330-PS-2622 (USN 709571):  US Navy Honors Mr. Louis Ten Eyck Thompson.  During a special ceremony at the Pentagon, Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball presented Dr. Louis Ten Eyck Thompson, (left), the Navy’s Distinguished Civilian Service Award for his achievement in the field of Naval Ordnance.  Mrs. Thompson (center), wife of the recipient looks on.  High naval officials and civilian scientists were present for the ceremony.   The citation, in part, follows, “For distinguished service to the United States Navy while serving as the first Technical Director of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, California, from October 1946 to October 1951.    Under his discerning supervision and practical leadership the Naval Ordnance Test Station at Inyokern achieved a position of scientific eminence and has received national recognition for its successes in the research and development of airborne jet-propelled weapons and their fire control.  His inspiring cultivation of a new pattern in civilian military organization has augmented and strengthened the scientific resources and prestige of the Navy as a whole.”    Photograph released April 2, 1952.  (5/19/2015).
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