Roy De Saussure Horn

Background

Horn, Roy De Saussure was born on February 2, 1894 in Boston, Georgia, United States. Son of Daniel McLeod and Elizabeth (Raiford) Horn.

Education

Student Emory University, U. Georgia. Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1915.

Career

;Anne (Mistress Harker Collins). Married second Anne Catherine Eichelberger, March 7, 1942, Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1915, advanced through grades to commander (retired), 1944. Served in Haitian Revolution, 1915.

Aboard frigate Constellation, armoured cruisers Tennessee and Montana, Battleships Arkansas, New Mexico, Mississippi, Presidential yacht Mayflower, during World War I. Aide on staff Division Commander Battleship Division 6, 1918, retired, 1919.

Fiction writer, editor, public, 1925-1939.

Recalled to active duty United States Navy, November 1939, instructor English, history, government United States Naval Academy, 1939-1945. With Office Secretary of Navy, 1946. Returned to inactive duty, 1946.

Assistant editor, managing editor United States Naval Institute since 1946.

Achievements

• Roy De Saussure Horn has been listed as a noteworthy naval officer,, editor, publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association. Club: Annapolis (Maryland.) Yacht.

Connections

Married Margaret Kerfoot, May 27, 1925 (divorced 1932). Married second Anne Catherine Eichelberger, March 7, 1942, Commissioned.

Father:

Daniel McLeod Horn

Mother:

Elizabeth (Raiford) Horn

Spouse:

2d Anne Catherine Eichelberger

Spouse:

Margaret Kerfoot