Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1886, June 8 | Born, Cohoes, N.Y. |
1905 | Graduated, Albany Military Academy, Albany, N.Y. |
1905-1907 | Clerk, National Exchange Bank, Albany, N.Y. |
1907-1910 | Sales representative, Standard Oil Co. of New York |
1910-1911 | Cashier, Commercial Union Cooperative Bank, Albany, N.Y. |
1911 | Licensed as aircraft pilot |
1911-1914 | Instructor, Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Hammondsport, N.Y. |
1914 | Relief pilot; proposed “America” transoceanic flight |
1914-1916 | Representative in Italy and England, Curtiss Aeroplane Co. |
1916-1917 | Instructor, Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Hammondsport |
1917 | Enrolled as a lieutenant, United States Flying Corps Duty on Seattle (cruiser) Commanded naval air stations, Le Moutchic, Le Croisic, and Ile Tudy, France |
1918 | Promoted to lieutenant commander Commanded naval air forces in France, Italy, and England |
1918-1919 | Duty as naval aide for aviation in Italy |
1919 | Promoted to commander Duty, Paris Peace Conference, Paris, France Duty as naval representative of the American Aviation Command to France, Italy, and England |
1919-1920 | Duties in aviation section of office of the Chief of Naval Operations; at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.; and in the Office of Naval Intelligence |
1921 | Released from active naval duty |
1921-1929 | President and general manager, Airships, Inc., Hammondsport, N.Y. |
1921-1940 | Naval reserve officer |
1927 | United States representative, Aviation Conference, Pan American Union |
1929 | Vice president, American Aeronautical Corp., Port Washington, N.Y. |
1930-1934 | President, Industrial Manufacturers Aircraft Associates, Hammondsport, N.Y. |
1935-1937 | President, Real Estate Exchange Corp., Albany, N.Y. |
1937-1940 | Traffic representative, Pan American Airways |
1940 | Recalled to naval duty, Plans Division, Bureau of Aeronautics |
1941 | Promoted to captain Duty as assistant air and naval attaché, United States embassy, Rome, Italy |
1941-1942 | Prisoner of war, Rome, Italy |
1942-1944 | Duty as naval attaché, staff of European governments in exile, London, England |
1944-1945 | Duty as chief naval staff officer, Rome, Italy |
1945-1946 | Duty as president of a general court-martial, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
1946 | Duty in “Operation Crossroads” (Bikini atomic bomb tests) |
1946-1948 | Duty as senior captain, Board of Review for Decorations and Medals, Washington, D.C. |
1948 | Promoted to rear admiral Retired from United States Navy |
1958, Oct. 9 | Died, Kingston, N.Y. |