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Now (finally) posted, pictures from the dedication of the Eight honoring the the First Women's Crew, the Crew of 1978
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| Warren Smith: | Career: | 1977 - 1980 | First O-rep for Women's Crew | |
| Colonel, USMC, Retired | ||||
| Personal: | Jane and I remember fondly our days at USNA on
the staff and our great group of winners. Retired from USMC in '96. Currently employed with Airport Group International. |
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| Kevin Latham: | Career: | 1988-1990 |
Coach of the original
"Creek Monsters" (P-HW 4+), silver medalists, IRA, Spr. '88 Fortunate coach of two of the best Novice Women's squads in the history of the Naval Academy: first-ever silver medalists (Spr. '89) and first-ever gold medalists (Spr. '90). For both of those crews, I could have mailed it in, they were that good. (Liz Lambert took those crews and turned them into varsity champions.) |
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| Personal: |
Returned to Annapolis,
'99. Wife Sandi owns the Flower Shop on King George Street. Son Conor USNA
'03. Son Taylor St. Mary's College of Maryland '05. Both offshore sailors. Information: I learned to coach rowing from the best: the world-famous Rodney Pratt, unflappable Liz Lambert, Jonathan Phinney and Pat Manion, and the legend himself, future hall-of-famer Rick Clothier. I learned most from the rowers. Thanks to you all. |
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| Elizabeth (Liz) Lambert: | Career: | 1986 - 1990 | Former Chinese-Mandarin Linguist for the Army Security Agency. Air Assault qualified. Expert with the M-16. Had the honor of coaching at Navy first as the Novice Women's Coach (86-87) and then as the Varsity Women's Coach (87-90). Presently Assistant Athletic Director for Administration at Harvard. | |
| Personal: | Coached Kari Hogan Hughes who actually likes ergs now (?). Married to Dr. Rodney Pratt, former Plebe Heavyweight Crew Coach. Captain of the Women's B Squash League Champions for the metro-Boston area. Provider of good home for two rescued Siamese cats and one deaf Maltese dog. | |||
| Patricia (Laswell) Andrews | ||||
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Noreen (McQuade) Leahy (see Noreen at the Christening of the 1978 - First Women's Crew) |
Career: | 1981: SWOS Newport 1981-1984: USS Yosemite AD-19 1984-1987: Instructor Basic SWOS 1987-1990: MRD Boston Officer Programs Officer 1990-2001: US Naval Reserves Retired USNR 2001 Currently active in USNA Blue and Gold Program |
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| Personal: | Married Jim Leahy 1983 Children: Joe - 1985, Meaghan - 1989, Michael - 1992 Hofstra University MA/ED 2001 Employed as a high school guidance counselor, Rockville Centre New York I was thrilled to visit the boathouse and find multiple women's crew shells and a roster of 70 rowers! It was great to be a part of the first Navy Women's Crew - absolutely my fondest memories of USNA and the place where my closest friendships were formed. I'll always be grateful to Coach Clotheir and the faith he had in our fledgling crew. |
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| Joanne (Pottey) Fish: | Career: | 1983 - 1986 | DCA/1st LT/Bdiv on the USS Yellowstone (AD-41) | |
| 1986 - 1999 | Instructor - DCA Course SWOSCOLCOM | |||
| 1988 - 1991 | BQ Officer/NFSC Director - SUBASR NLON | |||
| 1991 - 1993 | Student NPS Monterey - Strategic Planning | |||
| 1994 - 1995 | XO SIMA Little Creek | |||
| 1995 - 1998 | Assigned to J5 at USACOM as Strategic Planner | |||
| 1998 - 2001 | XO NAVSTA San Diego | |||
| Mar 01 - Sep 01 | Student, DLI Monterey, CA | |||
| Nov 01 - present | CO NSA Gaeta, Italy | |||
| Personal: | Married to CDR Robert Fish USNA '80 | |||
| Children: Michael, Jeffrey and Laura (named for Laura Stegman '82 - USNA crew member killed by a drunk driver over Christmas Leave 2/c year | ||||
| Pam (Allinger) Frick | Career: | 1984 | Graduated from Navy Supply Corps School | |
| 1984 - 1986 | USNAS Bermuda as Food Services Officer, then Material Officer | |||
