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When he came home in 1973, he found that his wife had left him to marry an Episcopal clergyman. The next year, he married Diane Wilcox Rauch, a physical therapist, and moved to California.

From 1978 to 1981, he served as the superintendent of the Naval Academy, where he helped smooth the way for women entering the academy and was on hand for his daughter Wendy's graduation in 1981. She went on to become an astronaut, and friends said it delighted him that she made it.

He went on to command the U.S. 3rd Fleet in Hawaii and was deputy chief of naval operations when he retired in 1986. He won the Distinguished Service Medal four times, three Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the BronzeStar with "V" device and two Purple Hearts.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 14 at the Naval Academy Chapel. Shuttle services to the academy from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium will begin at 9:30 a.m.

In addition to his wife, Admiral Lawrence is survived by three children, Capt. Wendy Lawrence of Houston, William Lawrence Jr. of Yorba Linda, Calif., and Dr. Laurie Lawrence of Nashville; a stepson, Frederick Rauch of North Stonington, Conn.; and five grandchildren.