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Retired U.S. Navy Captain Leslie K. Pomeroy, Jr. passed away July 23, 2022. He was born April 19, 1925, in Leaksville, N.C., and attended the U.S. Naval Academy. On graduation in June 1946 (Class of '47) he was ordered to shipboard duty aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Saipan (VVL-48).
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He married Constance H. Pomeroy in February in 1949. They have three children.
He realized a life-long dream when he was designated a naval aviator in 1950. Following tours of duty in Fighter Squadron 62, U.S. Naval School, all Weather Flight, and fighter Squadron 91, he was selected to attend the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, where he graduated in 1957. While at the War College, he received a commendation for a research paper entitled "Defense at Sea of Attach Carrier Strike Forces."
After serving two years as Aide and Technical Assistant to the Commander of the Defense Atomic Support Agency in the Washington, D.C. area, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. And received a Master of Science degree in Management in 1960.
Captain Pomeroy and his family next lived in London, England, for two years where he was assigned to the Staff of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, and had staff responsibility for the nuclear strike readiness and training of the Sixth Fleet and other Naval Forces in Europe.
Assigned to the Washington area, he served in the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and worked on various projects, including how best to use computers in the Navy's Shore Establishment.
He next served in the Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters as the Deputy Project Manager for the A-7 aircraft.
In 1967, he was ordered to graduate school at The American University where he earned a Ph.D. degree in "Business Administration: Technology of Management" in 1970.
Following a two year assignment as Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Rework Facility in Quonset Point, RI, he retired, moved to East Greenwich, and joined the faculty of Providence College where he assisted in developing the MBA program and served as Director. He retired from Providence College in 1988 and moved to Virginia Beach in 1997. In 2011 he moved to the Lake Prince Woods Retirement Community in Suffolk, Virginia.
While living in East Greenwich, Rhode Island Captain Pomeroy served in various community activities including member of the Board of Trustees, Kent County Memorial Hospital; member of the Board of Directors, East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce; President of the R.I. Armed Forces Civilian Council; member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the East Greenwich Rotary Club; member of the Board of Directors of Rocky Hill School; and member of the Board of Trustees, First Baptist Church. He was a life member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Naval Academy Alumni Association, Navy League, and the Scottish Rite (32nd degree Mason), Valley of Providence.