BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE PASSAGE OF YEARS HAS SEEN THE PASSING OF THE ORIGINAL WWII MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THOUGH THEIR NAMES REMAIN HERE IN TRIBUTE TO THE INFLUENCE AND GUIDANCE THEY HAVE HAD.

THE WEBSITE IS NOW CONDUCTED BY ITS REMAINING DIRECTOR.

PAUL F. WHITMAN  
Founding Member; Honorary Member 503d PRCT Association;  Webmaster Corregidor - Then and Now and 503d on The Rock; Founding Member of Corregidor Historic Society.  

DONALD E ABBOTT  
Founding Member; "A" Co. 503d PB (Ft. Benning);   "D" Company 503d PIR (Gordonvale); "E" Company (Nadzab, Noemfoor, Mindoro); XO "E" Co. (Corregidor); C.O. "A" Co. (Negros); Association President '95-97;   regular visitor to Corregidor, about which he has written extensively. 

WILLIAM T. CALHOUN  
1st Lt.,  1st Platoon, "D" Company, 503d PRCT (Nadzab, Noemfoor, Mindoro, Corregidor,) "D" Co Company Commander - Negros.; Retired as Colonel.  Regular adviser to the website.

BOB FLYNN
Founding Member;  161st Parachute Engineer Co., 503d PRCT (Mindoro, Corregidor, Negros); Temple Univ. B.S. Ed,; Director, Philadelphia, PA public schools; Official Historian of the 503d PRCT Association 1989 to present;  Author, "Synoptic History of the 503d PRCT" Turner Publishing Co., Paducah, KY 1990; stalwart supporter of the presentation of history via the website.

CHET NYCUM
Founding Member;  "G" Co., 503d PRCT (Gordonvale, Noemfoor, Mindoro, Corregidor, Negros); Engineer.

 FRANCIS X O'NEILL  JR.
Founding Member; "I" Co.. 511 PIR, 11th Airborne Division (Oro Bay) "I" Co., 503d PRCT (Leyte, Corregidor, Negros), Air Force Intelligence (Korean War), FBI , House of Representatives (Connecticut), Justice of the Peace,  President 503d Association 2001-3.   

TONY SIERRA  
Founding Member;  2nd Platoon, "D" Company, 503d PRCT (Nadzab, Noemfoor, Mindoro, Corregidor, Negros.); Author, "The Tequila Caper"; ardent supporter of any endeavour that advances the historical impact of the Regiment;