Alumni News
Congratulations!! to the Tulane NROTC Alumni Association Awards winners.
2nd LT Mark Shreve (2022) was presented with the Barrow Award for outstanding military bearing.
Ensign Thomas Schwartz (2022) won the Wintle Award for superior performance.
Doug Hurley (1988), NASA astronaut, visited the unit for a presentation.
Erin Chandler (2018), a submarine officer, can be seen in this ABC news report.
Don Vinci (1979) and John McGaha (1970) were on the board for the 2022 Tulane Engineering Forum. Held in person for the first time in several years, it was a success. Several TUNROTC alumni also attended the event which featured speakers, information, and provided PDHs.
Capt Anthony Grieco, MD (Staff 1985-1987) was part of 2022 Carnival royalty.
Lisa Pardue Cooper (2004) was a speaker at Tulane’s Women Making Waves 2022.
David Berger (1981), Commandant of the Marine Corps, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at the Tulane Unified Commencement Ceremony. General Berger was also the honored guest and gave the commissioning oath at the Tulane Joint Commissioning Ceremony.
Todd Fujimoto (1995), has a recent claim to fame as a New Orleans Saints fan and a great tailgater. See the article in The New Orleans Advocate/ Times Picayune.
Commissionings 2022
I, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter so help me God.
Twelve men and women were commissioned for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. Three new officers graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana, one from Dillard University, and eight from Tulane University. There were five Marine Corps commissions and seven Navy commissions; four of which were service placed to the surface warfare community, two to flight school, and one to the submarine community.
Ensign Emilus
2nd Lt Florentino
2nd Lt Jablonski
Ensign Kerr
2nd Lt McCollum
Ensign Sanders
Ensign Sanders
Ensign Schwartz
2nd Lt Shreve
Ensign Specthrie
Ensign Zupkus
In Memorial
Bruce Albert North – Class of 1962
Thomas Michael Early – PNS 1993- 1994
Luke James Sanna – Class of 1978
Warren John Nolan – Class of 1944
James Robert Pond – Class of 1981
Thomas Jacob Schoen, Sr – Class of 1957
Arthur Lloyd Hemsley, Jr – Class of 1988