page_title: Joseph K. Taussig Jr.
section_title: Civilian service
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph K. Taussig Jr. / Civilian service
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of the Honorable Joseph K. Taussig Jr., deputy assistant secretary of the Navy (Civilian Personnel Policy/Equal Employment Opportunity). National Archives identifier 6370254. DoD identifier DNSN8303952. From Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007 Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008
context_page_description: Joseph Knefler Taussig Jr. was a United States Navy officer during and after World War II, and a Navy civilian official in the 1980s. He was the son of Vice Admiral Joseph Taussig, and the grandson of Rear Admiral Edward David Taussig.
context_section_description: In 1981 he returned to Navy service as a civilian. Taussig was "the [U.S.] Navy's first designated high-level safety specialist" and self-styled "safety czar", appointed as a civilian special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy in 1985. He twice received the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award.
caption: Taussig as civilian Defense Department employee in 1983
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