2015 Iwo Jima Parade
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
2014-15 Giving Report & Year in Review
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
In this Review »» 2
Cover and back photo by
Graciela L. Salazar.
Editor’s Note: The donors
listed in this publication gave
to Marine Military Academy
between June 1, 2014 and
May 31, 2015. Anyone who
gave after May 31, 2015 will
be included in the 2015-16
issue.
Every effort has been made to
ensure that the following lists
are accurate and complete.
In the event of an error or
omission, however, please
accept our sincerest apologies
and contact Institutional
Advancement at (956) 4219232 or development@MMATX.org so a correction can be
made.
Marine Military Academy
320 Iwo Jima Blvd.
Harlingen, TX 78550
(956) 423-6006
MMA-TX.org
Forging Tomorrow’s Leaders
Superintendent’s Message ........................................................................................................................... Page 3
MMA Leadership .................................................................................................................................................. Page 4
Fall Registration & Introductory Training Graduation ..................................................................... Page 6
Parent’s Weekend ............................................................................................................................................... Page 7
49th Birthday Ball ............................................................................................................................................... Page 8
Veterans Day Parade ........................................................................................................................................ Page 9
MMA Supporters ................................................................................................................................................ Page 10
Mid-Term Registration & Introductory Training Graduation ...................................................... Page 16
Leadership Forum .............................................................................................................................................. Page 17
Class of 2015 ....................................................................................................................................................... Page 18
Iwo Jima Parade & MCJROTC Inspection .............................................................................................. Page 20
Capt Gary Bust Dedication ............................................................................................................................ Page 21
Gen H.M. Smith Dinner .................................................................................................................................... Page 22
Alumni Reunion ................................................................................................................................................. Page 23
Spring Fling .......................................................................................................................................................... Page 24
Eagle Scout Court of Honor .......................................................................................................................... Page 25
Annual Awards ................................................................................................................................................... Page 26
Teacher of the Year ........................................................................................................................................... Page 27
Military Awards ................................................................................................................................................. Page 28
49th Commencement Exercises .............................................................................................................. Page 29
MMA Supporters ............................................................................................................................................... Page 30
Farewell ................................................................................................................................................................ Page 34
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
3 «« Superintendent’s Message
Greetings, Friend!
On behalf of Marine Military Academy and the Board of
Trustees, I am pleased to present the 2014-15 MMA Giving
Report & Year in Review.
Since 1965, Marine Military Academy has developed
disciplined, morally strong, college-ready young men who
are prepared for responsible leadership. Our work of helping
young men reach their full potential would not be possible,
however, without the generosity of people such as yourself.
The graduates of Marine Military Academy are not only
prepared for college, they are prepared for life. They are
young men of character, determination and service. Above all,
they are leaders. Our alumni become successful, productive
citizens who contribute to their communities and positively
shape our society.
Your gift truly makes an impact. Your gift truly does change
lives. Whatever you choose to give, THANK YOU for trusting
Marine Military Academy with the education of hundreds of
boys from across the country and around the world.
Semper Fi,
Col R. Glenn Hill, USMC (Ret)
Superintendent of Marine Military Academy
Mission, Vision & Values
Mission »» Marine Military Academy develops disciplined, morally strong, college-ready young men who are
prepared for responsible leadership.
Vision »» Marine Military Academy is globally recognized as a premier private school for adolescent men on
course to achieve their post-secondary education and career goals.
Values »» Honor. Courage. Commitment.
● Honor: Cadets are held to the highest ethical and moral standards. Respect for others is essential.
● Courage: Cadets will face their fears and overcome them. They will do what is right no matter the consequences.
● Commitment: Cadets strive for excellence and never give up. Duty to others is fundamental.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
MMA Leadership »» 4
Board of Trustees
Remember the Cadet
A Cadet is the most important
person in our business; without
him, we do not have a school.
A Cadet is not dependent upon
us; we are dependent on him.
A Cadet is not an interruption of
our work; he is the purpose of it.
A Cadet and his family do us
a favor when they enroll; we
are not doing them a favor by
serving them.
Gen Alfred M. Gray
Jr., USMC (Ret)
Chancellor
29th Commandant
U. S. Marine Corps
Alexandria, Va.
Mr. Joe W. Pollard
Chair
President & CEO
VEDERO Software
Plano, Texas
LtGen J. F. Weber,
USMC (Ret)
Mr. Robert A. Lutz
Chair
Director,
Texas Department
of Transportation
Vice Chair,
Development Chair
Retired Vice-Chairman
General Motors
Corporation
Dr. Jerry C. Davis
Mr. Robert B. Dunkin
Mrs. Velma Bowman
Mr. Michael P. Bradley
Academics Chair
Managing Director
Murphy, Pearson,
Bradley & Feeney
San Francisco, Calif.
President
College of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, Mo.
Mrs. Rosalind
Redfern Grover
Col G. F. Robert
Hanke, USMCR (Ret)
CAPT Robert James,
USN (Ret)
Military Chair
Fountain Hills, Ariz.
Manager Houston
Operations
Trans-Global
Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Carlton Marcyan
Mr. Craig Matteson
Mr. John C. (Jack)
McCormack
Mr. Anthony J.
McIntyre
Harlingen, Texas
A Cadet is an integral part of
our business, not an outsider.
Col R. Glenn Hill,
USMC (Ret)
Secretary
Superintendent
Marine Military
Academy
Mr. James B. Ezell
Sr. Vice President
Texas Community
Bank
Harlingen, Texas
Admissions Chair
Owner
Hometown
Mortgage Company
McAllen, Texas
Mr. John Klein
Mr. Thomas
Kolongowski
A Cadet is not a statistic; he
is a person with feelings and
emotions like our own.
A Cadet is learning to be a
man; we should be role models
in decorum and demeanor.
A Cadet is deserving of the
most courteous and attentive
treatment we can give him.
A Cadet is the lifeblood of this
school. If we don’t provide
this level of service, someone
else will.
President
Redfern Enterprises
Midland, Texas
President
Collaborative Law
Institute of Illinois
Wheaton, Ill.
President & CEO
Polaris Arts, Ltd.
New York, N.Y.
Owner
Matteson &
Associates
Delphi, Ind.
Facilities Chair
Santa Ynez, Calif.
Area President
Gallagher/McIntyre
Cherry Hill, N.J.
Mr. John Sasso
Dr. E. Bruce Heilman
Vice President, Sales
First Niagara Risk
Management
Mr. David Meyer
Chief Executive
Officer & President
Amtex Corporation
Dallas, Texas
True leaders never forget the
ones they serve. The men and
women who serve Marine
Mr. Richard Moxley
Co-Founder & CTO
Raytheon Blackbird
Technologies, Inc.
Oakton, Va.
Mr. Stuart Piltch
Compensation Chair
Co-Founder &
Managing Director
Cambridge Advisory
Group
Budget & Audit
Chair
Founder
Advanced Medical
Systems
Chair Emeritus
Chancellor
University of
Richmond
Richmond, Va.
LtGen William M.
Keys, USMC (Ret)
Chair Emeritus
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
5 «« MMA Leadership
Board of Advisors
Maj Edgar D. Aronson, Mr. C. Coney Burgess
USMCR (Ret)
Chairman & President
Treasurer,
Assistant Secretary
Founder
EDACO, Inc.
Dr. James L. Fisher
Burgess-Herring
Ranch Company
Amarillo, Texas
Mr. Ron Gross
Ms. Alice East
Rancher
Linn, Texas
Mr. John Heiner
Administrators
Col R. Glenn Hill,
USMC (Ret)
Superintendent
hill@
MMA-TX.org
Mrs. Andi Atkinson
Dr. John Butler
Dean & Chief
Financial Officer
butler@
MMA-TX.org
SSgt Carlos Centeno,
USMC (Ret)
Principal
James L. Fisher, Ltd.
Venice, Fla.
Sr. Vice President
of Taxable Fixed
Income Sales
Vining Sparks, IBG
Harlingen, Texas
Director, Marketing
& Public Relations
atkinson@
MMA-TX.org
Director, Food Services
messhall@
MMA-TX.org
Mr. Jay Mancini
MajGen J. Michael
Myatt, USMC (Ret)
RADM Robert Smith
III, USNR (Ret)
LtCol Robert Grider,
USMC (Ret)
SgtMaj David Miller,
USMCR (Ret)
Owner
Mancini-Mills, Inc.
San Francisco, Calif.
President
Marines Memorial
Association
President
Texas A&M University
at Galveston
Director, Development
& Admissions
grider@
MMA-TX.org
Director, Facilities
miller@
MMA-TX.org
SgtMaj Ford Kinsley,
USMC (Ret)
Commandant of
Cadets
kinsley@MMA-TX.org
Mr. Bill Hinkle
Director, Computer
Services
bhinkle@
MMA-TX.org
Mr. Joe Palamara
Assistant Dean
Counselor
palamara@
MMA-TX.org
Mr. Allen Aleshire
Director, Social
Media
aleshire@
MMA-TX.org
Mr. Chris Elliott
Director, Athletics
Chaplain of Cadets
elliott@
MMA-TX.org
Mrs. Jay Perez
Assistant Director,
Admissions
perez@
MMA-TX.org
LtCol Gregg A.
Yetter, USMCR
Partner & General
Manager
SportsCoins, Inc.
True Leaders Never Forget
the Ones They Serve.
Those who serve MMA will always act
in the best interest of the cadets.
Earline Folsom
Joe Sharp
Fomer Board Trustee & Advisor
Board Trustee
(1923-2014)
(1937-2015)
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
Fall Registration »» 6
Fall Registration
MMA checked in more than 200
young men the weekend of Aug. 1617, officially kicking off the 2014-15
school year. Ultimately, 256 young
men from 23 states and 17 countries
enrolled at MMA for the fall semester.
rooms, find their classrooms and way
around the MMA campus, meet their
drill instructors and members of their
company and begin to absorb Marine
Corps drill, terminology, customs and
history.
Cadets must arrive at MMA at least a
few days before the semester begins
in order to settle into their rooms,
collect their uniform items, visit the
tailor and barber, register for classes,
sign up for activities and complete
other necessary tasks before the first
day of class.
In addition, new cadets, known as
“plebes,” must also use these days
to grasp the new routine, learn how
to make their beds and clean their
Above: Sophomore plebe Fernando Vázquez Arreola
of Monterrey, Mexico, quickly tows his gear. Left:
Freshman plebe Fabrizio Zermeno of Sugar Land,
Texas, loses his long locks.
Introductory Training Graduation
Fifty-four plebes graduated from their
four-week introductory training Sept.
13 and became official members of the
MMA Corps of Cadets. The graduation,
which is normally held on the MMA
Parade Grounds, was moved to Yeckel
auditorium due to heavy rains.
At the ceremony, the young men took
the official oath of an MMA cadet
and then pinned the Marine Corps
insignia to their covers. Then the
newly minted cadets walked across the
stage and accepted their certificate of
completion.
After the graduation ceremony, the
young men enjoyed their first weekend
of liberty with their family members.
Freshman Shandon Gold of Salt Lake City accepts
his certificate of completion from Drill Instructor
SgtMaj Larry Carson (left) and Superintendent Col
R. Glenn Hill.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
7 «« Parent’s Weekend
Parent’s Weekend
Parents and family members from all
corners of the globe came to MMA for
Parent’s Weekend Oct. 31-Nov. 1. For
many parents, it was their first time to
see their sons since August.
event celebrates the Marine Corp’s
239th birthday (Nov. 10) as well as
MMA’s 49th year of existence.
