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Admiral Hyman George Rickover died on July 8, 1986, at the age of 86. He had served in the navy, starting as a midshipman in the naval academy in 1918 and retiring in 1982 as a full admiral. His 64-year span of active service, including the four years he spent as a midshipman, was a record defying all the rules of mandatory retirement. His retirement in 1982 was forced upon him when President Reagan, acting on behalf of John Lehman, secretary of the navy, refused to extend his active duty.
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Bart Barnes, “Adm. Hyman Rickover was Tenacious Visionary,” Obituary, The Washington Post, July 10, 1986.
Clay Blair, The Atomic Submarine and Admiral Rickover (New York: H. Holt, 1954), p. 70.
Hedrick Smith, The Power Game: How Washington Works (New York: Random House, 1988).
Theodore Rockwell, The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made a Difference (Lincoln, NE: IUniverse, 2002), p. 118.
Elmo R. Zumwalt, On Watch: A Memoir (New York: Quadrangle, New York Times Book Co., 1976), p. 85.
John F. Lehman, Command of the Seas (New York: Scribner, 1988), p. 1.
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Zaleznik, A. (2008). To Be Single Minded: Admiral Hyman G. Rickover and the Nuclear Navy. In: Hedgehogs and Foxes. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230614154_5
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