Happy Birthday

Sharkhunter Members

by Harry Cooper


Members celebrating their birthdays in August include:

2nd DARCY BIRKHOLZ (864-1988)
2nd TOM FYDRIK (5289-1997)
3rd HORST EBERHARD von HORSTIG (3767-1994)
11th BILL DUNN (1019-1989)
15th NORM ROWE (2821-1993)
17th CHRIS WILLS (1935-A/LIFE-1991) USCG

22nd LENI RIEFENSTAHL (3157-1993) This gracious lady (at right) will turn 100 in August 2002. God bless.

22nd MARILYN BIZAK (5637-1998)
23rd G. FRANK REYNOLDS (4935-1996)
27th RICHARD RUTT (6368-2001)
28th YOYA KAWAMURA (1739-LIFE-1991) Our Far Eastern Representative.
28th TILMAN HESS (5817-LIFE-1999) Attorney, and son of our friend HANS-GEORG HESS.
29th Admiral FELIX GROMOV (2542-1992) Chief of the Russian Navy (retired)
31st WILLIAM CARR (3721-1994)

Members celebrating their birthdays in September include:

2nd HARRY COOPER , (1-LIFE-1983), Founder and President (at right)
2nd TOM RIDOLFO (5849-1999)
3rd Dr. VERCIL SENSEMAN (692-1988)
4th MICHAEL WEBER (3239-1993)
4th BRETT CARROLL (5712-1999) current submariner
13th DENNIS POSTYL (729-1988)
13th BOB JONES (6220-2000) Polaris/Poseidon Engineer
14th DWIGHT CALDWELL (3896-LIFE-1994)
15th ART AYDELLOTTE (787-C/LIFE-1988)
17th BILL LEHMBECK (295-1990)
17th HANNES ESKEN (1601-LIFE-1990) Luftwaffe Major
17th AL REICHERT (3744-1994)
18th GERD DIETRICH (5923-LIFE-1999) Artilleryman
20th MIKE HOWELL (174-LIFE-1986)
20th JAMES KLINE (300-A/LIFE-1987)
22nd Dr. COLEMAN SESKIND (2360-1992)
25th PETER HANSEN (251-LIFE-1987) ‘Peter’s Periscope’
27th HARRY HALL (1547-1990)
27th ROLAND BURRILL (3710-1994) rode USS ICEFISH
28th RADM VALERI BOBROVSKIY (2540-1992), formerly with the Russian Navy, Baltic Sea Fleet
30th SUSAN BURLEIGH (5885-1999)

Members celebrating their birthdays in October include:

2nd Monika Hansen – Mrs. PETER HANSEN
4th FREDERICK CHANG (772-1988) Historian, modeler
6th MARK PEARSON (1881-LIFE-1991)
8th Prof. TOM MACKIN (146-A-1985) Bandmaster
9th DAVID R. BICKFORD (6190-2000)
10th DAN WOLFE (91-1985)
11th MARK “Swede” ERICKSON (5233-LIFE-1997)
16th GEORG HÖGEL (240-LIFE-1987) Radioman on U-30, the first boat into combat, and later on U-110. (at right in cap)
16th OTTO von BÜLOW (305-LIFE-1987) Skipper of U-404, decorated with the Knights Cross & Oak Leaf. (at far right)
17th STUART DAVIS (5964-2000) Merchant Marine vet.
21st EDWARD HSIAO (5779-1999)
23rd EDDIE RUMPF (179-1986) Arctic boats researcher
25th JONATHAN FINDLEY (1743-C/LIFE-1990)
27th Dr. JAMES J. CARROLL (2391-LIFE-1992)
28th DONALD PIERSON (4373-1995)
30th DAVE BLUETT (81-C-1984)
31st THAD LAYTON (450-1988)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all these Members from our International Family of more than 6,600 in 70 countries, and MANY MORE!


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