Annapolis, Maryland July 31, 2004--
Several Lakeside Foods, Inc. shareholders attended fellow shareholder Rear Admiral Hank
White's retirement ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Hank
completed over 40 years of active and reserve naval service, retiring as Vice Commander,
U.S. Fleet Forces Command, the Navy's major operational command overseeing the Atlantic
and Pacific Fleets as well as Naval Forces in Europe.Shareholders in attendance were
Bob and Pauline Langenfeld; Emmy White; Skip and Jane Pfeffer; Doug Quick; and Mary and
Jim Ferguson. |
Pictured from left to right are Jim Ferguson, Bob Langenfeld, Hank White, and Doug Quick
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| After touring much of Washington
D.C.'s landmarks, the group settled in for Hank's retirement ceremony that afternoon.
Several active and retired Navy and Marine Corps flag officers were in attendance,
including: Admiral William Fallon, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Admiral Michael
Mullen, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Vice Admiral Rodney Rempt, Superintendent, U.S.
Naval Academy; Vice Admiral John Cotton, Chief of Naval Reserve; and Vice Admiral Ronald
A. Route, the Navy's Inspector General. In his remarks, Admiral Mullen, Hank's Naval
Academy classmate, praised Hank's actions as a true reservist who on September 11th
stepped up to coordinate the Navy's and the Department of Defense's actions immediately
following the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. Serving as Deputy
Commander of the Navy's 2nd Fleet at the time, Hank transitioned at once from his civilian
job to active duty and served in the City of New York's emergency operations center until
relieved several days later.
After the ceremony, all the guests attended a reception at Buchanan House, home of the
Naval Academy Superintendent. Admiral Rempt informed the group that this house is second
only to the White House in the number of dignitaries it hosts.
In his civilian life, Hank is an attorney and the President of the Institute of
International Container Lessors, the trade association for the worldwide, intermodal
container and chassis leasing industry.
Lakeside expresses our thanks and best wishes to the Whites for a long and healthy
"retirement". |
