Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1880, Oct. 9 | Born, Mosel, Wis. |
| 1901 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1905 | M.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1915 | Duty at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii In charge of the USS F-4 submarine salvage operations |
| 1915-1923 | Duty in the Bureau of Construction and Repair, with a two-year absence from 1919 to 1921 |
| 1917 | Supervisor, construction of 110-foot submarine |
| 1919-1921 | Duty in the Pacific Fleet |
| 1923-1927 | Member, Naval Mission to Brazil |
| 1927 | Married Helen Carlin Emery |
| 1935-1937 | Assistant naval attaché, American embassy, London, England |
| 1935-1938 | Technical adviser, Naval Limitations Conference, London, England |
| 1938-1941 | General inspector, Bureau of Ships |
| 1941 | Promoted to rear admiral |
| 1941-1945 | Coordinator of research and development, Navy Department |
| 1958 | Retired, United States Navy |
| 1959 | Published Administration of the Navy Department in World War II. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office |
| 1963, June 5 | Died, Bethesda, Md. |