Norman R. Augustine Explained

Norm Augustine
Office:United States Secretary of the Army
Status:Acting
President:Gerald Ford
Term Start:July 3, 1975
Term End:August 5, 1975
Predecessor:Bo Callaway
Successor:Martin Richard Hoffmann
Office1:United States Under Secretary of the Army
President1:Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Term Start1:May 1975
Term End1:July 1977
Predecessor1:Herman R. Staudt
Successor1:Walter B. LaBerge
Birth Name:Norman Ralph Augustine
Birth Date:27 July 1935
Birth Place:Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Education:Princeton University (BS, MS)

Norman Ralph "Norm" Augustine (born July 27, 1935) is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation. He was chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.

In 1983, Augustine was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering for imaginative blending of the skills of engineer, analyst, and manager to accomplish important aerospace engineering projects.

Career

Augustine was raised in Colorado and attended Princeton University, from where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.S.E. in Aeronautical Engineering and an M.S.E. He completed a 295-page senior thesis titled "Preliminary Design for a Supersonic Trainer" with John W. Bittig and Douglas N. Beatty.[1] He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi.

In 1958, he joined the Douglas Aircraft Company in California, where he worked as a research engineer, program manager and chief engineer. Beginning in 1965, he served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as Assistant Director of Defense Research and Engineering. He joined LTV 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. Joining Martin 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 the Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, known as the Augustine Committee. He served as president of the Lockheed 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.[2] [3] on the faculty of Princeton University where he served until July 1999.

In 1999 he helped found In-Q-Tel, a venture capital firm sponsored by the CIA with a mandate to support United States intelligence by investing in advanced technology.[4] [5]

Augustine was chairman and principal officer of the American Red Cross for nine years, chairman of the National Academy of Engineering, president and chairman of the Association of the United States Army, chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association, and chairman of the Defense Science Board. He is a former president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Boy 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 the University System of Maryland, trustee emeritus of Johns Hopkins and a former member of the board of trustees of Princeton and MIT. He is a member of the advisory board to the Department 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 the Project on National Security Reform. He is a member of the American Philosophical Society,[6] the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Explorers Club.

In May 2009, Augustine was named as chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee, which was tasked to review NASA's plans for the Moon, Mars and beyond.[7]

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,[8] 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).[8] He currently sits on the America Abroad Media advisory board,[9] the advisory board of Feynman School, a school for academically gifted children in STEM fields,[10] and on the board of advisors of the Code of Support Foundation, a nonprofit military services organization.[11]

Augustine has been presented the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States and received the Joint Chiefs of Staff Distinguished Public Service Award. He has five times received the Department of Defense's highest civilian decoration, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award. He is co-author of The Defense Revolution and Shakespeare In Charge and author of Augustine's Laws and Augustine's Travels. He holds 34 honorary degrees and was selected by Who's Who in America and the Library 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.

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  1. Bittig. John W.. Beatty. Douglas N.. Augustine. Norman R.. Princeton University. Department of Aeronautical Engineering. Preliminary Design for a Supersonic Trainer. en. May 23, 2020. August 5, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805060359/https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp01v979v328s. live.
  2. Web site: Norman Augustine to Join the Faculty of Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science. July 7, 2015. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222906/https://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/97/q2/0418augu.html. live.
  3. Web site: Lockheed CEO exits post. https://web.archive.org/web/20040914143321/http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/1997/04/14/daily14.html. Washington Business Journal. September 14, 2004. April 18, 1997. July 29, 2024.
  4. Book: The Real Cyber War. University of Illinois Press. Shawn M. Powers. Michael. Jablonski. Champaign, IL. April 2015. 978-0-252-09710-2. 63–69. November 15, 2015. November 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031445/http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/83cdd9wm9780252039126.html. live.
  5. Web site: Yannuzzi. Rick E. . In-Q-Tel: A new partnership between the CIA and the private sector. Central Intelligence Agency. 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090735/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/intelligence-history/in-q-tel. dead. September 5, 2015.
  6. Web site: APS Member History. December 8, 2021. search.amphilsoc.org. December 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211208193848/https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Norman+R.+Augustine&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced. live.
  7. News: NASA Announces Members of Human Space Flight Review Committee. Mirelson. Doc. June 1, 2009. June 5, 2009. June 5, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090605145917/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-123_Augustine_Review_Members.html. live.
  8. Web site: Energy and Security Research . July 6, 2012 . July 6, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120706112833/http://www.iags.org/ . live .
  9. Web site: Norman Augustine | America Abroad Media. April 10, 2016. June 17, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617024740/http://americaabroadmedia.org/content/norman-augustine. live.
  10. News: Advisory Board. October 11, 2013. Feynman School. October 17, 2017. en-US. October 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018072339/http://feynmanschool.org/about/administration/advisory-board/. live.
  11. Web site: Code of Support Foundation advisory board. codeofsupportfoundation.org. June 5, 2017. October 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181023074855/https://www.codeofsupport.org/who-we-are/. dead.
  12. Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. April 27, 2011. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055929/https://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf. live.
  13. 1992 NATIONAL SPACE TROPHY RECIPIENT. Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation. April 4, 2011. April 18, 2011. January 19, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119215912/http://www.rnasa.org/1992files/winner1992.html. live.
  14. Web site: Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement. www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement. September 4, 2020. December 15, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business. live.
  15. Web site: Eminent Member Recognition. July 9, 2019. May 27, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190527061504/https://hkn.ieee.org/get-involved/awards/eminent-member-recognition/. dead.
  16. Web site: Public Welfare Award. National Academy of Sciences. February 14, 2011. October 1, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171001001902/http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/public-welfare-medal.html. live.
  17. Web site: J. C. Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering. National Academy of Sciences. February 14, 2011. September 24, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160924024027/http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/j-c-hunsaker-award.html. live.
  18. Web site: Distinguished Achievement Awards . Wings Club . February 9, 2012 . September 28, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120928010416/http://www.wingsclub.org/awards.html . dead .
  19. Web site: Space Flight Award | American Astronautical Society. April 28, 2022. May 16, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220516062725/https://astronautical.org/awards/space-flight/. live.
  20. Web site: JSPG Advisory Board. January 12, 2017. April 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101908/http://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/advisory-board.html. live.
  21. Web site: The 2015 recipient of International Von Karman Wings Award is Mr. Norman Augustine. The Aerospace Historical Society and California Institute of Technology. June 8, 2015. January 16, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116060134/http://galcit.caltech.edu/ahs/. live.

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