Friends from his days growing up in Ridgewood went to New Orleans to show their pride when Peter Gautier was promoted to rear admiral in the Coast Guard. From left: Chris Bujara, Shuya Ohno, Rosa and Peter Gautier, John Tees and Jon Haas.
RHS alum named rear admiral in Coast Guard
OCTOBER 3, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY BETSY MURPHY
CORRESPONDENT
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
“Yes, frocked is the word,” says Peg Gautier, referring to her son, Peter. Rear Admiral Gautier, that is. Peg was there to see it all happen, June 27 in New Orleans. With her older son, Andrew, who lives in Connecticut, Peg joined Peter, his wife, Rosa, children, Natalie, 11, and Drew, 12, and other family members to celebrate. They all met at Peter’s house for a party, a gathering of out-of-town guests, before attending the ceremony the next morning on the banks of the Mississippi, with the Marine Band playing for 400 guests. Among those guests were four Somerville and Ben Franklin classmates, who traveled from Oregon, Washington, D.C. and New Jersey: Jon Haas came from Oregon, Shuya Ohno from Washington D.C., John Tees from Hoboken and Chris Bujara from Clifton.
“Peter made two speeches during the ceremony,” says Peg. “I’m so proud of him!” Of her late husband, she says, “Lou would be beaming!”
At a reception following the ceremony, four members of his Coast Guard Academy class were there. That evening there was dinner at a historic building in New Orleans. Next day a luncheon near Jackson Square had people snapping photos from the balcony of the restaurant. There was even a wedding, with guests walking to the reception accompanied by a New Orleans jazz band. Peg admits to being happily exhausted.
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