Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1891, May 29 | Born, Marlette, Mich. |
| 1915 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1915-1919 | Served aboard New York (battleship) |
| 1919-1921 | Served aboard New Mexico (battleship) Aide to Admiral Hugh Rodman, commander in chief, United States Pacific Fleet |
| 1921-1922 | Served aboard destroyers Burns, Babbitt, and Zeilin |
| 1922 | Executive officer, Ramapo (fuel oil tanker) |
| 1923-1924 | Attended Naval War College, Newport, R.I. |
| 1924-1926 | Commanded Bittern (mine sweeper) |
| 1926-1929 | Assigned to judge advocate general |
| 1929 | Received bachelor of law degree, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1929-1931 | Aide and flag secretary to the commander, special service squadron operating in Central American waters |
| 1932-1934 | Aide to Orin G. Murfin, judge advocate general |
| 1934 | Received master of law degree, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1934-1936 | Navigator, Astoria (cruiser) |
| 1936-1937 | Executive officer of naval station and aide for civil administration, Guam |
| 1938-1940 | Executive officer, Pennsylvania (battleship) |
| 1941 | Aide to Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations Naval secretary at the first meetings of the Combined Chiefs of Staff |
| 1942-1943 | Naval aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1943-1944 | Commanded Iowa (battleship) |
| 1944-1945 | Commanded Cruiser Division One in attacks on Japanese installations in the Aleutian and Kurile islands |
| 1946 | Deputy chief of naval operations |
| 1948-1949 | Deputy commander, United States Pacific Fleet |
| 1949-1952 | Director of staff, Personnel Policy Board, United States Navy |
| 1952-1953 | Commander, First Naval District |
| 1953 | Retired from Navy Vice-president for client relations, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
| 1966 | Retired from John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. |
| 1990, Jan. 25 | Died, Needham, Mass. |