Born on July 7, 1923 in Berlin, New Hampshire and passed away peacefully on August 20, 2021 in Santa Clarita, California at the age of 98. Son of Ernest Dutee and Mary Grace White, he graduated first in his class from Rutland High School and attended Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Vt. before being accepted to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in June of 1942.
Art graduated June 6, 1945 in the wartime class of 1946. He graduated with "distinction" and 38th in rank in a class of 939 midshipmen. As a newly commissioned ensign he reported aboard the storied cruiser USS Louisville, just repaired from kamikaze attacks off Okinawa. Art told the story of his first cruise off Honolulu at night, when the lights suddenly came on in the city and they knew the war had ended. At war's end the Louisville was sent to Manchuria to assist in the repatriation of allied prisoners of war and to Tsingtao, China to escort surrendered Japanese warships to Korea. It was here Art was assigned along with ten enlisted men to command a Japanese destroyer with a full Japanese crew. Needless to say, he was relieved to turn the vessel over to the Koreans and rejoin the Louisville. After this they returned to China where Art escorted a barge load of rice up the Yellow River to relieve a famine.
After these duties Art returned to the states and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1948.
On December 18, 1949, Art was married to Wanda Lene Bowman in Chula Vista, California and was soon after deployed to Korea.
In September 1950 as a Lieutenant JG and Gunnery Officer aboard the destroyer USS DeHaven during the Korean War, Art participated in the landings at Inchon, where he fired the first naval bombardment of the operation (slightly ahead of schedule, but no harm done except to the North Korean gun emplacement on Wolmi-do island).
After the war Art had assignments in California, Virginia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, where he earned a master's degree in Nuclear Power Engineering from MIT in 1958. At this time Art was chosen to serve on the staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the "father of the nuclear navy," where he oversaw construction, installation, and testing of nuclear power systems in submarines. He was in charge of the nuclear program at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia until August 31st, 1974 when he retired with the rank of captain.
Following his service in the Navy, Art worked for the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) as Quality Control Manager at the Hanford Nuclear facility in Richland, Washington. During his time with ARCO, he worked with nuclear heart pacemaker production and moved the family to Ireland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then finished his career with ARCO Solar in Canoga Park, California. After retirement from ARCO, Art did computer consulting work with small businesses from his home in West Hills, California.
Art and Wanda were married fifty years until her passing on December 5, 2000. Through all the deployments and relocations, they somehow managed to raise six children and even find time for international travel and numerous family ski trips. The children, Susan Lynn Williams, Thomas Neal White (Julie White), Linda Ann White (Steve Delehoy), Brenda Jean White-Keller (Gordon Keller), Mary Beth White (Peter Brown) and Dean Edward White (Vita White), as well as eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren, all survive to celebrate Art's long and accomplished life.
Art graduated June 6, 1945 in the wartime class of 1946. He graduated with "distinction" and 38th in rank in a class of 939 midshipmen. As a newly commissioned ensign he reported aboard the storied cruiser USS Louisville, just repaired from kamikaze attacks off Okinawa. Art told the story of his first cruise off Honolulu at night, when the lights suddenly came on in the city and they knew the war had ended. At war's end the Louisville was sent to Manchuria to assist in the repatriation of allied prisoners of war and to Tsingtao, China to escort surrendered Japanese warships to Korea. It was here Art was assigned along with ten enlisted men to command a Japanese destroyer with a full Japanese crew. Needless to say, he was relieved to turn the vessel over to the Koreans and rejoin the Louisville. After this they returned to China where Art escorted a barge load of rice up the Yellow River to relieve a famine.
After these duties Art returned to the states and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1948.
On December 18, 1949, Art was married to Wanda Lene Bowman in Chula Vista, California and was soon after deployed to Korea.
In September 1950 as a Lieutenant JG and Gunnery Officer aboard the destroyer USS DeHaven during the Korean War, Art participated in the landings at Inchon, where he fired the first naval bombardment of the operation (slightly ahead of schedule, but no harm done except to the North Korean gun emplacement on Wolmi-do island).
After the war Art had assignments in California, Virginia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, where he earned a master's degree in Nuclear Power Engineering from MIT in 1958. At this time Art was chosen to serve on the staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the "father of the nuclear navy," where he oversaw construction, installation, and testing of nuclear power systems in submarines. He was in charge of the nuclear program at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia until August 31st, 1974 when he retired with the rank of captain.
Following his service in the Navy, Art worked for the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) as Quality Control Manager at the Hanford Nuclear facility in Richland, Washington. During his time with ARCO, he worked with nuclear heart pacemaker production and moved the family to Ireland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then finished his career with ARCO Solar in Canoga Park, California. After retirement from ARCO, Art did computer consulting work with small businesses from his home in West Hills, California.
Art and Wanda were married fifty years until her passing on December 5, 2000. Through all the deployments and relocations, they somehow managed to raise six children and even find time for international travel and numerous family ski trips. The children, Susan Lynn Williams, Thomas Neal White (Julie White), Linda Ann White (Steve Delehoy), Brenda Jean White-Keller (Gordon Keller), Mary Beth White (Peter Brown) and Dean Edward White (Vita White), as well as eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren, all survive to celebrate Art's long and accomplished life.
