives to rely on their first-level managers; to set an example themselves;
and to praise in public when someone has
done a good job. All these are standard
operating procedure in the Navy, but
they’re a rarity in the business world.
I’m still guided by the lessons I
learned during my formative Navy
years. I gave the Navy two full years
of active duty and 20 more part-time
Reserve years. What the Navy gave me
is immeasurable.
Board members gathered in Newport
Board member, from left, RADM (Ret.) Tom Hill, CDR Bill Boucek and
CAPT Ken Epps at the May Board meeting in Newport.
July 2016 • p. 8
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Chapter Presidents
Bay Area
CAPT (Ret.) Kurt Libby
Mechanicsburg
CAPT Robert Williams
BayAreaPres@usnscf.com
MechanicsburgPres@usnscf.com
Greater Boston Area CAPT (Ret.) Bill McCarthy
Memphis
CAPT Tim Daniels
GreaterBostonAreaPres@usnscf.com
MemphisPres@usnscf.com
Colorado Rockies
LCDR Jose Vargas
Monterey Peninsula LCDR Lindsay Anderson
ColoRockPres@usnscf.com
MontereyPres@usnscf.com
Detroit Area
CAPT (Ret.) Paul McNeill
Newport, R.I.
LT Tom Gerstner
DetroitPres@usnscf.com
NewportPres@usnscf.com
Djibouti
CDR Agustin Santiago
Northeast Georgia
Michael McCleary
DjiboutiPres@usnscf.com
NEGAPres@usnscf.com
Great Lakes
LTJG Kailash Purohit
Northwest
NorthwestPres@usnscf.com
GreatLakesPres@usnscf.com
Ohio
CAPT Roger Alvarez
Great Salt Lake
CAPT Tony Erickson
OhioPres@usnscf.com
GreatSaltLakePres@usnscf.com
Patuxent River
CAPT Aaron Traver
Groton/New LondonCDR Dave Smith
PAXRiverPres@usnscf.com
GrotonNewLondonPres@usnscf.com
Philadelphia Area
CDR Kelly House
Gulf Coast
LT Shay Warr
PhiladelphiaPres@usnscf.com
GulfcoastPres@usnscf.com
San Diego
CAPT Richard McCarthy
Hampton Roads
CAPT Harry Thetford
SanDiegoPres@usnscf.com
HamptonRoadsPres@usnscf.com
Sasebo
CDR Terrel Fisher
Hawaii
CDR Chuck Dwy
SaseboPres@usnscf.com
HawaiiPres@usnscf.com
Sigonella
CDR Onofrio Margioni
Iberian Peninsula
CDR George Clark
SigonellaPres@usnscf.com
IberianPeninsulaPres@usnscf.com
Southwest Asia
CDR Neil Allen
Indiana Crossroads ENS Dave Richardson
SWAsiaPres@usnscf.com
IndianaCrossroadsPres@usnscf.com
St. Louis
CAPT Michelle Morse
Italy
LCDR Shane Dietrich
StLouisPres@usnscf.com
ItalyPres@usnscf.com
Tampa Bay
CAPT Chad Burke
Jacksonville
CAPT Valerie McCall
TampaBayPres@usnscf.com
JacksonvillePres@usnscf.com
Twin Cities
CDR (Ret.) Robert Dolan
Japan
CDR (Sel) Mike Schilling
TwinCitiesPres@usnscf.com
JapanPres@usnscf.com
Ventura County
CDR Jeremy Talmadge
Kansas
LCDR Josh Fischer
VenturaCountyPres@usnscf.com
KansasPres@usnscf.com
Washington Area
CAPT Pamela Theorgood
Korean Peninsula
LCDR Robert Salire
WashingtonDCPres@usnscf.com
KoreanPenPres@usnscf.com
When new officers are installed, be sure to send the president’s name and email address to ChapterRelations@usnscf.com.
July 2016 • p. 9
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Memories and shared sea stories
Supply afloat, husbanding agents and lessons learned
By RADM Dan McKinnon, SC, USN (Ret.)
This time I am writing about a
moment in my career. When reading
about Fat Leonard in the news and the
embarrassing career crash of another
Navy officer, it turns my stomach.
I hope it is the same with you. It
brought back memories.
It seems like officer leadership on
nuclear carriers in WestPac were particularly targeted for embarrassment
as Glenn Defense Marine dishonestly
performed husbanding services for
U.S. Navy ships. Supply officers afloat
know that when they buy port services, anything that can be counted
can be corrupted.
It was October 1962 when the first
nuclear powered aircraft carrier made
its first deployment and visited its first
foreign port and met its first husbanding
agent. The carrier was the USS Enterprise
(CVA(N) 65). The husbanding agent was
LT McKinnon.
