2011 Distinguished Achievement Award To Be Presented at the
Club's 69th Annual Dinner
The Wings Club will honor Mr. Norman R. Augustine, first
President and now retired Chairman & CEO of the Lockheed Martin
Corporation, with the 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award.
Acknowledging outstanding accomplishments in the field of aviation,
The Wings Club will present the Award on Friday, October 21, 2011
at its 69th Annual Dinner-Dance to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel in New York City.
Recognized for his singular expertise in science and technology,
particularly as it pertains to aerospace and defense, Augustine
boasts an exceptional career in the aviation industry. A 16-year
member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology, he currently serves on the advisory councils of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Energy.
He is known for his leadership of Lockheed Martin Corporation, the
world's largest defense contractor, from becoming the corporation's
first president upon its formation in 1995 through his retirement
as Chairman in 1998. Prior to that, he was Chairman & CEO of
Martin Marietta Corporation, where he had been employed since 1977.
He has also held positions as Under Secretary of the Army,
Assistant Secretary for Research & Development of the Army,
Assistant Director of Defense Research and Engineering in the
Office of the Secretary of Defense and Vice President of LTV
Aerospace, after launching his career at Douglas Aircraft in
1959.
Augustine further served for nine years as Chairman of the
American Red Cross. In addition, he has formerly been Chairman of
the NASA/White House Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space
Program, Chairman of the Council of the National Academy of
Engineering, President of the Boy Scouts of America and President
of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has
sat on advisory boards and committees of the White House, Senate,
NASA, FAA, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Army, Navy,
Air Force, Transportation, Homeland Security and NATO, among
numerous others, and was a member of the US Commission on National
Security/21st Century.
Norman Augustine
In honor of his outstanding efforts, Augustine has been awarded
the Department of Defense's highest civilian decoration, the
Distinguished Service Medal, five times and has been presented the
National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States.
In addition, the highly-decorated Augustine has received the Joint
Chiefs of Staff Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Defense
Exceptional Service Medal, the Army Distinguished Service Medal,
the Air Force Exceptional Service Medal, the Air Force Academy's
Thomas D. White Award, the CIA Director's Award and the NASA
Distinguished Public Service Award. Moreover, he has been
recognized with honorary degrees from 25 of the nation's top
academic institutions.
Born in Colorado in 1935, Augustine graduated Magna Cum Laude
from Princeton University, where he earned his Bachelor's and
Master's degrees in Aeronautical Engineering. He is an avid
outdoors enthusiast who has stood on both the Earth's poles and
trekked extensively around the world, from the Arctic to the
Amazon. His adventures have also included participating in the test
dive of a new nuclear submarine. He is the author of four books and
is the father of two with his wife, Margareta.
The Wings Club's Distinguished Achievement Award has been
presented annually since 1975. Past recipients include Astronaut
Neil Armstrong, Senator John Glenn, former President George H. W.
Bush, Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager, Steven Udvar-Hazy and T.
Allan McArtor as well as 13 present and former airline CEO's
including Fred Smith, Bob Crandall, Herb Kelleher, Gordon Bethune,
Sir Colin Marshall, Wolfgang Mayrhuber and Sir Richard Branson.
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