deaths
May 14, 1994
W. Graham Claytor Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1914)
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
William Graham Claytor Jr. was an American attorney, United States Navy officer, railroad executive, and an administrator of railroad, transportation, and defense affairs for the United States government, working under the administrations of three US presidents.
United States Secretary of the Navy
The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. On March 25, 2025, John Phelan was confirmed as Secretary of the Navy.