Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1909, Feb. 26 | Born, Winthrop, Mass. |
| 1931 | Graduated from United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1931-1936 | Served on Pensacola (Heavy cruiser) |
| 1934 | Married Elizabeth Withers Patrick |
| 1936-1938 | Served on Cushing (Destroyer) |
| 1938-1939 | Attended Naval Academy Post-Graduate School and took a newly established fire control ordnance course |
| 1940 | Master of science degree in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1941-1944 | Served on Washington (Battleship) Became gunnery officer in 1942 |
| 1944-1945 | Executive officer on Alaska (Battle cruiser) |
| 1945 | Officer in charge of ordnance, maintenance, and improvement on the staff of Commander, Service Force, United States Pacific Fleet |
| 1946-1947 | Antiaircraft officer, Operations Readiness Section, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. |
| 1947-1949 | Served in Division of Military Application, Atomic Energy Commission |
| 1949-1950 | Commanding officer on Waccamaw (Oil tanker) |
| 1950-1952 | Assistant for nuclear applications, Bureau of Ordnance |
| 1952-1953 | Attended National War College, Newport, R.I. |
| 1953-1954 | Chief of staff commander, Destroyer Flotilla Three in the Western Pacific |
| 1954-1955 | Commanding officer on Sierra (Destroyer) |
| 1955-1958 | Assistant chief, Bureau of Ordnance for Research Director of research and development, Bureau of Ordnance for Research |
| 1958-1959 | Commander, Destroyer Squadron Twenty-six |
| 1959 | Temporarily promoted to rear admiral |
| 1959-1961 | Director of Naval Long-Range Studies Project and first director of the Institute of Naval Studies, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1961-1962 | Commander, Amphibious Group One Commander, Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force Commander, Amphibious Group Western Pacific |
| 1962 | Permanently appointed rear admiral |
| 1962-1964 | Director, Anti-Submarine Warfare Research and Development, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. |
| 1964 | Assistant chief of naval operations (development) |
| 1965 | Deputy chief of naval operations (development) |
| 1965-1968 | Commander, Service Force, United States Pacific Fleet |
| 1968-1969 | Assistant deputy chief of naval operations (logistics) |
| 1969 | Appointed vice-admiral |
| 1969-1970 | Senior navy member of the Joint Logistics Review Board |
| 1970, June | Retired from the navy |
| 1970, Aug. | Returned to active duty as director of naval history and curator of the Department of the Navy |
| 1972 | Published Mobility, Support, Endurance: A Story of Naval Operational Logistics in the Vietnam War, 1965-1968. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy |
| 1976 | Retired from the United States Navy Published with Dean C. Allard and Oscar P. Fitzgerald The United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy |
| 1978 | Published The Navy Department: Evolution and Fragmentation. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Foundation. |
| 1986, Sept. 12 | Died, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1988 | Publication of Hooper's United States Naval Power in a Changing World. New York: Praeger. |