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Telephone: (978) 443-9532 11 Munnings Drive Email: [email protected] Sudbury, MA 01776 28 July 2015 From: Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) To: Advocates for Harvard ROTC

Subject: All other military veterans among Harvard alumni (H-1950 to present)

Harvard graduates have a long proud history of serving as warriors in the United States military. During the Korean War, 60% of the Harvard classes served in the US military but only 23% of the class of 1963 served in the US military (note: the % of military veterans in other classes since the Korean War have not yet been validated. I suspect the % of veterans in the late 1950’s & early 1960’s were similar to 1963 participation level but was slightly higher during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s as the Vietnam War heated up. Fostered the anti- military policies of the Harvard administration of the time and the expulsion of on campus ROTC programs, the mid 1970’s saw a precipitous drop in number of patriotic Harvard graduates who elected to do something beyond their own self-interest and serve our country in the US military. Harvard has recently taken a proactive posture towards the US military. However, the proportion of veterans among recent alumni over the past 2 decades have been roughly less than 1% of whom about half were commissioned through the ROTC programs based at MIT. The purpose of developing the subject is not for egotistic self-promotion but to reinforce the general awareness that freedom is not free. Harvard undergraduates in particular as well as others should be aware and appreciate that many Harvard alumni before them paid a price in time, blood and restricted earning for our national security and liberty. Such military veterans at one point of their life wrote a blank check made payable to the USA for an amount up to and including their own life. All gave some and some gave all. If you or a relative are a Harvard alumnus and veteran, please send your military focused biographic write up and photo to Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) at the above e-mail address. Please use a similar format as in the below entries.

1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS 1951 Major A. Robert Abboud US Marine Corps – (1st Battalion, 5th Reg., 1st Marine Div.) Bronze Star & Purple Heart Bob was born in Boston (MA) in 1929 to a Lebanese immigrant mother and a 1st generation American father of Lebanese descent. He prepped at Roxbury Latin for Harvard where he majored in classics and was a Marine option midshipman in NROTC. Bob was commissioned as 2nd Lt. along when he graduated from Harvard and was ordered to Quantico to complete The Basic School where one of his classmates was General Mick Trainor USMC (Ret.). After further training at Camp Pendleton (CA) and cold weather operations in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Bob arrived in Korea in April 1952 and was involved in extensive combat operations including battles at: 3 Fingers, Hill 137, Bunker Hill, Nevada City, Reno, Vegas Carson, the Hook and York. In July 1952, Bob was wounded but was patched up and stayed on the line. After returning to the USA in May 1953, Bob passed through preflight school at Pensacola but elected to go to Harvard Law School rather than continued on to flight school. He graduated from the Harvard law School in 1956 and continued at HBS for an MBA which he received in 1958 as a Baker Scholar. Up to this point, Bob had stayed in the active Marine Corps Reserve. After HBS, He joined the 1st Chicago Bank and moved up the promotion chain of this bank until he became chairman and CEO in 1975. In the 1980, Bob became president of Occidental Petroleum working for Armand Hammer. 2nd LT. Thomas Hubbard US Marine Corps (1st Marine Division) Purple Heart & USN/MC Combat Action Ribbon After Harvard, Tom enlisted into the US Marine Corps with several classmates including George Lee and Medal of Honor recipient, Rod Skinner. After finishing boot camp, Officer Candidate School and The Basic School, Tom shipped out to Korea as an infantry platoon commander. Tom was wounded and hospitalized but after his recovery he returned to combat with his unit. He was killed in action on August 1953 (note: further details pending).

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1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1951 (continued) 2nd LT. Franklin P. Dunbaugh USMC (1st Reg’t, 1st Marine Div.) Purple Heart & USN/MC Combat Action Ribbon After Harvard, Frank enlisted into the US Marine Corps with several classmates including: George Lee, Tom Hubbard and Medal of Honor recipient, Rod Skinner. After finishing boot camp, Officer Candidate School and The Basic School, Frank shipped out to Korea as an infantry platoon commander. In September 1952, he was wounded while leading his platoon in action on Bunker Hill. He returned to his outfit after hospitalization and led his platoon on a night combat patrol. As a result, he was missing in action in December 1952 and presumed dead in December 1953. Frank was awarded the Bronze Star medal with combat “V” which had the following citation: For heroic service as leader of a rifle Platoon of Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st marines, 1st Marine Division (Reinforced) during operations against enemy aggressor forces in Koreas from 11 June to 5 December 1953. A skilled and resourceful platoon commander, 2nd Lt. Dunbaugh led his men in a series of daring combat patrols against the enemy, frequently probing deep in to hostile territory to successfully accomplish his missions. During the defense of Hill 122, he personally manned a rocket launcher and destroyed 12 enemy bunkers. Although seriously wounded during the intensive action, he refused to be evacuated until is unit had secured its position. Returning to his outfit upon completion of his hospitalization, he bravely led his platoon on a night combat patrol against an entrenched hostile position in the face of intense enemy small arms fire. Missing in action after close contact with the hostile force, 2nd lt. Dunbaugh, by his exceptional courage, exemplary leadership and aggressive fighting spirit throughput this period, served to inspire all who observed him and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

Rear Admiral Gerald E. Thomas US Navy (Cdr. CruDes 5) Meritorious Service Medal & Navy Commendation Medal

After his retirement from the Navy, Admiral Thomas was appointed by President Ronald Regan to continue his service to the United Sates as the US Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary to Guyana in 1981 and to the same position for Kenya in 1983 Kenya.

Gerald was born in 1929 in Natick, MA and was a midshipman the NROTC program at Harvard. After commissioned as a Navy ensign, his initial afloat duty assignments included: the USS Newman K. Perry (DRD 883), USS Worcester (CL 144) and the USS Lowe (DER 325). After various shore billets including the National Security Agency, BuPers & as CO of the NROTC unit at Prairie View College, Gerald assumed command of the USS Impervious (MSO 449), USS Bausell (DD 845), DesRon 9 in the Gulf of Tonkin and later Cruiser Destroyer Group 5 embarked onboard the USS Horne (CG 30). In 1974, he was selected for promotion to Rear Admiral and became the 2nd black flag officer in the history of the US Navy.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1957 Staff Sergeant Peter Reed USMC (2nd Batt., 21st Marines) Purple Heart & USN/MC Combat Action Ribbon He enlisted in USMC and later fought on Iwo Jima in the same battalion as Navy Cross recipient Col George Percy USMC (H-’18). He has retired and is living in Jaffrey. NH

Captain Rod L. Wolfe US Navy (USS Rivers & USS Dixon) Meritorious Service Medal & Navy Commendation Medal

Subsequently, Rod became the Engineer Officer on the USS Robert L. Lee (SSBN 601) which included a deterrent patrol and a major overhaul. He was later promoted to be the Executive Officer of the USS Dace (SSN 607) under the command of CDR. Kinnard R. McKee USN, who later replaced Admiral Hyman G. Rickover as the head of the Nuclear Reactor Design Division of Bu Ships. After his XO tour, Rod served for 2 years on the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet to conduct inspections ensuring the safety of nuclear powered ships. Rod then assumed command of the USS L. Mendel Rivers (SSN 686) during construction, commissioning and the initial deployments. His next duty station was at the Prospective Engineers Course in Idaho Falls, Idaho as the Senior Naval Instructor. Almost 3 years later, he was given his 2nd command on the USS Dixon (AS 37) and deployed for 6 months to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for which he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Captain Wolfe had previously also been awarded Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal. In 1982, he retired to the San Diego area after 25 years of active duty service in the Navy.

