He earned his fortune with the Wall Street firm Dillon Read Company and married Vogue columnist Josephine Ogden.
He earned his fortune with the Wall Street firm Dillon Read Company and married Vogue columnist Josephine Ogden. His first government position was as a Special Assistant to Franklin Roosevelt to aid in mobilization for WWII. His career advanced rapidly as he was the under secretary chosen to succeed his deceased boss Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy. That lasted five years, for in 1949 at Walter Reed hospital he committed suicide by jumping from a 16th- story window. FTP, identify this first U.S. Secretary of Defense.
He earned his fortune with the Wall Street firm Dillon Read Company and married Vogue columnist Josephine Ogden.
James {Forrestal}