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On 19 March 1924 , Curtis Wilbur was sworn in as Secretary of the Navy. The first appointee of President Calvin Coolidge , Curtis Wilbur came into the position with a reputation as a man of high intellect and a character of "unimpeachable integrity." By the end of his term, Curtis Wilbur had achieved success in enlarging and modernizing the fleet and established a Naval Air Force which would grow to become a potent component in the war with Japan . When Herbert Hoover became president in 1929 , he appointed Curtis Wilbur to the Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals in San Francisco . He served with distinction as the presiding judge until his retirement in 1945 . Following retirement, Curtis Wilbur spent time with his wife, Olive Doolittle, and his three children; Edna, Paul and Lyman Dwight. The Honorable Curtis D. Wilbur passed away in 1954 . USS ''Curtis Wilbur'' was named for him. His brother Ray Lyman Wilbur was United States Secretary Of The Interior under Herbert Hoover and a president of Stanford University .
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