At the grave site, our boys, in front of the entire crowd and as part of the official ceremony, were to offer their condolences to the family, something they hadn’t expected and which definitely placed them out of their comfort zone. They were magnificent in their response. Mike Bayer, Alex’s father, commented that as the boys expressed those condolences to the family, (after an hour at the church, a mile march in coatees, white ducks and shako’s plus twenty minutes at the grave site, in DC heat and humidity) that their faces were bathed in sweat and it was dripping from underneath their shakos. They were perfect troopers and of great comfort to both him and Barbara as living reminders of Alex not so long ago.
Entries Tagged as ‘Alumni’
June 15, 2010
Memorial for Chief Warrant Officer Alexander Moore Bayer
Alex was born on November 27, 1981 and baptized at St. Jane Frances De Chantal Roman Catholic Church. He grew up in Potomac, Maryland where his early passions in life were shaped by his summers in Nantucket and weekend winter ski trips to the mountains of West Virginia. He became an avid and accomplished fisherman and a powerful and versatile skier. He tackled every activity fearlessly and with complete abandonment. He loved life and he loved living it.
May 17, 2010
Submit your article and class notes for the next Quadrangle!
It’s time to start work again on the next edition of The Quadrangle. Your articles and class notes make the publication great. Please try to keep article submissions to 450 words or less. We’ll do our best to get as many submissions into The Quadrangle as possible. With that in mind, there might not be room for all submissions. Fishburne reserves the right to make final edits and placement decisions.
May 3, 2010
MSG Mike Anson Delivers Stroehmann Award Speech at CYB Dinner
We had our first track meet in five years earlier this month at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg. A lot of young guys on the team—7th, 8th, 9th graders—a little bit tentative and apprehensive about participating in their first high school track meet. We have this one kid, a 7th grader, Lozie Goolsby (great name, isn’t it). He couldn’t sleep much the night before the meet, so at 6 a.m. he decided to round up some other runners on the team and run a couple of miles. When I found out I asked him, “What were you thinking?” He said, “Coach, we were just warming up a little bit to get ready for the meet.” I didn’t want to get too upset about that because I admired the initiative, but I let Lozie and the others know that running the morning of a meet is not the best idea they ever had
March 22, 2010
Doug Payne, FMS ’86 writes a fantastic piece about the Battle of Waynesboro
By way of introduction to this article, he writes, “As a lifelong student of history, I am fascinated by the stories of our ancestors’ lives that sometimes resulted in fortune or disaster, especially in times of crisis. Ultimately, their fates shape the lives of future generations in ways great and small. With this in mind, I recently discovered a story about a famous American cavalryman who altered the lives of a handful of my ancestors and their comrades who fought in Augusta County during one of the final battles of the War Between the States.”
December 15, 2009
Washington Post article honors the passing of renowned activist and FMS Alum, Leonel Gomez ’58
Leonel Gómez, 68, a Salvadoran human rights activist who investigated for a U.S. congressional commission some of the most notorious assassinations in his country’s long civil war, died of cardiac arrest Nov. 25 in the capital city of San Salvador.
Mr. Gómez was the lead investigator on the Moakley Commission, the 1989 task force headed by Rep. Joe Moakley (D-Mass.) that identified the Salvadoran army officers who killed six Jesuit priests and their housekeepers, helped put an end to U.S. aid to El Salvador’s army and pushed the Central American country toward peace.
December 10, 2009
Cadet Ethan Bunce’s Pictures from Mr. Hobby’s Memorial Service in Raleigh, NC
All images taken by Cadet Ethan Bunce of Durham, North Carolina
December 2, 2009
Memorial for Mr. John Hobby, Jr. ’32
Fishburne is saddened to report that Mr. John Thomas Hobby, Jr. has passed away. The below obituary was published in the Raleigh News and Observer. Superintendent, Col. Roy F. Zinser, will attend the memorial service on Friday along with Fishburne’s Color Guard.Mr. J.B. Yount, FMS ’56, will be the guest speaker at the service.
November 30, 2009
Alumni Update: Doug Payne ’84 recaps Richmond, VA Alumni Event
On Saturday 24 October, Richmond area alumni James Reid ‘93, Doug Payne ’84 and Ellliott Park ’86 hosted an alumni social with Daniel “Bud” Oakey, Augusta Military Academy and Riverside Military Academy ’74 at Rosie Connolly’s in Shockoe Bottom, Richmond. This was the fourth Richmond social hosted by the trio and the first that combined the alumni of Fishburne, Augusta and Riverside with the help of co-host Oakey.
November 11, 2009
Classroom Dedication Ceremony Images
The Corps of Cadets assembled yesterday at 3:30pm for the classroom dedication ceremony honoring Mr. Richard Meador, ’58, who passed away August 31, 2006. His wife, Margaret Meador, gave FMS a generous donation in his honor. The ceremony included guest speaker J.B. Yount, ’56, Mrs. Susan Johnson, Asst. Superintendent, and Msgt. Jeffrey T. Jones, Commandant of Cadets.
