Robert E. Dolan Jr.

1981

Captain Dolan was born in Florham Park, NJ, and, after high school, sought an appointment to the Naval Academy. Captain Dolan graduated with the Class of 1981 and was initially stationed on INCHON. Rising through the ranks, Captain Dolan had been on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was the commander of JOHN HANCOCK by age 40. Friends and family described him as intelligent, loyal and worldly. Captain Dolan had recently been appointed as the head of Strategy and Concepts for the Chief of Naval Operations. His office on the first floor of D Ring was among those struck by Flight 77.