Charles Emery Rosendahl

Charles Emery Rosendahl (May 15, 1892 – May 17, 1977) was a highly decorated vice admiral in the United States Navy, and an advocate of lighter-than-air flight.

Biography Early career Rosendahl was born in Chicago, Illinois, although his family subsequently relocated to Kansas and Texas and, in 1910, he was appointed to the Naval Academy from the latter state and was later commissioned in the rank of ensign in June 1914, upon graduation from the academy. He was then ordered to join the armored cruiser off Mexico during the Veracruz crisis. After West Virginia was decommissioned he served briefly on the battleship and the protected cruiser , before reporting for duty aboard the protected cruiser on May 14, 1915. On September 15, 1916, he returned to the recommissioned West Virginia, which was subsequently renamed the Huntington. On June 19, 1917, he received promotion to lieutenant (junior grade), and to full lieutenant on August 31, 1918, having served aboard the Huntington escorting convoys of troops and supplies to Europe during World War I.

From June 6, 1918,

On August 6, 1938, he was relieved of command of NAS Lakehurst, and on August 31, he reported to Pearl Harbor On May 15, he returned to NAS Lakehurst and assumed duty as the Chief of Naval Airship Training Command, receiving promotion to rear admiral on May 26, 1943. These include notes for an unpublished study of the attack on Pearl Harbor written with the assistance of Vice Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka, who Rosendahl had first met and befriended on the Graf Zeppelin circumnavigation in 1929.

Memberships Rosendahl was a member of the following organizations: Fellow of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences Member of Advisory Committee and Trustee of the Clifford B. Harmon Trust Past President and Life Honorary Member, Wings Club of New York Honorary Member and Past President, John Ericsson Society of New York Founder and Member of Army-Navy Country Club, Washington, D.C. Fifty-year "Gold Card" member of the American Legion, Past Commander and member of its Air Service, Post 501 Adventurers' Club Ye Ancient and Secret Order of Quiet Birdmen International Order of Characters Explorers' Club The Naval Order of the United States

Honors and awards Civilian Rosendahl was the recipient of numerous honors: Elder Statesman of Aviation, National Aeronautic Association Winner of four Harmon Trophies, Aeronaut-class (1927 & 1940-9), and National Award (1932 & 1933) Frank M. Hawks Award He was inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey in 1980 He also received two honorary degrees: Doctor of Science in Aeronautics from the University of Tampa Doctor of Laws from Rider College

Military decorations

Here is the ribbon bar of Vice Admiral Charles E. Rosendahl:

In popular culture Rosendahl appears in the pilot episode of the NBC series Timeless, where he is portrayed by Kurt Max Runte.