Chicago Tribune (IL) - October 29, 1952
ADM. CLUVERIUS, NAVAL VETERAN OF 3 WARS, DIES
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 28 (AP) --Rear Adm. Wat Tyler Cluverius, 77, president of Worcester Polytechnic institute who served in three wars during 54 years of active naval duty, died here today of a heart attack.
Cluverius, last surviving officer of the battleship Maine, sunk in Havana bay in 1898, was stricken aboard a train while returning to Worcester, Mass., from a naval reunion in Philadelphia.
In World War I, he was awarded the distinguished service medal-- the nation's highest meritorious award--for gallant and successful leadership as commander in chief of mine laying operations in the North sea.
Cluverius had a distinguished career in the navy, education, and public service.
Served in World War II
He was an instructor of Annapolis for 11 years and served as commanding officer of the naval academy for a brief period after the first World war. He became president of Worcester Polytechnic institute in 1939.
He had retired from the navy the same year but was called back to active duty at the outbreak of World War II to serve with the navy's public information office and the naval board of production awards. He remained on active duty until the war's end in 1945 when he returned to Worcester.
Cluverius was decorated by four foreign countries--Belgium, France, Norway, and Italy.
A graduate of the Naval War college, he was made a rear admiral in 1928, and held many high ranking navy posts.
Commander at Great Lakes
At various times he was commandant of the 4th and 9th naval districts.
He also was former commaning officer of the Norfolk, Va., and Philadelphia navy yards, and the Great Lakes, Ill., naval training station.
During his career he commanded the battleships Wisconsin, West Virginia, and North Dakota; the destroyers Talbot, Gwin, Stockton, and Shawmut, and the cruisers Dubuque, Baltimore, and Seattle.
He leaves a son, W. T. Cluverius Jr., and two daughters, Mrs. J. S. Crenshaw, wife of Rear Adm. J. S. Crenshaw, retired, and Mrs. W. S. Parsons, wife of Rear Adm. W. S. Parsons, now stationed in Washington.
Services will be held Thursday in Worcester, with burial in Arlington National cemetery.
ADM. CLUVERIUS, NAVAL VETERAN OF 3 WARS, DIES
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 28 (AP) --Rear Adm. Wat Tyler Cluverius, 77, president of Worcester Polytechnic institute who served in three wars during 54 years of active naval duty, died here today of a heart attack.
Cluverius, last surviving officer of the battleship Maine, sunk in Havana bay in 1898, was stricken aboard a train while returning to Worcester, Mass., from a naval reunion in Philadelphia.
In World War I, he was awarded the distinguished service medal-- the nation's highest meritorious award--for gallant and successful leadership as commander in chief of mine laying operations in the North sea.
Cluverius had a distinguished career in the navy, education, and public service.
Served in World War II
He was an instructor of Annapolis for 11 years and served as commanding officer of the naval academy for a brief period after the first World war. He became president of Worcester Polytechnic institute in 1939.
He had retired from the navy the same year but was called back to active duty at the outbreak of World War II to serve with the navy's public information office and the naval board of production awards. He remained on active duty until the war's end in 1945 when he returned to Worcester.
Cluverius was decorated by four foreign countries--Belgium, France, Norway, and Italy.
A graduate of the Naval War college, he was made a rear admiral in 1928, and held many high ranking navy posts.
Commander at Great Lakes
At various times he was commandant of the 4th and 9th naval districts.
He also was former commaning officer of the Norfolk, Va., and Philadelphia navy yards, and the Great Lakes, Ill., naval training station.
During his career he commanded the battleships Wisconsin, West Virginia, and North Dakota; the destroyers Talbot, Gwin, Stockton, and Shawmut, and the cruisers Dubuque, Baltimore, and Seattle.
He leaves a son, W. T. Cluverius Jr., and two daughters, Mrs. J. S. Crenshaw, wife of Rear Adm. J. S. Crenshaw, retired, and Mrs. W. S. Parsons, wife of Rear Adm. W. S. Parsons, now stationed in Washington.
