Distinguished Members
Current and Former Companions of the Naval Order
Who has affiliated with the Naval Order since 1890? The rolls of the Naval Order include the names of many who served as President, Secretaries of Defense and of the Navy, Chiefs of Naval Operations, Commandants of the Marine Corps and of the Coast Guard, and admirals and generals, as well as many naval officers who distinguished themselves in the annals of our nation's naval history. They are the regular and reserve officers who served on, above, and below the surfaces of the seven seas, from Manila to Midway to Hormuz and the Persian Gulf in defense of those freedoms that are so cherished by the people of our nation.
A partial listing of some of our most senior more notable Companions, past and present, includes:
President/Commander-in-Chief: Richard M. Nixon (CDR), Ronald W. Reagan (Hon), George H.W. Bush (LT);
Secretaries of State, Defense and Navy: Charles F. Adams, Carlos Del Toro, Charles Edison, Paul B. Fay, James V. Forrestal, Gordon R. England, Fred Korth, John F. Lehman, Raymond E. Mabus Jr, Gen James Mattis, J. William Middendorf II, Truman H. Newberry, George P. Shultz, John L. Sullivan, Curtis D. Wilbur, David I. Walsh, John W. Warner;
Admiral of the Navy: George Dewey;
Fleet Admirals: William D. Leahy, Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz, William F. Halsey;
Admirals: Thad W. Allen, George W. Anderson Jr, Jackson D. Arnold, Stanley R. Arthur, Oscar C. Badger, Walter F. Boone, Jeremy M. (Mike) Boorda, William F. Bringle, Robert P. Briscoe, Charles R. Brown, Arleigh A. Burke, Robert P. Briscoe, Robert B. Carney, Arthur S. Carpender, John H. Cassady, Joseph J. Clark, Vernon E. Clark, Archie Clemins, Oswald S. Colclough, Thomas S. Combs, Richard L. Conolly, Charles M. Cooke Jr, William J. Crowe Jr, Donald C. Davis, Louis E. Denfeld, Louis R. Desteiguer, Austin K. Doyle, D.B. Duncan, Leon A. Edney, James O. Ellis Jr, Terrance T. Etnyre, Frank G. Fahrion, William J. Fallon, Thomas B. Fargo, William M. Fechteler, Harry D. Felt, James Fife, Aubrey W. Fitch, Sylvester R. Foley Jr, Matthias B. Gardner, Albert Gleaves, James S. Gracey, J.H. Hall Jr, Byron H. Hanlon, Huntington Hardisty, William H. Harris, Thomas C. Hart, Ronald J. Hays, Thomas B. Hayward, Henry K. Hewitt, Harry W. Hill, James R. Hogg, James J. Holloway Jr, James J. Holloway III, John H. Hoover, Royal E. Ingersoll, David E. Jeremiah, Jerome L. Johnson, Roy L. Johnson, Edward C. Kalbfus, Robert J. Kelly, Frank B. Kelso II, Isaac C. Kidd Jr, Husband E. Kimmel, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Alan G. Kirk, Robert E. Kramek, James M. Loy, Henry H. Mauz Jr, Henry T. Mayo, John S. McCain Jr, Wesley L. McDonald, Luke McNamee, Frederick H. Michaelis, Thomas H. Moorer, Ben Morell, Stuart S. Murray, Robert J. Natter, Albert G. Noble, William A. Owens, William K. Phillips, Alfred M. Pride, Joseph W. Prueher, Arthur W. Radford, Dewitt C. Ramsey, Samuel M. Robinson, Harold B. Sallada, U.S. Grant Sharp, Forrest P. Sherman, Frederick C. Sherman, William S. Sims, Leighton W. Smith, Raymond A. Spruance, William H. Standley, Arthur D. Struble, Felix B. Stump, William T. Swinburne, James H. Thach Jr, John S. Thach, Carlisle A. H. Trost, Richmond K. Turner, Russell R. Waesche, James D. Watkins, Maurice F. Weisner, John M. Will, Jerald Wright, Harry E. Yarnel, Paul A. Yost Jr, Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr;
