Norman Eugene Dunlap

West Point, 1951

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Sam Dickens on July 5, 2004:

Norman, a native of Southern California, died unexpectedly at his home in Monterey on June 1, 2004. A West Point graduate (1951), Norman served during the cold war in Berlin, as a German instructor at West Point, and an Intelligence officer in Korea and Vietnam. He retired from the Army in 1972 as a Lt. Colonel and embarked on a second career as a German teacher. He was a member of Defense Language Institute German department from 1979 to 1993. An avid athlete throughout his life, Norman played tennis and ice hockey at West Point, later winning the US Army European Tennis Championships. For many years he was a regular at the Naval Post Graduate School squash courts. After permanent retirement he became an avid swimmer, riding his scooter to the Monterey Sports Center six days a week. He also studied Spanish and French at Monterey Peninsula College. The rest of his time was spent gardening, reading, and traveling. A visit by family or friends almost always included dinner at the Stammtisch or coffee at the Paris Bakery. Norman is preceded in death by Maria (1995), his wife of 40 years, and survived by his 5 sons Eugen, Michael, Stephan, Thomas, and Martin, daughters-in-law Kadife, Gabriele, Paula, and Susan, and grandchildren Nora, Sinan, Satara, Maia, Eliana, Missa, and Helena.

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