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Edward S. Hope
Edward Swain Hope (1901–1990) was an African-American engineer and university educator. A World War II volunteer and veteran, Hope was, in his postwar service, the first African-American to hold the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. Early life and education Edward Swain Hope was born the son of Lugenia (née Burns) and John Hope on August 28, 1901 in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating from Morehouse Academy, a preparatory school maintained by Morehouse College, he entered that historically Black college. There, he was an honor student, treasurer of the Morehouse College Glee Club for two years, captain of the basketball team, and won the college's Edgar Allen Poe Short Story Prize, among other local distinctions he accumulated while earning a Bachelor's degree in science in 1923. He then matriculated into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a sophomore. There he pledged the Sigma chapter of Alpha Pi Alpha fraternity and earned a second Bache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 million tons in 2021. It has the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with List of aircraft carriers in service, eleven in service, one undergoing trials, two new carriers under construction, and six other carriers planned as of 2024. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 299 deployable combat vessels and about 4,012 operational aircraft as of 18 July 2023. The U.S. Navy is one of six United States Armed Forces, armed forces of the United States and one of eight uniformed services of the United States. The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