Captain Wolfe was born in Newark (OH) in 1935 as the only son of a WW II Naval veteran who was commissioned through the V-12 program. His family moved around until 1942 before settling in Arlington, VA where Rod attended the local public schools. Rod was awarded an NROTC scholarship for Harvard College where he played varsity baseball as well as house football and swimming as a resident of Winthrop House. After graduating with honors in Architectural Sciences, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy. He served as gunnery officer on the USS Harold J. Ellison (DD 864) for 3 years. He was then selected for the Submarine School in Groton, CT and then for Nuclear Power training after interviewing with Admiral Hyman Rickover USN. After Nuclear Power School, Rod reported to the USS Skate (SSN 578) as an engineering division officer and eventually the Main Propulsion Assistant. During this period, the Skate deployed to the North Pole and conducted the first coordinated nuclear submarine operations in the Arctic.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS 1959 LT Terance R. Murphy US Navy (USS Monrovia, ComPhibRon Six Staff & USS Robert F. Keller)

Awarded simultaneous varsity basketball letters in one small high school and Junior ROTC medals in a larger one across town, he enlisted in the Navy Reserve at 17, for Great Lake boot camp and brief sea training before Harvard with College and NROTC Scholarships. In broad studies of History, Government and English, he wrote a Government tutorial paper as a sophomore in 1957 on the strategic and law-of-nations arguments for formal U.S-PRC diplomatic relations prior to the 1971 Nixon-Kissinger “Opening to China”. WHRB’s News Director, News/Sports/Special Events Director and national/world affairs commentator, Terry also wrote “Undergraduate” columns for Harvard Magazine, and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770as well as a player in Adams House Dining Hall comic theatricals. Upon graduation, Terry was commissioned Ensign USN and trained in Naval Gunfire, Fighter Direction, Crypto, and Nuclear Warfare. His initial sea duty was as Deck Division Officer, assault wave commander, Gunnery Officer, OOD (underway in-formation), and flagship CIC Officer on the USS Monrovia (APA-31) in the Sixth Fleet during the 1959-1961 Berlin Crisis. He continued as underway Staff Watch Officer and as Operations/Weapons Officer and Commodore’s aide on the command staff of Amphibious Squadron Six near Cuba and the Dominican Republic, developing USN-USMC assault plans and pre-landing preparation with Underwater Demolition Teams before the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the 1965 seaborne intervention into the Dominican Republic; he and others were awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal. Later in the active Navy Reserve, he was an OOD (underway in-formation) and Gunnery Officer (department head) on the USS Robert F. Keller (DE-419) where he again steamed near Cuba. For “outstanding performance” managing AAW missiles fitted for “special weapons” in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Terry was awarded two Letters of Commendation. Interrupting post-Navy law studies, Terry was a political/policy aide to U.S. Senator Philip A. Hart before receiving a JD with honors in 1966 from U. of Michigan Law with focus on Public and International Law. For two years after law school, he was an admiralty trial lawyer in the U.S. Justice Department’s “Attorney General’s Program for Honors Law Graduates”. He went on to become a partner in the Washington law firm Wald Harkrader Ross, where he was an antitrust, international trade, environmental and pro bono civil-rights/constitutional litigator and served a term on the firm’s Executive Committee. Later founding head of a “preeminent” boutique international law firm and CEO of a multi-disciplinary strategic-trade consultancy, he led the latter’s expansion to the West Coast, Europe and Asia, also creating and managing annual London-based and world-leading Global Trade Controls conferences. Terry is a Member of the DC & U.S. Supreme Court Bars and of other Federal trial and appellate Bars, a Life Member of the American Law Institute, and a Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic & International Studies. In 1993, he was appointed an Officer (O.B.E.) in the Order of the British Empire and in 2007 became a Chevalier -Officier de l’Ordre de Leopold, Belgium’s twin of the French Legion d’Honneur. In 2012, he was awarded a “highly unusual” Certificate of Appreciation by the U.S. Commerce Department for three decades of pro bono “support of the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States.” In 2014, he was awarded the “Knight’s Cross” of the German Order of Merit for “decades of great service to German-American relations.”

Later honored by three foreign sovereigns and the U.S. Government, Terry was formed by his youth in the Boston-linked Upper Michigan “Keweenaw Copper Country” on Lake Superior’s southern shore, at Harvard College and in the U.S. Navy. Descended from English settlers in Salem, MA the year Harvard was founded, and from later German and Irish stock, his ancestors’ military service included the late-17th Century Colonial Wars and the June 1775 Battle of Machias that was the first engagement of the future U.S. Navy. Both his brothers were naval officers, and other family members served in the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II (European and Pacific Theatres), and the Korean, Cold, Vietnam and Gulf Wars. His late aunt Lt. Col. Elizabeth Roche USAF (Wellesley ‘33) earned battle stars in New Guinea and the Philippines in the first class of female U.S. Army officers in World War II. Terry’s son served overseas as a NCO in a Marine infantry battalion during Desert Storm.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1962 1st LT. Dick Baker US Army (82nd Airborne Division)

Dick considers himself was lucky to be released from active duty from the Army in July of 1965 since his division then moved directly to Vietnam. After the military, he was accepted into graduate school at UC Berkeley which was a180 degrees from the world of the military. His fellow officers of the 82nd represented one of the most important and enjoyable communities that he had ever joined. While his time at Berkeley was educational & fun, it did not provide the sense of community that Dick enjoyed in the military. He currently works now in a small private high school where the he is the only veteran among the 150 adults on the faculty which he describes as an odd but and disturbing statistic. Dick indicates that his years in the Army were among the experiences of which he is most proud. However, the academic world is not comfortable with the military and he has spent his professional life hiding his military record, hoping that my colleagues didn’t notice. He does not consider himself a hero and would not want his bio attached to any reference to heroes which is a term is way overused and, like grade inflation, diminishes the accomplishments of the truly outstanding heroic warriors. Captain F. Warren Coulter US Navy (Ret.) (USS Fletcher & USS Furer)

His Navy Reserve billets have included: various surface & defense intelligence units, a REDCOM staff training officer as well as a Group Commander in Ohio and the Commanding Officer of the USS Furer (FFG-6) reserve crew. For the last ten years of his Navy Reserve career, Captain Coulter served in the War Gaming Center support reserve unit at the Naval War College in Newport, RI first as the Training Office Head and later as the Executive Officer. During his NWC tour, the War Gaming Center was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation. After 30 years of Naval service, Warren retired as a Captain on the deck of the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor. After received his MBA in finance from Babson Institute, Warren held senior financial executive positions with several major corporations before with becoming a licensed securities and insurance advisor with the Eldridge Investment Advisors. He lives in Hollis (NH) where for many years he served as Chairman of the Trustees of the town trust funds as well as scoutmaster of the local Boy Scouts of America Troop. Warren also is as Board member of the Military Officers Association of America in NH as well as the Advocates for Harvard ROTC and is an active member of the Veterans Count Club of NH and the Wardroom Club of Boston.

Warren was born in Paonia (CO) in 1940 and graduated from Ogden High School (UT) prior to Harvard where he was a resident of Leverett House and majored in physical science. As a first class midshipman, he was commander of the Harvard NROTC Honor Guard which won the Inter-service drill competition as well as marched in many local parades. After his commissioning as a Navy line officer, he graduated from the Combat Watch Officer School at Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Center in San Diego (CA) prior to reporting aboard the USS Fletcher (DD-445) as the gunnery officer. Following a West Pac deployment, he returned to his homeport of Pearl Harbor (HI) and became the First Lieutenant and Deck Division Officer. While on active duty, Warren was involved in recovery operations of the Mercury space capsule an extended yard overhaul as well as a 2nd West Pac deployment involving several SEATO operations in and around South Vietnam and the southern Philippines. Upon release from active duty, he continued to serve in the active Navy Reserve.

At Harvard, Dick was an English major who played varsity football and captained the rugby team as well as being a cadet in the Army ROTC unit. He graduated with a regular Army commission and orders to Jump School which was followed by Infantry Officers Basic and Ranger Schools. 2nd Lt. Baker was one of 80 Rangers who was frostbitten one bad night in Dahlonega and he spent two months in the Benning hospital recovering but later finished the Swamp phase of Ranger School. He was then assigned the 187th brigade of the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg as an infantry platoon leader and later as a Recon Platoon leader. Dick was promoted to battalion S-1 and later as company commander of 1/508 battalion (i.e. the “Devils in Baggy Pants”). His unit was the Division Ready Force which President Johnson sent to intervene in the Dominican Republic where the first American killed was his communication chief, Sp5 Kellerman. As CO of the Headquarters company, Dick reports that his import in combat was marginalized to obtaining ice and beer for the higher-up. He suspects it was the most dangerous job in the battalion since it forced him to travel into strange areas of Santo Domingo with my intrepid driver.


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1962 Captain Aaron (Mal) Mixon II USMC (3rd Btn./ 12th Marines) Air Medal Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

Upon completion of his Vietnam tour, Mal was released from active duty as Marine captain and entered Harvard Business School where graduated with an MBA in 1968. After working in the financial services market, Mal’s primary business career involves serving as Chairman and CEO of a NYSE company that he founded called Invacare Corporation, which is the leading worldwide manufacturer and distributor of medical products for the home health care market. Mal has also served as a director on several Corporate Boards as well as Chairman of the Board of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

1963 Captain James R. Beery US Marine Corps (2nd Tractor Battalion, 2nd Div.) Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

Jim was born in 1941 and grew up in up in Columbus, Ohio where he graduated from Grandview High School. At Harvard, he played varsity football and rugby and was on the JV basketball team and rowed freshman crew. Jim served on the Levertt House committee and was a midshipman in the NROTC unit at Harvard. After he was commissioned as a Marine 2nd Lt, Jim served as forward air controller and artillery officer in Vietnam as well as in Hawaii and San Diego. After his active duty, Jim graduated from the Stanford Law School and then spent several years as corporate lawyer in a New York City law firm before being seconded to Tokyo with a Japanese Law Firm for 2 years. After later spending several years in London, UK as a partner in a California law firm, Jim became the Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel for the pharmaceutical firm of SmithKline Beecham PLC which is based in England.

