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2013DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARDMEDAL CEREMONY 15th Anniversary

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The 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award medal ceremony marks the 15th year of honoring and celebrating the lives of alumni through the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association

Distinguished Graduate Award program. Each year, distinguished graduates are honored because of their demonstrated and unselfishcommitment to a lifetime of service, their personal character and the significant contributionsthey have made to the Navy and Marine Corps or as leaders in industry or government. They are the living embodiment of the Academy’s mission to develop leaders to “assume thehighest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.” We honor these four individuals for the principles they stand for—today and always.

2013AWARD RECIPIENTS

Mr. Roger E. Tetrault ’63

The Honorable John Scott Redd ’66

Ambassador Richard L. Armitage ’67

Admiral Thomas B. Fargo ’70, USN (Ret.)

TETRAULT REDD ARMITAGE FARGO

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We gather at today’s ceremony to honor the 2013 U.S. Naval Academy Distinguished Graduates. This is our 15th such annual

selection. Those chosen have contributed greatly to our nation in the crucibles of public and private life: military, government and corporate. Representing the best from among many USNA alumniwho have served so well, they are proudly welcomed by our selectioncommittee, and you, to this ceremony.

The 2013 Distinguished Graduates epitomize, for the Brigade,and indeed for all of us, achieving the Academy’s goal of service to ournation. You selected band with the many, both those acknowledgedand those who quietly serve, who have given the bulk of their lives

and energies to the preservation and betterment of our nation. As beacons for our families, for theBrigade, for your classmates and for your alumni comrades, you garner our manifest congratulations.

This ceremony is a pivotal event of the Academy year. Many hands have pulled on the oars

to effect this wonderful, personal, yet humbling gathering. Our selection committee has beenprivileged to take on the challenge of picking these four Distinguished Graduates from among so many alumni of such great accomplishment. I thank the members of the committee for theirintegrity and judgment.

Please celebrate with us today the life’s accomplishments of our dear friends and colleagues

spawned from the long line of USNA graduates.

Admiral Joseph W. Prueher ’64, USN (Ret.)Chairman, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award Selection Committee2009 Distinguished Graduate Award recipient

Admiral Joseph Prueher ’64, USN (Ret.), Chairman

Colonel Arthur Athens ’78, USMCR (Ret.)

The Honorable Maureen Cragin ’85

Vice Admiral Cutler Dawson Jr. ’70, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Thomas Lynch ’64, USN (Ret.)

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Mr. Byron Marchant ’78

General Peter Pace ’67, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral John B. Padgett ’69, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Norbert Ryan Jr. ’67, USN (Ret.)

2013 U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

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PROGRAM22 MARCH 2013

MEDAL PRESENTATION4:30 p.m.

INTRODUCTION OFDISTINGUISHED GRADUATES FOR 2013

INVOCATIONLieutenant Madison Carter, USN

5th Battalion Chaplain

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

WELCOME AND REMARKSVice Admiral Michael H. Miller ’74, USN

Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy

PRESENTATION OFDISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD MEDALS

Admiral Robert J. Natter ’67, USN (Ret.)Chairman, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Board of Trustees

and Midshipman Jennifer L. Jones ’13Brigade Commander

REMARKSDistinguished Graduate Award Recipients

NAVY BLUE & GOLD

DEPARTURE OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY

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MR.ROGER E. TETRAULT ’63

Roger E. Tetrault ’63 never forgot that the Elks Club in his hometown of Huntington, NY, made it possible for him to

afford the Academy’s initial uniform cost with a $600 scholarship.“In the late 1990s, I was able to repay this enormous debt to

the Elks Club,” Tetrault said. “My wife and I went on to endow the Huntington Elks Club’s entire scholarship program. Since thattime, our scholarships have helped more than 50 needy kids graduatefrom college. I am very proud that we have been able to touch thelives of those young people, just as the Elks Club touched mine somany years ago.”

