Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1898, June 4 | Born, Amherst, Mass. |
| 1918 | Graduated United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1924-1926 | Naval aide to President Calvin Coolidge |
| 1929-1931 | Naval aide to President Herbert Hoover |
| 1935-1936 | Naval aide to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt |
| 1938 | Married Phyllis B. Thompson |
| 1942 | Assigned to staff of commander in chief of the United States Fleet, Admiral Ernest J. King Assigned to staff of commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1943 | Assistant chief of staff to commander of Allied naval forces in Northwest Africa |
| 1943-1944 | Assumed command of light cruiser Santa Fe in the Pacific |
| 1944 | Commander, Amphibious Group Five; promoted to rear admiral |
| 1945 | Commander, Cruiser Division Six |
| 1945-1949 | Head, Operational Readiness Section, Office of Chief of Naval Operations |
| 1949-1951 | Commander, Amphibious Force, United States Atlantic Fleet |
| 1950-1952 | United States representative to Standing Group of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| 1952-1954 | Commander in chief, United States naval forces in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
| 1954-1960 | Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic of North Atlantic Treaty Organization; commander in chief, United States Atlantic Fleet; promoted to admiral |
| 1960 | Retired from United States Navy |
| 1963-1966 | United States ambassador to the Republic of China, Taiwan |
| 1995, Apr. 27 | Died, Washington, D. C. |