Friends of the Naval Shipyard Museum Speaker Series – 250 Years of U.S. Navy Medicine

Portsmouth Welcome Center

250 Years of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. This event will be held on the 258th Birthday of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Speaker: Rear Admiral Kavon “Hak” Hakimzadeh, Newly appointed Commander of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard

All events are free and open to the public.

2025 SPEAKERS SERIES presents 250 YEARS OF U.S. NAVY HISTORY

Saturday, March 22, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
Founding of the U.S. Navy
Speaker: John V. Quarstein
Award winning author, historian,
preservationist, Director Emeritus of
USS Monitor Center

Saturday, June 7, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of U.S. Marine Corps
Speaker: Shawn Callahan, Ph. D.
Director
U.S. Marine Corps History Division

Saturday, October 11, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of U.S. Navy Medicine
Speaker: Rear Admiral Kavon “Hak” Hakimzadeh
Renowned Historian- U.S. Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Saturday, November 1, 2025, 2 – 3 pm
250 Years of Service to the U.S. Navy
Speaker: Marcus Robbins
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Command Historian & Archivist