Tetrault, who earned his wings in 1966, served two tours ofduty in Vietnam aboard TURNER JOY. He joined the Naval Reserve in 1970 and retired as acaptain in 1985. He is the former chairman of the board and CEO of McDermott International, a worldleader in the construction of offshore platforms and the laying of pipelines for the oil and gasindustries. McDermott also was the parent of the Babcock and Wilcox companies. Previously he was a vice president at Babcock and Wilcox, responsible for the diversifiedgovernment business segment that included nuclear reactors and other heavy equipment for nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. Early in his career he was responsible for the development of nuclear reactors that would last the lifetime of a ship. As president of General Dynamics’ Electric Board Division, Tetrault was responsible for theconstruction and overhaul of nuclear-powered submarines. And as president of General Dynamics’ Land Systems, he led the armored vehicle programs. “Clearly the Academy provided me with the fundamental technical and leadership skillsnecessary to succeed,” Tetrault said. “Without those basic skills I would never have been able toprogress to manage very large organizations.” NASA appointed Tetrault to committees reviewing the International Space Station and theHubble Space Telescope. He also served on the NASA Advisory Council and the COLUMBIA

Accident Investigation Board. Tetrault was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. He is a director of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation Board and a member of the Joint Alumni Association and Foundation Finance and Audit Committee. Tetrault’s generouscontribution to the Naval Academy via the Foundation in 1998 supported the hiring of thefounding director of the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.

He lives in Punta Gorda, FL, with his wife, Dr. Linda Tetrault. He has three children and

two grandchildren.

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THE HONORABLEJOHN SCOTT REDD ’66

The Honorable John Scott Redd ’66 is a leader of military organizations, private industry and federal government.

Perhaps Redd’s greatest contributions have been standing upand leading two organizations central to national security—theFifth Fleet and the National Counterterrorism Center.

As commander of Naval Forces, Central Command and the Fifth Fleet, the Navy’s first new fleet since World War II, Vice Admiral Redd commanded forces involved in seven real world operations involving Iraq, Iran and Somalia.

As the first Senate-confirmed director of the National Counterterrorism Center in Washington, DC, from 2005 to 2007,

Redd regularly briefed President George W. Bush and participated in National Security Council meetings. He led efforts in integrating and analyzing foreign and domestic terrorismintelligence and developed the nation’s first war plan for the global war on terror.

“I am deeply grateful to God for the opportunity to serve and lead the men and women

who protect our country,” Redd said.

At the Naval Academy, Redd was a Trident Scholar, graduating second in his class. After

graduation, he continued his studies as a Fulbright and Burke scholar and earned a master ofscience degree in operations analysis with highest honors. He also attended the program forsenior executives at MIT.

During his 36 years of active duty service, Vice Admiral Redd commanded eight

organizations at sea. His first command, KING, was honored as the top cruiser/destroyer in the Atlantic Fleet. Other commands included Destroyer Squadron Thirty-six, the StandingNaval Force Atlantic and EISENHOWER Carrier Battle Group. Shore tours in the Pentagon included service as military assistant/chief of staff to two Under Secretaries of Defense and,from 1996 to 1998, as director of Strategic Plans and Policy on the Joint Staff.

In 1999, Redd took over the NetSchools Corporation, serving as CEO, president and

ultimately chairman. He transformed the education technology startup’s business model, raised $55 million in venture capital funding and managed its successful sale in 2002.

He served as deputy administrator and COO of the Coalition Provisional Authority in

Iraq in 2004 and then as executive director of the presidential commission on weapons of massdestruction, which drafted the President’s blueprint for intelligence community reform.

In 2009, Redd was presented the Presidential National Security Medal by President Bush

as one of his last official acts in office. Other awards include five Distinguished Service Medalsand the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal.

He has served as his USNA class president, an Alumni Association Trustee, a Distinguished

Graduate Award selection committee member and a Forrestal lecturer.

Redd and his wife, Donna, of McLean, VA, have three married children and nine grandchildren.

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AMBASSADORRICHARD L. ARMITAGE ’67

General Colin Powell said he has never met anyone more dedicated to the Navy, to the Academy or to the nation than

Ambassador Richard L. Armitage ’67.Confirmed by the Senate, Armitage served as the 13th Deputy

Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005.Early in his military career, he volunteered as a naval advisor

and became fluent in Vietnamese. Armitage served three tours withVietnamese troops, often wearing native clothing, sharing rationsand telling jokes in perfect Vietnamese.

He joined the U.S. Defense Attache in Saigon in 1973. Immediately prior to the fall of Saigon, Armitage organized and led

the removal of more than 30,000 South Vietnamese. With KIRK escorting, he led a flotilla to thePhilippines aboard a Vietnamese warship. He arranged for food and water to be delivered beforenegotiating with the U.S. and Philippine governments for permission to dock in Subic Bay.

