External links Matthews biography from the Naval Historical Center Matthews profile from the Truman Presidential Library Francis Patrick Matthews at the US Department of State 1887 births 1952 deaths Creighton University alumni People from Albion, Nebraska Businesspeople from Nebraska Nebraska Democrats Reconstruction Finance Corporation United States Chamber of Commerce people United States Secretaries of the Navy Supreme Knights of the Knights of Columbus Ambassadors of the United States to Ireland Deputy Supreme Knights of the Knights of Columbus Catholics from Nebraska 20th-century American businesspeople