USNA Honorable Graduates - Olmsted Scholars

Olmsted Scholars
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The Olmsted Scholarship is offered to three career line officers from each of the three military departments. The recipients receive an educational grant for two years of graduate study in a foreign language and other educational experiences in a foreign country.


  • P. Lockwood, 1952
  • Carlisle A. H. Trost, 1953
  • Richard A. Bianckino, 1955
  • Roger H. Lyle, 1956
  • John Karas, 1956
  • William J. Bredbck, 1958
  • Wesley R. Phenegar, 1958
  • Robert C. McFarlane, 1959
  • Raynor A. K. Taylor, 1960
  • Lawrence E. Ewert, 1962
  • John J. Hyland III, 1962
  • Walter W. Kesler, 1964
  • Michael E. Field, 1966
  • Thomas E. Murphy, 1966
  • Robert J. O’Rourke, 1967
  • Gerald E. Daniels, 1967
  • John C. McKay, 1968
  • James L. Smee, 1970
  • Frederick C. Peck, 1970
  • Robert C. Wagoner, 1971
  • Patrick T. Henry, 1972
  • Miles B. Wachendorf, 1974
  • William D. Crowder, 1975
  • James P. Wisecup, 1977
  • Glenn D. Elliott, 1978
  • David W. Bruce, 1978
  • Horace M. Levitt III, 1978
  • Charles R. Wright, 1979
  • Timothy S. MacGregor, 1981
  • Herbert R. Elkin, 1981
  • Stephen P. Recca, 1983
  • Michael T. Poirier, 1983
  • Peter G. Oswald, 1984
  • Eric W. Olson, 1985
  • Kelly J. Hanson, 1986
  • John R. Rodriquez, 1986
  • Denise M. Shorey, 1989
  • Alexander Mackenzie, 1991
  • David Stohs, 1991
  • Thomas Wagener, 1992
  • Brent Sadler, 1994
  • Michael L. Baker, 1995
  • Kurt E. Janke, 1995
  • John E. Ager, 1996
  • Theodore J. Nunamaker, 1996
  • Matthew Fomby, 1999
  • Ryan Mewett, 2001
  
  • Charles S. Bird, 1952
  • Clyde D. Dean, 1954
  • Robert R. Smiley, 1956
  • Nicholas Brown, 1956
  • Raymond M. Kostesky, 1956
  • Wesley May, 1958
  • Ronald M. Eythison, 1958
  • Mark M. Golden, 1960
  • Robert W. Sherer, 1961
  • Henry J. Sage, 1962
  • Larry R. Marsh, 1963
  • Joseph M. Browne, 1965
  • John H. Rockwell III, 1966
  • Thomas F. Marfiak, 1966
  • Michael G. Roth, 1967
  • David L. Baker, 1967
  • Stanley B. Weeks, 1970
  • David P. Faucher, 1970
  • Jerome L. Geil, 1971
  • Thomas M. Keithly, 1972
  • William L. McGraw, 1972
  • Robert G. Wilcox, 1975
  • Torkel L. Patterson, 1976
  • James M. Carr, 1978
  • Christopher M. O’Connor, 1977
  • Kurt W. Tidd, 1978
  • David L. Spain, 1979
  • James R. Haynes, 1980
  • James G. Foggo III, 1981
  • Michael B. Carucci, 1981
  • Kevin P. Newmeyer, 1983
  • Michael J. Dobbs, 1984
  • Vinton G. Garbesi, 1985
  • James N. Olmsted, 1985
  • Mark D. Larabee, 1986
  • Gregory V. Contaoi, 1987
  • Roger R. Ullman, 1990
  • Stephen F. Murphy, 1991
  • David E. Jones, 1992
  • Grant Goodrich, 1994
  • Michael Flynn, 1995
  • Joseph Geary, 1995
  • Erik Kristensen, 1995
  • Jay A. Mihal, 1996
  • Shannon Martin, 1998
  • Christopher Ian Johnson, 2001