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1987-04-17

The Quarterdeck / 1987-04-17

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Callifornia

http://hdl.handle.net/10945/52318

Easter- hope Is the central message ... see page 2

the uarterdeck A publication of the Naval Postgraduate School

Volume 4 Issue 15

CNO to address Naval Institute by COR John E. Jztekson

Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost, the Chief of Naval Operations, will be the primary guest speaker at the Naval Institute's !13th Annual Meeting to be held April 23 and 24 at NPS. Admiral Trost, in his capacity as President of the Institute, will give his address in King Hall at 1600, April 24. All interested students and faculty members are invited to attend.

The United States Institute is a private, nonprofit professional society. Its monthly journal PROCEEDINGS and i ts o the r ac ti v i ti es serve as a forum fo r the di sc u s s ion and development of new and innovative ideas pertaining to

• val and maritime issues. The major topic of discussion r this year's meeting will be "Maritime Strategy" and the

course to be followed by the Institute in the coming year. lo kick off the meeting, an awards banquet will be held

April 23 at 1800 in the Barbara McNitt Ballroom. On Thurs­day, April 24 in King Hall, the newest star on the bestsel­ler horizon will be there: Stephen Coonts, author of the current Institute hit Flight of the Intruder. Talk with Paul Stil lwel 1 of the newly-rel eased Battleship New Jersey and other Naval Institute authors. This event is open to al 1 students, faculty and staff. At 1400, 1 i sten to a panel of experts discuss how the Soviets perceive our maritime strategy. Captain Steve Kime, USN, Director of U.S. and International Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy will moderate the discussion panel. A question and answer session will follow. This seminar is open to students and faculty only.

For information on any of these events, contact: YNC Jerry Hoover, ext. 2513.

La Cauza fund provides books for NPS

Five new engineering books will soon be added to the Dudley Knox Library, the result of a recent bequest to the Navy by Mrs. Frank E. La Cauza, wife of a former NPS pro­fessor of electrical engineering .

... The books were the first to be purchased using interest ~yments from the La Cauza fund. Future pure hases will be

made every spring. Proceeds from the interest payments on the La Cauza fund are expected to be about $1,100 annually , said NPS Provost David A. Sc hrady. <continued page four>

April 17, 1987

In brief ...

All Navy military person­nel are required to use a safety belt at all ti •es when riding in or operating any motor vehicle. Also, individuals shall not ride in vehicles where safety belts have not been instal­led, have been removed or rendered inoperative .

The same requirement ap­plies to all Navy civilian personnel in a duty status, all persons in any Navy motor vehicle and all per­sons at any time on NPS grounds.

All children under age four, weighing less than 40 pounds, shall use an infant or child restraint device, approved by the U.S. Depart­ment of Transportation , while riding in a private motor vehicle on NPS grounds.

Margaret Kirkland, Execu­tive Director of the East San Francisco Bay Auxiliary, Navy Relief Society, Alame­da, California will be at NPS April 21 to 23 to con­duct a Navy Relief course. Cl ass w i 11 meet from 0900-1200 in the Fel 1 ow ship Room of the Catholic chapel. For more information call Glen­ver Rowland, Chairman of Volunteers, at 646-0583.

From the Superintendent by RADM Robert C. Austin

I was sitting in a classroom the other day and in the middle of the class a student got up and left the room. At uni versi ti es this would not be unusual but, I was taken aback when it happened at the Naval Postgraduate School.

I'm sure the student's reason for leaving was seemingly important. He could have had a dental appointment or a medical examination. Maybe the curricular officer or dis­bursing clerk needed to see him. You need to know my view.

The classroom at the Naval Postgraduate School should be inviolate. Those who work in the support side of the school must keep this in mind at all times. Schedules for dental or medical appointments and such should not inter­fere with a student's classroom time. Even the Superinten­dent' s office should not interfere.

I've addressed these thoughts to the chairmen and the curricular officers and I thought that I should share them with you and the officers assigned to study here.

