Background
LUCE, Robert Francis was born on April 14, 1884 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alonzo Augustus and Nellie Frances (Jackson) Luce.
United States Hydrographic and Geodetic Engineer
LUCE, Robert Francis was born on April 14, 1884 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alonzo Augustus and Nellie Frances (Jackson) Luce.
Mass, of Technology, 1905. Yale University; Sheffield Scientific School, Bachelor of Philosophy, 1910.
O. Entered United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, since 1906. Command of various survey vessels. Philippines, Alaska, Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coasts, since 1910.
Charge of Division. of Tides and Currents, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, District of Columbia, 1915-1917, 1919. Officer, Boston Field Station, 1928. Lieutenant Commander United States.N.R.F., 1917-1919.
Navigating Officer, United States Ship Madawaska, 1917-1919.
Member: American Society of Civil Engineers. American Society Military Engineers. Yale Engineering Society.
Massachusetts Institute, of Technical Alumni Association Club: Boston Yacht.
Spouse Edith Laurence Hutson, November 30, 1915, Charleston, S.