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them arrived last Jul. Tom F Lynch and\nBo Ruck also teach IR. Tom is currently\nfinishing his doctoral dissertation at\nPrinceton in his spare time. Bo is also a\nHarvard grad, garnering a master's in\npublic policy en route to taking a posi-tion\nas course dir for Econometrics.\nSteve is finishing grad work at Penn St\nand will be in the BS&L Dept. Mike is a\nciv in Morristown, NJ, as is Dan. Dan is\nworking for Rochester Tel as a supervi-sor\nand works quite a bit with the local\nWP soc. Al is a recruiting co cmdr in the\nMinneapolis area. Jay is an OAC tm Idr\nat Ft Lee. Quite a few more '82'ers are on\ntheir way back to the banks of the Hud-son\nand I'm sure we'll hear more in the\nfuture.\n1982: The Grymes family\nPatti Cartwright Grymes sends a photo\nof the newest Grymes, Jake, and dad\nDan. Dan took cmd of D Btry, 3/325\nABCT in Vincenza, Italy in Feb. Patti\nand Jake stayed back in VA for awhile\nuntil Dan got settled. Jake chose to wait\nuntil dad had gone before he let loose\nwith his 1st "da-da." He's got "ma-ma"\ndown pat.\n1982: Thayer Ludwig Juergens and daddy\nKen & Gaby Juergens write from\nNatick, MA. An OD off, Ken served in\nGer and cmded at Ft Carson before his\ncurrent tour. While at Carson he met\nGaby; they were married at WP in 88 and\nhad a son, Thayer Ludwig, in Sep 90.\nYes, he's named for Sylvanus Thayer.\nGaby became fond of the name during\nher visit to USMA for the wedding. After\nvisiting a museum near Braintree, MA,\nThayer's hometown, she & Ken learned\nthat the name actually means "from the\nNation's Army." Since Ken is a grad and\nGaby is an Army brat, they settled on the\nname Thayer. (One of the best baby\nname stories from our Class.) Ken is\ncurrently attending grad sch at Babson\nCol near Boston. He will be going to a\nTACOM asgmt in Detroit in Jul. Ken\nsends news of quite a few folks. Jim\nMorales works for Grumman in PA as a\ncontract off. He & Lois have two boys,\nDustin and Kyle. Jim cmds a Res Cbt\nEngr Co and was scheduled to deploy to\nSaudi. Jim & Cindy Brown are currently\nat Georgetown as Jim works on a deg in\nGer studies. They have two children,\nJames and Monica, and will be going to\nGer for their next asgmt. Jim and Ken\nserved as aides-de-camp together in Ger\nin their LT days. Mike Rossi is Ken's\nnext-door neighbor in Natick Army\nHousing. He & Robin have 3 children.\nMike is currently attending MIT for a\ngrad deg in civ engrg. The Juergens and\nRossi clans got together for the A-N\ngame, along with an '82 USNA grad who\nis in sch with Mike. Chris Johnson is\nnow working for Ford. After getting out\nof the Army and earning an MBA at\nBerkeley, Chris worked for Mobil in LA.\nHe has since taken a job as a proj mgr for\nFord in Detroit. Ken and Chris are old\nwrestling buddies and will be together\nagain soon when Ken moves to his\nTACOM duties.\nBill (Chester) Vollmer writes from\nDenver. Bill has been working for Ab-bott\nDiagnostics as a sales rep for clinical\nchemistry analyzers (?). Two other\n'82'ers are with Abbott: Kyle MacGib-bon\nin Houston, and Art Almore in Dal-las.\nBill & Suwana have two children,\n4-yr-old Joshua and Elizabeth Marie,\nborn Dec 90. Bill has more news for us.\nDoug Morrison is currently in Saudi\nwith 1/4 Cav as the HHT cmdr (1 ID,\nAPO NY 09310). Paul Merritt now teach-es\nEE at USMA and Stump Francis is at\nWP in an S-l shop.\nThe Scurlock family continues to\ngrow. Bob & Lauren welcomed twin\nsons Nicholas and Joseph into the world\nin Sep 90. Bob is at USN Post Grad Sch\nin Monterey, CA. Lauren was air-evac'd\nby a Ft Ord Army Blackhawk to Travis\nAFB for the birth, and claims the expe-rience\nwas truly a "joint mil operation,"\nas every svc but the USMC and the\nUSCG gave a hand in the event. Two-yr-\nold son Sam has become quite fond of\nhis new brothers. Bob is completing a\nmaster's in computer sci & artificial in-tel.\nHe also served as the QB for the\nArmy tm in the USN Post Grad Sch A-N\nflag football game.\nUntil next issue, take care.\n'83 CPT Thomas R. Kirkland\n1468 Shenta Oak Drive\nNorcross, GA 30093\nTel: 404-381-5301\nFax: 404-242-3541\n'84CPT Maurice A. Lescault, Jr.\n50 East Hill Road, Unit 8G\nCanton, CT 06019\nTel: 203-693-8214\nGREETINGS '84! Esp those of you\nrepresenting us so well in Oper Desert\nStorm! I've heard from a no of folks in the\nGulf and I'll run down the list shortly.\nHowever, I have to begin by rectifying\nan oversight on my part. My good friend\nand fellow B-3 Bandit, Rod Lurie, had\ncalled back in the late fall and I neglect-ed\nto include him in the last col! Rod left\nthe green machine and is currently\nworking in journalism, mainly in CA,\nalthough his work brings him to NY at\ntimes. Rod & his wife were expecting\ntheir first child—I'm still holding out for\na family photo, Rod! His journalism ca-reer\nseems to be going well, as one of his\nstories was picked up by "60 Minutes!"\nKeep up the good work and thanks for\nthe call!\nOver the holidays, I heard from a no of\nclassmates, many of whom are in the\nGulf. Ltrs should be addressed to\nNAME, UNIT, APO NY and the appro-priate\nzip code. Each major unit has a\ndifferent zip. I will list the zip in parens\nnext to the unit if I have it.\nJean Lawton is in Saudi Arabia cmd-ing\nthe 110th QM Co, 260th QM Bn\n(09657). This co supplies petroleum, so\nI'm sure Jean's is a VERY popular co!!\nJean says there are "tons of grads" in\nSaudi and she had seen several. Deirdre\n(Painter) Cozzens is also in the 260th\nserving as the bn S-4. Dee's husband,\nRandy '85, is serving with the engrs\nnearby. Jean has also seen Fred Meyer,\nwho is with a different engr unit there as\nwell. I'll have more on Fred in a min.\nThanks for the info, Jean, and stay safe!\nFred Meyer's wife, Robin, wrote from\nHinesville, GA, outside of Ft Stewart.\nShe has been running the Family Sup-port\nGroup for the co Fred cmds, A Co,\n92nd Engr Bn (09315), since they were\ndeployed this past fall. Robin said Fred\nwas doing well during the holidays, and\nwe hope that his situation remains the\nsame now that the country has moved\nfrom Desert Shield to Desert Storm.\nThanks for the info, Robin!\nI also heard from another engr spouse.\nLance Lawson's wife, Karen, wrote from\nFt Bragg where Lance is assigned to my\nold unit, the 20th Engr Bde. Lance was\nalso deployed last fall and was doing\nwell as of the holidays. Thanks for the\ncard, Karen!\nOne of our armored cav folks over\n130 ASSEMBLY\nFrom the collection of the U.S. Military Academy Library