James L. Holloway, Jr.
| James L. Holloway Jr. | |
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Admiral James L. Holloway Jr.
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| Birth name | James Lemuel Holloway Jr. |
| Nickname(s) | Lord Jim Gentleman Jim Lord Plushbottom |
| Born |
June 20, 1898 Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| Died | January 11, 1984 (aged 85) Falls Church, Virginia |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1918-1959 |
| Rank |
 Admiral
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| Commands held | United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II Lebanon crisis of 1958 |
| Awards |
Navy Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit |
| Relations | son-in-law of Major General Johnson Hagood father of Admiral James L. Holloway III father-in-law of Rear Admiral Lawrence Heyworth Jr. stepfather-in-law of astronaut Wally Schirra |
| Other work | Governor, United States Naval Home |
James Lemuel Holloway Jr. (June 20, 1898 – January 11, 1984) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as superintendent of the United States Naval Academy from 1947–1950; as chief of naval personnel from 1953–1957; and as commander in chief of all United States naval forces in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from 1957–1959, in which capacity he commanded the 1958 American intervention in Lebanon. As founder of the Holloway Plan, he was responsible for creating the modern Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps.
He was the father of four-star admiral and chief of naval operations James L. Holloway III. As of 2009, they are the only father and son to both serve as four-star admirals in the United States Navy while on active duty, as opposed to being promoted to that rank posthumously or at retirement.
He was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas to future centenarian James Lemuel Holloway Sr. and the former Mary George Leaming. In 1904, his family moved to Dallas, Texas, where he was a varsity football tackle and a member of the debate team at Oak Cliff High School, from which he graduated in 1915. Unable to secure an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, his original ambition, he instead passed the entrance examinations for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and entered the Naval Academy as a midshipman in 1915. He graduated in June 1918 near the bottom of the accelerated class of 1919, ranked 149th out of 199, and later claimed that he had avoided flunking out of the Academy only because his class graduated early due to World War I. "I knew I would have bilged in mechanics."
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