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2018 Alumni Association Home and Away Tailgates

2018 Home Football  Events When: Every home Navy football game at 1:30 p.m. ETWhere: Inside Navy Marine Corp Memorial Stadium – Class Ring NortheastMenu:  A full lunch menu, different for every game, 2 …

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Posted byMatthew EliasJuly 5, 2018February 19, 2021

New Website Goes Live!

Classmates, As we approach our 40th Reunion your class officers have been working hard to update our Class Website, www.usna1978.org.  Actually, Matthew Elias, our webmaster, has done all the hard work, so …

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Posted byMatthew EliasJune 5, 2018February 21, 2021

$800,000 and almost 3,500 donors! Not bad, Navy!

While Navy didn’t take 1st place in the Challenge (or 2nd or 3rd), we did raise more than $800,000 in just five days and attracted gifts from almost 3,500 alumni, an increase of more …

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Posted byMatthew EliasJune 5, 2018February 18, 2021

Class Update to Close Out 2017

Season’s Greetings, Classmates! I had the pleasure of spending most of last week in Annapolis where I attended the Alumni Association’s Fall Board of Trustees meeting.  I am no longer …

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Posted byMatthew EliasDecember 4, 2017March 4, 2021

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