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

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IN MEMORIAM Boatswain Adelbert Nelson Trihou 1912 - 1964 IN REMEMBRANCE OF Adelbert Nelson Tribou. for his devoted work as Boatswain aboard the Bay S tate, and for his sincere willingness to lend a guiding hand to the midshipmen — we devote this page. Mt. Tribou was born on July 26. 1912 in Sagamore, Mass. After his formal schooling, he became employed with the Fore River Shipyard as a licensed engineer and a master mechanic for heavy duty machinery. Upon the outbreak of World War II, he was assigned to government salvage operations, conducted at Pearl Harbor, and served as a Boatswains Mate, with the U.S. Navy. The termination of the War found Mr. Tribou employed by the Arundel Corporation for dredging operations conducted in the New York State area. Later he acquired a position aboard the Tol- edo for the widening of the Cape Cod Canal. Shortly thereafter, he came aboard the training ship Charles- ton to begin his 15 year stay with the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. We who knew Del wiU remember his cheerful na- ture, sinceritv and envied skills. The image that he left wiU be hard to equal.

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DEDICATED TO William L. LaCasse, Jr. To William L. LaCasse, we, the graduating class of 1965, dedicate our yearbook; in appreciation and rec- ognition for all the unrewarded help and advice that he has given us during our stay at Massachusetts Mari- time Academy. At the age of seventeen, after finishing High School, he joined the U.S. Navy and volunteered for submarine service after basic training. Early in 1944, Mr. LaCasse was assigned to the U.S.S. Besugo in the South Pacific theater of war. On the first patrol of the new submarine, they encountered en- emy shipping while surfaced and he was wounded. He was flown back to Pearl Harbor where he recuperated for three months, and was later awarded the Purple Heart. His next assignment lasted to the end of the war, aboard the U.S.S. Chub. During four successful patrols, this submarine was awarded the Submarme Combat Pin with three silver stars, and the crew received the Commanding Officers Commendation. After the war he became active in the American Le- gion and since then he has held the positions of Jr. Vice Commander and Sr. Vice Commander. Mr. LaCasse now resides with his wife Frances and two children, Hallv and Mickv, in Fairhaven, Mass. WilUe, as he is known to all aboard, first came to the Academy in March of 1947. He resigned his posi- tion in 1950, but returned in May of 1954, to lend a helping hand to the midshipmen. We sav Thanks and extend our gratitude to you, Mr. LaCasse, for all vou ' ve done to readv us for our lives at sea. and we hope that this dedication will, in some small wav, show our sincere appreciation. The Graduating Class ot 1965 4

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WELCOME Dr. A. Sanford Limouze First President of Massachusetts Maritime Academy Midn. Forand and Dr. Limouze As Battalion Commander of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, representing the Corps of Midshipmen, I am honored to introduce the first president in the history of the Massa- chusetts Maritime Academy. The Massachusetts Maritime Academy is ex- tremely fortunate in acquiring as its president an outstanding maritime educator and admin- istrator. He is a graduate of Wooster College, Ohio; received his Master of Arts degree at Columbia University, and his Doctor of Phi- losophy degree from Duke University. He has had long experience in maritime edu- cation, having joined the faculty of the New York Maritime College in 1947 and rising through the ranks from instructor to professor and department chairman. He also was a fac- ulty member of Texas A. and M. College and Duke Universitv. He has served as dean at the United States Merchant Marine Academy from 1961 to the present time. It is with extreme pleasure that I welcome the new president of the Massachusetts Mari- time Academv, Dr. A. Sanford Limouze. Battalion Commamler 6