The Delaware State Police Training Academy Presents the 39th Recruitment Class

October 10, 1977 - March 3, 1978

Invocation
Captain Walter H. Beckwith
State Police Chaplain

Pledge of Alliance to The Flag

Presentation of Class
Captain Gerald L. Reynolds
Director of Training
Delaware State Police

Reception of Class and Remarks
Colonel Irvin B. Smith, Jr.
Superintendent
Delaware State Police

Response from The Class
Trooper John P. Forester
Delaware State Police

Address
George T. Quinn
Special Agent-in-Charge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Baltimore Office

Presentation of Badges and Diplomas
The Honorable Pierre S. duPont IV
Governor of the State of Delaware

The Honorable James D. McGinnis
Lieutenant Governor of the State of Delaware

The Honorable William J. O'Rourke
Secretary, Department of Public Safety

Colonel Irvin B. Smith, Jr.
Superintendent, Delaware State Police

Presentation of Awards

Benediction
Captain Charles E. Covington
State Police Chaplain

Graduates
John C. Batsch
Dover

Kerry D. Bittenbender
Newark

William P. Ellis
Laurel

John P. Foester
Wilmington

Douglas R. Hancock
Newark

David Henderson
Felton

Scott D. Hitchens
New Castle

Dennis F. Kelly
Wilmington

James A. Lawson, III
Wilmington

Thomas F. MacLeish
Dover

Robert E. McMahon
Elsemere

Stephen P. Merlonghi
Wilmington

Michael R. Mulvena
Wilmington

Terry L. Pepper
Hartly

Charles E. Riley, Jr.
Seaford

Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Millsboro

Ronald A. Thomas
Georgetown

Stephen H. Timmons
Bethany Beach

John D. Turner
Newark

Michael L. Warrington
Millsboro

John J. Whalen, III
Newark

Dennis A. Williams
Dover

Academy Staff
Captain Gerald L. Reynolds
Director of Training

Lieutenant Valvert L. Fox
Ordnance Officer

Sergeant William D. Clark
Ordance Officer

Sergeant Daniel L. SImpson
Curriculum Coordinator

Sergeant James R. Spillan
Staff Development Officer

Sergeant Robert S. Walls
Drill Instructor