RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Commander Lance E. Thompson will recognized at the May 27, 2016 Cubs Game at Wrigley field in honor of his service as Commander of the USS Chicago, a nuclear submarine in the Pacific Fleet; and,
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Thomas M. Tunney; and
WHEREAS, Lance is the proud son of Alvin and Janice Thompson, and he joined the Navy after graduating from Kcwanee High School, Kevvanee Illinois; and,
WHEREAS, Commander Thompson attended Auburn University, where he majored in Electrical Engineering. He then was commissioned after attending Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida, and then Commander Thompson received his Masters in Engineering Management from Southern Methodist University; and,
WHEREAS, Upon completing the enlisted Nuclear Power pipeline and becoming a staff instructor at the S3G Prototype, Commander Thompson was selected for the Nuclear Enlisted Commissioning Program; and,
WHEREAS, Commander Thompson's sea tours included assignments as Sonar Officer, Main Propulsion Assistant, Communicator, Damage Control Assistant and Assistant Weapons Officer, USS Maine (SSBN 714G); Engineer, USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740G); and Executive Officer, USS Jefferson City (SSN 759); and,
WHEREAS, Commander Thompson tours ashore include assignments as instructor and advisor at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command; Junior Member of the Pacific Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board; and as an analyst at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation; and,
WHEREAS, Commander Thompson served on teams that have been awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation (4 awards) and the Battle Efficiency E Awards (6 awards); and,
WHEREAS, Lance married the love of his life, Melissa Hadsall of Kcwanee, and they have two children Ryan and Allison; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this eighteen day of May, 2016, d...
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