Armitage was a foreign policy advisor to President-elect Ronald Reagan, then the deputy

assistant secretary of defense for East Asia and Pacific Affairs. In 1983, he became assistant secretary of defense for International Security Policy.

In 1991, Armitage was appointed as a special emissary to King Hussein of Jordan.

He then was sent to Europe as an ambassador to the states that had been formed out of thefallen Soviet Union. He remained in that post until 1993.

He has served two terms as a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors,

which created the Armitage Committee to review the Honor Concept. Armitage also served on the Distinguished Graduate Award selection committee and delivered two Forrestal lectures.

Armitage is the recipient of several military decorations, including a Bronze Star with

Combat V, Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V and Navy Achievement Medal withCombat V. He also received the Department of State Distinguished Service Award, Departmentof Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Award forOutstanding Public Service and the Presidential Citizens Medal. He also has received decorationsfrom the governments of Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Bahrain, Pakistan, the Russian Federation and Vietnam. He was awarded a KBE from Great Britain and became a KnightCommander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George and was given similar decorationsfrom the governments of Australia and New Zealand.

In 2009, Congress appointed him to the Quadrennial Defense Review Panel. Armitage

currently chairs the American-Turkish Council. Armitage serves on the board of directors atConocoPhillips, ManTech International Corporation and Transcu Ltd.

He and his wife, Laura, live in Vienna, VA. They have eight children and five grandchildren

and have served as foster parents for dozens of children.

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ADMIRALTHOMAS B. FARGO ’70, USN (RET.)

The distinguished naval career of Admiral Thomas B. Fargo ’70,USN (Ret.), culminated with his assignment as commander of

the U.S. Pacific Command. As the senior U.S. military commanderin East Asia and the Pacific, Fargo led the largest unified commandwhile directing the joint operations of the Army, Navy, MarineCorps and Air Force.

Within 24 hours of the Christmas 2004 tsunami in SoutheastAsia, Fargo stood up a multinational task force and directed theABRAHAM LINCOLN Strike Group from Hong Kong along withexpeditionary forces to provide relief and support to the governmentsof Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.

His 35 years of Navy service included five commands in the Pacific and Indian oceans andthe Middle East as well as six tours in Washington. He formulated a new force posture and footprint strategy for U.S. Pacific Forces in thepost-Cold War era as commander of the U.S. Pacific Command; maintained the nation’s strongrelationship with Japan and confidence in the Navy and Submarine Force after a tragic collisioninvolving GREENVILLE; and conducted sensitive submarine operations at the height of the ColdWar while in command of SALT LAKE CITY. Fargo said his greatest achievement was “developing and motivating young officers and enlisted men to reach their full potential and continue to make a contribution to their countryeither within or outside the Navy. I’m probably most proud that significant numbers went onto very meaningful careers in the Navy, including command at sea. Eight officers from mycommand tour of SALT LAKE CITY went on to command.” Fargo received the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for Inspirational Leadershipand is a multiple recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medaland Legion of Merit. He became president of the high-tech company Trex Enterprises in 2005. In 2008, he wasnamed a managing director of J.F. Lehman and Co., serving as president and CEO of HSFHoldings/Hawaii Superferry. He was appointed chairman of Huntington Ingalls Industries in 2011. Fargo holds the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies at the NationalBureau of Asian Research. He also serves as a director on the Naval Academy FoundationBoard, co-chaired the 2012 Medal of Honor convention in Hawaii, served as the national vice chairman of the Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund.

Raised in Navy family, his father Commander Thomas A. Boulton ’43, USN and step-father

Captain William B. Fargo ’39, USN (Ret.), were both Naval Academy graduates. His motherwas a Navy Nurse in World War II. The father of two grown sons, he and his wife Sarah, live inHonolulu, HI.

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1999-2012PAST RECIPIENTS

1999Admiral Thomas H. Moorer ’33, USN (Ret.)

(1912-2004)

2000Dr. John J. McMullen ’40

(1918-2005)

Admiral James L. Holloway III ’43, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence ’51, USN (Ret.)(1930-2005)

Major General William A. Anders ’55, USAFR (Ret.)

Mr. Roger T. Staubach ’65

2001Captain John W. Crawford Jr. ’42, USN (Ret.)

