Former Navy Secretary, Diplomat J. William Middendorf Dies at 101

Former Navy secretary, diplomat J. William Middendorf dies at 101

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — J. William "Bill" Middendorf, a longtime Rhode Island resident and U.S. Navy veteran with an extensive political career, has died. Sen. Jack Reed announced that Middendorf passed away Friday at the age of 101. Middendorf lived in Little Compton for more than 70 years and had an extensive career that included serving as an engineering officer and navigator during World War II. Reed said Middendorf briefly worked as an in…

Former US ambassador who lived in Little Compton dies at 101

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. (WLNE) — Former United States Ambassador and Secretary of the Navy J. William “Bill” Middendorf, II died on Oct. 24 at the age of 101. Sen. Jack Reed said that Middendorf lived in Little Compton for over 70 years, served as an engineering officer and navigator during World War II, an investment banker, and as treasurer of the Republican National Committee. His ambassadorships were to the Netherlands, the Organization of Amer…

Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Diplomat, Naval Secretary, and Rhode Island Statesman, Dies at 101

Newport Buzz Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Diplomat, Naval Secretary, and Rhode Island Statesman, Dies at 101 J. William Middendorf II, a statesman whose century-long life bridged war, diplomacy, politics, and the arts, died on October 24 in Fall River, Massachusetts. He was 101. A longtime resident of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Middendorf leaves behind a legacy of service that spanned the battlefields of World War II to the highest of…

Little Compton veteran, former Naval Secretary passes away at 101

J. William Middendorf, the former Naval Secretary and Ambassador to the European Union, passed away Friday at the age of 101.Middendorf, who lived in Little Com