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<html> <head> <title>General Dynamics</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/company/240/000059063/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> General Dynamics COMPANY Defense contractor, founded 1899 as Electric Boat, renamed in 1952. Acquired Convair (merged 1954), Chrysler Combat Systems (purchased 1982), Bath Iron Works (purchased 1995), <a href="/company/134/000116783/">Gulfstream Aerospace</a> (purchased 2001) and National Steel and Shipbuilding (purchased 1998.) Formerly GD owned Cessna, but sold that division in 1992 to <a href="/company/496/000062310/">Textron</a>. Official Website: <a href="http://www.gendyn.com/">http://www.gendyn.com/</a> Ticker: NYSE:GD Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/929/000081686/" class=proflink>Falls Church, VA</a> Sales: $16.6B (2003) Employees: 67,600 (2003) EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/309/000125931/">Nicholas D. Chabraja</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of General Dynamics, 1997-2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000128592/">Lester Crown</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Henry Crown & Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/844/000170334/">Kenneth C. Dahlberg</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of SAIC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000129808/">Gordon R. England</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Deputy Secretary of Defense</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/579/000169072/">Dain M. Hancock</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP at Lockheed Martin, 2000-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000169703/">William J. Haynes II</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>DOD General Counsel, 2001-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/855/000169348/">Jay L. Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000115631/">Charles F. Kettering</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1958</tt></td> <td>Invented the electric starter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/334/000168827/">Michael J. Mancuso</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of General Dynamics, 1994-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000171891/">James R. Mellor</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000268335/">Phebe N. Novakovic</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of General Dynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000170157/">Walter M. Oliver</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Senior VP at General Dynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/393/000171877/">John K. Welch</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of USEC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000129813/">Michael W. Wynne</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Air Force, 2005-08</td> </tr> </table> CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/913/000402704/">Mary Barra</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of General Motors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/309/000125931/">Nicholas D. Chabraja</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of General Dynamics, 1997-2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000128579/">James S. Crown</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Henry Crown and Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/915/000402706/">Rudy F. deLeon</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Deputy Secretary of Defense, 2000-01</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000169341/">William P. Fricks</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Newport News Shipbuilding, 1995-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/320/000128933/">John M. Keane</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Army Vice Chief of Staff, 1999-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000169351/">Lester L. Lyles</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Commander, USAF Materiel Command, 2000-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/916/000402707/">Mark M. Malcolm</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Tower International, 2007-16</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/142/000268335/">Phebe N. Novakovic</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of General Dynamics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/959/000127578/">William A. Osborn</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/917/000402708/">Laura J. Schumacher</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP at AbbVie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000402709/">Peter A. Wall</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>British Army Chief of the General Staff, 2010-14</td> </tr> </table> PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/416/000024344/">Richard Armitage</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000056246/">Frank Carlucci</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000118441/">William J. Crowe, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-2007</tt></td> <td>US Navy Admiral</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000128592/">Lester Crown</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Henry Crown & Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/219/000059042/">Robert F. Ellsworth</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-2011</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/859/000169352/">Charles H. Goodman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of Henry Crown & Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/855/000169348/">Jay L. Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000169338/">George A. Joulwan</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Supreme Allied Commander, 1993-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/799/000167298/">Paul G. Kaminski</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Technovation, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/860/000169353/">Deborah J. Lucas</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Finance Professor at Northwestern</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000171891/">James R. Mellor</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000169349/">Carl E. Mundy, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Apr-2014</tt></td> <td>USMC Commandant, 1991-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/835/000169328/">J. Christopher Reyes</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Reyes Holdings LLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/623/000172107/">Carlisle Trost</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000169354/">Robert Walmsley</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Retired Royal Navy Admiral</td> </tr> </table> EMPLOYMENT <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000032109/">Lincoln Chafee</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Rhode Island, 2011-15</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/429/000171913/">Joseph T. Doyle</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Foster Wheeler, 2002-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/123/000123751/">Stephen Hardis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Eaton, 1995-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000102468/">Bruce Herschensohn</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Conservative activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/944/000124572/">Olden Lee</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Long-time Pepsi executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000399309/">John Niven</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1997</tt></td> <td>John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/047/000098750/">Thomas G. Pownall</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-2005</tt></td> <td>CEO of Martin-Marietta, 1982-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/352/000164857/">Joe B. Wyatt</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1982-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000165730/">Alfred M. Zeien</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Gillette, 1991-99</td> </tr> </table> EXTRANEOUS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/804/000123435/">Gordon O'Connor</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Canadian Minister of Defence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/275/000128888/">Michael Ussery</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Morocco, 1989-92</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=59063" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2017 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/336/000001333/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/336/1333/s1333.jpg" width=128> RIP Sydney Pollack</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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