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A Quarter Century of Oervice to the

Defense Acquisition Community

WILBUR D. JONES, JR.

1971-1996 DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE
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CONTENTS

Dedication 1V

In Memoriam - David Packard v

Acknowledgments; A Note on DSMC Visa-Vis DSMS (Disclaimer) vi

Secretary Perry Letter vu

Senate Armed Services Committee Letter vm

Packard's Challenge lx

Commandant's Welcome xl

Brigadier General Richard A. Black, USA xiii

Making It Happen: The DSMC Faculty and Staff l

Proximity to the Pentagon: Distinguished Speakers and Other Visitors 27

Excellence in Acquisition Support: The DSMC Mission, Customers, Products, and Services 35

Steady Student Growth: Coming of Age to Meet Customer Needs 45

The Heart of the DSMC Mission: Academic Courses of Instruction 55

Bedrock and Flagship: The DSMC Program Management Course 71

Looking for a Better Way: The DSMC Acquisition Research Program 86

Expert Advice and Process Facilitating: The DSMC Consulting Services 91

Getting Out the Word on Acquisition Management: The DSMC Information Dissemination Program 103

Providing the Means: The Division of College Administration and Services 109

Fort Belvoir Nationwide: The DSMC Campuses 115

Former Commandants lL0

The Governing Bodies: The Policy Guidance Council and the Board of Visitors 149

To Achieve Greater Things: The DSMC Alumni i69

About The Author 173

To The Future 175

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DEDICATION

Our people are the reason the Defense

Systems Management College (DSMC)

is celebrating our 25th Anniversary of

providing high quality products and

services to tl uisition comisi

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been to a

requirements

tor an enhanced workforce.

as

Stomer

Meeting this continuing challenge over

the years, the DSMC faculty and staff,

past and present, have earned the honor

of having this 25th Anniversary book

dedicated to them.

IV
INJVLEJViORIAJVi

David Packard

1913 - 1996

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense

Founder, Defense Systems Management College
Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank the following DSMC colleagues for their

highly professional, dedicated, and

timely assistance in helping to produce this commemorative book in

four (very) short months: Mrs. Janice

Baker, Secretary to the Provost and

Deputy Commandant; Mr. Greg

Caruth, Director, Visual Arts and

DSMC Press; Editor Mr. James

Wittmeyer; and Visual Information

Specialists Ms. Margaret Brown and

Ms. Debbie Gonzalez.

Cover design by Paula Croisetiere

A Note on

DSMC

Vis aVis

DSMS

From our inception in 1971 until 22

July 1976, the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) was named

the Defense Systems Management

School (DSMS). Throughout this

book, the DSMC full name and acronym is used to connote nearly all

references to this institution, even for

the time we were the DSMS. The

exceptions when DSMS is used are

obvious.

This book displays the photos of many

DSMC photographers including Richard Mattox, Jim Pleasants, Ed Baxter

andJean Scanlon. The everpopularsnow

scene of the front steps of building 202

was by PFCJohn Morehead, circa 1974.

VI
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON, DC 20301-1000

25th Anniversary of the Defense Systems Management College

Greetings and hearty congratulations to the students, faculty, staff, and alumni of

the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) as you celebrate its 25th anniversary. All of you can be justifiably proud of the College's quarter century of accomplishments and your individual contributions to that success.

It has been my privilege to have a long and continuing association with the Defense Systems Management College. My appreciation for DSMC's good work began in

1977, with the opportunity to serve as the Policy Guidance Council's chairman. Over the

years', I have been glad to return as a guest lecturer, not so much for what I convey but

for what I can learn. To me this is the essence of DSMC, an exchange of ideas and

knowledge that enriches not only the faculty and students, but our nation.

The Defense Systems Management College's unique benefit is its focus on, and

enhancement of, the ways our government does business in defense acquisition. In a political and business world that is ever changing, Americans can feel secure in knowing

that the personnel trained at DSMC are well prepared to meet the challenges—and

opportunities—they face.

We are counting on the College to keep on developing the confident, professional

acquisition leaders who will help guide us in ever better systems management for many

years to come.

You have my sincere best wishes for continuing success.

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STROM THURMOND, SOUTH CAROLINA, CHAIRMAN

JOHN W. WARNER. VIRGINIA

WILLIAM S. COHEN, MAINE

JOHN MCCAiN, ARIZONA

TRENT LOTT, MISSISSIPPI

DAN COATS, INDIANA

BOB SMITH. NEW HAMPSHIRE

DIRK KEMPTHORNE. IDAHO

KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, TEXAS

JAMES M. INHOFE, OKLAHOMA

RICK SANTORUM. PENNSYLVANIA

SAM NUNN, GEORGIA

J. JAMES EXON, NEBRASKA

CARL LEVIN, MICHIGAN

EDWARD M. KENNEDY. MASSACHUSETTS

JEFF BINGAMAN, NEW MEXICO

JOHN GLENN. OHIO

ROBERT 0 BYRD, WEST VIRGINIA

CHARLES S ROBE, VIRGINIA

JOSEPH I LIEBERMAN, CONNECTICUT

RICHARD H. BRYAN, NEVADA

RICHARD L. REYNARD, STAFF DIRECTOR

ARNOLD L PUNARO. STAFF DIRECTOR FOR THE MINORITY

BniKd States Senate

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

WASHINGTON, DC 20510-6050

March 26, 1996

Brigadier General Claude M. Boston, Jr., USAF

Commandant

Defense Systems Management College

9820 Belvoir Road

Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5565

Dear General Bolton:

On the occasion ofthe twenty-fifth anniversary ofthe Defense Systems Management College, we would like

to express our appreciation for the outstanding work of the College in the field of defense acquisition policy.

