February 2009 President's Corner

Mitch Rowland '71, USNAAA Atlanta Chapter President

We had a great luncheon meeting in January. The speaker was our own Clint Johnson ‘60. Those of you who didn’t attend, you missed a great talk. Clint had been featured on the History Channel’s Dogfight series. I had seen the show, but hearing it from Clint was even better than watching the program. You can read a summary of the story in the February 2009 newsletter on the newsletter page on this site.

Those in attendance were: Donald Thompson ‘59, Bill Holmes ‘64, Tony Womble ‘63, Paul Borer ‘70, Steve Frederick ‘72, Ed Hux ‘61, Stew Caldwell ‘65, Tom Galloway ‘71, Charles Hurd ‘04, Jerry Mackey ‘54 with his beautiful bride Connie, Johns Jaudon ‘55, Pete Knoetgen ‘77, Paul Hurst ‘62 with his lovely bride Nancy, Bill Rentz ‘55, Jon Barton ‘66, Lee Whitfield ‘71, Jim Hatch ‘47 and Mario Maddux ‘85. SOPA was Jim Hatch ‘47 and the winner of Plebe for a day was Charles Hurd ‘04.

We will have the Dark Ages Party this year on March 28^th. The speaker will be Col Art Athens, who is the Director of the Academy's Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. I hope that we will get a large turnout for this event. You must be a member of the Atlanta Alumni Assn to get an invite to this event.

The membership letter for 2009 will be out very soon. Those of you who took advantage of our December registration will be considered members for 2009. Also, last year we established a lifetime membership category for our Atlanta area alumni. For anyone who is a member of the class of 1948 or earlier, you are considered a lifetime member and will not be charged dues.

BEAT ARMY!

Mitch Rowland ’71
Chapter President