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Norm Augustine | |
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| United States Secretary of the Army | |
Acting | |
| In office July 3, 1975 – August 5, 1975 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Bo Callaway |
| Succeeded by | Martin Richard Hoffmann |
| United States Under Secretary of the Army | |
| In office May 1975 – July 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Herman R. Staudt |
| Succeeded by | Walter B. LaBerge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Norman Ralph Augustine (1935-07-27)July 27, 1935 (age 90) |
| Education | Princeton University (BS,MS) |
Norman Ralph "Norm"Augustine (born July 27, 1935) is aU.S. aerospace businessman who served asUnited States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman and CEO of theLockheed Martin Corporation. He was chairman of theReview of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.
In 1983, Augustine was elected as a member into theNational Academy of Engineering for imaginative blending of the skills of engineer, analyst, and manager to accomplish important aerospace engineering projects.
Augustine was raised inColorado, "an only child in the mountains," and the first of his family to have the opportunity to attend college.[1]
He attendedPrinceton University, from where he graduatedmagna cum laude with aB.S.E. inAeronautical Engineering and anM.S.E. He completed a 295-page senior thesis titled "Preliminary Design for a Supersonic Trainer" with John W. Bittig and Douglas N. Beatty.[2] He was elected toPhi Beta Kappa,Tau Beta Pi andSigma Xi.
In 1958, he joined theDouglas Aircraft Company in California, where he worked as a research engineer,program manager andchief engineer. Beginning in 1965, he served in theOffice of the Secretary of Defense as Assistant Director of Defense Research and Engineering. He joinedLTV Missiles and Space Company in 1970, serving as vice president of advanced programs and marketing. In 1973 he returned to the government as Assistant Secretary of the Army and in 1975 became Under Secretary of the Army, and later Acting Secretary of the Army. JoiningMartin Marietta Corporation in 1977 as vice president of technical operations, he was elected as CEO in 1987 and chairman in 1988, having previously been president and COO. In 1990, he chaired theAdvisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, known as the Augustine Committee. He served as president of theLockheed Martin Corporation upon the formation of that company in 1995, and became CEO later that year. He retired as CEO of Lockheed Martin in April 1997 to join the faculty ofPrinceton University in September 1997, where he served as alecturer until July 1999.[3][4]
In 1999 he helped foundIn-Q-Tel, a venture capital firm sponsored by theCIA with a mandate to support United States intelligence by investing in advanced technology.[5][6]
Augustine was chairman and principal officer of theAmerican Red Cross for nine years, chairman of theNational Academy of Engineering, president and chairman of the Association of the United States Army, chairman of theAerospace Industries Association, and chairman of theDefense Science Board. He is a former president of theAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and theBoy Scouts of America. He is a former member of the board of directors of ConocoPhillips, Black & Decker,Procter & Gamble and Lockheed Martin, and was a member of the board of trustees of Colonial Williamsburg. He is a regent of theUniversity System of Maryland, trustee emeritus ofJohns Hopkins and a former member of the board of trustees of Princeton and MIT. He is a member of the advisory board to theDepartment of Homeland Security, was a member of the Hart/Rudman Commission on National Security, and served for 16 years on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He is a member of the guiding coalition of theProject on National Security Reform. He is a member of theAmerican Philosophical Society,[7] the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and theExplorers Club.
In May 2009, Augustine was named as chairman of theReview of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee, which was tasked to reviewNASA's plans for the Moon, Mars and beyond.[8]
In March 2011, Augustine agreed to serve as chair of the U.S. Antarctic Program Blue Ribbon Panel to assess U.S. activities in the South Pole. In July 2011, Augustine became a member of the United States Energy Security Council,[9] which seeks to diminish oil's monopoly over the US transportation sector and is sponsored by the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS).[9] He currently sits on the America Abroad Media advisory board,[10] the advisory board of Feynman School, a school for academically gifted children in STEM fields,[11] and on the board of advisors of theCode of Support Foundation, a nonprofit military services organization.[12] He currently serves on the Board of Managers for theJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.[13]
Augustine has been presented theNational Medal of Technology by the President of the United States and received theJoint Chiefs of StaffDistinguished Public Service Award. He has five times received the Department of Defense's highest civilian decoration, theDistinguished Civilian Service Award. He is co-author of The Defense Revolution and Shakespeare In Charge and author ofAugustine's Laws and Augustine's Travels. He holds 34 honorary degrees and was selected by Who's Who in America and theLibrary of Congress as one of “Fifty Great Americans” on the occasion of Who's Who's 50th anniversary. He has traveled in over 130 countries and stood on both the North and South Poles.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | United States Under Secretary of the Army 1975–1977 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | United States Secretary of the Army Acting 1975 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chair of theDefense Science Board 1982–1986 | Succeeded by |
| Business positions | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Pownall | CEO ofMartin Marietta 1987–1995 | Position abolished |
| New office | CEO ofLockheed Martin 1995–1997 | Succeeded by |
| Non-profit organization positions | ||
| Preceded by | National President of the Boy Scouts of America 1994–1996 | Succeeded by |
