Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1879, Jan. 9 | Born, Canon City, Colo. |
| 1898 | B.S. and M.A., University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. |
| 1902 | Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., cadet commander of his battalion |
| 1902-1904 | Asiatic Station on USS Oregon |
| 1907 | M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1909 | Married Elizabeth C. Stiles |
| 1912 | Naval constructor with rank of lieutenant |
| 1914-1916 | Fleet naval constructor on staff of Admiral Frank Fletcher, United States Atlantic Fleet |
| 1918 | Staff of Admiral William Sowden Sims, London, England Awarded Navy Cross for work on submarine construction; Allied Naval Armistice Commission |
| 1919-1921 | Assistant naval attaché, United States Embassy, London, England |
| 1921 | Served for brief periods with Bureau of Construction and Repair and Bureau of Aeronautics |
| 1926-1928 | Assistant chief, Bureau of Aeronautics |
| 1928-1930 | Vice president and treasurer, Daniel Guggenheim Fund for Promotion of Aeronautics |
| 1932-1937 | Chief constructor, United States Navy, and chief, Bureau of Construction and Repair |
| 1937 | Member, United States Maritime Commission; requested retirement |
| 1938-1946 | Chairman, United States Maritime Commission |
| 1939 | LL.D., University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. |
| 1940 | Director of shipbuilding, Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense |
| 1940-1942 | President, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers |
| 1941 | Chairman, Strategic Shipping Board |
| 1942-1946 | Administrator, War Shipping Administration, coordinating agency of United States, Great Britain, and other United Nations |
| 1943 | Chairman, War Shipping Administration |
| 1944 | Promoted to vice admiral Attended Quebec Conference |
| 1945 | Attended Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference |
| 1946 | Resigned as chairman of United States Maritime Commission and administrator of War Shipping Administration |
| 1946-1957 | President, Air Transport Association of America |
| 1947 | LL.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1949-1952 | Director, Electric Boat Co. |
| 1952-1956 | Consultant and director, General Dynamics Corp. |
| 1971, Nov. 27 | Died |