1. John Lehman was an advisor to Senator John McCain for the 2008 presidential race, and for Senator Mitt Romney in his 2012 bid.
19 Facts About John Lehman
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John Lehman is a first cousin once removed of Grace Kelly, and is Chairman of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, a public charity established after Princess Grace's death to support emerging artists in film, dance, and theater.
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John Lehman led the American delegation to the funeral of Prince Rainier.
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John Lehman was in the US Air Force Reserve for three years in Cambridge and in 1968 left the Air Force Reserve and joined the United States Naval Reserve as an ensign.
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John Lehman was on the staff of the National Security Council under Henry Kissinger.
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In 1977, John Lehman founded the Abington Corporation, a consulting company with clients including defense companies such as Northrop Corporation.
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John Lehman remained its president and director until 1981, when he was appointed by Ronald Reagan to be Secretary of the Navy.
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John Lehman became Secretary of the Navy at 38, a young age of which he was conscious in his dealing with admirals.
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John Lehman was unique in still being a commander in the Naval Reserve and on active flight status while he was secretary.
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John Lehman developed a strategic concept to counter the threat of Soviet incursion into Western Europe known as the "Lehman Doctrine".
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John Lehman sided with General Dynamics after it had falsified inspection records to hide welding flaws on submarines and pushed a settlement that paid over 600 million dollars for what Rickover called shoddy work.
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John Lehman was then promoted to the rank of captain in the US Naval Reserve in 1989 and later retired from the US Navy as a reserve officer in that rank after 30 years of service.
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John Lehman was a former investment banker with UBS AG, Paine Webber, and the president of Abington Corporation.
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John Lehman is chairman of the board of OAO Technology Solutions Inc He is an honorary member of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry.
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John Lehman is currently the chairman of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA and is a director of the OpSail Foundation.
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John Lehman is a member of the board of overseers of the School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a trustee of La Salle College High School.
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John Lehman has been on the board of directors of the Ball Corporation since 1987.
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John Lehman is an advisory board member for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy.
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On June 26,2012, John Lehman revealed to the staff of the United States Naval Institute and in a speech given in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, the Reagan administration secretly offered the use of the amphibious assault helicopter carrier Iwo Jima as a replacement in case either of the two British carriers, the Hermes and the Invincible, had been damaged or destroyed during the 1982 Falklands War.