US Naval Reserve Midshipmens School - Capstan Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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LT. WTLLIAM P. BURLTQIGH, U.S.N.R. Mr. Burleigh came to Notre Dame in October from Abbott Hall to become head of the Department of Ordnance. He graduated from the lirst World War I Reserve lVlidshipmen's School and was on active duty from December, 1917 until Marcli, 1926, when he resigned. During this period he served as gunnery officer on three gunboats and with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service in Wo1'ld War I as communications ofhcer. In February, 1942, he was recalled to duty. lfrom February to October he was a member of the Ordnance De- partment at Abbott Hall. LT. RALPH C. URBAN, U.S.N.R. Mr. Urban is an expert on ship models. He is the ship model consultant for the New Bed- ford, Penobscot and Salem marine museums and is secretary-treasurer of the New York Ship Lore and Model Society. Mr. Urban, who was commissioned in May, 1942, was graduated from the Cooper Union Institute of Technology with a degree in chemical engineering. LT. ERNEST H. IJUNLAP, AIR., U.S.N. L'Remcmber Pearl Harbor' is more than a war slogan to hir. Dunlap, W'hen the ,laps struck, he commanded a secondary battery which got a few laps. He wears the Navy Cross, awarded for carrying wounded men from a casemate although wounded himself. He reported to Notre Dame in April, 1942. Lt. Dunlap graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939. Han- LT. fj.g.j Guokoe R. Bnmizs, U.S,N.R. A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan, Mr. Brines entered Abbott Hall's Hrst V-7 training course. Following a one-month apprentice seaman's cruise to Cuba aboard the U. S. S. Arkansas and three months' midshipman training, he was commissioned in xlune, 1941. After graduation he was stationed in Chicago as vocational training officer and first lieutenant. He was transferred here in April, 1942. LT. l1.g.l Bimomioizi-1 Bizonli ii iii A graduate ol' Southern Illinois Noi in il Mi lirouillette was a member of tht ia elass at Abbott Hall, receiving his tonunission in Alune, 1941. He was hrst it it ut to Indianapolis radio training school aid xx is ordered to Notre Uaine last N1 ut Ht was proinoted to the rank of lieuttnant Q1 gl 1 Iune, 1942. 2 1

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LT. Cj.g.l LOUIS RAUCHMAN, U.S.N.R. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, majoring in business administration, Mr. Rauchman entered the service in August, 1940. He took a midshipman's cruise aboard the U. S. S. Arkansas, Finished V-7 training at Abbott Hall, and was commissioned in June, 1941. He was stationed at the Naval Armory at Toledo, Ohio, before coming to Notre Dame. LT. Cj.g.l AUSTIN -I, KENNEDX', -Ik., U.S.N.R. A graduate of the Naval Academy, class of 1942, but ordered to duty in December, 1941, Mr. Kennedy has been teaching at Notre Dame since March, 1942. Prior to coming to Notre Dame, Mr. Kennedy was ordered to duty at Norfolk, Va. Before going to the Naval Academy he attended The Citadel. He was appointed to Annapolis from South Carolina. LT. Cj,g.l ROBERT M. PALMER, U.S.N.R. Mr. Palmer graduated from the Naval Academy in December, 1941. He was sta- tioned at the San Diego Naval Base before reporting to Notre Dame in March, 1942. In addition to his teaching duties in the Ordnance Department he is general recreation coordi- nator, guiding such successes as the Happy Hour, the Drum and Bugle Corps, the Glee Club, and the Dance Band. -rw ENSIGN c.lHARI.l:2S WV. Forts, U.S.N.R. Mr, Fotis was graduated from Tufts College in 1937. He won a Master's degree in educa- tion at Harvard in 1939 and was an instructor at the Dean Academy of Franklin, Mass., when war was declared. Commissioned on July 22, 1942, he was first assigned to the U. S. Pmz'rz'e Slain, then to the Midshipman School at Columbia University. He was ordered to Notre Dame on November 22. ENSIGN JOHN L. CRONVLEY, U.S.N.R. Mr. Crowley left his position as law secretary to the Chief Justice of the Massaehussetts Supreme Court to enter the Navy in July, 1942. N112 Crowley received his B. A. degree from Brown in 1937, and an L. L. B. from Harvard Law School in 1940. He was com- missioned at Abbott Hall last October. ENSIGN IQAYMOND H. AusT1N, U.S,N,R. Mr, Austin received his A. B, degree from Hardin-Simmons in 1939 and an M. A. from Indiana University in 1940. He has been in the Navy since,Iuly 6, 1942, having been COII1- missioned at Abbott Hall. He reported to Notre Dame on October 26. Before his en- listment he was an accountant with the Phelps- Dodge Corp., at Bisbee, Ariz. 23