Father: Dr. Frank H. Sullivan (1872-1944), Grandfather: Dr. A.H.W. Sullivan (1841-1935), Greatgrandfather: Samuel Wells Sullivan (1820-1912), Great-greatgrandfather: Samuel Wells Sullivan (1777-1860)
Mother: Ethel Irene Casebolt Sullivan (1883-1966), Grandfather: Edward Seal Casebolt (1834-1908), Greatgrandfather: William Casebolt (1787-1865)
Miami High School 1933 -- Valedictorian, lettered basketball 4 years
Missouri Valley College 1937 -- Magna Cum Laude, lettered basketball 4 years, baseball 3 years, Pi Gamma Mu, Alpha Delta Kappa, Student Senate
1937-43
Credit Manager, Wilson Sporting Goods, Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. Played league basketball and softball for Wilson and Gold Bond.
1943-46
Commissioned Ensign, Supply Corps, US Naval Reserve. Attended Harvard University, served at Great Lakes; Walnut Ridge, Arkansas and in Philippine Theater. Released from active duty.
1947-54
Commissioned Lieutenant, Supply Corps, regular Navy. Served in New Orleans; Panama Canal Zone; Point Mugu, California; served as Supply Officer on USS Iowa (BB-61) in Korean Waters and at Naval Air Station, Astoria, Oregon.
1955
Earned Masters in Business Administration from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor -- second in class with 3.91 average. Spent 3 months with General Motors, military intern program.
1956-58
Served as Depot Planning Officer, Naval Supply Depot, Guam. Coached Depot basketball team which won All-Island Championship. Promoted to Commander, Supply Corps in 1958.
1958-61
Served as Contracting Officer for Defense Atomic Support Agency, Washington DC.
1961-63
Served as Supply Officer on USS Jason (AR-8) in Vietnamese Theater. Coached ship's basketball team which, in 1962, won 47 games and lost 1.
1963-66
Served as Director of Purchase Division, Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia. Promoted to Captain, Supply Corps in 1964.
1966-70
Served as Commander, Defense Contract Administration Services Region, St. Louis. Administered Navy, Army, Air Force and NASA contracts, supervised 1600 civilian and military personnel in 8 state area.
NAVY MEDALS AND AWARDS
US Navy Legion of Merit, Korean Service, Asiatic Pacific Campaign, Liberation of the Philippines, National Defense Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, President's Council on Youth Opportunity, US Navy Award of Esteem
Retired with second wife Bonnie to Miami, Missouri October 1, 1970
Though troubles have multiplied Man has outsat em From Adam to Eve And Eve to atom.
1961-1987
As Usual (Cosmopolitan)
This season, it seems, Is run of the mill. Though the fish will not, The mosquitoes will.
Blankety-Blank Verse
Most poetry, today it seems, Just straggles on for reams and reams And as a symbol of our time Neither has reason nor has rhyme.
No Long-Term Leases (Post-Crescent)
For "meaningful relationships" Today, it seems the fun Lies strictly in the moving in -- Or moving out of one.
Those Good Old Days! (Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest)
Remember the bookkeeper Perched on his stool, Green eyeshade tilted, Quill for a tool? He wasn't too fast, But nowhere in town Did you hear the excuse "Our computer is down."
Where There's a Will (Wall Street Journal)
They hate to spend and love to save, Those miserly old investors -- But nevertheless, some future day They will have made great ancestors!
