W. John Kenney

In 1936, Kenney began his career of public service when he was appointed chief of the oil and gas unit of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

After two years in government, he practiced law in Los Angeles until 1941, when he returned to Washington, D.C., as special assistant to James Forrestal, first Under Secretary of the Navy.

President of the United States Harry Truman appointed Kenney Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1946, and he served in that capacity from March 1, 1946, to September 19, 1947.

He helped to found the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

[4] In 1981, their three children (Kenney's grandchildren), donated to St. John's Church Lafayette Square a stained glass window in the Streators' honor.