The weekend began Friday at the
morning colors ceremony. Family
members proudly watched the
cadets march in with their companies.
Afterwards, parents had the
opportunity to meet the teachers and
spend time with their sons.
The afternoon anniversary parade was
cancelled due to mid-day showers,
but the MMA Homecoming Game
still took place that evening. The
MMA Leathernecks defeated the Pharr
Oratory Ocelots with a score of 35-0.
On Saturday, all parents, siblings and
friends attended the weekend finale:
the 49th Birthday Ball. This formal
Above: Junior Charles Sanchez of Miramar, Fla. joins his sister and mother after morning colors. Center:
The cadets of Alpha Company march to morning colors. Top right: A mother snaps photos of her son.
Center right: A family gets in the Halloween spirit at the homecoming game. Bottom right: Senior Gerardo
Hernández Alcazar of Atizapan, Mexico, is feeling good about the game.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
49th Birthday Ball »» 8
49th Birthday Ball
Nov. 1 was a night of glamour, fun and
OOH-RAH at the 49th Birthday Ball.
environment where you are taught to
strive for something more,” he said.
Guest of Honor LtCol David Hitchcock,
USMC (Ret), Class of 1984, addressed
the audience at the Birthday Ball
ceremony. LtCol Hitchcock is the
senior vice president of corporate
operations for Harvest Power and a
retired Marine pilot.
After LtCol Hitchcock spoke,
Superintendent Col R. Glenn Hill cut
the birthday cake like a true Marine
— with his sword! Per tradition, the
guest of honor and the youngest
cadet received the first two slices of
The alumnus noticed the cadets are
still the same 30 years later. They are
still “a cut above.”
“Marines always strive to be the best
and achieve the higher mark ... it’s
wonderful to be brought up in an
Above: Sophomore Simón Moreno Navarro of
Guadalajara, Mexico, honors his mother with a
dance. Center: A proud mother wraps her arms
around her son. Right: LtCol David Hitchcock, USMC
(Ret), Class of 1984, accepts a gift from his alma
mater. Bottom: MMA’s battalion staff carry in the
49th Birthday Ball cake.
cake. This year, the youngest cadet
at MMA was eighth-grader Adolfo
Bustamante Flores of Helotes, Texas.
The final highlight of the Birthday Ball
was the mother-and-son dance, which
kicked off the dancing for the rest of
the evening.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
9 «« Veterans Day Parade
Veterans Day Parade
Nearly 100 veterans attended the
Veterans Day Parade Nov. 11. As
predicted, rain came down at the start
of the parade, but it did not dampen
the spirit of parade-goers.
People of all ages were present to pay
homage to America’s heroes, including
Uncle Sam himself! The Daisies and
Brownies of Girl Scouts Troop 4138
also gave every veteran a handcrafted
card prior to the parade.
All veterans joined Superintendent Col
R. Glenn Hill during the parade’s pass
in review and were honored by the
MMA Corps of Cadets. Many veterans
stayed after the parade to visit the Iwo
Jima Monument and the gravesite of
Cpl Harlon Block.
Above: Veterans of all branches and wars line up to be honored during the pass in review. Left: A veteran
himself, Uncle Sam attends the parade. Top: The MMA battalion prepares for the national anthem.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
MMA Supporters »» 10
Platinum Club: $100,000
● Mr. Richard L. Hosea, Jr.
Harlingen, Texas
● Mrs. Betty L. Mackenzie
Harlingen, Texas
● Marine Military Academy Foundation
Harlingen, Texas
● LtCol & Mrs. Charles P. Nicholson,
USMC (Ret)
San Diego, California
● Mrs. Dorothy L. Sable
Dallas, Texas
Gold Club: $50,000
● McIlhenny Estate
Avery Island, Louisiana
● Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Moxley – T,
Class of 1986
Oakton, Virginia
Silver Club : $25,000
● Col & Mrs. G. F. Robert Hanke,
USMCR (Ret) – T
New York, New York
● Mr. & Mrs. James I. Lucas – CP
Dallas, Texas
● Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. McIntyre – T,
Class of 1975
Medford, New Jersey
Bronze Club: $15,000
● Dr. & Mrs. John D. Butler
Harlingen, Texas
● Mrs. Rosalind R. Grover – T
Midland, Texas
● Mr. John T. Sasso – T, FA
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
● Mr. & Mrs. William A. Schwarz
McAllen, Texas
● Mr. Kenn S. Terry & Mrs. Ida PeacockTerry
Donor Codes
A: Advisor
CP: Current Parent
FA: Former Advisor
FP: Former Parent
FT: Former Trustee
LT/E: Life Trustee/Emeritus
T: Trustee
Year: Alumnus
Vero Beach, Florida
● Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Wynn
Sun City, Arizona
Chancellor’s Club:
$10,000.00 - $14,999.99
● Mrs. Velma Bowman – T
● Mrs. Leslie K. Godchaux
● Mr. W. T. Horton – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. John W. Klein – FP
● Marine Corps League Foundation
● Mr. & Mrs. David C. Meyer – A, FP
● Mr. Patrick H. Phelan
Chairman’s Club:
$5,000.00 - $9,999.99
● Maj & Mrs. Edgar D. Aronson,
USMCR (Ret) – FT, A
● Mr. Michael Bernardo
● First Community Bank
● Mrs. Marion L. Gary – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Les Heard – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. John P. Heiner – FT, A
● The Harold James Family Trust
● Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Manson – CP
● MMA Visitor Center – Museum
● LtCol Nelson M. Olf, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Pollard, Sr. –
T, FP
● R. T. Consulting, LLC
● Mr. Jorge Fernando Ramirez-Tubilla
– Class of 1995
● Robins Foundation
● Col & Mrs. Sherman A. Smith, USMC
(Ret)
● Dr. Linda Tussay
President’s Club:
$2,500.00 - $4,999.99
● Alamo Chapter, 1st Marine Division
Assn.
● Dr. & Mrs. Roger B. Allen
● Mrs. Mary J. Austin
● SSgt & Mrs. Carlos I. Centeno, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Steve A. Contreras – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Norbert S. Ewers
● Mr. & Mrs. Jim B. Ezell – T
● Mr. & Mrs. Alejandro Hellmund
– CP
● Col & Mrs. Robert G. Hill, USMC (Ret)
● LtCol David M. Hitchcock, USMC
(Ret) – Class of 1984
● Mr. Dan Irvine
● Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Johnson – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Carlton R. Marcyan – A, FP
● Col William A. Speary, USMCR (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Drew Springer
● Texas Chapter, 3rd Mar Div
Association
Superintendent’s Club:
$1,000.00 - $2,499.99
● Mr. William H. Archer
● Mr. & Mrs. William D. Balthrope
● Mr. Frank N. Boggus
● Mr. & Mrs. John G. Brunner, Jr. – FT,
FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Robertson K. Chandler
– CP
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
11 «« MMA Supporters
● Mr. & Mrs. Jock Cockroft
● Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Cook – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth F. Correra – FP
● Dr. Joseph D. Cronin
● Mr. Urbano De Leon-Reyes & Mrs.
Concepcion Dominguez-Vallejo – CP
● Deutsche Bank
● Ms. Alice G.K.K. East – A
● Mrs. Gail C. Gaston
● Mr. Steven J. Gerber
● MajGen & Mrs. Harold G. Glasgow,
USMC (Ret) – FT
● Gen & Mrs. Alfred M. Gray, Jr., USMC
(Ret) – T
● LtCol & Mrs. Robert R. Grider, USMC
(Ret)
● Dr. E. Bruce Heilman – LT/E
● Mr. & Mrs. John B. Hollingsworth
● Ms. Jodi D. Horton – CP
● Mrs. Mildred Huebner
● Maj O. Kepler Johnson, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. Joe M. Kight
● Ms. Jennifer W. Lamont – FP
● Mr. Robert A. Lutz – T, FP
● M. B. & Edna Zale Foundation
● Mr. Charles W. Matthews – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Dominick Minervini – CP
● Mr. Joseph M. Murphy – FT
● Mrs. Sherryl A. Pascal – CP
● MajGen Oliver L. Peacock, Jr.,
USANGR – FA, FT
● LtCol & Mrs. Stephen Percy, USMCR
(Ret)
● Mr. Roberto Pickering & Mrs. Rosa
I. Urrea – CP
● Mrs. Meta J. Reed
● Col C. L. Reynolds, USMCR (Ret)
● Mr. Floyd Robinson
● Capt David H. Rosenthal, USMC
(Ret)
● Col Robert W. Rust, USMCR (Ret)
● Mr. Robert K. Schmid
● RADM & Mrs. Robert R. Smith, III,
USNR (Ret) – A
● Mr. & Mrs. Marion Staton
● Dr. William D. Steeves, Jr.
● Mr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Sterrett – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Don B. Sumner – FP
● Mr. Herb Sundmacher
● Texas Regional Bank
● Mr. & Mrs. James Harrell Tipton,
Jr. – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. John C. Waltrip
● Mrs. Simonne Wood
● Mr. Zhizhong Wu & Mrs. Luping
Yuan – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Zaiontz – FP
Dean’s Club:
$500.00 - $999.99
● Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Alaback – FP
● Mr. Charles W. Balthrope – Class of
1980
● Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Barton
● Dr. & Mrs. David F. Butler
● Mr. Patrick A. Callahan
● Col Thomas E. Chandler, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. H. Rex Corey, Jr.
● Dr. & Mrs. Jerry C. Davis – T
● LtCol & Mrs. Dave G. Drewelow,
USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Kent Ducote – FP
● Dr. & Mrs. William Duhey
● LtCol & Mrs. Joseph J. Dzielski, USMC
(Ret)
● LtCol & Mrs. T. D. Elliott, Jr., USMCR
(Ret)
● Mr. Paul Felton
● Mr. & Mrs. Richard Freeman – FP
● Mr. Alfonso Garcia Cantu & Mrs.
Silvia Garza Tamez – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Goode – CP
● Gulf Coast Painting
● Mr. & Mrs. Deane W. Hall
● Maj Edwin R. Halstead, USAF (Ret) –
Class of 1971
● Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Hodge – FP
● Mrs. Arlene M. Hogan
● Mrs. Linda Hyland
● Mr. & Mrs. Brian S. Knowles – Class
of 1983
● Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Komnick
● Maj & Mrs. Curtis T. Lee – Class of
1983
● Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Lee – CP
● LtCol Louis R. Lepore, USMCR (Ret)
● Long Chilton, LLP
● Mr. & Mrs. Omar Lucio
● Maguire-Maguire, Inc.
● Judge Bruce F. Marrs – FP
● Capt Andrew B. McFarlane, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Olissa Metuh – CP
● Mr. Jimmy B. Montgomery
● Mr. & Mrs. Tom Moxley – FP
● Mr. John D. Nikitins & Mrs. Barbara
R. Gill – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Raymond J. Operacz – FP
● Mr. Robert S. Perkin
● Ms. Michele Pickens
● LtCol Larry D. Rannals, USMC (Ret)
● Dr. Mary E. Ricciardi
● Seal Construction, Inc.
