Class,
   We have received the hotel booking code and web link from Michele at Mystic Hilton.  Once our initial block is used she will increase the size of the block.  Please send the info out to the class in our next sitrep.  Block room price is $269 per night before tax.
    Go Bears - Tom Meisenzahl
 
   From Mystic Hilton:
   I have set up your reunion in Hilton reservations for your guests to start reserving overnight rooms at their convenience.
 
By phone they can call 800-HILTONS (445-8667) & ask for the CGA Class of 72 Room Block. Online you can use the group code CGA72 or for the most convenience, they can use the weblink below.

    Booking Link: https://group.hilton.com/4sp7k5
     Feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

 

November 13, 2020 – Golden Legacy Ceremony 2020           Our CGA Link In The Chain class of 2022 invited our class to attend their 3/c Formal Dinner Dance on 28 March 2020.  Between the dinner and the dance, the Golden Legacy Ceremony would be held in Leamy Hall whereby our classmates had the opportunity to donate their class rings, to be melted and mixed into the gold for 2022’s class rings.        Eight of our classmates donated their rings, one anonymously in memory of James Kehoe and Robert Schmoeger who crossed the bar while cadets. Ardel Williams donated her ring in memory of her husband and our classmate Charlie Williams. And as a class, we wanted to rededicate Bobby Vail’s ring donated by his wife Mickie back in 2009, the first year of this tradition. Unfortunately, the 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.         Rededication     At the formal dinner in the Cadet Wardroom, the program called for Terry Newell to address the Class of 2022 and present remarks to explain the rededication of Bobby Vail’s ring during this year’s Golden Legacy Ceremony. The following link provides the text of the prepared remarks:     "Remarks for Rededication of Captain Robert W. Vail’s Ring to the Golden Legacy Program" by Captain Terry W. Newell, USCG (Ret), ‘72        Alumni Association Virtual Golden Legacy Ceremony     During the fall of 2020, the CGA Alumni Assn assisted our class in creating a video link to virtually represent the cancelled Golden Legacy Ceremony and preserve the memory.  Visit this video made by the Alumni Association for     The Passing of the Rings - Golden Legacy: Class of 1972 and 2022       Included in the video link above are:   1)  Keynote Address by Bob Duncan  Keynote Address (pdf copy) and at this link: https://www.cgaalumni.org/s/1043/uscga/index.aspx?sid=1043&gid=1&pgid=5433   2)  A 3 minute video by Greg Johnson representing: * Mickie Vail on behalf of her husband Bobby Vail [Crossed the Bar 2005] * Ardel Williams on behalf of her husband Charles Williams [Crossed the Bar 2015] * And a ‘72 Anonymous Donor in memory of:      Cadet 3/c James Kehoe [Crossed the Bar 1969]      Cadet 2/c Robert Schmoeger [Crossed the Bar 1971]    [ Click on their names for their individual memorial page.]      3) And a 3 minute video from each of the following ’72 donors explaining why they donated their ring.     Ben Abiles     Tim Healey     Jim McCarthy     Terry Newell     Brad Niesen   Tom Paar        Penn Shade Here's the link to a pdf version of the '72 donors including Bobby Vail, Charlie Williams, Jimmy Kehoe, and Bob Schmoeger, their CGA graduation or cadet picture and bio.    -  Class of 1972 Ring Donors     In addition, below is a link to the Alumni Assn Golden Legacy page with the CGA graduation pictures and current bio of each of our 2020 donors, as well as all Golden Legacy donors by year back to 2009 when the program started.  2009 is where you'll see Bobby Vail's picture and bio, one of the first.     https://spark.adobe.com/page/GvvRK4gg25ZdN/#our-ring-donors   Also see -  What is the Golden Legacy Program?

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August 12, 2020 (Update 12) - Class of ’72 – Military & Civilian Parents
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July 16, 2020 - SWABO Updates in our Directory.

     If you want to add or update your SWABO, please send it to me.  Keep it brief or I may edit myself to shorten it. Thank you in advance.

    July 16, 2020 - Updated Tony Stimatz SWABO 

   May 12, 2020 - Added Gary Beck SWABO

   April 19, 2020 - Added Fred Litchliter SWABO
   April 14, 2020 - Updated Greg Lapp SWABO

   Plan ahead for our 50th Reunion - October 2022