Mal was born in 1940 in a small town in Oklahoma. He attended Spiro public schools prior to Harvard College where he was a resident of Winthrop House and a midshipman in the Harvard NROTC unit as a Marine option. After his commissioning as a 2nd LT, he reported to TBS (The Basic School) in Quantico (VA) for further Marine infantry platoon leader training. Upon his TBS graduation, Mal requested and was granted an assignment as an artillery officer in Hawaii which required that he first attend the Artillery School in Fort Sill (OK). Upon completion of artillery training, he was reported to the Pineapple Marines (i.e. 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Brigade). Mal’s battalion deployed to Chu Lai, Vietnam in May 1965 as the first combat unit in country, except for advisors. As an AO (Air Observer), he flew over 75 combat missions in I Corps section of Vietnam and participated in the first major battle of the Vietnam War called, “Operation Starlite”. His military awards included the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V as well as the above noted Air Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters (i.e. 4 awards)


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1963 (continued) Captain John Doherty US Army (101st Airborne Division & 4th Infantry Division) 2 Bronze Stars & 3 Purple Hearts

As a collateral duty, he also served as a liaison officer with Italian Army Alpini (mountain) troops. During this time, John was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and flew as an Observer in an Army Aviation OV-1 Mohawk, a twin engine surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. At the USAF base in Zweibrucken in Germany, he was ejection seat qualified before volunteering combat duty in Vietnam. In country, John joined the Military Intelligence Detachment (Corps) at Nha Trang in June 1966 as an Aerial Surveillance Officer and Prisoner of War Interrogation Officer. He then was temporarily attached to 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry at Phan Thiet before joining the 1st Battalion, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division and later the HQ, 4th Infantry Division. After his 1st tour of combat duty, Captain Doherty volunteered for a 2nd tour in Vietnam in August 1967. He then was assigned to the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Advisory Team # 3 at Hue as a G-2 Air Advisor to Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 1st Infantry Division and as an Advisor to the ARVN 1st Infantry Reconnaissance Company. John was wounded in action 4 times during the TET Offensive of 1968, 3 times at Hue and again at Cho Lon, a suburb of Saigon, while awaiting flight home after being medically evacuated by helicopter from Hue. He returned to the USA in 1969 & was honorably discharged from the Army since he was permanently rated 100% disabled from his combat wounds & not eligible for further active or reserve military service. John entered & graduated from Boston College Law School. After passing the Massachusetts Bar, he served as an assistance District Attorney for 9 years and as a US Attorney for 3 years before entering private practice as a lawyer. In addition to the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals, Captain Doherty also was awarded the following awards: Combat Infantry Badge, 3 Overseas Combat Bars, Vietnam Campaign Medal with five battle stars, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnamese Republic of Vietnam Honor Medal, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Gold Star and Silver Star devices and various other related medals.

John was born in Lawrence (MA) in 1941. He lived in Andover (MA) with his family and prepared at Phillips Andover for Harvard College from where he graduated cum laude with a field of concentration in Classics (Latin). As an undergraduate, John participated in Lowell House athletics on the football, basketball, volleyball and softball teams. He was also a member of the Harvard Catholic Club as well as a cadet in Army ROTC from which he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in Military Intelligence as a Distinguished Military Graduate. After then receiving an MA from the University of Pittsburg, John reported for active duty to the US Army Infantry School in Ft. Benning (GA) in November 1964 and was subsequently further trained at the following Army Schools: the Platoon Leaders Course, the US Army Intelligence School at Ft, Holabird (MD), the Basic Intelligence Officers Course and finally the Aerial Surveillance and the Reconnaissance Officers Course. In September 1965, 2nd Lt Doherty was transferred to the SOUTHERN EUROPEAN TASK FORCE at Verona, Italy in a multi-national Missile Command. His duties at this location included: Air Intelligence Officer, Soviet Order of Battle Specialist, and Nuclear Missile Warhead Code Courier Officer.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1963 (continued) Captain John Endicott Lawrence Jr. US Marine Corps (2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division)

In his home of Hamilton (MA), Jack has served as a Selectman and on many other town committees. Lieutenant Commander Harris “Tink” LeRoy US Navy (USS Jerome County)

After his release from active duty, Tink received an MBA from Northwestern University (i.e. the Kellogg School) and then worked for the Bank of New York and later J. Henry Schroder Banking in the both the US and England where he was eventually promoted to Senior Vice President in the banking and merchant banking operations. In 1990, Tink started a Medical Consulting Business which he currently still manages. Tink remained in the active Navy Reserve for several years until travel and business commitments forced him to resign his commission.

Jack was born in 1941 in Boston as the son of Cdr. John Endicott Lawrence USNR (H-31). He prepared at the Groton School for Harvard College where he majored in Middle Eastern History and was a resident of Winthrop House. During his college days, Jack rowed on the crew and became a member of the US Marine Corps Platoon Leader Corps, the Porcellian Club as well as the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. He was commissioned as a Marine 2nd Lt after his graduation with honors from Harvard and served on active duty in an Amphibious Tractor Battalion based at Camp Lejeune, NC. Upon returning from a 6 months deployment with a Battalion landing team in the Mediterranean, he ran the Battalion crewmen’s school and served on the emergency capsule recovery team for Gemini and Apollo space launches. After his release from active duty, Jack completed the Special Development Program at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and engaged in commercial banking on the Beirut desk. His subsequent business career has involved seafood processing, the import and export of a variety of commodities and manufacturing structural building panels in South Africa. He now represents Infinity Structures of Atlanta selling building technology for residential buildings.

Harris “Tink” Leroy was raised in Zionsville, OH and graduated from Lawrence Academy in Groton MA. At Harvard, Tink was on the varsity football and lacrosse teams. After college, he attended Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport RI where he was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy. He then reported for duty onboard the USS Jerome County (LST 848) which was home ported in San Diego, CA. Despite his junior officer status, Tink was became the Deck Department Head and later qualified as Officer of the Deck as well as Command Duty Officer. He deployed to Viet Nam in late 1964 and was in Saigon right after President Diem's assassination. Tink subsequently participated in several amphibious landings as a Boat Group Commander. During this time, he also did a lot of river patrolling in his ship’s small boats prior to the expansion of the “Brown water Navy” Riverine Force. In the following year, he returning to the US and was assigned to a joint military staff in charge of the Missile Defense for the Eastern Seaboard. For his service in harm’s way, Tink earned the Viet Nam Service Medal, Viet Nam Campaign Medal as well as the Meritorious Service Unit Citation.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1963 (continued) Captain Paul E. Mawn US Navy (Ret.) (USS Spiegel Grove, USS Harris & USS Parker) Navy Commendation Medal Paul later served in the wardroom of the USS Thaddeus Parker (DE 369) and the USS Albert T. Harris (DE 447). His afloat assignments involved extensive overseas deployments to the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the Middle East during both the Cold War with the Soviet Union and the Vietnam War. He was the CIC officer and EMO aboard the USS Parker which became adrift without power and lost in the Sargasso Sea for several days before a harrowing rescue. During the 1970’s, he was also involved in various petroleum related activities, including an extended time in Moscow (USSR). Upon release from active duty, Paul served in the active Navy Reserve for 2 decades in a variety of surface warfare billets as well as: an industrial security officer, a petroleum logistics expert in DFSC and on the direct staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-OOK) coordinating Navy Petroleum strategy and other assigned tasks from the CNO. After briefly serving on active duty during Desert Storm, Captain Mawn was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal by the Secretary of the Navy and retired from the Navy on the main deck of the USS Constitution in Boston harbor at the end of 1991. Paul received his MBA from Rutgers University and his subsequent civilian career has been in various aspects of the oil industry. He has served in senior line management positions with both Exxon and Hess Oil as wells as managing petroleum consulting projects with Arthur D. Little Inc. and as a partner with Mercer Management Consulting. Paul is currently the president of Concord Consulting Group and Chairman of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC. He was awarded the Patrick Henry Silver Medallion for patriotic service from the Military Order of the World Wars and continues to be a long term member of the East India Club in London (UK) as well as the Harvard Clubs in both Boston and New York City.

1964

LT. Colonel Fredrick Stearns US Air Force (125th TAC Fighter Squadron)

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Paul E. Mawn was born in Woburn (MA) in 1941 as the oldest of 7 children. His father was a 1st generation American and a truck driver before and after the World War II when he served as a Navy 2nd class petty officer in the Pacific. Paul grew up in West Lynn (MA) and was educated at St. John’s Prep and then Malden Catholic prior to entering Harvard, where he played House hockey, trumpet in the Harvard Band, served on the House Committee and as a midshipman in NROTC and was a member of the Pi Eta Club, the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 and the Harvard Catholic Club. For most of his time at Harvard, Paul was a member of Dudley House but after a few weeks found it impossible to commute. In his junior year, Harvard granted him a long term loan for tuition, room and board, which allowed him during his senior year to become an official resident of Winthrop House from where Paul graduated cum laude in Geology. After being commissioned as a Navy line officer, he reported to Norfolk (VA) for schooling in intelligence, communications & amphibious operations prior to reporting onboard the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) where he qualified as an Officer of the Deck in formation steaming.

