Hall of Distinguished Graduate Ralph Crump '46 celebrated his 95th birthday. As of September 2018, your class has contributed $548,318 toward its five-year goal of $978,900.Įmail following are a list of classmates that have made their final voyage: Richard O. Every donation counts toward your class reunion gift. I am still invited to their social events and obviously drive a Toyota.'Ĭonsider a donation of at least 5 cents a day ($1,004) to support your alma mater. It is now one of the largest aluminum foundries in the world. We now produce all the aluminum parts for all Toyotas made in the USA. We expanded and then sold the company to Toyota Motors in 1990. After the war and further college, I joined my father's aluminum foundry–a small local company in St. I ended up seventh in my section and very serious about doing a good job at sea. It was either that or get kicked out of Kings Point. I went from a carefree teenager to a conscientious student in a very short time. You asked for other classmate's stories, so here goes. You have had a great career–one to be very proud of. And he has been very generous with his contributions to Kings Point.īob Bodine's brief summary of his life after Kings Point follows: 'Enjoyed reading your life history after graduating from Kings Point. Thanks to expansion and later sale (to Toyota) that he arranged of his family aluminum foundry, Bob is possibly the most financially successful member of our class. From his annual Christmas cards, I know that he has an extensive, successful, and handsome family. I have corresponded with Bob a lot over the years and I know that he has a lot to brag about but was very modest in his narrative. I got an excellent reply from Bob Bodine who was in Section C-139. McAllen, TX time back, I invited my 1945 classmates to send in for publication a summary of how their time at Kings Point helped prepare them for life thereafter. As of September 2018, your class has contributed $2,061,279 toward its five-year goal of $1,004,000.

Bless you all!Ĭonsider a donation of at least 5 cents a day ($1,004) to support your alma mater. We're anxious to have you share with us what has happened with you since going ashore. Let's have your favorite sea-going yarns. Perhaps we are 'supervivientes' (survivors), as they then called me when I stepped ashore in Puerto Rico after being torpedoed. Naturally, we are now a bit less in number. It's been quite some time since we graduated from the Academy. As of September 2018, your class has contributed $418,857 toward its five-year goal of $1,255,000. Consider a donation of at least 5 cents a day ($1,004) to support your alma mater.

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