| LC control no. | n 86011649 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gravely, S. L. (Samuel Lee), Jr., 1922-2004 |
| Variant(s) | Gravely, Samuel Lee, 1922-2004 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1922-06-04 |
| Death date | 2004-10-22 |
| Place of birth | Richmond (Va.) |
| Place of death | Bethesda (Md.) |
| Affiliation | Virginia Union University (Richmond, Va.) United States. Navy University of California, Los Angeles United States. Defense Communications Agency Tredegar National Civil War Center Foundation |
| Profession or occupation | United States. Navy--Officers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from U.S. Army Milit. Hist. Instit. for Oral history collection: Topical projects, 1975-1985 (S. L. Gravely; VADM) WWA, 1974-75 (Gravely, Samuel Lee; naval officer; b. Richmond, Va., June 4, 1922; began ensign, 1942, advanced through rank to adm., 1971) NUCMC data from Virginia Union University for Henderson, S.L. Photographs, 1912-1989 (Samuel Gravely; first black rear admiral in the U.S. Navy) Wikipedia WWW site, June 9, 2005 (Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr.; b. June 4, 1922, Richmond, Va.; d. Oct. 22, 2004, Bethesda, Md.) African American National Biography, accessed March 05, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gravely, Samuel Lee, Jr.; military, naval officer (1866-1995) born 04 June 1922 in Richmond, Virginia, United States; graduated from Virginia Union University with a BA degree in history (1948); enlisted in the Naval Reserve (1942); had the occasion to study in New York and New Jersey and at the University of California at Los Angeles; was promoted to lieutenant; became the first African American to make commander, then captain, then rear admiral (1971), and finally, vice admiral (1976); during the Vietnam War he was elevated to command the radar picket ship USS Falgout becoming the first African American to command a fighting ship; was the director of the Defense Communications Agency from (1978-1980); was chair of the board of directors of the Tredegar National Civil War Center Foundation (2000-2002), senior corporate adviser for Potomac Systems Engineering, and on the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory board of directors; died 22 October 2004 in Bethesda, Maryland, United States) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 86071718 |
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