Rick graduated from the local high school in Osage, Iowa prior to entering Harvard College where he was a member of Winthrop and the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770. After graduating Magna cum Laude in Social Relations, Rick went to Baylor University Medical School. After earning his MD in 1968 and then interning at Rochester (NY) General Hospital, he was commissioned as a medical doctor into the US Air Force. Following flight medical training, Rick served with the 348th TAC Airlift Squadron at Dyess AFB (TX) for a year. After a subsequent year of residency in internal medicine and later dermatology at SUNY Buffalo, he was transferred to the 136th fighter Squadron of the OK Air National Guard. As a reserve officer, Rick joined the faculty of the School of Aerospace Medicine and was recalled to active duty to Wilford Hall USAF medical Center during Desert Strom in 1991. Dr. Stearns was rated by the Air Force as a Chief Flight Surgeon and Chief Physician and retired from the Air Force in 2003 with over 34 years of commissioned service.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1965 LT. Commander Theodore Roosevelt IV US Navy (UDT 11) Navy & Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon

Ted then joined Lehman Brothers as a general banker in domestic corporate finance. After many promotions, he became Chairman of Lehman Brothers Financial Products in 1994 and Derivative Products in 1998. He is now a managing director at Barclays Capital in New York City where he is a trustee of several cultural and environmental organizations.

Colonel Jeffrey B. Schulz, US Army (Ret) (2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry) Bronze Star

Jeff’s other military awards include: the Combat Medical Badge, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards), Army Commendation Medal (6 awards), Army Achievement Medal, Army Overseas Service, Army Service Ribbon, National Defense, Vietnam Service & Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medals & Order of Military Medical Merit.

LT. Dan Daly US Navy (USS Bristol & PCF 76) Purple Heart and Navy & Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon

Theodore Roosevelt IV was born 1942. He is the son of Ted Roosevelt III and the grandson & great-grandson of Medal of Honor recipients [i.e. President Teddy Roosevelt (H-1880) & Ted Roosevelt Jr. (H-1909)]. At Harvard, Ted was a member of Navy ROTC, the Porcellian Club the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 & an Eliot House resident.. He was commissioned as a Navy ensign and selected for the Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUDS) at Coronado Beach and graduated in class # 36. He joined UDT 11 as a “frog man” and completed 2 in country tours in Vietnam when he participated in several pre-invasion reconnaissance missions from the USS Perch (SS 313) and later the USS Tunny (SS 682). [note: UDT units were the precursors of the Navy SEAL Teams]. After his release from active duty, Ted joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer where he was assigned to Upper Volta, West Africa. He later took a special leave of absence from the State Department to attend Harvard Business School where he was a member of the HBS Rugby Club & received an MBA in 1972

Jeff was born in Greenlawn (NY) in April 1943 and graduated from Greenlawn’s Harborfields High School. At Harvard, he was a member of Dunster House & Army ROTC & majored in Social Relations. He was commissioned a 2nd LT. in Medical Service Corps. After graduate school, Jeff entered active duty in July 1966 and was first assigned to the Letterman General Hospital. In December 1967, he was reassigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam as the Medical Platoon Leader. In December 1968 as a Captain, he reported to Fort Hood (TX) as a company commander & S3. His 26 year career in the Army tours included: Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the 15th Medical Battalion, the Sergeants Major Academy, the VII Corps, Commander, 21st Evacuation Hospital and the Academy of Health Sciences. Jeff earned an MA Degree in Health Facilities Management from Webster University and retired from the Army in 1992. He then worked for ProModel Corp to develop & train organizations in the use of MedModel, the first computer simulation software dedicated to the healthcare industry.

Dan grew up in Milton, MA & graduated from St. Sebastian’s. At Harvard, he lived in Leverett House & was a member of the DU Club, Hasty Pudding, NROTC& the Varsity Track Team in field event throwing the weight and hammer. At graduation, he was awarded an engraved Naval Officer’s sword for NROTC leadership by the Massachusetts Naval League. His 1st duty station was in the Engineering Department aboard the USS Bristol DD 857. In January 1967, he volunteered for Swift Boat duty & served in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968, conducting combat patrols out of Chu Lai, Da Nang and Cua Viet. He was Officer in Charge of PCF 76 which was lost on patrol in heavy weather on November 6, 1967 while exiting the Cua Viet River mouth After his release from active duty, Dan started several small companies under the umbrella of Daly & Company focusing on senior-level executive search, personnel placement. board of director education & consulting as well as publishing an electronic newsletter and

After his release from active duty, Dan started several small companies under the umbrella of Daly & Company focusing on senior-level executive search, personnel placement. board of director education & consulting as well as publishing an electronic newsletter and conducting video interviews. For the last 10 Years, Dan has served as Chairman of the Board of The New England Center for Homeless Veterans. In 2014, he completed writing a book on Swift Boat duty in Vietnam titled: “White Water, Red Hot Lead”.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1967 (1970) Corporal Patrick A. Conway US Marine Corps (3rd Battalion/ 26th Marines)Navy & Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon

Despite supplies being cut by land, the Marines held Khe Sanh until their base until relieved almost 3 months later with a price of over 700 Marines & US soldiers killed in action with almost 30,000 NVA casualties. During this fight, Corporal Conway saw many friends killed in action and he was wounded twice but he did not desire to process the proper paperwork that should have resulted in his being awarded 2 Purple Heart Medals. After his release from active duty, Pat returned to Harvard to complete his senior year. Despite the lack of playing time for over 3 years, Pat again made the roster of the Harvard football team as a starting defensive safety and was named to the 1st Team All-Ivy, All-New England and All-East. As a result of his perseverance, Pat then played a prominent role in the most famous football game in Harvard history which was The “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29” Game resulting in Harvard’s sharing the 1968 Ivy League Championship title with Yale by scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds of the game. After graduating in History from Harvard College with the class of 1970, Pat entered Harvard Business School where he received his MBA in 1972. For the next 4 years, he was an importer of foreign automobile parts until he founded Fairfield Capital Inc., which is a financial planning and money management company in Westport, CT. Pat has also qualified as a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Colonel James Metcalf US Air Force (Ret.) (Hanscom Air Force Base) Meritorious Service Medal

He worked at Georgia Institute of Technology (1975–1981) and in the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory & its successor organizations at Hanscom Air Force Base for 30 years. He has served as treasurer of the Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund from its incorporation in 2001 & is also on the Board of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC.

Jim, the son of a career Army Reservist, was born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1945, grew up in Watertown, and graduated from Watertown High School. During his freshman and sophomore years at Harvard, he commuted from home. An Air Force ROTC scholarship enabled him to live in Leverett House during his junior and senior years. He majored in physics and was granted a delay of active duty to pursue postgraduate study in geophysical sciences at The University of Chicago, where he earned his doctorate. He served on active duty as an atmospheric physicist in the Weather Radar Branch of Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., from 1972 to 1975. After separating from active duty he remained in the active Air Force Reserve and served as a weather officer (Air Weather Service, 1977–1979), scientific manager (Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1979–1992), and acquisition manager (Electronic Systems Center, 1992–1997). He was retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1997. While in the Reserve, Jim pursued a civilian career in science and scientific program management.

Pat was born in 1944 in Haverhill, MA when his father was working as a welder in the Boston Naval Shipyard. He was an accomplished athlete and scholar at Haverhill High & Exeter Academy prior to entering Harvard where he played varsity football and lacrosse and was also on the track team. Pat was a resident of Quincy House & also a member of the Pi Eta Club. However after his junior year, Pat felt a need to re-focus his life & took a leave of absence from Harvard to enlist in the US Marine Corps. After boot camp and infantry training, Pat was sent to Vietnam and found himself as a squad leader in the middle of the 77 days Siege of Khe Sanh, which was the longest and deadliest battle of the Vietnam War. 6,000 Marines and soldiers were surrounded by about 35,000 enemy soldiers of the North Vietnam Army (NVA) at Khe Sanh, which will live in the annals of Marine Corps history along with Belleau Wood, Iwo Jima, Pusan and Fallujah.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1968 Captain Philip A. Keith US Navy (Ret.) (FLTCORGRU-1) Bronze Star & Purple Heart

After end of the Vietnam War, Phil successfully applied for a Naval officer designator change and became an Intelligence Officer. He subsequently served in a variety of Intel billets including another tour aboard the USS Constellation as well as afloat assignments on the USS New Orleans (LPH 11) and USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). His other billets included working in the Office of Naval Intelligence, a liaison assignment with the CIA and as Commanding Officer of FLTCORGRU-1 at NAB Coronado, CA. Phil’s scheduled retirement from the Navy was delayed when Desert Storm erupted during which he later earned the Bronze Star Medal for his actions in Desert One. Over the course of his Naval career, Phil also earned the Air Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

After retirement from the Navy, Phil began working primarily in the educational technology and software development where he has served as: Chief Operating Officer of a joint venture between the US State Department & the Israeli Defense Ministry, Vice President of Berlitz Publishing; Senior Vice President of Simon & Schuster. Phil started his own sales and marketing consulting company and has taught a variety of undergrad and graduate business courses at Long Island University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He has also become a published author of two fictional novels, a sales textbook and a non-fiction book on Vietnam for St. Martin’s Press titled “Blackhorse Riders,” and recently completed a commemorative book entitled “Crimson Valor” which chronicles the lives and exploits of the seventeen Harvard alumni who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. He is now working on a “Blackhorse Riders” sequel which is scheduled for release in late 2013. Phil now lives on Long Island, NY, where he serves on the Southampton Planning Board and writes an opinion column for the Southampton Press.

