UNC NROTC
Alumni Association
News Bulletin
July 2020
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In this edition:
- Message from the President
- 2020 Fall Reunion
- Call for Membership: Join, Renew, Upgrade; Membership Roster Update
- Now Hear This: Scuttlebutt
- Taps
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The next Board of Directors meeting will be on Saturday, October 31st
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Message from the President,
Happy Fourth of July to our members!!!! I hope this finds everyone coping and thriving as best they can under these peculiar conditions. We are happy to report that on 6 June 2020, the Board of Directors did meet as planned for our summer Board of Directors meeting. A few directors were able to join me at my home in Emerald Isle, NC, and the rest participated online and by phone. We accomplished much, including important discussions about future awards, scholarships, as well as our upcoming 30
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Anniversary Reunion of the Alumni Association in November. We hope that you all are making plans to attend the events that we are anticipating for this particularly, special occasion on Friday and Saturday, 13-14 November 2020. Some details are included in this newsletter and I am sure there will be more announced as plans progress.
The Board would like to encourage you all to submit items for the Scuttlebutt section of our newsletter. Topics of interest might be: job changes, additions to the family, marriages, promotions, taking command, any interesting firsts,……..the sky is the limit. We would really like to fill this section up with some fun, if not GREAT news!
Thank you for your membership and I wish you all a happy and safe Independence Day! If there is anything that we might be able to do for you, please reach out. We will do what we can to assist.
Looking forward to seeing you all in November,
Marianne Waldrop ‘87
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Save the Date:
2020 Annual Meeting, Reunion and 30th Anniversary Celebration
Set for 14 November 2020
UNC v. Pittsburg, UNC Military Appreciation Day
Pat Connelly '85, Events Chair
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- The UNC NROTC Alumni Association has scheduled the Annual Meeting of the Membership, presentation of scholarships and awards and alumni reunion BBQ for Saturday, 14 November 2020 which coincides with the UNC v. Pittsburg football game and UNC Military Appreciation Day.
- Plans are moving forward in these uncertain times for our Annual Meeting and Reunion. The Association is targeting the weekend of 13/14 November 2020 for the annual Military Appreciation game when our Tarheels host the Pittsburgh Panthers at Kenan Stadium in a late-season ACC matchup with bowl implications. We have partnered with the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel on Meridian Parkway to serve as our base of operations. There will be 20 (more if demand requires) rooms available at the rate of $109. The Association has an established positive relationship with the DoubleTree (who can forget Hurricane Matthew in October of 2016?) and determined the distance from campus is offset by reasonable ride share options, nightly rate and the availability of an "admin suite" at no additional cost. With college football season not set in stone, we negotiated a cancellation policy that allows the hotel to plan for occupancy while protecting our membership. We encourage you to book early in order to increase the number of rooms in the block at the advantageous rate. Without our Midshipmen planners on campus, some details will be "late-breaking." We ask that you periodically check the website as emerging details will be posted as they become available. Reunion weekend registration and football ticket sales should be available in mid-August. Football tickets sold out relatively quickly last year. We hope to secure a large contiguous block of seats at a rate advantageous to dues-paying members. Last year was a banner year for the Association highlighted by the best-attended reunion weekend in the Association's 30 year history. We would like to continue that momentum. Please make plans to join with your fellow class and ship mates in the fall. Any questions or comments please contact Pat Connelly, '85, directly at [email protected].
- Please use the following instructions to make your Reunion hotel reservations:
*UNC NROTC*
11/13/20 – 11/15/20
*GROUP RESERVATIONS*
Group Code: NRO
King bed suite w/ sleeper sofa $109.00 plus 13.5%
Double/Double suite w/ sleeper sofa $109.00 plus 13.5%
Below are instructions on how your group can make hotel reservations:
Option 1: (ONLINE)
Steps:
1. Select the ‘book your room’ button
2. Enter the dates you desire
3. A room type will be available, pick which room type and click continue
4. Guests will have to provide a credit card. This will guarantee the room. If they want to use a different method of payment at check in they are welcomed to do so.
5. Print off confirmation numbers/ you will also have the option of sending confirmation to your email address.
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The cancellation policy is 48 hours before the date of arrival
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Option 2: (TELEPHONE)
1-800-HILTONS
Steps:
1. Request the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Raleigh-Durham
2. Tell the agent you are with the UNC NROTC Annual Meeting
3. If the agent cannot find the group under that name, tell them the group code is: NRO
4. Guests will have to provide a credit card. This will guarantee the room. If they would like to use a different method of payment at check in they are welcomed to do so.
5. The agent can email you the confirmation letter
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The cancellation policy is 48 hours before the date of arrival. (or there will be a full night’s stay charged)***
The cutoff date to make reservations is 10/13/2020. If you have any problems making a reservation please call Christopher Voorhees at 919-361-4660 x195 or email him at
[email protected]
- If you have ideas or suggestions regarding the event planning, please submit your thoughts to the event committee via e-mail by clicking here
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To help with
REUNION
planning please take a moment to participate
in a 3 question
SURVEY
by clicking
HERE
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2020 Membership
If you haven't already done so, it is time to join or renew your membership for 2020.
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Please become a paid member. We need you!
Most Popular option: Life Membership
GREAT VALUE: 5 YEAR MEMBERSHIP
5 years of membership for the price of four!
Click the green bar below to join, renew or upgrade.
