Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19

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News of Capt. Parks promotion and
appointment as chief of the bureau OF
yards and docks is held by some as
significant of some important changes
in the navy department at Washing
ton. The position is one OF the most
important in the entire federal sys-
TEN, and the choice of the local off,
Ger points to the high place he holds
at Washington. He ranks among the
very highest OF present-day engineers.
Rear Admiral Parks, who had been
serving with the rank of captain for
several months past, is now on his
second tour of Hawaii. He came here
first in June, 1908, and left on Feb
luary Is, 1910.
On January Is, 1916, he arrived for
his second tour of duty and has been
here ever since. This makes total
Of about five years spent In Hawaii.
He was graduated from Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute In 1884 at that
time being 81 years of age. His: earlier
education had included course ut
the Woburn, Mass, high school, from
which he was graduated In 1878.
Following his graduation from.
Rensselaer, he went to Germany aid
studied In Gottingen until 1886. lie.
was graduated from Columbian nov
George Washington university at
Washington, d. G, with the degree
OF Z. L. 81, in 1899. For several years
he was . member of the faculty az
Rensselaer,.
z He was United States superinten-
dent OF the department Of liberal arts
az the Paris exposition of 1889, and 4
member Of the jury OF Glass s. Educa
ton, at which time he was given the
decoration Of Officer de INSTRUCTION
Publique. He was special agent Of the
United States bureau of education at
the Worlds fair. Chicago, In 1893, the
most striking feature Of the exhibit
being a model library OF 5000 volumes
selee1Na and catalogued with the CO.
operation OF many prominent libra
rians. This list Of books was used In
the earliest Carnegie libraries.
In 1894 be was appointed special
agent of the United States bureau OF
education to Antwerp, Lyons and Mi.
Ian expositions, and during the same
year examined the systems of fores-
try education In Europe, particularly
at forestry schools at Nancy, Karis-
ruhe and Munich. y
In 1897 be was appointed TO tho
navy and hts naval service includes
duty at Portsmouth, Boston, New
York. Philadelphia and Norfolk; at
San Juan, Porto Rico and Pearl Har-
Dor naval stations: in the bureau of
Yards and docks at Washington; in
speeding engineer, General Electric |
Company at Schenectady: on boards
for location OF drydocks and coaling
stations, and also for the determine.
ton OF plans for San Juan, Pearl Har-
Dor, Great Lakes training station and
Norfolk.
He was on duty at the New YorE |
navy yard during the Spanish war and |
n Portsmouth navy yard, New HaRp.
shire, during the Russian and Japan
tse peace conference.
Admiral Parks is fellow of the
American Association for the AID.
vancement Of Science and of the
American Geographic Society, and Is
member OF the Rensselaer, Society
Of Civil Engineers and the New Eng
land HISTORICAL enealogica Society.
The officer came to Hawaii on his
second tour early IN 1915, having been
placed in charge Of the constructions
of the Pearl Harbor drydock under
the modified specifications. He had
been the first naval civil engineer on
duty In connection with the structure
IN 1908
At the time Of the F4 disaster he
was prominent In salyaging opera
tons of the Inflated vessel He had
had no official notice vet of the APP
this morning when inform
ed OF II by the StarBulletin.