LT.(j.g.) Robert T. Brooks, USN Supply Corps (USS Desoto County) Navy Achievement Medal

He was a partner of Cooke & Bieler, an investment counsel firm in Philadelphia, from 1973 through 1992 until he answered a midlife call to the ministry. After graduating in 1995 from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge (MA), he served as Rector of parishes in Kent (OH), Providence (RI) and Little Compton (RI) He retired from parish ministry in 2009 and lives in Little Compton with his wife, Rhea.

Philip was born in Springfield, MA in 1946 as the oldest of the four children of a father who worked as a civilian comptroller with the Department of the Army. He went to public schools in central MA and graduated from East Longmeadow High School where Phil was the first graduate to attend Harvard. At Harvard, Phil played squash and football and was a member of the Crimson Key Society as well as the NROTC battalion as a Navy scholarship recipient. Phil graduated from Harvard as a history major and as a Distinguished Naval Graduate. After his commissioning as an Ensign in the Regular Navy, he reported to Flight School in Pensacola, FL. where he earned his wings of gold as a Naval aviator. After Phil cross-trained as a Legal Officer at the Naval Justice School in Newport, he joined his 1st fighter squadron in Vietnam in 1969 and flew off the USS Constellation (CV 64) and from Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam. After being wounded on his 2nd tour in Vietnam, he was re-assigned to MACV Staff in Saigon & served on the Phoenix Program during the waning days of the war.

Bob was born in Washington, DC. He graduated from St. Albans School. Bob majored in English at Harvard and was a starting member of the Harvard varsity football team. After graduating Cum Laude from college, he accepted at the Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport (RI) from where he was a Distinguished Naval Graduate. After his commissioning as an ensign, he attended the Navy Supply School in Athens (GA). In July 1969, Bob was assigned to the USS Desoto County (LST-1171) as the Supply Officer and subsequently was deployed to the Mediterranean and Caribbean. In recognition of his work preparing the ship on short notice for a deployment to the Mediterranean , Bob was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal. After his release from active duty in August 1971, he attended Harvard Business School where he earned an MBA in 1973, with a concentration in finance


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1968 LT. James Roosevelt US Navy (Judge Advocate General Corps, Washington Navy Yard) James Roosevelt was born in Los Angeles, CA. His father was Navy Cross recipient Brigadier General James Roosevelt USMC (H-1930) and the grandfather was President Franklin D. Roosevelt (H-1904). Jim graduated from La Salle High School in Pasadena, CA before entering Harvard College. After graduating with honors in government, he was commissioned as Naval Officer through the Harvard NROTC program. He received permission from the Navy to postpone his active duty service until after his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1971. Roosevelt then joined the Navy JAG Corps and became as a Navy lawyer after further military legal training. He was initially involved in the Navy Appellate Review Board before joining the JAG headquarters staff in Washington.

After his release from active duty, Roosevelt spent 10 years as a lawyer at Choate, Hall & Stewart law firm in Boston, Massachusetts, where he made partner. He was appointed by President Clinton as the associate commissioner for Retirement Policy for the Social Security Administration before joining Tufts Health Plan in 1999 as senior vice president and general counsel. During this period, he also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2003. Mr. Roosevelt was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer of Tufts Health Plan where he remains to the present day

1969 Captain James McTigue USN (USS Philippine Sea) Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Navy&Marine Combat Action Ribbon

McTigue assumed command of USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) and deployed to the Mediterranean as well as in extensive counter-drug operations in the Caribbean. During the summer of 1995, the USS Philippine Sea served as the flagship for BALTOPS '95 which was a multi-national exercise in northern European waters. Onshore billets and training assignments included: Master's degree in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School and graduating from the Naval War College. He also headed the Surface Warfare Manpower Requirements Branch in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington. After his command of the USS Simpson, he returned to Washington to head both the Surface Junior Officer Assignment Branch and the Officer Plans and Career Management Division in the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BuPers). Jim returned to Washington in 1996 and became executive assistant and staff director for the Navy’s Director of Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements. In 1997, he returned to BuPers for his twilight Navy tour as Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Personal Readiness and Community Support and director of the Quality of Life liaison office. Captain McTigue retired from active duty on board the display ship Barry at the Washington Navy Yard on June 1999 which was thirty years to the day from his commissioning at Harvard’s Loeb Drama Center. As a civilian, Jim has contractor supporting the Navy and later as civilian employees of the Navy as the director of Test and Evaluation and Human Systems Integration in the Naval Sea Systems Command. He retired in 2012 to live in Florida with Elizabeth. Among his military citations and awards are: the Bronze Star with Combat "V," three awards of the Legion of Merit, three Meritorious Service Medals, two Air Medals, three Navy Commendation Medals, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon and the Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Medal.

Captain James McTigue is originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts and received his commission through the NROTC program at Harvard College. Following an initial sea tour as navigator on a destroyer, he completed an assignment in Vietnam as a Naval Intelligence Liaison Officer, attached to a U.S. Army advisory team. His subsequent afloat billets included: Engineer Officer, Operations Officer, Fleet Scheduling Officer, Flag Secretary and Executive Officer of the guided missile frigate, USS Julius A. Furer (FFG 6). In December 1987, he was appointed as the commanding officer of the USS Simpson (FFG 56) which steamed to the Persian Gulf in April 1988 to participate in "Operation Praying Mantis," which turned out to be the largest naval battle since World War II. During this engagement, the USS Simpson sank a hostile missile patrol ship in the first surface to surface missile exchange in U.S. Navy history. In 1994, Captain


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1967 (1971) Sergeant (SP5) Colin Canham US Army (1st Military Intelligence Battalion Army Commendation Medal

For his service in Vietnam, Sergeant Canham was also awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with 4 campaign awards and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. LT. Tony Farrell USN (SC) (USS Mount Whitney)

Following his release from active duty, Tony attended Harvard Business School where his received his MBA in 1977. He eventually moved to the San Francisco area where he sifted his career into marketing and merchandizing for specialty retailers. After many years with both the Gap and Sharper Image, he became Director of Marketing for a major TV commercial and infomercial production company.

Tony‘s father graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1943 and then served as a Naval officer until his retirement in 1960 when he began a second career as a shipping executive. As a result, Tony changed schools every few years and led a nomadic life from Guam to Germany and places in between as a Navy “brat”. He prepared at the Sidwell Friends School prior to Harvard where he was an NROTC scholarship recipient and the last battalion commander of a Navy ROTC unit based at Harvard. After his commissioning, Tony attended the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens (GA) for 6 months prior to joining the fleet on board the USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) which was based in Norfolk (VA). In 1974, he was assigned ashore at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair in Washington (DC) area.

Colin left Harvard during his senior year with no diploma which he attributes to poor grades and immaturity. He enlisted into the Army and was assigned to Army Combat Intelligence School in Fort Holabird (MD) after his basic training at Fort Dix (NJ). In 1968, Colin deployed to Vietnam to join the highly decorated 1st Military Intelligence Battalion which worked with the US Air Force to procure, interpret & disseminate aerial photography, infrared and radar imagery intelligence for the Army. After a year in country, he returned to US as part of the Combat Surveillance & Target Acquisition Unit at Fort Month. Colin was honorably discharged from active duty in September 1971 and was readmitted to Harvard College where he graduated in 1971 as an English major.



