States Fleet, Admiral Jehu V. Chase, who flew his flag from the battleship , the ship on which his son in law Deak Parsons was also serving. Cluverius was Commandant of the Ninth Naval District from 1932 to 1935. As such, he was the US Navy representative at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago from 1933 to 1934. His last sea command was the Base Force, United States Fleet, from 1935 to 1937. In June 1937 he became Commandant Fourth Naval District and Philadelphia Navy Yard, a post he held until his retirement on 1 January 1939. He was decorated with Order of the Crown of Italy for his service in connection with aid for transatlantic flight of Italo Balbo. Later life In retirement, Cluverius became president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in succession to Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, a Naval Academy classmate who died in February 1939. Cluverius announced that his priority would be to complete the building program envisaged by his predecessor. He began with a footbridge which was named in Earle's memory. Cluverius returned to active duty during World War II as secretary of the Naval office of Public Information and as a member of the Navy Board of Production Awards. In this capacity he was involved in the conferring of Army-Navy "E" Awards. In 1943, Worcester was chosen as one of the colleges in the V-12 Navy College Training Program. He returned to Worcester in 1945 after the war ended. In 1951, he oversaw the establishment of an ROTC unit on the campus. On 28 October 1952, Cluverius was returning by train from a Navy reunion in Philadelphia when he became so seriously ill that when the train stopped in New Haven he was taken to hospital, where he died. The last surviving officer of USS Maine, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, with his wife Hannah, who died on 20 January 1938. He was survived by his two daughters and his son. Decorations Here is the ribbon bar of Rear admiral Wat Tyler Cluverius: Notes References 1874 births 1952 deaths People from New Orleans United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy rear admirals (upper half) American military personnel of the Philippine–American War American military personnel of the Spanish–American War United States Navy personnel of World War I United States Navy World War II admirals Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Recipients of the