● Mr. & Mrs. John A. Simmons – CP
● Mr. Ronald L. Smith
● Mr. & Mrs. Spyros J. Ticoras – Class
of 1980
● Dr. & Mrs. William B. Trousdale
● VMF 422 Association
● 1stSgt Frank T. Von Rinteln, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. David A. Whitley
● Col E. K. Winkelbrandt, USMCR (Ret)
● Col Jerry C. Wulf, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. Zurlo – FP, Class
of 1969
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
MMA Supporters »» 12
Commandant’s Club:
$100.00 - $499.99
● Mr. A. Robert Abboud
● Mr. Paul E. Ace
● Ms. Angela R. Adams – CP
● Mr. James F. Ahlgren
● Mr. & Mrs. James H. Aldrich
● LtCol William A. Allanson, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Allen – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Myrl W. Allinder
● LtCol Charles R. Alsmeyer, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. Andres R. Alvarez-Fonseca & Dr.
Brenda N. Bermudez-Contreras – CP
● LtCol & Mrs. Terry Don Amyx, USMC
(Ret) – Class of 1973
● Ms. Marcilia L. Anderson – CP
● Mr. Erik Juan F. Araiza-Vazquez – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Lester D. Bacon
● LtCol John C. Bailey, III, USMCR (Ret)
● Mrs. Nazanin V. Baldwin – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Banker – CP
● Mr. Roger Barth – FP
● Mr. Jwesley Bassard & Dr. Veronica
Bigornia – CP
● RDML Peter H. Beckwith, CHC USNR
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Bertalot – FP
● LtCol & Mrs. Robert T. Bey, USMC
(Ret)
● Maj & Mrs. Charles D. Bickley,
USMCR (Ret)
● Col & Mrs. Wayne J. Bienvenu,
USMCR (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Walter C. Bladstrom
● Capt & Mrs. Robert O. Blanchette,
USMC (Ret)
● SgtMaj Richard D. Blomgren, USMCR
(Ret)
● BGen & Mrs. William A. Bloomer,
USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. William A. Boire – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bokar
● Miss Gloria D. Boling
● 1stSgt Jerome S. Bonkowski, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. Stephen N. Bosshard
● Col & Mrs. Gerald G. Bosworth,
USMC (Ret)
● Col & Mrs. Billy D. Bouldin, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. William C. Bradshaw
● Mr. & Mrs. Dan Braman – CP
● Col Brad A. Bredenkamp – CP
● Ms. Regina D. Bredenkamp – CP
● Mr. Sanford A. Bristol, III
● LtCol & Mrs. Guy Larry Brown, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Terrence E. Brown – FP
● Mr. J. Stewart Bryan, III
● Dr. Anthony A. Bube
● LtCol Clem Buckley, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. Philip A. Burgess & Mrs. Maxine
Drew-Burgess
● Capt Ron Burton, USMC (Ret)
● Maj & Mrs. William A. Burtson, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. Adolfo Bustamante-Chapa &
Mrs. Claudia L. Flores-Oyervides – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Mark Buzzard – FP
● Ms. Lynda Cacha – CP
● Mr. Lijun Cai
● GySgt Lucian J. Caldara, USMCR (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. David Cameron
● Cano Produce Co., Inc.
● Mr. Martin Carlsson & Mrs. Zahra
Ghasemi – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Carpenter
● Col & Mrs. William D. Carr, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
● Mrs. Else L. Carrington
● MGySgt Bruce W. Catherman, Jr.,
USMC (Ret)
● Mr. Jose G. Cavazos-Uribe & Mrs.
Claudia C. Diaz-Trevino – CP
● BGen & Mrs. Stephen A. Cheney,
USMC (Ret)
● Mrs. Elle Cheng
● Children’s Clinic of Harlingen, P.A.
● Ms. Laura Cisneros
● Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clarke – FP
● Capt Mansfield L. Clinnick, USMCR
(Ret)
● Col Raymond P. Coffman, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Mace T. Coleman
● Mr. & Mrs. Victor Hugo Colin – CP
● Dr. & Mrs. Frank L. Colunga – Class
of 1975
● Mrs. Mary Jayne Comey
● MajGen Richard M. Cooke, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. Lloyd N. Coon
● Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Copus – CP
● Ms. Lori C. Costley – CP
● Ms. Dorothy D. Cox
● Mr. & Mrs. Zac M. Crouch – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Dale L. Cudd – Class of
1984
● MSgt Jerrell J. J. Daigle, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Ben J. Davenport, Jr.
● Mr. Daniel R. Davis – Class of 1999
● Ms. Isabel G. Davis
● GySgt & Mrs. Eugene A. Day, USMCR
(Ret)
● Mrs. Lois A. Day
● LtCol Harry C. Dees, Jr., USAF (Ret)
● Col N. E. Demoney, Jr., USMCR (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Dew
● Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dickerson – CP,
Class of 1973
● Capt & Mrs. Don E. Diederich, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Mathew Dill – CP
● Sgt Harlan B. Dobyns, USMC (Ret)
● Maj Howard G. Dodd, USMC (Ret)
● Dr. Farid U. Dowla & Dr. Valerie
Dowla – CP
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
13 «« MMA Supporters
● Maj & Mrs. Charles B. Drake, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Dunkin – T
● Mrs. Diolanda J. Dye
● SgtMaj & Mrs. Charles D. Eckman,
USMC (Ret)
● Maj Samuel L. Eddy, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. E. L. Ellerbee
● Mrs. Sherry Ellison – FP
● Mr. Ronnye S. Etcitty – Class of 1985
● Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Evers – Class
of 1987
● LtCol & Mrs. James M. Ewart
● Bobby & Robin Farris – Class of 1974
● MSgt William F. Festing, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
● Col & Mrs. Charles R. Figard, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Normann Fischer – CP
● Dr. & Mrs. James L. Fisher – A
● 2ndLt James J. Fitzgerald, USMC (Ret)
● SgtMaj R. T. Fitzhugh
● Mr. & Mrs. Walter E. Fleming
● Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Forbes
● Mr. & Mrs. Stanbery Foster, Jr. – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Alexander J. Frasco – FP
● Mr. Xingwei Fu
● Col & Mrs. John A. Gagen, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. Robert T. Galbreaith – FP
● Mrs. Patty A. Garbrick
● Col & Mrs. James Cecil Garman,
USMCR – Class of 1978
● Col & Mrs. James E. Garner
● Mr. Jorge E. Garza – Class of 1979
● Mr. Eric J. Garza-Leal & Mrs. Irma L.
Sosa de Garza – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. R. Terry Gebert – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Golsan
● Ms. Marcia R. Gorczyca – CP
● MSgt Thomas J. Goyette, USMC (Ret)
● MGySgt Charles F. Graustein, USMC
(Ret)
● Mrs. Pauline R. Gray
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● Mr. & Mrs. Hermann Greinig
● LtCol E. Anthony Grimm, USMC (Ret)
● H-3-1 Korea Association
● Mrs. Christina M. Hamblin
● Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln D. Hammer – CP
● Col & Mrs. Robert C. Hammond, Jr.,
USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Forrest D. Hanson
● CWO3 & Mrs. Edward D. Harris,
USMC (Ret)
● Mr. J. S. Harvey, Jr.
● Mrs. Bette L. Hastings
● Mr. & Mrs. Archille W. Hebert, III
● SSgt William H. Heishman, USMC
(Ret)
● Mrs. Teona Henry
● Mr. Jose G. Hernandez-Gallego &
Mrs. Paola L. Alcazar-Acosta – CP
● Col & Mrs. William W. Hobbs, Jr.,
USMC (Ret)
● MSgt & Mrs. A. Raymond Hollier,
USMC (Ret)
● LtCol & Mrs. John M. Holt, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. Gary W. Howard
● Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Hryszko – FP
● LtGen John I. Hudson, USMC (Ret)
● SFC & Mrs. Robert W. Jaskowak,
USA (Ret)
● Mr. Nan Jiang & Mrs. Shan Yu – CP
● Mr. Forrest Nels Johnson – Class of
1970
● Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Johnson
● Mr. & Mrs. Martin James Johnson –
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Class of 1973
● Maj & Mrs. Michael O. Johnson,
USMC (Ret)
● Mrs. Patsy Johnson – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Wendell F. Johnson – FP,
Class of 1972
● Mr. & Mrs. William R. Johnston
● Mr. Stephen L. Kamzan – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. Keegan – FP
● 1stLt William E. Kelly, USMC (Ret)
● Col & Mrs. Gardner S. Kendrick,
USMCR (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Kinkel – FP
● SgtMaj & Mrs. Ford H. Kinsley, Jr.,
USMC (Ret)
● Sgt & Mrs. Thomas J. Kirker, Jr., USMC
● Dr. & Mrs. Willis V. Kittleman
● LCDR & Mrs. James L. Koeller – Class
of 1979
● Dr. & Mrs. Bracken S. Kolle – CP
● Maj Herbert W. Kress, USMC (Ret)
● Col & Mrs. George F. Kubal, USMCR
(Ret)
● L N D Construction
● Mr. John J. Lambuth & Mrs. Aida E.
Hernandez - FP
● Col Lee F. Lange, II, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Bryson H. Langford
● Mr. Bernie L. Lattner, III
● Mr. Andy Lau – CP
● Mr. Walter H. Leach
● Col Timothy G. Learn, USMC (Ret) &
CDR Jill Learn, USN (Ret)
● Mrs. Justine Lee
● Mr. Shing Lee – FP
● Mrs. Kathleen M. Lieder
● Mr. & Mrs. James A. Liguori – FP
● Capt & Mrs. Philip K. Livingston,
USMCR
● Col Wesley A. Lokken, USMC (Ret)
● Longhorn Chapter of the Short Wing
Piper Club
● Capt David W. Lorenzo, USMC (Ret)
● Dr. & Mrs. W. S. Lorimer, III
● Mr. James W. Lowe
● Mr. Luis A. Luna
● Mrs. Elaine D. MacIntire – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Macomber – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Maggard
● Mr. & Mrs. Gino j. Marcelli – CP
● Dr. & Mrs. Philip A. Marsden – CP
● Mrs. Burney E. Martin – CP
● Mr. Erick J. M. Martinez-Mateo & Dr.
