passed away July 28, 2020. He was a Rockland High School graduate and later attended MMA, graduating fifth in his class. Reed served his country proudly and with honor in the U.S. Navy for thirty-one years. He began on his first ship, the USS Vancouver, as an engineering officer. He earned the rank of Commanding Officer/ Captain of the USS Compton out of Boston. His last assignment was the Military Sealift Command Atlantic which took him to Greenland. A highlight of Reed’s career was when he and his father, Carl S. Reed, stood side by side on the bridge of the USS Compton, when he had the honor of bringing it to his hometown of Owls Head for the town’s fiftieth anniversary. Reed was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 1985 and returned to Owls Head to be with his family. During retirement, Reed enjoyed over twenty years of annual trips to Hyder, Alaska, and enjoyed many stops along the way, including casinos to try his luck, and to his favorite “all-you-can-eat” buffets where Reed crafted the skill of timing and attention to detail to ensure the freshest servings. Reed was extremely proud of his twenty years of sobriety, during which he sponsored and helped support numerous individuals through the AA organization. He had a quiet strength and no-nonsense attitude which made him an invaluable support to anyone needing help.

passed peacefully August 3, 2022. Seile was a graduate of MMA and served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1958, followed by several years in ship building, including as chief engineer at Sun Ship and VP at Bull & Roberts. He and his wife were the owners and operators of several print shops for many years until his retirement. Seile was a communicant of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church and was a member of Abnaki Council #334 Third Degree Knights of Columbus and Abnaki Assembly #346 Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He was a devoted husband and father who cherished time with his family and capturing the special moments in their lives through photography.

died on July 9, 2022. He was educated in Bath, Maine, and at MMA where he received a BS in engineering. After serving one year in the Merchant Marine, he entered the U.S. Navy in July 1956. He served aboard the USS Muliphen (AKA-61). Her mission was carrying Marine Force personnel and equipment to invasion beaches. His next assignment was aboard the USS Antares (AKS-33), a support ship for Fleet of Ballistic Missiles (FBM). He was working as Damage Control Officer on the USS Forrestal (CVA- 59) during a disaster where 134 brave men died. He was Commanding Officer of the Reserve Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where he also gave assistance to dependents of POWs in Vietnam. In retirement he helped with the restoration of a golf course and trained and showed Labrador Retrievers.

passed away on May 5, 2022. Upon graduating from MMA in 1957, Barstow entered the U.S. Navy. He served as a Surface Warfare Officer for over twenty-two years with diplomatic and staff assignments in Quito, Ecuador and Yokosuka, Japan. A burgeoning artist, expert cook, and shameless punster, Barstow was above all a consummate family man with a list of friends that both filled Clinton, Conn., and circled the globe.

passed away on January 9, 2022. Born in Boston and raised in Spring Lake, N.J., he spent summers on Sebago Lake in Maine. He graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy in 1954 and MMA in 1957. His classmates recognized him as the infamous receiver of sugar sheets (love letters), after inventing the world-renowned “Quinn Letter Recorder” and was nicknamed the “Romeo of the Class of ‘57.” Quinn was a U.S. Merchant Marine and sailed around the world with Maersk, Sealand, and the United States Lines, including on one of the largest container ships afloat. He also served in the U.S. Coast Guard and Naval Reserves. He was a member of the Raymond (Maine) Fire Department, building one of the first fire stations on Main Street in Raymond, and served as deputy fire chief. When not at sea, he owned and operated Lakeland Sand & Gravel. Quinn enjoyed windsurfing, sailing, fishing, and boating on Sebago Lake, as well as surfing on the N.J. and Fla. shores. After receiving the rank of captain, he continued to sail until retiring to Florida where he played a lot of golf and enjoyed exploring the botanical gardens and other natural habitats of Florida. He began flipping houses as a hobby before settling in the Daytona Beach area. He was a member of the St. Augustine Jazz Society, Jacksonville and Daytona Beach Boppers, and Daytona Beach Moose Lodge.