Admiral William J. Crowe Jr. ’47, USN (Ret.)(1925-2007)

Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale ’47, USN (Ret.)(1923-2005)

Admiral James D. Watkins ’49, USN (Ret.)(1927-2012)

Captain James A. Lovell ’52, USN (Ret.)

2002Vice Admiral Charles S. Minter Jr. ’37, USN (Ret.)

(1915-2008)

The Honorable James E. Carter Jr. ’47

Admiral Carlisle A.H. Trost ’53, USN (Ret.)

Colonel John W. Ripley ’62, USMC (Ret.)(1939-2008)

2003Ambassador William H.G. FitzGerald ’31

(1909-2006)

Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey ’35, USN (Ret.)(1913-2007)

Rear Admiral Robert W. McNitt ’38, USN (Ret.)(1915-2012)

Vice Admiral William D. Houser ’42, USN (Ret.)(1921-2012)

2004Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak ’34, USMC (Ret.)

(1913-2008)

Vice Admiral Gerald E. Miller ’42, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral James F. Calvert ’43, USN (Ret.)(1920-2009)

Lieutenant General Charles G. Cooper ’50, USMC (Ret.)(1927-2009)

Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott ’57, USN (Ret.)(1934-2005)

2005Captain Slade D. Cutter ’35, USN (Ret.)

(1911-2005)

Rear Admiral Robert H. Wertheim ’46, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Ronald J. Hays ’50, USN (Ret.)

Mr. H. Ross Perot ’53

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For more information on the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association’s Distinguished Graduate Award program

and recipients, visit www.usna.com/dga.

2006Captain Thomas J. Hudner ’47, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Kinnaird R. McKee ’51, USN (Ret.)

General Robert T. Herres ’54, USAF (Ret.)(1932-2008)

Admiral Charles R. Larson ’58, USN (Ret.)

2007Rear Admiral Maurice H. Rindskopf ’38, USN (Ret.)

(1917-2011)

Admiral Thomas B. Hayward ’48, USN (Ret.)

Mr. Ralph W. Hooper ’51

Admiral Leighton W. Smith Jr. ’62, USN (Ret.)

2008Mr. James W. Kinnear III ’50

Admiral Frank B. Kelso II ’56, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Montoya ’58, CEC, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General William M. Keys ’60, USMC (Ret.)

Admiral Henry G. Chiles Jr. ’60, USN (Ret.)

2009Mr. John E. Nolan ’50

Admiral Bruce DeMars ’57, USN (Ret.)

Mr. J. Ronald Terwilliger ’63

Admiral Joseph W. Prueher ’64, USN (Ret.)

General Peter Pace ’67, USMC (Ret.)

2010Mr. David J. Dunn ’55

Admiral Leon A. Edney ’57, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Thomas C. Lynch ’64, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Joseph Paul Reason ’65, USN (Ret.)

General Carlton W. Fulford Jr. ’66, USMC (Ret.)

2011Rear Admiral Robert H. Shumaker ’56, USN (Ret.)

Dr. Bradford N. Parkinson ’57

Lieutenant General Matthew T. Cooper ’58, USMC (Ret.)

Mr. Corbin A. McNeill Jr. ’62

2012Admiral Sylvester R. Foley Jr. ’50, USN (Ret.)

The Honorable Daniel L. Cooper ’57

Captain Bruce McCandless II ’58, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral John R. Ryan ’67, USN (Ret.)

Mr. Daniel F. Akerson ’70

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To develop Midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the

highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are

dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in

mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.

To serve and support the United States, the Naval Service, the Naval Academy

and its Alumni; By furthering the highest standards at the Naval Academy;

By seeking out, informing, encouraging and assisting outstanding,

qualified young men and women to pursue careers as officers in the

Navy and Marine Corps through the Naval Academy; and, By initiating

and sponsoring activities which will perpetuate the history, traditions,

memories and growth of the Naval Academy and bind Alumni together in

support of the highest ideals of command, citizenship and government.

Serving the Alma Mater and its Alumni since 1886

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMYALUMNI ASSOCIATION

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

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Now colleges from sea to sea, may sing of colors true,

But who has better right than we, to hoist a symbol hue?

For Sailors brave in battle fair, since fighting days of old

Have proved the Sailor’s right to wear, the Navy Blue and Gold.

ALMA MATER

NAVY BLUE AND GOLD

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Thank you to the Annapolis Bus Company for generously providing transportation for the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients.

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