James W. Lisanby

1928 - 2012

Rear Admiral James W. Lisanby (USN Retired)

January 31, 1928 - November 14, 2012

Princeton

JAMES W. LISANBY

Rear Admiral James

W. Lisanby (USN Re -

tired), 84, of Princeton,

died Wednesday, Nov. 14,

2012, at 2:50 a.m. at his

home, Oakland Farm.

Born Jan. 31, 1928, in

Caldwell County, a son of

the late Alvin and Rebecca

Hollingsworth Lisanby,

he was a member of

Ogden Memorial United

Methodist Church, a

Rotarian and a Paul Harris

Fellow.

Chief Engineer for 37

years in the U.S. Navy, he

was an internationally

respected Naval architect

and Marine Engineer

with over 55 years of

experience in naval matters

and engineering

management. Following

years of service aboard

multiple ship types at sea,

his first Flag assignment

was as Commander,

Naval Ships Engineering

Center with responsibility

for the design and engineering

of all ships and

weapons developed for

the U.S. Navy. Immediately

prior to retirement,

he served as Deputy

Commander for Acquisition

and Logistics in the

U.S. Navy's Sea Systems

Command in Washington,

D.C. These duties

included the contracting

for and maintenance of

all ships as well as Foreign

Military Sales for all

free nations under agreement

with the United

States.

A graduate of the U.S.

Naval Academy in

Annapolis, Md., Rear

Admiral Lisanby holds a

Professional Engineers

Degree (PE) from the

Massachusetts Institute

of Technology and an

advanced Management

Degree from the Harvard

Business School (PMD).

Upon retirement from

the Navy, he served as

President of his own consulting

firm, Naval Services

International Inc.,

headquartered in Arlington,

Va. Previous board

experience included the

United Services Life

Insurance Company, the

Sioux Manufacturing

Company of Devil's Lake,

N.D., and serving as

Chairman of the Board of

Technology Financing,

Inc., a member of the

BMT Group of International

Companies. He

was the first American to

be elected President of

IPEN, International Professional

Engineering

and Naval Architects

Society.

Rear Admiral Lisanby

is a member and Distinguished

Fellow of the

Society of Naval Architects

and Marine Engineers

and a Life Member

and former vice president

of the American Society

of Naval Engineers.

Survivors include his

wife of 61 years, Gladys

Kemp Lisanby; two

daughters and sons-inlaw,

Elizabeth Ann Lisanby

and Col. Emilio Bianchi

of Huntsville, Ala.,

and Dr. Sarah Hollingsworth

Lisanby and Dr.

Satish Anjilvel of Durham,

N.C.; two grandchildren,

Jennifer Kemp

Bianchi and husband

Blake Harvard and Laura

Elizabeth Bianchi; one

great-grandchild, Emilio

Donovan (Eli) Harvard; a

brother, Charles Alvin

Lisanby of Hollywood

Hills, Calif.; and several

nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will

be conducted Saturday,

Nov. 17, at 1 p.m. at

Ogden Memorial United

Methodist Church with

the Rev. Gary Graves officiating.

Burial will follow in

Cedar Hill Cemetery with

military honors.

Expressions of sympathy

may take the form of

contributions to the

Princeton Art Guild, 115

E. Main St., Princeton,

Ky. 42445.

Online condolences

may be sent at the website:

morgansfuneralhome.

com.

Visitation was held

Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at

Morgan's Funeral Home

in Princeton.

A paid Obituary announcement