White house personnel announcement (Aug. 16, 2005).The president intends to nominate Donald C. Winter, of Virginia, to be secretary of the Navy. Winter currently serves as corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of TRW Systems. Earlier in his career, Winter was awarded the Secretary of Defense medal for meritorious civilian service while working for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). . He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. . He later received his master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. The President intends to nominate Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be secretary of the Air Force. Wynne currently serves as principal deputy under secretary of defense (acquisition, technology and logistics) at the Department of Defense. He previously served as under secretary of defense (acquisition, technology and logistics). Before that, Wynne served as chairman and chief executive officer of Ixata, and as chairman of Extended Reach Logistics. Wynne received his bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy United States Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y.; for training young men and women to be officers in the U.S. army; founded and opened in 1802. The original act provided that the Corps of Engineers stationed at West Point should constitute a military academy, but at West Point and served as a captain in the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. . He received his first master's degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology The Naval Postgraduate School serves a similar purpose for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The U.S. Army does not have a comparable school; Army officers study at the Naval Postgraduate School or AFIT. , and his second master's degree from the University of Colorado. |
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