Dad accepting the award
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Lockheed Martin(NYSE: LMT) F-35 vice president Tom Burbage is the recipient of the 2007 Leadership Excellence Award, presented by the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the United States Naval Academy and the Harvard Business Review. The prestigious award was presented in ceremonies inAnnapolis, Md. on July 18.
The Leadership Excellence Award honors top executives for principled leadership, exceptional achievement and a commitment to developing employees. Burbage, who incidentally is an Annapolis graduate, is executive vice president and general manager for program integration ofLockheed Martin‘s F-35 Lightning II multinational, multivariant fighter aircraft program.
Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Michael Haskins, dean of the Stockdale Center, said recipients of the Leadership Excellence Award “exemplify the best of what American business has to offer … They deliver outstanding results and adhere to the highest ethical standards, raising the bar for all business leaders.”
Burbage joined Lockheed Martin in 1980. His previous assignments include vice president for Washington operations; vice president for Business Development and Product Support; vice president and general manager for Navy Programs; F-22 program vice president and general manager; president of the company’s operations in Marietta, Ga. Burbage was serving as executive vice president and general manager of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program when Lockheed Martin was awarded the F-35 contract in 2001, and was appointed to his current position
From 1969 to 1980, Burbage served on active duty in the U.S. Navy. After completing the Navy’s Navy Test Pilot School in 1975, he accumulated more than 3,000 hours in 38 types of military aircraft. He retired from the Navy Reserve in 1994 as a captain.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2006 sales of $39.6 billion.
USNA GRADUATE RECOGNIZED FOR LEADERSHIP
The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the Naval Academy and Harvard
Business Review have selected five recipients, including Charles T. Burbage ’69,
for the inaugural Leadership Excellence Award. Burbage served in the Navy for
11 years and is currently president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems and
a vice president of Lockheed Martin Corporation.This award, which will be
presented to the five recipients at a banquet dinner at the Naval Academy as part
of the Leadership Excellence Summit, strives to recognize top executives of
U.S-based companies who consistently exemplify a commitment to personal
integrity, fellow employees and business success.
The Naval Academy’s Stockdale Center is the classic example of a public-private
partnership—enabling the Naval Academy to attain the “margin of excellence” the
nation has come to expect. Launched with a generous individual gift by William C.
Stutt ’49, private funds remain critical to the Center’s continued operation and growth.
Never before has our country or world needed leaders of character more—and
never before has the Naval Academy been better prepared to provide them.The
Stockdale Center ensures that we not only maintain, but also extend this vital and
defining capability.Developing midshipmen morally is a key component of the
Academy’s mission, and the Stockdale Center is one of the highest priority
opportunities for private gift support from our Alumni, parents and friends.
Visit www.usna.com or call the Naval Academy Foundation at 410-295-4177
for more information on how you can support the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale
Center for Ethical Leadership.
All the award winners
USNA GRADUATE RECOGNIZED FOR LEADERSHIP
The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the Naval Academy and Harvard
Business Review have selected five recipients, including Charles T. Burbage ’69,
for the inaugural Leadership Excellence Award. Burbage served in the Navy for
11 years and is currently president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems and
a vice president of Lockheed Martin Corporation.This award, which will be
presented to the five recipients at a banquet dinner at the Naval Academy as part
of the Leadership Excellence Summit, strives to recognize top executives of
U.S-based companies who consistently exemplify a commitment to personal
integrity, fellow employees and business success.
The Naval Academy’s Stockdale Center is the classic example of a public-private
partnership—enabling the Naval Academy to attain the “margin of excellence” the
nation has come to expect. Launched with a generous individual gift by William C.
Stutt ’49, private funds remain critical to the Center’s continued operation and growth.
Never before has our country or world needed leaders of character more—and
never before has the Naval Academy been better prepared to provide them.The
Stockdale Center ensures that we not only maintain, but also extend this vital and
defining capability.Developing midshipmen morally is a key component of the
Academy’s mission, and the Stockdale Center is one of the highest priority
opportunities for private gift support from our Alumni, parents and friends.
Visit www.usna.com or call the Naval Academy Foundation at 410-295-4177
for more information on how you can support the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale
Center for Ethical Leadership.
