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Stanford Caldwell Hooper

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at the Naval Academy, then from 1912-1914 (and again 1923-1925) served as the first Fleet Radio Officer, where he created the Navy's tactical signaling codes. During 1915-1917, 1919–1923 and 1926-1928 he was in charge of the Navy's Radio Division. In 1917-1918 he commanded the
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in 1934 "for the orderly planning and systematic organization of radio communication in the Government Service with which he is associated, and the concomitant and resulting advances in the development of radio equipment and procedure." In 1945 he received the
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pioneer who has been called "the Father of Naval Radio". Hooper conducted pioneering radio tests, established land stations for communication with the fleet, and served as technical advisor and head of many boards and committees dealing with communications.
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from 1928 to 1934, and on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in various capacities until June 1942, having won promotion to rear admiral in June 1938. He was forcibly retired in January 1943 following a clash with
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in mid-1942, though remained activated until June 1945. He became a contractor with commercial electronics firms after retiring until his death.
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for distinguished service. In 1922 he supervised installation of the first wireless telephone in the
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was named in his honor, and he is honored annually via the Rear Admiral S. C. Hooper Trophy.
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at age 15, and after graduation in 1905 served on various ships. From 1910-1911 he taught
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Military Enterprise and Technological Change: Perspectives on the American Experience
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Susan J. Douglas, "The Navy Adopts the Radio, 1899-1919", in
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of Philadelphia, and in 1948 an honorary LL.D. from
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Stanford C. Hooper

Colton, California
Miami Beach
Florida
United States of America

United States Navy

Rear Admiral
USS Fairfax
World War I
World War II
Navy Cross
Rear Admiral
United States Navy
radio
Colton, California
San Bernardino
telegraph
Morse code
telegraph operator
United States Naval Academy
electricity
physics
chemistry
Fairfax
Navy Cross
White House
Warren Harding

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