Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1876, May 21 | Born, Rock Island, Ill. |
| 1895 | Graduated, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1897-1917 | Superintendent and vice president, Deere & Co., Moline, Ill. |
| 1906 | Married Florence Kilpatrick |
| 1917-1919 | Major and then colonel, U.S. Army Air Service |
| 1918 | Head, Air Service Claims Board |
| 1919 | Compiled with H. H. Emmons, United States Army Aircraft Production Facts. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office |
| 1919-1923 | Partner, George W. Goethals & Co., New York, N.Y. |
| 1923-1947 | Vice president and director, Day & Zimmermann, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1926 | Developed interest in navigation while serving aboard a ship during the Bermuda Race |
| 1930 | Published Position Tables. New York |
| 1932 | Published Position Tables and Work Forms, including Ageton’s Tables H. O. No. 211. New York |
| 1934 | Married Felicie Waldo Howell |
| 1940 | Published Primer of Navigation, with Complete Tables and Work Forms and Special Information for Yachtsmen and Other Mariners. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co. |
| 1947, Jan. 29 | Died, New York, N.Y. |