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 Profile of  Francis P. Matthews
Francis
Brief profile :
Secretary of the Navy, 1949-1951
U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1951-1952
 
Personal Papers :  Francis P. Matthews Papers
 
Online Photos: Matthews photos
 
Biographical sketch :  
1887 (March 15) Born, Albion, Nebraska
1913 LL.B., Creighton University
1913 Admitted to Nebraska Bar, began private legal practice
1933-1949 Consultant, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
1941-1951 Director, Department of Finance, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1946-1947 Member, President's Committee on Civil Rights
1949-1951 Secretary of the Navy
1951-1952 U.S. Ambassador to Ireland
1952 (October 18) Died, Omaha, Nebraska
 
Other links :
President Truman's Cabinet-Secretary of the Navy

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