Bradley Frederick Bennett

Background

Bennett, Bradley Frederick was born on August 29, 1911 in New Milford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Frederick Lum and Florence Kay Bradley.

Education

Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940. Master of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.

Career

Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1935, advanced through grades to captain, 1983. Assistant planning officer Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1940—1943. Hull superintendent Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) Navy Yard, 1943—1947.

Engineering service officer United States Naval Research Laboratories, Washington, 1947—1950, director administration, 1960—1963, director, 1963—1965. Repair superintendent United States Fleet Repair Facility, Yokuska, Japan, 1950—1951. Director materials research division Bureau Ships Navy Department, Washington, 1951—1957.

Commanding officer United States branch office Office Naval Research, London, 1957—1960. Vice president University Research Association, Washington, 1967—1977. Hydropneumatic explosion researcher United States Navy, Washington, 1953—1955.

Captain United States Navy, 1954-1965.

Achievements

• Bradley Frederick Bennett has been listed as a noteworthy military officer, science association director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: Royal Institution England. Member: Philosophical Society of Washington (president 1973), British Royal Society Medicine, American Geophysical Union, American Society Metals, New York Academy of Sciences, Cosmos Club (chairman program committee 1965-1973, Washington).

Interests

• Ancient numismatics.

Connections

Married Eunice Gwendolyn Meissner (divorced 1933). Married Virginia White, December 22, 1956. Children: Bradley Robert, Bruce Roy.

Father:

Frederick Lum

Mother:

Florence Kay Bradley

Spouse:

Eunice Gwendolyn Meissner

Spouse:

Virginia White

child:

Bruce Roy Bennett

child:

Bradley Robert Bennett