John F. Lehman
Autor de On Seas of Glory: Heroic Men, Great Ships, and Epic Battles of the American Navy
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Créditos de la imagen: Official U.S. Navy Portrait (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Nombre canónico
- Lehman, John F.
- Nombre legal
- Lehman, John Francis, Jr
- Otros nombres
- Lehman, John F., Jr.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1942-09-14
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Educación
- St. Joseph University (B.S. | 1964)
Gonville & Caius College (B.A. & M.A.)
University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. | 1974) - Ocupaciones
- public official
United States Secretary of the Navy (1981-1987)
investment banker
writer - Organizaciones
- 9/11 Commission (member)
J.F. Lehman and Company (chairman)
Ronald Reagan administration (1981-1987) - Biografía breve
- John F. Lehman Jr. is chairman of J.F. Lehman & Company, a private equity investment firm. He is also chairman of OAO Technology Solutions, director of Ball Corporation, Insurance Services Office, SDI Inc., Elgar Inc., and Racal Instruments, Inc., and a member of the Advisory Board of Paribas Affaires Industrielles. Lehman was formerly an investment banker with Paine Webber Inc. He was president of Abington Corporation between 1977 and 1981. He served 25 years in the naval reserve. Lehman was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Reagan in 1981 and served until 1987. During his tenure as Secretary of the Navy, Lehman was responsible for building a 600 ship Navy, establishing a strategy of maritime supremacy, and reforming ship and aircraft procurement. He has served as staff member to Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council, as delegate to the Force Reductions Negotiations in Vienna and as deputy director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Lehman holds a B.S. from St. Joseph's University, a B.A. and M.A. from Cambridge University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently an Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University. Lehman is the author of numerous books, including Command of the Seas, Making War, and On Seas of Glory. He serves as Chairman of the Princess Grace Foundation USA, a director of OpSail Foundation, a member of the Board of Overseers of the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a trustee of LaSalle College High School
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