Background
Pride, Alfred Melville was born on September 10, 1897 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Morine and Grace (White) Pride.
Pride, Alfred Melville was born on September 10, 1897 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alfred Morine and Grace (White) Pride.
Graduate, Somerville (Massachusetts) High School, 1916; student, Tufts College Engineering School, 1916-1918; postgraduate in aeronautical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1925-1926.
Commissioned ensign, naval aviator, United States Naval Reserve, 1918; transferred with rank of Lieutenant, United States Navy, 1921; advanced through grades to rear admiral, United States Navy, 1944; on duty with Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, United States Navy past chief, Bureau Aero., Navy Department, United States Navy commander Seventh Fleet, United States Navy commander Pacific Fleet air arm, United States Navy, 1956-1959; retired, United States Navy, 1959.
Married Helen Nickerson Burrell, June 1, 1921. Children: Carol Stanton (wife of Ensign Andrew A. Lemeshewsky, United States Navy, Alfred Morine.