KMI "All Class" Reunion Venice, May 14-17, 2009 |
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 |  The oldest cadets in attendance at this year's reunion, Fred Lippucci, KMI '34 and Pat Eddie, KMI '37 |
Next KMI "all class" Reunion
scheduled for June of 2011
Back in Louisville, KY.
REFLECTIONS:
by James Darwin Stephens
Copyright © 1991
KMI ALUMNI DATABASE IS NOW "ON LINE"!
(Click on the above link - Registration required!)
I have made the effort to learn how to create a webpage to access the current KMI Alumni database kept by Jim Burrows, '53. You now have the ability, on this website, to display the roster of all "registered" alumni for any class between 1929 and 1975. You can now display the contact information for all KMI alumni living in any state, sorted by class year. Lastly, you can now search and display the last names of all the alumni in the database with at least three letters in their last name. There are also a few "hidden gems" you can display but that's for you to discover!
As always, please email me (jim@kmialumni.org) or Jim Burrows (N4LRM@BELLSOUTH.NET) if you find any errors or omissions in the data. Jim Burrows will provide www.kmialumni.org with updates of the entire database from time to time. ENJOY . . .
use browser "Find" on roster change date (xx/xx/xxxx) when you display the class roster page. . .
02/28/2010
- Updated the Class of '66 Roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- KOEHLER, Lawrence R., M.D., KMI Class of 1952, Obit. (Registration required!)
- (staff 53-55 ) SEIBERT, Col.
Donald A.
The service at Arlington is scheduled for Monday April 19th, at 3:00 pm. They are requesting that you arrive at 2:30, to be sure to be on time. We will be holding a reception after, exact location to be determined, but probably at the Westin at National Harbor Md. We will have room rates and information forthcoming. It would be appreciated if those that will be attending the reception please rsvp to this email so we can get a head count. Please remind any friends or associates that may hear this to give you their count as well.Thank YouPaul Facella
PaulF38@aol.com
- Steve Wander, LMI '69 - Obit on the Class of 1969 webpage.
Margaret Marquard
Died peacefully at her home in Lexington, KY on
Jan 15, 2010 at the age of 90. Born and raised in Louisville, KY, she
was granddaughter of the city's chief of police and daughter of the
first woman to drive an automobile there. At the beginning of World War
II, while working as the assistant to the general manager of the
Westinghouse Electric plant in Louisville, Margaret met and later
married William A. Marquard, to whom she remained a devoted wife for 64
years until his death in 2006. As her husband rose through the ranks of
industry, eventually becoming chairman and CEO of the former American
Standard Companies, Margaret provided him unfailing support while they
lived in 28 different homes in the United States, Jamaica and Mexico
and traveled the world. Known to all for her immaculate and elegant
style and grace, Margaret was an excellent ballroom dancer (having
taught numerous Kentucky Military Institute cadets their proper steps)- San Marco Building Condo Apartments - EXPOSED!
- Updated
the Class
of '47 roster
with new information. (Registration
required!)
LOST CADET - FOUND!
- (staff 53-55 ) SEIBERT, Col.
Donald A.
SEIBERT DONALD A. SEIBERT (Age 89) Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) Retired Col. Donald A. Seibert, a 32 year veteran of the Army, died on January 15, 2010 at Inova Fairfax Hospital. A native of Long Island, NY, Col. Seibert graduated from the New York University and from George Washington University, where he earned a Master''s Degree in International Affairs. He served as an Infantry Platoon Leader in the Pacific during WWII, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge on Okinawa. After tours with the 82nd Airborne Division and the 508th Airborne Infantry Regimental Combat Team, he earned the second award of the Combat Infantryman Badge as a Rifle Company Commander with the 9th Infantry Regiment in Korea. An assignment as an ROTC instructor was followed by duty on the Army General Staff in the Pentagon. After a tour of duty in Germany, Col. Seibert commanded the Fifth Battalion, 6th Infantry at Ft. Hood, TX, followed by service on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. He had two extended tours of duty in Vietnam, as advisor to Vietnamese Army units, commander of the First Brigade of the Ninth Infantry Division, G-3 of First Field Forces, Vietnam and Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division. During the four years he served in Vietnam, Col. Seibert earned the Third Award of the Combat Infantryman Badge, one of less than 300 Infantryman who achieved this distinction. Col. Seibert attended The Infantry School at Fort Benning, The Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, and the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks. He was qualified as a Master Parachutist and a Ranger. During his career Col. Seibert was awarded the Silver Star on two occasions, the Legion of Merit with Five Oak Leaf Clusters, other US awards for valor and merit and numerous foreign decorations. He retired from the Army in 1974 at Ft. Bragg, while serving as the President of the Airborne, Communications and Electronics Board. After retirement, Col. Seibert established the Ft. Bragg Residence Center of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, and administered it for some time. For many years he was active in volunteer efforts. He moved to The Fairfax Lifecare Community in 1989. Col. Seibert is survived by his two sisters, Margaret Facella and Arlene Grau of Long Island, NY and numerous nieces and nephews. After a private cremation, Col. Seibert''s ashes will be placed in the Columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery at a date to be determined. The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Lorton Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. 7701 Armistead Rd., Lorton, VA 22079
01/04/2010
- Browning Jr.,Chauncey H. - KMI '52 Obit. on the Class of 1952 webpage. (Registration required!)
- George Kenneth Webb,KMI'38 - Obit. on the Class of 1938 webpage. (Registration required!)