1972 Rear Admiral Ron Henderson USN (USS Kennedy) Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Navy&Marine Combat Action Ribbon

In between the above sea tours, Admiral Henderson graduated with a Master’s degree with distinction in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National War College in Washington in 1998. Other ashore billets have included: Electronic Warfare & Strike Tactics instructor at the Light Attack Weapons School – Pacific, A7E and F/A 18 Instructor pilot, Requirement Officer for Strike and Precision Guided Weapons at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, DC, US Navy Liaison Officer to the commandant of the Marine Corps War Fighting laboratory where he was the staff officer for Exercise Hunter Warrior. Ron was also the Assistance Chief of Staff – Operations for the Naval Striking and Support Forces – Southern Europe which is headquartered in Naples, Italy. At the start of 2005, Ron was promoted to Rear Admiral and then served as the Deputy Director for Operations at the National Military Command Center and subsequently as the Defense Attaché at the US Embassy in London, UK. He retired with over 30 years of commissioned service in the Navy in 2014.

Ron is a native of Strafford (PA) and graduated from the Hill Prep School prior to graduating cum laude from Harvard College. After completing Naval flight School in Pensacola (FL), he earned his Navy aviator wings of gold and roper aboard the USS Midway (CV 41) as an attack pilot flying A-7E’s in attack Squadron 93. His other afloat assignment include: Strike Operations officer and Tactical Action Officer aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN 65), Strike fighter Pilot and Department Head in Strike Squadron 25. Ron subsequently served as the commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron 146 and the USS Juneau (LPD 10) which was forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan. During Operation Enduring Freedom, he commanded the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). In addition, Ron has completed deployment on board the USS Constellation (CV 64), the USS Independence (CV 62) and the USS Nimitz (CV67) during Operations Desert Storm, Southern Watch and allied Force. During his aviation deployments, he has over 3,8000 mishap-free light hours in single seat tactical jet aircraft and over 600 carrier landings on numerous aircraft carriers.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (cont.) 1985 LT. Col. Margaret D. Stock US Army Reserve (Ret.) (Military Police) Legion of Merit & Joint Commendation Medal

was accepted at Harvard Law School & the Harvard Kennedy School, where she received her J.D and MPA from in 1992. At HLS, she was also Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and also served as a Yard Proctor, Dudley House tutor, & a Teaching Fellow for Harvard College. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Margaret returned to Alaska to practice law & continued to serve in the Army Reserve as: Security Officer for US Forces Japan, instructor at the Command & General Staff College and Combined Arms & Services Staff School at Fort Leavenworth (KA), and Deputy Provost Marshal, US Forces Japan. In 2001, Margaret joined the faculty at the United States Military Academy as a full time faculty member in the Law Department and also taught in the Social Sciences Department. She later earned a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the Joint Forces Staff College & the Army War College in 2006. When voluntarily recalled to active duty in 2007, she worked on a military recruiting project that she initiated for the US Army Accessions Command to recruit US-educated immigrants with special language skills and US medical degrees and ultimately recruited about 1,000 talented immigrants for the US Armed Forces. For her efforts as the Army’s Project Officer for this program, LTC Stock was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Joint Service Commendation Medal prior to her retirement ceremony from the Army Reserve at West Point in 2010. Margaret currently works as at the law firm of Cascadia Cross Border Law in Anchorage (AK) where her practice focuses on immigration and citizenship law. She founded the American Immigration Lawyers Association Military Assistance Program which is a national project to provide pro bono legal services to military members, veterans, and their families. As an expert on immigration & national security laws, she has testified regularly before Congressional committees on immigration, homeland security & authored the 2012 book:” Immigration Law & the Military” (published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association). Margaret served on the Steering Committee for Advocates for Harvard ROTC and also served as President of the Harvard Club of Alaska from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, Margaret was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (i.e. the “genius grant”) for her work related to immigration law and national security, including her work on the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (i.e. the MAVNI program).

Margaret was born in Boston (MA) in 1961 as a middle child in a family of nine children. She is the great granddaughter of Colonel Joseph Spencer Wood US Army who served in the Boxer Rebellion, the Philippine Insurrection, World War I, and World War II. Margaret grew up in Wellesley (MA) and went to the local high school and Boston University prior to Harvard. After her commissioning as a 2nd Lt. in the Army Reserve through the ROTC Early Commissioning Program, she was a platoon leader in a Reserve infantry brigade and finished her undergraduate education at Harvard College where she graduated with honors in government. As an undergraduate, Margaret played on the Radcliffe Rugby team and rowed on the Dudley House women’s crew. Just before her college graduation, she was promoted to 1st Lt. and started her active duty at Fort McClellan, (AL) to attend the US Army Military Police Officer Basic Course. Upon completion, she was assigned to Fort Richardson (Alaska) as platoon leader with the 6th Infantry Division. She later became the operations officer and then executive officer & CO of the Fort Richardson Special Reaction Team. After being released from active duty, Margaret



1987 LT. Col. Dan Sullivan USMC Defense Meritorious Service Medal; Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

After moving back to Alaska, Dan joined a Marine Corps Force Recon Reserve unit based in Anchorage from which he was a subsequently recalled to active duty 3 times: from 2004 to 2006, 2009 to work on a strategy report for then-Commander of U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus USA and again in 2013 for duty in Afghanistan. He currently commands the 6th Naval Gunfire Liaison Company. Dan served as the Attorney General of Alaska from June 2009 until December 2010 until resigning to accept his appointment as the Commissar of Department of Natural Resources by Alaskan Governor Sean Parnell. In 2014, he is currently the US Senate from Alaska

1988 LT. John Stiker US Navy (USS Bristol County) Navy Commendation Medal


The USS Bristol County was a 1970’s vintage LST with a "clipper bow" steamed at 20+ knots but still retained the flat bottom required for beaching. Despite stomach-churning rolls in stormy seas, John qualified as an Officer of the Deck (underway), Tactical Action Officer as well as an Engineering Officer of the Watch. During his Desert Storm deployment, the USS Bristol County passed through the Philippine Islands just as Mount Pinatubo erupted. As a result, his ship played a key coordination role in “Operation Fiery Vigil” evacuating over 8,500 civilians from Luzon down to Cebu. During this time, John personally led the Navy efforts directing evacuees on the island of Cebu for five sleepless days and nights for which he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal. After his release from active duty, John worked with Procter & Gamble in the brand management program. He subsequently moved back to San Diego as: Executive Vice President for Corporate Development with Connors Brothers Income Fund, President and CEO of Distant Lands Trading Company. In 2006, he became a Senior Operating Partner of Centre Partners Management which is a leading private equity firm in Los Angeles. John currently serves as a Director of Bellisio Foods, Distant Lands Trading Company, Orion ICG LLC, Taylor Precision Products Inc. and previously Boards of Bumble Bee Foods, L.P. and International Imaging Materials, Inc.

John was born in 1966 in Bronxville (NY) and grew up in Falmouth (ME) where he went to the local high school. He was awarded a Navy ROTC scholarship to attend Harvard as a Romance Languages major where he became a resident of Eliot House and an active member of the Fox Club. During graduation week, he was commissioned as a Navy ensign on the deck of the USS Constitution with an honorary commissioning ceremony on the steps of Memorial Church featuring former Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger (H-38) as the key note speaker.

John then reported aboard the USS Bristol County (LST-1198) which had a home port in San Diego (CA). As the "Harvard Ensign with a French literature degree," he initially was assigned as the assistant First Lieutenant leading 40 sailors in the deck force. John subsequently served as the Bristol County’s Communications Officer, Helicopter Control Officer and Navigator. During 1989, Ensign Striker deployed to West Pac for 6 months and in 1991 participated in Operation Desert Storm, when he earned the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, the Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Southwest Asia Service Medal

Dan was born in Fairview Park Ohio in 1964. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a degree in Economics and later earned his law degree, cum laude from Georgetown University where he was a member of the Law Journal and interned at the US Court of Appeals. He entered the Marine Corps OCS in 1993 where upon graduating was commissioned a 2nd Lt. After 6 months at the Basic School at Quantico he was selected for advanced training as an infantry officer and served in various infantry battalions until his release from active duty in 1997. As a civilian lawyer, Dan Clerked for both the US Court of Appeals and later the Alaska Supreme court before joining a law firm to practice corporate law. In the Washington area in prior to 9/11, he headed the International Economics Directorate of the national Economic Council and later served on the White House staff of the National Security Council.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1995 LT. Eric Navales US Navy (USS Russell & USS John C. Stennis ) Navy Commendation Medal

Major Van Taylor USMC (2nd Recon) Navy Commendation Medal; Navy&Marine Combat Action Ribbon Nicholas Van Campen (Van) Taylor was born in Dallas in 1972. After prepping at St. Paul's School, Van attended and graduated from Harvard College in 1995 with a degree in history. He then joined the United States Marine Corps as an officer candidate at Quantico (VA). After completing OCS, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. and selected for further infantry and intelligence training. Van then served as a platoon leader of C Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion. After four years of active duty, Taylor joined the Marine Corps Reserves and returned to Cambridge to earn an MBA in 2001 from the HBS. He subsequently worked for McKinsey & Trammell Crow in Dallas until he volunteered for active duty service in Iraq where he fought with the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company. After promotion to captain, he led missions behind enemy lines for Task Force Tarawa when the he led the first platoon to enter Iraq before the start of the main invasion. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Taylor's platoon encountered and defeated several Fedayeen ambushes, participated in the rescue prisoner of war, Private 1st Class Jessica Lynch, and rescued 31 wounded men-under-fire during a counter attack by several thousand Iraqi soldiers. Major Taylor's military decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" for Valor, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Van is currently still serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves in Texas where he lives as businessman with his family.

