Posted on 11/27/2018
Capt. Mark H. Adamshick
November 25, 2018. Predeceased by his father, Andrew. Survived by his wife, Stephanie; children, Gabrielle, Henry and Joseph; mother, Joan Adamshick; sisters, Carol (John) Staats, Irene Sheridan, Mary (John) Karlowski; brothers, Andrew and Gregory (Deanna) Adamshick; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Calling hours, Sunday 1-4 at the Richard H. Keenan Funeral Home (Egypt location), 7501 Pittsford Palmyra Road, Fairport. Funeral Mass, Monday 9:00AM at Church of the Assumption. Fairport. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Wreath Across America – United States Naval Academy
https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/18225/Overview?relatedIds=14858
A graduate of the Naval Academy class of 1981, he was a commissioned officer in the United States Navy for thirty years.
Captain Adamshick was a Naval Flight Officer and Naval Test Pilot School graduate (Class 93) and accumulated over 3000 flight hours in over 25 different aircraft. A “TOPGUN” graduate, he had over 1,000 carrier arrested landings in fighter aircraft and has flown over 100 combat missions over Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. He commanded the F-14D “Tomcat” squadron (VF-213) and an F-18E/F “Super Hornet” squadron (VFA-122) and was the operations officer of the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-70. He served in a variety of high level staff positions including the Deputy Flag Assignment Officer to the Chief of Naval Personnel and the Head Aviation Warfare Policy Officer to the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon.
Captain Adamshick received numerous decorations, medals, badges, citations, and campaign ribbons during his military career including 5 Meritorious Service Medals, 3 Air Medals; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Kuwait Liberation Medal; and 2 Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medals.
From 2007 to 2011 he was the Director, Division of Leadership Education and Development and Senior Military Professor of Leadership and Ethics at the United States Naval Academy; and from 2011 to 2014 Captain Adamshick served as the Class of 1969 Chair for the Study of Officership at the Simon Center for the Professional Military Ethic, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. Captain Adamshick was an independent consultant, lecturer, researcher and author focused primarily on the moral dimensions of personnel who serve in public and private organizations. He was a committed public servant having served as a combat active duty Naval Officer and serving as a faculty member and administrator at 4 major universities for over 10 years.
Captain Adamshick earned a Masters degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and earned his Ph.D. in policy studies, specializing in management, finance and leadership, from the University of Maryland, School of Public Policy.
Richard H. Keenan Funeral Home
7501 Pittsford-Palmyra Road
Fairport, NY 14450
585-223-4840
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