The goal of the Maritime Memory Oral History Project is to foster understanding of life at the Maritime College through recording the memories and stories of its graduates. The following are select interviews recorded at the 2011 Homecoming.
Your story is our history! Share your stories from ashore in the classroom to at sea onboard the Empire State. Recordings are preserved at the Archives at the Stephen B. Luce Library.
Schedule an individual or a group interview with Elizabeth Berilla at (718) 409-7237 or eberilla@sunymaritime.edu.
Interview with Phillip Dilloway, Class of 1946
conducted by Elizabeth Berilla on March 10, 2011
70 minutes
Phillip Dilloway, Class of 1946. He recalls his days as a cadet at the Maritime College.
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Interview with Frank Hoch, Class of 1978
conducted by Gregory Murphy on September 25, 2010
20 minutes
Mr. Hoch is a 1978 graduate of Maritime College (MC). Mr. Hoch explains why his father and cousin contributed to his decision to attend MC. Mr. Hoch notes at the time when his class entered MC it had the largest contingent of women attending in the deck and engine departments. Mr. Hoch describes the campus and technology during his time at MC. Mr. Hoch sailed on the Empire State V. He describes his 1st cruise as a freshman when they sailed through a hurricane. Mr. Hoch recalls what regiment life was like, the challenging academics and some prank traditions at Schuyler which is what the students called Maritime College at the time. After graduation Mr. Hoch was a field engineer at a power plant on Long Island. It was the first power plant to use municipal waste to generate power. After the power plant closed he came back to MC as a 3rd Engineer aboard ship and then worked in the sugar refining industry for 22 years.
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Interview with Kenneth Bishop, Clarence Kenyon, Alfred Longo, and Albert Mackay, Class of 1960
conducted by Elizabeth Berilla on September 25, 2010
26 minutes
Kenneth Bishop, Clarence Kenyon, Alfred Longo, and Albert Mackay are 1960 graduates of Maritime College (MC). Mr. Kenyon, Mr. Longo, and Mr. Mackay all graduated with a Marine Engineering degree and Mr. Bishop with a degree in Marine Transportation. Each had their own reasons for choosing MC for their undergraduate education from wanting to travel to having an interest in ships. All agree the price was right too. They remember regiment life being tough living in WWII barracks, marching every morning before breakfast and having inspections after breakfast. It was crowded too, guys lined up at the sink to wash up and shave. Many times cadets ran down the sea wall if they were running late for breakfast. All cruised on the Empire State III ship and had many stories to tell about their rooms, the smells, and the card games. All remembered many ports and talked about their experiences with the locals, the entertainment, and the receptions they would receive from the host country. After graduation they all realized the quality of the education they received at MC. The hands on, practical experience was invaluable compared to what other elite engineering schools provided. Their advice to future students is to never give up.
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Interviews available for listening at the Stephen B. Luce Library - by last name
Jack Angel, Class of 1960
Ron d'Arcy, Class of 1960
Robert Berner, Class of 1965
Kenneth Bishop, Class of 1960
Stephen Bonina, Class of 1984
Amie Carter, Class of 2000
Gerald Chaskes, Class of 1960
Nancy Lee Clark, Class of 1961
R. Thomas Clark, Class of 1961
Tom Colgan, Class of 1970
David Cory, Class of 1950
Frank Cuccio, Class of 1982
James DeSimone, Class of 1973
Phillip Dilloway, Class of 1946
Ernest Fink, Class of 1975
William Heller, Class of 1944
Frank Hoch, Class of 1978
Charles Hoffman, Class of 1960
A. Parks Honeywell, Class of 1956
Cordara James, Class of 1985
Richard Kadison, Class of 1945
Clarence Kenyon, Class of 1960
Sean Kirby, Class of 1982
Richard Kulak, Class of 1960
Alfred Longo, Class of 1960
Stephen Lyons, Class of 1970
Albert Mackay, Class of 1960
Arthur Murray, Class of 1945
Richard Ohlsen, Class of 1990
Ted Pullen, Class of 1960
Gary Raffaele, Class of 1960
Ronald Rasmus, Class of 1960
Jack Ringelberg, Class of 1961
Richard Seel, Class of 1960
Captain Hugh Stephens
Charles Strommer, Class of 1946
Bill Tuttle, Class of 1965
Eugene Viani, Class of 1955
Leonard Weiss, Class of 1946
Conrad Youngren, Class of 1967
John Zerbo, Class of 1960
Interviews available for listening at the Stephen B. Luce Library - by class of graduation
Captain Hugh Stephens
William Heller, Class of 1944
Richard Kadison, Class of 1945
Arthur Murray, Class of 1945
Phillip Dilloway, Class of 1946
Charles Strommer, Class of 1946
Leonard Weiss, Class of 1946
David Cory, Class of 1950
Eugene Viani, Class of 1955
A. Parks Honeywell, Class of 1956
Jack Angel, Class of 1960
Kenneth Bishop, Class of 1960
Gerald Chaskes, Class of 1960
Ron d'Arcy, Class of 1960
Charles Hoffman, Class of 1960
Clarence Kenyon, Class of 1960
Richard Kulak, Class of 1960
Alfred Longo, Class of 1960
Albert Mackay, Class of 1960
Ted Pullen, Class of 1960
Gary Raffaele, Class of 1960
Ronald Rasmus, Class of 1960
Richard Seel, Class of 1960
John Zerbo, Class of 1960
R. Thomas Clark, Class of 1961
Nancy Lee Clark, Class of 1961
Jack Ringelberg, Class of 1961
Robert Berner, Class of 1965
Bill Tuttle, Class of 1965
Conrad Youngren, Class of 1967
Tom Colgan, Class of 1970
Stephen Lyons, Class of 1970
James DeSimone, Class of 1973
Ernest Fink, Class of 1975
Frank Hoch, Class of 1978
Frank Cuccio, Class of 1982
Sean Kirby, Class of 1982
Stephen Bonina, Class of 1984
Cordara James, Class of 1985
Richard Ohlsen, Class of 1990
Amie Carter, Class of 2000
The Stephen B. Luce Library thanks the narrators for their permission to make these oral history recordings publicly available.
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