Robert Emil Currie

As his roommate for all four years at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, I was profoundly influenced and rewarded as I progressed to graduation with his help and companionship. An amazing coincidence occurred years later while he happened to be on Summer Naval Reserve Duty at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island that occurred simultaneously with my wedding to Maryellen Hancock, who was a Chief of Engineering at Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics at nearby Groton,...

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Bob Currie and I were lifelong friends beginning as roommates for four years at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Those four years were critical for my success in life that I attribute to Bob and our other roommate Walt Baskin. I could not feel more privileged to know both of these great men as fabulous life friends. Bob was a person of sterling character and a brilliant student who was a great benefit to me who occasionally tutored me, especially in electrical engineering. His...