1999 Reunion Is A Rousing Success!

What a great Fall day for a Texas football game and a Reunion!  The business meeting was well attended and remarkable for the attendance of the only father son alumni pair in the country, Clint(66) and Chad(97) Coneway (we are making the claim, the challengers will have to put up or shut up!). Clint is a retired Captain (now an NJROTC instructor) who was fortunate to have had several commands including the nuclear powered cruiser Truxtun. His son. Chad, is working his way up and was recently serving in Valley Forge.

Alum Jack Ritter (55) received the Alumni of the Year award for leading the foundation fund raising over the $100,000 mark by pledging $10,000 on his own. His leadership has been instrumental in allowing the association to grant scholarships and awards to the midshipman each  year. Three of the students who received financial awards(Mid'n 2/C Bettina Luis, Mid'n 3/C Karen Steinbeck, and Sgt. Seth Goldstein) were present and received their scholarships from President Bill Docekal.

Fred Moon (70) was elected to the Board of Directors, replacing Ken Fletcher. The rest of the Alumni organization remained as before.

Everyone enjoyed Bob Gartner's (66) traditional 6 foot long hogie and refreshments and then headed over to the Royal-Memorial Stadium for the expected great dust-up between the Longhoms and the Comhuskers. Of course, Texas beat Nebraska 24-20. But we all expected that! That evening, under a beautiful Texas sky at Camp Mabry, about 60 Alums and guests enjoyed some great BBQ thanks to the hard work of Max Miller (57).  Everyone agreed that it had been a great day and all looked forward to next year's Reunion.

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