In the summer of 1961 my wife and
I arrived in Italy where I was to become
part of Naval Support Activity, Naples
and Navy’s Purchasing Officer in the
Mediterranean. There was a Navy Purchasing Office in London but my small
office of five had the task for the Med.
We stayed in a “pensione” along with
another incoming Supply Corps officer,
Bob Frampton, and an outgoing Line
lieutenant in route to our Supply Corps
School, John Ruehlin. I hope they are
both smiling.
After eleven months buying ship
supplies, port services, boat repair, food,
even conducing scrap metal sales in Sicily, CAPT Ray Cope asked if I would like
to move north to Pisa. I would relieve
LT Larry Krukin at the Italian airport
in an assignment with the United Nations providing US Army support to UN
forces in the Gaza Strip. I would work for
a civilian, get a letter fitness report, and
no doubt remain a lieutenant. I said yes.
When pointing out that an officer could
not get two sets of orders in one fiscal
year without a “SecNav Finding,” I was
told not to worry. The household goods
contractor was one of my guys, and he
would be happy to move property of
the “tenente” and get paid someday
when orders came through. I was off to
Pisa with 10 days in-route admiring the
beauty of Switzerland. Without orders,
no need to hurry.
Send your stories to
Themckinons@aol.com
A year later after supporting the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF),
traveling to the Gaza Strip as a UN civilian and in uniform as a Canadian Army
Captain, I got a call from Naples. There
was a new sheriff in town. A commander
on CTF 63 staff just made captain, he
was not happy with Mediterranean ship
support, and the Chief had ordered him
ashore to square things away. His name
was W.R. Dowd Jr., a known hell raiser.
“Wally” Dowd, said “McKinnon, can
you handle more work at Pisa?” Wisely
LT McKinnon said yes.
That was when I became a “husbanding agent.” Armed with a pad of S&A
44’s, I set off to become Wally Dowd’s
boarding officer for Riviera ports. It was
a whirlwind year. But then somebody
has to go Genoa, Leghorn, La Spezia,
and rough spots like Portofino.
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That fall the famed USS Enterprise,
Navy’s first nuclear carrier, was off to
its first Mediterranean deployment. It
was the Navy’s and Admiral Rickover’s’
great Surface Navy success. The deployment also had to be a success. The ship
headed to Genoa as its first foreign port.
Of course I knew about Enterprise. Beyond that I confess great naïveté. The
Supply Officer was CDR Vince Lascara;
a SUPPO today’s supply officers would
panic to know that Rickover kept on
board for five years. With my Fiat parked
on the pier, a wife and one year old son
tucked safely in a pensione, I was among
the first to walk on board. I identified
myself as LT McKinnon and asked to
see the Supply Officer. I immediately
got chewed out by the OOD. I had not
been in uniform for almost two years…
my thoughtless civvies were unacceptable. “This is a war ship,” he shouted.
CDR Lascara was friendly and gracious to this first husbanding agent for a
nuclear carrier who looked more Italian
than nautical. Following instructions, I
said “Welcome to Wally Dowd’s Italy.”
Whirlwind days followed. Water and
garbage barges, FF&V, cheese and bread,
port services, even off-loading and shipping aviation DLRs back to the U.S. via
MAC. With a Genovese ship chandler
as guide, dollars were spread across
Bella Italia. Bills were paid by an Army
Finance Office in Leghorn. That is when
I picked up a lesson used throughout
my career. A ship does not need a base
for foreign shore support. It just needs a
Supply Corps officer, a pad of purchase
orders, accounting data, and an office to
pay bills.
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Good sea stories never end. Twelve
years later RADM Wally Dowd as the
32nd Chief and CDR McKinnon as EA
were rushed to the Med by Admiral
“Ike” Kidd at the outbreak of the Yon
Kippur War to “support the Sixth Fleet
as necessary.” The Soviets were threatening intervention at the battle for the
Golan Heights, all ships were ordered
to assemble off Crete, Sailors on leave
in Europe were told to head for Souda
Bay, and a supply line was established
between Norfolk and a small air field
where NAF Sigonella had a detachment.
Although it did not work for Wally, he
ordered the Navy Cargo Handling and
Port Group at Williamsburg to head
with its cargo handlers to Crete. LT Jim
Jaudon at NAVSUP’s regional contracting office in Naples, that Wally had
established three years before, was ordered to Athens, Greece, with a pad of
purchase orders. Our job became setting
up an instant base.
Wally took charge and established a
war room. Available Navy assets were
inventoried and a list made of what
would be needed to handle incoming
cargo and passengers. It was trucks,
aircraft refuelers, forklifts, buses, etc. We
would set up the operation from what
As we say in Missouri,
“Don’t do stupid.”
was available on the Athens market.