Generals: Walter E. Boomer, Clifton B. Cates, Graves B. Erskine, Alfred M. Gray Jr, Michael W. Hagee, Richard D. Hearney, Thomas Holcomb, James L. Jones, Paul X. Kelley, Vernon E. McGee, Alfred H. Noble, Randolph M. Pate, Christian F. Schilt, Lemuel C. Shepard Jr, Holland M. Smith, Oliver P. Smith, Gerald C. Thomas, Alexander A. Vandergrift, Anthony C. Zinni;
Vice Admirals: Walden L. Ainsworth, James F. Amerault, Adolphus Andrews, Wilder D. Baker, Robert B. Baldwin, Daniel E. Barbey, Frank E. Beatty, Bruce Beran, Bernhard H. Bieri, Thomas H. Binford, Gerald F. Bogan, Joseph F. Boland, Michael L. Bowman, Carl A. Broaddus, John H. Brown Jr, Eliot H. Bryant, Paul D. Butcher, John H. Carson, Arthur K. Cebrowski, Edward L. Cochrane, Robert P. Coogan, Thomas R. Cooley, John D. Costello, Edgar A. Cruise, Richard H. Cruzen, Edmund S. Davis, Glenn B. Davis, M.V. Davis Jr, William V. Davis Jr, W.S. Delay Sr, F.C. Denebrink, J.S. Disher, Joseph S. Donnell III, James H. Doyle Sr, Richard M. Dunleavy, Robert F. Dunn, C.T. Durgin, R. Earl Jr, Clarence E. Ekstrom, C.F. Espe, John H. Fetterman Jr, Mark P. Fitzgerald, Bernard B. Forbes Jr, E.P. Forrestel, G.H. Fort, J.H. Foskett, E.D. Foster, L.H. Frost, Roy A. Gano, Henry C. Giffin III, W.A. Glassford, R. Goldthwaite, Hugh H. Goodwin, A.R. Gralla, Samuel L. Gravely Jr, Howard E. Greer, T. B. Ingram, R. M. Griffin, Charles H. Griffiths, Michael D. Haskins, R.W. Hayler, Diego E. Hernandez, R.H. Hillenkoetter, E.C. Holden Jr, William D. Houser, Raymond Ilg, James C. Irwin, Randall Jacobs, Jules James, Harry B. Jarrett, Ralph E. Jennings, F. L. Johnson, N.C. Johnson, Timothy W. Josiah, C. Turner Joy, Michael P. Kalleres, Bernard M. Kauderer, James L. Kauffman, Monroe Kelly, Cecil J. Kempf, Ingolf N. Kiland, Thomas J. Kilcline, Thomas J. Kilcline Jr, Yoji Koda, Emory S. Land, John B. LaPlante, Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr, Herbert F. Leary, Fitzhugh Lee, Anthony A. Less, Ruthven E. Libby, F.S.L. Littlefield, Charles A. Lockwood Jr, Leland P. Lovette, Clyde T. Lusk Jr, J.J. Manning, Edward H. Martin, William A. Martin, Allan R. McCann, Justin D. McCarthy, Ephraim R. McLean Jr, Heber H. McLean, Joseph J. McClelland, J. L. McCrea, H.H. McLean, Gordon McLintock, Frederick W. McMahon, William P. McNamee, Joseph Metcalf III, A. C. Miles, Paul David Miller, E.W. Mills, Lucian A. Moebus, Charles B. Momsen, W. R. Munroe, French R. Moore, Joseph P. Moorer, W.J. Moran, Marion E. Murphy, George D. Murray, J.W. Ogrady, Jesse B. Oldendorf, Daniel T. Oliver, Howard E. Orem, James B. Perkins III, Raymond E. Peet, F. W. Pennoyer Jr, Robert B. Pirie, Charles. A. Pownall, J. D. Price, William F. Raborn, Paul H. Ramsey, William E. Ramsey, John K. Ready, R. Barton Read, William A. Read Jr, John R. Redman, John W. Reeves Jr, Ralph S. Riggs, Clyde E. Robins, David B. Robinson, B. J. Rogers, Charles E. Rosendahl, Murrey L. Royar, Lorenzo S. Sabin, Harry Sanders, Walter G. Schindler, William A. Schoech, Robert F. Schoultz, James E. Service, J. F. Shafroth Jr, Ralph L. Shifley, William R. Smedberg III, Allan E. Smith, Robert J. Spane, Seldon B. Spangler, Thomas L. Sprague, James