Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1889, June 15 | Born, Tunbridge Wells, England |
| 1904 | Moved to Syracuse, N.Y., to live with relatives |
| 1910 | Graduated, Washington Irving Preparatory School, New York, N.Y. |
| 1912-1917 | Free-lanced in Rochester, N.Y., as cartoonist and illustrator Staff artist for Coke and Iron Monthly, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1917 | Enlisted in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, United States Army |
| 1918 | Graduated, First Officer's School in Aerial Photography, School of Military Aeronautics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Appointed instructor of aerial photographic interpretation, School of Military Aeronautics Naturalized in Syracuse, N.Y. |
| 1919 | Assigned to McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, by Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell; appointed officer-in-charge of aerial photographic research |
| 1920 | Promoted to first lieutenant and appointed officer-in-charge of aerial photography in the Office of the Chief of the Air Corps, Washington, D.C. |
| 1924 | Reappointed officer-in-charge of aerial photographic research, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1927-1929 | Appointed commanding officer of the Sixth Photographic Section, Camp Nichols, Philippine Islands |
| 1929 | Named director of the Army Photographic School, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill. |
| 1934 | Promoted to captain Supervised aerial mapping operations in central and northern Alaska |
| 1936 | Appointed chief of aerial photographic research and development, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1940 | Promoted to major |
| 1942 | Promoted to lieutenant colonel Developed the first stereoscopic strip camera |
| 1943 | Married Elizabeth Hayes |
| 1944 | Awarded Legion of Merit for work at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio Assisted United States Navy with aerial photographic reconnaissance in England and France |
| 1945 | Appointed photographic disarmament officer and assigned to Germany Awarded Oak Leaf Cluster for the Legion of Merit and the French Croix de Guerre |
| 1946 | Assigned to Bikini Island in connection with atom bomb testing |
| 1948 | Promoted to colonel |
| 1950 | Received the Thurman H. Bane Award from the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences Granted patent for the flashlight cartridge and camera night aerial photographic system |
| 1951 | Received the Progress Medal Award from the Photographic Society of America |
| 1952 | Promoted to brigadier general and appointed director of reconnaissance, Allied Air Forces in Central Europe, Fontainbleu, France |
| 1953 | Retired from air force Photographic director, Bulova Research and Development Laboratories, N.Y. |
| 1959 | Assistant to the president, Itek Laboratories, Boston, Mass. |
| 1962 | Asked by Gen. Curtis LeMay to make stereo strips of Cuban missile sites with the stereoscopic strip camera |
| 1969 | With coauthor DeWitt S. Copp published autobiography Overview: A Life-long Adventure in Aerial Photography. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday Retired from Itek Laboratories |
| 1976 | Inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame and the International Aerospace Hall of Fame |
| 1987, Sept. 20. | Died, Boca Raton, Fla. |