EG&G Appoints President of Technical Services Segment
6 April 1998
EG&G Appoints President of Technical Services Segment
WELLESLEY, Mass., April 6, -- EG&G, Inc. has
announced that Retired Air Force General Hansford T. (H.T.) Johnson has been
appointed President of its Technical Services business segment and will be
elected a Vice President of the Corporation. Johnson will report to
Gregory L. Summe, EG&G President and Chief Operating Officer.
Technical Services, the largest EG&G business segment, with 1997 sales of
$600 million, supplies management, engineering, scientific, technical and
operations support services to government agencies and to industrial
customers. In addition to managing wide-ranging government contracts, such as
base operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Technical Services provides
testing services to U.S. and overseas automakers and manages the military's
largest privatization effort.
"We see attractive growth opportunities for Technical Services," said EG&G
President and COO Summe. "H.T. Johnson's impressive background and
credentials will help on two fronts: he will immediately strengthen this
segment's business development efforts and drive the business to a higher
performance level."
Johnson will manage EG&G's Corporate office in Washington D.C.
Johnson was appointed by Presidents Bush and Clinton to the 1993 Base
Closure Commission. When Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, was realigned by
the 1995 Base Closure Commission, he was appointed to chair the Board of
Directors of the Greater Kelly Development Corporation. GKDC is responsible
for leading the closing and transformation of the $7.5 billion Air Force
Logistics Center with a workforce of 19,000 into a thriving industrial park.
EG&G Appoints President Of Technical Services Segment
Most recently, Johnson served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Credit Union National Association, where he provided
strategic direction and planning. CUNA represents America's 12,000 credit
unions, which are owned by 73 million consumers. After completing 33 years of
active military duty in 1993, he joined USAA Capital Corporation; he was
President, CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board. Johnson was responsible for
overseeing USAA's investment and debt portfolios and providing products and
services outside the insurance arena.
Johnson was a career Air Force Officer and retired as a four star General.
Among his notable assignments, he was Commander-in-Chief of the U.S.
Transportation Command and Military Airlift Command during DESERT
SHIELD/DESERT STORM. He led Strategic Air Command operations in 1985 and had
three Pentagon tours of duty. During his last Pentagon assignment, Johnson
served as Admiral William Crowe's director of the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Johnson attended Clemson College and was the outstanding graduate in
thermodynamics and aerodynamics in the first class of the U.S. Air Force
Academy. (In 1989, he became the first graduate of the Academy to be promoted
to four star General). He received an M.S. degree in Aeronautics from Stanford
and an MBA from the University of Colorado. He later completed the Advanced
Management Program at Dartmouth.
Johnson will lead EG&G Technical Services; the Company's other business
segments are: Instruments, Mechanical Components, and Optoelectronics.
EG&G, Inc. is a global technology company that provides complete systems,
as well as components, to automotive, medical, aerospace, photography and
other industries, and delivers skilled support services to government and
industrial customers. Based in Wellesley, Massachusetts, EG&G has annual
sales of more than $1.4 billion and more than 14,000 employees worldwide.
SOURCE EG&G, Inc.