Hooper, Edwin Bickford

U.S. Navy officer and historian. Born 1909, died 1986.

From the description of Papers of Edwin Bickford Hooper, 1842-1986 (bulk 1931-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072188

U.S. naval officer and historian; b. 1909; d. 1986.

From the description of Papers, 1842-1986 (bulk 1931-1986). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424356

Biographical Note

• 1909, Feb. 26: Born, Winthrop, Mass.
• 1931: Graduated from United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
• 1931 - 1936 : Served on Pensacola (Heavy cruiser)
• 1934: Married Elizabeth Withers Patrick
• 1936 - 1938 : Served on Cushing (Destroyer)
• 1938 - 1939 : Attended Naval Academy Post-Graduate School and took a newly established fire control ordnance course
• 1940: Master of science degree in electrical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1941 - 1944 : Served on Washington (Battleship) Became gunnery officer in 1942
• 1944 - 1945 : Executive officer on Alaska (Battle cruiser)
• 1945: Officer in charge of ordnance, maintenance, and improvement on the staff of Commander, Service Force, United States Pacific Fleet
• 1946 - 1947 : Antiaircraft officer, Operations Readiness Section, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
• 1947 - 1949 : Served in Division of Military Application, Atomic Energy Commission
• 1949 - 1950 : Commanding officer on Waccamaw (Oil tanker)
• 1950 - 1952 : Assistant for nuclear applications, Bureau of Ordnance
• 1952 - 1953 : Attended National War College, Newport, R.I.
• 1953 - 1954 : Chief of staff commander, Destroyer Flotilla Three in the Western Pacific
• 1954 - 1955 : Commanding officer on Sierra (Destroyer)
• 1955 - 1958 : Assistant chief, Bureau of Ordnance for Research Director of research and development, Bureau of Ordnance for Research
• 1958 - 1959 : Commander, Destroyer Squadron Twenty-six
• 1959: Temporarily promoted to rear admiral
• 1959 - 1961 : Director of Naval Long-Range Studies Project and first director of the Institute of Naval Studies, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1961 - 1962 : Commander, Amphibious Group One Commander, Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force Commander, Amphibious Group Western Pacific
• 1962: Permanently appointed rear admiral
• 1962 - 1964 : Director, Anti-Submarine Warfare Research and Development, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
• 1964: Assistant chief of naval operations (development)
• 1965: Deputy chief of naval operations (development)
• 1965 - 1968 : Commander, Service Force, United States Pacific Fleet
• 1968 - 1969 : Assistant deputy chief of naval operations (logistics)
• 1969: Appointed vice-admiral
• 1969 - 1970 : Senior navy member of the Joint Logistics Review Board
• 1970, June: Retired from the navy
• 1970, Aug.: Returned to active duty as director of naval history and curator of the Department of the Navy
• 1972: Published Mobility, Support, Endurance: A Story of Naval Operational Logistics in the Vietnam War, 1965-1968. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy
• 1976: Retired from the United States Navy Published with Dean C. Allard and Oscar P. Fitzgerald The United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy
• 1978: Published The Navy Department: Evolution and Fragmentation. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Foundation.
• 1986, Sept. 12: Died, Annapolis, Md.
• 1988: Publication of Hooper's United States Naval Power in a Changing World. New York: Praeger.

From the guide to the Edwin Bickford Hooper Papers, 1842-1986, (bulk 1931-1986), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)