TITLE: Alameda Naval Air Station, December 1955.
SOURCE: Commencement Program, Apprentice Commencement Exercises, Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, December 1955.
TRANSCRIBER: SFgenealogy.
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U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION - ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA
APPRENTICE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES, DECEMBER 1955
Capt L.E. FRENCH
Commanding Officer
Naval Air Station, Alameda
Cdr D.M. HIZER
Executive Officer
DEPARTMENT HEADS
Capt J.L. EWING - Overhaul and Repair
Capt R.H. BARRETT, Jr. - Dental
Capt H.R. BERK - Medical
Capt J.W. BOTTOMS - Supply
Cdr R.C. CORLETT - Operations
Cdr W.M. HEAMAN - Public Works
Cdr G.H. HENDRICK, Jr. - Security
Cdr J.F. WUNDERLICH - Administration
Cdr D.H. REESE - Communications
Lcdr S.R. MASON - Fiscal
V.H. LA JEUNESSE - Industrial Relations
SPECIAL ASSISTANTS TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER
Cdr R.A. CURTIS - Chaplain
Cdr M.E. DARCHUCK - Services Information Officer
Lcdr A.S. LINDER - Comptroller
Lcdr D.M. COOGAN - Legal Officer
Major J.R. JONES - Commanding Officer, Marine Barracks
HONORED GUESTS
Radm J.R. REDMAN - Commandant, Twelfth Naval District
G.W. CHAMBERS - President, Master Mechanics and Foremen's Association
Dr. D.D. LUM - President, Alameda Board of Education
R.E. CECCHETTINI - President, Association of Supervisors
Dr. D. RODERICK - Superintendent of Schools, Alameda School Department
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS OF DEPARTMENTS EMPLOYING APPRENTICES
OVERHAUL AND REPAIR
Capt J.L. EWING - Overhaul and Repair Officer
Cdr J.W. McCONNAUGHHAY - Assistant Overhaul and Repair Officer
Cdr R.A. GULICK, Jr. - Production Manager
Cdr D.E. McLEOD - Production Group Officer
L.G. HUFFSTUTLER - Production Superintendent
PUBLIC WORKS
Cdr W.M. HEAMAN - Public Works Officer
Lcdr J.M. PAGE - Assistant Public Works Officer
Lt C.J. FORQUER - Shop Engineer
R.E. LANE - Master Mechanic
MASTER MECHANICS AND FOREMAN
OVERHAUL AND REPAIR DEPARTMENT
MASTER MECHANICS
B.W. SIMMONS
G.W. CHAMBERS
J.L. JENSEN
G.R. SMITH
H.W. HINSINGER
FOREMEN
K.R. REYNOLDS
C.D. LUDERS
C.E. DUCK
J.J. DaBROI
M.G. ROTH
O.R. BALL
F.B. WILSON
J.C.. MacCWILLIAMS
F.M. THOMAS
J.W. LIESER
H.G. JOHNSON
W.H. EDMISTON
A.D. SMITH
J.W. HEGEMAN
B. BROWN
E.C. KEESLER
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
MASTER MECHANIC
R.E. LANE
FOREMEN
D. HEDDELL
F.A. EDWARDS
H. BRUCK
SUPPLY DEPARTMENT
FOREMAN
J.E. BONWELL
APPRENTICE TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
V.H. LA JEUNESSSE - Industrial Relations Officer
R.H. HUTCHISON - Training Superintendent
F.D. CHEVALLIER - Chief Shop Personnel Supervisor, O&R
D.HEDDELL - Foreman
R.J. NIVOLA - Apprentice Supervisor
L.E. KOEHLER - Principal, Alameda Adult School
L.L. HOPKINS - Director, Vocational Education, Alameda Public Schools
W.V. PARKER - Shop Personnel Supervisor
L.J. BIEGEL - Training Coordinator, O&R
STATION TRAINING COMMITTEE
L.G. HUFFSTUTLER
G.R. SMITH
H.W. PURVIS
J.H. MAGUIRE
D. HEDDELL
W.M. HASKELL
H.A. DAVIS
R.H. HUTCISON
APPRENTICE SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS
SHOP COORDINATORS
I.E. ASHTON - Metal and Power Plants Division, O&R
H.R. BURGESS - Assistant
B.V. BALL - Assistant
G.W. PEARSON - Avionics and Assembly Divisions, O&R
R.J. BANKS - Assistant
O.D. SWIFT - Assistant
ALAMEDA SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
J.H. POTTS, Jr. - Science and Mechanical Drawing
W.C. GREENE - English and Mathematics
TRADE THEORY INSTRUCTORS
NAS Apprentice School
J.W. McCORMICK - Aircraft Mechanic General
G.H. FERNSTROM - Aircraft Instruments
A.D. OSTERDOCK - Machinist
M. PIPER - Electrician
H.B. PARKS - Metalsmith, Aviation
H.L. MARTIN - H.L. MARTIN - Automotive Mechanics
W.I. WOOD - Aircraft Mechanic Motors