It's very important to me that your scheduled cl ass ti me be dedicated solely to providing you with essential in­struction that develops your understanding of the course material, and that there be little or no interference to that process.

I ask you to think about this so that if we're operating contrary to this basic premise we can reorder priorities. I owe you the best possible cl ass structure. You owe it to yourself and to the service to be there and obtain the greatest understanding possible.

From the Chaplain by etiap1a1n R. E. Barcus

Easter is the most important day in the Christian year. We love Christmas, but without Easter, Christmas would never have been observed. Because of Easter, Christmas takes on a joyful, prophetic glow and warmth; it is a promise that Easter will one day come.

Easter faces two ways. It looks back to Good Fri day and forward to Pentecost. It looks back to death, yet forward to life. Life has destroyed death because Christ overcame de a th w i th l i f e. l he res u r rec ti on o f Ch r i st i s the a 11 -important central theme of Christianity. It is what makes Easter- Easter.

Hope is the central message of Easter. Hope that we, too, may live beyond death. Our hope is based on a historical fact-Jesus' life and death- and the belief that He lived and died for us. Through our experience of Christ our hope is translated into faith- faith in Christ and in His power to save us.

When we observe Easter we are affirming our faith in the basic fact of Christian teaching. Without Easter there would have been no church. The crucifixion, death and res u r rec ti on o f Ch r i st are the c en tr a 1 co re o f a C h r i s -ti an 1 s be 1 i e f.

This is the reason for us to transcend the trivial in our spiritual journey. Now is the time to focus seriously on the foundation of our religious faith.

In brief ...

The Monterey Peni nsu1 9 Chief Petty Officers Asso­ciation will sponsor a Thursday night social April 23 with the Master Chief of the Navy, William R. Pl ac­kett. The social will be held at the NPS enlisted club from 1900-2300. lhere will be a no-host bar and a one dollar fee will be charged for those who plan to partake in the hors d 'oeuvres.

Al 1 enlisted personnel and their families are in­vited to attend. For more information contact ETCS Mark A. Del agasse at ext. 2422.

Faculty receives promotions and awards of tenure

El even f ac ul ty members have received promotions or awards of tenure this month, Provost David Schrady an­nounced recently.

Promoted to the rank of full professor were: James S. Blandin, executive direc­tor of the Defense Resources Management Education Center; Robert H. Bourke, oceano­graphy; Terry R. McNelley, mechanical engineering; and, Maurice D. Weir, mathema­tics.

Awards of tenure were granted to: Vincent Y. Lum, computer science; Young S. S h i n , m ec h a n ic a l e n g i -neering; and, Joseph Stern­berg, national security af­fairs.

Promoted to associate professorships: lung X. B~ui administrative scienc Charles J. la Civita, DRM , R. Kevin Wood, operations research; and Michael J. Zyda, computer science.

Civiscoop

~ A reminder for supervisors of GS employee~: The Annual per formance rating peribd has ended as of March 31. Pl ease complete your performance ratings and forward · them to Liz Clark, Code 00411 by April 30. If you have any quest i ons , p 1 ease ca 11 Liz at ext. 3 O 52.

Welcome to our new employees: Peggy Baskerville, public works. Ramona Curtis, comptroller; Henry Davila, pub l ic works ; Michael Feher, fire dept.; Paul Frenzen; meteo r o-1 ogy; Roderick Gaul man, security; Jerry Jimerson, pub l ic works; Michael Kleinschmidt, admin. sci. ; Anna LaBorn, elec. warfare acad. grp.; Leodis Lawrence, public wo r ks ; Virginia Luke, PERSEREC; Ben Manzano, CPO; Arnold Parks , comp. equip. support div.; Mark Sartain, public works; Mikhail Tsypkin, NSA; Henry Toy , public works; Dennis Tru­piano, public works and Tuyen Vu, acad. admin.

Vacancy announcements: Applications for the following vacanc i es .are now being accepted in the civilian personnel office. For further information con·sul t the Vacancy An­nouncement in your department or call ext. 2001.