Lissette E. Porras-Lepage – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Henda L. Martins – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey M. Marx – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Vincent A. May – FP, Class
of 1985
● Mr. Zeb Mayhew, Jr. – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Charles McBride
● Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. McBride –
Class of 2000
● Mrs. Linda I. McCluskey
● Dr. & Mrs. J. D. McCrady
● Mrs. Jeannette C. H. McDonald
● Mrs. Carolyn K. McGee
● Mr. & Mrs. Forres McGraw – FP
● Mr. Harold E. McKinney
● MCL Southern Illinois Leathernecks
Detachment
● MCL West Central Illinois
Leathernecks Det #1177
● GySgt Gerald K. McLaughlin, USMCR
(Ret)
● LtCol & Mrs. Paul F. McLellan, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. Randy D. McMahon
● 1stSgt Raymond W. Meaney, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Melin
● MSgt M. K. Mierins, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Charles Lynn Miller, III – CP
● CWO Dannie A. Miller, USMC (Ret)
– Class of 1971
● SgtMaj & Mrs. David A. Miller,
USMCR (Ret) - FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Lawton Miller
● Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Monette – CP
● LtCol & Mrs. Robert R. Montgomery,
USMC (Ret)
● Ms. Cathy D. Moore – CP
● Mr. Rudolph T. Mueller
● Dr. Michael S. Muhlbauer – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. William J. Murphy – FP
● Mrs. Loraine B. Murray
● MGySgt & Mrs. Russell E. Murray,
USMC (Ret)
● Ms. Veronique N. Ndoum – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Lukas J. Neiberger – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Newbury – CP
● Col & Mrs. George L. Newton, USMC
(Ret)
● Ms. Jane H. Nordlund
● Col Donald V. Norton, USA (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Adolph Nussbaum - FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Obregon – CP
● SGM John H. Olson, USA (Ret) & SFC
● Kaye Olson, USA
● Mrs. Rodney Olson
● Mr. Paul T. O’Reilly
● Mr. Richard C. Otter
● Mrs. Jennifer L. Parker – CP
● Maj Robert R. Parker, Jr. – Class of
1972
● Mr. & Mrs. Joel M. Parreira
● Mr. & Mrs. Kerric P. Peyton – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. William H. Phillips
● Mr. & Mrs. Ed Pitcock
● Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Pliester
● Sgt Ken Porter, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. Michael Raddie
● Col J. T. Ragsdale, USMCR
● Col & Mrs. Elwin Reichert, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Rhodes – CP
● Mrs. Rose M. Rick
● Mrs. Michelle L. Roberts
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
15 «« MMA Supporters
● SgtMaj Samuel H. Roberts, USMCR
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Johnny A. Rodriguez
● Mr. Rene L. Rodriguez – CP
● Mr. James J. Rooney, II – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Denver R. Roopchand – CP
● Rotary Club of Harlingen Sunburst,
TX, USA
● Mr. Mike R. Rothman
● Mr. & Mrs. John L. Rowe
● Maj Rylen B. Rudy, USMC (Ret)
● Mrs. Viola R. Ruete
● Col & Mrs. Alex S. Ruggiero, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Alexander D. Sanchez – CP
● Mr. David J. Sanchez, Sr. – FP
● Mr. Jesus Saro-Boardman & Mrs.
Maria Concepcion G. Llaguno-Sanchez
– CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Sartor – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Rudolf E. Schiefelbein – CP
● Capt & Mrs. Anthony P. Schiraldi,
USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. David H. Schneider – CP
● Dr. & Mrs. Gilbert R. Schorlemmer
– CP
● Mrs. Georgia P. Duff Schwartz – FP
● Mr. M. D. Scott
● Col & Mrs. Robert J. Scully, USMCR
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Seaman – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Joel W. Secrest – FP
● Mr. Joseph M. Seeger
● LtCol Ronald I. Severson, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. Michael L. Seymour - FP
● Col & Mrs. William Shanks, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
● Capt & Mrs. Donald R. Shaw, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Brad Shields
● Mr. & Mrs. William E. Shields
● LCDR Mary L. Shirk, USN (Ret)
● Mrs. Ashley Smith
● Maj & Mrs. Steven L. Smith, USAF
(Ret)
● Mrs. Liza M. Solis
● Mr. Joe A. Sousa
● Mr. Patrick J. Spann & Mrs. Patricia
Squires
● Dr. David A. Sperling, - FP
● MSgt Lester J. Spires, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. David H. Square – Class of 2004
● Mr. & Mrs. Robin D. Stafford
● Col & Mrs. Merlin V. Statzer, USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. James G. Stevens
● Mr. John H. Stevenson
● Col Frank M. Stewart, USMC (Ret)
● Col B. Chayne Stinemetz, USMC (Ret)
● SFC & Mrs. William J. Stokley, USA
(Ret)
● Capt David J. Straus, III, USMCR (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Truman R. Strobridge
● Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Strowbridge, III
● Mr. & Mrs. Terry L. Stull
● Col & Mrs. O. Ivar Svenson, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. J. Tom Tamlyn – Class
of 1975
● Mr. Luiz Z. Tanajara – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Taylor
● Mr. & Mrs. Timothy N. Taylor – CP
● CWO3 Samuel C. Tease, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. Naftali Telor & Mrs. Margaret
Heffernan – FP
● Mr. & Mrs. Herson Thant – CP
● 1stSgt & Mrs. Gordon D. Thiesen,
USMC (Ret)
● Mr. Logan Vu Truong – Class of 2009
● Mr. & Mrs. Leonid V. Tsurkan – CP
● Mr. Jun Tu & Mrs. Yaping Li – CP
● Mr. Utibe E. Ukim & Mrs. Theresa E.
Utibe-Ukim – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Van Ness – FP
● Mr. Keno L. Vasquez, Jr. & Dr. Celina
Vasquez – Class of 1988
● Mr. Robert E. Wahlbeck
● Mr. & Mrs. Wei Wang – CP
● Ms. Betti Ward
● Mr. & Mrs. William M. Watson – Class
of 1981
● Mr. Joseph Wen & Mrs. Ann Wang
– CP
● Maj & Mrs. George C. Westover,
USMC
● Ms. Latangia C. White – CP
● Mr. Piet L. Wilhelm – CP
● Mr. & Mrs. Theodore A. Williams
● SgtMaj & Mrs. Albert S. Wilson, Jr.,
USMC (Ret)
● Capt Carl E. Wilson, USMC (Ret)
● Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Wilson – CP
● Capt & Mrs. Max D. Withrow, USMC
(Ret)
● Dr. Shou X. Wu & Mrs. Jie Wang – CP
● Ms. Tongjun Wu
● Mrs. Nancy Yocum-Brown - FP
● Mrs. Virginia Young – FP
● Col & Mrs. A. M. Younger, USMC (Ret)
● Ms. Jean Yu – CP
● Mr. Ray Zajic
● Dr. & Mrs. George Otto Zenner,
III – CP
● LtCol & Mrs. Kenneth Zieleck, USMC
– Class of 1984
● Mr. & Mrs. Leonid Zimakov – CP
● Mr. Vincent J. Zito
Thank you for
transforming lives!
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
Mid-Term Registration »» 16
Mid-Term Registration
Despite the unusually heavy rains,
strong winds and low temperatures
that weekend, boys from across the
nation and around the globe received
a warm welcome at MMA’s mid-term
registration Jan. 10-11. MMA kicked
off the second semester Jan. 14, with a
total student population representing
23 states and 15 countries.
Cadets must arrive at MMA at least a
few days before classes begin in order
to collect their uniform items, visit
the tailor and barber, meet with the
academic counselor or registrar and
complete any other necessary tasks
before the start of the new semester.
New students or “plebes” must also
use these days to grasp the daily
routine, find their way around the
MMA campus, and start absorbing
the Marine Corps drill, terminology
and customs. Plebes must also spend
their first four weekends on the
MMA campus engaging in numerous
outdoor challenges, such as ziplining,
rappelling and physical training.
Sophomore plebes Tyler Ledbetter of Fort Worth,
Texas, (right) and Connor Somerholter of Austin,
Texas, take their headshaving in stride.
Introductory Training Graduation Parade
Thirty-two plebes became official
members of the MMA Corps of Cadets
at the Introductory Training
Graduation Parade Feb. 7.
with their family members and/or
friends. The cadets of this plebe class
At the parade in front of
proud family members and
friends, the young men took
the official oath of an MMA
cadet and then pinned the
Marine Corps insignia to
their covers. Then they joined
the MMA Corps of Cadets
in the parade and marched
in unison as fully fledged
cadets.
After the graduation parade,
the young men enjoyed
their first weekend of liberty
Above: Thirty-two plebes wait for the Introductory Training
Graduation Parade to start. Right: Freshman Ivan Wilson of
Austin, Texas, pins the Marine Corps insignia to his cover.
originated from six different states and
five different countries.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
17 «« Leadership Forum
Leadership Forum
MajGen James Lukeman, Commanding
General of Training and Education
Command for the Marine Corps,
shared his wisdom with the MMA
Corps of Cadets at the Leadership
Forum Feb. 13.
MajGen Lukeman asked the cadets a
simple question: “Are leaders born or
made?”
He never answered the question.
Rather, he gave a presentation that
included eight powerful quotes and
allowed cadets to figure out the
answer themselves.
Slide by slide, MajGen Lukeman recited
the following quotes to the cadets:
1) Leaders eat last.
2) The relation between officers and
enlisted men should in no sense be
that of superior and inferior nor that
of master and servant, but rather
that of teacher and scholar. In fact, it
should partake of the nature of the
relation between father and son, to
the extent that officers, especially
commanding officers, are responsible
for the physical, mental, and moral
welfare, as well as the discipline and
military training of the young men
under their command...
3) Winning is not a sometime thing;
it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win
once in a while; you don’t do things
right once in a while; you do them
right all of the time. Winning is a habit.
Unfortunately, so is losing.
4) The only battle we fight is for the
trust and affection of our men. They
win the rest.
5) Be honest. Do the right thing –
always. Leaders provide the moral
compass.
6) Treat every Marine or Sailor as if he
is the one who will save your life.
7) No better friend, no worse enemy.
8) War rubs the veneer of civilization
off you and leaves bare the character
underneath.
Every quote had an underlying lesson
in true leadership.
“Leadership is not a position. Leadership is what you do and how you act,”
he said. “Leaders have the right habits
of daily activity.”
MajGen Lukeman continued: “Live
life every day the right way. When
things get tough, character carries you
through it.”
He also told the cadets that they are
receiving lessons in leadership every
day at MMA.
“You may not know there is a grand
design to all that you do here, but
the leadership is being developed by
the day-to-day things that you do,”
he said.
MajGen Lukeman was commissioned
in the Marine Corps after graduating
from the University of Notre Dame in
1980. He was designated an infantry
officer and has served in infantry
command positions from platoon
commander to Commanding General
Second Marine Division.
He has also served in a variety of
staff positions to include Assistant for
Strategy and Force Planning with the
Office of the Secretary of Defense,
Chief of Staff for Marine Corps Base
Quantico, Military Assistant to the
Assistant Commandant, and Deputy
Director for Strategy and Plans, United
States Africa Command.
Battalion Commander Alfonso García Garza of
Monterrey, Mexico, and Superintenent Col R. Glenn
Hill presents MajGen James Lukeman with a gift.
