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...friends, McNaughton was a man of charm and reserve. To his colleagues, he was a hard-driving executive who grasped issues with great clarity. To the nation, he lent his abilities to disarmament and arms control...
Perhaps his finest talent was, in the words of a former Law School associate, "his very great sensitivity to the interrelation of political and military action." McNaughton waged a constant battle to keep military activity under control...
McNamara had come to depend on McNaughton more and more as his confident and closest personal adviser. His death meant far more than the loss of a Secretary of the Navy. It meant an early end to a potentially great leader in American diplomatic affairs. The nation and the rational world grieves at this loss...
...John T. McNaughton, former professor of Law and Secretary-Designate of the Navy, died with his wife, his 11-year old son, and 79 other passengers Wednesday when a jetliner collided in air with a small airplane...
While at Harvard, McNaughton brought modern philosophy into his third-year course on Evidence...