Stadium Memorial Chairs: How to Purchase and Locate Chairs already bought

Background. The Class of 1956 has a policy of long standing to facilitate, through voluntary contributions, placing a stadium memorial chair for every deceased graduate classmate. If a person already has one chair the class does not arrange for a second one. Prior to the "Take a Seat" Program, the class accepted memorial chair contributions in amounts less than the price of a chair, and the money was held by the class treasurer until the full price of a chair was in hand. Then a chair was ordered for the longest-deceased classmate not yet having a chair. At this time, every deceased classmate has a chair.
How to Purchase.
1. Upon news of the death of a classmate notification is sent out using the mass email lists.
2. A classmate who would like to donate the chair for the newly-deceased may contact the class coordinator for stadium memorial chairs, or he may contact the Naval Academy Foundation directly. He may send a donation of $1000, or he may use one of his chair-naming rights earned with "Take a Seat."
3. If after a short time no contributor appears, the class coordinator will contact the company rep of the company of the deceased, to see if a company-mate wished to be the donor. Otherwise he will contact the donor of a "banked" seat to see if we may use it to purchase the needed seat. A banked seat is one that is vested and has been donated for future use by the class when the need arises.
Take a Seat Program.
Through donating to the Class of 1956 50th Reunion Gift to the Naval Academy many classmates earned seat-naming rights through the "Take a Seat" program. We encourage everyone who has earned seat naming rights to purchase their own memorial chair now. You may also use your credits for purchasing chairs for family and friends. We ask that any credits exceeding your needs be donated to the class bank. For information on Take a Seat contact the class coordinator or Violette Wright at the USNA Foundation, violette.wright@usna.com, tel. 410-295-4166.
NOTE: Though we have a number of chairs from the Take a Seat program, you can still purchase a seat for yourself or someone else for $1000 by contacting our Ms. Wright.
Chair Locations.
The Class coordinator notifies donors and nearest of kin of seat locations when the plate is attached to the chair. A list of seat locations for deceased classmates appears elsewhere on the Web pag.
Class Coordinator. Doug Hayman, dfhayman@comcast.net.