Technology leader to speak at UF Thursday

February 14, 2011

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Norman Augustine, one of the nation’s premier technology leaders, will speak at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in a seminar titled “Technology and Innovation in America’s Competitive Future.”

Presented by the University of Florida Engineering Leadership Institute and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, the lecture starts at 10 a.m. in Pugh Hall Room 170.

Following his lecture, Augustine will participate in a panel discussion focused on the topic of fostering university-industry collaborations to enhance economic development through expansion of the knowledge economy. Panelists range from distinguished UF leaders to entrepreneurs and nationally renowned business leaders.

Augustine has served in both the private and public sectors, as CEO and chairman of Martin Marietta and later Lockheed Martin, as well as Under Secretary of the Army, and later Acting Secretary of the Army. He has been recognized for his outstanding contributions with the National Medal of Technology and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Distinguished Public Service Award.

He has also served as chairman of the National Academy of Engineering and is a former president of the Boy Scouts of America. He is a regent of the University System of Maryland, trustee emeritus of Johns Hopkins and a former member of the board of trustees of Princeton and MIT. He is an internationally recognized expert in the area of technology workforce development and led the 2005 National Academies commission that produced the landmark report “Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future”.