| 1986 - 1988 | USS Acadia (AD-42) as Stock Control Officer | |||
| 1988 | Left Active Duty | |||
| 1988 - 1998 | Full-time employee of BF Goodrich Aerostructures (formerly Rohr, Inc.) as systems analyst and accountant) | |||
| 1993 | Completed MBA at San Diego State University | |||
| 1998 - present | Full-time wife and mother and part-time contractor to BF Goodrich | |||
| Personal: | Living in San
Diego. Two children
Many fond memories of NWC - it helped me get through my USNA years. Funniest memory is of the Varsity 8 swamping near the seawall after a Weems Creek practice. I'll always remember Monica's look of shock, Lynne's screams to remind everyone to stay calm, and Coach Donovan's laughter. What a sight we were! |
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| Lynne Bever: | Career: | 1985 - 1987 | AROICC, OICC NAVMEDCOM SWREG San Diego | |
| 1987 - 1989 | ACE, ROIC & Division Officer, NAVSTA Rota Spain | |||
| 1989 - 1991 | OIC CBU-415, NAS Oceana Va | |||
| APWO, Fleet Hospital Five, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm | ||||
| May 1993 | MBA in Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | |||
| 1993 - 1995 | Senior Financial Analyst, Ryder Systems, Inc. Miami | |||
| 1995 - present | Director, Audit Services, Riarc Restaurant Group, Ft Lauderdale | |||
| Caroline Gaulke: | Career: | 1986 | Plankowner - USS Graple (ARS-53)/Chief Engineer | |
| 1988 | SWOS qualified with crew of USS Inflict (MSO-456) Blue Crew MEF Rotation | |||
| USS Bolster (ARS-38)/Operations Officer | ||||
| Engineer DPW Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, MD | ||||
| Susan Weaver: | Career: | 1987 | Received wings, prop | |
| 1987 - 1989 | VRC-50 Philippines/AE Officer | |||
| 1989 - 1992 | VQ-4 Patuxent River, MD/QA Officer | |||
| 1992 - 1996 | VT-10 Pensacola, FL/Admin Officer | |||
| 1996 - present | Airline Pilot, DHL Airways, Inc. Cincinnat, OH | |||
| Leslie (Hirko) Harris: | Career: | USS Cape Cod (AD-43) | ||
| USNA English Dept (Women's Crew Officer Representative) | ||||
| NCTAMS Eastpac | ||||
| USS Peleliu (LHA-5) | ||||
| COMPHIBRON 1 (Sasebo, Japan) | ||||
| US Southern Command, Miami | ||||
| Personal: | 1992 | Married Ken Harris '89 | ||
| Chris (Keller) Hart: | Career: | 1988 - 1990 | Supply Officer.NMITC, Dam Neck, VA | |
| 1990 - 1993 | Network Administrator, NAVCOMTELSTA Newport, RI | |||
| 1993 - 1995 | Customer Support Engineer, Intel Corp | |||
| 1995 - 1997 | Customer Support Supervisor, Intel Corp | |||
| 1997 - 1998 | Internet Messaging Manager, Intel Corp | |||
| 1998 - present | Intel (R) WebOutfitter (SM) Support Manager, Intel Corp | |||
| Personal | June 1987 | Married Duncan Hart '87 | ||
| 2 children - Ashley (11) and Brooke (9) | ||||
| Suzanne Skelley: | Career: | 1987 | Diving & Salvage Officer Qual | |
| 1988 - 1991 | USS Bolster (ARS 38) - Supply, Operations Officer | |||
| 1991 - 1993 | Weapons Station Concord, CA - Special Weapons Officer | |||
| 1993 | Resigned from Active Duty | |||
| 1995 | MBA, Finance, UC-Berkeley | |||
| Current | Program Analyst, National Weather Service | |||
| Karen (Somsel) Quilty: | Career: | 1989 - 1994 | US Navy Special Operations -USS Opportune -EOD Mobilr Unit TWO |
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| 1994 - 1996 | Leo Burnett (Chicago) Account Management | |||
| 1996 - present | Home Shopping Network (St. Petersburg, FL) Director Marketing Communications and Brand Development | |||
| Personal: | 1989 - 1990 | Rowing - US National Training Team | ||
| May 1991 | Married Chris Quilty, VA Beach | |||
| Feb 7, 1998 | Gave birth to Zachery | |||
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1990 |
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| Tara (Traynor)Cook | Career: | Winged as a Naval Aviator 1994-2001: Flew ES-3As, TA-4Js and T-2Cs on Active Duty. 2002- Present: Flying C-9s in the Navy Reserve. 2005-present: Pilot for Continental Airlines |
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| Personal: | Married to Chris Cook -1998 Children: Regan Barbara and Jackson McKenzie Cook. Living in Philadephia suburbs. |
