Background
Austin, Bernard Lige was born on December 15, 1902 in Wagener, South Carolina, United States. Son of Elijah Andrew and Loula Ola (Gant) Austin.
Austin, Bernard Lige was born on December 15, 1902 in Wagener, South Carolina, United States. Son of Elijah Andrew and Loula Ola (Gant) Austin.
Student The Citadel, 1918-1920. Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1924. Student United States National War College, 1946-1947, Imperial Defense College, 1949.
Doctor of Laws, Long Island University, University Rhode Island.
Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1924, advanced through grades to vice admiral, 1956. Junior officer United States Ship New York, 1924-1926. Student torpedo school, Newport, submarine school, New London, 1926-1927.
Submarine duty, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, 1927-1931.
Instructor physics, chemistry Naval Academy, 1931-1934. Commander submarine United States Ship R-11, 1934-1937.
Executive officer presidential yacht Potomac, 1937. Press relations officer Navy Department, 1937-1940.
Special naval observer, London, England., 1940-1941.
Commander United States Ship Woolsey, 1942, United States Ship Foote, Destroyer Division 46 South Pacific, 1943, Destroyer Squadron 14, Marshall Islands campaign, 1944. Operations officer Commander Destroyers Pacific, 1944, assistant chief staff for administration Cincpac, 1944-1945. Navy member secretariat State, War, Navy Coordinating Committee, 1945-1946.
Navy member of staff National Security Council, 1947-1948, deputy to Joint Chiefs Staff representative on senior staff National Security Council, 1951.
Commander Service Squadron 1, West Coast, 1950, Service Squadron 3, Western Pacific, 1950-1951. Deputy and director international affairs division Navy Department, 1951-1954.
Commander Cruiser Division 2, 1954-1955, director joint staff Joint Chiefs of Staffs, 1956-1958. Commander 2d Fleet and striking fleet, Atlantic, 1958-1959.
Deputy chief Naval Operations for Plans and Policy, 1959-1960.
President Naval War College, 1960-1964. Chairman Inter-American Defense Board, 1964-1967.
Member secretariat State, War, Navy Coordinating Committee, 1945-1946. Member of staff National Security Council, 1947-1948, deputy
Married Isabella Murray Leith, April. Children: Alexandra (Mistress Nathaniel Willis James, III), Jane Stuart (Mistress Frank Thomas Watkins, Junior.