Educational Excellence Since 1912
Hamden Hall Country Day School
Educating students in PreSchool through Grade 12
Hamden Hall Country Day School
Educating students in PreSchool through Grade 12
Albert D. Blakeslee III 1952, U.S. Navy
Albert D. Blakeslee III, Class of 1952, served in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1963 after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1956 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
"Boot camp, OCS, commissioned an ensign and assigned to a destroyer-type ship on the West Coast. Several tours on different destroyers including cruises to the Western Pacific and eventually to one berthed at Treasure Island in San Francisco. There, in 1960, I met a WAVE officer. We stayed in contact and in 1962 were both stationed at Pearl Harbor. One thing led to another, as they say, and we were married in 1963. We both left the Navy in 1964 and decided Hawaii was a nice place. We lived there on Maui until 1996, working in the sugar and tourist industries. Retiring, we moved to Washington state at the urging of our daughters and have lived here since. I have visited the East, even attending an event for Ernie Russ in 2007, but was never tempted to move back there permanently," reported Albert.
Albert attended Hamden Hall from 1941 to 1952 and cited Ernie Russ and Miss Stewart as two favorites of his under the pines.
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"Boot camp, OCS, commissioned an ensign and assigned to a destroyer-type ship on the West Coast. Several tours on different destroyers including cruises to the Western Pacific and eventually to one berthed at Treasure Island in San Francisco. There, in 1960, I met a WAVE officer. We stayed in contact and in 1962 were both stationed at Pearl Harbor. One thing led to another, as they say, and we were married in 1963. We both left the Navy in 1964 and decided Hawaii was a nice place. We lived there on Maui until 1996, working in the sugar and tourist industries. Retiring, we moved to Washington state at the urging of our daughters and have lived here since. I have visited the East, even attending an event for Ernie Russ in 2007, but was never tempted to move back there permanently," reported Albert.
Albert attended Hamden Hall from 1941 to 1952 and cited Ernie Russ and Miss Stewart as two favorites of his under the pines.
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
About Us
Hamden Hall Country Day School is a nurturing and inclusive community with a dynamic learning environment that promotes academic excellence by understanding each child and fostering their individual growth.
