National Naval Aviation Museum exhibits are passion of deputy director
, 2023-01-15 10:02:16,
For Robert R. Macon, known to his friends and co-workers as Buddy, the road to a 32-year career as the Deputy Director of the National Naval Aviation Museum began on Guam. The son of a U.S. Air Force master sergeant assigned to Andersen AFB during the 1960s, he wandered the landscape of the island that just two decades earlier had been the scene of a major World War II battle. Seeing firsthand the detritus of war from shattered landing craft to discarded equipment inspired an interest in collecting military memorabilia.
Returning to his parents’ hometown of Pensacola, he graduated from Escambia High School and then Florida State University, expecting to embark on a career as a teacher and coach. Instead, he turned to a career in the legal profession, graduating from the Birmingham School of Law in Alabama and setting up a practice there. An opportunity to enter the federal workforce brought him back to Pensacola for a job as a labor relations attorney. Among the commands he covered was the then-U.S. Naval Aviation Museum.
One day, museum director CAPT Bob Rasmussen, USN (Ret.) visited Macon in his office and noted some military artifacts on display. Realizing an opportunity to add someone to the museum staff with a knowledge of history and his labor force, Rasmussen offered him a job and in November 1990 Buddy became the first incumbent of the newly created post of deputy director, which also included duties as the senior curator.
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