Paul Ignatius, Navy secretary at height of Vietnam War, dies at 104

He also served as president of The Washington Post and led a trade organization for airline companies

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Paul R. Ignatius, a management consultant who served as secretary of the Navy at the height of the Vietnam War and spent two turbulent years as president of The Washington Post, died Nov. 6 at his home in Washington. He was 104.

His son David Ignatius, a Post journalist and novelist, confirmed the death but did not cite a specific cause.

The son of Armenian immigrants, Mr. Ignatius grew up in Southern California, served in the Navy during World War II and considered becoming a Hollywood scriptwriter or filmmaker. Instead he veered into business, getting an MBA from Harvard and helping launch a management-consulting firm called Harbridge House.

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