Walter W. Webster served as Captain, U.S. Navy, and held successive leadership roles at this naval air material center as Production Superintendent from November 1925 to December 1927, Chief Engineer from December 1927 to July 1929, Manager from June 1936 to June 1940, and again Manager from December 1941 to March 1943. He was killed in March 1943 in an airplane accident near Chester, Pennsylvania, and the road was named in his memory and in recognition of his large part in the development of this naval air material center.