serviceyears branch predecessor successor death_date birth_place president death_place interred party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
1911 -- 1929 united states navy james lawrence fly james lawrence fly george h. payne paul a. porter paul a. porter george e. sterling april 28 , 1965 baltimore , maryland franklin d. roosevelt bethesda , maryland arlington national cemetery unaffiliated chairman war communications member . federal communications commission , federal communications commission chairman , board of march 20 , 1893 november 15 , 1944 16 , 1944 november 16 , 1944 february e. k. jett
 december 31 , 1947 20 , 1944 december 20 , 1944 december ewell kirk jett radio engineer
e. k. jett

lt. ewell kirk `` jack '' jett , usn -lrb- born in baltimore , maryland , march 20 , 1893 ; died in bethesda , maryland , april 28 , 1965 -rrb- was chief engineer and later a commissioner of the united states federal communications commission in the late 1930s and 1940s , serving briefly as the commission 's chairman .
he later managed baltimore television station wmar .
