Career
He served as president and Chief Executive Officer of the George C. Marshall Foundation, and president and Chief Executive Officer of the Naval Academy Alumni Association from 1996 to 2000. He also was President of the Naval War College from 1985 to 1986. After graduating from the Academy in 1957 Marryott was designated a Naval Aviator.
He flew patrol and surveillance operations in P-2V and P-3 aircraft over both the Atlantic and the Pacific and participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade, he also served as Project Mercury recovery officer for the first three manned spaceflights.
In the mid-1960s at the academy, he taught naval history and the history of United States. foreign policy, American government and politics, and international relations. Marryott saw duty in Vietnam and flew numerous Cold War missions.
He went on to command Patrol Squadron 9 and the Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California He served as a Navy aviator and commanded the Iceland Defense Force. He also served seven tours in the Pentagon and was President of the Naval War College from 1985 to 1986.
One of his greatest challenges as the academy"s superintendent was to stanch the dropout rate for female midshipmen.
He appointed a task force to examine the reasons for the high attrition rate in the 1980s. He found that much of the problem was that female recruits often lacked strong backgrounds in sciences or athletics, two staples of life at the academy. Once recruiters started looking for women who were strong in these areas, as were their male counterparts, the attrition rate dropped.
Marryott retired from active duty in 1990 and served as president and chief executive officer of the George C. Marshall Foundation before returning to Annapolis as president and chief executive officer of the academy"s alumni association.
He retired from the association in 2000, but remained active and served as co-chairman of the Class of "57 fundraising efforts. He died on June 4, 2005 of complications from leukemia at the age of 71.
Marryott was buried with full military honors at the United States. Naval Academy Cemetery.