E.L. CLOWSER - Electrician, Aircraft
T.F. VECCHIONE - Plumning
O.D. SWIFT - Electrician
E.F. NECHVATAL - Pipefitter
R.L. MEREDITH - Sheetmetal D. McCOLL - Carpenter
CLASS OF 1954
| Raymond W. BOYER - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Ambrosia A. PABROS - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| Joe TAPIA, Jr. - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Woodrow KNOX - Electronics |
| Wayne E. WILLIAMS - Electronics | Rafael L. CANTILLO - Aircraft Instrument Mechanic |
| John F. HALL - Aircraft Instrument Mechanic | Joseph R. WOOD - Aircraft Instrument Mechanic |
| William J. MARTIN - Aircraft Instruement Mechanic | Calvin C. CALLAHAN - Aircraft Electrician |
| Antonio C. PIMENTEL - Machinist | Harold L. ROBERTS - Carpenter |
| Theodore CHRATT - Aircraft Mechanic General | Willard R. KIMMEL - Aircraft Mechanic Genreral |
| William FORREST - Electronics Mechanic | Jessie P. PAGE Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Marvin Al. CURL - Aircraft Mechanic General | William J. COWLTER - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Bennie NG - Aircraft Mechanic General |
CLASS OF 1955
| Richard W. HANSEN - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Chester ZOBERSKY - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| William P. LEE - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Robert L. EARLES - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| James C. WILSON - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Paul J. MEYER - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| Howard H. HANSFORD - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Warren G. WONG - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| John C. HEYLAND - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Quan C. PON - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| David A. BELL - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Joseph DWORKIN - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| Robert J. GALLIHER, Jr. - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Kai C. MARK - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| William L. HENWOOD - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Lawrence KELIN - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| James L. WEAVER - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Orville R. BRATTON - Electrician Aircraft |
| James B. CORNELIUS - Electrician Aircraft | Wiliam M. GEE - Electrician Aircraft |
| Estanislao S. IBARRA - Electrician Aircraft | Robert R. NORTON - Electrician Aircraft |
| William F. ROBERTS - Electrician Aircraft | Clarence RUSSELL, Jr. - Electrician Aircraft |
| John C. SPEIGHT - Electrician Aircraft | Dean W. SQUIRES - Electrician Aircraft |
| Franklin TREGLE - Electrician Aircraft | Robert W. TRINKS - Electrician Aircraft |
| Kenneth E. WILLIAMS - Electrician Aircraft | Herbert L. WONG - Electrician Aircraft |
| Joseph I. ZAMBUTO - Electrician Aircraft | Peter M. ANGELES - Metalsmith Aviation |
| James W. COOPER - Metalsmith Aviation | Allen R. EVANS, Jr. - Metalsmith Aviation |
| Wiliam LUKANIK - Metalsmith Aviation | Randolph NG - Metalsmith Aviation |
| Keith L. PADLO - Metalsmith Aviation | Vincent M. QUAN - Metalsmith Aviation |
| Ralph E. SHANNON - Metalsmith Aviation | Robert H. STUTE - Metalsmith Aviation |
| Claude R. SWEETLAND - Metalsmith Aviation | Benjamin B. TADA - Metalsmith Aviation |
| Ing G. WONG - Metalsmith Aviation | Elvin C. WOODWARD - Metalsmith Aviation |
| Donald L. ANDERSON - Machinist | Glenn GEHRETT - Machinist |
| Peter LEWE - Machinist | Sam M. SAYAD - Machinist |
| Weldon C. SMITH - Machinist | George D. WARDELL - Machinist |
| Charlie W. YOUNG - Machinist | George K. YOUNG - Machinist |
| Richard L. BALDWIN - Electronics Mechanic | Shou H. CHAN - Electronics Mechanic |
