Rear Admiral Coates was born on October 24, 1907, in Fresno, 

 California. He was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy and 

 was commissioned Ensign on June 5, 1930, and through subsequent 

 promotions attained the rank of Rear Admiral to date from August 

 1, 1956. 



He was assigned successively to the USS New York, USS Texas, 

 USS Pennsylvania, and the USS Saratoga, until 1933 when he was 

 ordered to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. He was de- 

 signated a Naval Aviator in 1934. He served in Scouting Squadron 

 10-S, then attended postgraduate school at Annapolis from 1936 

 to 1938, continued at the California Institute of Technology to receive 

 an M.S. (aeronautical engineering) in 1939. He served with Fighting 

 Squadron 3 (USS Saratoga) and Patrol Squadron 74 (Norfolk, Virginia). 

 He was transferred to the Patrol Plane Design Section of the Bureau 

 of Aeronautics in 1941, and became Section Head and continued duty 

 there until 1946, when he became Bureau of Aeronautics Representa- 

 tive for Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. In 1947 he was Aircraft 

 Material Officer, Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet, Pearl 

 Harbor. In 1949 he returned to the Bureau of Aeronautics, as Deputy 

 Director of the Aircraft Division. He went to Harvard University in 

 1950 for the Advanced Management Program, returned to Bureau of 

 Aeronautics as Director of the Guided Missile Division until 1951 when 

 he became Deputy Assistant Chief for Research and Development. 

 He served at Jacksonville, Florida, as Overhaul and Repair Officer 

 at the Naval Air Station from 1952 to 1954. He then was assigned as 

 Deputy and Assistant Chief of Naval Research, Navy Department. 

 In 1956 he became Air Force Maintenance and Material Officer of 

 Commander Air Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, and, in 1957, Assis- 

 tant Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics (Research and Development). In 

 1959 he was Deputy Chief of that Bureau and Director of Develop- 

 ment Planning for the Chief of Naval Operations. 



Rear Admiral Coates has the American Defense Service Medal, 

 American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and 

 the National Defense Service Medal. He is a member of the Insti- 

 tute of Aeronautical Sciences, the U. S. Naval Institute, and the 

 Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Associations. 



MR. B. KING COUPER, Head, Oceanographic Section, Applied 

 Science Branch, Bxireau of Ships, Navy Department, Washington, 

 D. C. , and Coordinator for Oceanography, TENOC Program. 



Mr. Couper obtained his B.S. at Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology and his M.S. at the University of California (Scripps 

 Institution of Oceanography). 



He has been employed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic 



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