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Your dues contribution pays for our website, database software, financial management software and the Distinguished Alumnus /Alumna and Distinguished Service Awards; these funds enable us to communicate with the graduates so we can host and organize alumni events to support our NROTC Unit and Midshipmen. The Scholarships, Dawson Library and Connor Awards are funded separately through charitable contributions. Events (Annual Meeting & Reunions) are funded on a pay-as-you go basis by event participants.
Thanks to the following alumni (in addition to our 204 living (Life Members)) who have made the commitment of ongoing support to our Association.
Life members are listed in order of life membership
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Current paid members listed by both class year and alphabetically by last name
here
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Newest Life members for 2020
: 4
- #230 Carolyn Anne Ellison '04
- #231 Samuel H. Bauckham '14
- #232 Romeo W. Antolini '20
- #233 Timothy Philip Schwartz (Associate)
Five Year Members for 2020:
69
- Donald R. Ledford - Staff Alumnus
- Kevin L. Martin - Staff Alumnus
- Stephen Matts - Staff Alumnus
- A. Earle Garrett, III '56
- George Moseley '61
- H. Robert Jones '53
- Christopher Crowson '56
- F. Norman Christopher '65
- Alan V. Monette '65
- Charles J. Wolfe '65
- Chester Wilkinson '61
- Harbaugh Moore III '66
- Robert Young '67
- Ronald B. Bobo '68
- Bryant Byrd '68
- Irvin W Hankins, III '68
- Ronald N. McManus '68
- Robert Shade '68
- Andrew J. Arnold '69
- William O. Leonard, III '69
- Charles Gore '69
- David A. Fish '70
- James Hardee '70
- James Zumwalt '70
- Robert N. Swacker '71
- James Day '73
- William Gerichten '74
- Nick Pulignano, Jr. '74
- Michael Clark '75
- Clifton W. Moore, Jr. '76
- Michael Wellman '77
- Steven Briganti '78
- Anthony P. Donaldson '83
- Thomas Brantley Burgiss '84
- Michael J. Dodick '90
- Kent Oglesby '90
- Robert G. "Butch" Bracknell '93
- James W. Hendley '94
- Michael Carreiro '96
- Bogomir Glavan '97
- Kerry Hicks '02
- Esther Kangas '14
- Sarah E. Eason '18
- Tatihana V. Moreno '18
- Samir D. Patel '18
- Thomas J. Singley '18
- Alexander H. Stephenson '18
- Bryan M. Towers '18
- Carlos A. Urquilla '18
- Mick Carreiro '19
- Charles Neely '65
- Clarence Smith, Jr. '57
- Doug Montgomery '86
- Tim Hastings '88
- Silas Coley, Jr. '56
- Margie Jackey '75
- Bernard David Cole '65
- Margarita Ayala '20
- Jack Dremann '20
- Matthew Guerrera '20
- Cameron Gumbel '20
- Madison Hamby '20
- Christopher Harris '20
- Wesley Hughes '20
- Matthew McPhail '20
- Kimberly O'Connor '20
- Amadeush Skoczek '20
- William Verwoerdt '20
- Sarah Weinstein '20
- Joel W. Aiken '69
2020 Annual Members
: 14
. Capt. Andy Hertel (PNS)
- Alec Decker '61
- Richard Greenamyer '66
- Wesley Morgan, Jr. '70
- Joseph Woods '67
- James Sturgis '67
- Ralph Wiggins, Jr. '55
- Robert Rivers '73
- Philip Tate '72
- Mark Smith '86
- James Gray '68
- Maurice Glatzer '58
- James Alfred Thompson '64
- William Morrow Zachman, Jr. '90
- Phillip Wayne Barber '71
- Herber E. Tucker '76 (Associate)
Classes with the most number of Life members: 1985(13); 1986(11); 1959(8); 1987(8)
Classes with most number of total members:1985 (15); 1986(12); 1959 (10), 1970, 1987 and Staff Alumni (8 each);
Classes with no current members: 1962,1976, 1999, 2006-2008, 2010, 2013, 2015-2016.
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Now Hear This: Scuttlebutt!
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- Board President, Marianne Waldrop, hosted the June Board of Director's meeting and surprised attendees with a 2 mile force march on the beach to dinner on Friday night...once a Marine, ALWAYS a Marine!
- CAPT John Ferguson, USN, MSC (Ret): John ('86) retired in 2015 after 31 years of service. His final tour of duty was as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Health Clinic at MCAS Cherry Point. From there he went on to teach JROTC as the Senior Naval Science Instructor at Union Pines High School in Moore County until 2017. He then spent the next year building a home in Sanford, NC, so that he and his wife, Donna, would be closer to family. He says that he is now "dabbling at hobby farming."
- Per CAPT Andy Hertel (PNS) a ship driving simulator is on the way to the UNC NROTC Armory and he expects to commission 10 officers next school year.
The next News Bulletin expected to publish on Sunday, 16 August 2020. Deadline for input is Friday, 14 August 2020.
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None reported for this publication!
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In a recent major database refresh from the University, the Association has updated its master database of NROTC alumni. In doing so we learned that 236 alumni have passed over the past ten years. 571 NROTC alumni are recorded as deceased out of over 2060 total recorded graduates. As a service to our members, we have created a new feature on the website available for paid members entitled
Deceased Alumni
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The feature may be found on the Alumni Service and Information Resource tabs of the website. Please notify the Secretary if you know of errors or additional alumni who should be listed here.
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If you know of a UNC NROTC Alumnus who has passed away, let us know so that this information may be reported in the News Bulletin under "Taps".
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