John LONG

LONG

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/7/2006 at 18:52:49

Washington Post
11 December 2005

John Long, 87, a retired Navy commander and Washington area businessman, died Nov. 10 at his home in Fort Belvoir after a heart attack. In 1966, Mr. Long created and ran a mortgage brokerage and real estate business in the Northern Virginia area. Before that, he spent 22 years in the Navy, retiring in 1965. He was born in Eagle Grove, Iowa, and graduated from Loras College in Iowa in 1940. He attended law school at Northwestern University, Supply Corps Officer Training school at Harvard University and received an MBA from Stanford University in 1958. Entering the Navy in 1943, Mr. Long served in World War II in Guam and Yokohama, Japan. His U.S. postings included the naval stations in Alameda, Calif., and Norfolk, as well as the Navy Supply Corps Station in Philadelphia. He completed his career in the Navy serving from 1960 to 1965 with the Defense Supply Agency in Washington. He then spent the next 35 years as a businessman in McLean, retiring in 2000. His oldest son took over his brokerage firm. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Jane Long of For Belvoir; two children, John Long of Reston and Jim Long of North Potomac; two grandsons; and five great grandchildren.