FOUNDING AND ORGANIZATION

The first official get together of this group was held at 12:00 on Friday, February 26, 1982, at the Twin Bridges Marriott Hotel, Arlington Virginia. In attendance were:

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• BGen. Jake Glick

• LtCol. Don Morris

• Col. Dick Goodale

• Col. Bill Tate

• Col. John Kinniburgh

• Col. Warren Wiedhahn

The unanimous feeling was that the purposes were worthy and that such an organization warranted merit. It was decided to further reflect on the “need” for such a group and to meet again in March or April to discuss it further. It was further decided that the group should remain relatively small (initially) and future attendees would be by personal invitation only.

John Kinniburgh volunteered to host the next luncheon.
Respectfully submitted,

(s) Warren H. Wiedhahn
Unofficial scribe

Note:
The first mailing list was issued on June 25, 1982, and included 19 Marines.
The Marine Executive Association was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia on February 26, 1986.
The Internal Revenue Service as a non-profit organization under the Internal Revenue Code, section 501(c) (19), on March 6, 1992 approved the Marine Executive Association. The IRS approval further stated: “Contributions to your organization are not deductible by donors under section 170(c)(3) of the code”.