is Chairman Emeritus of Northrop Grumman Corporation and from September 1990 until October 2003, he was its Chairman. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Northrop Grumman Corporation from January 1990 until March 2003 and as its president from 1987 until September 2001. Mr. Kresa is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and has been a member of the Caltech Board of Trustees since 1994. Mr. Kresa serves as non-executive Chairman of Avery Dennison Corporation, and on the boards of Eclipse Aviation Corporation, Fluor Corporation, General Motors Corporation, and several non-profit organizations and universities. He is also a senior advisor for The Carlyle Group and on the Advisory Board of Trust Company of the West. As a graduate of M.I.T., he received a B.S. in 1959, an M.S. in 1961, and an E.A.A. in 1966, all in aeronautics and astronautics. |