View a eulogy for Carl Homer Cathey, USMA '55, who passed away on November 12, 2000.
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Carl Homer Cathey
West Point, 1955
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Posted by From the Davidson College Journal on March 31, 2001:
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Lt. Gen. Carl H. Cathey '53, USAF retired, died November 12, 2000. He left Davidson after attending for one year to serve in the Korean War. In August 1950, he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he rose to the rank of cadet captain. After graduation, he accepted a commission in the U. S. Air Force. He received a master's degree in 1965 from the M.I.T. in astronautics and aeronautics and is a graduate of the Army War College. Highly decorated, his awards include the Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit. Following retirement in 1986, he served as vice president of SAIC's Information Systems Group, a senior consultant of the Air Force programs of Burdeshaw Associates, and established an office for Loral in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He retired from Loral in 1996 to move to Annandale, Va. He was recently elected president of his West Point graduation class. He is survived by his wife, Marcia Maclachlan Cathey, 3806 HilIcrest Lane, Annandale, Va. 22003; three children, Kim Kloster, Michael Cathey, and Teri Pearson; four grandchildren; and his brother, H. Marc Cathey '49. |
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