John F. Lehman
John F. Lehman, Jr. (born September 14, 1942) is an American investment banker and writer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration and since 2003 has been a member of the 9/11 Commission.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he received a B.S. in international relations from St. Joseph's University in 1964, studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge becoming B.A. and M.A., and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
He served in the Air Force Reserves for three years while at Cambridge, then in 1968 left the Reserves and joined the United States Navy as an ensign, later rising to the rank of commander.
He worked for Paine Webber, then later was president of Abington Corporation, from 1977 to 1981, when he was appointed to the Navy job.
As the 65th Secretary, Lehman launched the idea of building a "600-ship Navy".
As of 2004, he is chairmain of the private equity investment firm Edward Hidalgo
| width="40%" align="center"| Secretary of the Navy
| width="30%" align="center"| Succeeded by:
James H. Webb
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