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I have added Jake Huard from the film Annapolis to the list of fictional alumni although he is only portrayed fictionally as a Midshipman. It occurs to me that perhaps there should be an additional list, linked here and to the Midshipman article, of Notable Fictional Midshipmen. This would also include non-Academy midshipmen such as Frederick Marryat's Mr Midshipman Easy and C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower ( Mr. Midshipman Hornblower). Personally I would only include fictional characters who have an entire book or film about them, and I would not include fictional characters who were a Midshipman earlier in their lives such as Jack Aubrey or Nicholas, Lord Ramage. Please share your thoughts... Ray Trygstad ( talk) 18:41, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
Appending "lost" remarks (aka Lessons Learned) during this sections spin-off process! It's another example of style concerns taking defacto priority over fact (substance) verification.
The adult lifelong learning (ALL-WinWIn) connections and mentoring relatonships with faculty are obscured. The eidting history of participating contributors also gets disconnected ...
Added category & linkage back to main article from which this listing was correctly cloned.
RJBurkhart
11:52, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
The "Graduates famous outside the Navy" should probably me merged with the the other notable graduates. Jimmy Carter certainly acheived his greatest notoriety oustide the Navy, yet is not in the outside the Navy group. John McCain is notable both for his naval service and his post-naval career.
Only three astronauts among dozens graduated from the Academy are listed. One of the most well known USNA graduates, astronaut James Lovell is not listed. A deputy assistant cabinet secretary is listed, but 5 secretaries are not.
The whole list needs to be rationalized in terms of who to include, and their organization.
24.209.173.129
06:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't think naming Cape Leahy is Adm. Byrd's claim to fame.
If no one objects, I'm going to remove it.
24.209.173.129
07:12, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
. No objections, so I removed it (now on famous graduates page).
MayerG
06:49, 18 January 2006 (UTC) (same person as 24.209.173.129).
Interesting adaptation of UNless Otherwise DIRected ( UNODIR) collaboration practices.
From
USNA
social network analysis, the point of including
Cape Leahy was to illustrate his respect for both Leahy's leadership model and sustained support of polar expeditions where Byrd moslty served as a figurehead after pre-staging support was completed by
USCG
RADM
Richard Cruzen.
RJBurkhart
11:22, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
The article will have to be renamed, or the faculty moved back to the main article, or a separate article created for them. Were these two men even on the faculty?-- the included information is not clear. Given that only two supposed faculty are named, a separate page does not seem warranted yet. Also, the faculty section contains some irrlevant (to a list of notable graduates) bits of history (e.g. increased importance due to the Spanish American War) which should be in the main article, not here.-- MayerG 16:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
I've done a bit more checking. I can find no evidence Maury was ever a faculty member at the Naval Academy. According to his Wikipedia entry, Sigsbee was assigned to the academy, but not clear that he was on the faculty (many officers and men are assigned to the Academy without being on its faculty). The entire faculty section is just a copy and paste from the History section of the main article. Can anyone provide evidence about the faculty status of these two?-- MayerG 16:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
I think all Medal of Honor winners should be in here. There are quite a few. Student7 01:27, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Maybe should poll these separately, but thought that Rhodes scholars should be a forked article from here. An article because having many Rhodes scholars is indicative of scholarship and forked because of their young ages. They really don't merit an article based on the Rhodes scholarship alone. I wanted to note that in an imbedded comment and discussion in the new article.
Also, not many all-Americans (sports) figures listed. I think they should be in this article but don't want to overload it. Don't know how many there are!
I would think we should list the "three state governors" mentioned in the USNA.org history. I think the "200 congressmen" should also be listed BUT if done all at once would tend to overwhelm this list of naval VIPs. Your thoughts? (BTW I have no pointer to such a list and therefore might not be able to implement it that fast anyway). Student7 21:18, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
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richardson needs an article — Rlevse • Talk • 11:05, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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Sources: http://www.usna.com/Page.aspx?pid=497 http://www.wcginc.com/usnaaa/bot0503.htm Also USNA Institutional Research includes him as such on their listings. ~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raine Dragon ( talk • contribs) 17:53, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
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James F. McGovern, Class of 1969, Secretary of the Air Force 1988-89 —
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Robert McFarlane, John Poindexter, Oliver North, John McCain, James Webb. All five are covered in detail in this book. Page 31 for McCain, 13-14 for the others. North and Webb class of 1968, Poindexter and McCain 1958, 1959 for McFarland. —
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FYI all: See Wikipedia_talk:Featured_list_candidates#Alumni_list_order. I am working on List of United States Naval Academy alumni to get it to FLC and then plan to work on List of United States Military Academy alumni. I think it'd be good if they were set up as similar as possible. — Rlevse • Talk • 04:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
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If we add a non-graduate section, we can include Todd Peterson (place kicker) — Rlevse • Talk • 02:31, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
I don't have the time to write up the minibios at the moment, but these people are missing from the US Ambassadors section:
Alan G. Kirk - Class of 1909
Belgium, 1946-1949 Soviet Union, 1949-1951 Republic of China, Taiwan, 1962-1963 Source: http://hongkong.usconsulate.gov/uscn_usemb_chiefs.html Source: http://moscow.usembassy.gov/ministers-and-ambassadors.html
Vincent Obsitnik - Class of 1959
Slovak Republic, 2007-2009 Source: https://www.usna.com/SSLPage.aspx?referrer=NewsServicesOP&pid=7847
Also USNA Institutional Research includes both on their listings of alumni. Raine ( talk) 18:29, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
Do honorary members of a class fit into this list? I recently completed an article on Rear Admiral Edward L. Feightner who was made an honorary member of the class of 1942 for his work on the International Midway Memorial Foundation. Skeet Shooter ( talk) 04:20, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
Unlike other lists of notables, these people must be notable outside of the Naval Academy. Supes and Commandants, except in the early days, are all graduates of the Naval Academy. Therefore they cannot be placed here for serving in those positions. There must be some other notable reason. Nationally known athlete, politician, etc. Student7 ( talk) 23:51, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
Where could we add Charlie Collins (politician)? Zigzig20s ( talk) 18:31, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
I propose the addition of a section for recipients of the Leftwich Trophy under the Military figures category. The Leftwich Trophy commemorates the service and leadership of William Groom Leftwich, Class of 1953. The annual award recognizes one outstanding Marine captain serving in a ground combat MOS, so I believe it fits the requirement for being famous outside the Naval Academy. Below is a current list of nine Academy graduate recipients, out of 36 total to date.
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The above list was generated by looking up each recipient in the Alumni lookup feature on the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation website.-- KMJKWhite ( talk) 15:45, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
David C. Richardson (admiral) (1939) Abstracted from U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Project.
Influenced by CNO William D. Leahy (Future thought leadership) Source: https://www.usni.org/press/oral-histories/richardson-david GeoVenturing ( talk) 00:10, 2 June 2023 (UTC)