Stanley James Lamell, a former student of Evergreen Vocational School (1969-1972), contacted us via our website and said he was among Evergreen’s success stories. Lamell’s home was in Baton Rouge, but he came to Evergreen from New York and was functionally illiterate with a stated personality disorder. A great deal of time was spent on remedial reading and job readiness skills. He ran track and went to the national Special Olympics in Los Angeles while at Evergreen and won numerous medals. Lamell, now 49, entered the U.S. Navy in 1972 with a desire to travel and is now retired as a Chief Petty Officer after 21.5 years of service. He is a licensed merchant marine chief engineer officer aboard an Environmental Protection Agency research ship in the Great Lakes. He has numerous service medals and awards, boxing trophies and holds the record for his ship’s crew in running the mile. He has a home in Milwaukee, Wisc., and is proud of his two children in college in Mississippi.

Stanley’s Duty Stations:
U.S.S. Barnstable County, Little Creek, Va.
U.S.S. Auther W. Radford, Norfolk, Va.
Surface Effect Ship Test Facility, Patuxent River, Md.
Fleet Introduction Team, San Pedro, Calif.
U.S.S. Leftwich, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
U.S.S. Callaghan, San Diego, Calif.
Naval Construction Training Center, Gulfport, Ms.

Stanley’s Awards:
Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist
Navy Achievement Medal
Combat Action Ribbon
Navy Unit Commendation
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, 3 awards
Navy E Ribbon
Navy Good Conduct Medal, 3 awards
Navy Expeditionary Medal
National Defense Service Medal, 2 awards
Southwest Asia Service Medal, 4 awards
Humanitarian Service Medal
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, 6 awards
Kuwait Liberation Service Medal
Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon