Stanford Caldwell Hooper
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Stanford Caldwell Hooper (August 16, 1884 – April 6, 1955) was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, and a noted radio 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.[1][2][3]
Biography
Hooper was born in
Warren Harding. In 1928 he was appointed the Chief Engineer for the new Federal Radio Commission, the predecessor of the Federal Communications Commission. Afterward he served as Director of Naval Communications 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 Federal Communications Commission chairman James Lawrence Fly
in mid-1942, though remained activated until June 1945. He became a contractor with commercial electronics firms after retiring until his death.
Awards and honors
Hooper received the
Légion d'honneur, the Department of Navy Electronics Trophy, and the Marconi Medal of Honor. The destroyer USS Hooper (DE-1026)
was named in his honor, and he is honored annually via the Rear Admiral S. C. Hooper Trophy.
References
- ^ "Stanford Hooper - Recipient -". valor.militarytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "Shadow box". navy.togetherweserved.com. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
- ^ "Hooper". public2.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
Sources
- IEEE History Center biography
- Susan J. Douglas, "The Navy Adopts the Radio, 1899-1919", in Military Enterprise and Technological Change: Perspectives on the American Experience, Merritt Roe Smith (ed.), MIT Press, 1985, pages 154-174. ISBN 0-262-19239-X.
- "Wireless Telephone Receiver Installed in Harding's Study", The New York Times, February 9, 1922.
- USS Hooper (DE-1026)
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