Illinois Institute of Technology NROTC - Clipper Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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LT. Daniel Brunmeier LieuTehahT Brahmeier was barn an 6 November 1957 in Wau- kesha, Wisconsin. He was a four- year NROTC scholarship sTuaehT and he graduaTea from The Uhi- versiTy of Wisconsin aT Madison wiTh a Bachelor of Science de- gree ih EIeCTrical engineering. LieuTehahT Brahmeier was com- missiahea as an Ehsigh 0h 17 May 1981. He aTTehaea mghT school in Pensacola, Florida. AfTer earning his Naval FlighT Officer wings in March 1983, he reparTea To The Naval Air STaTiah ih Bruns- wick, Maine as a P-3 NFO. Oh 15 OcTaber 1986 he reparTea Ta IIT as The Junior Class IhsTrucTar. He is married To The former Tess GiTTer of Madison, Wisconsin. They now reside in The Chicago area wiTh Their Three sahs David, A, Jan, 2, and TimaThy, o mahThs. LieuTeh- ahT Brahmeier's favoriTe sparT is 'saccer CAPT. MarTin Almquisf CapT. MarTih AlmauisT was born on 28 January 1958 in Grand Islaha, Nebraska and was raised in Arizaha. ATTer graduaTihg from The UniversiTy of Arizona wiTh a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering in May 1981, he aT- Tehaea OCS and was commis- siahea as a Second LieuTehahT in The Marine Corps ih AugusT 1981. He arrived aT The NQOTC IIT ahiT ih AugusT 1986. If he were hoT aT IIT, he would probably be a BaTTery Commander of an ArTilIery BaT- Tery. As our MOI, he believes mia- shipmeh musT sTrive Tar excel- Iehce haT simply in academics buT in leadership and physical TiThess as well. He paihTs auT ThaT The IasT Two are necessary for endurance ih sTressful siTuaTiahs. In The fuTure, Therefore, he ihTehas To give more leadership pasiTiahs Ta 3k: miashipmeh. He would also like To see all miashipmeh aTTaih a msT class on The PFT. $ LT. James Miller LieuTehahT James GaTes Miller was Dam in Norwalk, CT. on 20 May 1962. He was raised in WesT- parT, CT., aha aTTehaea high school in ClihTah, CT. LT. Miller was a Taur-year NROTC sTuaehT: he spehT Two years aT The UhiversiTy of Nebraska aT Lincoln and Then Transferred Ta BasTOh UniversiTy from which he graduaTea in 1984 wiTh a Bachelor of Science de- gree in Mechanical Ehgiheerihg His TTrsT assighmehT was Ta USS PPEBLE DDS 461 where he served as Gunnery Omcer aha IaTer as FirsT LieuTehahT. LT. Miller reparTea aboard NROTC IIT as The saphe- mare class adviser 0h 27 July 1987. He presehTIy resides on Chi- cago's horThsiae.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER CMDP DENNIS MILLER JR, USN . 'Kxfx -. T. - , .f. . t. T.yx,..x$?h.' o g. x3 ........................... ............................. wars; $0.; x ess;..:;sss-s 1 o x xx NE: .................... o 1-4.53xxgx. .,j;.jT'N .5 'JKVIKx. .:':-:- ----------------------- ........... . . - .................. ............... XO'S VIEW A coreer in The hovol service Truly is oh odvehTure. Mony of you hove sompled The wide voriely of experi- ences ohd chollehges ThoT foce hovol officers during summer Trolhihg These exciTihg Times ore To be cher- ished. ohd during 0 ooreer There will be many This is hoT The mosT exoTic of porTs for me; The seo sTories I Tell obouT Ill moy hoT hove The ihTrigue of Those from The Bangkok River, The ruins ouTside SporTo, Greece, or o soforl rhTo Kehyo, nor will They express The risk of being on sToTroh rh The Tonklh Gulf. Bur, This is o mosT rewordihg Tour The professiohol, dedicoTed meh ond women who geT-The-Job-dOhe , by seTTihg high gools ohd exceed- rhg Them, by pulling TogeTher os o Teom rdoihg Their uTmosT ond encourogihg oThersT ore The spice of The hovol experience And, To be sure, midshipmeh ore solT which hos hoT losT iTs solTrhess You hove The ehThusiosm for life ond The deTermlhoTioh To excel which flovors hoT only This unit buT much of The universlly ond commuhiTy IT IS on honor ond oleosure To serve wiTh you As oerTorhly os o chef musT hove more Thoh one spice, The hovol servroe musT hove oeoole wiTh o vorleTy of TolehTs ond perspechves While I encouroge you To COhTrhue To ouT ouT your uTmosT, don'T bellTTle yourself for hoT being lirsT lh everylhlhg You ore omongsT 0 very selecT group You hove done well! Toke sTock of your own sTTuorroh, seT your priormes ond continue To excel os only you ooh Some of you hove chosen To give heor exclusive brlorlly To ocodemrcs, some