B. Stockdale, Paul D. Stroop, Wendell G. Switzer, W. T. Tarrant, Joseph K. Taussig Sr, L. H. Thebaud, Donald C. Thompson, Howard B. Thorsen, N. Ronald Thunman, Frederick M. Trapnell, William T. Tarrant, Jerry O. Tuttle, Ernest H. Vonheimburg, Austin C. Wagner, Thomas J. Walker, Edward C. Waller III, Robert L. Walters, Frank T. Ward Jr, Frank T. Watkins, Charles Wellborn Jr, Mark A. Whalen, Richard F. Whitehead, Francis E.M. Whiting, J.P. Whitney, Joseph B. Wilkinson Jr, Arthur L. Willard, Morton D. Willcutts, Clark H. Woodward, G. C. Wrignt, Howard A. Yeager, James A. Zimble
Lieutenant Generals: John W. Bergman, William T. Clement, Edward A. Craig, Thomas J. Cushman, George F. Good Jr, Leo D. Hermle, Leroy P. Hunt, Clayton C. Jerome, Victor H. Krulak, Edward J. Miller, Robert F. Milligan, John C. McQueen, Ralph J. Mitchell, Lawrence D. Nicholson, William E. Riley, Keller E. Rockey, Alan Shapley, Merwin H. Silverthorn, Holland M. Smith, William J. Wallace, Thomas E. Watson, Walter W. Wensinger, Louis E. Woods;
Rear Admirals: J.W. Adams, G.A. Aitcheson, D.S. Albright Jr, P.L. Albright, F.J. Allston, F.L. Ames, F.H. Anderson, T.L. Andrews III, P.L. Andrus, V.J. Anzelotti, J.A. Austin, J.M. arr, J.J. Barth Jr, J.R. Batzler, T.R. Beard Jr, George E. Belknap, Reginald R. Belknap, J.R. Benjamin, J.J. Bepko III, Harold J. Bernsen, D.H. Beumer, B.H. Bieri, J.W. Bitoff, B.A. Black, P.A. Bondi, R.E. Box, A.A. Braccia, J.C. Breast, S.R. Briggs, M.K. Brown, Thomas F. Brown III, J.F. Brunelli, Richard E. Byrd, Joseph F. Callo, J.. Campbell, J.J. Carey, R.K. Chambers, E.M. Chanik Jr, D.E. Ciancaglini, C.A. Ciardello, H.I. Cone, D.R. Conley, R.R. Couture, W.V. Cross II, R.P. Cueroni, S.A. Cummins, A.M. Danielsen, J.P. Debbout, J. Ronald Denney, Jeremiah A. Denton, Richard F. Donnelly, R.F. Duncan, Winford G. Ellis, Robert C. Esterbrooks, Marsha J. Evans, Kenneth L. Fisher, John R. Fisher, Bradley A. Fiske, Eugene B. Fluckey, H.J. Patrick Foley, James E. Forrest, Larry B. Franklin, C.W.G. Fulcher, Robert B. Fulton, Mack C. Gaston, J.D. Gavan, Ralph McD. Ghormley, F. Stephen Glass, Albert Gleaves, J.E. Gordon, Russell W. Gorman, James V. Grealish, Charles D. Grojean, Wallace N. Guthrie Jr, Benjamin T. Hacker, Lyle R. Hall, T.F. Hall, F.W. Harness, William H. Harris, Kenneth G. Haynes, Raymond Hemming, Nelson O. Heyer, Robert P. Hickey Jr, John J. Higginson, Thomas J. Hill, Virgil L. Hill Jr, Edward J. Hogan Jr, Grant T. Hollett Jr, Stewart W. Hopkins, Charles F. Horne III, Paul N. Howell, G.A. Huchting, William C. Hushing, Robert G. James, Thurston H. James, P.J. Johnson, R.G. Jones, Wesley E. Jordan, Paul Kaufman, Thomas A. Kamm, Isaac C. Kidd Sr, Frank W. Keane, Stephen T. Keith, Morris D. Kerstein, John H. Kirkpatrick, D.L. Kloeppel, J.E. Koehr, G.E. Kuhn, John F. Kurtzke, William H. Langenberg, Arthur N. Langston III, Bobby C. Lee, Ben J. Lehman, W.T. Leland, Eugene H. C. Leutze, Lee E. Levenson, Fredrick L. Lewis, T.G. Lilly, James H. Lipscomb III, William H. Livingston, Stephen B. Luce, W.J. Lynch, G.W. Mackay, Alfred Thayer Mahan, W.C. Marsh, T.F. Marfiak, J.I. Maslowski, T.T. Matteson, James H. Mayer, Henry T. Mayo, Burnham C. McCaffree Jr, James E. McCardell, Dennis F. McCoy, Michael A. McDevitt, Barbara E. McGann, Henry C. McKinney, William T. McMullen, Thomas