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| Shaunna Corcoran | Career: | 1992 - 1994 | Weapons Officer, USS WHITE PLAINS (AFS 4) | |
| 1995 - 1997 | Dive School/EOD School | |||
| 1997 - 1999 | OIC Detachment 31, EODMU FIVE | |||
| 1999 - present | OIC, EODMU TWO Detachment Crane | |||
| Kari (Hogan) Hughes | Career: | 1992 - 1994 | Supply Officer, USS Emory S. Land (AS-39), Norfolk, VA | |
| 1994 - 1997 | Admin/Facilities Officer, NAVCOMTELSTA, Washington DC | |||
| 1997 - 2001 | Assistant Women's Rowing Coach, USNA |
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| Personal: | October 1992 | Married Mike Hughes | ||
| 1997 | US National Rowing Team, Women's Double | |||
| 1999 | Silver Medalist, Pan American Games | |||
| 2001/2003 | Children: Grace Margaret Hogan Hughes and Claire Elizabeth Hogan Hughes | |||
| Jennifer Lasswell | ||||
| Kimberly (Hall) Malone | ||||
| Missy Gerace | Career: | Jan 1996 | Winged as an unrestricted aviator | |
| Nov 1996 | Reported to HSL-46 in JAX FL | |||
| Jul 1997 | Deployed USS O'Bannon (Persian Gulf) | |||
| Mar 1999 | Deployed USS Vella Gulf (Med Cruise) | |||
| Feb 2000 | Reported to Candidate Guidance at USNA | |||
| Personal: | Rowing with the great Novice boat of 1993 | |||
| Being able to return to the Academy to see how the other half lives - I like this side of it better. | ||||
| Moving from rowing to rolling white water kayaks | ||||
| Elizabeth Malecha: | Career: | 1994 -1995 | Boathouse Ensign | |
| August 1997 | Winged | |||
| 1998 - present | VF-211 (F-14) | |||
| Maria (M.J.) Pallotta: | Career: | MOS: Motor Transport, now Logistics | ||
| 1995 - 1998 | MAGTYUPYUMC Okinawa | |||
| 1997 - present | working with reservists in Pasadena, CA | |||
| Personal: | Having the privilege to row with the Class of 1995 for 3 of the best years of my life | |||
| Touching Brandy Chastain's mottled shirt after her game-winning goal at the Rose Bowl | ||||
| Showing off my "Terminator" class ring (complete with running lights!) to my jarhead buddies, while attempting to explain what the "N Oar" on my ankle means (they don't ready well) | ||||
| Julie Bergess: | Career: | July 1995 | Being "Heinz Lenz" for the class of 1999 | |
| 1995 | Assistant Novice Crew Coach, USNA | |||
| 1996-1997 | Flight school where I was NPQ'd | |||
| May 1998 | Assistant Supply Officer USS South Carolina (CGN 37) (decommed July 1999) | |||
| 1999 -2000 | Hazardous Materials Officer USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75) | |||
| 2000-2001 | Student at ECU (Computer Science) | |||
| 2001-2002 | Naval Postgraduate School Employee and part-time Computer Science student (Wendy Towle '95 and I were there at the same time) | |||
| 2003 | Working for Merck and making good drugs :) | |||
| Personal: | The whole Navy experience Rowing Crew - peope ask what that was like and I get a big grin. Attending CDR Lawrence's space shuttle launch The graduation of '92 - Becky (Tschampl) Gonzalez would understand. Having met my best friends at Annapolis and continuing to have them in my life. To be continued... |
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| Kate Dooley: | Career: | Feb 1997 | Winged | |
| 1997 - present | HSL-43, NAS North Island | |||
| WESTPAC 98 with LINCOLN BG | ||||
| Soon to follow | WESTPAC 00 with STENNIS BG | |||
| Personal: | Perfecting the Triple Lindly (not you, Andrea Lindenberg '93) while becoming a Golden Shellback | |||
| Hitching my wagon to the Star that is M.J. Pallotta | ||||
| Engaged to fellow Helo Bubba Steve Morganfeld | ||||
| Career: | 2nd DivO, USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43), Sasebo, Japan | |||
| CICWO, USS Arthur W. Radford, (DD-968), Norfolk, VA | ||||
| 1999 - present | NAVMACS, Millington TN | |||
| Personal: | 30 Dec 1996 | Married Anthony Gonzalez | ||
| Stephanie Mitchell-Smith | Career: | May 1998 | Redesignated to Supply Corps and started illustrious tour onboard the USS Enterprise | |
| May 2000 | Transferring to Reserves in Atlanta, GA area and pursuing career in Commercial Aviation | |||
