Thomas Henry McCaskill

45^th REUNION LANCASTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF ’64  

 

Name/Email Address:  Tom (Thomas Henry) McCaskill / tom_mccaskill at msn dot com

Marital Status/Spouse’s Name:  Married / Dianne (Stogner) McCaskill

Children/Grandchildren:  Two Children - T. Chad McCaskill, Tiffany S. Henneberger / Three Grandchildren – Savannah, Shelby, & Sven / Three Stepchildren – John B. Baker, Melissa Catoe, Jason B. Baker / Five Grandchildren – Christopher, Stephanie, & Kent Baker, Zachary Rothrock, Anna Grace Catoe

Occupation:  Loss Control Manager for Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited, a Company that provides property insurance for Nuclear Power Plants

College/Professional Training: Attended USC-L (1964 – 1966) and professional development courses since 1990.

Military Service (Details, Combat Tour?): US Navy January 1967 – January 2000 (23 years); Recruit Training – San Diego, CA; Basic Propulsion & Engineering & Boiler Technician A School – Great lakes, IL; USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) Norfolk, VA; Boiler Technician B School, Philadelphia, PA; USS Waddell (DDG-24) San Diego, CA (Off the coast of Vietnam November 71 – July 72); Instructor Duty – Service School Command, Great Lakes, IL; USS LaSalle (AGF-1) Manama, Bahrain; USS Simon Lake (AS-33) Charleston, SC & Kings Bay, GA; Ship Repair Facility, Guam; Split Tour Engineer Officer School, Newport, RI; USS Saratoga (CV-60) Mayport, FL; USS Yosemite (AD-19) Mayport, FL; Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL; USS Luce (DDG-38), Mayport, FL

Own Business? (Name, Website): N/A

Hobbies/Interests: Golf, Fishing, Reading, Visiting relatives in Lancaster

Published a Book? (Name):  Not Yet

Favorite Books/Authors: Grisham, James Patterson recently

Favorite Songs/Musicians: Country & Oldies from the 60s & 70s

Favorite Movies: Tin Cup

Best Vacation Ever:  A week of golf in Myrtle Beach (different course every day) & a Caribbean Cruise

Favorite Memory of High School:  Dating Dianne and Getting an A in Chemistry

Proudest Moments of My Life: When my daughter was born, When my son graduated from ODU, & being commissioned Ensign in the US Navy on the flight deck of the USS LaSalle in Muscat, Oman with all hands on deck.

Things I Would Like My Classmates to Know: I’m still Tommy to my Mother, brothers & sister. 

Also, I have to confess that I checked out some of the information sheets already posted before I finished mine.

 

 

Dianne, Tom and Grandkids Shelby, Savannah, Sven in 2007

 

Young Sailor Circa 1970

 

Older Sailor Circa 1986

 

Company Golf Team 2003 L-R: Ray Roberts, Quentin Jackson, Rob Robinson, Tom