Maxwell Forrest

Maxwell Forrest was an Earth Starfleet flag officer who supervised the NX project and the Enterprise in the 2150s. In this capacity, Forrest was involved in many of the important galactic events that led to the formation of the United Federation of Planets. He was killed in 2154 while saving Ambassador Soval from a bombing of the United Earth embassy on Vulcan. 

Starfleet: The First Era
Deep Space Station K-1, Earth Starfleet's first deep space station and the prototype of the, was nicknamed Outpost Maxwell Forrest in honor of Forrest's sacrifice to save Ambassador Soval.