Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1905, Mar. 5 | Born, Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1926 | B.S., United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., commissioned ensign |
| 1926-1929 | Ensign, Texas (battleship) |
| 1929-1930 | Officer student, Flight School, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. |
| 1930-1932 | Junior aviator and watch officer, Houston (heavy cruiser) |
| 1933 | Flight instructor, Flight School, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. |
| 1934 | Married Elizabeth Hawkins |
| 1934-1935 | Administrative assistant, Flight School, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. |
| 1935-1937 | Section leader, Bombing Squadron Three (dive bombers), Lexington (aircraft carrier) |
| 1936 | Promoted to lieutenant |
| 1938 | Officer in charge of broadside guns and senior watch officer, California (battleship) |
| 1939-1941 | Instructor of English, history, government, and seamanship, and drill instructor, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1941 | Training officer, Flight School, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. |
| 1942-1943 | Assistant operations officer, air officer, gunnery officer, and air intelligence officer, 10th Naval District Headquarters, Caribbean Sea Frontier, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Engaged in fighting submarines and escorting shipping in the Caribbean |
| 1943-1944, Sept. | Executive officer, Croatan (escort carrier), anti-submarine operation in Atlantic |
| 1944, Nov.-1945 | Commanding officer, Norton Sound (seaplane tender), Pacific duty |
| 1945 | Awarded Bronze Star for service in the western Pacific as commander of the Norton Sound Promoted to captain |
| 1946-1948 | Aviation Accident Research and Statistics Section, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |
| 1947 | Awarded Gold Star for anti-submarine operations in 1943-1944 as executive officer of Croatan |
| 1948 | Ph.D., history, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1948-1950 | Naval attaché, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| 1950-1953 | Commander, Naval Air Station, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| 1953-1956 | Professor of naval science, Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp. Unit, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1957 | Retired from active military with rank of rear admiral |
| 1957-1958 | Executive, Drackett Company, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1958 | Appointed Director of Special Projects, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 2002, Mar. 11 | Died, Rye, N.Y. |