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

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SUPERINTENDENT Rear Admiral JOHN W. THOMPSON, USMS 15

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USTS BAY STATE STATE PIER. BUZZARDS BAY, MASSACHUSETTS To the Graduating Class of I96I Congratulations] The long awaited day is at hand, when you, with honors and credentials in hand, bid Academy and friends good bye, to take your places in a busy, competitive world , you now enter into the broader field, which is without limitation. How far you will go depends upon your own courage, ability and determination. Be observant, learn from others, have pride in your own undertakings and be sure you are in the right. be commonplace, embodies the highest ideals of life and character. Your home, yoior comm mity, yovir State and your Nation all expect great things of you. The Faculty joins with me in wishing you all success and happiness in your chosen profession and may God always be with you. One phase of your education is completed and The doing of one ' s duty, even though it may Very sincerely The Superintendent 14

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COMMANDING OFFICER Captain Richard T. Rounds, USNR Captain Rounds graduated from the Nautical School in 1926 to sail aboard Standard Oil Company tankers, and several months later commenced a three-year stay with the United Fruit Company. Early in 1930, he returned to the schoolship, this time as an instructor. When the Navy took over the school in 1942, most of the officers were shifted to active duty. Such was the case with Captain Rounds, when he was made Executive Officer of an AKA and then an APA in the Pacific. Command of an APA followed, a post he held until his release from active duty and his return to the Academy in 1946. Not only does Captain Rounds have his Master ' s license for steam and diesel powered ships, but he is also one of the few men presently holding a master ' s license from the Coast Guard for square rigged sailing vessels. 16