Naval officer and electronics consultant.
From the description of Stanford Caldwell Hooper papers, 1899-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78819892
Biographical Note
1884, Aug. 16
Born, Covina, Calif.
1905
Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md.
Duty in Chicago
(cruiser)
1905
1907
Duty in Perry (torpedo
boat)
1907
Commissioned ensign
1907
1909
Duty in Yorktown
(gunboat)
1909
1911
Duty in South Dakota
(cruiser)
1911
1912
Instructor, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Md.
1912
1914
Fleet radio officer
1914
Radio observer in Europe
1915
Member, first Board of Organization of the Naval
Communications Service
Married Margaret Nye
1915
1928
Head, Radio Division, Bureau of Engineering, for various
periods
1917
1918
Commanded Fairfax
(destroyer)
1921
Technical Assistant to the Limitation of Arms
Conference
1923
1925
Fleet radio officer
1927
Promoted to captain
Technical assistant, Washington International Radio
Conference
1928
Chief engineer, Federal Radio Commission
1928
1934
Director of naval communications
1929
United States delegate, first International Radio Conference,
The Hague, Netherlands
1930
Member, President’s Radio Board
1934
1939
Director, Technical Division of Naval Operations
1938
Promoted to rear admiral
1939
1942
Director, Radio Liaison Division
1942
1943
Technical assistant to the vice chief of naval
operation
1943
Relieved from active duty
1945
Retired from the United States Navy
1955, Apr. 6
Died, Miami, Fla.
From the guide to the Stanford Caldwell Hooper Papers, 1899-1955, (bulk 1918-1945), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)