Edward Paul Hogan

Commander Edward Paul Hogan, United States Navy, retired, died peacefully on July 15th, 2026 in Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Florida. He was 83.

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 16, 1942, Ed was the eldest son of the late Mr. Paul Aloysius Hogan and Mrs. Helen Wickham Hogan. He was also grandson of the late Mr. Patrick Francis Hogan and Mrs. Sarah Hanratty Hogan, as well as Mr. Edward Wickham and Mrs. Helen Bergstrom Wickham.

Ed attended Worcester Public Schools and graduated from Worcester South High School in 1960. In his youth, he enjoyed time spent with family at Moody Beach in Ogunquit, Maine. Ed attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester for two years. At age 19, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the USS Tills and USS Kidd. Ed ultimately graduated from Clark University in Worcester with a degree in Business Administration in 1965, where he was ‘65’s class social chairman, member of the Newman Connection, and chancellor (president) of Tau Epsilon Phi (ΤΕΦ) fraternity.

After graduate work in marketing research at Suffolk University in Boston, Ed entered Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Newport, Rhode Island in October 1965 and was commissioned as Ensign upon graduation in March 1966. Ed was initially assigned to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Flag Plot Data Processing Support Division in the Pentagon, where he was a Naval Intelligence Processing System (NIPS) programmer and worked on air operations in Southeast Asia. He lived in the Georgetown, Burleith, and Southwest Waterfront neighborhoods during his early years in the Federal City. Ed traveled the world through later assignments, which included the offices of then Naval Activities, United Kingdom (NAVACTUK) in London, NATO Headquarters in Brussels, and then Commander in Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC) Headquarters in Hawaii. He later returned to the Pentagon, serving in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Ed subsequently served on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) during the George H. W. Bush Administration. After 30 years of service, he retired from the Naval Reserves in 1992. Ed spent the majority of his civilian career in the information technology sector with Sperry UNIVAC and later Unisys’ Federal Systems Division: as a programmer, and later sales, at Sperry, and a branch manager for various civilian agencies at Unisys Federal. He ultimately retired as vice president of market development and planning from there.

Ed’s time in London ignited a lifelong admiration of English history and culture. He loved history of all types, a passion he enjoyed sharing with his only child and daughter, Meaghan. Ed was an amateur historian and delighted in learning more about the people of and the places in which he lived in Virginia Hunt Country and later his adopted home of Melbourne, Florida. Ed called hunt country his home for many years and held fond memories of his farms Oak Hill (c. 1778) in Round Hill and Ardcrony in Mountville. Ed was incredibly proud of his Irish heritage and was devoted to the Irish Wolfhounds he owned throughout his life, including Rufus, Brina, and Seamus–along with numerous horses and cats along the way.

Ed is survived by his beloved daughter, Miss Meaghan Keeler Hogan of Georgetown, Washington, DC; his former wife, Mrs. Deborah Keeler Yee of The Villages, Florida; his younger brother, Mr. Paul M. Hogan, wife Mrs. Patricia G. Hogan of North Wales, Pennsylvania, formerly of Holden, Massachusetts; nephew Mr. Michael P. Hogan, wife Mrs. Megan W. Hogan and their children Maeve, Kevin, and John Hogan of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania; and niece Dr. Tricia Hogan Burdo, husband Dr. Joseph Burdo and their children Olivia and Lucy Burdo of Dresher, Pennsylvania.

A funeral with military honors will be held at 1:30PM Friday, July 31st at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery, 5525 US Highway 1, Mims.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Ed’s memory may be made to the National Association of Destroyer Veterans (Tin Can Sailors), the Navy League of the United States, or the American Battlefield Trust.

The Hogan family sincerely thanks the entire staff at Victoria Landing Assisted Living for their thoughtful and dedicated care during “Commander Ed”’s 10 years as a resident, as well as Amedisys Hospice of Melbourne, Florida. Your friendship and compassion will not be forgotten.