This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MANNING, ROCHON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pBC.2ACE/4202 Message Board Post: R 231651Z FEB 06 FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-12// TO ALCOAST BT UNCLAS //N05360// ALCOAST 099/06 COMDTNOTE 5360 SUBJ: DEATH OF CG FLAG OFFICER A. USCG REGULATIONS, COMDTINST M5000.3B, ART 14-8-7 1. THE COMMANDANT ANNOUNCES WITH REGRET THE DEATH OF REAR ADMIRAL ALFRED P. MANNING, USCG, RETIRED. REAR ADMIRAL MANNING DIED ON SUNDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2006 WHILE HOSPITALIZED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. HE WAS 77. 2. BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDANT AND IAW REF A, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE FLOWN AT HALF MAST ON ALL COAST GUARD BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND VESSELS NOT UNDERWAY ON 28 FEB 2006 IN HONOR OF RADM MANNING. 3. A NATIVE OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, RADM MANNING ENLISTED IN THE COAST GUARD IN 1946 AS AN ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN ON USCGC CHATAQUA, AND REPORTED TO THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN NEW LONDON, CT AS A CADET IN 1947. RADM MANNING GRADUATED FROM THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND A COMMISSION AS ENSIGN IN 1951. HE SERVED AFLOAT FOR FOUR YEARS IN THE NORTHEAST WHILE STATIONED ON USCG CUTTERS DUANE, EASTWIND, AND GENTIAN. AFTER TWO YEARS AS GUNNERY INSTRUCTOR AT OCS, HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT AND EARNED A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN 1958. FROM UCONN HE MOVED TO ITALY WHERE HE COMMANDED LORAN STATION SIMERI CRICHI, ITALY. HE FOLLOWED THIS WITH A STINT AS A LORAN-C ENGINEER AT THE ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING CENTER, WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY. FROM 1964 TO 1967 REAR ADMIRAL MANNING SERVED AS CHIEF, ENGINEERING DIVISION, ACTIVITIES EUROPE, IN LONDON, ENGLAND. HE THEN BEGAN THE FIRST OF FOUR TOURS AT HEADQUARTERS, THIS ONE AS CHIEF, SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION. IN 1971 HE EARNED A MASTERS OF MARITIME ADMINISTRATION DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND WHILE ALSO ATTENDING AND GRADUATING FROM THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE. HE THEREUPON ASSUMED COMMAND OF COAST GUARD BASE HONOLULU, HAWAII. HE RETURNED TO HEADQUARTERS IN 1974, AS CHIEF, ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DIVISION, AND THEN AS DEPUTY CHIEF, OFFICE OF ENGINEERING. HE WAS PROMOTED TO REAR ADMIRAL IN 1978, WHILE SERVING AS CHIEF, OPERATIONS DIVISION FOR THE THIRTEENTH COAST GUARD DISTRICT, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. UPON PROMOTION, REAR ADMIRAL MANNING RETURNED TO HEADQUARTERS AS CHIEF, OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. IN 1980 HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE ELEVENTH DISTRICT, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. THIS PERIOD INCLUDED EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1984 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN LOS ANGELES. IN 1983 HE ASSUMED DUTY AS CHIEF, OFFICE OF COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS. IN 1985 HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE FOURTEENTH DISTRICT, HONOLULU, HAWAII. RADM MANNING RETIRED ON 27 JUNE 1987 AFTER 41 YEARS OF TOTAL SERVICE. HIS ACTIVE DUTY DECORATIONS INCLUDED THE LEGION OF MERIT, MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH TWO GOLD STARS, AND THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL. 4. RADM MANNING WAS ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE WILD GOOSE ASSOCIATION (LORAN SYSTEM ADVOCACY GROUP), THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION, THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS, AND THE MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY. HE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE FROM 1979 TO 1980 AND FROM 1983 TO 1985. SINCE RETIREMENT, REAR ADMIRAL MANNING REMAINED ACTIVE WITHIN THE COAST GUARD RETIREE COUNCIL NW, SERVING MOST RECENTLY AS CO-CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL BOARD. HE ALSO MAINTAINED AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN MARITIME SAFETY, SERVING AS AN EXPERT ON VARIOUS MARITIME SAFETY STUDY GROUPS AND PANELS. 5. REAR ADMIRAL MANNING IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE CLAIRE, HIS DAUGHTERS CAROL AND MAUREEN, AND HIS TWO GRANDCHILDREN, PAUL AND ELIZABETH. 6. A MASS AND MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD LOCALLY AT SAINT MONICA CATHOLIC CHURCH, 4301 88th AVENUE SE, MERCER ISLAND, WASHINGTON AT 1000 ON THURSDAY 23 FEB 06. 7. THE REMAINS OF REAR ADMIRAL MANNING WILL SUBSEQUENTLY BE TRANSFERRED FOR INTERMENT AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA AT 1400 ON TUESDAY 28 FEB 06. 8. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE DONATIONS TO THEIR FAVORITE CHARITY IN THE NAME OF REAR ADMIRAL MANNING. 9. AREA COMMANDERS, DISTRICT COMMANDERS, AND MLC COMMANDERS TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ADVISE SENIOR RETIRED OFFICERS RESIDING IN THEIR DISTRICT. HEADQUARTERS SUPPORT COMMAND (A-4) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WASHINGTON, DC, AREA. 10. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED. 11. RADM STEPHEN W. ROCHON, DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, SENDS. BT