RADM Tom Andrews and Walt Bilofsky, Directors, TI Museum
Treasure Island’s latest transformation is underway, creating an internationally acclaimed sustainable urban community, a public art showcase and visitor destination. Originally built in 1937 for the Golden Gate International Exposition, this island was also the terminus for the pioneering transpacific Pan Am Clippers. It then became a naval station through which over four million people passed during World War II. Tom and Walt will discuss the history of the island, how its redevelopment will handle environmental challenges, and how its heritage of innovation, diversity and civic achievement informs this latest chapter.
Tom Andrews, RADM, SC, USN (Ret)
Tom retired as a Rear Admiral in 2008 after a naval career of over 31 years. His many assignments included Commander, Logistics Task Force, Pacific, and Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet. His deployments included four months in the Indian Ocean during the Iranian Hostage Conflict in 1980. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit and numerous other awards and commendations. The son of a 32-year Naval Aviator and World War II veteran, he was commissioned through the Naval ROTC program at the University of Virginia in 1977. Tom is a CPA, and his outdoor passions include golfing, skiing, bicycling and SCUBA diving. Tom retired from his civilian career in 2018 as the Contracts Division Director for the Pacific Rim Region of the GSA Public Buildings Service."
Walt Bilofsky
Founder of the software publishing company The Software Toolworks (later renamed Mindscape), Walt was co-author of the pioneering software products Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing and The Chessmaster. He has worked at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Princeton, N.J., and the Rand Corporation. A former Board member of the American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation and its past President, he received a 2003 Bay Area Clean Air Champion award from the Bay Area AQMD. Walt is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed Master and a past Commodore of the Tiburon Yacht Club, and his travel photographs have been exhibited and published professionally. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University, he holds graduate degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering from M.I.T.
PLAN OF THE DAY
1130 - Gather and Greet
1200 - Call to Order
· Pledge of Allegiance – CAPT Stan Ellexson
· Grace – LCDR Art Curtis, Commandery Chaplain
· Introduction of Flag Officers – Commandery Commander
· Introduction of Guests – SF Companions
1205 – Medical Minute – CAPT Tom Snyder
1210 – Membership Report – RADM Tom Andrews
1215 – Announcements – Commander Companions
1220 – Lunch
1250 – Guest Speakers
1325 – Raffle
1330 – Adjourn
COMING SOON: 2019 Pearl Harbor Dinner - Guest Speaker RDML Richard Rodriguez, USN
Sunday 8 December 2019, 1800 – 2100 at The University Club of San Francisco, 800 Powell Street San Francisco, California.
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