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CAPTAIN WILLIAM M. RUSSELL USN Commanding Officer Captain William Mason Russell, USN, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 14, 1925. He attended the University of Texas for one year, after which he entered the U.S. Naval Academy where he graduated in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Captain Russell ' s initial assignment to duty in USS LEYTE (CV-32) was followed by flight training and subsequent sea duty assignments to Fighter Squadrons 702 and 22. He graduated in Class 15, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, in 1956 and was Project Test Pilot for various attack carrier aircraft at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, until 1958. In 1958 and 1959, Captain Russell served as Fighter and Ground Training Officer for VF-124 where he flew F8U Crusaders. From 1960 until 1961 he attended the Command and Staff Course of the Naval War College. Upon completion of the course, he served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of VF-21 1 until 1963. Next he attended the Naval Post Graduate School where he earned a Masters degree in Management in 1964. In July of 1964 Captain Russell was assigned as Personal Aide to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He was ordered to the USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63) in January of 1966, where he served first as Navigator and later as Air Officer. In July 1967 he was assigned as Military Assistant in the office of the Director Defense Research and Engineering, (OSD) and in August 1969 as a student in the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He assumed command of USS CAMDEN on 19 August 1970. Captain Russell is married to the former Billie June Hughes of Palo Alto, California. •i
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