Joseph A. Doyle

Joseph A. Doyle was born in New York City. He was educated at Georgetown University, receiving a B.S. in 1941. Doyle then served in the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945, and from 1943 to 1945, he was a naval aviator based on the USS Enterprise (CV-6). He was awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Cross.

Upon leaving the Navy in 1945, Doyle enrolled at Columbia Law School and received his LL.B. in 1947. He joined the law firm of Shearman & Sterling, becoming a partner in 1956.

President of the United States Jimmy Carter nominated Doyle as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) on December 12, 1979. He held this post for the rest of the Carter Administration, leaving government service in January 1981, at which time he returned to Shearman & Sterling.

Doyle's wife is Dr. Eugenie F. Doyle, a retired professor of pediatrics and director of the division of pediatric cardiology at the New York University Medical Center. Together, they have five children: Chris, Steve, Eugenie,[1] Jane,[2] and Richard.[3]

Doyle died on April 4, 2014 at his home in New York. He was 93.[4]