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        It is my sad duty to report the death of our classmate Frederick Peter Haeni, who passed away on 26 November. His widow, Jane, may be contacted at 32 Longhill Road, Deep River, CT 06417-2110. You can read Pete's obituary in the Last Call section of our web site by clicking HERE .

        I have received a report that our classmate Eddy Joe Mascitto died on 30 April 2017. Other details and family information are not available.

     On the 17th of November, Jerry Mulholland and I flew to Detroit on our way to South Bend for the biennial Dave Riley Memorial 17th Company get together for the Navy-Notre Dame Game. We flew into Detroit and drove up to Warren, MI, to have lunch with our companymate, Tom Locke. He is doing fine in retirement and looks younger than Jerry or me!

Locke, Mulholland, and Webb

     We then proceeded down to Michigan City, IN, where we met up with our companymates from the 17th company. This has been a biennial event for Notre Dame's home games set up by Dave Riley back in the 90's. We managed two nights of dining, telling lies (some of which were true, according to Phil Gubbins), and enjoying the camaraderie of old friends, as arranged by Mike Obsitnik. The game with Notre Dame was a good one with Navy competitive until the last two minutes. It rained throughout the game and reminded us of our plebe year when we stood in the rain for the whole game. But we won the party afterwards!
     The participants appear in this picture. Back row L to R: Jim Richards, Jack McDonald, Jerry Mulholland; front row: Mike Obsitinik, Phil Gubbins, Jerry Jordan, and Bruce Webb.

17th Companymates

     It was great to see the latest Shipmate column today. I always love reading about and seeing what your old classmates are up to. It reminded me that you might enjoy seeing this picture of Andrea and Spencer Johnson and Barbara and Joe Strasser along with me and Jim and Rosi Stark. Jim (USNA '68, I think) was at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with Joe, Spencer, and Dick). We were having a get-together lunch on December 4th over in Annapolis at the Severn Inn.

Starks, Gwen, Strassers, Johnsons

     The latest reunion of the Terrible Tenth (later the 8th Company) was held this Fall. Since 1994, we have been holding Company mini-reunions almost annually somewhere in CONUS in between the five-year homecomings in Annapolis. We try to split our get-together's equally between the two coasts, and usually have roughly 50 percent of us attending each event.
     This year, 14 of us out of 31 gathered 9-13 October in Miamisburg, OH, near Dayton, hosted in fine style by Lynne and Rick Kleinfeldt. We thoroughly enjoyed three full days of tours. The first day was spent in Dayton in the morning at the Carillon Historical Park, where we learned all about the historical significance of Dayton, home of the Wright Brothers and NCR, and in the afternoon at the National Museum of the USAF, where we were able to observe static displays of over 350 aircraft and spacecraft, everything from the Wright Brother's first plane to the XB-70. The second day was spent in the Cincinnati area touring the Krohn Conservatory Fall Floral Show, then after, a BB Riverboat dinner cruise on the Ohio River. On the third day, most went to the Dayton Art Institute, while a number of us toured and six of us actually got to fly in a 1911 replica of the Wright Brothers first contract plane built for the Army for WWI, the Wright "B" Flyer. What an experience! Most all dining was at small local restaurants, some of historical significance. We all had a wonderful time, but most importantly during our get-together, we all enjoyed good fellowship and the hospitality of the Kleinfeldts. We all discovered that Dayton has a lot to offer, and it was just a real pleasure to visit.
     Those attending were of course the Kleinfeldts, plus the Augurs, Bingemanns, Boleys, Breens, Bucks, Calvanos, Dickersons, Earners, Ellisons, Pattersons, Ollie Doherty, Hahn, Kell and Sandy Blagini, and Schall. With spouses and friends, we numbered 27 strong. We all had a terrific time. Here are two photos of the group. One was taken on the carousel at Carillon Park; the other shows the six of us after flying in the Wright "B" Flyer: L to R, the Boleys, the Bingemanns, Kell and Sandy.
     In 2018 we go to the West Coast and will reconvene at our 55th Reunion in San Diego.

8th Company reunion in Dayton, OH

Wright flyer Aeronauts

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        Our busy actor, the versatile Nick Nerangis, has provided this summary of his acting background and recent highlights. He's having quite a third career after being a naval officer, then a McDonald's franchisee and business developer.

Nick Nerangis

     I've started on a very satisfying run. I have won three best actor awards in international film festivals in the last two years. I have been a granddad, cuckolded rich guy, and psychotic serial killer. I have been lucky enough to now be signed by a major talent agency and am looking forward to having national representation.
     Acting has always been my passion, having begun in New York at the age of six as a child performer/dancer. I did not work on stage at the Naval Academy since not being a slash, I preferred to graduate. I did form a PR singing group in the nuclear fleet around the world cruise in 1964. I returned to acting with the Children's Theatre of Richmond, VA, doing eight seasons with them. I also briefly taught classes in make-up, having been a guest clown on occasion for two years with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Upon moving to Winchester, VA, I joined the Little Theatre there and was noticed and asked to attend Shenandoah University's theatre program. That led to becoming a regular cast member at The Wayside Theatre in Middletown, VA, an equity house. Film work followed. I have the pleasurable benefit of not competing with all those young women and handsome dudes. I have also worked on "The West Wing," "House of Cards," "America's Most Wanted," and many other television series.
     One of my first significant film roles was in a low budget film entitled "A Little Off The Top," in which I played a respected businessman who went insane and became a serial killer of seven people. (They all deserved it!) I won my first best actor award for that performance at the World Music and Independent Film Festival. My latest highlight was the recent opening in Los Angeles of my new film, "Spent," in which I have the lead male role. I'm living my dream and having fun, and now with a well-known agent, I feel it is just beginning. I'm spending my "retirement" pursuing acting in film and television and loving sharing with Kathy, my three children and our seven grandkids, watching them grow into adults.

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        Continuing their long-established tradition, members of the '63 family in the San Diego area convened to watch the Army-Navy game on 9 December. Phillip Marsden supplied this account.