Accounting technician, GS-6/7, comp troll er; accounting ~hnician, GS-6, comptroller; accounting technician, GS-5, ~mptroller; budget analyst, GS-7/9/11, FNOC; clerk ty­

pist, GS-4 (various departments); computer programmer analyst GS-11, FNOC; computer specialist, GS-12, FNOC; computer systems programmer, GS- 13, NEPRF; computer systems programmer, GS-11 , FNOC ; computer systems programmer, GS-11 /12, FNOC; electronics technician, GS-9, ECE; firefighter {structural); GS-5, fire dept.; Interdisciplinary Positions {one position only): meteorologist or physicist, GS-12/oceanographer or mathematician, GS-12, NEPRF ; Interdis­ciplinary Position {one position only): supervisory ocean­ographer or supervisory physicist, GM-13 /14/ supervisory meteorologist or supervisory general engineer, GM-13/14, NEPRF ; general engineer, GS-12, public works; librarian, GS-9, 1 ibrary; meteorologist, GS-11 / 12, FNOC ; physicist/­meteorologist-oceanographer, GS-12, NEPRF; photographer, GS-7, EMD; program manager, GM-14, NEPRF; secretary {ty­ping), GS-3/4/5/6/7, various departments; supervisory com­puter specialist, GM-13, NEPRF; supervisory meteorologist, GM-13/14, NEPRF; supervisory 1 ibrari an, GS-12, 1 ibrary.

Local area training courses Title Date

Skills & techniques 11 May for secretarial

. fectiveness

Working with people 15 May

Eligible

clerical /sec

al 1 employees

Cost

$90

$90

For more information contact Liz Clark , ext. 3052

Campus Calendar

APRIL

- 16 TO 17-1100- 1300, HERRMANN HALL

OPEN SALES FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY/NIGHT <NEAR THE SMC & MUSEUM>

- 17-VISIT BY.

RADM PETER DEMAYO, NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COt+1AND

<POC: LCDR SMITH, X2052l

FEDERAL WOMEN'S PROGRAM NOMINATIONS DUE FOR

WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS <POC: DEB BAITY, X3124l

-20 TO 21-1000-1400, HERRMANN HALL

NEAR THE STUDENT MAIL CENTER TICKET SALES FOR

FIRST ANNUAL SUBMARINE BIRTHDAY BALL

<POC : LCDR KITE, 373-6639 LCDR THOM?SON, 372- 1850>

SP- 101A IBM PC COf.f'UTER DEMOS <POC : LT SMITH, X2576)

-21 TO 23-VI SIT BY

RADM JAMES B. MOONEY CHIEF OF NAVAL RESEARCH

0900-1200, CATHOLIC CHAPEL MS . MARGARET KIRKLAND,

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AUXILIARY NAVY RELIEF SOCIETY

NAVY RELIEF COURSE <POC: G. ROWLAND, 646-0583)

-23 TO 27-V IS IT BY

ADM CARLISLE TROST, USN CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

AND MCPON WILLIAM PLACKETT, USN

MASTER CH I EF PETIY OFF I CER OF THE NAVY

<POC : YNC HOOVER, X2513l

-24-1000- 1145, KING HALL

NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS AUTHORS' PRESENTATIONS

1200, LA NOVIA ROOM NPS TOASTMASTERS

<POC: PAT KELLY, 647-4363)

1400, KING HALL U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE

THE U.S . MARITIME STRATEGY: FROM THE KREMLIN'S

PO I NT OF VIEW

-25-1200-1500, ROOT HALL

INTERNATIONAL DAY

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Sports Beat by JOl Frank Sumers Rec news - -- - ----- ---~- ---

Just when you thought it was safe to take off your walking shoes, another walkathon appears on the calenda~ On May 9, The Human Race (10 kilometer) will be held. for the benefit of the Volunteer Center of Monterey.

The Volunteer Center of Monterey coordinates the retired senior volunteer program (RSVP). Presently, NPS uses the program. RSVP volunteers have helped with historical re­search for the museum.

