Background
Atkins, Arthur Kennedy was born on October 4, 1881 in Charlotte, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Morton and Maria Theresa (Kennedy) Atkins.
Atkins, Arthur Kennedy was born on October 4, 1881 in Charlotte, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Morton and Maria Theresa (Kennedy) Atkins.
Graduated from the high school, Butte, Montana, 1899. Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1905. Post-graduate course, same academic, 1913.
Promoted through various grades to commander, 1917. Assigned to duty Navy Department, Washington, March 1917. Appointed member Aircraft Board, Joint Army and Navy Technology Board, Joint Army and Navy Airship Board and member sub-committee National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics.
Later served as chairman Army-Navy Helium Board, technical assistant Army-Navy Aeronautics Board, European director of construction and repair, 1920, European operating manager, 1921, assistant European director, 1922, United States Shipping Board. Manager United States Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina., 1923-1926. Assistant United States Naval Attache, attached to American embassies, London, Rome, Paris and Berlin, and to American Legation, The Hague, from 1926.
Member, Aircraft Board. Joint Army and Navy Technical Board. Joint Army and Navy Airship Board.
Subordinate committee National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. Chairman, Army Navy Helium Board. Technical Assistant Army Navy Aeronautics Board.
European Director of Construction, 1920. European operating Manager, 1921. Assistant European Director, United States Shipping Board, 1922.
Manager, United States Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, 1923-1926. Assistant United States Na/val Attache, London, Paris, Rome, The Hague, Berlin, 1926-1928. United States Ship Florida, 1928-1929.
Navy Yard, New York, 1921. Promoted to Captain, 1929.
Married Frances Griswold Terry, of Annapolis, Maryland., October 24, 1907. Children: Griswold Terry, Barry Kennedy, Janet Wolcott.