Services will be held Thursday in Worcester, with burial in Arlington National cemetery.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - October 29, 1952
ADM. CLUVERIUS, NAVAL VETERAN OF 3 WARS, DIES
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 28 (AP) --Rear Adm. Wat Tyler Cluverius, 77, president of Worcester Polytechnic institute who served in three wars during 54 years of active naval duty, died here today of a heart attack.
Cluverius, last surviving officer of the battleship Maine, sunk in Havana bay in 1898, was stricken aboard a train while returning to Worcester, Mass., from a naval reunion in Philadelphia.
In World War I, he was awarded the distinguished service medal-- the nation's highest meritorious award--for gallant and successful leadership as commander in chief of mine laying operations in the North sea.
Cluverius had a distinguished career in the navy, education, and public service.
Served in World War II
He was an instructor of Annapolis for 11 years and served as commanding officer of the naval academy for a brief period after the first World war. He became president of Worcester Polytechnic institute in 1939.
He had retired from the navy the same year but was called back to active duty at the outbreak of World War II to serve with the navy's public information office and the naval board of production awards. He remained on active duty until the war's end in 1945 when he returned to Worcester.
Cluverius was decorated by four foreign countries--Belgium, France, Norway, and Italy.
A graduate of the Naval War college, he was made a rear admiral in 1928, and held many high ranking navy posts.
Commander at Great Lakes
At various times he was commandant of the 4th and 9th naval districts.
He also was former commaning officer of the Norfolk, Va., and Philadelphia navy yards, and the Great Lakes, Ill., naval training station.
During his career he commanded the battleships Wisconsin, West Virginia, and North Dakota; the destroyers Talbot, Gwin, Stockton, and Shawmut, and the cruisers Dubuque, Baltimore, and Seattle.
He leaves a son, W. T. Cluverius Jr., and two daughters, Mrs. J. S. Crenshaw, wife of Rear Adm. J. S. Crenshaw, retired, and Mrs. W. S. Parsons, wife of Rear Adm. W. S. Parsons, now stationed in Washington.
Services will be held Thursday in Worcester, with burial in Arlington National cemetery.
ADM. CLUVERIUS, NAVAL VETERAN OF 3 WARS, DIES
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 28 (AP) --Rear Adm. Wat Tyler Cluverius, 77, president of Worcester Polytechnic institute who served in three wars during 54 years of active naval duty, died here today of a heart attack.
Cluverius, last surviving officer of the battleship Maine, sunk in Havana bay in 1898, was stricken aboard a train while returning to Worcester, Mass., from a naval reunion in Philadelphia.
In World War I, he was awarded the distinguished service medal-- the nation's highest meritorious award--for gallant and successful leadership as commander in chief of mine laying operations in the North sea.
Cluverius had a distinguished career in the navy, education, and public service.
Served in World War II
He was an instructor of Annapolis for 11 years and served as commanding officer of the naval academy for a brief period after the first World war. He became president of Worcester Polytechnic institute in 1939.
He had retired from the navy the same year but was called back to active duty at the outbreak of World War II to serve with the navy's public information office and the naval board of production awards. He remained on active duty until the war's end in 1945 when he returned to Worcester.
Cluverius was decorated by four foreign countries--Belgium, France, Norway, and Italy.
A graduate of the Naval War college, he was made a rear admiral in 1928, and held many high ranking navy posts.
Commander at Great Lakes
At various times he was commandant of the 4th and 9th naval districts.
He also was former commaning officer of the Norfolk, Va., and Philadelphia navy yards, and the Great Lakes, Ill., naval training station.
During his career he commanded the battleships Wisconsin, West Virginia, and North Dakota; the destroyers Talbot, Gwin, Stockton, and Shawmut, and the cruisers Dubuque, Baltimore, and Seattle.
He leaves a son, W. T. Cluverius Jr., and two daughters, Mrs. J. S. Crenshaw, wife of Rear Adm. J. S. Crenshaw, retired, and Mrs. W. S. Parsons, wife of Rear Adm. W. S. Parsons, now stationed in Washington.
Services will be held Thursday in Worcester, with burial in Arlington National cemetery.
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