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