WAVES Officers oral history transcription

WAVES Officers. Crandall, Elizabeth B., CDR, USNR Graduate work, Western Reserve University; Volunteer, Grenfell Medical Mission, Labrador; Graduate work, Stanford; Dean of Women, Idaho; Personnel Staff, Stanford; Women's Director, District Headquarters, 1944-1945; Twelfth Naval District; Retired.

Kitchen, Etta Belle, CDR, USN Attorney; Lt. (jg), Thirteenth Naval District, Seattle, Wash.; Bremerton, 1946; Civilian 1946- 1948; LCDR USN, Naval Training Board, 1948; Personnel Office, WAVES, San Diego. Calif., 1951; Office of Performance Division, BuPers, Washington, D.C.; CDR, Reserve Training Department, WAVES, San Diego; CO, Recruit Training Command, Bainbridge, Md.

Lenihan, Rita, CAPT, USN College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ.; Columbia University; Home lighting engineer, six years; WAVES, Washington, D.C., 1941; Master's degree, George Washington University, Wash­ ington, D.C.; Commissioned, 1943; Plans and Policy Division, BuPers, Washington, D.C.

Rich, Frances L., CDR, USNR Engineering Draftsman, Lockheed Aircraft Co., Burbank, Calif.; Drill and Discipline Officer, USNMS (WR), Northampton, Mass., 1943; Lt. (jg), Communications Department, WAVES, Washington, D.C., 1943-1944; LCDR, Special Assistant, CAPT Mildred McAfee, WAVES, Wash­ ington, D.C., 1944-1945.

Rigby, Eleanor Grant, CDR, USNR Graduated, Smith College, 1918; Connecticut Defense Council, 1941-1942; Lt. (jg), Assis­ tant, Regimental Commander, LT Crandall, WAVES, USN, Northampton, eighteen months; USNTS (WR) , Bronx, N.Y., 1943-1944; District Director, Fourteenth Naval District, WAVES, Ha­ waii, 1944.

Smith, Margaret Chase, Senator Member, Naval Affairs Committee, House of Representatives, 1940; Naval Affairs Committee, 1943; Armed Services Committee.

Wiley, Tova Petersen, USNR Graduated from the University of California, 1926; Training Director and Fashion Coordina­ tor, The Emporium, San Francisco, Calif., 1926-1942; Office of Naval Procurement, WAVES, 1942-1943;Assistant Director, XO, Women's Reserve, WAVES, Washington, D.C., 1943-1945.

Wilde, Louise K., CAPT, USNR Graduate, ML Holyoke, 1931; Reporter, Springfield Union; Fundraiser and Public relations, Rockford, Ill.; Master's degree in Personal Administration, Columbia; Freshman Dean, Assistant to the President, Rockford, Ill., until WWII ; Public relations, Lt. Ug), WAVES, USN, 1942.