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), Gulfstream Aerospace (purchased 2001) and National Steel and Shipbuilding (purchased 1998.) Formerly GD owned Cessna, but sold that division in 1992 to Textron.

Official Website:
http://www.gendyn.com/

Ticker:
NYSE:GD

Corporate headquarters:
Falls Church, VA

Sales:
$16.6B (2003)

Employees:
67,600 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Nicholas D. Chabraja	Business	6-Nov-1942		CEO of General Dynamics, 1997-2009
Lester Crown	Business	7-Jun-1925		CEO of Henry Crown & Co.
Kenneth C. Dahlberg	Business	c. 1945		CEO of SAIC
Gordon R. England	Government	15-Sep-1937		US Deputy Secretary of Defense
Dain M. Hancock	Business	c. 1942		EVP at Lockheed Martin, 2000-05
William J. Haynes II	Government	30-Mar-1958		DOD General Counsel, 2001-08
Jay L. Johnson	Military	5-Jun-1946		US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000
Charles F. Kettering	Engineer	29-Aug-1876	25-Nov-1958	Invented the electric starter
Michael J. Mancuso	Business	c. 1943		CFO of General Dynamics, 1994-2006
James R. Mellor	Business	3-May-1930		CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97
Phebe N. Novakovic	Business	c. 1958		CEO of General Dynamics
Walter M. Oliver	Business	c. 1945		Senior VP at General Dynamics
John K. Welch	Business	c. 1951		CEO of USEC
Michael W. Wynne	Government	4-Sep-1944		US Secretary of the Air Force, 2005-08

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Barra	Business	24-Dec-1961		CEO of General Motors
Nicholas D. Chabraja	Business	6-Nov-1942		CEO of General Dynamics, 1997-2009
James S. Crown	Business	25-Jun-1953		Henry Crown and Company
Rudy F. deLeon	Government	28-Aug-1952		Deputy Secretary of Defense, 2000-01
William P. Fricks	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Newport News Shipbuilding, 1995-2001
John M. Keane	Military	1-Feb-1943		US Army Vice Chief of Staff, 1999-2003
Lester L. Lyles	Military	20-Apr-1946		Commander, USAF Materiel Command, 2000-03
Mark M. Malcolm	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Tower International, 2007-16
Phebe N. Novakovic	Business	c. 1958		CEO of General Dynamics
William A. Osborn	Business	14-Oct-1947		CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008
Laura J. Schumacher	Business	c. 1963		EVP at AbbVie
Peter A. Wall	Military	10-Jul-1955		British Army Chief of the General Staff, 2010-14

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Armitage	Government	26-Apr-1945		US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05
Frank Carlucci	Government	18-Oct-1930		US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89
William J. Crowe, Jr.	Government	2-Jan-1925	18-Oct-2007	US Navy Admiral
Lester Crown	Business	7-Jun-1925		CEO of Henry Crown & Co.
Robert F. Ellsworth	Politician	11-Jun-1926	9-May-2011	Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67
Charles H. Goodman	Business	c. 1934		Vice Chairman of Henry Crown & Co.
Jay L. Johnson	Military	5-Jun-1946		US Chief of Naval Operations, 1996-2000
George A. Joulwan	Military	16-Nov-1939		Supreme Allied Commander, 1993-97
Paul G. Kaminski	Military	16-Sep-1942		CEO of Technovation, Inc.
Deborah J. Lucas	Educator	c. 1958		Finance Professor at Northwestern
James R. Mellor	Business	3-May-1930		CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97
Carl E. Mundy, Jr.	Military	16-Jul-1935	2-Apr-2014	USMC Commandant, 1991-95
J. Christopher Reyes	Business	c. 1954		Reyes Holdings LLC
Carlisle Trost	Military	24-Apr-1930		Chief of Naval Operations, 1986-90
Robert Walmsley	Military	1-Feb-1941		Retired Royal Navy Admiral

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lincoln Chafee	Politician	26-Mar-1953		Governor of Rhode Island, 2011-15
Joseph T. Doyle	Business	c. 1947		CFO of Foster Wheeler, 2002-03
Stephen Hardis	Business	1935		CEO of Eaton, 1995-2000
Bruce Herschensohn	Activist	10-Sep-1932		Conservative activist
Olden Lee	Business	c. 1942		Long-time Pepsi executive
John Niven	Historian	26-Oct-1921	14-Aug-1997	John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union
Thomas G. Pownall	Business	20-Jan-1922	24-Jun-2005	CEO of Martin-Marietta, 1982-88
Joe B. Wyatt	Educator	c. 1935		Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1982-2000
Alfred M. Zeien	Business	25-Feb-1930		CEO of Gillette, 1991-99

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gordon O'Connor	Politician	18-May-1939		Canadian Minister of Defence
Michael Ussery	Diplomat	20-Jan-1951		US Ambassador to Morocco, 1989-92

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