United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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• T I A T T 4 L I O N t)allat n. fohnton CALDWELL, IDAHO Coming to the Academy via the College of Idaho, where he was a member of many social and honorary societies, D- plunged himself into social extra-curricular activi- ties Plebe Year. With one eye on the Academic Depart- ments, he divided his time between the Public Relations Committee, the Reception Committee, and the LOG. Although at one time he was a budding sabre star, a broken finger forced him to assume managerial duties with the fencing team. A Norwegian girl and Second Class Cruise made him a proponent of the Good Neigh- bor policy with Scandinavia. Far from being a social butterfly, however, Dallas thought seriously about life, and was an important contributor to any philosophical bull session. Since the Navy has no ships on the plains and hills of his home state, his ultimate goal is Pacific duty. therl £. Jcnhs. Jr. DIXON, ILLINOIS Dixon ' s contribution to the ' 49 ' ers was a man of whom both Dixon and ' 49 could be proud. Al first showed his good looks on the plebe football field. He followed this up with a year of JV ball, only to be won over the next season by the ham ' n ' eggers, although he had never seen a lacrosse stick before he came here. In the dark winter months, Al could usually be found getting a work- out on the handball court. Academically he managed to stand just high enough to avoid worry and just low enough so that he did not have to strain to stay there. Socially Al stood out. Dood, as she called him, man- aged to be one of the few to enter and leave Sea- side with the same dream girl on his mind. Yes, OAO really meant One and Only to him. C n. y thwusen, Jr. RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY Our man with the cameras, a well known bystander at almost every activity, has had a third eye since high school, and developed his skill for two years as a pho- tographer ' s Mate 3 c before coming to Navy via NAPS. As the Photographic Editor of this book, he has been the man responsible for many of the fine shots in it. Aside from shutterbugging, Ted has occupied himself with dragging and building a model railroad car. Aca- demically, his only worry was coaching the profs on the orthographic peculiarities of his name— that ' s John- sen with an £n. Sir! Coupled with a keen sense of humor and a pleasing personality, Ted ' s perseverance and savoir-faire leave little doubt of his success. His aspirations center around the wings of Naval aviation, and especially on aerial photography. 168

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1 I 1 SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA John graduated from Loyola High School in Los Angeles, where he was captain of the swimming team; he also swam on the Pasadena Athletic Club swimming team. He attended Central Missouri State Teacher ' s College under the Navy V-12 program for awhile and later sonar school as a soundman for the Navy. John spent two years in the Fleet before entering the Academy on a congressional appointment, taking the regular exams. He liked sports and continued his swimming with a reg- ular job on the varsity swimming team from the very beginning of his Academy career. He participated in lacrosse Plebe Summer, but found that his swimming claimed most of his available time. John was interested in radio and spent a good bit of his leisure time read- ing on the subject. BOULDER, COLORADO (continued from J. D. Dickson) The Jess crawled out from under a Colorado Boulder, adjusted the vine leaves in his already thinning and retreating locks, and jumped oflF to see what this Navy stuff was all about. He brought with him a dry wit and a fair repetoire of sea stories, both of which helped to while away the long winter evenings— between bridge hands, that is. His varied interests ran from sailing to sleeping, with emphasis somewhat on the latter, to spending a good deal of time occupied with deep reflections on the caprices of the female mind. All in all, it has been a grand four years, and neither of us would have missed it for any- thing, because there were times when we almost did. TOLEDO, OHIO Jeff was born and raised in Toledo and earned an ARM 3 c rating during his three years in the Fleet. During Youngster Year he served as treasurer of the Foreign Language Clubs, as well as being a member of the varsity gym squad. The Mechanical Engineering and Photo Clubs took up the rest of his time. Quiet and reserved, JefF had more than his share of trouble with the Academic Department. Holding true to the old adage that still water runs deep, he neither boasted nor even spoke about his women and drags. Any big hop, however, usually found him going through the receiving line with some lucky lovely. Jeff, who was strictly a submarine man, was a staunch supporter of the Good Neighbor Policy, and regretted that the cruises never went to S.A. • T I A T T A L I O N 167

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1 II PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA From the great wheat plains of the upper midwest, Jerry moved to Plottsmouth, and soon considered this his hometown. In Plottsmouth High he lettered in foot- ball, served on the student council, and edited the school paper. Upon graduation he went to the University of Nebraska on a scholarship, leaving college at the end of one term to join the Navy. With a congressional ap- pointment, he entered NAPS at Camp Perry, Virginia, and thus to the Academy. Jerry ' s sports during his career were batt and company football and batt lacrosse. He owned numerals in football, having been a star per- former on a batt championship squad. He claimed music and sports as hobbies, with a very definite interest in a particular one of the opposite sex. WANWATOSA, WISCONSIN Tom left the frontier town of Wanwatosa to prove the versatility of a landsman as a mariner. Two years at Michigan enabled him to breeze through the academics with an enviable ease, and kept the library staffs con- stantly occupied indexing and filling out cards, as he read book after book, shelf after shelf. Not to be out- done in other fields, Tom joined the soccer team Plebe Year, and was in no small way responsible for Navy ' s spectacular past four seasons. When soccer was out of season, all was bedlam until it was finally decided which company or batt sport could claim him. Scarcely a mail delivery was made when Tom was not a happy recipient, for the girls in his life were as legion as his pipes, and for more attractive. If his future lives up to its promise, it will be rich indeed. I A T T A L I O N KOKOMO, INDIANA Big Tom come to the Academy via Notre Dame and Iowa State, where he had studied mechanical engineer- ing. This background plus his natural inquisitiveness were perhaps the reasons for his not being content, as most were, merely to plug formulae, and for his inves- tigation of principles. While most were thumbing through manuals frantically, Tom would be calmly and coolly deriving to arrive at the solution. Far overshadowing his academic acumen, however, was his interest and par- ticipation in sports— all sports in general, football and lacrosse in particular. With little previous experience in football, and none in lacrosse, Tom achieved that meas- ure of success which comes only to the persevering. His composure and good humor will stand him in good stead through the trying days to come to success. 169 U