Search billions of records on Ancestry.com

USC MainPage
USC NROTC Alumni Home Page
USC NROTC Alumni Decades
USC NROTC Alumni Directory of Names
USC NROTC 1990 Decade Alumni Directory
Class of 1990 Directory
Class of 1991 Directory
Class of 1992 Directory
Class of 1993 Directory
Class of 1994 Directory
Class of 1995 Directory
Class of 1996 Directory
Class of 1997 Directory
Class of 1998 Directory
Class of 1999 Directory
USC NROTC Remembering the 1990s
USC NROTC 1990 Decade COC
USC NROTC Email to the 1990 Decade
USC NROTC 1990 Decade OBITS
USC NROTC 1990 Staff Directory
Update USC Records - Alumni Mailing List
Update the Website
USC SemperFi Society
USC NROTC

USC NROTC Alumni League

BIOGRAPHIES
Class of 1999

LTJG Christopher M Lutgendorf USN


No photograph is available.

Christopher M Lutgendorf is a native of Fallbrook, California. He attended Fallbrook High School in Fallbrook, California., where he was active in extra curricular activities, to include cross county and track and field. In fall 1995, he accepted a Naval ROTC scholarship and Dean's Award to attend University of Southern California.

As a valuable member of the Trojan Battalion, Chris Lutgendorf held the billets of Squad Leader, Public Affairs Officer, Operations Officer, and Battalion Commander. He earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business and graduated with departmental honors; he was awarded the Order of Laurel and Palm for his academic achievement.

In the course of his midshipmen career, Chris Lutgendorf was awarded the Academic Star, Professor of Naval Science Award, and Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Midshipman Graduate Awards. He received his commission on May 14, 1999, and reported to Surface Warfare Officer's School in Newport, Rhode Island.

Subsequently, he reported to USS Benfold (DDG 65) in San Diego, CA, where he was assigned as Ordnance Officer aboard USS BENFOLD (DDG 65).

From The Log October 2002

On 22 Dec 2001, two former USC NROTC Battalion Commanders were married, in what has to be a "first" for USC, if not for the entire nationwide NROCT program? LRJG Chris Lutgendorf (USC 1999) and ENS Monica Snipes (USC 2000) both having been Battalion Commanders during their senior years at SC, tied the knot in an impressive military wedding at Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside, California.

At the time of the wedding, Chris was just finishing up as a Surface Warfare Officer on the USS BENFOLD (DDG-65) homeported in San Diego, where he qualified as a Surface Warfare Officer. Chris put this training to good use on deployment to the Arabian Gulf, searching ships for illegal Iraqi oil and contraband material, as part of the CONSTELLATION carrier battle group. Currently he is the Navigator on the USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20), the Second Fleet Amphibious Command ship, homeported in Norfolk, VA.

Monica continues as a third year medical student at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. After graduation "Doctor" Snipes will be advanced to LT and be assigned in the fleet as a Medical officer.

Flag Bar

United States Navy United States Marine Corps

© 1997 - 2009 MAK and USC Naval ROTC Alumni League
Information last updated on: Wednesday, 12-Nov-2003 19:18:18 MST
This page maintained by [Webmaster].

Neither the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps
nor any other component of the Department of Defense
has approved, endorsed, or authorized this website.


.