Career
He was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland from January 11, 1964 to June 12, 1965. Additional commands he held during his almost 40-year career in the Navy include that of United States Ship Albemarle, United States Ship Intrepid, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), Commander, Fleet Air Wing, Pacific, Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy and Deputy Chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee. He retired in 1974 and died in 2008.