Background
Dunn, Robert was born on August 16, 1877 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Thomas and Kate (Hunter) Dunn.
Dunn, Robert was born on August 16, 1877 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Thomas and Kate (Hunter) Dunn.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard, 1898. Newspaper correspondent United States Dixie expedition Mount Pelee, Martinique, West Indies, 1901. Discovered and named Mount Hunter (14,900 feet), McKinley Range, Alaska, 1903.
Russian-Japanese War, 1904.
First explored and climbed new volcano island, Perry, just risen in the Bering Sea, 1906. Discovered on Umnak Idaho (U.S.)
(Aleutians) crater, of Mount Okmok, largest caldera known western hemisphere, 1906. Made world cruise, United States Fleet, 1907.
Seizure of Vera Cruz, 1914.
With armies in Europe, 1914-1915. Expedition of General Pershing into Mexico, 1916. Attached to United States Ship Conyngham, Queenstown, Ireland, 1917.
Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1918.
Intelligence officer United States Navy Headquarters, London, England., 1918-1919, with United States High Commission, Constantinople, Turkey, 1919-1922. Assistant naval attache, Ankara, Turkey, 1942-1944.
Led first ascent of Mount Wrangel, Alaska, 1908. Explored Kamchatka River, Siberia, 1913.
Hunter (14,900 feet), McKinley Range, Alaska, 1903. Made world cruise, United States Fleet, 1907. Assistant naval attache, Ankara, Turkey, 1942-1944.
Clubs: Harvard (New York City).