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| June 28, 2010 WVOX 1460 AM WVOX.com The Sons of the American Legion Report Special Guest: Admiral Joseph F. Callo USN (ret.) Author "John Paul Jones: America’s First Sea Warrior" |
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Joseph F. Callo
New York, NY 10016
E-mail: jfc1952@aol.com
Web Site: www.JosephCallo.com
Joseph Callo is a Naval History Magazine Author of the Year. His
most recent book John Paul Jones: America’s First Sea Warrior
(Naval Institute Press, 2006) is the 2006 winner of the Samuel
Eliot Morison Award for excellence in naval literature. He
contributed to The Trafalgar Companion (Osprey Publishing,
2005) and was U.S. editor/author for Who’s Who in Naval History
(Routledge, 2004). His books include Nelson in the Caribbean:
The Hero Emerges, 1784-1787 (Naval Institute Press, 2002),
Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in His Own Words (Naval
Institute Press, 2001), and Legacy of Leadership—Lessons from
Admiral Lord Nelson (Hellgate Press, 1999).
Mr. Callo has written for a variety of magazines and newspapers.
He also is a frequent public speaker and has done numerous radio
and TV interviews.
Before writing full time, Mr. Callo was a senior executive with major
advertising agencies and was a freelance producer for NBC-TV
and PBS. His awards include the prestigious George Foster
Peabody Broadcasting Award for his work as line producer on the
NBC-TV prime-time special Tut: The Boy King (narrated by Orson
Wells) and a Telly Award for his script for The Second Life of 20
West Ninth, a PBS and History Channel program (narrated by
William Shatner). He taught advertising and writing at St. John’s
University as an adjunct associate professor.
Mr. Callo was commissioned from the Yale University Naval
Reserve Officers Training Corps. He served two years of sea duty
in the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Amphibious Forces and was qualified
as a surface warfare officer. Upon returning to civilian life, he
commanded three reserve public affairs units and performed
reserve duty with a variety of U.S. Navy commands, including: the
Pre-Commissioning Detail of USS Saratoga, Sixth Fleet, Pacific
Fleet, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval War College,
Submarine Group Two, Chief of Naval Reserve, Chief of
Information, the Oceanographer of the Navy and others. He retired
from the Navy Reserve as a rear admiral. Mr. Callo learned to sail
at age 13, and he skippers sailboats up to 50 feet in length in the
Caribbean. He also crewed in the full-scale reproduction of
Captain Cook’s square-rigged bark Endeavour.
Mr. Callo lives in New York City with his wife the former Sally Chin
McElwreath, who is a retired Navy Reserve captain and most
recently was a senior vice president with a major utility/energy
company.
New York, NY 10016
E-mail: jfc1952@aol.com
Web Site: www.JosephCallo.com
Joseph Callo is a Naval History Magazine Author of the Year. His
most recent book John Paul Jones: America’s First Sea Warrior
(Naval Institute Press, 2006) is the 2006 winner of the Samuel
Eliot Morison Award for excellence in naval literature. He
contributed to The Trafalgar Companion (Osprey Publishing,
2005) and was U.S. editor/author for Who’s Who in Naval History
(Routledge, 2004). His books include Nelson in the Caribbean:
The Hero Emerges, 1784-1787 (Naval Institute Press, 2002),
Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson in His Own Words (Naval
Institute Press, 2001), and Legacy of Leadership—Lessons from
Admiral Lord Nelson (Hellgate Press, 1999).
Mr. Callo has written for a variety of magazines and newspapers.
He also is a frequent public speaker and has done numerous radio
and TV interviews.
Before writing full time, Mr. Callo was a senior executive with major
advertising agencies and was a freelance producer for NBC-TV
and PBS. His awards include the prestigious George Foster
Peabody Broadcasting Award for his work as line producer on the
NBC-TV prime-time special Tut: The Boy King (narrated by Orson
Wells) and a Telly Award for his script for The Second Life of 20
West Ninth, a PBS and History Channel program (narrated by
William Shatner). He taught advertising and writing at St. John’s
University as an adjunct associate professor.
Mr. Callo was commissioned from the Yale University Naval
Reserve Officers Training Corps. He served two years of sea duty
in the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Amphibious Forces and was qualified
as a surface warfare officer. Upon returning to civilian life, he
commanded three reserve public affairs units and performed
reserve duty with a variety of U.S. Navy commands, including: the
Pre-Commissioning Detail of USS Saratoga, Sixth Fleet, Pacific
Fleet, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval War College,
Submarine Group Two, Chief of Naval Reserve, Chief of
Information, the Oceanographer of the Navy and others. He retired
from the Navy Reserve as a rear admiral. Mr. Callo learned to sail
at age 13, and he skippers sailboats up to 50 feet in length in the
Caribbean. He also crewed in the full-scale reproduction of
Captain Cook’s square-rigged bark Endeavour.
Mr. Callo lives in New York City with his wife the former Sally Chin
McElwreath, who is a retired Navy Reserve captain and most
recently was a senior vice president with a major utility/energy
company.
