| LC control no. | no2002072410 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Danford, Robert M., 1879-1974 |
| Variant(s) | Danford, Robert M. (Robert Melville), b. 1879 |
| Biography/History note | Robert Melville Danford (b. July 7, 1879, New Boston, Ill.-d. Sept. 12, 1974, Stamford, Conn.), U.S. Army General, graduated from Cornell College in Iowa, then from West Point in 1904. Later, he served as Commandant of West Point from 1919 to 1923. He was Chief of the Field Artillery from 1938 to 1942, and retired from active service on February 28, 1942. He founded and became the first editor of the annual register of West Point graduates. Shortly after his retirement in 1942, New York City Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia named him head of the New York City Patrol Corps. |
| Birth date | 18790707 |
| Death date | 19740912 |
| Place of birth | New Boston (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Stamford (Conn.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army. Field Artillery New York (N.Y.). Patrol Corps United States Military Academy |
| Found in | Notes on training field artillery details, 1917: t.p. (Captain Robert M. Danford) Letter from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace, Truman Library, Dec. 26, 1917: (letter relates to U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Robert M. Danford) WwWA, v. 6: (Robert Melville Danford; b. New Boston, Ill., July 7, 1879; d. Sept. 12, 1974; army officer; U.S. Military Academy graduate, 1904; advanced to major general, 1938; chief, Field Artillery, 1938-1942; retired from active service, Feb. 28, 1942; interred at West Point Memorial Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.) New York Times online search via ProQuest.com, Apr. 16, 2014: obituary, Sept. 14, 1974 Robert M. Danford, retired general, 95 (Maj. Gen. Robert Melville Danford, U.S.A., retired commandant of the New York City Patrol Corps during World War II and chief of field artillery of the Army at his retirement in 1942; died Thursday at Stamford Hospital ... lived in Darien, Conn.; Cornell College graduate; West Point graduate, 1904; named to head the city patrol corps by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in March 1942; from 1919 to 1923 he was commandant of West Point; founded and became first editor of the annual register of West Point) OCLC, Aug. 12, 2002 (hdg.: Danford, Robert M.; Danford, Robert Melville, 1879- ; usage: Robert M. Danford) OCLC, May 14, 2014 (hdgs.: Danford, Robert M.; Danford, Robert M. (Robert Melville), 1879-; Danford, Robert Melville; Danford, Robert Melville, 1879-; usage: Robert M. Danford; Robert Melville Danford) |
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