James Alden Arnold ’39

JIM DIED at his home in Annapolis June 24,1990. He had never fully recovered from a liver and kidney disease in 1988. Nevertheless he went on teaching as assoc. professor in the English dept. at the U.S. Naval Academy until his retirement last Dec.

During WWII Jim served as Lt. Cmdr. with the U.S.N.R. in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. He then returned to Princeton as a parttime instructor in the English dept. and earned his Ph.D. in 1951. His love of literature and of teaching combined with his command experience at sea led him to join the faculty of the Naval Academy, where he spent the rest of his career. He was coauthor of two books: THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD SEA POWER (1955) and SEA POWER: A NAVAL HISTORY (1960).

Jim's first wife died in 1978. They had two daughters, Gall (Mrs. Thomas Suit) and jean; and three sons, William, Robert, and Richard. In 1988 Jim married Pamela jean King. To Pamela and all Jim's family we offer our sincere sympathy.

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