Furer, Julius Augustus, 1880-1963

Naval officer.

From the description of Papers of Julius Augustus Furer, 1910-1962 (bulk 1915-1961). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060554

Biographical Note

• 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.

From the guide to the Julius Augustus Furer Papers, 1910-1962, (bulk 1915-1961), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)