Background
Paine, Roger Warde was born on September 7, 1887 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Emer Ellsworth and Margaret (Humphreys) Paine.
Paine, Roger Warde was born on September 7, 1887 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Son of Emer Ellsworth and Margaret (Humphreys) Paine.
Bachelor of Arts, United States Naval Academy, 1911, postgraduate 1916-1917, 19. Master of Science in Electrical Engineer, Columbia, 1920.
Commissioned ensign United States Navy, 1911, and advanced through grades to rear admiral, June 22, 1942. Destroyer duty, Mexican campaign, 1913-1914. Destroyer command during World War I.
Destroyer command and electric drive battleship engineering afloat, and electrical and marine engineering design duty ashore, 1918-1942.
Designated engineering duty only, 1932. Manager Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, May 1942-November 1944.
Navy material and products control officer in liaison with War Production Board, December 1944-November 1945, deputy executive chairman (Navy), Army and Navy Munitions Board, 1945-1948. Deputy inspector general Western Sea Frontier, 1948-1949, retired.
Member American Society Naval Engineers (secretary-treasurer, 1936-1938, council, 1946-1947), National Industrial Conference Board, 1946-1948. Clubs: Army-Navy, Army and Navy Country.
Married Corine Malone, September 7, 1916. Children: Roger Warde, Margaret Elizabeth (Mistress West. G. Whyte), Helen (Mistress G. J. Davis).