Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rear_Admiral_Harley_D._Nygren
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gptkb:University_of_Washington
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Independence_Medal
gptkb:Department_of_Commerce_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Service_Medal
gptkb:NOAA_Corps_Achievement_Medal
gptkb:NOAA_Corps_Commendation_Medal
gptkb:NOAA_Corps_Meritorious_Service_Medal
Department of Commerce Silver Medal
Korean Presidential Unit Citation
NOAA Corps Distinguished Career Award
gptkbp:birthDate December 12, 1924
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate November 17, 2019
gptkbp:director gptkb:NOAA_Commissioned_Officer_Corps
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren
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gptkb:United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey_Corps
gptkbp:militaryRank Rear Admiral
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFor first Director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
gptkbp:notableWork advancing oceanographic research
establishing the NOAA Corps
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:naval_officer
biologist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Seattle,_Washington,_United_States
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Poulsbo, Washington, United States
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:spouse Mary Nygren
gptkbp:termEnd 1980
gptkbp:termStart 1970
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