Background
Bergin, Charles Kniese was born on January 25, 1904 in Baltimore. Son of Denis Lee and Katherine Irene (Kniese) Bergin.
Bergin, Charles Kniese was born on January 25, 1904 in Baltimore. Son of Denis Lee and Katherine Irene (Kniese) Bergin.
Graduate Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 1921. Bachelor of Science, John Hopkins, 1923, United States Naval Academy, 1927. Postgraduate Naval Postgraduate School, 1933-1936.
Graduate advanced management program Harvard, 1949.
Graduate National War College, 1952.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1927, advanced through grades to rear admiral, 1955. Ship’s officer United States Ship Maryland, United States Ship Gilmer, United States Ship Blakeley, United States Ship Dobbin, United States Ship Ralph Talbot. Staff commander destroyers, battle fleet staff committee 5th Amphibious Force.
Staff committee Operational Development Force.
Commander United States Ship Monssen, 1944, Destroyer Division 122, 1945, United States Ship Des Moines, 1952-1953, Des Flotilla 3, 1955-1956. Commander destroyers, West Pacific, 1955-1956.
Shore assignments include experimental officer Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia, 1940-1943, director gun systems, ordnance ship building program Navy Bureau Ordnance, 1949-1951. Assistant chief Navy Bureau Ordnance Research and Development, 1953-1955.
Staff Office Secretary of Defense, 1956-1959.
Commander mine force United States Pacific Fleet, 1959-1960. Commander operational test and evaluation force United States Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, 1960-1963. Superintendent (president) United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, since 1963.
Member Newcomen Society North.A. Clubs: Harvard Business School, Army-Navy (Washington).
Married Katherine M. Philbrick, October 21, 1936. Children: Cecelia Jeannette, Katherine Drake, Patricia Ruth.