Background
HOPKINS, Jay Paul was born on November 2, 1875 in Mattawan, Van Buren Company, Michigan: s. Josiah and Elvira (Mains) Hopkins.
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Jay Paul HOPKINS
Edit Profilecolonel Coast Artillery Corps United States Army
Education
Hillsdale College, Michigan, 1 year. University of Nebraska, 1 year. United States Military Academy, 1900.
Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Virginia., 1907. General Staff College, 1920. Army War College, 1921.
Career
Y.C. Second Lieutenant, 1900, Lieutenant Colonel (temporary). Artillery, 1918; Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps. National. Army, 1918-1919.
Lieutenant Colonel, 1920, Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, United States Army, since 1929. Battery Commander, Fort Sarolon. Chief of Anti-Aircraft Service, A. E.F. during World War, 1917-1919.
Chief of Staff, 89th Division., Omaha, Nebraska, 1921-1923. Instructor., General Service Schools, 1923-1924. Professor., military sci., tactics, Fordham University, since 1928.
Awarded, Distinguished Service Medal., Officer of Legion of Honor, France.
Membership
Member, F. & Master of Arts Clubs: Army and Navy of American, Union League, Chicago.
Connections
Spouse Jessie Howell Zook, November 29, 1927, N.
