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He hauled down his flag at Pearl Harbor on November 26, 1945, and on December 15 relieved Fleet Admiral [[Ernest J. King]] as Chief of Naval Operations for a term of two years. On January 1, 1948, he reported as special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy in the Western Sea Frontier. In March of 1949, he was nominated as Plebiscite Administrator for Kashmir under the [[United Nations]]. When that did not materialize he asked to be relieved and accepted an assignment as a roving goodwill ambassador of the United nations, to explain to the public the major issues confronting the U.N. In 1951, President Truman appointed him as Chairman of the nine-man commission on International Security and Industrial Rights. This commission never got underway because Congress never passed appropriate legislation.
He hauled down his flag at Pearl Harbor on November 26, 1945, and on December 15 relieved Fleet Admiral [[Ernest J. King]] as Chief of Naval Operations for a term of two years. On January 1, 1948, he reported as special Assistant to the Secretary of the Navy in the Western Sea Frontier. In March of 1949, he was nominated as Plebiscite Administrator for Kashmir under the [[United Nations]]. When that did not materialize he asked to be relieved and accepted an assignment as a roving goodwill ambassador of the United nations, to explain to the public the major issues confronting the U.N. In 1951, President Truman appointed him as Chairman of the nine-man commission on International Security and Industrial Rights. This commission never got underway because Congress never passed appropriate legislation.
Thereafter, he took an active interest in San Francisco community affairs, in addition to his continued active participation in matters of concern to the Navy and the country. he was an honorary vice president and later honorary president of the Naval Historical Foundation. He served for eight years as a regent of the University of California and did much to restore goodwill with Japan by raising funds to restore the battleship ''Mikasa'', Admiral Togo's flagship at Tsushima in 1905.
Thereafter, he took an active interest in San Francisco community affairs, in addition to his continued active participation in matters of concern to the Navy. Nimitz was named an honorary vice president and later honorary president of the Naval Historical Foundation. He served for eight years as a regent of the [[University of California]] and did much to restore goodwill with Japan by raising funds to restore the battleship ''Mikasa'', Admiral Togo's flagship at Tsushima in 1905.
He died on 20 February 1966. A life-sized replica of the admiral has been sculpted by [[Armando Hinojosa]] of [[Laredo]], Texas, and placed at the entrance to the amusement park Sea World in [[San Antonio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stevensartfoundry.com/foundry-information/featured-sculptors/armando-hinojosa/armando-hinojosa-new/|title=Armando Hinojosa|publisher=stevensartfoundry.com|accessdate=July 27, 2012}}</ref>
==Promotions==
==Promotions==
*Graduated from the Naval Academy - Class of 1905
*Graduated from the Naval Academy - Class of 1905
*Ensign - 07 Jan. 1907
*Ensign - 07 Jan. 1907