A. Mercer, William F. Merlin, Wayne E. Meyer, Floyd H. Miller, James E. Miller, Jay R. Miller, Joseph H. Miller, Lloyd W. Moffitt, Benjamin F. Montoya, Douglas M. Moore Jr, Thomas E. Morris, Samuel Eliot Morison, Albert G. Mumma, William M. Narva, R.J. Naughton, B. Bruce Newell, Alvin S. Newman, Richard J. Nibe, David R. Nicholson, Robert C. North, Robert M. Nutwell, James D. Olson, Warren H. O’Neil, Owen H. Oberg, J.F. Ohara, J.F. Paddock, P.W. Parcells, J.W. Partington, Thomas J. Patterson Jr, Albert G. Paulsen, Charles N. Paxton, Jack F. Pearse, Paul A. Peck, Gordon G. Piché, S.R. Pietropaoli, Stuart F. Platt, Paul J. Pluta, James D. Ramage, Robert A. Ravitz, Joseph John R. Redman, George Reider, Daniel C. Richardson, Albert E. Rieder, Tommie F. Rinard, Stewart A. Ring, David S. Rogers, Eustine P. Rucci, Merrill W. Ruck, William T. Sampson, R.R. Sareeram, Norman T Saunders, Winfield S. Schley, John J. Schieffelin, Jud Scott, J.W. Seeley, Brian T. Sheehan, M.R. Shelley, D.M. Showers, W. Gene Sizemore, G.J. Slavonic, Duret S. Smith, F. Neal Smith, Jack S. Smith, Lester R. Smith, Philip W. Smith, Robert Smith III, Robert L. Smith, Leonard A. Snead II, Arnold I. Sobel, Bennette S. Sparks, Paul H. Speer, Robert C. Stack, Thomas A. Stansbury, D.M. Stowers, William D. Sullins Jr, John J. Sweeney, William G. Thompson, E.E. Tissot, Morton E. Toole, Ronald D. Tucker, N.C. Venzke, Edward K. Walker Jr, John G. Walker, Anthony J. Watson, Alban Weber, Hugh L. Webster, Winston H. Weese, Glenn E. Whisler Jr, Philip A. Whitacre, Louis A. Williams, Park W. Willis III, Donald E. Wilson, Edwin M. Wilson Jr, John R. Wilson Jr, Ray C. Witter, Gerald F. Woolever, John L. Worden, H.W. Yamanouochi, R.E. Young, Stephen G. Yusem, A.G. Ziagos Sr, R.G. Ziolkowski, R.L. Zralek;
Major Generals: Ronald L. Beckwith, James H. Berge Jr, Robert Blake, William G. Bowdon III, Dudley S. Browne, Gary E. Brown, Andrew E. Creesy, Paul A. Fratarangelo, Jack M. Frisbie, Hugh W. Hardy, Field Harris, Franklin A. Hart, Charles Heywood, Sherlock Hibbs, William P.H. Hill, Robert P. Hollis, Charles. J. Horner, Samuel L. Howard, Samuel S. Jack, Gerald S. Maloney, James E. Livingston, Melvin J. Maas, David M. Mize, Richard Mulberry, Raymond L. Murray, James M. Myatt, Robert G. Owens Jr, Jeremiah W. Pearson III, William R. Quinn, Leonard E. Rea, Fred S. Robillard, Ray A. Robinson, Lawson H. Sanderson, John L. Smith, Clyde L. Vermilyea, John T. Walker, Mitchell J. Waters, William J. Whaling, Thomas L. Wilkerson, William A. Worton;
Brigadier Generals: J.P. Adams, M. K. Beyer, James Forney, William J. Fox, J.A. Gallinetti, E.J. Hagen III, W.H. Klenke Jr, A.W. Kreiser, J.R. Lanigan, James F. Lawrence, H.D. Linscott, Jarvis D. Lynch Jr, Charles L. McCawley, John N. McLaughlin, Ivan W. Miller, Richard Mulberry, Michael L. Mulqueen, Frederick R. Payne, Robert H. Pepper, Percival C. Pope, George C. Reid, Ronald D. Salmon, Harry Schmidt, John T. Selden, Henry T. Waller, Thomas L. Wilkerson, Frank H. Wirsig;
Senior Enlisted: SgtMaj Micheal Barrett, MCPOCG V. W. Patton III, FLTCM (SS/SW/AW) C. P. Weaver, FORCM (SW/AW) K. H. O’Connor, CNOCM (SW) H. J Kantrovich, MCPON Rick West, MCPOCG Michael Leavitt;
Medal of Honor Winners: CPO John W. Finn, CAPT Thomas Hudner Jr;
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