Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1874, Oct. 12 | Born, Sacramento, Calif. |
| circa 1893-1895 | Student, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. |
| circa 1895-1897 | Student, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1897-1899 | Midshipman aboard battleship Oregon and armored cruiser Buffalo |
| circa 1900 | Aboard warship Albatross during scientific expedition with naturalist Alexander Agassiz to Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji, and other South Sea islands |
| 1902 | Assigned to cruiser Cincinnati; assisted victims of Mont Pelée eruption, St. Pierre, Martinique |
| circa 1902-1903 | Assigned to cruiser Baltimore; patrolled China coast and performed peacekeeping duties in Shanghai |
| circa 1904 | Naval aide to President Theodore Roosevelt |
| circa 1905-1907 | Commanded gunboats Samar and Pampanga, Philippine Islands; assisted in suppressing insurgency, Mindinao Island |
| circa 1908-1909 | Assigned to battleship Illinois; sailed with Great White Fleet Led rescue party, Messina, Sicily, following earthquake |
| circa 1910-1912 | Assigned to battleship Georgia |
| circa 1912-1914 | Superintendent of compasses, United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. |
| 1914 | Executive officer, battleship Wyoming, during its participation in American seizure of Veracruz, Mexico |
| 1918 | Married Lois McGinley Commanded cruiser Cleveland; guided merchant convoys in North Atlantic Ocean Commanded troop transport ship Von Steuben; ferried troops to and from France |
| circa 1918-1921 | Student officer, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. |
| circa 1921-1922 | Chief of staff, Destroyer Squadrons, United States Fleet |
| circa 1922-1923 | Assistant director of naval intelligence, Washington, D.C. |
| 1923 | Retired from United States Navy |
| 1947, May 29 | Died, Palm Beach, Fla |