Lost Sheep

The list below was current as of 1 January 2012.

Joseph D. Anthony Jr. (5) Last known address at 222 Parkview Dr., Cartersville, GA 31522 is now undeliverable.

Robert Samuel Brown, Jr. (24). Achieved the rank of Capt., USMC but we do not know when he left active duty. Lost as of the 25th reunion, but in Southern California after that, at 6567 Cardeno Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037 in the 1986 Register of Alumni, and at 1331 Bush St., San Diego, CA 92102-2810 for our fortieth reunion in 1996. Our San Diego Chapter has been unable to locate him. An organization advises that they have a member with the same name and date of birth. They will not release his address but have informed him that the class is trying to locate him, and he has not contacted us, so the evidence indicates that he is alive but chooses to remain out of touch.

Donald Douglas(6) Last known address was: 9217 Dorothy Lane, Springfield, VA 22153-1620.

Stephen G. Gardella (22). Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.). Air Force retired personnel locator service had his address as of 1996 and forwarded our letter to him and he did not respond and evidently chooses to remain out of touch.

Donald Peter Murphy (20). ). As of 2011 his mail address and phone number in Chatsworth, CA are no longer good. An internet search of real estate sites revealed that the property at his last address was for sale. His email address in our class register is not rejected by the system, but he has not responded to inquiries concerning his change of address. His bio is in the Golden Lucky Bag. William M. Musgrove (1). His last known address was 29 April Village, Montgomery, TX 77356. The September 2009 class letter that was sent to him there was returned by the postal service and efforts to find his new address have been so far unsuccessful.

James W. Newcomb, Jr. (2). CDR., USN (Ret.), out of touch since before fortieth reunion. Last address, in 1986 Register of Alumni, was 225 Beechwood Ave., Apt. 310, Trenton, NJ 08618. Same process described for Bob Brown above indicates that he is alive but chooses to remain out of touch.

James Kelly Olson (22). Resigned from USAF as a Captain. Around 1974 he was reported to be not married and working in the Spacecraft Recovery Office for the Air Force in Los Angeles. Lived at 132 N. Cavender St., Hobart, IN 46342 as of our 25th Reunion Book and the 1986 Register of Alumni, but could not be traced for the 1996 reunion. (Courtesy of Polly DeMott, USNA '57--widow)

Robert E. Park (08). He does not respond to mail sent to his last address, 2019 Lake Marshall Drive, Gibsonia, PA 15044 and his phone there has been disconnected. Last contact was by phone in early 2008. No email address.

George W. Weigold (6). Commissioned in USAF. No address in 1963 Register or since. Assumed to have died on 19 July, 1990 based on Social Security Death Index match and contact with a family member, but not as a certainty.

James A. White (24). CDR, SC, USN (Ret.). Navy retired personnel locator service had his address as of 1996 and forwarded our letter to him and he did not respond and evidently chooses to remain out of touch.

Policy:

The Class Executive Committee endeavors to maintain the current contact information for every member of the Class of 1956. The information may be accessed directly at www.usna.com, Alumni Only. If we learn the address of a classmate and he does not want that information made available to fellow alumni, we will respect his wish to keep the information private. If we have no contact information on a classmate and we have not heard from him in many years, it is possible that he has passed away. We wish to complete the historical file with the date, place, and cause of death. We also maintain the contact information for class widows because they are included in class activities. The names of classmates who graduated with the class of 1956 for whom we, the class organization, and the Alumni Association have no contact information follow. Anyone who can help us to contact these lost classmates, or who has information concerning their passing, is asked to contact any member of the Class Executive Committee or the staff of the Alumni Association.

History: While preparing for our fortieth reunion in 1996 we searched for the addresses of over one hundred classmates who had become lost, reducing that number to nineteen persons for whom we had no address. Since 1996, some of those nineteen have remained lost, some have been found, and others have gone missing. Every year we send a letter to the entire class. We learn of address changes when the letter is returned by the post office. In 2003, for the first time, the letter was sent by e-mail to classmates who were members of the Alumni Association, figuring that the regular mailing of Shipmate magazine serves to keep their addresses current.