RICHARD NATHANIEL FARR
Schertz, Texas
The University of Texas
at Austin
ERIC JESÚS GARZA SOSA
Guadalupe, Mexico
Universidad Autónoma
de Nuevo León
IRVIN WENATA IE
Temple City, California
DIEGO ESPINOSA VALDEZ
Monterrey, Mexico
The University of Tulsa
ALFONSO GARCÍA GARZA
Monterrey, Mexico
Texas A&M University
MORGAN FREDRICK
HUNTLEY
DANIEL LÓPEZ ÁLVAREZ
Mexico City, Mexico
Tecnológico de
Monterrey-Puebla
WALKER LEE LESLIE
Livingston, Texas
Angelina College
United States
Marine Corps
University of
Southern California
Texas Tech University
Universidad Interamericana
de Puerto Rico
Rochester, Illinois
JINTING JIANG
Rancho Cucomanga,
California
Naucalpan, Mexico
Aguada, Puerto Rico
University of Colorado
Boulder
Flagstaff, Arizona
IAN THOMAS MANSON
Pennsylvania State
University
The Citadel
Plano, Texas
COLE JEFFREY GOODE
Universidad de
Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico
BRANDO JACOB
FEMATT RODRÍGUEZ
Texas A&M University
at Galveston
Katy, Texas
ZANE PARKER CROUCH
Tecnológico de
Monterrey-Puebla
Santa Catarina, Mexico
DANIEL FRANCISCO
ARAIZA LOZANO
DIEGO DE JESÚS
CERVANTES FABELA
Texas A&M University
at Galveston
Wimberley, Texas
KEEGAN NASH ANDERSON
AMIZADAI
CARDONA ACEVEDO
Texas A&M University
at Galveston
Wimberley, Texas
BRANDON MAXWELL
ANDERSON
Baylor University
Houston, Texas
WILLIAM RILEY MARTIN
University of Houston
Mexico City, Mexico
Blinn College
Galveston, Texas
JAKE ANTHONY MAY
Richmond,
The American International
University of London
Charlestown, Rhode Island
CONOR BRYCE KNAPP
Arizona State University
St. Edward’s University
YURI ALEJANDRO
JUÁREZ SEGON
Atizapan, Mexico
Universidad de las
Americas Puebla
Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi
Houston, Texas
Tepeji, Mexico
Humble, Texas
GERARDO JOSE
HERNÁNDEZ ALCAZAR
ZAMHYR FLORES DAGDA
AUSTIN MICHAEL FINN
GUILLERMO CORNELIUS
HELLMUND MELGUIZO
Arizona State University
Torreon, Mexico
MARIANO DORANTES
CAVAZOS
University of WisconsinParkside
Salem, Wisconsin
NIKO JOSEPH BAKANEC
Tecnológico de
Monterrey
San Nicolas, Mexico
ALEJANDRO GABRIEL
DE LEÓN DÓMINGUEZ
Universidad Autónoma
de Nuevo León
Monterrey, Mexico
GERARADO MOISES
ASSAD LEAL
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ~ Albert Einstein
SALUTING THE CLASS OF 2015
BAILEY RYAN WILHELM
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
State University
XICHEN WANG
The University of Texas
at Austin
Southwestern University
Coconino Community
College
Shenyang, China
McAllen, Texas
Northwestern
Preparatory School
Fremont, California
JACK T. THANT
University of Houston
Northwestern
State University
JOSHUA LEE TALLEY
Houston, Texas
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Flagstaff, Arizona
JACOB AMADEUS
ROOPCHAND
CLAYTON JOSHUA
SIMONS RHODES
EVAN ALEXANDER SCOTT
Tecnológico de
Monterrey
San Nicolas, Mexico
ROBERTO PICKERING URREA
University of Valley Forge
Old Dominion University
SERGIO LEONARDO
PARODI VÁZQUEZ
Reinhardt University
DeVry College of New York
Midtown Manhatan
Universidad
Panamericana
The University of Tulsa
Zapopan, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Garza Garcia, Mexico
Alpharetta, Georgia
BAILEY GILMORE MONETTE
SPENCER ROY PASCAL
HÉCTOR JOSÉ
MOLINA SÁNCHEZ
LUIS ALBERTO
MOLINA PRIETO
Westfield, New Jersey
Universidad de
Monterrey
Universidad Tecnológica
de Panama
Norwich University
Westfield, New Jersey
San Nicolas, Mexico
Panama City, Panama
Moscow, Russia
MICHAEL MATTHEW MENN
MAXWELL PAUL PASCAL
HUGO ALEXIS
MENDÓZA MAURICIO
GEOVANNY STEPHANO
MENDEZ BOYD
Iowa State University
Erath, Louisiana
BRYCE MARTIN VALLOT
California State
University, Chico
Belmont, California
JEREMIAH SALVADOR
RUVALCABA
United States
Marine Corps
Austin, Texas
JACKSON CLAY PERKINS
University of
Pennsylvania
Moscow, Russia
NIKITA ALEXANDER
NEMCHUK
Pennsylvania State
University
Abuja, Nigeria
DERRICK OLISAEBUKA
METUH
Virginia Military Institute
Taipei, Taiwan
MENG YU WANG
Universidad
del las Américas Puebla
Papantla, Mexico
GUSTAVO SALAZAR MAR
Norwich University
Waxhaw, North Carolina
DRYDEN CADE PHELPS
Universidad Anáhuac
Tlalnepantla, Mexico
JAN ALBERTO
PAREDES MOGICA
Tallahassee
Community College
North Miami Beach, Florida
DOMINICK PHILLIP
MINERVI
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
Iwo Jima Parade »» 20
Iwo Jima Parade
Ten veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima
turned out for the Iwo Jima Parade
Feb. 19. Including those of Iwo Jima,
at least 20 World War II veterans
attended this year’s parade.
battle that took place in 1945 in the
Pacific during World War II. MMA is
the only place in the nation that holds
a battalion-size parade on the actual
anniversary (Feb. 19) of the battle.
Despite the growing chill, about 300
people were present for the 2015 Iwo
Jima Parade.
After the parade, MMA hosted a
reception at the Bob & Betty Farris
President’s House for the World War
II veterans.
This year marked the 70th anniversary
of the Battle of Iwo Jima, a major
Above: Senior James Harvey of Austin, Texas,
tosses his rifle to his drill team captain. Left: Two
Iwo Jima survivors share old letters before the
parade. Center: Guest Reviewing Officer LtGen
Dennis Hejlik, USMC (Ret) (right) joins the parade
honorees during the pass in review.
MJROTC Inspection
This year, 183 cadets, or nearly 71
percent, received an Outstanding
rating at the Marine Corps Junior
ROTC (MCJROTC) Inspection held Feb.
27. All five companies were inspected
as well as the MMA battalion staff and
color guard.
During this annual review, every
cadet is meticulously examined on
his grooming and uniform, and drilled
on his knowledge of Marine Corps
history, regulations, principles and
leadership traits. Director of the
5th MCJROTC Region LtCol Mark
Stroman, USMC (Ret), led the
2015 inspection.
Though all the companies scored
very high, Golf Company was
named Best Inspected Company
with a near-perfect score of 99.8.
Senior Daniel López Álvarez of Mexico
City accepts the Best Inspected Company
award on behalf of Golf Company from LtCol
Mark Stroman, USMC (Ret).
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
21 «« Capt Gary Bust Dedication
Capt Gary Bust Dedication
On April 10, MMA dedicated the bust
of its late founding father Capt William
“Bill” Gary, USMCR (Ret). The bronze
memorial honoring Capt Gary is now
permanently located in the center of
the MMA quadrangle, in front of the
Headquarters building.
Among those present at the ceremony
were the MMA Corps of Cadets,
faculty and staff, board trustees
and advisors, and Harlingen city
dignitaries. The special guests were
Capt Gary’s daughter Kathy McCraine
and sculptor Bill Nebeker, both from
the Prescott, Ariz., area.
Before unveiling the bust of her father,
Mrs. McCraine spoke a few words
about him.
“My dad did many things in his life, but
he was most proud of the foundation
of MMA,” she said.
Capt Gary was a prosperous rancher,
land developer and home builder who
lived near Prescott, Ariz. Above all,
however, he was a proud Marine.
passing in January 2014. To this day,
MMA is still the only private school
in the world based on the values and
traditions of the U.S. Marine Corps.
In the early 1960s, Gary could not
find a Marine Corps-based school for
his adolescent son anywhere in the
country. Therefore, he set out on a
mission to start one.
Gary’s business savvy coupled with his
vision and military leadership led to
the opening of MMA in Harlingen in
September 1965. He was still just 40
years old when the doors opened. His
son, Bill Jr., was the first cadet enrolled
at MMA.
Capt Gary faithfully served on the
MMA Board of Trustees until his
Above: Battalion Commander Alfonso García Garza of Monterrey, Mexico, and Kathy McCraine unveil
the bust of Capt Gary. Left: Board Trustee Velma Bowman speaks with sculptor Bill Nebeker prior to the
ceremony. Right: The bust of Capt William “Bill” Gary lies in the center of the MMA quadrangle.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
General H.M. Smith Dinner »» 22
General H.M. Smith Dinner
Director of the Marine Corps
Capabilities Development Directorate
BrigGen William F. Mullen III received
the 2015 Iwo Jima Leadership award at
the H.M. Smith Dinner April 10.
Among his many achievements,
BrigGen Mullen was the Marine aide to
President George Bush and President
Bill Clinton.
Before accepting the award, BrigGen
Mullen talked about the importance of
investing in education and preparing
the youth for tomorrow’s challenges.
“Life’s tough. It’s not fair. There are no
easy breaks out there. You’ve got to
be tougher. You’ve got to know what
you’re doing,” BrigGen Mullen said.
He continued: “This is the kind of place
where we make tough people. We
make people that get out there and
lead no matter what ... they have the
toughness to keep going.”
BrigGen Mullen then specifically
addressed the cadets.
“What you get here, you don’t fully
value it right now. You can’t even
begin to value it until you put a couple
of years behind you, and you realize
how far ahead you are from the people
your age,” he said.
At the event, MMA also inducted two
individuals into the H.M. Smith Fellow
society: Judy Kutzenberger and CWO3
Edward Harris. Mrs. Kutzenberger has
been the MMA librarian since June
1992 and CWO3 Harris has served as
the drill instructor for Alpha Company
and the MMA band teacher since July
1998.
The late Richard L. Hosea Jr. of
Harlingen, Texas, was also inducted
in spirit for his planned giving to the
academy.
Above: BrigGen William F. Mullen III accepts the Iwo Jima Leadership award from Battalion Commander
Alfonso García Garza of Monterrey, Mexico, and Board Trustee Co-Chairmen Joe Pollard (left) and LtGen
Joe Weber, USMC (Ret). Top left: Junior Obaseyifunme Kuforiji of Lagos, Nigeria, stands for the colors and
national anthem. Center left: MMA employees Judy Kutzenberger and CWO3 Edward Harris stand as H.M.
Smith Fellows. Bottom left: BrigGen William F. Mullen III speaks to the dinner guests.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
23 «« Alumni Reunion
Alumni Reunion
Forty-one “brothers” returned to their
former home and alma mater for the
2015 Alumni Reunion April 17-18.
On April 17, the men enjoyed an
afternoon of activities at MMA. The
alumni, along with their family and
friends, first gathered at high noon
on Battalion Avenue for the MMA
Corps of Cadets pass in review and
then joined the cadets for lunch. Later,
alumni shared their stories and advice
with the Class of 2015 and then passed
out the senior pins.
Many more Leathernecks arrived in time
for the 2015 Alumni Reunion Parade,
and they all joined Superintendent Col
R. Glenn Hill for the ceremonial pass
in review. After the parade, the MMA
brothers gathered in front of the Iwo
Jima Monument for a commemorative
photo and then attended a reception.
On April 18, the alumni spent a
leisurely day at South Padre Island.
That evening, the men and their guests
gathered again for a dinner party at
the hotel.
At the dinner, Col Hill and military
artist Todd Krasovetz of San Diego
unveiled the “March Through Time:
Marine Military Academy 50 Years
of Excellence” painting. The painting,
which will be prominently displayed in
an MMA building beginning August
2015, was gifted to MMA by alumnus
Jorge Ramírez Tubilla, Class of 1995.
This year, the majority of the alumni
hailed from Charlie Company. Most of
the these men proudly sported their
hunter green company t-shirts that
weekend.
Above: Charlie Company comrades David Terry,
Class of 1980, (left) and Adam Welch, Class of
1989, reunite at the Friday night beach reception.
Left: Alumni gather for a “selfie” in front of the Iwo
Jima Monument after the parade. Top right: Manuel
Guzmán, Class of 1989, (left) and Keno Vásquez,
Class of 1988, meet up again on Battalion Avenue.
Center right: Vincent May, Class of 1985, joins his
son senior Tanner May of Galveston, Texas, in the
lunch line.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
Spring Fling »» 24
Spring Fling
The MMA Parents Organization hosted
2015 Spring Fling April 24-25. Each
year, the parents of the cadets are
invited to spend a weekend with their
sons in warm and sunny South Texas
and engage in some family activities.