Born on July 7, 1923 in Berlin, New Hampshire and passed away peacefully on August 20, 2021 in Santa Clarita, California at the age of 98. Son of Ernest Dutee and Mary Grace White, he graduated first in his class from Rutland High School and attended Green Mountain Junior College in Poultney, Vt. before being accepted to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in June of 1942.
Art graduated June 6, 1945 in the wartime class of 1946. He graduated with "distinction" and 38th in rank in a class of 939 midshipmen. As a newly commissioned ensign he reported aboard the storied cruiser USS Louisville, just repaired from kamikaze attacks off Okinawa. Art told the story of his first cruise off Honolulu at night, when the lights suddenly came on in the city and they knew the war had ended. At war's end the Louisville was sent to Manchuria to assist in the repatriation of allied prisoners of war and to Tsingtao, China to escort surrendered Japanese warships to Korea. It was here Art was assigned along with ten enlisted men to command a Japanese destroyer with a full Japanese crew. Needless to say, he was relieved to turn the vessel over to the Koreans and rejoin the Louisville. After this they returned to China where Art escorted a barge load of rice up the Yellow River to relieve a famine.
After these duties Art returned to the states and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1948.
On December 18, 1949, Art was married to Wanda Lene Bowman in Chula Vista, California and was soon after deployed to Korea.
In September 1950 as a Lieutenant JG and Gunnery Officer aboard the destroyer USS DeHaven during the Korean War, Art participated in the landings at Inchon, where he fired the first naval bombardment of the operation (slightly ahead of schedule, but no harm done except to the North Korean gun emplacement on Wolmi-do island).
After the war Art had assignments in California, Virginia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, where he earned a master's degree in Nuclear Power Engineering from MIT in 1958. At this time Art was chosen to serve on the staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the "father of the nuclear navy," where he oversaw construction, installation, and testing of nuclear power systems in submarines. He was in charge of the nuclear program at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia until August 31st, 1974 when he retired with the rank of captain.
Following his service in the Navy, Art worked for the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) as Quality Control Manager at the Hanford Nuclear facility in Richland, Washington. During his time with ARCO, he worked with nuclear heart pacemaker production and moved the family to Ireland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then finished his career with ARCO Solar in Canoga Park, California. After retirement from ARCO, Art did computer consulting work with small businesses from his home in West Hills, California.
Art and Wanda were married fifty years until her passing on December 5, 2000. Through all the deployments and relocations, they somehow managed to raise six children and even find time for international travel and numerous family ski trips. The children, Susan Lynn Williams, Thomas Neal White (Julie White), Linda Ann White (Steve Delehoy), Brenda Jean White-Keller (Gordon Keller), Mary Beth White (Peter Brown) and Dean Edward White (Vita White), as well as eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren, all survive to celebrate Art's long and accomplished life.
Art graduated June 6, 1945 in the wartime class of 1946. He graduated with "distinction" and 38th in rank in a class of 939 midshipmen. As a newly commissioned ensign he reported aboard the storied cruiser USS Louisville, just repaired from kamikaze attacks off Okinawa. Art told the story of his first cruise off Honolulu at night, when the lights suddenly came on in the city and they knew the war had ended. At war's end the Louisville was sent to Manchuria to assist in the repatriation of allied prisoners of war and to Tsingtao, China to escort surrendered Japanese warships to Korea. It was here Art was assigned along with ten enlisted men to command a Japanese destroyer with a full Japanese crew. Needless to say, he was relieved to turn the vessel over to the Koreans and rejoin the Louisville. After this they returned to China where Art escorted a barge load of rice up the Yellow River to relieve a famine.
After these duties Art returned to the states and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1948.
On December 18, 1949, Art was married to Wanda Lene Bowman in Chula Vista, California and was soon after deployed to Korea.
In September 1950 as a Lieutenant JG and Gunnery Officer aboard the destroyer USS DeHaven during the Korean War, Art participated in the landings at Inchon, where he fired the first naval bombardment of the operation (slightly ahead of schedule, but no harm done except to the North Korean gun emplacement on Wolmi-do island).
After the war Art had assignments in California, Virginia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, where he earned a master's degree in Nuclear Power Engineering from MIT in 1958. At this time Art was chosen to serve on the staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover, the "father of the nuclear navy," where he oversaw construction, installation, and testing of nuclear power systems in submarines. He was in charge of the nuclear program at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia until August 31st, 1974 when he retired with the rank of captain.
Following his service in the Navy, Art worked for the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) as Quality Control Manager at the Hanford Nuclear facility in Richland, Washington. During his time with ARCO, he worked with nuclear heart pacemaker production and moved the family to Ireland and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then finished his career with ARCO Solar in Canoga Park, California. After retirement from ARCO, Art did computer consulting work with small businesses from his home in West Hills, California.
Art and Wanda were married fifty years until her passing on December 5, 2000. Through all the deployments and relocations, they somehow managed to raise six children and even find time for international travel and numerous family ski trips. The children, Susan Lynn Williams, Thomas Neal White (Julie White), Linda Ann White (Steve Delehoy), Brenda Jean White-Keller (Gordon Keller), Mary Beth White (Peter Brown) and Dean Edward White (Vita White), as well as eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren, all survive to celebrate Art's long and accomplished life.
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