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Joseph Paul Reason
Admiral Joseph Paul Reason ()
Born	() March 22, (age&#;83) Washington, D.C.
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Navy
Years&#;of service	&#;
Rank	Admiral
Commands	USS Coontz (DDG), USS Bainbridge (CGN), Naval Base, Seattle, Washington, Cruiser-Destroyer Group One, Battle Group Romeo, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, United States Atlantic Fleet
Battles / wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit
Other&#;work	Vice President for Ship Systems at SYNTEK Technologies, Inc., President and COO, and Vice Chairman of Metro Machine Corp, Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History

Joseph Paul Reason (born March 22, , in Washington, D.C.) was Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet from to Earlier in his career, as a commander, he was naval aide to the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, from December to June In , Reason became the first African-American officer in the United States Navy to become a four-star admiral.

Family, early life, and education

The son of Joesph Reason, a professor of Romance languages and director of libraries at Howard University, and his wife, Bernice, a high school teacher of biology, Reason grew up in a multiracial environment, living from in a home on Girard Street, NE, in Washington, D.C.

He participated in an integrated Boy Scout troop and attended McKinley Technology High School, spending a period every summer at a camp on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.

J paul reason biography of mahatma Post-military career [ edit ]. Joseph Paul's middle class upbringing in the Brookland section of northeast Washington emphasized intellectual development, education, and being culturally well rounded. During the height of the U. He also presents at the Naval Academy's Admissions Outreach conferences.

In –58, during his senior year in high school, Reason became interested in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, but was not selected although he ranked second out of applicants. Following this rejection, he spent his freshman year at Swarthmore College, his sophomore year at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), and his junior year at Howard University.

As he was completing his junior year at Howard University, Congressman Charles Diggs, Jr., (D-MI), contacted him and encouraged him to apply to the United States Naval Academy. Accepted for the Naval Academy Class of , Reason reported to Annapolis as a midshipman on 28 June and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in naval science and a commission as an ensign on 9 June Three days later, he married Dianne Lillian Fowler in the Naval Academy Chapel.

They have a son and a daughter.^[1]

Naval career

Following his commissioning, from June to September , Reason served as operations officer in USS J. Douglas Blackwood (DE), before attending the Naval Nuclear Power School at United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge from September to March , then attended the Naval Nuclear power training Unit at Schenectady, New York from March to September On completion of his nuclear power training, Reason was assigned to USS Truxtun (CGN) and participated in the ship's first deployment to Southeast Asia in during the Vietnam War.

In September , he entered the Naval Postgraduate School as a student, where he earned a Master of Science degree in computer systems management.

In December , Reason was assigned to the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN), in which he served until January , making two deployments to the Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean areas.

From January to August , he attended the Naval Destroyer School at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, followed by the Combat System Technical Schools Command at Mare Island from August through January

Returning to USS Truxtun (CGN), Reason served as her combat systems officer from January until June On completion of this sea assignment, Reason became a detailer for Surface Nuclear Junior Officer Assignment and Placement Branch, Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington until December , when he was assigned to the White House as Naval Aide to the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter.

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In June , he became executive officer of USS Mississippi (CGN) and remained in that post until May , when he was ordered to the Surface Warfare Officers School Command at Newport, Rhode Island in preparation for assignment in command of USS Coontz (DDG). Taking up his first command in September , he remained in USS Coontz (DDG), until December From sea duty, he was assigned to Naval Reactors, Department of Energy for instruction until April , when he took command of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Bainbridge (CGN) until July , during which period he was promoted to captain on 1 October

Selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half) on 26 June , he served as commander, Naval Base, Seattle, Washington from July to September , in which position he was responsible for all naval activities in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.

Returning to sea duty, he commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group 1 until November , then, promoted to rear admiral (upper half). At the same time, he commanded Battle Group Romeo aboard the flagship USS New Jersey (BB) in operations in the Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf regions.

J paul reason biography of mahatma gandhi Like him, many of the persons he studied with went on to have tremendous success and to become his lifelong friends, such as former Secretary of the Navy John Dalton ; Floyd Grayson, who started Grayson Homes of Ellicott City; Pete Tzomes, the first black officer to command a nuclear submarine; and Stanley Carter, a professor of naval science at Florida State University. His daughter Rebecca is an accountant and his son Joseph also joined the Navy. Reasoner, Harry. Bolden, Jr.

Following his selection to Vice Admiral in , he commanded Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, from January to July

From August to November , Reason served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Plans, Policy, and Operations (N3/N5). In November , he was selected for promotion to four-star admiral and assigned as Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet until he retired from active duty in ^[2]

Post-military career

Reason was vice president for ship systems at SYNTEK Technologies, Inc.

of Arlington, Virginia, from the end of his naval service in until He then became president and COO, and vice chairman of Metro Machine Corp., a ship repair company, from to

He has been a director of Amgen, Inc., Norfolk Southern Corporation, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Todd shipyards, as well as a member of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and the National War Powers Commission.

In , he was appointed to a four-year term as a member of the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History.

In , Reason donated his foot fishing boat, the Sea Dog, to the Potomac Riverkeeper Network to use in conducting regular water quality tests of the Potomac River in Reason's native Washington, D.C.^[3]

Published works

• Sailing new seas by J.

  Paul Reason with David G. Freymann. Newport Paper, no, 13 (Newport: Naval War College Press, ).

Decorations and medals

United States decorations and medals

Foreign decorations

• The Venezuelan Navy's La Medalla Naval Almirante Luis Brión

See also

References

External links

Media related to J. Paul Reason at Wikimedia Commons