| Personal: | Pulled for Navy for 4 years with the wonderful Tango Sierras of the Fisher Boathouse | |||
| Earned my Private Pilot's license while TAD to the Atlanta in '97-'98 | ||||
| Earned my SWSCO pin even after sumitting papers for resignation from active duty in Feb 2000 | ||||
| Being a member of the Navy Women's Crew Team was one of the best parts of my Academy experience | ||||
| Rachel (Medrano) Oden: | Career: | 1996 | USS Oldendorf (ASWO, DCA, Training) | |
| 1998 | Assault Craft Unit ONE, NAB Coronado | |||
| 2000 | Lateral transfer to Medical Service Corps (And DE-motion to LTJG) | |||
| Personal: | 1999 | Married David Oden | ||
| 2000 | Physical Therapy graduate student in San Antonio, TX | |||
| Debbie Roberge: | Career: | February 1997 | Winged, selected SH-60F/H out of Jax | |
| 1998 | Cruised to the Med and the Gulf on the Ike | |||
| 1999 - present | USS Washington | |||
| Personal | Roommates with Katie Doolie (need we say more?!) | |||
| Hitching my wagon to the wagon that is hitched to the star that is M.J. Pallotta | ||||
| Wendy Towle: | Career: | 1995 - 1997 | Weather Center Rota, Spain | |
| 1997 - 1998 | Forecast Duty Officer/Command Duty Officer Mobile Environmental Team San Diego, CA | |||
| 1998 - 1999 | OA DIVO/CPR-1 Staff Oceanographer USS PELELIU, San Diego, CA | |||
| 2000 - 2001 | Master's Degree in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from NPS Monterery, CA | |||
| 2001 - current | XO Weather Center, Manama Bahrain | |||
| Personal: |
Rowing for NAVY was the
best thing I've ever done to date. Best people you'll ever meet.
Participated in first (of hopefully many) Eco-challege race before I left
the states in Nov '01 and found it's about the only thing that will test you
as much as crew does. Awesome experience. |
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| Tracey Delk: | Career: | 1997 | USS OLDENDORF (GUNNO, DCA) | |
| 1999 - present | Lateral Transfer to 1800 Community (METOC); Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center San Diego | |||
| Personal: | RAT in '96! Loved every moment of Navy Women's Rowing for the Class of '96 | |||
| 2001 | Joined ZLAC Boat House in San Diego and re-kindled my love for rowing! | |||
| Maggie Vasak: | Career: | 1996 | M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Maryland | |
| 1998 | Received wings | |||
| 1999 - present | HS-15, Legal, 1st LT, PAO | |||
| Jill Quinton | Career: | 1997 | CICO on USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) in Yokouska, Japan. 2 great years forward deployed! | |
| 1999 | AOPS at COMPHIBRON 7 in San Diego, CA. Deployed with BOXER ARG. | |||
| 2000 | OPNAV Fellow at Center for Naval Analyses, Washington DC | |||
| Personal: | 2001 | Engaged to Sean Rough '96, my high school sweetheart. It only took 11 years of friendship! | ||
| Nikki Ratliff | Career: | CICO and Electrical Officer on USS Hayler FCO
on USS Mahan Ops at ACU-2. I departed the Navy in 2001 and went to UVA
law. Now serving as an Asst. Attorney General in RIchmond, Virginia. |
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| Personal: | Married Alex Salunga ('95) 2 years after
graduation and welcomed our daughter, Bella, in 2002. |
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| Amy Ruzauskas | Career: | 1997 | 1997 SWOS in Newport |
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| 1998 | AUXO on USS Fletcher ADMIN Officer for MIDPAC Med discharge from Navy |
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| 1999-2000 | Finding myself in civilian life without a career | |||
| 2000-2002 | Work for SAIC at Pax River as an aerospace engineer on the TOMAHAWK program | |||
| 2002-present | Program Manager of the Nuclear TOMAHAWK Missile | |||
| Personal: | 2001-2002 | Varsity women's crew coach at St. Mary's College of Maryland | ||
| Holly (Hoxsie) Bidwell | ||||
| Eilis Cancel | Career: | HS pilot | ||
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| Tanya Hayden | Career: | Graduated TBS--YUT! Starting Aviation Supply at Cherry Point, NC July 2003 | ||
| Alexis (Margaret) Wright | Career: | Graduated TBS with an Air Intel MOS - stationed in Beaufort, SC starting Aug 2003 | ||