On April 24, all parents and siblings
joined the cadets for morning colors.
Then they visited teachers and spent
the morning hours together.
At noon, the families of upperclassmen
attended the Junior-Senior Ring
Ceremony. At this event, the following
13 cadets were presented with their
MMA class ring: junior Christopher
Ballance of Houston; junior Lorenzo
Casso of Baton Rouge, La.; senior
Diego Espinosa Valdez of Monterrey,
Mexico; senior Brando Jacob Fematt
Rodríguez of Monterrey, Mexico;
senior Alfonso García Garza of
Monterrey, Mexico; senior Jinting
Jiang of Rancho Cucamonga,
Calif.; senior Jake Anthony May of
Galveston, Texas; junior Blake Moore
of Victoria, Texas; senior Clayton
Rhodes of Natchitoches, La.; junior
Charles Sanchez of Miramar, Fla.;
junior Robert Walter III of Fair Oaks
Ranch, Texas; senior Bailey Wilhelm
of Broken Arrow, Okla.; and junior
Joshua Williams of Dallas.
That night, cadets and family members
alike enjoyed a delightful show by
hypnotist Daniel James of Las Vegas.
The show starred numerous cadets.
The morning of April 25, some families
headed to the Back 40 to zipline,
rappel and/or play paintball. In the
evening, the cadets and their guests
first ate a barbecue dinner and then
hit the tables at “Casino Night.” All
the guests enjoyed a night of games,
prizes and gourmet desserts.
Above: Cadets fall over as they undergo a trance
at the hyposis show. Top left: Senior Jake May of
Galveston, Texas, hugs his mother after the ring
ceremony. Center: Sophomore Clayton Dill of
Crawford, Texas, decides where to place his chip.
Bottom: Freshman Fabrizio Zermeno of Sugar Land,
Texas, and his family members get ready to zipline.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
25 «« Eagle Scout Cour of Honor
Eagle Scout Court of Honor
Four MMA Boy Scouts earned the
prestigious rank of Eagle Scout at the
Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony
May 22. In addition to the 21 merit
badges they needed to earn and the
board of review they needed to pass,
the scouts of Troop 22 also had to
complete an Eagle Scout Leadership
Service Project.
Jacob Bredenkamp of Bonaire, Ga.,
constructed a custom, three-piece
patio set for Calvary Christian School.
The school auctioned the outdoor
chairs and table at its annual event
for $900. Bredenkamp completed the
furniture project in just two weeks, in
time for the school’s Oct. 11 fundraiser.
Junior Robert Walter III of Fair
Oaks Ranch, Texas, built a flag
retirment facility for the Harlingenarea community. The facility, which
is located behind the Iwo Jima
Monument and near the gravesite of
Corporal Harlon Block, consists of a
brick patio with four benches and a
stone pit in the center.
Walter finished his “legacy” project
April 27 and officiated a flag retirement
cermony May 1.
Sophomore Lars Berggren of
Brownsville, Texas, made some
much-needed improvements to the
Family Crisis Center shelter. Berggren
built, painted and installed eight
large shelves in the supply closet
to maximize storage space. He also
constructed a portable shelving unit
for the second floor.
Above: (Left to right) Junior Robert Walter III of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas; junior Jacob Bredenkamp of
Bonaire, Ga.; sophomore Lars Berggren of Brownsville, Texas; and junior Christopher Ballance of Houston
sport the Eagle Scout neckerchief and medal. Top right: Sophomore Lars Berggren of Brownsville, Texas,
receives a pat on the back from Commandant of Cadets SgtMaj Ford Kinsley. Bottom right: Cadet Walter is
congratulated by Battalion Commander Alfonso García Garza of Monterrey, Mexico, a fellow Eagle Scout.
Berggren then made some small
repairs to areas of the shelter. He
completed the shelter improvements
and repairs May 2.
Junior Christopher Ballance
of Houston gave the residents of
Golden Palms Retirement & Health
Center a strong library. Ballance first
built a customized, media exchange
bookcase. He created special shelves
to hold large books and paperbacks
as well as CDs and DVDs. Ballance also
purchased a tower magazine rack.
Ballance then collected books,
magazines, movies and music to fill the
shelves of the bookcase and magazine
rack. He delivered the library May 15.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
Annual Awards »» 26
Annual Awards
Forty cadets were recognized for their
distinguished achievement during the
2014-15 school year at the Annual
Awards assembly May 22.
Excellence Awards
Colonel Phil Yeckel, USMCR,
Athlete of the Year Award
• Daniel López Álvarez
President’s Athletic Award
• Gerardo Hernández Alcazar
Rolls-Royce Pegasus Trophy for
Excellence in Aerospace Studies
• Brooks Dickerson
Salutatorian Award
• Irvin Ie
Top Student Awards
By Class
• Eighth-Grade Class: José Schroeder
Velasco
• Freshman Class: Maxime Dowla
• Sophomore Class: Lars Berggren
• Junior Class: Zachary Alexander
By Subject
• English: Bryce Vallot
• Math: Haoyang Li
• Science: Michael Lucas
• Social Studies: Carlos De León
• Foreign Language: Michael Nikitins
• Computer Science: Christian Delgado
Dean’s Award
• Conor Knapp
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Medal
• Karl Fischer
MajGen Robert E. Friedrich Award
• Jinting Jiang
USMC Distinguished Athlete Award
• Joshua Talley
Mariner of the Year Award
• William Martin
USMC Music Excellence Award
• Kristopher Richey
Outstanding Senior Alumni Award
• Irvin Ie
USMC Scholastic Excellence Award
• Richard Farr
Brandon Anderson
• Tarleton State University
Plank Holders
• Richard Farr
• Ryan Wilhelm
Valedictorian Award
• Richard Farr
Keegan Anderson
• Tarleton State University
University Scholarships
Above: Senior Irvin Ie of Temple City, Calif., accepts the Outstanding Senior Alumni Award from
Superintendent Col R. Glenn Hill (left) and teacher Mike Morton, Class of 1972. Left: Seniors Ryan Wilhelm
of Broken Arrow, Okla., (left) and Richard Farr of Schertz, Texas, show their Plank Holder award.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
27 «« Teacher of the Year
Annual Awards
• University of Tulsa
Héctor Molina Sánchez
• Universidad Panamericana
Bailey Monette
• Reinhardt University
Nikita Nemchuk
• Manhattan College
Spencer Pascal
• Old Dominion University
• Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University - Prescott
Dryden Phelps
• Norwich University
Jeremiah Ruvalcaba
• University of Arizona
Junior Zachary Alexander of Georgetown, Texas, accepts the
11th Grade Top Student Award from Superintendent Col R.
Glenn Hill.
Jack Thant
• Hofstra University
• The Citadel
• Norwich University
Zane Crouch
• Houston Baptist College
Ryan Wilhelm
• Norwich University
Diego Espinosa Valdez
• University of Tulsa
Auxiliary Scholarships
Austin Finn
• University of Houston
Gerarado Hernández Alcazar
• Houston Baptist College
• Arizona State University
Yuri Juárez Segon
• University of Tulsa
Michael Menn
• Norwich University
Luis Molina Prieto
Teacher of the Year
Spanish teacher Ana Galván
received the 2015 Teacher of
the Year award at the Annual
Awards assembly May 22. Each
year, the cadets nominate
and vote for an outstanding
teacher.
Mrs. Galván has taught dual
enrollment Spanish at MMA
since August 2008. She also
serves as the chair of the
foreign language department.
She holds a bachelor’s and
master’s degree in Spanish
from the University of TexasPan American.
Mrs. Galván was surprised yet
excited to win the award.
“I feel honored and humbled
to be the MMA Teacher of the
Year,” she said. “I will continue
to make a difference in the
lives of my students. God bless
you all.”
Christopher Heard Memorial
Scholarship
• Blake Allen Moore
Marine Corps League Coastal Bend
Scholarship
• Dryden Phelps
Rotary Scholarship
• Alfonso García Garza
William & Ethel Staats Education
Trust Scholarship
• Richard Farr
Ana Galván
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
Military Awards »» 28
Military Awards Ceremony
Thirty-one cadets received an award
for their distinguished military
achievement during the school year
at the Military Awards ceremony May
23. The awards were given during the
graduation parade, prior to the Class
of 2015 graduation ceremony.
• William Martin
• Jack Newbury
Daedalian JROTC Achievement Award
• Zachary Alexander
Navy League Youth Award
• Conor Knapp
Daughters of the American
Revolution Award
• Xichen Wang
Peacock Kadet Award
• Dryden Phelps
MMA
H.L. Hunley JROTC Award
• Patrick Gallagher
Reserve Officers Association JROTC
Award
• Gustavo Salazar Mar
John Philip Sousa Music Award
• Maxwell Pascal
Scottish Rite JROTC Award
• Luis Tanajara Arteaga
Marine Corps Assocation Award
• Diego Espinosa Valdez
Semper Fidelis Award
• Michael Menn
Military Officers Association of
America Award
• George Zenner
Sons of the American Revolution
Award
• Irvin Ie
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Leadership Award
• Michael Nikitins
Veterans of Foreign Wars Award
• Naif Al Hammad
Commandant of Cadet’s Award
• Dryden Phelps
Drill Instructor Awards
• Company A: Tzu Hsien Yang
• Company D: Charles Sanchez
• Company E: Yuri Juárez Segon
• Company F: Michael Mendoza
• Company G: Joshua Talley
Senior Marine Instructor’s Award
• Ryan Wilhelm
Superintendent’s Award
• Alfonso García Garza
Auxiliary Awards
American Legion Bronze Award for
Military Excellence
• Daniel López Álvarez
American Legion Bronze Award for
Scholastic Excellence
• Richard Farr
National Rifle Association Club
Championship Award
• Dominick Minervini
National Sojourners Americanism
Award
Women Marines Association
MCJROTC Award
• Giancarlo Betti Hernández
Tawani Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Award
9th Grade
• Giovanni Betti Hernández
10th Grade
• Erick Ayala
American Veterans JROTC Award
• Jeremiah Ruvalcaba
11th Grade
• Arzel Alexander
Association of Military Colleges &
Schools of the United States Award
• Meng Yu Wang
12th Grade & Best Overall Cadet
• Irvin Ie
Colonel H.W. Card Jr., USMC (Ret)
Inspirational Leadership Award
SgtMaj Larry Carson pins the Drill Instructor
award to the uniform of junior Charles Sanchez
of Miramar, Fla.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
29 «« Commencement Exercises
49th Commencement Exercises
Fifty-one young men walked the
stage at the 49th Annual MMA
Commencement Exercises May 23
in Yeckel auditorium. Richard Farr of
Schertz, Texas, was the valedictorian
for the Class of 2015 and Irvin Ie of
Temple City, Calif., was the salutatorian.
Director of Marine Corps Junior ROTC
Col Robert G. Oltman, USMC (Ret), was
the guest speaker for the occasion. Col
Oltman gave the cadets four rules to
never forget:
1) Never forget God. “Keep the focus
on him, and we’ll be blessed and
strengthened beyond our beliefs,” Col
Oltman said.
2) Don’t forget your core values.
“Never forget what they mean (honor,
courage and commitment) and how
you apply them in your daily life,” he
said.
3) Never forget that it’s O.K. to fail.
“Our failures define us more than our
successes,” Col Oltman said. “ It’s the
lessons that we learn that help us to
be successful.”
