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

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BOARD OIF CCONllMllSSlONlERS CAPTAIN CHARLES W. HURLEY ARTHUR G. SULLIVAN EPHRAIM MARTIN Board of Visitors Walcott Ames, President, Barnstable County National Bank john Desmond, Commissioner of Education John J. Halloran, Vice-President, Sprague Steamship Company Warren B. Nott, Superintendent of Machinery and Trial Engineer, Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbuilding Division, Fore River . Commodore Norman L. Queen, USMS, Supervisor, State Maritime Academies, U. S. Maritime Commission Commander Frederick S. Walker, Merchant Marine Inspector-in-Charge, MH' rine Inspection and Navigation, U. S. Coast Guard

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X 1 I' , 'I I Q THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Q , 5 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT M STATE HousE,BoSToN sw PAUL A. DEVER GOVERNOR .Ianuary 13, 1950 To the Graduating Class of 1950: As Governor of the Commonwealth I am pleased to express to the senior class the greetings of our citizenry through the medium of the class publication The Muster . For almost six decades the Maritime Academy has been preparing young men for important careers at sea -- young men who because of superior physical, mental and educational qualifications have been carefully selected to receive a tech- nical and practical training in the nautical sciences which will enable them ultimately to attain the highest and most responsible positions in maritime service. The Commonwealth is proud of the past record of the Academy and its graduates. For over a half century the latter fyour predecessorsj have brought honor to themselves, to the Academy and to our great state. They have served with distinction in capacities varying from Junior officers on deck and in the engine room to Captain and Chief Engineers in our government maritime agencies and private shipping companies and finally their record of wartime service is outstanding. Therefore, may I assure you that your fellow citizens while proud of the past record are confident that you will equal, if not surpass itg and may I join with you in thanking the citizens as well as the federal governrnent whose combined efforts have kept the Academy in the forefront of maritime education in America. Y Youry

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SIUIPIERINTIENDIENT CAPTAIN JULIAN D. WILSON, USN Our Superintendent, who made his first cruise with us last year, graduated from the Naval Academy in June, 1917. His first ship was the NASHVILLE, in which he served eight months as Division Officer. After a short time in destroyers in France, he became Engineering Officer of the new destroyer BARKER, and later Executive Officer, serving a year in the Black Sea and two years on the China station. Having met and married Mrs. Wilson in Manila, he was sent to the Academy as instructor for two years. A three-year tour in the ARIZONA was ended by his re- turn to the Academy. Ordered to the ARIZONA again, he was Assistant Gun- nery Officer for three years. Back at the Academy, he instructed in ordnance and gunnery. His next assignment was as Command- ing OfHcer of the GOF F for two years. Then he was made Commanding Oflicer of the WORDEN for the same period. Transferred to the New York Shipbuilding Company, he served as Inspector of Ordnance for two years, before taking command of the tanker MATTOLE for a similar period. After a short tour as Commander Task Force 32, he was sent to the Oflice of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions. From there he went to command of the MARYLAND for a year. His last duty before his appointment as Superintendent was as Executive Member of the Ship Characteristics Board, Chief of Naval Operations.