To The Teoms or To boTToll0h futhTOhs Some hove chosen To corry heovy ocodemrc: loods To occeleroTe groduoTTOh Eoch of you hos done well You hove mode Tough decisions ohd loud The plohs To corry Them ouT Well done The oboorTuhrTy To serve TogeTher oT This Time ohd oloce IS 0 unique 9er from God You hove broughT The vigor of youTh, l Trusl ThoT my experience hos ollowed me To orovroe some durecTTOh ohd lhsrghT You hove cer- Tolhly oll odded To The comroderre Ohd zeol Thor hove mode This onoTher greoT yeor oT The leOTC Uth God's speed ss IAIOGPPHY Commonder Dennis W. Miller Jr, son of Dennis W. ohd A Lucille Miller, wos born in SuTherlohd, Nebrosko, on 24 Novem- ber 1946. He ehlisTed in The Now on 24 Moroh 1966 ohd served OS on AvioTiOh MochihisT MoTe. He wos seleeTed for The Now EhlisTed SoiehTmo EduooTth Progrom TNESEPT in 1968 ond oTTehded The UhiversiTy of Kohsos, from which he grodu- oTed wiTh o Bochelor of Science degree in Aerospoce Engi- heerihg in December 1971. He wos commissioned on Ehsigh on M Jonuory 1972 ohd Theh oTTehded Nucleor Power School oT More lslohd, CA, ohd proceeded To The AIW proToType oT ldoho Folls, D where he quolilied for The opero- Tion of Novy nucleor propulsion plohTs. Commonder Miller's seo ossighmehTs include ElecTricol Omcer on USS TPUXTUN lCGN-BST, lvloih Propulsion AssisTohT on USS CALIFORNIA rceN-sm, ond Ehgiheerihg Oflioer on USS TRUXTUN TCGN-SST Commonder M iller reporTed for duTy os ExecuTive Omcer of The NPOTC UhiT oT llT on 31 July 1986. Commohder Miller is morried To The former CyhThio Ahh Soorborough of WilmihgTOh, DE. They presethy reside wiTh Their sOhs, Dehhis Ill, 13, ohd Behjo- min, 10, in The Chioogo oreo.

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sseT Derek Hawell STaff SergeahT Derek Hawell was barn in ATlahTa, GA on 05 November 1981. He ehlisTea in The Marine Corps in 1980 and graduaTea Tram MCRD Parris Island on 13 November 1980. His TirsT assignmehT was wiTh Secaha BaTTaliah, FaurTh Marine Company G where he served as sauaa leader and pIaTaah sergeahT. Before coming Ta NQOTC IIT as The AMOI in June af 1988, STaff SergeahT was a drill ihsTrucTar aT Parris Island. He currehTIy resides wiTh his wife, Sahara, The farmer Miss STerlihg, and his Two children Marquis, 8, and Tiffahy, A, aT GreaT Lakes Naval Base. SKC PaTriak Ponder Chief Pahaer ehlisTea in The Navy and reparTea Ta RTC GreaT Lakes an 9 July 1978. Upon graduaTiah ih SepTem- ber, he was sehT Ta STarekeeper A school. In addiTiah, he wehT Ta CusTams School, Financial and InvehTary ManagemehT Schools, and IndepehaehT STarekeeper Schaal. His aeplaymehTs include Two years aT The Naval Air STaTiah ih Kefiavik, Iceland, Two years aboard The USS MIDWAY TCV-ABQ, Two years aT The Naval Submarine SupparT FaciliTy in New London, CT TNSSB, and We years abaara The USS PONCE TLPD-151. Chief Pahaer reparTed far auTy Ta NROTC IIT in February 1988 as The STarekeeper Chief. YNC CyhThia Gates On 19 April 1974 Chief GaTes reparTea Ta baaT camp aT Orlando, FL. AfTer graduaTiah an 27 June 1974, she proceeded Ta PhaTagraphic iiA School in Pensacola, FL and Theh To a LighT PhaTagraphiC Sauaarah WFP-GBT She Theh aTTehaea Yeamah A School in Meridian, MS followed by an assignmehT as an aamihisTraTive yea- mah wiTh Car. FIeeT OperaTiahs ih Yakasuka, Japan. Pram Japah she was sehT Ta Naval MaTerial Command Th. WashihgTah, DC where she also campIeTea a COMP- TOUQ wiTh Naval PecruiTihg DisTricT WashihgTah. Pram WashihgTah she reparTea Ta CINCPAC wiTh a fallaw-ah Taar aboard PaTraI Sauaarah 1. Chief GaTes came aboard NPOTC TIT in February 1988. She resides in The Chicago area wiTh her husband, Cary. Beverly WesTergreh Mrs. Beverly WesTergreh, iiBev , worked in a Chicago public high school for Twelve years. When she sTarTea warkihg aT The NPOTC IIT UhiT nine years ago, she had no idea ThaT she would achieve The sTaTus af iiUhiT Surro- gaTe iviaTher . One of The few cahsTahTs aT The Unit she has served under four Commanding Ofliaers. Her unde- hiably viTaI auTies include CapTaih's secreTary aha cusTa- aiah af miashipmeh records. She has We grown chil- dren. Her yaangesT son is a senior aT NIU and in The Army Reserve. One of her greaTesT pleasures is receiving mail from miashipmeh on cruise and seeing and hearing from The ones who have been commissioned. . vwgu; s47:- ' 8;;'.- ?T '9'!