Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Muster Yearbook (Buzzards Bay, MA)

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Daniel J. Foley 1953-1974 If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: Because it was he, because it was i. Montaigne

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ii The past four years have been a time of decision for the academy. For three and a half of these turbulent years, the man at the helm has been Admiral Lee Harrington. The decisions have been his to make, but what we, the class of 1 975, appreciate most is the opportunity we had to help make them. Since the time Mr. Harrington first assumed the presidency in January of 1 972, his concerns have centered on quality educa- tion, professional training, and the new direction the academy has taken. No other administra- tor previous to Admiral Harring- ton has held cadet opinion as a criteria for decision. It is for these reasons that we dedicate our yearbook to him.

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ADMINISTRATION William Hendy Vice President Lee Harrington President THE UST OF A LONG IIWE OvtA thi p ut iouA yioAJ, I havt divtioped a unique aiiavUy uiUh the Ctcui oi 1975. We come upon the Ac idemy ictne togeXheA -- you as the membeKi oi an inconUng claii and I a a Muty appointed Pie ident. We uiejie the joint beneii- cixuUei oi a new and beawUiut land ampui. We uie e aced laith the necuiity oi blending otd ichoot tAaditiom uiiXh neu i(Jwot aipituUioni . Uoit inponXantly, we we e entiuned uith the leipo uibitUy oi iVuUinizing the diAecZivn thU the. Academy had iotLouied oveji many yexuu to iee uiheXheA we thoutd iteeA e ientiaJLty the Aome tnack ok duuU a diHeAetU couAie. Theie ciAcunitanets and tmks have involved me in iiequent dialogue -- and occasional coniwritation -- taUh the membeju oi the Clan of, 1975. In thii me iage to the tkiiteJi, my tait ioinal coimunicaXion laith thii claii, I ihould like to place iome oi thi dialogue in piLopeA. iocui. You Mill, I am iuAe, nicall that yowi ThiAd Clan and Second CloM yeoAM mAe the diiiicult yeoAi oi debate and doubt. ToAcei iKom mithoat and uiithin uKAe uoik- ing to biiing about iigniiicant changti in both the miiiion and the itAucXwie oi the ichool. Some iuggested that the Academy become a libeAol oAti cxitlege; otheAi ad- vised thai, the Academy aboliih its paAwniliXoAy cuitomi and usages. Uy own voice joined the majoiiXy oi the Clasi oi 1975 who advocated that the ichoot continue its lUch moAitime heAiXage and otientation. At times the pnoponents ioA change ieemed to have won the day. GAadually, howeveA, the debate iubiided and a con- iensus -- as uiell as a AtinvigoKotzd espiiX -- emtnged. The cotUtemui that we shaped oge eA wot that the Academy ihould continue to go the ipeciatized uay oi a nautical college pAepoAijng young men to go down to the iea in ihipi. though the CCasi oi 1975 can be justhj pAoud oi its vital Kole in ie- aiiiAming the minion oi the Academy, youA poAt in this endeavoA hoi lamiiica- tiens that extend beyond this happy gnaduation day. Vou aAe the last oi a long blue line oi young men who lepoAted abooAd, lived and weAe intAoduced to the loAe oi the iea on an Academy ichoolskip. HtveA again is that likely to happen. YouA cloie ties with the fuUning ship and youA poAt in Aesetting the maAitime couAse oi the Academy impose upon you a special obligation to pAove the wisdom oi keeping the Academy in its time-tested ionmaX. When you gatheA ioA youA tuenty-iiith clasi leunion in the yeoA 2000, ai mankind begins not only his 21 it CentuAy but his lid miUenium, I hope and I am cjoniident that you vxiil be able to pAoduce a Kecond oi contAibution to maAi- time excellence unsuApasied by any otheA Academy Clasi. Good luck and God blesi you. Ralph Levesque mmandant of Cadets 12