serviceyears branch death_date allegiance nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater commands order term_start rank name wars predecessor awards office successor article_title
1903-1938 30px united states navy seal united states navy 7 september 1938 united states united states november 6 , 1885 august 7 , 1926 united states naval academy uss naval shipyard uss '' arizona '' '' tingey '' uss '' whitney '' portsmouth 31st august 26 , 1924 20px captain alfred winsor brown world war i henry bertram price mexican of abdon calderon service medal world war i victory medal order naval governor of guam lloyd stogell shapley alfred winsor brown

alfred winsor brown

alfred winsor brown -lrb- november 6 , 1885 -- september 7 , 1938 -rrb- was a united states navy captain who served as the 31st naval governor of guam .
he graduated from the united states naval academy in 1907 , serving aboard a number of ships in many different capacities soon after .
he returned to the academy on staff before serving as the first commanding officer of the uss `` tingey '' .
from 1924 to 1926 , he served as guamanian governor before attending the naval war college and serving on the staff of a number of high ranking naval officers .
he then served as commanding officer of the uss `` whitney '' and the portsmouth naval shipyard .
soon after assuming command of the uss `` arizona '' , brown died of a heart attack .
