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North
High School Wall of Honor
Drew Robert Tillotson
Class of June, 1948 |
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| Research
done by Claradell Shedd, Class of 1953. |
| Drew
Robert Tillotson |
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Drew enlisted in the US Navy on January
11, 1951 in Des Moines, IA. His service number was 3240101. Drew's
next of kin was listed as Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Tillotson, 4138 11th
Street Place, Des Moines, IA.
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| Drew Robert Tillotson |
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| Year |
|
Rank |
|
Status |
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| June, 1948 |
x |
North High School |
x |
Graduation. "My
Favorite North High Teachers" by Drew Tillotson |
| 1948-1951 |
x |
 |
x |
Business Administration.
Degree in accounting. |
| January
11, 1951 |
x |
Enlisted in US Navy |
x |
Old Federal Building,
Des Moines, IA |
| February,1951 |
x |
Boot camp |
x |
Naval Training Station,
Great Lakes, IL. Nine weeks |
April 30,
1951-
June 29, 1951 |
x |
Training |
x |
Naval Training Station,
San Diego, CA. Nine weeks. Disbursing School |
| November
16, 1951 |
x |
US Navy |
x |
DKSN (Naval Accounts Disbursing
Office) |
May 16,
1952-
August 20, 1952 |
x |
US Navy Training |
x |
Drove a car from Illinois
to Maryland. Navy PREPSCOL in Bainbridge, MD. Competing for 500
naval ROTC scholarships, and the Navy had a fleet-wide examination
taken by 10,000. Five hundred were selected to go to prep school
and, out of the 500 at Bainbridge, only 200 were going to get
scholarships. Drew was #1 of the 200 selected. 3rd Class Petty
Officer. |
| August 20,
1952 |
x |
US Navy/Discharged/
CPO3 |
x |
At US Naval Training Center,
Bainbridge, MD (9th Naval District). Commissioned as Ensign in
Reserves. |
| 1952 |
x |
 |
x |
Drove from Maryland to
Des Moines to Lincoln, NE. University of Nebraska. President of
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. |
| 1953-1955 |
x |
|
x |
Graduated from Drake.
Order of COIF; top 10% at Drake Law School |
| 1955-1959 |
x |
Employment |
x |
IRS trial tax lawyer for
the IRS for four years in Omaha and Kansas City. |
| July, 1959
|
x |
Training |
x |
Naval Intelligence School;
Coronado, CA |
| May 14,
1961 |
x |
 |
x |
Married Karla Baur from
Winterset. Married at Trinity Lutheran Church at 3223 Un iversity
Avenue in Des Moines. |
| 1959-1965 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Williams, Hart, and Tillotson
at 10th and Walnut. until 1965. Private law practice in Des Moines |
| 1965-1998 |
x |
 |
x |
Joined firm now known
as Nyemaster, Goode. Founded and chaired Tax Department. In 2017,
now largest law firm in the state of Iowa. |
| until 1965
|
x |
 |
x |
6826 Reite Avenue, Windsor
Heights, IA |
| 1981 |
x |
US Navy Reserves/Captain
|
x |
Separation from US Navy
Reserves. 29 years in Reserves. (Two years in regular Navy). Commissioned
Captain JAG Corps after having served for 30 years. |
| 1965-2014 |
x |
 |
x |
Long-term residence from
1965-2014 at 1250 71st Street in Windsor Heights, IA. |
| 2007 |
x |
Family |
x |
Winner of Windsor Heights
Most Beautiful Yard Contest |
| June, 28,
2017 |
x |
Deceased |
x |
Windsor Heights, IA 50311 |
| July 1,
2017 |
x |
 |
x |
Resthaven Cemetery, West
Des Moines, IA |
|
9th
Naval District
The boundaries of the Ninth Naval District, headquartered at the
Lake Training Station in Lake Bluff, Illinois, were established on 7
May 1903 in accordance with General Order No. 128, signed by Acting
Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. In 1911 the district was activated
as part of an administrative unit called the "Ninth, Tenth, and
Eleventh Naval Districts". In 1920 the district became a separate
entity with its own district staff. In 1945 the district, headquartered
at what was now known as Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois,
consisted of the following geographic areas: Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky,
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. The Ninth Naval District was disestablished
on 30 June 1979 and its functions transferred to the Fourth, Eighth,
Eleventh and Thirteenth Naval Districts. |
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| 1951:
Enlisted at Old Federal Building, Des Moines |
Naval
Training Station, San Diego, CA |
|
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|
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| US Naval Training
Center; Great Lakes, IL |
|
US Naval Training
Center, Bainbridge, MD |
|
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1951
West Des Moines, IA
|
May-August,
1952
Navy PREPSCOL
Bainbridge, MD |
|
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July,
1959
Naval Intelligence School
Coronado, CA |
August, 1960
In folks' yard; going to
Newport for duty |
1979 |
|
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50th wedding anniversary;
May 14, 2011:
Drew and Karla Baur Tillotson |
2008 |
|
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2010: Drew
(80th birthday) and Karla Tillotson family
They have two daughters and one son. |
|
Drew
Robert Tillotson
Captain, USNR
US (regular) Navy/2 years
United States Navy Reserves/ 29 years |
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Victory Medal |
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| 2017:
Living in Windsor Heights, IA. Died: June 28, 2017. |
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