I read the list by phone to LT Jaudon.
His purchase orders and my NAVSUP
accounting data did the trick. Jim asked
how he was to get the vehicles to Crete.
I said rent a ferry. He did. With Supply Corps LT Paulino Contraras, who
spoke several languages as Jim’s partner,
equipment was rolling off ferries at the
small port of Souda the next day. We no
doubt made a lot of happy Greek truck
drivers wealthy.
CAPT (Ret.) Bruce Maxon and CDR Danny King at the Board meeting
in Newport.
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Before heading home we stopped
by La Madalena on Sardinia to see a
submarine tender that had just arrived.
Hearing how hard it was for cargo to
get to Sardinia (and families to get to the
Italian mainland for vacation) Wally set
up ferry service between Civitavecchia
and La Madalena. Again I provided the
accounting data.
Good sea stories never end. Neither
do career lessons.
As CO NSD Subic I set up ferry-like
service between Subic and Diego Garcia, and as COMNAVSUP established
a regional contracting center in Singapore. Called a “non-base base,” again
it was just a bunch of Supply Corps
officers with pads of purchase orders
in their hands.
First afterthought. I was SUPPO of
the USS Princeton when in the fall of
1968 we were ordered from the coast
of Vietnam to Singapore for R&R and
to test the capabilities of a new commercial dockyard that had been carved
out of HMS Terror, a British base that
was closing. Two officers from CTF 73’s
Detachment Foxtrot came on board to
develop the work package. They were
in civilian clothes. I chewed them out
shouting, “This is a war ship.” What
goes around comes around.
Second afterthought. Buying things
on the waterfronts of Italy was a lesson
of never hanging out with contractors,
taking meals or favors, and staying away
from photo ops. I don’t know what those
carrier officers were thinking, and I suspect one former CNO is sorry to have
seen his picture in the papers with a fat
guy now in jail. As we say in Missouri,
“Don’t do stupid.”
This time I had to tell a story because no one else would. Send yours to
Themckinons@aol.com
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Career Transition:
Improving leadership skills through education
By CAPT Ted Digges, SC, USN (Ret.)
Executive Director, The American College’s Penn Mutual Center for Veterans Affairs
In 2012, Navy public affairs reservist
LT Tia Nichole McMillen was awarded
a full scholarship to attend the American
College of Financial Services, located
outside Philadelphia. McMillen, whose
day job is as a strategic communication
planner with NAVSUP, was motivated
by a desire to improve her leadership
skills. She learned about the American
College and its scholarship program for
veterans when writing a speech for the
Chief of Supply Corps to deliver there
on the anniversary of September 11.
“When I saw how the college cared for
our veterans and their families, I knew
it was a community I wanted to join,”
she said.
McMillen, a graduate of Messiah
College who holds a Master of Science
degree in business and organizational
communication from Northeastern,
completed the Master in Management
(MSM) program at the American College with an emphasis on leadership
in 2013. As affiliated faculty at both
Messiah College and Elizabethtown
College, she credits the program, with
its emphasis on working in small teams,
with helping her learn to create “a safe,
productive environment in which a
team can thrive. The American College
taught me many things,” she said, “but
the most important was how to be a
valuable team member.”
In addition to the highly accredited
MSM program, the American College
specializes in educating professionals
who are either in or want to begin a career as a financial services professional.
Anyone considering taking advantage of
Foundation Leadership awards presented
Supply Corps Foundation Leadership awards were presented in March at the Navy Supply
Corps School. Pictured are the award recipients ENS Rodway McCloggan and LT Joshua Denning with Chief of Supply Corps RADM Jon Yuen, CDR (Ret.) Jack Evans, Foundation Chief
Staff Officer and CAPT Kristen Fabry, CO of the Navy Supply Corps School.
July 2016 • p. 12
LT Tia Nichole McMillen
this opportunity offered to active duty,
veterans and their spouses may contact
me at Ted.Digges@theamericancollege.
edu or check out the website at veterans.
theamericancollege.edu.
A current membership account
on the Foundation website at
www.usnscf.com means you will
receive regular notices including when The Oakleaf has been
posted online. When creating a
new account, wait to log in until
you receive the acknowledging
email that will tell you your account is ready for use. It usually
only takes a couple of minutes to
come through. When information
changes, update your account.
Contact the Foundation office
at Foundationadmin@usnscf.
com or (706)354-4111 with
any problems.
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Patuxent River Chapter members reach out to local homeless vets
By LT Dave Fischer
Giving back in big ways has become
a recurring theme for the Navy Supply
Corps Foundation Patuxent River Chapter. Its most recent initiative, led by LTs
CJ Gallagher and Patrick Coughlin,
was to find more ways of supporting the
homeless population of greater Southern Maryland – specifically Southern
Maryland’s homeless veterans.
