Commander Robert D. Colvin, U. S. Navy, served two tours in Korea with VC-35 from 1950 to 1953, and was a flight instructor for two years before attending the University of Colorado, from which he graduated in 1957. He attended General Line School before being assigned to the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14). Assigned to VS-29 and OpNav, he then attended Harvard University under Navy sponsorship for postgraduate study in international relations. He served in VS-30 and commanded VS-21, attended the Army War College, and commanded CVSG 56 before assuming his present duties in Op-60, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
