University of New Mexico NROTC - Mark Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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LT. DOMINIC BRACE, JR. A red hot deal from Seattle, Lt. Dominic Brace, Jr. arrived at UN M the first of the year. Sam fought the battle of the Aleutians 0n the U.S.S. Richmond for about two years, and since that time, until he reported to New Mexico, he served aboard the U.S.S. San jacinto, and at the University of California, and the University of Washington this alma materl N.R.O.T.C. units. Mr. Brace has applied for Supply Corps in the regular Navy, and will probably make a career of it. He is happily married, and has a daughter, Nancy Susan. LT. OGQ HENRY s. GRAUTEN Mr. Grauten, who handles the communication classes, came to New Mexico after serving with a secret outfit called a Beach-Jumper Unit, which he still canlt talk about. His future is with the Navy, he hopes, because he recently applied for U.S.N. Just after the beginning of the term he underwent an appendectomy which cut short a brilliant social career, however follow- ing his rapid recovery he quickly made up for lost time. Mr. Grauten was commissioned in November 1943, at Notre Dame. As for marriage he refers us to the Cap- tainls office. LT. 0.09 THOMAS V. KELLY After three years aboard the U.S.S. Fanning, which. he helped to decommission in December 1945, Lt. g.gQ Kelly arrived on this station in January. Mr. Kelly was commissioned in 1942 at Abbot Hall, Northwestern, in the V-7 program. He put in his chit for U.S.N. in May. However, if things don't work out he will return to Iowa with his wife. Besides his Ordnance and Gunnery classes, Mr. Kelly was war bond officer, and was an awful mean boy to stop on the oHicers' basketball team.

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LT. COMDR. ROBERT E. jEFFERY Not only the busiest, but also the most bothered ofhcer at UNM, Lt. Comdr. Jeffery tries to keep the seniors happy, and the Fly-boys comforted from one semester to the next. Mr. Jeffery, a graduate of the 1940 class at Annapolis, not only teaches gunnery, but is also drill oflicer, senior watch oHicer, and educational officer. He formerly served as gunnery oHicer aboard the Nevada and Cruiser Santa Fe. Mr. Jeffery's family, his wife and two daughters, say Honolulu is home. His future is with the Navy. About mid-term Mr. Jeffery took over the coach- ing position of the University swimming team, and although he got a late start, the team was soon at top form. LT. COMDR. ROBERT M. ROSS Instructing navigation, and taking over Damage Con- trol classes at mid-term, Lt. Comdr. Ross has the biggest teaching assignment on the station, but he still found time to make a name for himself with many of the campus lovelies. It was even rumored once during the semester that he had six dates in one day. Mr. Ross was commanding officer of the APC 46 in the Pacific before he came to UNM, having taken his college training at Occidental and being commissioned in 1941. The Navy as a career for Mr. Ross is his immediate and far-reaching future. As for the Ford, he doubts if it will make another trip to the coast, but claims it is only for local use anyway. LT. COMDR. WALTER E. BAMBARGER Well known for his early morning lectures to the men on chow, stencils, etc., Lt. Comdr. Bambarger, stores oiheer, has done an excellent job in keeping Navy and c1v111an men well fed despite friction from all sides. Upon receiving his commission in 1943, Mr. Bambarger was assigned aboard a troop carrier as armed osuard officer, and later transferred to the V-12 Unit atbPeru State Teachers college in Nebraska, before beino sent to UNM. Following demobilization, Mr. Baolnbarorer expects to return to teaching mathematics in a Pittsburbgh suburban high school, but hopes to enter Real Estate.

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LT. 0.09 GEORGE EDWARD BARLOW, JR. The big wheel of the officers basketball squad, Lt. tjngi Barlow left for demobilization in May, after only four months in the so called land of enchantment. Mr. Barlow was commissioned in October of 1943 from the Prairie State, N. Y. Midshipman school, and after seven months of diesel and amphibious schooling, he was assigned in May, 1944, to an L.S.M. Squadron as an engi- neering officer. This work well qualified Mr. Barlow to teach engineering and damage control classes here at UNM. Mr. Barlow had revealed no plans for marriage before he left UNM. LT. gas ROBERT s. HUNTINGTON Inheriting a multitude of mutilated legs and ankles, Dr. Huntington took over at the UN M sick bay the hrst of this term, after 15 months in the Pacific on a con- verted transport. The hDoc was born here in New Mexico, and grew up in the Southwest, with San Fran- cisco claiming him before he entered pre-med and medi- cal schools. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona, and the Stanford School of Medicine. After his intern- ship, he immediately joined the N avy, and was put in the Pacific. Being happily married, he is only waiting for the high points needed for doctors discharge, and plans to go to the Pacific Northwest to make his permanent home. ENSIGN BETTIE JO WHITE Planning to leave the Navy as soon as she gets our records straightened up at the end of the semester, Ens. Betty White has had the long and endless job of paying hundreds of trainees every month. Miss White, a native of Greenville, Ohio, received her college education at Ohio State. She received her commission in the Navy, and was immediately sent to the Naval Supply Depot at Bayonne, N. J., and subsequently came to New Mexico. After the July discharge, she expects to enter radio.