Background
Hayward, John Tucker was born on November 15, 1910 in New York City. Son of Charles Brian and Rosa (Valdetaro) Hayward.
Hayward, John Tucker was born on November 15, 1910 in New York City. Son of Charles Brian and Rosa (Valdetaro) Hayward.
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1930. Student, University Pennsylvania. Student, University New Mexico.
Student, University California. Student, Stanford University. Student, California Institute of Technology.
Doctor of Science, University Portland, 1965. Doctor of Laws, Providence College, 1968.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1930; advanced through grades to vice admiral, United States Navy, 1959; designated naval aviator, United States Navy, 1931; various assignments ships and naval stations, 1931-1940; with, Royal Air Force, England, 1940-1941; commanding officer, Bombin 106, Pacific, 1942-1944; assigned, Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Science Laboratory experimental officer rocket ordnance and weaponry, Manhattan Project, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, Inyokern, 1944-1947; plans and operations for atomic weapons and warfare, Armed Forces Special Weapons Base, Sandia, 1947-1951; head weapons research, division military applications, Atomic Energy Commission, 1951-1953; with, Task Group 95, Yellow Sea, 1953-1954; director, Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1954-1956; commanding officer, United States Ship Franklin Roosevelt, 1956-1957; special assistant to director strategic plans division, DCNO, Navy Department, 1957-1959; special assistant to director strategic plans division, DCNO, 1959-1962; commander, Carrier division 2, 1962-1963; commander anti-submarine warfare force, Honolulu, 1963-1966; president, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1966-1968; vice president, General dynamics corporation, Pierre La Clede, Missouri, 1968-1975; management consultant, Hayward Associates, Newport, Rhode Island, since 1975.
Board directors John Hertz Foundation, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. Fellow American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, Royal Aeronautical Society Great Britain, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Physical Society, American Institute Physics, Newcomen Society, Navy League (life), Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Military Order Purple Heart (life), New York Yacht Club, Newport Reading Room, Newport Country Club, Army Navy Club (Washington).
Married Leila Marion Hyer, October 14, 1932. Children— Mary Shelley, Leila Marion, Victoria, Jenny, John T.