Richard B. Myers, Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joins Northrop Grumman Board of Directors
15 Mars 2006 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
LOS ANGELES, March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced that retired U.S. Air Force
General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, has been elected to the company's board of directors.
Northrop Grumman's board now totals 12 members, 11 of whom are
non-employee directors. "Dick Myers brings to our board outstanding
leadership credentials and a deep understanding of the national
security challenges facing our country today," said Ronald D.
Sugar, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Northrop
Grumman Corporation. "He will be an excellent addition to our board
and we look forward to benefiting from his contributions." Myers
retired from his position as the fifteenth chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff in September, 2005 after serving for four years. In
that capacity, he was the principal military advisor to the
president, the secretary of defense and the National Security
Council. Before becoming chairman, he was vice chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff where he served as the chairman of the Joint
Requirements Oversight Council, vice chairman of the Defense
Acquisition Board, and as a member of the National Security Council
Deputies Committee and the Nuclear Weapons Council. Previously,
Myers was commander in chief of the North American Aerospace
Defense Command and U.S. Space Command; commander of the Air Force
Space Command; and Department of Defense manager of Space
Transportation System Contingency Support. Earlier, he was
commander of the Pacific Air Forces; assistant to the chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and commander of U.S. Forces Japan and
5th Air Force. His career includes operational command and
leadership positions in a variety of Air Force and Joint
assignments. A command pilot, he has flown more than 4,100 hours in
the T-33, C-37, C-21, F-4, F-15 and F-16 aircraft, including 600
combat hours in the F-4. Myers earned a bachelor of science degree
in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University and a
masters degree in business administration from Auburn University.
He attended the Air Command and Staff College, the U.S. Army War
College, and the program for senior executives in national and
international security at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
at Harvard University. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global
defense company headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop
Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative products,
services and solutions in systems integration, defense electronics,
information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space
technology. With approximately 125,000 employees and operations in
all 50 states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and
international military, government and commercial customers.
DATASOURCE: Northrop Grumman Corporation CONTACT: Dan McClain of
Northrop Grumman Corporation, +1-310-201-3335, Web site:
http://www.northropgrumman.com/
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