Francis G. Naughten
2007
Francis G. Naughten, 86, a lawyer who was an executive with the National  Science Foundation, died Nov. 22 of congestive heart failure at his home in  Washington.
Mr. Naughten was a Washington native and grew up on one of the District's  last working farms, near the present-day Fort Totten Metro station. He graduated  from  St. John's College High School and later joined the Navy Reserve.
He entered active duty with the Navy in 1941, after one year as a student at  Georgetown University. He served in an anti-submarine squadron during World War  II.
After the war, he returned to Georgetown, where he received a bachelor's  degree in social science and, in 1951, a law degree. He had a private law  practice for several years and participated in a research project on national  security.
In 1957, he joined the federal government as a staff member of the  presidential science adviser. Mr. Naughten accepted an executive position at the  National Science Foundation in 1959 and held a number of executive positions  with the foundation, primarily in the general counsel's office. He retired in  1988 as a senior grant and contract specialist.
He lived in Kensington for more than 40 years before moving back to the District about five years ago.
He was a member of Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Washington.
His wife of 50 years, Mary McCormick Naughten, died in 1996.
Survivors include four children, Patrick J. Naughten of Seattle, Kate  Naughten Kesler of Annapolis and Christopher F. Naughten and Kevin S. Naughten,  both of Silver Spring; two sisters, Isabel N. O'Hearn of Washington and Mary  Alice Sohngen of Center Valley, Pa.; and four grandchildren.
-- Matt Schudel