Previous Events
December 7, 2009, 9th Annual Pearl Harbor Commerative Lecture
The ninth NCMF Pearl Harbor Commemoration Lecture was held on 7 December 2009 with a presentation in the L-3 auditorium by Mr. Edward S. Miller entitled “A Different Perspective on the Reasons Behind the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor.” Mr. Miller discussed the campaign waged by American officials prior to World War II to prevent Japan from acquiring the resources necessary to conduct further aggression in the Pacific. Using the Trading with the Enemy Act and other laws, the federal government, with the backing of President Roosevelt, gradually tightened the financial noose around the Japanese, denying them access to US markets, restricting trade and finally freezing Japanese assets in the US. In the fall of 1941, the Japanese, believing they were being brought to their knees, stepped up the plans which resulted in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Mr. Miller contends that there were alternatives which the US might have taken to avoid the war in the Pacific. His lecture was based on his 2007 book entitled Bankrupting the Enemy: The U. S. Financial Siege of Japan Before Pearl Harbor.
October 14, 2009 – NCMF General Membership Meeting
The 11th annual General Membership Meeting of the NCMF was held as scheduled on October 14, 2009 at the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Kossiakoff Center in Laurel, MD. Go to the Annual Meeting link for details on the meeting.
June 19, 2009, Eighth Annual Eagle Alliance Tim Sheahan Memorial Golf Tournament
The eighth annual Eagle Alliance Golf Tournament was held on Friday, 19 June 2009, at the newly designed Ft. Meade Parks Course. Despite a forecast of possible heavy rain, the weather remained sunny and warm throughout the day and all 36 teams representing the Eagle Alliance Group and other area defense contractors were able to complete the tournament without interruption.
Two teams tied for the lead at the end of 18 holes, and the Superior Communications team, captained by Ron Hurley along with Eddie Becker, Chris Fauser and Sam Cooper, was declared the winner of the coveted Tim Sheahan Memorial Tournament Trophy based on a virtual playoff. The Foundation- sponsored team was captained by Bill Saadi and included Joe Amato and Chuck and Christa Zeman. They were awarded the “booby prize” of free golf lessons.
The winning team is honored at a ceremony at the Museum on July 28 and this was followed by a luncheon to honor them and Eagle Alliance for their support.
Pictured from left to right are Gene Becker, Tim Slusser, VP Eagle Alliance, and winning team members from Superior Communications - Chris Faurer, Eddie Becker, and Ron Hurley. Sam Cooper could not attend.
After all the scores were in and the winning team was announced, all the players and spectators sat down to a buffet luncheon at the Ft. Meade Golf Club. Mike Haley, standing in for the absent Eagle Alliance Vice President, Tim Slusser, presented a symbolic check to the president of the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation, Gene Becker, who thanked the players and the corporate sponsors for their participation in the tournament and support of the Foundation. Mike Haley then presented the tournament trophy to the winning team and prizes donated by corporate sponsors to the lucky winners of the raffle that was held earlier.
It is a tribute to the Eagle Alliance, its Vice President, Tim Slusser, and its event coordinator, Sandi Austin, and her team of volunteers, that this tournament is regarded as one of the best-managed events of its kind in the area.
This year’s tournament proceeds enriched the NCMF by $37,000. Part of the proceeds will go towards completing the Foundation’s Exhibit Wall, purchasing children’s books on cryptology for the library and the purchase of two interactive computer kiosks for the museum’s new cryptologic game area. Over the eight years that the tournament has been held it has provided funds in excess of $250,000 in support of the Foundation and the museum.
The Foundation wishes to thank Eagle Alliance and the following corporations for their sponsorship and continued support of this worthy benefit:
- Advanced Concepts, Inc.
- Brocade
- Ciber, Inc.
- Communications Supply Corporation
- Corning Cable Systems
- Cybercore Technologies
- General Dynamics
- Hewlett Packard
- Intelligent Decisions
- Juniper Networks
- KEYW Corporation
- L-3 Communications
- Lexmark
- MCO Computer Supplies
- NCI Information Systems
- Network Appliance
- Northrop Grumman
- Superior Communications, Inc.
- Sycamore Services
- Tech USA
