He then became secretary of the Navy.
The first jet airplane carrier was named after this man. A naval aviator in World War I, he then became head of a Wall Street firm, in which capacity he testified before Congress on regulating securities. Roosevelt appointed him as undersecretary of the navy, where his business expertise helped him build up military supplies before World War II. He then became secretary of the Navy. FTP, identify the administrator who in 1947 became the first secretary of Defense, only to commit suicide two years later by jumping out of his hospital window.
The first jet airplane carrier was named after this man. A naval aviator in World War I, he then became head of a Wall Street firm, in which capacity he testified before Congress on regulating securities.
James Vincent Forrestal