Paul Robert Ignatius (born November 11, 1920) is an American government official who served as
Secretary of the Navy
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between 1967 and 1969 and was the
Assistant Secretary of Defense
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during the
Lyndon Johnson Administration
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Places
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* Lyndon, Solihull, West Midlands, England
United States
* Lyndon, Illinois
* Lyndon, Kansas
* Lyndon, Kentucky
* Lyndon, New York
* Lyndon, Ohio
...
.
Life and career
Ignatius was born in 1920 in
Glendale, California, the son of
Armenian
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parents who migrated to the United States, Elisa (née Jamgochian; hy, Ժամկոչեան) and Hovsep "Joseph" B. Ignatius (original last name – Ignatosian; hy, Իգնատոսեան). Ignatius' ancestors came from the historic Armenian settlement of Agin near
Kharpert. Ignatius is a trustee of the
George C. Marshall Foundation
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and member of the
Federal City Council
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and the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs. He has served previously as cofounder and chairman of the board of trustees for
Logistics Management Institute
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; chairman, president and CEO of
Air Transport Association
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Profile
Mission
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; president of ''
The Washington Post
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'' newspaper and executive vice president of
The Washington Post Company
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;
Secretary of the Navy
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By law, the se ...
;
Assistant Secretary of Defense
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(Installations and Logistics),
Under Secretary of the Army
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, and
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Logistics).
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He founded Harbridge House, Inc., a Boston management consulting
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and research firm. Ignatius received his bachelor's degree
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from the University of Southern California
, mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it"
, religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist
, established =
, accreditation = WSCUC
, type = Private research university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $8.1 ...
(Phi Beta Kappa
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and Phi Kappa Tau
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) and his MBA
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degree from Harvard Business School. He served as a commissioned lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
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in World War II
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, principally as an aviation ordnance officer aboard escort aircraft carrier
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in the Pacific. He has two sons and two daughters. David Ignatius
David Reynolds Ignatius (born May 26, 1950) is an American journalist and novelist. He is an associate editor and columnist for ''The Washington Post''. He has written eleven novels, including '' Body of Lies'', which director Ridley Scott adapt ...
is a columnist for ''The Washington Post
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'', and a novelist
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. Adi Ignatius
Adi Ignatius (born in Burbank, California) is editor-in-chief of ''Harvard Business Review''. He joined the magazine in January 2009.
Biography
Previously, he was deputy managing editor for ''Time (magazine), Time'', where he was responsible for ...
is editor-in-chief
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of ''Harvard Business Review
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''. Both daughters, Sarah and Amy, have practiced law. Amy Ignatius is a Superior Court Judge in New Hampshire. Sarah Ignatius has worked for decades as a non-profit executive director.
Legacy
On May 23, 2013, the Navy announced that an , would be named for him. She was commissioned at Port Everglades, Florida
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on July 27, 2019.
References
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1920 births
Living people
American people of Armenian descent
Harvard Business School alumni
People from Glendale, California
Military personnel from California
United States Secretaries of the Navy
University of Southern California alumni
The Washington Post people
20th-century American naval officers
20th-century American businesspeople
United States Under Secretaries of the Army
Journalists from California
American centenarians
Men centenarians
United States Navy personnel of World War II
United States Navy officers