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

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COMMAND wm — ki Captain Richard T. Rounds U.S.N.R. Meteorology Instructor Capt. Rounds graduated from the Nautical school in 1926 to sail aboard Standard Oil Co. 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 A.K.A. 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. Captain James M. Murray, U.S.N.R. Chief Engineer Inst, of Thermo Dynamics, Steam Engines The Bay State ' s Chief Engineer graduated from an ear- lier Mass. schoolship, the famous Nantucket in 1935. Upon receiving his Marine Engineer ' s License, Capt. Murray sailed with Eastern Steamship and Cities Ser- vice, and by the time he was 25 years old he had his Chief Engineer ' s License. Entering the Navy as a Lt. (j.g.) in 1942, he saw action in many of the major campaigns in the Pacific, includ- ing Okinawa and Guam. At the war ' s end, he left active duty with the Navy to become the Chief Engineer of the Maine Maritime Academy schoolship. Returning to the Mass. Maritime Academy in 1947, Capt. Murray became the school ' s Chief Engineer and he holds this position as head of the Academy ' s Engineering Dept. as well as an unlimited Chief Steam and Diesel Engineers License. Captain Louis A. Woodland, U.S.N.R. Ship Construction Inst. Capt. Woodland graduated from the Mass. Nautical School, in 1929, the top man in his class. He started his career at sea as junior deck officer aboard U.S. Line ' s famous LEVIATHIAN. He also worked for the Grace Lines, sailing to South America, before returning to the schoolship as an instructor in 1934. During W. W. II, he was on duty with the Navy in the Pacific in various capacities including Executive Offi- cer aboard an Attack Transport. After the war he re- turned to the Maritime Academy to work his way to the upper echelon of the administration of the school where he is now Executive Officer. Among his many qualifications, Capt. Woodland has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Mass. Maritime Acad- emy and holds a Master ' s License.

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In every organization there must he a hard core about which the tvhole structure can revolve. The outer edges may change inform from time to time, but the unifying inner area must always remain constant and strong. At the Academy this central strength is formed by the faculty. A DMINISTRATION When we reflect back upon our education, we come to realize how much this is true. It is with great pride, therefore, that we are able to introduce each member of the Administration.

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DECK AND ENGINE DEPARTMENTS Our Instructors . . . Commander William J. Connors, USNR Navigation Inst. Commander Connors is another of the school ' s instruc- tors who started his seafaring career at the Mass. Nautical School. He learned the ways of seamen aboard the Nantucket, and upon graduating in 1932, he went to sea with the American Hawaiian Lines, as quarter- master. From American Hawaiian, Cmdr. Connors went with Mallory Lines tankers working his way from third mate to chief mate. He has held for twenty years an unlimited master ' s license. He came to teach at the Academy in 1940 and stayed until 1942 when he went into the Navy as Executive officer on the tanker Neosho. Several months later he was given command of the tanker Nespelen and in her finished out the war. Commander Connors returned to the Maritime Academy in 1946 and is now head of the Navigation Dept. LCDR. Paul G. Hirst, USMS Admiralty Law Instructor Mr. Hirst is a graduate of the Mass. Nautical School. He received his training on the Nantucket and upon graduation in 1926, went to sea in the Merchant Service. He has sailed in every capacity from seaman in the forecastle to chief mate; with Mallory Lines, Standard Oil Co. of N.J., Luckenback Lines, Sprague S.S. Co. and Waterman S.S. Co. When the Second W.W. broke out, Mr. Hirst went to sea under the War Shipping Board in the North Atlan- tic and Mediterranean areas, with a side trip to Mur- mansk in Russia. He then came ashore to teach nautical subjects in the Maritime Service Upgrade School in Boston. With this as a background, he operated the Bay State Navigation School for a year before reporting to the Maritime Acad- emy in 1948. Mr. Hirst holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Mass. Maritime Academy and is licensed as a Master in the Merchant Marine. tiiii i lit II II Commander John M. Cease USN (Ret.) .Academic Asst. to the Superintendent, Mathematics Instructor Commander Cease came to the Maritime Academy after retirement from the Navy. A graduate of the U.S. Naval A cademy, Class of ' 39, he was assigned duty in the Pacific Fleet where he participated in every major cam- paign of W. W. II. In addition to his many other duties while in the Navy, Cmdr. Cease had charge of midshipmen at the USNR Midshipmen ' s School, Columbia University, was First Lt. on the aircraft carrier Indepencence, taking part in the initial test of the atomic bomb at Bikini, and had command of the USS Frank Knox during the Korean Conflict. While commanding this ship he was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat Distinguishing Device. Commander Cease is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and holds a Mas- ter of Arts degree from Jackson College, Honolulu, Hawaii. 9