Dr. Robert Strickler named president, general manager of TRW Environmental Safety Systems Inc.VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 1995--Dr. Robert L. Strickler has been named president and general manager of TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Environmental Safety Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of TRW Inc., which serves as the management and operating contractor for the Department of Energy's Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Radioactive waste management The treatment and containment of radioactive wastes. These wastes originate almost exclusively in the nuclear fuel cycle and in the nuclear weapons program. Their toxicity requires careful isolation from the biosphere. Program. Strickler, who managed TRW's largest systems engineering project prior to becoming vice president and deputy general manager of TRW Environmental Safety Systems Inc. in February, has been involved in a number of major technological projects during his 15 years with TRW. In his new position he succeeds Roland L. Robertson, who has moved to a new assignment within the company. Strickler joined TRW Environmental Safety Systems after serving as vice president and general manager of TRW's Ballistic Missile Division in San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. , Calif. The division has been the systems manager and integrator for the U.S. Air Force on the research, development, installation, maintenance and operation of the nation's ballistic missile program. The division currently is systems engineer for the Peacekeeper and Minutemen missiles and several advanced technology projects. TRW's responsibilities have included the management of a large team of contractors and subcontractors and integration of technical activities of contractors and various government agencies. The ballistic missile program is the largest technology and management program in the nation's history. Strickler, who received his bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from Purdue University, joined TRW in 1980 after serving as Congressional Science Fellow in the U.S. Senate. From 1968 to 1979, he was with The Aerospace Corp., involved in advanced concepts and technologies for various defense systems. He held senior engineering positions at Aerojet General Corp. prior to joining The Aerospace Corp. Among Strickler's assignments at TRW was the study and development of underground missile silo concepts, including the design and construction of test silos The Silos are a band formed by Walter Salas-Humara and Bob Rupe in New York City in 1985. Prior to starting the Silos, Walter played with The Vulgar Boatmen. With Salas-Humara emerging as the Silos' primary songwriter, the band put out the independently-released EP About Her Steps at the Nevada Test Site The Nevada Test Site is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the City of Las Vegas, near . . A major aspect of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program is the design and construction of an Exploratory Studies Facility beneath Yucca Mountain, Nev., a location on the Nevada Test Site being studied as a possible site for a permanent repository for the nation's spent nuclear fuel Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant) to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction. and high-level radioactive waste Noun 1. high-level radioactive waste - radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed radioactive waste - useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed . He will be based at TRW Environmental Safety Systems' headquarters in Vienna. TRW provides advanced technology products and services to the automotive, space and defense and information systems markets. Sales in 1994 were $9.1 billion. CONTACT: TRW Inc. Julian Levine, 703/204-8606 Al Frascella, 703/803-5353 |
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