passed away on July 24, 2022. Wardwell graduated from MMA in 1957. For the next two years, Wardwell traveled the world with the Merchant Marines, later in life enthusiastically sharing the stories of his adventures with his children and grandchildren. Upon his return, he attended the Nuclear Power School in Goose Creek, South Carolina, and then served as a lieutenant junior grade, in the United States Navy Reserve from 1959 to 1968. While serving his country, Wardwell went on to positions at Bethlehem Steel and Texas Instruments. At Texas Instruments, he began working on components for both the Apollo 11 and 13 NASA missions, ultimately serving in several management positions at Texas Instruments, Attleboro, Mass., and Mexico. After retirement, Wardwell moved to Vero Beach, Fla., where he served as president of the Vero Beach Alzheimer’s Association, was a member of the Orchid Island Rotary Club of Vero Beach, and enjoyed time with friends from the Sea Oaks Beach and Tennis Club and Indian Trails Tennis Club. In addition, Wardwell had a wonderful, booming voice and enjoyed singing in the choirs at Trinity Episcopal Church, Christ by the Sea Church, and with the Sea Oaks chorus.

died on June 29, 2022. Catena graduated from Union High School in New Jersey in 1949. Catena attended MMA and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1951, serving during the Korean War on the USS Wasp (CVA-18), which made two world cruises, and operated off the coast of South Korea in 1954 and 1955. Catena received a promotion to gunners mate 3rd class in January 1955. Catena received an honorable discharge in April of 1955. Catena returned to MMA and graduated in 1958, receiving the Academy award for the cadet with the most perseverance to succeed. Catena went to work for the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1958 as a 3rd engineer watch officer. Catena was employed in the shipping transportation and construction fields for 25 years. He worked for Sea-Land service, where he managed the largest maintenance facility in the world. He held positions, including director and vice president of corporate maintenance, with several container companies, including PRIMMI from where he retired in 1988. Later in his career, Catena was self-employed as a consultant for equipment and container manufacturers throughout Asia, Europe, South America, and the U.S., before retiring in 1993. Catena was a member of the Young Republicans Club and the Republican Club of Union County. Catena served as a trustee on the board of directors for the Epilepsy Foundation for the State of New Jersey.

passed away December 28, 2021, at his home in Golfito, Costa Rica. After graduation, he sailed as an engineer on the ships of the Great White Fleet of United Fruit Company on their banana runs from Central America to the U.S. A few years later, he moved ashore with the company in Costa Rica to work in the shops supporting the vast banana enterprise including railroads, port facilities, and farm operations. He remained with United Fruit until its demise in 1985. From the outset of his visits to Costa Rica, he was taken by its beauty, people, and culture. He purchased properties in Golfito including a small farm that produced palm oil and various exotic plants. Over time the farm became PARADISE TROPICAL GARDEN, a well-known tour attraction in Golfito, where Beatham was the main attraction. He also gave talks on indigenous tropical plants and their healing powers to passengers aboard cruise ships calling at Golfito. He became a local legend and was well respected and adored by all who came to know him.

passed away on January 13, 2018.

died January 27, 2022. Gilbert attended Waterville Senior High School and graduated from MMA in 1962. He sailed with the Merchant Marine for a few years, many times aboard the U.S.-registered container ship SS Transglobe. Gilbert left shipping to begin a career that included testing nuclear submarines for General Dynamics and work at the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Station for Stone & Webster Engineering. But an interview in 1974 brought him to his 25-plus year career with Bechtel. As a quality assurance engineer and manager, he developed monitoring programs for radioactive waste, site decontamination, and decommissioning for sites across the U.S. An avid sailor, Gilbert loved messing about in boats. He owned and cruised powerboats and sailboats and raced sailboats in San Francisco Bay and down the coast of California to Mexico. Gilbert reconnected with the MMA Alumni Association and volunteered with the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Paleontology Society in Borrego Springs, Calif., where he took up photogrammetry and 3D printing of fossils, even obtaining an FAA Remote Pilot Certificate so that he could fly drones to photograph fossil sites from the air.