died November 20, 2016 in Cape Coral, Florida. As part of the last three-year class at MMA he went on to sail with American Export lines, and in 1963, was appointed to the NS Savannah training program at Kings Point. After sailing aboard Savannah, he joined the Atomic Energy Commission, now known as the NRC. Keimig was attached to the Philadelphia office and was present for the Three Mile Island accident investigation.
HELLO!!died November 20, 2016 in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from MMA, he worked as a first engineer in the Merchant Marine, then joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned officer and served during WWII, the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He served in the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and South Pacific. He graduated from UNC, Chapel Hill and was a great adventurer who loved to travel throughout the world. He was known to sometimes conclude conversations with “Hold fast!” In his memory, donations may be made to the Howard B. Finley Scholarship Fund, Maine Maritime Academy, 1 Pleasant Street, Castine, ME 04420.
HELLO!!died June 17, 2016 in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College, Class of ‘46, and was on the rowing team. At the outbreak of World War II, he left Harvard and entered the Maine Maritime Academy. He served as a commanding officer on supply and troop ships in the Atlantic and Pacific. At the time of his passing, Alles was retired from his career in the insurance industry for more than a decade.
HELLO!!died January 6, 2017. Because of his family, he had early association with ships and sailors, and in 1940, shipped out as an ordinary seaman when he was 15. He worked as a rivet passer on Liberty Ship construction in 1942 and volunteered for military service later that year. During the war, Rodway served on two destroyer escorts, the troop transport Wakefield and other vessels operated by the Coast Guard. While assigned to the Wakefield, he participated in rescuing the Catholic bishop from China just prior to the communist takeover. He was discharged from the service in 1946 with the rating of Quartermaster Second Class. He obtained his Unlimited Third Mate license in 1947 and
served on several ocean tankers, alternating between seagoing and college. In 1948, he was commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve. He received B.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Syracuse University.
After graduating from college, Rodway worked for the American Mutual Insurance Company, and the DuPont Corporation in their executive training programs. In 1954, he returned to Portland, Maine and started his own real estate and insurance business.
He was active in the Naval Reserve as an instructor and staff officer with the Naval Reserve Officer’s School. Rodway served tours at the Pentagon and Anti-Submarine Warfare School in Key West, Florida. During this period, he also taught business and management courses at the University of Southern Maine.
In 1963, at age 38, Rodway was appointed as the first non-flag rank superintendent of MMA for a year.
Later, he served on various merchant ships, as well as vessels of the Military Sealift Command. In 1969, while serving as a deck officer on the tanker Amoco Louisiana, an explosion occurred that killed one man and injured several others, including Rodway, as he and two officers attempted to save the life of a trapped seaman. The Maritime Commission awarded him the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal, the highest honor awarded to merchant seamen by the U.S. government.
On January 21, the MMA flag was brought to half staff in Rodway’s honor.
HELLO!!died August 25, 2015 in Gainesville, Georgia. After graduating from MMA, he worked in several engineering capacities. Snyder moved with his family to Florida in 1973, and became Maintenance Manager with CF Industries in Plant City. Snyder settled for a time in Auburndale, Florida, where he put his engineering training to work by personally building his home.
He eventually put down roots in the North Georgia mountains where he, once again, beautifully crafted his own home. Snyder was always one to help others, and often used his carpentry and engineering skills to lend a hand. He was also a lifelong boater, enjoying time on a live-aboard sailboat and recently built his own vessel to sail on Lake Rabun.
HELLO!!died August 21, 2013. He graduated from MMA as a marine engineer. Peterson moved to Washington State and began his 40-year sea-going career in 1969 as an engineer with American Mail Lines and then as a chief engineer for American President Lines. He was an avid sportsman enjoying fly fishing, salmon fishing on the Columbia River and bird-hunting.
HELLO!!died February 11, 2012. A former Assistant Secretary of Commerce during the Ford Administration, Eden joined Russell Reynolds in Washington, DC, where he developed a reputation for identifying quality individuals to lead numerous companies and organizations.
He was twice a candidate for U.S. Congress in the 19th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Eden graduated from Maine Maritime, had a B.A. degree from Yale University and served in the U.S. Navy. He served on the Board of Directors of B.A. Ballou & Company in East Providence, Rhode Island. An avid golfer, he was a President of the U.S. Seniors Golf Association and an advisor to the LPGA.
HELLO!!At 7:30 on April 19, Brandon St. Germain, a sophomore majoring in Marine Engineering Operations, heads out the door from regimental muster to his first class with a bright yellow paper dot affixed to his chest. Similar yellow dots are on the shirts of other students, faculty and staff, and most buildings on campus. They are a reminder to “spot a reason to give” to the MMA Annual Fund on Giving Day. (more…)
HELLO!!“Now hear this, now hear this…” is the prelude to pipes announcements that are part of life at sea. Just one of a thousand things to which you learn to pay attention—some obvious, some not—like having a sense the ship is turning while underway just by sound and the change in its vibration.
As has been the case for generations at MMA, when this year’s cruise is complete, having carried nearly 280 students, crew and staff to ports from Charleston to across the Atlantic and back twice, the midshipmen who walk down the gang plank will be different from when they departed Castine on May 10. (more…)
HELLO!!Athletics
The addition of an intercollegiate swimming team marks the seventh men’s and sixth women’s NCAA intercollegiate program offered by MMA, which competes in Division III.
“There is demand among our current and prospective students and our pool is an underutilized asset on our campus,” said Director of Athletics, Steve Peed. “I am incredibly excited for the opportunities we are creating and I look forward to watching our athletes compete.”
The Mariners will compete in Bok Pool and MMA will seek a limited club competition schedule for the 2017-2018 academic year. The team will make the leap to varsity status for the 2018-2019 academic year, allowing adequate time for minor renovations to Bok Pool in order to make it competition-ready.
Peed expects to begin searching for the program’s first head coach early in the spring of 2018.█
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