{"id":25761,"date":"2025-11-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=25761"},"modified":"2025-11-10T21:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:53:57","slug":"paul-ignatius-alumnus-veterans-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/paul-ignatius-alumnus-veterans-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Dornsife honors 104-year-old alumnus, veteran and former Secretary of the Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/ignatius-obit-top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/ignatius-obit-top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/ignatius-obit-top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/ignatius-obit-top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Painting of Paul Ignatius sitting at a desk holding papers near an American flag\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Alumnus Paul Ignatius, former Secretary of the Navy, praised USC\u2019s liberal arts education. (Image source: Navy Department Library.) \n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=alumni\">Alumni<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>USC Dornsife honors 104-year-old alumnus, veteran and former Secretary of the Navy<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Paul Ignatius, a 1942 USC Dornsife graduate and World War II veteran, leaves a legacy that spans public service, journalism and philanthropy. \n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Darrin S. 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alumni have received the rare honor of having a naval ship named after them. Paul Ignatius may be the only one. The Half Century Trojans Hall of Fame honoree and former Secretary of the Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/06\/us\/politics\/paul-ignatius-dead.html\">died last week<\/a> at 104.<\/p>\n<p>Ignatius graduated with a history degree from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences in 1942, shortly before he was called to serve in the Navy during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>He would go on to serve high-level roles in the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson \u2014 first as Assistant Secretary of the Army, then as Under Secretary of the Army and Assistant Secretary of Defense, and finally as Secretary of the Navy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25764\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25764\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/ignatius-obit-in-story-a.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Ignatius speaks from behind a lectern near an artist\u2019s depiction of the USS Paul Ignatius\" width=\"400\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/ignatius-obit-in-story-a.jpg 980w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/ignatius-obit-in-story-a-500x341.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/ignatius-obit-in-story-a-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alumnus Paul Ignatius speaks during the 2013 naming ceremony for the future USS Paul Ignatius. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arif Patani.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He later served in a number of leadership positions, including president of <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, and founded a management consulting firm. He also authored two books and sat on the boards of several charitable organizations.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the Navy announced it would name a ship for him. The <em>USS Paul Ignatius<\/em>, an <em>Arleigh Burke<\/em>-class destroyer, was commissioned in July 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/a-name-with-firepower\/\">2013 interview<\/a> with USC Dornsife News, Ignatius said he \u201cwas quite surprised and really overwhelmed\u201d to learn of the plan to name the guided-missile destroyer after him. \u201cIt\u2019s a great honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ignatius also treasured his status as a Trojan alumnus and lauded USC Dornsife\u2019s liberal arts education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrounding in liberal arts equips one to evaluate complex issues that arrive with technology and scientific advances and rapid social change,\u201d he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/hall-of-famer-ignatius\/\">2014 interview<\/a> with USC Dornsife News. \u201cUnderstanding history and civilization helps one to appraise things that are happening now and happening at an accelerated rate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ignatius is among the ranks of many exceptional USC Dornsife Trojans who have served their country through military service.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Viet Luong<\/strong>, who graduated with a degree in biological sciences in 1987, became the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/star-soldier\/\">first Vietnamese-born general officer<\/a> in the U.S. military.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Army veteran <strong>Michael Donley<\/strong> served in several high-level government positions, including <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/an-air-force-of-nature\/\">secretary of the U.S. Air Force<\/a>, after graduating with a bachelor\u2019s degree in 1977 and a master\u2019s the following year.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Perhaps most well-known, Olympian, prisoner-of-war survivor and subject of the 2014 film <em>Unbroken<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/courageous-comrades\/\"><strong>Louis Zamperini<\/strong><\/a> graduated from USC Dornsife in 1940 before serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Trojan Family, one might argue, can take special pride in the accomplishments of these and the many other alumni veterans who have used their USC educations in service to their nation \u2014 particularly as the country celebrates Veterans Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-related-stories \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-related-stories\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Related Articles\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n                  <article>\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          <a 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