Walter Hinds Allen was born on January 9, 1875 in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts to Walter Allen, a journalist. He attended Yale College (1895) and the Sheffield Scientific School (1896). Allen also worked on a Ph.D in Mathematics at the Yale Graduate School from 1895 to 1898, but he left school to participate in the Spanish-American War. He served with the Connecticut Naval Militia from 1896 to 1898 and from 1902 to 1903. He also served in the United States Navy from June to September of 1898. He continued his career in the Navy when he was commissioned as a Civil Engineer with the rank of Lieutenant in 1906 and eventually achieved the rank of Captain. For much of his career, he worked as a public works officer in which he led engineering projects at various naval bases and yards, including the Philadelphia Naval Yard, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Brooklyn Naval Yard, in Brooklyn, New York, and the Twelfth Naval District in San Francisco, California. He also participated in the building of the Montauk Point, Bay Shore, and Rockaway, Long Island aviation stations, all located in New York. He died in San Francisco, California on April 19, 1938.
Military Information: CAPT, US NAVY
Military Information: CAPT, US NAVY
Walter Hinds Allen was born on January 9, 1875 in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts to Walter Allen, a journalist. He attended Yale College (1895) and the Sheffield Scientific School (1896). Allen also worked on a Ph.D in Mathematics at the Yale Graduate School from 1895 to 1898, but he left school to participate in the Spanish-American War. He served with the Connecticut Naval Militia from 1896 to 1898 and from 1902 to 1903. He also served in the United States Navy from June to September of 1898. He continued his career in the Navy when he was commissioned as a Civil Engineer with the rank of Lieutenant in 1906 and eventually achieved the rank of Captain. For much of his career, he worked as a public works officer in which he led engineering projects at various naval bases and yards, including the Philadelphia Naval Yard, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Brooklyn Naval Yard, in Brooklyn, New York, and the Twelfth Naval District in San Francisco, California. He also participated in the building of the Montauk Point, Bay Shore, and Rockaway, Long Island aviation stations, all located in New York. He died in San Francisco, California on April 19, 1938.
Military Information: CAPT, US NAVY
Military Information: CAPT, US NAVY
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