DEDICATIONS, CEREMONIES

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DEDICATIONS, CEREMONIES COMMISSIONINGSTHE
NAVY NPS AT DEL MONTE

• John Sanders
• Director of University Relations
• Naval Postgraduate School

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1880 Railroad pioneer builds Hotel Del Monte
1879 Transcontinental railroad pioneer Charles
Crocker builds standard gauge rail line to
Monterey. Work begins on Hotel Del Monte. 1880 -
Del Monte opens in June. All rooms booked. 3,000
reservation requests turned down in first month.
Net profit of 4,000 in first two weeks over
11,000 in first six weeks. 1887 Hotel
destroyed by fire. Rebuilt by railroad pioneer
Charles Crocker.
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1924 Fire sweeps Del Monte again
1907 Yale All-American 1908 John Hayes Hammond
1910 Crocker-Huffman Co. 1915 P.I. Company
liquidator 1919 Chairman Del Monte Properties
Co.
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1926 Del Monte Dedication
Spanish-revival architecture, sports empire
philosophy
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WORLD WARBrings end of the hotel era
HOTEL DEL MONTE 1880-1943 NAVY 1943-Present Del
Monte Pre-Flight School 1943-1944 Naval
Technical School 1944-1947 General Line
School 1947-1962 Naval Postgraduate School 1951
(Well, sort of)
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Del Monte Pre-Flight SchoolFeb. 1943 Jan. 1944
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Naval Technical School1944-1947
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General Line School1927-1962
General Line School students aboard USS Carp in
Monterey Bay (left) and in classroom (below).
Commanding Officer CAPT Frank Watkins displays
check for the purchase of the Hotel Del Monte
June 1948 (lower right).
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Pre-Naval Postgraduate SchoolSchool of Marine
Engineering 1909-1912Postgraduate Department,
Naval Academy 1912-1917
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Naval Postgraduate School
Congressional legislation after World War II
paved the way for a new campus and
degree-granting authority for NPS. NPS-Monterey
was dedicated on Feb. 18, 1952. Above. Adm.
Ernest E. Herrmann greets Secretary of the Navy
Dan Kimball prior to the ceremony.
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Toward 2009 The Naval Postgraduate School
Century
John Sanders Director of University
Relations jfsander_at_nps.edu