James Forrestal
Boxing, Politician
1892 – 1949
Who was James Forrestal?
James Vincent Forrestal was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.
Forrestal was a supporter of naval battle groups centered on aircraft carriers. In 1954, the world's first supercarrier was named USS Forrestal in his honor, as is the headquarters of the United States Department of Energy. He is also the namesake of the Forrestal Lecture Series at the United States Naval Academy, which brings prominent military and civilian leaders to speak to the Brigade of Midshipmen, and of the James Forrestal Campus of Princeton University in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey.
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- Born
- Feb 15, 1892
Beacon - Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- History of the term "Catholic"
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Dartmouth College
- Princeton University
- Employment
- United States Department of Defense
(1947/09/19 - 1949/03/19)
- United States Department of Defense
- Lived in
- Beacon
- Died
- May 22, 1949
Montgomery County - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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