The Three Oaks Center in Lexington
Park, Md., has been on a mission since
1996 to assist the homeless population
with housing, meals, and tools to promote self-sufficiency. Partnering with
Three Oaks Center, LTs Gallagher and
Coughlin have added the chapter’s considerable talent and abilities to the cause.
The center was recently awarded an
$80,000 Maryland state grant to procure
a new modular building and $140,000 on
an annual recurring basis from St. Mary’s
County. Slated for completion in June,
this facility will provide additional crisis
beds, a computer lab, VA office, and staff
offices for counselors to provide support
to an additional 170 patrons annually.
On Saturday April 30th twenty chapter volunteers turned out to build the
landscaping, move in all the donated
furniture and construct a vegetable
garden for the center. “The turnout
by chapter members and families was
outstanding and we were able to finish
the build day ahead of schedule,” said
LT Coughlin. “This really was a community effort with additional volunteers
from Booze Allen Hamilton, the Three
Oaks Center, and Mission BBQ who also
catered the build.”
The chapter plans on continuing its
involvement with the center by volunteering to teach resume writing, conducting mock interviews, and providing
support to the center’s administrators.
Members of NSCF-Pax River, Booze Allen Hamilton, Mission BBQ, Three Oaks Center staff and residences came together to landscape,
deliver, and set up donated furniture.
Montel Williams speaks at Washington DC chapter event
By LT Jesse V. Julao, SC, USN
Montel Williams spoke at the Washington DC Chapter Supply Corps Birthday Ball, energizing the crowd as he spoke about
his military experience in the Marines Corps and Navy, his rise to
fame by becoming a television personality, and more importantly
his dedicated role in helping other military veterans. Mr. Williams urged the crowd to get more involved in veteran affairs and
to “take care of our brothers and sisters no longer in uniform.” He
emphasized military logisticians would be the ones to get that job
done right.
July 2016 • p. 13
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Looking for a lost shipmate?
Every day the Foundation receives requests from members who want to renew connections with
shipmates. The Foundation makes every effort to help point members in the right direction. However,
those who are not listed in the database are “missing.” Here is a recent list of shipmates members are
trying to locate. If you see your name and want to reach out, contact Cindy Inglett at the Foundation office at Foundationadmin@usnscf.com or (706)354
4111.
CAPT Patrick Elliott
LCDR Paul Buteau
John Williams
LCDR John Dunn
LTJG Earl Parshall
LCDR Dennis Shank
Terry B. Johnson
George “Jake” Jacobs
CAPT William Burdon
CAPT Jerrold L. Twig
CAPT Michael Andrew
Anderson “Andy” Bracket
To the Editor:
I love this new book, “Ready for Sea.” Part of the reason
why is that I decided to reach out to a dozen of the knuckleheads I remember by sending them a copy of this book.
Maybe you think this is a good deed I did for them but guess
what…it was the other way around.
I got back in the mail some of the most touching letters
and notes…we made connections again after all these years.
So as usual, I got back much more than I gave. You may
want to try it.
It wasn’t a brilliant idea but man did it work!
CAPT (Ret.) Len Sapera
“Ready for Sea: A History of the Navy Supply Corps” can be
ordered at www.usnscf.com. Click on Ships Store.
July 2016 • p. 14
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Scholarship Recipients: Send us your video and receive $100!
We’d love to hear how your scholarship has made a difference for you. Send us a video
selfie (60 seconds or less) describing how you felt getting this help. If your video is accepted,
we’ll send you a check for $100 and a thumbdrive to store some of your data.
Your video must include your name, home town, school you will be attending, and name
of Supply Corps sponsor, and an expression of how the scholarship has made a difference
for you.
Creativity is encouraged!
Submissions should be emailed to TheOakleaf@comcast.net. Entries will be posted online
at www.usnscf.com.
New additions on the website
Support the Foundation through
By Linda Hall, Foundation Web Coordinator
Check out new postings under
“Families” on the website. Learn how
to start a Fun Bunch in your area.
Read about the Navy Gold Star program and how it provides long-term
support to surviving families. This
information comes from the Family Aid and Support Team or FAST,
formed to provide the families of
Send your suggestions for the
website to webadmin@usnscf.com.
Supply Corps officers with assistance
and support. Watch for news from
this group under the Families tab
on the website at www.usnscf.com.
Send your suggestions for them to
FASTChair@usnscf.com.
Also, don’t miss the photos from
the recent Oakleaf Cruise now posted
on the website at www.usnscf.com
under Quicklinks.