If you would like to participate in this year's walk for the Human Race, contact Dave Cl ark at ext. 3054 for more information.

* * * * * * The NPS team is in need of walkers for this year's March

of Dimes walkathon. Last year NPS had 24 walkers who raised over $3,000. If you can spare some time on April 25, to help the March of Dimes in its fight against birth defects, contact Russ W erneth at ext. 3381 or Frank Summers at ext. 2024.

* * * * * * Not since the Spring of 1984, has the Navy golf team

enjoyed the thril 1 of vie tory over an Army team on their home course at Ft. Ord. However, 1 ast weekend the Navy team ral 1 i ed to defeat Army 40 1 /2 to 37 1 /2 in the Army­N avy golf tournamen~ Captain W.H. Siren accepted the trophy on behalf of ADM Robert Austin.

* * * * * * It may not have been the Masters golf tournament, but

for the team of Don Epperson, Bob Kist and Bruce Degailler the NPS enlisted golf tournament provided plenty of excitement. Bob Kish took the tournaments closest-to-pin title with a shot 12 feet from the flag, that was just one of the shots which helped lead the team to its title with a team score of one under par, 34, for nine holes. The longest drive of tournament title went to Jack Schofield for his 250 yard shot.

New engineering books for NPS <from page one>

The La Cauza bequest, which specified that a portion of the estate be used to support engineering education at NPS, is being administered by the NPS Foundation, a non-profit, philanthropic organization which assists the Naval Post­graduate Schoo 1.

Mrs. Jane Herbst Butler, NPS Foundation president, said that the foundation presently administers several financial programs similar to the La Cauza fund. Butler said that previous gifts to the school have been used to establish awards programs. These include the RADM John J. Sc hi effe-1 in Award for excellence in teaching, established in 1971, the W. Randolph Church Award to recognize outstanding stu­dent performance in mathematics (1972 ), the Ecker Memorial Fund (1976), and the Mennneken Fellowship (1976).

La Cauza served on the NPS faculty from 1929 until 1958. He was head of the department of electrical engineering and mathematics from 1947 to 195a

Junior go 1 f w i 11 beg i • April 20. The program i for kids age seven to 17. Sign up will be Mondays at 1600. There is no fee. For more information call the Pro Shop at ext. 2167.

If you're tired of wait­ing for a locker at the NPS gym, there are 40 w al 1 1 oc­kers available at the swim­ming pool. Available with­out charge, the lockers must have locks provided by the users. Towels must al so be provided by the user. For more information call ext. 2275.

Pool passes for military at the Seaside pool cost $1 for a day and $17 per month.

Classified ads . MODEL RA I LROADERS,a non-prof it, a Scale Model RR club in Marina with memberships avai 1. Meets 1900-2200. For Info. call LT Prevette at 647-8206.

COLEMAN VERSA-TRAILER. locking, cover, water-proof. Carries about 900 I b s. Idea I for PCS move. $325. Ca I I 646-9920.

1982 MOTOR HOME 23ft. mob i I e traveler 11, 460 Ford, 37,000 mi., air $18,000. Call 375-5284.

1985 MITSUBISHI lREDIA 40,000 mi., sl Iver, 4-dr., alr-cond., excel. cond. $5900. AftP-r 4 and week­ends ca I I 624-4149.

PI ANO LESSONS by m'us I c ed. graduate, In your home or mine. Refs. ava I 1. Ca I I Karen Schauber at 372-1412.

NEW ELECTRIC NFL FOOTBALL GAME for k Ids age 8 & up. Pa Id $30, w I I I se 11 for $25. Ca 11 Karen at ext. 2588.

87 RX-7 TURBO 8800 m I., exce 1. con d., I oaded, car /seat covers Incl. Must sel I. $19,000 or assume lease. Call 375-9742 • • )

KAYPRO 2X OS DRIVE much softwar • wordstar, pascal, reportstar, calcstar and more. Asking $495 o.b.o. Must sel 1-movl ngl 649-3954.