MacGillivray Milne was a United States Navy captain, and the governor of American Samoa from January 20,1936, to June 3,1938.
13 Facts About MacGillivray Milne
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MacGillivray Milne died in 1959 at the Naval Hospital Oakland, and was buried in Sparkill, Rockland County, New York.
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MacGillivray Milne was born on August 19,1882, in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
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MacGillivray Milne married Natalie Elise Blauvelt on June 2,1917.
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MacGillivray Milne lived most of his ashore life in Newport, Rhode Island.
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MacGillivray Milne served a post at the United States Naval Academy.
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At the Academy, MacGillivray Milne served as head of the modern languages department.
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In 1932, MacGillivray Milne was one of few American military officers chosen to travel to Italy to inspect a number of war veterans alongside Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
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MacGillivray Milne then commanded the USS Arizona when, in 1934, the battleship collided with the private fishing vessel Umatilla off the coast of Neah Bay, Washington, on July 26,1934.
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MacGillivray Milne underwent a court martial, where the blame for the crash was placed upon him.
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MacGillivray Milne had been ranked 149th in the Navy register, but retired with the rank he had at this time, that of Captain.
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MacGillivray Milne became the Governor of American Samoa on January 20,1936, relieving Thomas Benjamin Fitzpatrick from command.
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MacGillivray Milne took steps in modernizing American Samoa; his wife appealed directly to First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt to help improve the state of the islands' indoor plumbing and sanitation systems.