History
On October 9, 1873, 15 naval officers gathered at the Academy's Department of Physics and Chemistry building in Annapolis to discuss military history and strategy. The founders of the U.S. Naval Institute were: Rear Admiral John L. Worden (former skipper of the USS Monitor), Commodore Foxhall Parker, Lieutenant Charles Belknap, Commanders Edward Terry and S. Dana Greene, Chief Engineer C. H. Baker, Medical Director Philip Lansdale, Pay Inspector James Murray, Lieutenant Commanders P. E. Harrington, J. E. Craig, Casper F. Goodrich, P. H. Cooper, C. J. Train, Lieutenant Willard H. Brownson, and Marine Corps Captain McLane Tilton.
In 1999, the organization dedicated its new headquarters, named Beach Hall to honor the contributions of Edward L. Beach, Jr. and his father and namesake, Edward L. Beach, Sr., who served as the Institute's secretary-treasurer.
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