Jeff Petrie
 Jeff
Petrie grew up in Eugene, Oregon, attaining national
competitive status in gymnastics while in high school.
Recruited by the U.S. Naval Academy and other colleges,
after careful deliberation he selected USNA in blind
faith--and at the recommendation of his grandfather,
who had been a Navy officer in WWII. Petrie believed
even then that giving back to America was the "right
thing to do."
Elected varsity gymnastics team captain during the
1989 season, Petrie graduated in May of 1989. As an
ensign, he first served as the Assistant Varsity Gymnastics
Coach in Annapolis before attending Surface Warfare
Officers' School in Coronado, California. He reported
aboard USS Kirk (FF-1087) in Long Beach in 1990, serving
first as the ship's Combat Information Center Officer,
First Lieutenant, and then Navigator--deploying with
the ship to the Persian Gulf in 1992. He left the Navy
in the summer of 1993 when Kirk was decommissioned,
just as the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy
went into effect.
Jeff is founder and president of USNA Out, an organization
of over one hundred gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
US Naval Academy alumni, their supporters and their
friends. USNA Out is dedicated to providing a connection
for the many GLBT USNA alumni who have, over time, been
disassociated from the academy and the USNA Alumni Association
as a result of their sexuality or gender identity.
Jeff currently lives in San Francisco and is works
on staff at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
which includes the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
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