OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
James Vincent Forrestal 

BORN:
February 15, 1892;
Matteawan (now Beacon), New York

DIED:
May 22, 1949 (age 57);
Bethesda, Maryland

EDUCATION:
Dartmouth College, 
Princeton University (BA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1908-1911:
Worked for Local Newspapers in New York
1940-1944:
U.S. Under Secretary of the Navy
1944-1947:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy:
1947-1949:
First U.S. Secretary of Defense

PORTRAITS:

RESOURCES: 

BIOGRAPHIES:
Department of Defense
Princeton University 
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Princeton University (Digital Content)

PROFILES:
Washington Post (5/23/1999)

OBITUARIES:
New York Times