R 102257Z FEB 11

ALCGPSC 024/11
SUBJ: DEATH OF RETIRED FLAG OFFICER
A. USCG REGULATIONS, COMDTINST M5000.3 ( SERIES )
1.  THE COMMANDANT ANNOUNCES WITH REGRET THE DEATH OF RADM RICHARD I.
RYBACKI, USCG (RETIRED), ON MONDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2011 AT HOME IN
NEWBURYPORT, MA. HE WAS 76.
2. RADM RYBACKI WAS A GRADUATE OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY AND HELD
GRADUATE DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY.  HIS FIRST ASSIGNMENT WAS ABOARD USCGC STORIS (WAG-38), A
TOUR THAT INCLUDED THE HISTORIC NORTHWEST PASSAGE EXPEDITION OF 1957.
SEE
HTTP://WWW.USNI.ORG/MAGAZINES/PROCEEDINGS/2009-02/FOG-WIND-AND-ICE-NA
VIGATING-NORTHWEST-PASSAGE
FOR A U.S. NAVAL INSITUTE DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPEDITION.  PRIOR TO
HIS RETIREMENT ON 1 JULY 1991, HE COMMANDED THE FIRST COAST GUARD
DISTRICT.  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE USCG
HISTORIAN WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/HISTORY/PEOPLE/FLAGS/RYBACKIRBIO.PDF.IN 1997, AT
THE REQUEST OF GOVERNOR ANGUS KING OF MAINE, RADM RYBACKI CHAIRED A
SELECTION PANEL TO COORDINATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF 36 LIGHTHOUSES IN
THE STATE OF MAINE.SEE HTTP://WWW.LIGHTHOUSEDEPOT.COM
3.  INFORMATION ON FUNERAL, BURIAL, AND HALF-MASTING OF THE NATIONAL
ENSIGN WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUBSEQUENT MESSAGE.
4.  CAPT B. D. KELLEY, ACTING PERSONNEL SERVICE CENTER, SENDS.
5.  INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.