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Title: Alexander H. Van Keuren,
Date (inclusive): 1899-1962
Collection number: 74011
Creator:
Van Keuren, Alexander H., 1881-1966.
Collection Size:
8 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 8 envelopes
5.05 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, notes, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to
the Naval Research Laboratory, Anacostia Station, Washington, D.C., and to the London
Naval Conference and the Geneva Disarmament Conference
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
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[Identification of item], Alexander H. Van Keuren, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1974.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
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http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
United States. Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Navy--Officers.
Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments (1932-1934 : Geneva)
London Naval Conference (1930)
Disarmament.
Navies.
Peace.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Armed Forces.
| 1881, March 9 | Born, Howell, Michigan |
| 1903 | Graduated from the Naval Academy |
| 1908 | Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1912-1916 | Served at the Mare Island Navy Yard and Superintending Constructor for Submarines at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco |
| 1916-1920 | Served in the Design Division of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Department of the Navy |
| 1927 | Secretary, Naval War College |
| 1930 | Technical advisor, London Naval Conference |
| 1932 | Technical advisor, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva |
| 1936 | Assisted in exploratory tests on fireproof construction of ships |
| 1936-1937 | Superintending Constructor for the Navy at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| 1937-1939 | Industrial manager, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1939-1940 | Chief, Bureau of Construction and Repair, Department of the Navy |
| 1940-1942 | Assistant Chief, Bureau of Ships |
| 1942 | Chief, Bureau of Ships Coordinator of Shipbuilding for the Naval Establishment |
| 1942 | Received Legion of Merit Award |
| 1942-1944 | Director, Naval Research Laboratory, Anacostia Station |
| 1946 | Retired |