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Platinum
$5,000 up

Gold
$1,000-$4,999
Florida Chapter
Sally Pritchett

Silver
$100--$999
Jack Paxton
Mike Arnold
Joe Skymba
Dale Baird
Bill Hauptfleisch
Robert McEwen
Walt Ford
Don O'Neal
Steve Williams
George Chrisman
IMO Lance Cpl. Angel Rosa-Anonymous donor

Bronze
$50-$99

John Klozkowski


Dedicated Members

The 2013-14 Dedicated Member Campaign has begun. Your name will appear here and your name and dedication will appear in the Annual Conference Journal:

Jon Abel
Dale Baird
Margaret Diefenbach
Gary Gray
George Martin
Paul Pappas
Wiliam S. Clark
Bob Hite
Malcolm Barr
John Dodd
Don Parzanese Sr.
Manny Pacheco
Cynthia Lejeunesse
Don Gee
Roland Jarrell
Richard Stites
Tom Kraak
George Chrisman
Jenny Holbert
George Bieber


Knight, Don

Don Knight
Kensington, Md.

Birth: Weymouth, Mass.  Education: BS in Journalism, Boston University, 1950
Enlisted in Marine Corps at Boston, Mass., June 1943. Served with ground defense platoon attached to MAG 32,  3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, in consolidation of the Northern  Solomons, South Pacific; Luzon and Mindanao islands, Philippines, 1944-45. Honorable discharge, January, 1946.  Service # 869858. M-1 Rifle # 1022333.
Enlisted in Marine Corps reserve at Squantum Naval Air  Station, Quincy, Mass., 1948. Recalled to active duty  June, 1950. Served in public affairs office at the Cherry  Point, N.C., MCAS (MOS 4312). Honorable discharge,  November, 1952. (Sgt. Rank). Total service time: 38 mos. active duty; 36 mos. inactive reserve.

Civilian background: Reporter/editor/feature writer with  daily newspapers in Mass. and Virginia and with Virginia bureau of the Associated Press, 1952-1960. Director of public information, Virginia Dept. Of Transportation 1961-65; executive director of non-profit promotional, information and research organizations in Harrisburg, Pa. and Washington, D.C. 1966-1986. VP of Carl Byoir public relations firm, D.C. bureau; editorial director, Ketchum Communications, D.C.; director of media relations, editor of quarterly journal, Intelligent Transportation Society  of America, D.C. 1986-2003. Rotating Reporter/Editor: National Press Club weekly newsletter, 1974-present.

Post Corps highlights: Nov. 10, 1974 birthday speech to USMC reserve  unit at Norfolk, Neb., wielding a saber for the cake cutting, etc. Corresponding with cousin, Gen. Richard I. Neal, deputy director of operations, Desert Storm, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and attending his retirement ceremony as Assistant Commandant at 8th and Eye,  Nov. 1, 1998.   Joined USMCCCA, 1998.

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