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
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Adam Brockie on November 8, 2002:
| I first met Lt. General Cathey at Ramstein AB, Germany (1983)in a pickup round of golf. He never mentioned his rank and I was an E-4 Sergeant just arriving from Hurlburt Field, Florida. My friends dropped their jaw as I finished the 18 holes with "Carl" as he called himself. I soon learned that he was the Vice Commander of US Air Forces in Europe. General Cathey is in my heart and soul. Later in my AF Career I went TDY to Saudi Arabia (1994). I was in the APO checking my mail when this distinguished man walked into the APO, took one look at me and said - "How are you doing Adam and how's your game". That tells it all. He was then Vice President for the Loral Corporation (a defense contractor to the Royal Saudi AF) and invited me to play golf with him some time at U.A.E., in Dubai. We never did play that round but just knowing that he remembered me resonated throughout my soul. I'm going to meet him again someday and we are going to play that round of golf. Carl Cathey represented everything that was good in this world. I am a better person for having met him. |
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