John Fitch
John Cooper Fitch (born August 4, 1917)KMI '35? He was the first American to race automobiles successfully in Europe in the postwar era. Fitch attended Kentucky Military Institute, then studied civil engineering at Lehigh University. He was the first racing team manager for Corvette (in 1956 and 1957) and he was the first general manager of the Lime Rock race course. John Fitch is well known as a true pioneer in Corvette racing, and is considered racer extraordinaire. He was the Sports Car Club of America's first national champion; he won the second Sebring 12-hour race in 1953, and in the same year was declared "Driver of the Year" by Speed Age Magazine. Fitch was the only American ever to drive for the Mercedes-Benz factory team, and also raced the Corvette "SS" and the test mule, which later became the Sting Ray Racer. He was the first manager of Connecticut's Lime Rock Park Raceway, and is noted as one of the prime movers behind the project's beginning, and is still involved with the raceway's operations.After retiring from racing, Fitch became a successful specialty car builder and safety engineer, and developed the "Fitch Barriers", the familiar yellow crash barrels we see on highways and racetracks, which have saved the lives of many motorists. Fitch was also responsible for conducting the world's first Advanced Driving School. (Corvette Hall of Fame)
12/18/2009
- HILL, Jackson M. (Jack), '59 - OBIT. on the Class of 1959 webpage.
- Added a new webpage - 128th Commencement Speech. (The final one . . .)
- Added new information on Ed Nickell, KMI '51 to the Class of 1951 webpage. (Registration required!)
Venice Theatre gets big mortgage relief.
- Added new information to the Class of 1959 webpage.
- Updated the Class of '60 Roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Churchill Hodges,KMI'43 received honorary doctoral degree during Marshall University’s 2009 Winter Commencement.
(Registration required!) - Updated
the Class
of '56 roster
with new information. (Registration
required!)
LOST CADET - FOUND! - Updated the Class of '57 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '69 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Added GOOGLE WEBSITE SEARCH to the bottom of the main menu page.
- Updated the Class of '72 Roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '62 Roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Dr. Richard Crutcher, KMI '30, died this past Saturday. In 1959, he was the first Central Kentucky doctor to perform an open-heart surgery. Obit in the Class of 1930 webpage.
- Updated the Class of '64 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the "Hall of Heroes" webpage with an updated and revised version.
- Updated the Class of '60 Roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '59 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '64 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Added new information about Steve Wander '69 to the Class of 1969 webpage. (Registration required!)
- Dr. Jerry F. Howell, Jr. / 1941 – 2009, KMI Class of 1958 - OBIT.
- Updated the Class of '72 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '47 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '56 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Any of us who have attended Venice reunions since 1985 know class of 1947 dynamo George Haas. I talked to his wife Dolly yesterday. George has had some serious facial cancer surgeries and is really struggling right now. Drop him a line if you can.Leon Hirsh, '68George H. HAAS, Jr.
1002 Burning Oak Court
Venice, FL 34293
941-497-3037
10/15/2009
- Updated the Class of '64 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Added some new information to John Saltsman '59, Obit. on the 1959 Class Webpage. (Registration required!)
- Jim Bogen '60 Obit.on the class of 1960 webpage. (Registration
required!)A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, October 13th at 6:30 PM at the Venice Yacht Club.Memorial donations can be made to The Wildlife Center of Venice, 3252 Border Road, Venice, FL 34292.To send condolences visit www.farleyfuneralhome.comArrangements by Farley Funeral Home
- Added new information on the Class of 1956 webpage. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '61 Roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- John Saltsman '59, Obit. on the 1959 Class Webpage. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '66 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- John Saltsman '59, Update on the 1959 Class Webpage. (Registration required!)
- Added new information to the Class of 1954 webpage. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '65 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '44 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Jerome “Joe” Thomas Taylor (4/27/33-8/27/09) KMI '51 - Obit. (Registration required!)
- Updated
the Class
of '58 roster
with new information. (Registration
required!)
Lost Cadet FOUND!!
- Updated the Class of '60 Roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '59 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '48 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated
the Class
of '51 page
with new information. (Registration
required!)
Larry Herdman '51 eulogies
- Updated
the Class
of '61 Roster
with new information. (Registration
required!)
- Updated
the Class
of '64 roster
with new information. (Registration
required!)
Lost Cadet FOUND!!
- Updated
the Class
of '61 page
with new information. (Registration
required!)
Ben Kaufmann's current class roster in PDF format.
- News on John Saltman '59 on the class of 1959 webpage. (Registration required!)
- News on Jim Bogen '60 on the class of 1960 webpage. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '63 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '48 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '65 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Eric Ford Haussermann, KMI Class of 1952, Obit . . .(Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '55 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '52 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '69 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated
the Class
of '66 roster
with new information. (Registration
required!)
LOST CADET - FOUND!
- Updated the Class of '71 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '70 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '72 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '73 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Added Leon's recap of our recient "All Class" reunion to the Alumni Newsletter page.
- Added to the Class of 1937 webpage - Picture of Julian Houchin, '37 provided by Sam Hood, '70
(Registration required!) - Updated the Class of '53 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Updated the Class of '63 roster with new information. (Registration required!)
- Ed Seagram , '48
Eighty years young and still doing business in Muskoka- (Registration required!)
Bill Victor, class of 1969 - President
Bill Morrison, class of 1949; Dave Price, class of 1959; Tommy Young, class of 1959; Jim Flora, class of 1962; Leon Hirsh, class of 1968; Greg Rohrer, class 1969
