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Major General Philip R. Feir, USA, Retied, died on July 14, 2011, in Washington, DC.

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From Thomas J Kennedy Jr, COL, USA (Ret), NWC 1983: "An old friend and NWC 1983 classmate passed away early this month. The
Washington Post obituary notice follows:

GRIGGS JAMES LESLIE "LES" GRIGGS James Leslie Griggs, Colonel, United
States Army (Retired), of Carlisle, PA passed away in Philadelphia on
Sunday, April 3, 2011 surrounded by family. Colonel Griggs was born on
November 14, 1937 in Bennettsville, SC to James Lonnie and Nannie Gilliland
Griggs. He graduated from Bennettsville High School and Wofford College
before entering the United States Army as a second lieutenant in November
1959. Colonel Griggs spent most of his military career as a military
intelligence officer and foreign area specialist. During his active duty
service, Colonel Griggs received a Masters degree in Slavic Studies from
the University of Kansas, and also graduated from the Armed Forces Staff
College and the National War College. His overseas service included several
tours of duty in Europe and two years with US Army units in Vietnam.
Colonel Griggs commanded the 8th Psychological Operations Battalion at Fort
Bragg, survived three tours of duty on the Army Staff in the Pentagon, and
also served with the Defense Intelligence Agency. He closed out his active
duty service by serving as the Director of Soviet Studies at the US Army
War College and, finally, as the United States Defense and Army Attaché in
Poland in 1985 and 1986. Colonel Griggs retired from active duty on
September 1, 1986. Following his military retirement, Colonel Griggs
accepted a position as a military analyst in the Central Intelligence
Agency's Directorate of Intelligence. He served with the CIA in several
analytical and management positions until his retirement in August 2000.
His final service with the CIA was as the Director of Central Intelligence
Representative to the United States Army War College in Carlisle,
Pennsylvania. Following his retirement from the CIA, Colonel Griggs
received the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal for his service to the
Agency. Colonel Griggs often recollected that the two highlights of his CIA
career were his tenure as chief of the military branch of the Balkans Task
Force, which afforded him the opportunity to work with and mentor some of
the most talented young military analysts at the CIA; and his work with
Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, a Polish General Staff officer who worked
covertly for the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War providing
Soviet war plans and other vital information that would have helped NATO
defeat the Warsaw Pact if war were to have broken out. Colonel Kuklinski
and his wife Joanna became two of Colonel Griggs's closest friends, and
were godparents to his son Fred. Colonel Griggs received a heart transplant
at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia in February 2006 after
another transplant center had given up on him because his medical case was
so complex. Everyone who knew Colonel Griggs is grateful to the medical
professionals at Hahnemann whose skill and devotion gave us more time with
him. Colonel Griggs is survived by his wife, Josephine Bonan Griggs, their
beloved children Fred and Annie (at home), and his children from his first
marriage to the former Sara Frances Cockfield: Jim and his wife Mary (Broad
Run, VA), Melynda and her daughter Emily (Fairfax, VA). Colonel Griggs was
preceded in death by Charlotte Anne, his daughter from his first marriage.
The family has requested that donations be made to the Gift of Life Donor
Program, 401 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123-4101 in lieu of
flowers. A reception and visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m.,
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at The Vault of Carlisle, 1 North Hanover Street,
Carlisle. Parking will be available behind The Vault and also at
Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 North Hanover Street,
Carlisle. Memorial services and burial with full military honors will be
held at Ft. Myer Chapel, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA to be
announced at a later date. Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219
North Hanover Street, Carlisle is in charge of the funeral arrangements. To
sign the guest book visit www.hoffmanroth.com

Published in The Washington Post on April 6, 2011"

Joseph P. Cheevers, died on January 6, 2011, in Paris at the age of 77. Joe was a career Foreign Service Officer and member of the class of 1982.

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary-print.aspx?n=...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/24/AR201101...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/30/AR201101...

