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

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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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A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE The posT yeor wos Tilled wiTh ohonges, buT ohe Thihg didh'T ohohge: The quesT for excellence. The boiToHon of midship- meh oorTTihued To perform 0T 0 high level of oompeTehoe. The midshipmeh exceeded mony of Their previous ouTsTohdihg records ohd hove esToblished hew sTohdords of excellence. The mosT obvious oreo where new sTohdords were seT is in physiool TiThess. The freshmen oT oriehToTioh week hod difiioulTy wiTh The physiool TiThess TesTihg. By mid-foll semesTer They ond The resT of The boTTolion hod improved To The poihT ThoT The overoll boTTolioh overoge wos 22o poihTs or jusT obove TirsT oloss. During spring semesTer TesTihg, The overoge wos o phenomehol 248 poihTs on The Morihe Corps PDT. One of The woys To score 248 poihTs or higher is To do eighTy siT-ups in Two mihuTes plus TwehTy ohih-ups in Two mihuTes ond To run Three miles in TwehTy-six mihuTes ond forTy seconds or fosTer. Cleorly The midshipmeh ore excelling. AhoTher oreo where The midshipmeh ore excelling is in ooodemios. The overoge grode-poihT-overoge TGPAT is op- prooohihg 30 on o 4.0 soole. IT is imporTOhT ThoT The sTondords oonTihue upword in our uhiT beoouse They hove beeh roised ThroughouT The oouhTry. There ore fewer soholorships offered how Thon in previous yeors. AlTerhoTes for The soholorshio musT how obToih o 3.0 GPA in college in order To quolify for o soholorship. Ih posT yeors o 2.5 GPA mode Them oompeTiTive for The soholorship. The mosT imporTonT oreo in which midshipmeh hove been 2 osked To demonsTroTe excellence is eThios. All hove persoholly discussed The Topic wiTh me, buT They will heed o lifeTime To demonsTroTe Their excellence. My messoge This yeor hos beeh oimed oT The midshipmeh of Toooy To be reod ThirTy yeors hehoe. Remember whoT you oooomplished ond whoT you were ToughT. Above oll, moke sure our hoTioh is sTiIl free so oll con oooomplish ond Ieorh ThirTy yeors from how os reodily os you hove done This yeor. BIOGRAPHY CooToih Lorih W. Brown wos commissioned in 1961 Through The NROTC progrom oT The UniversiTy of UToh. He received Troihihg os o Novol AvioTor ond served in LighT ATTook Squodrohs VA-Qzl oT NAS Lemoore, Co ond VA-oo home porTeo oT NAS Cecil Field, Fl. He mode deploymehTs on The USS RANGER, USS ENTERPRISE, ohd USS INDEPENDENCE ond fiew o ToTol of 131 oomboT missions in VieThom for which he wos oworoed The Air Medol MA Timesi ondThe wommmdimg ' 9k .- eyius ossighmehTwos oT lee . . .'..s e. . ,. -V II 4 seoroosDeuTyDireoTor, . . . X. . . . . . o'J-2'Ul ' ..... ............. Peseoroh Progroms ....... CooToih rowns owourds include The DisTihguishedf Flihg Cross, meriTorious Service Medol, Alriviedol TM owordsy, Novy CommehdoTioh Medol, NoTiohol Defense Medol, ohd The Novy Leogue of The UhiTed SToTes PADM Williom S. Porsoh's Aword for SoiehTiTio ohd Teohhiool Achievement 1976. He is o groduoTe of The UhiversiTy of UToh oT SoIT Loke CiTy, UToh wiTh o Boohelor of Soiehoe degree in Physics iwiTh Hohorsy ohd o DooTor of PhilosOphy degree in Physics. He olso received on AssooioTe of Science degree from The College of SouTherh UToh, Cedor CiTy, UT. CooToih Brown is o hoTive of Cedor CiTy, UToh. He is morried To The former Morilyhh Thompson of Logon UToh. They presethy reside wiTh Their fomily: ChrisTopher, 18, Alexohder, i7, BriTo, 15, Behjomih, 13, Ahho, ii, Corolihe Q, ond CoTherihe, 8, Th Lisle, 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.