He oversaw supplies for the war effort under Lyndon B. Johnson and later had a brief, rocky tenure as president of The Washington Post during the Pentagon Papers case.
He oversaw supplies for the war effort under Lyndon B. Johnson and later had a brief, rocky tenure as president of The Washington Post during the Pentagon Papers case.
Paul Ignatius was sworn in as secretary of the Navy in 1967 by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. Mr. McNamara had recruited him for government service as one of his “whiz kids” from the world of business.