Career
He was a 1941 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. In 1947, he joined the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut. He became design manager at Electric Boat in 1952, and was responsible for the design of Nautilus and two other nuclear-powered submarines, United States Ship Seawolf (Social Security Number-575) and United States Ship Skate (Social Security Number-578).
