Captain Cornelius D. Meany retired on July 31, 1959, after over 32 years of service with the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Captain Meany is a native of Marlboro, Massachusetts, where he received his early education. He was later a student at the University of Maine, Thayer School of Civil Engineering and Dartmouth College. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1918 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. His entire professional career has been devoted to service in the Survey.

His field assignments included those of navigator, executive office, and commanding officer of survey ships along the coastal and offshore.