Salt Lake Times | 1962-07-13 | Page 2 | Twelfth Naval District Names Commander

Twelfth Naval District Names Commander Rear Admiral Elmer E. Yeo-mans, Yeo-mans, Commander Naval Forces, Japan, will assume duties as Commandant of the Twelfth Naval Na-val District this fall. Read Admiral George Russell, Commandant since Sept. 1957, will retire after 45 years of naval service. A 1924 graduate of the Naval Academy, Admiral Yeomans was superintendent of the Naval Post Graduate School at Monterey, Calif., for three years before he was ordered to Japan in 1960. He holds a Master of Science degree de-gree in Marine Engineering from the University of California. A native of Indiana, Admiral Yeomans was awarded the Legion Le-gion of Merit for his service as Strategic Planning Officer on the staff of the Commander Submarine Subma-rine Force, Pacific Fleet from May 1944 to Sept. 1945. Born in Ashtabula, Ohio, Admiral Ad-miral Russell was appointed to the Naval Academy from Vermont Ver-mont in 1917 and graduated in 1921. Admiral Russell was twice awarded the Legion of Merit award for exceptionally meritorious meri-torious service in World War II.