Vanderbilt University Naval ROTC - Galleon Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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LIEUTENANT KURT O. E. TSCHAEPIQ, USN 41C INSTRUCTOR Born in New York, LT Tschaepe attended Princeton lligh School in Princeton, New jersey and Brooklyn Tech in New York. He continued his education at George Washington University while serving as a Marine Forces Corpsman. Later, he became a NESEP at Vanderbilt and graduated with a B.l'l. in Mechanical Engineering in 1969. LT Tschaepe received his j.D. from Vanderbilt in 1975. Prior to joining the staff of the NROTC Unit at Vanderbilt, he served as a Fleet Marine Corpsman at Quantico, Virginia, and Balboa Naval Hospital. Upon commissioning, he was assigned to the USS LEAHY QCG-161 where he received extensive experience in its Engineering Department. Upon leaving the LEAHY, LT Tschaepe was ordered to training for duty as a Naval Advisor in Viet Nam, but the conclusion of the U.S. advisory effort in Viet Nam precluded him seeing duty there. In the Spring of 1972 he returned to his alma mater where he has pursued his law degree while fulfilling his duties as the unit's Ships Engineering Systems Instructor. LT Tschaepe has decided to leave the Navy at the conclusion of his present tour of duty and has associated himself with a law firm in Orlando, Florida: Lowndes, Peirsol, Drosdick, and Doster. He and his wife, Cindy, have one child, Nikol. Z' LIEUTENANT UCI JOHN L. FISHER, JR., USN 4fc INSTRUCTOR LTJG FISHER is a West Virginia native - and proud of it! Following his enlistment in 1966 he served aboard the USS SARATOGA fCVA-601, before coming to Vanderbilt under the NESEP program, and was a summa cum laude graduate of the Engineering Sch'ool's class of 1972. Prior to reporting to Vanderbilt he served aboard the USS RICHARD E. BYRD QDDG-231 as gun boss, first lieutenant, and main propulsion assistant. His responsibilities at the Unit, in addition to a looking after the freshman class, include advising the Quarterdeck Society and the Blue Angels. LTJG FISHER and his wife, Merrilee, recently presented their daughter with a new baby sister.

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QMC JOSEPH R. LYON ASSISTANT NAVIGATION INSTRUCTOR Chief LYON is the lucky man who is best known to midshipmen as the provider of their textbooks. The son of a sailor, the Chief hails from Norfolk, Virginia, and since his I960 enlistment has seen duty with the USS HORNET QCVS-12l, USS FORRESTAL QCVA-591, USS CONSTELLA- TION QCVA-64l, USS TILLA MOOK IATA-192j, and most recently, the USS KITTYHAWK QCV-631. He has also attended the Naval Survival School at Warner Springs, Califomia. He and his wife, Beatrice, have two children. GYSGT GERALD D. HAAS, USMC ASSISTANT MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR A native of Hillsdale, Michigan, Gunny Haas has had a varied career in the Marine Corps. Since his enlistment in l961 he has served as an F4-B plane captain, a data analyst, and a drill instructor at MCRD Parris Island. He and his wife, Linda, are the parents of six children. ! SK1 ELWYN L. LEYLAND sf STOREKEEPER SK1 LEYLAND enlisted in 1963 and has seen general duty at NAS Meridian, Mississippi, aboard USS DODGE COUNTY QLST-7221, USS MULIPHEN QAKA-56l, and USS FOR- RESTAL QCVA-59j, as well as tours with the Naval Security Groups in Bremerhaven, Germany and Lajes Field, Azores, and a stint in that paradise in the Caribbean, Gitmo Bay. He and his wife, Patti, are the parents of two children, Sean Patrick and Heather Lynn.