On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, of Falls Church, VA. Beloved husband of Stephanie Petras Gorman; devoted father of Alexander Gorman; son of Anna Gorman and the late Eugene Gorman; brother of Diane Gorman, Janet Berk and the late Kevin Gorman and Donna Beck, all of Philadelphia, PA. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the MURPHY FALLS CHURCH FUNERAL HOME, 1102 W. Broad St., (Rt. 7), where the family will be present from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, January 31 at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 103 N. Spring St., Falls Church, VA. Interment Springfield, PA. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Father Martin's Ashley, 800 Tydings Ln., Havre de Grace, MD 21078.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=martin-j...

Morrison died on November 27, 2010, in McLean, Virginia, after a long illness.

Robert C. Richardson III, Air Force general
Washington Post, Tuesday, January 18, 2011; 6:03 PM

Robert C. Richardson III, 92, an Air Force brigadier general whose final active-duty assignment was deputy commander of the old Defense Atomic Support Agency, which oversaw the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, died Jan. 3 at his home in Alexandria. He had Alzheimer's disease and died two days before his 93rd birthday.

Before his nuclear weapons work, Gen. Richardson was a planning officer with the Air Force Systems Command at Andrews Air Force Base.

After his military retirement in 1967, Gen. Richardson was a policy consultant to the American Enterprise Institute and the American Security Council Foundation. In the late 1970s, he joined High Frontier, a missile defense advocacy group.

He lived in Alexandria for more than 60 years.

Robert Charlwood Richardson III was born in Rockford, Ill. He graduated in 1939 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and received his wings a year later. During World War II, he was a squadron leader in the South Atlantic and later served with the Army Air Forces in Europe.

After the war, Gen. Richardson was an Air Force planner for NATO and took part in German rearmament negotiations. In the mid-1950s, Gen. Richardson was a deputy director for policy at NATO headquarters in Rocquencourt, France.

His decorations included the Legion of Merit and the Air Medal.

His wife of 60 years, Anne Waln Taylor Richardson, died in 2009. Survivors include three children, Newbold Smith of Alexandria, Robert C. Richardson IV of Annapolis and Lydia Cardin of Andover; and six grandchildren.

- Timothy R. Smith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Richardson_III

Phoenix Society member, Howard F. Reilly, 75, a former senior executive at the National Security Agency, died January 12 at Spa Creek Center in Annapolis. Mr. Reilly had a long and distinguished career at NSA from 1953 through his retirement in 1992.
Howard Francis Reilly was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in 1960, a master's in government administration from Harvard in 1967, and was also a National War College graduate in 1975.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Emily Reilly of Millersville, MD; three sons, Matthew Reilly from Ellicott City, MD, Mark Reilly from Odenton, MD, and Michael Reilly from Matthews, NC; two sisters, Vivian Sadlier from Pawtucket, RI and Hope Tyler from Sunnyvale, CA; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at Our Lady of the Fields Catholic Church in Millersville, MD on Monday, January 17th. Visitation will begin at 10am followed by a Funeral Mass at 11am. Internment and a reception at the church will follow.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Spa Creek and Hospice of the Chesapeake for their loving support and care. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Hospice of the Chesapeake.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to:
1770 Baldwin Drive Millersville, MD 21108

From the Washington Post, Thursday, September 23, 2010:
Whitney Reed of the Class of 1970 passed away from brain cancer on September 4, 2010.

Please see the following link for the Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/22/AR201009...

From the Dean of Students--
"Some of you will remember Col Dan Cushing who was the Marine Chair/Senior Marine when Paula Thornhill was Dean of Faculty. As I informed many of you, he passed away a week weeks back. His funeral schedule includes a memorial service scheduled for November 9th at 1300, Henderson Hall Auditorium (open to all) followed by a 1500 burial at Arlington (open to all) and a 1530 reception at Henderson Hall All Hands Club (open to all).
His wife Marianne sends her thanks for all the prayers and condolence letters she has received and she will be present at all the scheduled funeral services.
v/r/s
-mbp
Mark B. Pizzo
Colonel, USMC (Ret.)
Chief of Staff/Dean of Students
National War College