PAUL R. IGNATIUS NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE POST

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• Document Release Date: September 8, 2004
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• Publication Date: January 22, 1969
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Paul R. Ignatius Named
'resident of The Post.
tary of the Navy in the last ad-
ministration, was named presi-
dent of The Washington Post
yesterday.
Announcement was made by
Frederick S. Beebe, chairman
of the hoard, and Katharine
Graham, president of The
Washington Post Co., the cor-
poration that owns the news-
paper. Mrs. Graham will as-
sume the title of publisher of
the newspaper, a position held.
,both by her father, the late
.Eugene Meyer, and her hus-
, band, the late Philip L. Gra-
ham,
In addition to becoming
president of the newspaper,
Ignatius will become executive
vice president, and a member
of the board of directors and,
PAUL It. IGNATIUS
... new executive
The Washington Post Co., ' ` ,..r`. Southern California, where he
Ltd.
which in addition to the news- As president, of The Wash- was elected to Phi Beta
paper owns Newsweek maga; ington Post, Ignatius will be Kappa.'
presently performed by John' taus served In the Navy, most,
W. Sweeterman, who was re- of the time on the carrier Ma-
j Gently named vice chairman of nila Bay, as an aviation ord<
the board of The Washington nance officer.
Post Co. Sweeterman has been After the war, he returned
t publisher of the newspaper to the Harvard Business
since 1961, after joining The School.and graduated in 1947.
-Post in 1950 as business man. He spent the next three years
ager. James J. Daly, vice presi- there as an instructor In buss=
dent and general manager, ness administration.
and other senior business ex- In 1950, Ignatius and two as-
ecutives of The Post, will con- sociates founded the manage-
tinue in their present posi- ment consulting and research
tions. 1firm of rfarbridge House, and
"We are delighted 'and for-, for the next 11 years played o
tunato to have Paul Ignatius major role in its expansion,
.as our new president," Mrs. and development' into one of
Graham said yesterday. "Ile is the top firms of its kind.
a proven executive after al-. Defense Secretary Robert S.,
most eight years in top Penta- McNamara recruited Ignatius
gon jobs under President Ken- to Washington in May, 1961, as,
nedy and President Johnson, an 'assistant secretary of the
and after 11 years running his Army. He became under secre-
, own management consulting tary of the Army in February,
and research firm. 1964, assistant secretary of De-
"We needed Just such a fense in December, 1964, and
.man," Mrs. Graham continued, secretary of the Navy in Au-,
"to take over the responsibili- gust, 1967,
ties of John Sweeterman, who . Ignatius is married to the
has led The Post to record lev- former Nancy Sharpless
els In circulation, advertising Weiser of Holyoke, Mass. They
and earnings." have four children, and.. live at
Ignatius, who nvl11 assume 3650 Fo dham,rd., nw.
his new. position on March 1,
as born In Los Angeles In'
11920._He,,was educatedin thel
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