Eric is from San Diego (CA) and the son of a Master Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. He proudly followed his father’s footsteps by joining the Navy as a midshipman after accepting an NROTC scholarship to attend Harvard. As college senior, he served as the Battalion Commander in the Old Ironsides NROTC unit based at MIT which hosts Harvard midshipmen. Eric graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and was commissioned as a Surface Warfare Officer. His initially served as a division officer on the USS Russell (DDG 59) and subsequently reported aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 73) where he qualified as nuclear engineering officer and participated in 2 Middle East deployment s. Eric’s next duty station was HMAS Watson in Sydney, Australia where he served a tactical instructor on a 2 year swap program with the Royal Australia Navy. After his release from active duty, Eric earned a Master of Business Administration, with honors, from The Wharton School prior to joining L.E.K. Consulting where he has participated in a wide variety of projects, including corporate strategy development, market forecasting, and mergers and acquisitions support. Eric eventually was made a L.E.K. Partner and currently Managing Director of the Boston office where he focuses on consulting project relating to national Defense, Building Materials & Industrial Products as well as Energy & the Environment.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1999 Captain Thomas Cotton US Army (101st Airborne Division, 506th Infantry Regiment) Bronze Star

After his return to the US, Tom was assigned as platoon leader in The Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery. He then volunteered for a return to combat as part of the Operation Enduring Freedom in 2008 where he was the operations officer of a Provincial Reconstruction Team with 83 members in eastern Afghanistan just north of Tora Bora. Tom’s military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, and Ranger Tab. After his release from active duty, Tom worked with McKinsey & Company as well as on his family cattle farm until he was elected to Congress as the Representative for Arkansas’s 4th Congressional District. In November of 2014, he was elected to the United States Senate and is currently the youngest member of the Senate. Tom and his wife Anna live in Dardanelle and are expecting their first child.

Tom was born and raised on his family’s cattle farm in Dardanelle, Arkansas. His family has a tradition of military service as his grandfather served in the Navy during World War II and his father in the Army during the Vietnam War. After graduating from Dardanelle high school, Tom matriculated at Harvard College where he was newspaper columnist on the Harvard Crimson. He majored in government at Harvard and graduated magna cum laude. Tom went on to Harvard Law School from where he graduated in 2002. The 9/11 attacks occurred during Tom’s final year in law school, causing him to leave the law after a clerkship with the U.S. Court of Appeals and a brief period in private practice to join the armed forces. He declined direct commission as JAG attorney and instead entered the Army’s Officer Candidate School. After his commissioning as a 2nd Lt, Tom reported to the US Army Airborne and Ranger Schools. In May 2005, he deployed to Bagdad as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he was responsible for the combat operations of a 41 man air assault platoon.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 1999 Commander Will Moynahan US Navy (VFA-25 & CAW-25) Air Medal; Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

While with the Fists, Will completed two full deployments with Carrier Air Wing 14 – aboard the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in 2004 & the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during 2006. During the latter deployment, he flew 40 combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During his time as a Fist, Will served as Legal Officer, Line Division Officer and NATOPS Officer. He also earned his section lead and division lead qualifications as well as his F-18 functional check pilot qualification. In 2006, Will accepted orders to serve as an instructor pilot with VT-21 and returned to Kingsville (TX). During his instructor tour, he served as Production Officer and taught Tactical Formation and Basic Fighter Maneuvering. In 2009, Will left active-duty, transitioned to the Navy Reserve, and affiliated with the VT-21 Squadron Augmentation Unit (SAU). As a member of the SAU, he has served as Admin Officer, Operations Officer and currently serves as Executive Officer. After his release from active duty, Will attended the George Washington University Law School while working as a law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He graduated with high honors in January 2013 and became a member of the Kentucky Bar in May 2013. After serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Eugene Siler, Jr. on the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Will accepted a Trial Attorney position in the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice and currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia. Will’s decorations include the Air Medal (2), the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal (2) along with other squadron and theater awards. He has more than 2,900 hours in Navy jet aircraft, including 1,000 hours in the F-18. He also has more than 300 arrested landings aboard seven different aircraft carriers.

Will Moynahan was raised in London, Kentucky and attended South Laurel High School where he graduated as valedictorian. He matriculated at Harvard University and lived in Eliot House. While at Harvard, he served as a Senior Editor for The Harvard Crimson and was the Vice-Chair of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC) at the Institute of Politics (IOP). 3 months after he received his A.B. magna cum laude in Economics, he enlisted in the Navy and earned his Commission through Officer Candidate School. Will completed his primary aviation training in Corpus Christi (TX) as part of the VT-28 Rangers. He was then selected for the strike syllabus and assigned to the VT-21 Redhawks of Naval Air Station Kingsville (TX). In January 2002, Will earned his Wings of Gold and was assigned to VMFAT-101 in Miramar (CA) for follow-on training in the F-18. Upon completion of his initial training in the Hornet in 2003, Will joined Strike-Fighter Squadron Two-Five (VFA-25), the Fist of the Fleet, at NAS Lemoore (CA).


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 2001 LT. Jonas Peter Akins US Navy (Carrier Wing One, USS Enterprise) Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

After his return to the USA, he again returned to the Pentagon as the senior briefer to the CNO and Secretary of the Navy. After his release from active duty, Jonas was accepted at HBS where he became a non-resident tutor in Eliot House and co-president of Crimson Serves promoting closer ties among the growing population of veterans on the Harvard campus and restoring the long and vital links between Harvard University and the US military. Jonas received his MBA from HBS in 2012. Captain Seth Moulton US Marine Corps (1st Btn. 4th Reg.) 2 Bronze Stars, Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

Massachusetts, which covers the northeastern corner of the state. In addition to a Bronze Star and Combat Action Ribbon, Seth was also awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with the combat “V” and Bronze Star with combat “V.”

Jonas is originally from Dover (MA). After graduating from Harvard, he taught at the Sedbergh School in England for two years before applying to Navy Officer Candidate School. After his commissioning as a Navy ensign, he reported to Intelligence School before 2 deployments with Carrier Air Wing One onboard the USS Enterprise (CVN 67) as an aviation intelligence officer. Jonas then served in the Pentagon as an intelligence briefer to the Chief of Naval Operations and the SECNAV. From August 2008 to September 2009, Jonas deployed to Baghdad (Iraq) as intelligence briefer and intel watch chief for the Commanding General, Multi-National Force.

Seth is from Marblehead (MA) and graduated from Phillips Andover prior to entering Harvard where he gave the commencement address for his class in June 2001. He decided to join the Marine Corps before 9/11 and started OCS at Quantico (VA) just after the attacks. In April of 2003, 2nd Lt Moulton was an infantry platoon commander in the first Marine company to enter Baghdad. In 2004, he fought in the lead company in the Najaf cemetery. The following year, he became a Special Assistant to General Petraeus worked in the field on a small team that partnered with Iraqi Security Forces. Following his 3rd deployment to Iraq, Seth was released from active duty and accepted to Harvard Business School, but deferred attending to go back on active duty when General Petraeus asked him by personal request to return for the Surge. He again served on a small team in the field reporting directly to the senior Allied Commander in Iraq. After this fourth tour from 2007 to 2008, Captain Moulton returned to Harvard for MBA & MPA degrees in a joint program of the Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government. Seth subsequently worked as president of a startup health care firm and as the managing director of a privately-funded high-speed rail project in Texas before becoming the first person to defeat a sitting Democratic Congressman in Massachusetts in 22 years. He now represents the 6th Congressional district of


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 2004 Lance Corporal Ruben Gallego US Marine Corps (3rd Battalion, 25th Reg,) Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

During this time, 46 Marines and 2 Navy Corpsmen of 3/25 were killed in action, including Ruben’s best friend plus 150 were wounded out of the battalion compliment of 1,350 Marines. Ruben’s Marine company was defined by some as the workhorse of 3/25 and was the subject a television documentary on the A&E channel in May 2006 titled: “Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company”.

After his release from active duty in 2006, Ruben moved to Arizona where he worked as the Director of Latino and New Media operations for Strategies 360 as well as one of the largest public relations firms in Arizona (i.e. Riester) and later for a Phoenix Councilman. In 2011, Ruben was elected to the state legislature where he championed veterans’ affairs which started with his 1st bill granting in-state tuition payment to Arizona veterans. In 2014, he successfully ran a campaign to serve in the US House of Representative and currently represents the 7th Congressional District in Washington for the Phoenix area.

