Shifley Lecture Series
This lecture series is funded by the Class of 1950 Museum Endowment in recognition of the significant contribution made to the Endowment by the Shifley Trust.
VADM Ralph Shifley was a highly decorated naval aviator. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1933, he was designated a naval aviator in 1937. He participated in WWII operations against the Japanese at New Guinea, Saipan, Guam, the Palaus, and the Philippines. He was awarded the Navy Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross.
All lectures are held at 1230 in the 2nd floor theater of Preble Hall (the Museum)
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2019-2020
2019
- October 17: Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano "Sealift: The Evolution of American Military Sea Strategy"
- November 12: Caroline Johnson, USNA 2009 "Jet Girl: My Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy's Most Lethal Aircraft, the F/A-18 Super Hornet"
2020
- January 22: Steve Thomas, former host of "This Old House", "The Last Navigator: A Young Man, an Ancient Mariner, and the Secrets of the Sea"
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2018-2019
2018
- September 27: Capt Marko Stawnczyj, USMC "Unearthing the Battle of Cuzco Well"
- October 12: Dr. Scott Mobley, CAPT, USN (ret) "Progressives in Navy Blue: Forging the Modern U.S. Naval Profession, 1873-1898"
- November 13: Dr. Virginia Smith "The Dark Ages Came Early: The 1918 Influenza Epidemic at the United States Naval Academy"
- November 29: Mr. Michael Schneider, CAPT USN (ret) "Merchant Ships in World War II: the Maritime Commission's Emergency Shipbuilding Program"
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2017-2018
2017
- October 25: Dr. Nicholas Lambert, "Why DID the Admiralty Follow Churchill's Plans at Gallipoli?"
- November 29: Dr. William Fowler, "Steam Titans: Cunard, Collins, and the Epic Battle for Commerce on the North Atlantic"
2018
- February 28: CDR BJ Armstrong, USN “Vindicating the Honor of the Flag: Flags, Failed Diplomacy, and Combat in the Korea Expedition of 1871"
- March 26th: Captain Peter Hammarstedt "An Unconventional Navy: How Sea Shepherd and African Coastal States are Working Together to Retake Sea from Poachers"
- March 27: USNA Museum Managing Director Charles Swift "The Preservation of the Naval Academy Trophy Flags"
- March 29: LtGen John Sattler, USMC (Ret) "Battle of Hue City (1968) Influences on the Battle of Fallujah (2004)"
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2016-2017
2016
- September 12: Dr. James Robbins, This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive
- September 20: Sharon Disher, Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy
- October 26: Mary Kelly, Why Leaders Fail
2017
- January 18: Dr. Wayne Hsieh, A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War
- February 22: Anne A. Wilson, "Put the baby in the helmet bag" and Other Lessons I Did Not Learn at the Naval Academy
- March 22: Dr. Nicolas Lambert, Why the Admiralty Followed Churchill's Plans at Gallipoli
- April 10: Donald Peacock, Privateers in the War of 1812 and the Battle of Nantucket
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2015-2016
2015
- September 09: David Danelo, The Return: A Field Manual for Life After Combat
- September 23: CDR BJ Armstrong, USN, 21st Century Sims
- October 07: Dr. Jerry Hendrix, (CAPT, USN, Ret), Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy
- October 21: Victoria Kelly, When Men Go Off to War
- November 18: CAPT Brett Friedman, USMC, 21st Century Ellis
- September 09: David Danelo, The Return: A Field Manual for Life After Combat
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2014-2015
2014
- September 10: Dr. Bernard Cole, (CAPT, USN, Ret) The Great Wall at Sea: China’s Navy in the 21st Century
- October 02: Dr. Daniel Green, Fallujah Redux: The Anbar Awakening and the Struggle with Al-Qaeda
- October 17:Dr. David Ulbrich, From Belleau Wood to Guadalcanal: Thomas Holcomb and Modernizing the Marine Corps
- November 06:CAPT Bobbie Scholley, (USN, Ret) Raising the USS Monitor
2015
- January 07: CAPT Tal Manvel, (USN, Ret), 1st Program Manager of Future Carriers, Designing the Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier
- January 21: Dr. Jason Smith, Putting the Sea in Sea Power: Naval Science, the Marine Environment, and the Hydrography of American Empire, 1898-1903
- February 11: CDR Chris Rentfrow, USN, Home Squadron: The US Navy on the North Atlantic Station
- March 11: Jamie Malanowski, Commander Will Cushing: Daredevil Hero of the Civil War
- April 08: Dr. William Trimble, Class of 1957 Chair of Naval Heritage, Admiral John S. McCain Sr. and Naval Aviation, 1930-1945
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2013-2014
2013
- October 23: Andrew Jampoler, The Navy and 19th Century River Expeditions
- November 01: John Gordon, Fighting for MacArthur
- November 14:Taylor Kiland, Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
- November 22: CDR Youssef Aboul-Enein, USN, Militant Islamist Ideology
- December 02: RDML Terry McKnight, (USN, Ret), Pirate Alley
2014
- January 16: Tom Cutler, Battle of Leyte Gulf
- January 22: Lincoln Paine, The Sea & Civilization
- February 12: Jan Herman, The Lucky Few: The Fall of Saigon and the USS Kirk
- February 26: John Wolter and David Ranzen, " With Commodore Perry to Japan"
- March 07: LCDR BJ Armstrong, USN, " 21st Century Mahan"
- April 08: Dr. Larrie D. Ferreiro, " Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition that Changed the World"
- April 16: Dr. Craig Symonds, "The Navy and the Civil War"
- April 23: Dr. Gene Smith, " The Slaves' Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812"