4) Never forget the true meaning
of success. “It’s not what you
accumulate,” he said. “It’s what you
do with what you accumulate.”
After listening to powerful speeches
by the valedictorian, salutatorian
and guest speaker, the 51 seniors
were awarded their high school
diploma. The event concluded with
the traditional tossing of the covers.
Above: Senior Austin Finn of Humble, Texas, accepts his high school diploma from Board Trustee CoChairman Joe Pollard (left) and Col Robert G. Oltman, USMC (Ret). Top right: Senior Joshua Talley of McAllen,
Texas, takes a quick “selfie” with Assistant Dean of Academics Joe Palamara before accepting his diploma.
Center right: Col Robert G. Oltman, USMC (Ret), accepts a gift from sophomore Grant Taylor of Houston.
Bottom right: Yuri Juárez Segon of Mexico City, Class of 2015, hugs a fellow graduate after the ceremony.
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
MMA Supporters »» 30
Friend’s Club: $99 & Under
• Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Adair – FP
• Maj & Mrs. Daniel Alexander, USMCR
• Mr. & Mrs. David C. Allen
• Mr. Miguel Mario Ancira – Class of
2003
• Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Anderson
• Mr. & Mrs. George L. Ayer
• Mr. & Mrs. Brian B. Ballance – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. John Baum
• Mr. Juventino Belmontes
• Mr. Milan A. Bendik
• Dr. & Mrs. Fritz W. Berggren – CP
• Col & Mrs. John A. Bicknas, USMC
(Ret)
• Ms. Freda S. Bitonti – FP
• Mr. & Mrs. Leslie E. Bork, Jr.
• Sgt Norma Boutry, USMC (Ret)
• Sgt & Mrs. Allen E. Bramble, Jr., USMC
• MGySgt Marion D. Branch, USMC
(Ret)
• RADM & Mrs. Herbert M. Bridge,
USNR (Ret)
• CWO Roy E. Bristol, Jr., USMCR (Ret)
• Mr. Calvin C. Brooks, Jr.
• Mr. Thomas M. Brownell – Class of
1984
• Col Bruce E. Brunn, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. Gasper Buffa
• Mr. Martin J. Butler – Class of 2009
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• Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Carlton – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Eldon L. Carmine
• Col & Mrs. Gerald P. Carr, USMC (Ret)
• SgtMaj & Mrs. Larry J. Carson, USMC
(Ret)
• Mr. W. B. Carter
• Mr. & Mrs. Reymundo Castaneda, III
• Mr. & Mrs. Frank D. Catizone
• Mrs. Kathleen M. Charrey-Hinkle
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• Mr. & Mrs. Keith W. Cherry – CP
• LtGen George R. Christmas, USMC
(Ret)
• Ms. Kristine A. Cimmy
• Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Clark
• Mr. John J. Clifford
• Capt Jerry S. Condry, USMCR
• Col Thomas J. Conway, USMCR (Ret)
• Mr. Brilliantino Correa, Jr.
• Mrs. Maria G. Cortez
• LtCol & Mrs. George F. Cribb, USMC
(Ret)
• Ms. Virginia V. Cruz
• Mr. & Mrs. Henry Culver – FP
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• GySgt & Mrs. Lonnie D. Dalton,
USMC (Ret)
• Mr. Larry A. Darnall – CP
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• Mr. Thomas Denice
• Col & Mrs. Chester P. Dereng, USMC
(Ret)
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• Mr. Jose Diaz, Jr.
• Mr. Jose M. Diaz, Jr.
• Maj Peter J. Dlubac, USMC (Ret)
• Mrs. Gina M. Doane
• Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Dobson
• Mr. Richard M. Doezema
• Mrs. Sharon D. Donahue
• Col & Mrs. A. J. Doublet, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Doyle – CP
• CWO-5 & Mrs. Dick W. Driggs, USMC
(Ret)
• Mr. Robert S. Duffy
• Mr. Richard M. Elliott
• Mr. George Wm. Everitt
• Mr. & Mrs. William F. Farrell
• Mrs. Betty R. Farris – FP
• Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Fausel
• Dr. & Mrs. Helmuts A. Feifs
• LtCol Ronald B. Felsburg, USMCR
• MSgt & Mrs. Albert J. Fiacco, USMC
(Ret)
• Mr. James R. Fleming & Mrs. Carol
Fleming-Schembre
• Ms. Linda S. Flores
• Mr. & Mrs. Jake Forbes
• GySgt Clarence B. Fountain, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
• MSgt & Mrs. Robert A. Fracasso,
USMC (Ret)
• MGySgt & Mrs. Henry G. Francis, Jr.,
USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Fuhrman – CP
• Mr. Douglas Galbraith
• GySgt Raul Garcia, Jr., USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Ruben Garcia
• Mr. James R. Gardner
• Mrs. Maria G. Garza
• Mr. Alvaro H. Garza-Cantu & Mrs.
Gladys B. Rodriguez-Silva – CP
• Mrs. Claude D. Gilkerson
• Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas
• Mr. Don R. Gomez
• Mrs. Celia Gonzalez
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• Mr. Robert A. Grant
• LtCol John F. Guilmartin, USAF
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• Mr. Thomas R. Harris
• LtCol & Mrs. Robert H. Harter, USMC
(Ret)
• Mr. Robert C. Hauser
• GySgt & Mrs. Kenneth A. Havelka,
USMCR (Ret)
• Maj & Mrs. James F. Hawkins, USMC
(Ret)
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• Mrs. Josefina Hernandez
• Mrs. Dolores J. Hinds
MARINE MILITARY ACADEMY
31 «« MMA Supporters
• Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Hinkle – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Dean S. Hirst
• Ms. Lorie A. Hodel – CP
• MGySgt & Mrs. Ralph Hoffmann,
USMC (Ret)
• Mrs. Virginia Howard
• Mr. & Mrs. John Howton
• Mr. & Mrs. Guadalupe J. Huerta
• Maj John A. Hughes, USMC (Ret)
• Iacunato Concrete Construction, Inc.
• Mr. Raymond F. Jacobsen
• LtCol & Mrs. William C. Jaeck, USMC
(Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Denis W. Jarvinen – CP
• Ms. Michele Jenkins
• Mr. Alan H. Joers – Class of 1999
• Mrs. Joan D. Jones
• LtCol & Mrs. William M. Jones, USMC
(Ret)
• Mr. Paul E. Josif
• Sgt Michael J. Kavanaugh, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. Paul B. Kendall
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• Ms. Mary Jane Koch – FP
• LtCol John T. Komar, USMC (Ret)
• MSgt & Mrs. Michael G. Krauss,
USMC (Ret)
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Wright
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• LtCol & Mrs. Robert A. Mallard,
USMC (Ret)
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(Ret)
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USMCR – Class of 1982
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• Mr. & Mrs. Joe K. Moody
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of 1988
• Col & Mrs. Hubert G. Much, USMC
(Ret)
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– Class of 1972
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USMC (Ret)
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USMC (Ret)
• Mrs. Jean Ruff
• Mr. Israel Ruiz-Vazquez & Mrs. Maria
G. Alegria-Quintanar – CP
• Rustad Tours, Inc.
• Mr. & Mrs. Joel T. Sabella
• Mr. & Mrs. Gerardo Salas, Jr.
• Mr. Adan Saldivar
• Mrs. Rosario Saldivar
• MajGen C. Dean Sangalis, USMCR
(Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Dwight E. Saur
• Col John C. Scharfen, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Jim Scheopner
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• Mr. & Mrs. David R. Schoonover
• Col & Mrs. James L. Shanahan, USMC
(Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Short
• Mr. & Mrs. Adam Shorter – CP
• MSgt Robert H. Shutterly, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. Steve Silva
• Col William C. Simanikas, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Roy Simone – CP
• SgtMaj Robert F. Singer, USMC
• Mr. John Sirianni
• Sgt Frank Slightom, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. Jesse H. Smart – Class of 1981
• Col & Mrs. Clyde E. Smith, Jr., USMC
(Ret)
• Mr. Robert N. Smith
• Mr. Michael E. Sohn
• Mr. & Mrs. Humberto A. Solorzano
• Mr. & Mrs. Kurt J. Somerholter – CP
• Mr. Blake Spears
• Mr. Lendie R. Springfield
• Col Richard H. Stableford, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Ray T. Stanfill
• Mr. Lloyd A. Stevens
• Sgt Christopher W. Stohldrier, USMC
• Mr. Lloyd I. Stone
• CDR & Mrs. Michael Anthony Strano,
USN – Class of 1980
• Mr. Frank Suszczynski
• Mrs. Virginia Swanson
• Mr. Robert E. Swietek
• Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Swinnea
• Mr. Paul F. Terruso
• Col John M. Terry, Jr., USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Thomas
• Mr. & Mrs. Kirk F. Thomas
• Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Tinelli
• Mrs. Jane E. Titterson
• Ms. Angelita Torres
• LtCol & Mrs. Robert R. Van Dalsem,
USMC (Ret)
• Dr. & Mrs. Jesus F. Vazquez – CP
• Mr. Bonifacio T. Vega
• Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Vernon
• Mr. Aaron Villafranca
• VMF (N) 542 Association
• Mrs. Geornine Vogrich
• Capt J. S. Wagner, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. Xuliang Wang & Mrs. Hong
Xie – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Wangler
• Lt Raymond P. Wassel, Jr. – Class of
1971
• Mrs. Beth R. Waters
• LtGen & Mrs. W. J. White, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Steve Wieland
• Mr. Walter J. Wood
• Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Woolam
• Mr. & Mrs. Houston Yarbrough
• Dr. Linda M. Yarris-Ewert
• Mr. & Mrs. Rolland E. Zachgo
Gifts - In Honor
• Brent J. Beverly – FP
• Jack H. Brouse – VMF 422
• C-17-1st Mar. Div – Korea – 1950-53
• Mrs. Gwendolyn R. Carson – MMA
D-Co., DI-Wife
• SgtMaj Larry J. Carson, USMC (Ret)
– MMA D-Co DI
• Class of 2014 – MMA
• Maj Thomas J. Duff, USMC – Class
of 2000
• Dr. E. Bruce Heilman – LT/E
• William G. Hinkle “Bill”
• Joseph Kight – MV / 90th Birthday
• Robert A. Lutz “Bob” – FP, T
• GySgt Frank Martinez, USMC (Ret) –
MMA E-Co. DI
• MMA – Class of 2015 and Iwo Jima
Battle & WWII 70th Anniversary
• Maj William “Joe” Murphy, II, USMC,
Pilot – Class of 1996
• Anne Reynolds
• Barry Zale – T, FP, Class of 1974
Gifts - In Memory
• Bob Allen
• LtCol James B. Armstrong, USMCR
(Ret)
• Maj John H. Austin, USMC (Ret)
• Barrett T. Ballinger
• Mike Bodenhammer
• H. Don Brandt
• Jack H. Brouse – VMF 422
• LtCol John Augustus Butler, II, USMC
• LtGen Ernest C. Cheatham, USMC
• Gary E. Clemens
• Janet Cooke
• Ruby Karr Day
• BGen John R. DeBarr, USMC (Ret)
• ADM Jeremiah Denton, USN
• Consuelo N. Diaz
• LtCol Bill Draper, USMC
• Evelyn East – FP, LT/E
• James Bernard Ewbank
• John Foley
• A. Earline Folsom – T
• Cull Forbus “Bud”
• Matthew W. Freeman – Class of 2000
• Sgt David Fuller, USMC (Ret) – 9th
Marines RVN
• James H. Garbrick, USMC (Ret)
• Capt William A. Gary, USMCR (Ret)
“Bill” – FP, FT
• Steven R. Godfrey – Class of 2008
• MSgt Rowland C. Gray, USMC (Ret)
• Gregory Alan Grider “Greg”
• Jack C. Gross – FP
• Adam W. Hall, MMA, Class of 1998,
USAF 1999-2003
• Chris Heard – Class of 1999
• Max Henry
• Gregorio G. Hernandez, Sr.
