James C. Tison, Jr.
| James C. Tison, Jr. | |
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| Born |
23 July 1908 South Carolina |
| Died | 3 May 1991 (aged 82) Charleston, South Carolina |
| Place of burial | Black Swamp Methodist Cemetery, Garnett, South Carolina |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps (1929-1942) United States Army (1942-1947) United States Air Force (1947-1949) United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps (1950-1965) Environmental Science Services Administration Corps (1965-1968) |
| Rank |
 Rear Admiral (Coast and Geodetic Survey) Colonel (U.S. Air Force)) |
| Commands held |
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Environmental Science Services Administration Corps |
| Battles/wars |
World War II Cold War |
| Awards |
 Legion of Merit
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Rear Admiral James C. Tison, Jr. (23 July 1908 – 3 May 1991) was an officer in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps and Environmental Science Services Administration Corps (ESSA Corps), both predecessors of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps). He served simultaneously as the first Director of the ESSA Corps, one of only two people to hold the position, and as the sixth Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
During World War II, Tison was transferred to the United States Army Air Forces for wartime duty. He remained in the Army Air Forces postwar and also served in their successor, the United States Air Force, before returning to the Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps.
James Chisolm Tison, Jr., was born in South Carolina on 23 July 1908. He attended The Citadel, from which he graduated with a degree in civil engineering.
In 1929, Tison began his career in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, accepting a commission as an officer in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps. For the next several years, he served as a junior deck officer aboard survey ships of the Coast and Geodetic Survey fleet, seeing service in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Puget Sound, and Aleutian Islands, as well as ashore in Coast and Geodetic Survey field parties along the United States East Coast. For a few months in 1931, he was the assistant to the inspector of construction for the completion of the medium survey ship USC&GS Hydrographer (MSS 19) by Spear Engine Works in Norfolk, Virginia.
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