Brigadier General John
W. Douglass
Retired May 1, 1992.
Brigadier General John W. Douglass is the deputy U.S.
military representative to the NATO Military Committee, Headquarters NATO,
Brussels, Belgium. The U.S. military representative to NATO is the highest
ranking U.S. military official at NATO and is directly responsible to the
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.
General Douglass was born in Miami in 1941. He earned an associate of arts
degree in 1961 and a bachelor of science degree in engineering in 1963, both
from the University of Florida. He then received a master of science degree in
industrial engineering from Texas Tech University in 1967 and a master of
science degree, cum laude, in management science from Fairleigh Dickinson
University in 1972. The general also was a distinguished graduate of the U.S.
Army Defense Procurement Management Course. He has done postgraduate work at the
Cornell University Center for International Studies, where he was an Air Force
research fellow with the peace studies program.
The general was commissioned as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force
Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1963. His initial assignment was to
Norton Air Force Base, Calif., as a production officer on the Titan 11
intercontinental ballistic missile. After his assignment to Texas Tech through
the Air Force Institute of Technology program in 1967, he was assigned to Mactan
Airfield, Philippines, as the base procurement officer.
General Douglas returned to the United States in 1968 and was assigned to
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., as chief of base procurement. In 1969 he
was appointed deputy chief of the Defense Contract Administration Office,
Curtiss-Wright Corp., N.Y., where he worked with the Navy nuclear propulsion
program and various Air Force jet engine overhaul programs. In 1973 he was
assigned to the Eastern Space and Missile Range, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.,
as a procurement staff officer. From 1975 to 1977 he held various procurement
positions on the staff of the Air Force chief of staff and with the Program
Management Assistance Group at Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews
Air Force Base, Md.
In 1977 he was named deputy program manager for business and acquisition of the
Joint Cruise Missile Project, Crystal City, Va. He left in 1980 to do
postgraduate work at Cornell University.
General Douglass was named special assistant to the under secretary of defense
for research and engineering, Washington, D.C., in 1981. He joined the staff of
the National Security Council in May 1984 as director of defense programs. He
had primary staff responsibility for the president's strategic modernization
program, Department of Defense research and development issues, weapon system
acquisition issues, and management and execution of certain high technology
programs. In March 1988 he was appointed director of program planning and
integration, and acting director of science and technology, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Washington, D.C. He
assumed his present position in August 1989.
He is qualified as an Air Force program manager, plans and programming officer,
international political-military affairs officer, and procurement and
contracting officer.
The general's military awards and decorations include the Defense Superior
Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with oak
leaf cluster, and Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster. He also
received the Distinguished Service Award from the Federal Business Association
of New York and is a member of the National Industrial Engineering Honor
Society.
He was promoted to brigadier general July 1, 1989, with same date of rank.
(Current as of March 1990)
John Douglass, Democratic Virginia
Congressional Candidate 2012
General John Douglass
has served our country for more than 35 years, under President
Reagan and President Clinton, working his way up to the highest
levels of our military, including his responsibilities for President
Reagan’s Strategic Modernization Program and often briefed the
President directly on key Defense and National Security Programs.
Upon his retirement from the Air Force, General Douglass was
called upon by President Clinton to contribute his expertise to the
Pentagon by serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research,
Development and Acquisition. He was responsible for ensuring that
our Sailors and Marines were fully supported with the ships,
aircraft, weapons systems and equipment that they needed to fight
and be safe.
More recently, he served as the President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association,
where he represented a vital sector of America’s industrial base in
promoting strong and sensible business practices at the Pentagon, an
effective export policy for American aerospace products and the
preservation and expansion of United States jobs.
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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