“Career Transitioning” on www.
usnscf.com was created to provide
information of value to members
who are moving into new locations
or new phases in their careers. It
was designed to include information such as houses for sale or rent,
requests for information on housing,
or other helpful ideas for making
changes in life. Located on the ribbon menu below the site header,
this section now currently contains
dozens of job listings provided by
members and employers. The topics can be broadened. Have an item
to post? Send your information to
webadmin@usnscf.com.
Take moment and check out the
website today. Send your suggestions
for the site to webadmin@usnscf.com.
July 2016 • p. 15
amazonsmile
You can now support the Navy Sup-
ply Corps Foundation while shopping
on Amazon. AmazonSmile is a simple
and automatic way for you to have a
portion of the purchase price of your
order go to the Foundation. Just go to
smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device.
On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you
need to select a charitable organization to receive donations from eligible
purchases before you begin shopping.
Amazon will remember your selection,
and then every eligible purchase you
make at smile.amazon.com will result in
a donation. You can find more details on
this program by going to smile.amazon.
com and select AmazonSmile.
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$250,000 awarded to scholarship winners for 2016-2017
(Continued from page 1)
of the applicants were redacted on the
application in order to remove any bias
in the selection process.
The 56 scholarships awarded were
worth $132,500. This is in addition to
31 scholarships valued at $117,500 that
were awarded previously as multiyear
awards. Total scholarship awards for this
year total $250,000. Of the total scholarships awarded, 14 were multi-year
scholarships while 42 were single-year
scholarships. Of the 56 recipients select-
ed this year, 27 are currently attending
college and 29 will be entering college
or university for the first time.
There were no applications received
from spouses returning to school full
or part time, or from students wishing to attend a community college or
trade school. Of concern as well was
the continued drop in the number of
applications received from children of
the supply enlisted community.
The Foundation will also fund $10,000
four year memorial scholarships for the
children of Supply Corps officers who
died while on active duty.
Next year’s applications will be available on the Foundation website at www.
usnscf.com after December 20, 2016.
Editor’s Note: Scholarship recipients, the
name of their scholarship, school they will be
attending, their sponsor, and hometown are
listed below. As we go to press some students
have not notified us of their chosen school.
Watch the website at www.usnscf.com for
the complete listing:
2016-2017 Scholarship Recipients
Miss Danyelle M. Allen
RADM Tom & Karen Hill, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Ohio State University
CAPT Daniel L. Allen, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Mr. Mark W. Anastos
CAPT Walter F. Wright, Jr. Memorial
Scholarship
Cornell University
CAPT Ernest G. Anastos, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Miss Colleen M. Andris
Dr. Howard J. Burnett, Distinguished
Alumni Scholarship
Undecided
CAPT Paul J. Andris, Hatfield, Pa.
Miss Emily L. Bichard
RADM Steven W. Maas, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
University of Maryland
CAPT Raymond W. Bichard, Yokosuka,
Japan
Mr. Jacob L. Blitz
RADM Linda &
CAPT Robert Bird, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Undecided
CDR Eugene Miller, Bethesda, Md.
Miss Emma E. Brown
CAPT Brian L. McDonnell, SC, USN
(Ret.) Distinguished Alumni Scholarship
Indiana University
CAPT Patrick S. Brown, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Miss Isabella M. Butzirus
Francis & Patricia Derby Memorial
Scholarship
Undecided
CAPT Edward T. Butzirus, Coronado, Calif.
Mr. Scott R. Chambers
RADM Robert C. Stack, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
Brigham Young University
CAPT Reed W. Chambers, Hooper, Utah
Miss Katrina G. Chapman
CDR Kevin Deedy, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Auburn University
CDR Mark Chapman, Hoover, Ala.
Miss Emily M. Clinton
CAPT Henry Levinson, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
York College of Pennsylvania
LCDR Hugh R. Clinton, Hanover, Pa.
Mr. Shane M. Crean
RADM & Mrs. Donald G. St. Angelo,
SC, USN (Ret.) Scholarship
Longwood University
RADM Sean F. Crean, Clifton, Va.
Miss Madeline S. Doherty
CDR & Mrs. Roscoe Burns Scholarship
Undecided
CDR Melanie Doherty, Chesterfield, Va.
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Miss Shannon T. Dunn
CAPT Walter Douglas, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
Undecided
CAPT Bernard D. Dunn, Cordova, Tenn.
Miss Emilie C. Easton
Sanford R. Robertson Distinguished
Alumni Scholarship
Florida State University
CDR James B. Easton, Temperance, Mich.