• Homer Hite
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• Richard L. Hosea, Jr., “Dick”
• Dolly Howard
• Maj Orrin W. Johnson, USMCR (Ret)
– FP, LT/E
• Elizabeth Ina Kennedy
• Andrew John Kutzenberger “Johnny”
• Deward Wayne LeBaron, Jr. “Eddie”
• Howard Lombard “Lee” – Class of
1976
• Adalia R. Lopez “Lala”
• Baldomero Lopez – US Naval Academy, USMC, Killed in the Korean War
– A Hero who covered grenades to
save fellow Marines
• Betty L. MacKenzie
• Max Joseph Maimone – Class of 2007
• Aylo M. Matteson
• John F. McClusky
• Capt Leo J. McDonald, CHC USN
(Ret) – FP
• Maj Edward T. McGee, USMCR (Ret)
• MSgt Walton W. McNeel – Former
Marine
• Cpl Stephen D. Merrell, USMC
• Richard Montgomery
• William Montgomery “Bill”
• Tom Morton
• Harvey Mossmeyer
• Betty Nosler Murray
• Col James R. O’Mara
• Martha O’Mara
• Col Robert F. Rick, USMC (Ret)
• Austin P. Roberts
• Lisa M. Swayze-Roberts
• Col Alfred W. Ruete, Jr., USMC (Ret)
• Tyler R. Secrest – Class of 2007
• Capt Robert J. Shirk, USMC
• Col David W. Silvey, USMC (Ret)
• MajGen Wilbur F. Simlik, USMC (Ret)
“Will”
• Donald R. Smith
• Mike Sohn
• SSgt Dennis Studenny – 5th Marines
RVN
• Carolyn Ann G. Swanberg
• Robert G. Swinnea “Bob”
• Arnold A. Tamez – “Arnold –nJunction Band”
• Pfc Brian A. Thornton, USMC, KIA,
ROK 1951
• Alvaro Turner Trevino
• Col Victor E. Woodard, ORD, USA (Ret)
• MajGen Hal W. Vincent, USMC (Ret)
Clara Voss
• SSgt Edward L. Walsh, USMC “Knobby” – 7th Marines, Korea
• W. T. Young – FP
• Lorreal Youngblood
• Louis Zamperini – Olympic Track
Runner
Gifts - In Kind
• Mr. Lawrence Abrams & Dr. Pamela
Abrams – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. William C. Albritton – CP
• Maj Edgar D. Aronson, USMCR (Ret)
& Mrs. Nancy P. Aronson – FT, A
• Mr. & Mrs. Dan Braman - CP
• Mr. Jeffrey A. Bromstad – CP
• Dr. & Mrs. John D. Butler
• Mr. & Mrs. Kenny R. Casso – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Keith W. Cherry – CP
• Ms. Lori C. Costley – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Wendell R. Curry – FP, A
• Sgt & Mrs. Brook A. Foreman,
USMCR – Class of 1999
• Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. Fuhrman – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. John P. Heiner – FT, A
• Col & Mrs. Robert G. Hill, USMC (Ret)
• Mr. & Mrs. Gary G. Kimball – Class
of 1969
• Mr. & Mrs. James R. Laughlin – CP
• Mr. Larry Lewis
• Mrs. Betty L. Mackenzie
• Mr. & Mrs. Henda L. Martins – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Geovanny Mendez – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Charles Lynn Miller, III
– CP
• SgtMaj & Mrs. David A. Miller,
USMCR (Ret) – FP
• Mr. Alejandro Molina – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. John D. Nikitins – CP
• Mr. Scott Noble
• Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Parsons – CP
• Mr. James Powell
• Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Rhodes – CP
• Ms. Sheryl L. Riley – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Rothman
• Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Seaman – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Timothy N. Taylor – CP
• Ms. Cindy F. Tilley – CP
• Mr. Huai H. Wang & Mrs. Yao T.
An – CP
• Mr. Sergio Zarate
Brick Pavers
• Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Allen – CP
• Miss Gloria D. Boling
• Mr. Urbano De Leon-Reyes & Mrs.
Concepcion Dominguez-Vallejo – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Goode – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. Alejandro Hellmund – CP
• Mr. Gary W. Howard
• Mrs. Virginia Howard
• SgtMaj & Mrs. Ford H. Kinsley, Jr.,
USMC (Ret)
• Mrs. Burney E. Martin – CP
• Mr. Joseph Palamara
• Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Rhodes – CP
• Mr. & Mrs. John A. Simmons – CP
• Mr. Piet L. Wilhelm – CP
Memorial Trees
Dr. & Mrs. David F. Butler
Mr. Joe M. Kight
Ms. Michele Pickens
Col C. L. Reynolds, USMCR (Ret)
Mrs. Dorothy L. Sable
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Farewell »» 34
Leo McDonald
Former MMA chaplain Leo J.
McDonald passed away Sept.
1 at age 89 in Harlingen.
Born Sept. 10, 1924, Chaplain
McDonald was raised in the
Texas Panhandle and attended
Wayland Baptist College. He
then enlisted in the Marine
Corps during World War II and
served a year on Midway Island
before he attended officer
training and was commissioned
as a second lieutenant.
Upon his release from active
duty, Chaplain McDonald
attended Oklahoma Baptist
University and Southwest
Baptist Seminary before being
recalled to serve in the Korean
War. In 1953, he was accepted
into the Navy Chaplain Corps
and served at numerous duty
stations until his retirement as
Chaplain of the Marine Corps
in 1979.
He then worked at MMA 28
years, 10 as the chaplain and 18
as the planned giving director.
Chaplain McDonald is survived
by his wife Jeanette; sons Randy
and Brett; daughters Becky,
Kathy and Jennifer; brother
Scott; seven grandchildren; and
two great-grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by his first
wife Shirley and sister Alva Rae.
Tom Morton
Tom Carlyle Morton,
longtime coach, teacher,
administrator and mentor
at MMA, passed away Sept.
15 in the company of his
family. He was 64 years old.
He ended up staying in
Harlingen for the rest of his
life and worked at MMA as
an educator for 38 years.
In the classroom, Coach
Morton taught social
Coach Morton was born Feb.
science, which included
28, 1950, in Bennettsville,
Texas history, world
S.C. The son of an active
history, government,
Tom Morton
duty Marine, he lived his
economics, U.S. history
childhood years in Oceanside, Calif., and world geography. On the field,
Memphis, Tenn., and Ridgeland, he coached most sports, including
S.C. In high school, he excelled in football, basketball, baseball, track and
the classroom and athletic arena, cross-country. Above all, he taught his
achieving All-State status in football players true sportmanship.
and All-American status in basketball.
Coach Morton was the athletic director
Coach Morton accepted a scholarship at MMA for 25 years, from 1978-1993
to Memphis State University and and then again from 1998-2010. He
played as an offensive lineman and took pride in all of his players and all
linebacker. After a year at Memphis of his teams; and under his leadership,
State, his father accepted a position many of his teams went undefeated.
as a drill instructor and coach at MMA In the 1980-81 seasons, the football,
in South Texas. He then decided to basketball and track teams all went
transfer to nearby Texas A&I University undefeated.
(now Texas A&M University-Kingsville).
In his final years at MMA, Coach
At Texas A&I, Coach Morton starred Morton received the 2013 Teacher
as an offensive tackle. In fact, in those of the Year from the MMA Corps of
two seasons, the Javelinas were back- Cadets and was appointed the director
to-back NCAA Division II champions of alumni affairs in April 2014.
(1969 and 1970). He graduated from
Known for his honor, humbleness
Texas A&I with a bachelor’s degree in
and heart, Coach Morton was highly
secondary education.
respected by everyone he knew.
Though he was selected to play for the
He was preceded in death by his
Atlanta Falcons in the 1972 NFL draft
parents, Jim Sr. and Elizabeth. He is
as an offensive tackle, Coach Morton
survived by his brothers Mike, Ken and
took a different career path.
Jim; wife of 22 years Stephanie; children
He went to MMA where his father April, Jake and Nate; and grandchildren
Jim Morton Sr. was coaching football. Rachel, Noah, Alli and Carson.
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35 «« Farewell
Earline Folsom
Former MMA Advisor and Trustee
Alma Earline Folsom passed away Nov.
12 at Valley Baptist Medical Center in
Harlingen. She was 91 years old.
Mrs. Folsom served on MMA’s
governing body for nearly 18 years,
from 1989-2007. This trustee was
a member of the Gift Planning
committee. Mrs. Folsom loyally gave to
MMA since 1973 and was inducted into
the H.M. Smith Fellow society in 1997.
This Harlingenite also volunteered at
the Iwo Jima Museum & Gift Shop.
Mrs. Folsom was born Oct. 13, 1923,
in Little Rock, Ark., to H.L. and Willeda
Murphey. She met and married a
Marine in 1946 and then moved to
Harlingen, where she would become
a lifelong resident.
Mrs. Folsom and her husband both
worked in the Oldsmobile-Cadillac
to her community her entire life.
A strong advocate for education, Mrs.
Folsom volunteered for the Help One
Student to Succeed (HOSTS) program
in the Harlingen school district and
was the public education coordinator
for the Harlingen-La Feria-Santa Rosa
schools. In addition, she was a member
of the state board of the ACS PreKinder program.
Earline Folsom
franchise in Harlingen. In 1967, the
couple bought the franchise and
formed the Lenoir-Folsom OldsmobileCadillac auto dealership. When Mr.
Folsom died in 1974, Mrs. Folsom
became the sole owner and operator.
She successfully ran the business until
she sold it in 1985.
This savvy businesswoman gave back
Mrs. Folsom also served on the board
of directors of the American Cancer
Society-North Cameron Unit and
Golden Palms Healthcare Center
Volunteer Council. She was even an
officer in the Valley Baptist Medical
Center Auxiliary.
Mrs. Folsom is preceded in death by
close friends whom she considered
family: Roberto, Maria Elena, Pricilla,
Paola and Patsy Cruz.
Joe Sharp
Longtime MMA Board Trustee and
supporter Joe E. Sharp of Colleyville,
Texas, passed away March 9.
Mr. Sharp was born to H.E. and Alice
Sharp May 14, 1937, in Childress,
Texas. He graduated from Munday
High School in 1955 and would earn a
bachelor’s degree in accounting from
the University of North Texas and a
master’s degree in accounting from
Texas Tech University.
Mr. Sharp worked for Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell & Co. prior to establishing his
own accounting practice in Amarillo. In
Joe Sharp
1984, he acquired First National Bank
of Baird. He later purchased other
banks, including First Security Bank of
Beaver, First National Bank of Munday
and First National Bank of Weatherford.
Mr. Sharp led a successful organization
that included several bank branches as
well as a bank software company. He
also helped many charities personally
and through the banks that he led.
This extraordinary businessman served
on the MMA board since 1994. His son
Scott graduated from MMA in 1995.
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