![Official Portrait of John F. Lehman](/sites/default/files/John_Lehman%2C_official_photo_as_Secretary_of_the_Navy%2C_1982.jpeg)
John F. Lehman, Jr. served as Secretary of the Navy from 1981 to 1987. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Cambridge, he is the author of multiple books. His most recent is Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea (W. W. Norton and Company, 2018). He is also a retired Navy reserve captain who flew as a bombardier-navigator in A-6 Intruders.