Miss Hannah M. Ehmcke
Thomas E. Holloran Distinguished Alumni
Scholarship
Undecided
CAPT Lance D. Ehmcke, Sioux City, Iowa
Miss Elizabeth A. Felt
CDR Thomas M. Francis, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
University of Georgia
CAPT John D. Felt, Athens, Ga.
Mr. Wesley J. Fowler
LCDR Robert E. Riley, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
University of Tennessee
CDR David N. Fowler, Burke, Va.
Miss Sophia C. Goeks
CAPT Christian R. Isely IV, SC, USN
(Ret.) Memorial Scholarship
Mount Allison University
CAPT Greg J. Goeks, Cedarburg, Wis.
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Miss Olivia M. Graves
Victor S. Trione Distinguished Alumni
Scholarship
University of California, Berkeley
CAPT Keith E. Nyenhuis, Redding, Calif.
Miss Miranda J. Haday
Doug & Mariana Brook Scholarship
High Point University
LCDR John M. Haday, Delmar, Del.
Mr. Zachary E. Hahn
CAPT T. B. Hagen, SC, USN (Ret.)
Distinguished Alumni Scholarship
Penn State University
CAPT Rod Zumbro, Chalfont, Pa.
Mr. Louis I. Hess
CAPT & Mrs. Jerry E. Fruin, SC, USN
(Ret.) Scholarship
Rutgers University
CAPT Rod Zumbro, Cherry Hill, NJ
Miss Sarah L. Hess
CDR Lowell & Mary Reade, SC, USN
(Ret.) Memorial Scholarship
Columbia University
CAPT Rod Zumbro, Cherry Hill, NJ
Miss Kaitlynn H. Himmelreich
Gilbert & Jacki Cisneros Foundation
Scholarship
Undecided
LT Alan K. Himmelreich, Jacksonville,
Fla.
Miss Heather J. Hoopes
CAPT William E. Redman, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
Columbia International University
CAPT Ronald G. Hoopes, Mount Joy, Pa.
Miss Leacadia E. Jay
NIB/NISH Scholarship
Michigan State University
LTJG Leonard A. Jay, East Lansing, Mich.
Miss Mary K. Jones
CAPT Dennis Wright, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
California Polytechnic University at San
Louis Obispo
CAPT Kevin M. Jones, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Miss Emily S. Kalp
CAPT Albert J. “Bud” Schiff, SC, USN
(Ret.) Distinguished Alumni Scholarship
Texas A & M
CDR Trent C. Kalp, Portsmouth, R.I.
Mr. William L. Kuenzinger
CAPT Marshall L. Mabie, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
University of Tennessee at Martin
LCDR James R. Kuenzinger, Germantown,
Tenn.
Mr. John M. Lacey
VADM Alan S. Thompson, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Louisiana State University
CAPT Howard W. Lacey, Metairie, La.
Miss Hannah C. Lombardo
CDR Joseph J. Jordon, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Undecided
CAPT Gregg P. Lombardo, Camp Hill, Pa.
Mr. Sean P. Lucas
CAPT & Mrs. Tom Billings, SC, USN
(Ret.) Scholarship
Oklahoma State University
CAPT Michael K. Lucas, Stillwater, Okla.
Mr. Joseph A. Malloy
CAPT Richard E. Bradley, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Washington State University
LCDR Joseph M. Malloy, Bellingham,
Wash.
Mr. Charles P. Martin
CDR Jack & Annette Evans Scholarship
Virginia Tech
CAPT Paul E. Martin, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Miss Eryn E. McCormick
CDR Fred M. Penn, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
University of Pittsburgh
CDR Roger A. McCormick, South Park, Pa.
Miss Keely A. Morgan
RADM Michael & Joy Lyden, SC, USN
(Ret.) Scholarship
Texas A & M
CAPT Mark W. Morgan, Chula Vista, Calif.
Mr. Scott N. Murphy
Major Ken Digges, USAF (Ret.)
Scholarship
College of William & Mary
CAPT Mark S. Murphy, Arlington, Va.
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Miss Katrina P. Navasca
CAPT Norman & Patricia Foy
Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University
LSCS Mario Navasca, Virginia Beach, Va.
Miss Elizabeth R. Neleski
CAPT & Mrs. Jerry E. Fruin, SC, USN
(Ret.) Scholarship
Valdosta State University
CSC Edward Neleski, St. Marys, Ga.
Mr. Joseph M. Nicol
Carol Ann Walker Memorial Scholarship
University of Denver
CAPT Robert Nicol, Overland Park, Kan.
Miss Kenna R. Peters
CAPT Joseph E. Williamson, SC, USN
(Ret.) Scholarship
Brigham Young University
CDR Earl H. Pace, Sandy, Utah
Miss Emma L. Prater
O’Hagan/Huntress Scholarship
University of South Alabama
LT Lonnie M. Prater, Pensacola, Fla.
