Regarding Jonathan Jordan’s review of “Admiral Hyman Rickover” by Marc Wortman (Books, Feb. 12): My uncle worked for the admiral as a civilian during World War II. Adm. Rickover wanted to put all the ...

Adm. Hyman Rickover, “the father of the nuclear Navy,” once stated, “All new ideas begin in a non-conforming mind that questions some tenet of the conventional wisdom … Good ideas are not adopted ...

While submarines are generally named for states and cities, the US Navy has named a few for people. One of these remarkable individuals was Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, a Jewish Chicagoan who has had ...

Congressional circles welcomed this week-end the promotion of Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, son of Jewish immigrant parents, to Vice Admiral, a three star rank. Members of Congress have long ...

Tom Hanks of Williamsburg remembers clearly one of the official visits of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, known as the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” at the Newport News Shipyard in the early 1970s. Hanks ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new nuclear submarine will be commissioned this weekend in honor of a legendary Naval officer and Chicago native. The ceremony, that is replete with military meaning, will be the ...

A four-star admiral who was by turns despised, admired and feared within the Navy for generations due to his single-minded push to harness the power of the atom will be the namesake of the service’s ...

President Johnson presented today the American Heart Association 1964 Heart of the Year Award to Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the brilliant Jewish officer who was given the permanent rank of Vice ...

Back when future Hall of Fame coach Bill Belichick was a former head coach after a largely failed stint with the Cleveland Browns, he famously offered his opinion in a very tense moment about an ...

The smiling newspaper reporters in this photograph belie the seriousness of the moment. The elfin figure in the center is none other than Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the man in charge of the U.S.