Fort Schuyler Magazine

A bucolic setting overlooking the Chester River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore finds Bill Schoenster ’77, his wife Julia and his far-flung family enjoying a treasured day together. Annapolis residents Bill and Julia visited their son Chris, far left, at his home in Chestertown, MD. Completing the outing are Bill’s daughter Allison and son in-law Paul, last two on the right, who have been working for nearly four years at the U.S. Embassy in Italy and who enjoyed an all-too-rare two-week visit back home ’ 77

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Class of ’58 Deckies Ed Breese, Tom Hancock and Dom Fortunato, long relieved of deck duty but still salty from their cadet days together, enjoy a formal evening aboard Celebrity Equinox on an eight-night Caribbean cruise. For two decades, Sarasota’s Marina Jack Restaurant hosted an annual February luncheon for the Class of ’58. As a “mini-reunion” it met with great success and acclaim, hosting as many as 33 classmates and their wives. At a recent gathering, RADM Alfultis paid a visit as he was making the rounds among Floridian Alumni groups. Fresh from a check-in with Fort Lauderdale Alumni, the Admiral filled in the Class of ’58 on growth plans for the Fort and the then-proposed T/S Empire State VII.

After nearly 45 years of professional service to the maritime industry, Don Moore ‘75 retired on June 30, 2022 from his role as Global Claims Director, Shipowner ’s Claims Bureau (SCB), Inc., managers of the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association, Inc. (The American P&I Club) and Eagle Ocean Marine (EOM). Lower left: Don with his son Don Moore ’00 at the Club’s 2022 Annual Dinner. Don also received a citation from Nassau County, NY, for his 50 years’ service with Valley Stream Fire Department. Lower right (l-r): daughter-in-law Nikole, son Patrick, Don Moore ’75, wife Joan, daughter-in law-Helen, and son Don ’00. ’ 75

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