Distinguished Members
Current and Former Companions of the Naval Order

Who are among the Companions of the Naval Order - the oldest, exclusively naval, American society...eleven years older than the Navy League? A partial listing of some of our more notable Companions, past and present, includes:

• President/Commander-in-Chief:  Richard M. Nixon (CDR), Ronald W. Reagan (Honorary), George H.W. Bush (LT)
• Secretaries of State, Defense and Navy:  Charles F. Adams; Charles Edison; Paul B. Fay; James V. Forrestal; Gordon R. England, Fred Korth; John F. Lehman; J. William; Middendorf II; John F. Lehman; Truman H. Newberry; George P. Shultz; John L. Sullivan; Curtis D. Wilbur; David I. Walsh;
• Admiral of the Navy:  George Dewey
• Fleet Admirals:  William D. Leahy; Ernest J. King; Chester W. Nimitz; William F. Halsey.
• Admirals: 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. Yarnell;  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; Paul X. Kelley; Vernon E. McGee; Alfred H. Noble; Randolph McC. Pate; Christian F. Schilt; Lemuel C. Shepard, Jr.; Holland Mc. Smith; Oliver P. Smith; Gerald C. Thomas; Alexander A. Vandergrift; Anthony C. Zinni
• Vice Admirals: Walden L. Ainsworth; Adolphus Andrews; Wilder D. Baker; Robert  B. Baldwin; Daniel E. Barbey; Frank E. Beatty; A. 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 R. 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.; 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; Ephraim R. McLean, Jr.; 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; 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; 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:  MCPOCG V.W. Patton, III; FLTCM(SS/SW/AW) C.P. Weaver; FORCM(SW/AW) K.H. O’Connor; CNOCM(SW) H,J. Kantrovich,

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