DEATH OF CG FLAG OFFICER

ALCOAST 551/07
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
WILLIAM H. STEWART, USCG, RETIRED. REAR ADMIRAL STEWART DIED ON
FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007 WHILE HOSPITALIZED IN MOBILE ALABAMA. HE WAS
80.
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 THURSDAY 6 DEC 2007
IN HONOR OF RADM STEWART.
3. RADM STEWART WAS A 1949 GRADUATE OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY AND
RETIRED IN 1985. HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER
AND IS REMEMBERED AS A TREMENDOUS LEADER WHOSE LEGACY WILL BE WITH
US FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. HE HELD THE MOST CHALLENGING
ASSIGNMENTS, INCLUDING COMMANDING THE CGC ANDROSCOGGIN IN OPERATION
MARKET TIME IN THE VIETNAM WAR. HE WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE
14TH DISTRICT AND LATER BECAME THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS,
AS WELL AS THE CHIEF OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL, AND COMMANDER OF
THE EIGHTH DISTRICT. HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE AS VARIED AS HIS
TOURS. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CREATION OF THE CHIEF PETTY
OFFICER ACADEMY, WHICH JUST CELEBRATED ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY, AND HE
WAS WIDELY KNOWN FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN
OUR SERVICE. AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS ONE OF THE EARLY ARCHITECTS
OF THE WAR ON DRUGS, WHICH LATER BECAME ONE OF THE COAST GUARDS
CRITICAL MISSIONS. FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT, HE CONTINUED HIS
LEADERSHIP AS THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR TO THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE
UNITED STATES AND THE DIRECTOR FOR THE ALABAMA SEA CADET PROGRAM.
THOSE WHO WERE CLOSE TO HIM REMEMBER RADM STEWART AS A MODEL
MILITARY OFFICER, A GENEROUS PHILANTHROPIST, A COMMUNITY AND CIVIC
LEADER, AND A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER. HE GAVE TIRELESSLY OF
HIMSELF TO HIS FAMILY, HIS COMMUNITY, HIS CHURCH AND HIS COUNTRY.
4. REAR ADMIRAL STEWART IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, PAULETTE, ALONG
WITH A DAUGHTER, STEP-DAUGHTERS, AND GRANDCHILDREN.
5. WED 5 DEC 07: VIEWING AT RADNEY FUNERAL HOME, 3155 DAUPHIN ST.,
MOBILE AL FROM 1600 TO 1900.
6. THU 6 DEC 07: AT 1000, FUNERAL AT CHRIST ANGLICAN CHURCH, 3275
HALL MILL RD., MOBILE AL. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FUNERAL A
PROCESSION WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS WILL GO FROM THE CHURCH TO
MAGNOLIA CEMETERY FOR BURIAL.
7. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE STEWART FAMILY REQUESTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE
DONATIONS TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. USCG ACADEMY ALUMNI FUND "FOR THE CLASS OF 1949."
B. NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM OF THE GULF OF MEXICO, PO BOX 3005,
MOBILE, AL 36652.
C. DAUPHIN ISLAND FOUNDATION, PO BOX 946, DAUPHHIN ISLAND, AL
36528, "IN MEMORY OF RADM WILLIAM H. STEWART."
8. 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.
9. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
10. ADMIRAL THAD ALLEN, COMMANDANT, SENDS.
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