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1950
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February 10
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New command & staff department organized within NWC staff.
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1950
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April 10
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Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser of North Cape, RN, visits NWC.
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1950
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May 28
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Beary hospitalized. Rear Admiral T. Ross Cooley, ComNavBase assumes additional duty as NWC President.
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1950
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June 25
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Korean War Begins.
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1950
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August 11
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1951 classes begin. 56 strategy and tactics {S&T), 31 strategy and logistics (S&L), 31 command & staff (C&S) students.
Graduation June 13, 1951.
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1950
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October 2
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Army War College reopens after World War II closure.
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1950
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October 17
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Cooley detached, Captain H.D. Felt acting.
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1950
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December 1
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Vice Admiral Richard Conolly assumes NWC presidency.
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1951
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May 24
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Financeer Bernard M. Baruch addresses NWC.
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1951
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August10
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1952 classes begin with 66 S&T, 47 S&L, 73 C&S students. Graduation June 14, 1952.
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1952
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June 9
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First "Global Strategy Week" begins, replacing Round Table Discussions.
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1952
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July 14
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CNO authorizes establishment of a Naval War College Museum.
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1952
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August 9
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1953 classes begin with 4 S&S, 73 S&T, 56 S&L, 108 C&S students. New advanced class, strategy & seapower (S&S) included. Graduation June 10, 1953.
First Civilian academic chairs established.
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1952
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September 1
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"Information Service for Officers" renamed Naval War College Review.
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1953
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July 27
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Korean armistice effective.
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1953
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August 14
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1954 classes begin with six S&S, 130 NW, 96 C&S students. S&T and S&L courses replaced by naval warfare. Graduation June 16.
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1953
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November 2
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Conolly retires from active duty. Rear Admiral Thomas Robbins, Chief of Staff, assumes NWC presidency.
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1954
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May 2
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Vice Admiral Lynde McCormick assumes NWC presidency.
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1954
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August 23
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1955 classes begin with 5 S&S, 67 NW2, 66 NW I, 114 C&S students. Naval warfare courses split into first year (NW1) and second year (NW2) sections. Graduation June 15, 1955.
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1955
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August 18
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1956 classes begin with 2 S&S, 59 NW2, 72 NW1, 124 C&S students. Graduation June 12, 1956. NWC briefing team to indoctrinate Naval Reserve units formed.
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1956
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March 17
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Major winter storm hits area, doing extensive damage to ships at recently completed Coddington Cove piers.
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1956
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April 19
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CNO approves new naval command (international) course at NWC.
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1956
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August 16
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McCormick dies suddenly at Newport. Rear Admiral Robbins, Chief of Staff, again assumes NWC presidency.
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1956
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August 17
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1957 classes begin with 5 S&S, 59 NW2, 74 NW1, 132 C&S, and 23 naval command (NC) students. Graduation June 12, 1957.
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1957
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August 13
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Robbins detached for duty in Washington. Vice Admiral Stuart Ingersoll assumes NWC presidency.
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1957
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August 14
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1958 classes begin with 71 NW2, 95 NW1, 127 C&S, 28 NC students. Graduation June 11, 1958.
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1957
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September 5
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President Eisenhower spends month vacationing on Naval Base. Meets with officers of new naval command course.
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1958
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May 29
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Cardinal Francis Spellman addresses NWC.
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1958
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August 15
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1959 classes begin with 156 NW, 111 C&S, 25 NCC students. NW1 and NW2 classes are combined in naval warfare (NW). Graduation June 10, 1959.
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1958
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August 15
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Eisenhower again vacations in Newport, occupying quarters of NWC Chief of Staff at Fort Adams.
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1958
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November 7
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Commissioning of Navy Electronic Warfare Simulator (NEWS) in Sims Hall.
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1958
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November 19
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Madame Chiang Kai Shek addresses NWC.
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1959
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June 2
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Separate war gaming department formed, removing NEWS from strategy department.
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1959
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August 21
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1960 classes begin with 157 NW, 171 C&S, 25 NC students. Alexander Haig, Secretary of State in 1981-82, included in C&S class. Graduation June 15, 1960. Naval Long Range Studies Project established at NWC.
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