2005 LT. David Patterson US Navy (Navy SEAL) Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

David grew up in New York City, After Harvard College, he served as a Naval officer from 2005-2010. As a Navy SEAL, David was deployed to Anbar Province and Baghdad, Iraq, where he targeted high-value individuals and trained Iraqi Special Forces. He later returned to the Middle East where he trained Lebanese and Saudi Arabian Special Forces from his Bahrain base of operations in the Persian Gulf. David will receive his MBA from HBS in 2012 and has served as co-president of Crimson Serves. David notes: "The Vietnam War drove a wedge between our nation’s elite universities and our military, to the detriment of both parties. The work of Crimson Serves is the complete removal of that wedge."

Ruben was born in 1979 in Chicago to immigrant parents with a father from Mexico and mother from Columbia. When he was young, his father abandoned the family and Ruben was raised in Chicago by his mother along with his 3 sisters. Ruben applied himself in a local high school and was admitted to Harvard as the 1st one in his family to attend college.

After receiving his graduate degree in International Relations, Ruben join the US Marine Corps Reserve. Following boot camp, he was assigned to a reserved unit (Lima Company) based in Columbus (OH) which is part of a reserve infantry battalion (i.e. 3rd Battalion/ 25th Regiment or 3/25). His unit was activated in January 2005 and sent Iraq 2 months later after pre-deployment training at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base (CA). The mission of 3/25 at that time was to train the Iraqi Security Forces and conduct stability and security operations to prevent insurgents from gaining a foothold in and around the cities of Iraq's Al Anbar province. Over his 6 month in country deployment, 3/25 participated in 15 regimental & battalion operations in Iraq including the following combat engagements: Matador, New Market, Spear, Sword, River Bridge & Outer Banks.


1. HARVARD COLLEGE by CLASS (continued) 2006 Captain Peter Brooks US Marine Corps (1st Battalion, 7th Regt., 25th Marines) Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon

After his release from active duty, Peter spent a year in India as a Fulbright Scholar studying fresh water management. Peter is currently an MBA-MPP joint degree candidate at the Harvard Business and Kennedy School of Government Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon where he is also a Center for Public Leadership Zuckerman Fellow. Peter was appointed as the director of military outreach for Crimson Serves and will receive his joint graduate degrees from Harvard in 2013

2007 LT. Danielle Thiriot USN (VFA-81 fighter squadron)

At the start of 129th Harvard–Yale game in November 2012, Lt. Thiriot was one of 2 fighter pilots which swooped down from closed end of Soldiers Field in Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets. Probably as result of this unique flyover, Harvard beat Yale: 34 to 24.

Peter Brooks grew up in California. At Harvard as 1st class midshipman, he was the battalion commander of the Navy ROTC based at MIT. He also reestablished and served as president of the Harvard ROTC Association which is a non-partisan, civilian group of Harvard students dedicated to furthering the interests of Harvard's Cadets and Midshipmen. In addition, he served as a midshipman board member of the Advocates for ROTC and was a member of the heavyweight rowing team. After being commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, Peter spent 6 months at the Basic School in Quantico, VA and was selected for further training as an infantry officer. In 2007, Peter was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marines in 29 Palms, CA and later deployed to Al Anbar, Iraq for 9 months as an infantry platoon commander during the surge. After returning to the USA, his unit was sent back to Fallujah, Iraq where he again was a platoon commander.

Danielle is a native of Salt Lake City (UT) and was commissioned through the NROTC program at MIT which serves Harvard midshipmen. At Harvard, she was a resident of Quincy House & a member of the Radcliffe crew. Thiriot was commissioned as a Navy Ensign on the steps of Memorial Church in June 2007 and then reported to the US Navy Aviation Pre-flight Indoctrination in Pensacola, Fla. She subsequently completed Primary flight training in the T-34C at NAS Corpus Christi (TX) before moving to Kingsville (TX) for advanced jet training in the T-45C Goshawk. After completing her 1st carrier qualification, Danielle earned her "wings of gold" as a Naval aviator in May 2010. Lt. Thiriot then stayed at NAS Kingsville for an additional year as an instructor pilot in the T-45 before flying the F/A-18 Super Hornet in May of 2011 and joining the VFA-81 SUNLINERS which deployed the following month to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) on board the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). After this Middle East deployment, Danielle returned to the SUNLINER’S home base at Oceania Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach (VA) where she lived with her husband, Matthew Huber, who is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and a C-130 pilot.


2. HARVARD LAW SCHOOL by CLASS 1973 Captain Paul Patrick Daley US Navy (Fighter Squadron 96) Distinguished Flying Cross & Navy Commendation Medal In the an active Naval Reserve, Paul served as Commanding Officer of the Naval Reserve units supporting the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), the NS ROTA on two occasions as well as VTU-9191. During his military service, Paul flew 212 combat missions in Vietnam for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Vietnamese, Air Gallantry Cross, 16 Air Medals, and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V, Vietnam Service Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation and also received his parachutist wings from the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning (GA). Paul graduated from Harvard University in 1973 with a joint JD degree from the Law School and an MBA from HBS. He joined the prestigious Boston law firm of Hale and Dorr as an associate and eventually became a senior partner. His legal practice focuses on bankruptcy and commercial law and he has been named in every edition of Naifeh and Smith's Best Lawyers in America. Paul is formerly a Director of the American Sail Training Association and a Trustee of St. Sebastian's.

2005 LT. Commander Ron DeSantis (JAG) US Navy (Seal Team One) Bronze Star, Navy & Marine Combat Action Ribbon After his return to the USA in 2008, he became a Trial Defense Counsel at the Naval Region Legal Service Office. During this period, he earned an appointment with the U.S. Department of Justice to serve as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Florida. After his release from active duty in February 2010, Ron joined the US Navy Reserve at Region Legal Service Office (SE) where his duties included: presiding over Article 32 investigations and providing command advice to Naval Reserve Commanding Officers and various legal assignments at US Naval Station, Mayport, FL and the US Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL. As a civilian lawyer, Ron served as a federal prosecutor in a wide range of cases involving offenses such as child exploitation, fraud, and interference with military air navigation. On January 2013, Ron was elected to Congress in as U.S. House of Representatives as the representative for Florida’s 6th Congressional District. In his spare time, Ron has written on constitutional first principles in various outlets and in his book: “Dreams From Our Founding Fathers: First Principles in the Age of Obama”. In support of counterinsurgency missions in Iraq with SEAL Team ONE, he was awarded the Bronze Star and the Iraq Campaign Medals

Paul grew up in Newton (MA) as the son of immigrants from Ireland. After graduating from St. Sebastian’s Country Day School, he was accepted into Harvard College with the class of 1963 but elected to be educated by the Jesuits at Boston College where he was a member of the varsity hockey team. After college, he entered the Navy through the Aviation Officer Candidate School at Pensacola (FL). He earned his wings as a Naval aviator upon graduating and was assigned to Fighter Squadron 121 at Miramar Naval Air Station (CA). From 1965 through 1967, Paul made two combat tours to Vietnam aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN 67) with Fighter Squadron 96 (i.e. the Fighting Falcons). After returning from his Vietnam deployments, Paul taught Naval History for two years as a NROTC Assistant Professor of Naval Science at Yale University and also served on the staff of Commander of the Sixth Fleet's staff aboard the USS Little Rock (CL 92) in the Mediterranean. In 1969, Paul left active duty and joined to the Naval Air Reserves at NAS South Weymouth (MA).

Ron is a native Floridian who was born in 1978 with blue collar roots. After graduating from Dunedin High School (FL), he matriculated at Yale where he was the captain of the varsity baseball team and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts in history. While attending Harvard Law School, Ron earned a US Navy commission as a JAG officer prior to graduating with honors. After completing the US Naval Justice School in Newport (RI) in December 2005, Ron received orders to Naval Region Legal Service Office South East to serve as a military prosecutor and had recurring temporary duty assignments on the staff of the Joint Task Force-Guantanamo working directly in matters concerning the incarcerated terrorists at the Gitmo. In July 2007, Ron reported for duty to the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command Group ONE in Coronado (CA) to serve as the Legal Advisor to Special Warfare Command Group ONE in Coronado (CA) to serve as the Legal Advisor to SEAL Team ONE. For the troop surge, he deployed to Iraq in October 2007 and became the Legal Advisor to the SEAL Commander in Fallujah to support the combat operations of SEAL Team ONE with additional duties carried out in Ramadi, Al Assad, Balad and Baghdad.


Veritas,

Paul E. Mawn (H-63) Captain USN (Ret.) Chairman – Advocates for Harvard ROTC

Sources: Harvard Alumni Magazine and various Harvard reunion reports plus information from various veterans and their families.

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