GEORGE WASHINGTON LITTLEHALES, 1860–1943

Abstract

George Washington Littlehales, Hydrographic Engineer at the United States Hydrographic Office from 1900 to 1932, died suddenly at his home in Washington, D.C., August 12, 1943, at the age of 82 years.Mr. Littlehales was born October 14, 1860, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He entered the United States Naval Academy as a midshipman in 1879 from which he was graduated in 1883 and after spending two years at sea in the North Atlantic Squadron he received the post‐860‐1943 graduate diploma and returned to civil life. In 1888 the Columbian (now George Washington) University awarded him the degree of Civil Engineering which he had earned in the course of studies there. In the summer of 1885 he joined the staff of the United States Hydrographic Office with which he was continuously associated until his retirement in 1932. He was professor of nautical science in George Washington University during 1913‐1927.