Mr. Cole M. Prescott
VADM Keith W. Lippert, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Northwestern College
CDR Robert L. Robinson, Waverly, Iowa
Miss Emmalia H. Prescott
CAPT Leonard J. Sapera, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
University of Northern Iowa
CDR Robert L. Robinson, Waverly, Iowa
Miss Rachael A. Sarnowski
Jerry & Mary Joy Petry Scholarship
St. Vincent College
LT Michael R. Sarnowski, Bridgeville, Pa.
Miss Catherine C. Storch
Admiral Kurt L. Kunkel, SC, USN
Memorial Scholarship
Dartmouth College
CAPT Thomas M. Storch, Arnold, Md.
Miss Clare E. Suter
CAPT John & Kapi Kizer, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
University of Chicago
CAPT David F. Suter, Sammamish, Wash.
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Miss Ronin L. Tamez
CAPT Walter Douglas, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
University of Texas
LCDR John P. Tamez, Yokosuka, Japan
Miss Nyssa A. Thompson
CAPT James Shelton, SC, USN
Scholarship
University of Scranton
LCDR Douglas M. Thompson, Waldorf, Md.
Miss Nancy K. Tolson
NSCF-Patuxent River Chapter
Scholarship
Baylor University
LCDR Timothy M. Tolson, McKinney, Texas
Miss Stephanie C. Wade
CDR Mark Whitfield SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Miami University of Ohio
CDR Timothy A. Wade, Gahanna, Ohio
Miss Mariah L. Warner
CAPT Walter Douglas, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
LCDR Tito A. Warner, New Bern, N.C.
Mr. Jacob A. Weidner
CAPT Eugene Auerbach, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CAPT Bruce J. Weidner, Chula Vista, Calif.
Miss Taylor M. Whaley
CDR Norman Grant Sterner College
Scholarship
East Carolina University
CDR John D. Rickards, Ayden, N.C.
Miss Elizabeth E. Wicks
CAPT Kenneth W. Epps, SC, USN
Scholarship
University of Mississippi
LTJG Robert J. Eustice, Ocean Springs, Miss.
Miss Monica R. Winstead
Commander Norman Grant Sterner
College Scholarship
University of South Carolina
LCDR William G. Winstead, Jacksonville,
Fla.
Recurring Scholarships
Adin J. Bohmiller
Josephine Wenzel Memorial Scholarship
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
CDR Kevin D. Bohmiller, Boxborough,
Mass.
Robert O. Bradley
CAPT Richard Harrison, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
Maine Maritime Academy
LT Charlette Carollo, Slidell, La.
Christian S. Brown
USS Supply AOE-6 Scholarship
Emory University
VADM William A. Brown, Scott AFB, Ill.
Nicole S. Casagrand
Old Philadelphia Area Retired Porkchops
Scholarship
University of Maryland
CAPT Robert F. Casagrand, Horsham, Pa.
Daniel E. Corney
Navy Supply Corps Foundation-Great
Lakes Chapter Scholarship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LSC Daniel J. Corney, Warrington, Pa.
Heather A. Davis
CDR Lowell & Mary Reade, SC, USN
(Ret.) Memorial Scholarship
College of William & Mary
CDR Jeffery P. Davis, Suffolk, Va.
Laura A. Dewey
RADM Frank J. & Barbara Allston
Memorial Scholarship
Baruch College
LCDR James C. Dewey, Little Egg
Harbor, N.J.
Elizabeth K. Ehmcke
Navy Supply Corps Foundation - Hawaii
Chapter Scholarship
Southern Methodist University
CAPT Lance D. Ehmcke, Sioux City, Iowa
Rachel N. Gist
Henry F. Trione Distinguished Alumni
Memorial Scholarship
George Mason University
CDR Phillip A. Gist, Suffolk, Va.
Tom J. Hawkins
CAPT Norma Batcheleder Memorial
Scholarship
The Citadel
LT Cary W. Hawkins, Yorktown, Va.
James B. Hayes
Harvard World War II Mid-Off Group
Scholarship
Rhodes College
LT Eric B. Hayes, Collierville, Tenn.
Hannah E. Hess
Navy Supply Corps Foundation-San Diego
Chapter Scholarship
Harvard College
CAPT Rod Zumbro, Cherry Hill, N.J.
July 2016 • p. 18
Rebecca S. Hess
Navy Supply Corps Foundation –
Mechanicsburg Chapter Scholarship
Technion International School
CAPT Rod Zumbro, Cherry Hill, N.J.
Karli N. Himmelreich
RADM Steven W. Maas, SC, USN (Ret.)