| George S. FRAME - Electronics Mechanic | Walter K. LEHTONEN - Electronics Mechanic |
| Vincent M. MIRKO - Electronics Mechanic | Hisanori SANO - Electronics Mechanic |
| SHIRO TAKESHITA - Electronics Mechanic | Yoshio YAMAMOTO - Electronics Mechanic |
| Walter J. BARTEL - Aricraft Instrument Mechanic | Robert B. KOONZE - Aircraft Instrument Mechanic |
| John G. McCOLLUM - Aricraft Instrument Mechanic | Patrick C. NELSON - Aircraft Instrument Mechanic |
| Raymond C. NEUNDORF - Aricraft Instrument Mechanic | William K. OTANI - Aircraft Instrument Mechanic |
| Kenneth B. OWEN - Aricraft Instrument Mechanic | Harold H. BRINDLEY - Machinist P.W. |
| John R. HOWE - Machinist P.W. | William C. SPURGEON - Machinist P.W. |
| Willard G. WRIGHT - Machinist P.W. | John J. GAI - Carpenter P.W. |
| Raymond B. GABBERT - Plumber P.W. | Carl E. KRAUSE - Plumber P.W. |
| Victor J. DeFRANCO - Automotive Mechanics P.W. | Daulton R. SIMMONS - Automotive Mechanics P.W. |
| Chester C. SAATHOFF - Sheetmental Worker P.W. | Frank T. CARRERA - Electrician P.W. |
| James R. LYONS - Electrician P.W. | Douglas E. POPST - Electrician P.W. |
| Kenneth E. POPST - Electrician P.W. | Donald H. EBBS - Electrician P.W. |
| Carl E. ATKINS, Jr. - Pipefitter P.W. | Andrew J. CAMPBELL - Pipefitter P.W. |
| Jack Edwin CARSON - Pipefitter P.W. | Warren D. ALSTRAND - Pipefitter P.W. |
| Manuel F. ALVARADO - Aircraft Mechanic General | Walter F. ATTEBERY - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Lester D. BOOTH - Aircraft Mechanic General | John J. CATADO - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| James C. CLARK - Aircraft Mechanic General | Albert C. COTHREN - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Lee R. DANIELS - Aircraft Mechanic General | Murry J. FRANCOIS - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Frank GUERRERO - Aircraft Mechanic General | Robert N. JACKSON - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| David JANG - Aircraft Mechanic General | John H. JONES - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Wilson LEE - Aircraft Mechanic General | Robert E. LEONARD - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Quong LUM - Aircraft Mechanic General | Henry W. MARTINEZ - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Charles E. MELTZER - Aircraft Mechanic General | Donald L. MENDOES - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| John L. MENDOES - Aircraft Mechanic General | John MROGIK, Jr. - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Sherman E. PARKER - Aircraft Mechanic General | Alfonso A. PERALTA - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Edward L. REED - Aircraft Mechanic General | James B. SCOTT - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Leon E. SHANKS - Aircraft Mechanic General | William J. STEINECKE - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Paul E. THOMAS - Aircraft Mechanic General | Jack E. WINTERS - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| William T. WITHROW - Aircraft Mechanic General | Billy Y.G. YOUNG - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Clyde A. BALDWIN - Aircraft Mechanic Motors | Fred T. YAMASHIRO - Aircraft Mechanic Motors |
| Allen R. HEBER - Metalsmith Aviation | Willie D. CULLUM - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Harold L. CRAMER - Aircraft Mechanic General | Anthony CILLUFFO - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Harold EVERNHAM - Aircraft Mechanic General | Fred M. COULBERT - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Ye L.W. HONG - Aircraft Mechanic General | James M. JONES - Aircraft Mechanic General |
| Kip H. LEE - Aircraft Mechanic General | Edwin C. MURRAY - Aircraft Mechanic Geeral |
| Robert PECOT - Aircraft Mechanic General | Irving D. CRETAN - Aricraft Instrument Mechanic |
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