Bruce Hope

Interview Outline

  • 00:53     How do you think your time at CMA has influenced your life?
  • 02:04     Are there any words of wisdom you'd like to pass along to current and future cadets?
  • 02:32     Do you want to share any stories from your work life?
  • 03:58     Are you still in touch with any of your classmates?
  • 05:09    Can you tell us about the 1962 train collision in Colombia?
  • 08:54     Setting up the research station in the Galapagos
  • 10:02     What are you proudest of in your life?
  • 10:50     What did you do after graduation?
  • 12:23     What are some of the most important lessons you've learned in your life?
  • 13:35     How has the campus changed since your time here?
  • 16:18     Can you tell us about your time teaching at San Francisco State?
  • 17:53     What do you envision for the future of Cal Maritime?
  • 18:59     Do you have any memories from classes, clubs or teams that you'd like to share?

Interview Outline

  • 00:53     What originally brought you to Cal Maritime?
  • 01:51     When you first arrived on campus, what was your first impression?
  • 03:40     What are the major changes at Cal Maritime that you've seen over the last 45 years?
  • 05:42     Were the divisions segregated by deck and engine students when you were here?
  • 06:41     How has Vallejo changed since you were in school?
  • 08:41     Can you tell us about some of the extra-curricular activities you were involved in?
  • 11:01     What were some of the disciplinary expectations, like doing square meals or squaring your corners when you were walking on campus?
  • 12:38     Can you walk us through an ordinary day as an underclassman and how things changed as you became an upperclassman?
  • 17:15     Did you have any favorite classes or classes you remember well?
  • 17:58     Do you remember any of your instructors?
  • 19:25     While you were on campus, did you stand watch to get sea time?
  • 20:36     What were the living quarters like on campus?
  • 21:13     Did the students living on the ship rotate?
  • 21:30     Since you were kept on campus five days in the week, what did you do for the weekends?
  • 22:42     Current enrollment numbers and living spaces
  • 23:42     Was it berthing style living on the ship?
  • 24:31     When you lived in Upper Res, were you two to a room?
  • 24:59     What was it like sailing on the original Golden Bear training ship?
  • 26:23     Did the first-class cadets have their own rooms?
  • 26:32     What part of the year did you go on training cruise?
  • 27:11     Did the whole school go on cruise?
  • 28:06     What was a typical day like on cruise?
  • 29:13     Were there more deck than engine cadets?
  • 30:18     Did you go on a commercial cruise?
  • 30:46     Do you remember any significant world events while you were here at school?
  • 31:48     Were all the cadets on track to be in the Navy?
  • 32:46     Did you go into the Navy upon graduation?
  • 33:18     Once you were done with the Navy, what did you do next?
  • 33:53     What jobs did you have with Chevron?
  • 34:50     Do you feel like the Academy prepared you for life after graduation?
  • 37:04     Are you still in contact with any of your classmates?
  • 37:26     What did you do in your consulting business?
  • 38:30     Can you tell us about your first training cruise, when the train crash in Colombia happened?
  • 42:02     Could you tell us about the day of the train wreck?
  • 50:26     How long after the wreck were people able to come help for medical assistance?
  • 51:58     You said that two midshipmen were injured?
  • 52:10     How did you manage to release the man's arm that was caught?
  • 53:05     How long was it before the pseudo-military folks showed up?
  • 54:05     Were you relieved from your rescue work after a few hours?
  • 54:45     After helping people from the wreck, you caught a bus back?
  • 56:48     After you returned to the ship, was your leave cut short?
  • 57:38     Where did you sail next after the train wreck?
  • 57:49     Was the injured student able to return to school?
  • 58:09     Is there anything else you'd like to add?
  • 60:13     Comparing routes of Golden Bear training cruises