Scholarship
Florida State University
LT Alan K. Himmelreich, Jacksonville, Fla.
Miss Elisa Iglesia
CAPT Walter Douglas, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
RADM Donald G. St. Angelo, Chaska, Minn.
Miami Univesity of Ohio
Shelby A. Keating
RADM Bernard S. Browning Memorial
Scholarship
Drexel University
CDR Robert A. Keating, Virginia Beach, Va.
Stasia L. Kulsa
LCDR Clyde E. Tudor, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
Washington State University
CAPT William E. Redman, Bonney Lake,
Wash.
Samantha G. Lapp
RADM Gerald C. Sullivan, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CDR Joseph T. Lapp, O’Fallon, Ill.
The Oakleaf
Eboné F. McNeil
CAPT Jackson L. Schultz, SC, USN (Ret.)
Distinguished Alumni Scholarship
George Fox University
CS1 Anthony McNeil, Federal Way, Wash.
Annie JoHannah G. Platt
CAPT William E. Redman, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
Brigham Young University
CDR Marcor B. Platt, Saint Johns, Ariz.
Elizabeth L. Polowczyk
NSCF- Mechanicsburg Chapter
Scholarship
High Point University
RDML John P. Polowczyk, Virginia
Beach, Va.
Sean M. Rothenberger
CDR Hugh & Sandy Smith Scholarship
Penn State University
SKCM Dan Rothenberger, Pennsburg, Pa.
Maria Savannah
LCDR Arthur A. Biggs Memorial
Scholarship
Syracuse University
CDR Michael A. Savannah, Butler, Pa.
Rachael L. Seiler
Navy Supply Corps Foundation –
Hampton Roads Chapter Scholarship
Virginia Tech
CDR William H. Newman, Midlothian, Va.
Ashley M. Shiels
NSCF-Philadelphia Chapter Scholarship
James Madison University
LT James M. Shiels, Warrenton, Va.
Sarah B. Spiro
LTJG Ratish Prasad, SC, USN Memorial
Scholarship
Wofford College
RADM Robert H. Spiro, Sylva, N.C.
Madison R. Taylor
NCSF-San Diego Chapter Scholarship
New Jersey Institute of Technology
LCDR Brian M. Taylor, Bloomfield, N.J.
Morgan E. Taylor
NCSF-San Diego Chapter Scholarship
Montclair State University
LCDR Brian M. Taylor, Bloomfield, N.J.
Sadie C. Wallner
RADM Ray Sareeram, SC, USN (Ret.)
Memorial Scholarship
University of Arkansas
CAPT Jonathan D. Wallner, Joplin, Mo.
Abigail C. Wild
Navy Supply Corps FoundationWashington DC Chapter Scholarship
Swarthmore College
CDR Thomas S. Wild, Leonardtown, Md.
2016-2017 Memorial Scholarships
Stephan Acevedo
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of CDR Joseph Acevedo
Virginia Tech University
Annandale, Va.
Brennan Dour
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of CDR Paul Dour
University of Notre Dame
Bremerton, Wash.
Colleen Dour
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of CDR Paul Dour
University of San Diego
Bremerton, Wash.
Michael Edwards Jr.
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LCDR Michael Edwards
Cal State Monterey
Riverbank, Calif.
Ashley Gloster
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LCDR Dexter Gloster
Clark Atlanta University
Athens, Ga.
Briana Gloster
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LCDR Dexter Gloster
Spelman College
Athens, Ga.
Kelsey Hiles
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LT Dave Hiles
High Point University
New Port Richey, Fla.
Tyler Kervella
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LT James P. Kervella
University of Washington
Arlington, Wash.
Sophie Neubauer
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LT Daniel Neubauer
West Virginia University
Shepherdstown, W.V.
July 2016 • p. 19
Walter E. Neubauer
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LT Daniel Neubauer
Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, W.V.
Kyle Pellegrin
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LT Corinne J. Pellegrin
Anne Arundel Community College
Stevensville, Md.
Shanna Pellegrin
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of LT Corinne J. Pellegrin
Undecided
Stevensville, Md.
Seth Murphy-Sweet
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
Scholarship
In Memory of CDR Philip Murphy-Sweet
US Naval Academy (for uniforms &
other expenses)
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Navy Supply Corps Foundation
3651 Mars Hill Road, Suite 200B
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677
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usnscf.com. Select “Make a Donation” on the right side of the banner. To donate by mail, please complete the
coupon below and return it to the address indicated.
To volunteer to assist with Foundation programs, complete the form and send it to the address
indicated or send an email to the Chief Staff Officer, CDR (Ret.) Jack Evans, at CSO@usnscf.com or call the
Foundation office at (706)354-4111 and express your interest in volunteering.
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