Overthe past twenty-five years, substantial improvements have been made in the skUls and expertise ofDoD's

program managers, contracting officers, and other acquisition specialists. These improvements are due in no small

measure to the excellent training and education offered by the College.

The College also has served as an important source of information and ideas about the acquisition process.

The members and staff of the Armed Services Committee have benefitted from numerous briefings by the faculty of

the College, as well as from your excellent publications, such as "Program Manager."

The Committee's confidence in the College was reflected in section 800 of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, which specifically required the Secretary of Defense to "establish under the

sponsorship ofthe Defense Systems Management College an advisory panel on streamlining and codifying acquisition

laws." The Committee's expectations were more than fulfilled. The detailed, extensively documented report of the

Advisory Panel reflected the expertise and outstanding support provided by the College.

The Advisory Panel's thorough analysis and comprehensive legislative proposals provided the foundation for

the comprehensive acquisition reform legislation passed by Congress in the last two years. The Federal Acquisition

Streamlining Act of 1994 and the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 constituted the most significant changes

in laws governing the procurement ofgoods and services by the federal government since World War II. The Defense

Systems Management College can justifiably be proud of the major role that it played in the development of this

landmark legislation.

On behalf of the Armed Services Committee, we congratulate you on this important milestone and look

forward to the continued excellent work of the College in the future.

Sam Nunn

Ranking Minority Member

Sincerely,

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Strom Thurmond

Chairman

Bob Smith

Chairman

Subcommittee on Acquisition

and Technology

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The Packard Challenge

We want this School to become the

academyofmanagementforallfour

services. We want it to be a school

of high distinction where the best

of modern management practices

are taught. We want it to become a

center of research for the improvement of managerial practices.

— Remarks by the Honorable David

Packard, former Deputy Secretary of

Defense at the formal opening exercises ofthe Defense Systems Management School, 3 August 1971

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE «*^>

DEFENSE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE

OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT

9820 BELVOIR ROAD

FORT BELVOIR, VA 22060-5565

June 25, 1996

COMMANDANT'S WELCOME

Welcome to the 25th Anniversary celebration ofthe Defense Systems Management College. On behalf

of the DSMC faculty and staff, I extend to you our greetings and appreciation for your support in helping to

make the College the strong institution we are today.

Please share with me a moment of reflection on the origin of DSMC, as seen by our founder, the late

David Packard, whose memory we honor within these pages. Secretary Packard envisioned DSMC as becoming

"the academy ofmanagement for all four Services. We wantitto be a school of high distinction," he said, "where

the best of modern management practices are taught. We want it to become a center of research for the

improvement of managerial practices."

Mr. Packard's objective was to build an educational institution that would ensure defense system

managers receive an excellent education to prepare them for their positions, and to aid the Services in

establishing suitable career educational development opportunitiesforthose managers. His vision and leadership

led to the school opening 25 years ago on 1 July 1971.

As we take stock of our progress over the past 25 years, we believe we are achieving his vision and lofty

expectations. As we press on to meetthe growing requirements of our varied customers and to provide the high

quality products and services they deserve, we recognize our continuing definitive role in the defense acquisition

business. We recognize our mission with four primary tasks in educating the acquisition workforce, in providing

research to improve the acquisition system, in providing expert and process consulting services to acquisition

managers, and in publishing and disseminating acquisition information to benefit the acquisition workforce

professionals.

We at DSMC accept this challenging mission and more. Mrs. Colleen Preston, the Deputy Under

Secretary ofDefense (Acquisition Reform), has said "Change is continuous, change is constant." I would simply

add that we accept that premise, and we will do whatever is necessary to accomplish the mission and thrive in

that environment of change.

Now we confidently prepare to enter our next quarter century of service to the defense acquisition

community. We ask that you continue to help us to better serve our customers and friends.

Richard A. Black

Brigadier General, USA

Commandant

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BRIGADIER GENERAL

RICHARD A. BLACK, USA

28 March 1996 - Present

Brigadier General Richard A. Black,

USA, on March 28, 1996, assumed

command ofthe Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia,

becoming the 13th Commandant ofthe

College since its founding in the summer of 1971. General Black comesto the

College from his assignment as Program

Executive Officer for Missile Defense,

with offices located in Arlington, Virginia, and Huntsville, Alabama — a position he has held since January 1994.

General Black was born in Wenatchee,

Washington. Upon graduation fromthe

United States Military Academy, he was

commissioned a Second Lieutenant and

awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree.

He holds a Master of Science Degree

from the University of California at

Davis in Physics and a Masters in Business Administration from Boston University. His military education includes

completion of the Basic and Advanced

courses at the Air Defense Artillery

School; the United States Army Command and General Staff College; Defense Systems Management College, Program Management Course; and

Industrial College ofthe Armed Forces.

His recent assignments include: Program Executive Officer for Missile Defense; Project Manager, Corps Surfaceto-Air Missile, ProgramExecutive Office

for Missile Defense, Huntsville, Alabama; Project Manager, Follow-on to

Lance, Program Executive Office for

Fire Support; and also Product Manager, Patriot Anti-Tactical Missile, Program Executive Office for Air Defense,

United States Army Missile Command,

Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. General

Black also served as Commander, 4th

Training Battalion, United States Army

Training Center, and as Commander,

Battery C, 4thBattalion, 1st Air Defense

Artillery Training Brigade, Fort Bliss,

Texas. He has also held a number of

Joint and Overseas assignments in Vietnam and Germany.

Awards and decorations received by

General Black include the Legion of

Merit (2), the Bronze Star Medal, the

Meritorious Service Medal (2nd Oak

Leaf Cluster), the Army Commendation Medal (1st Oak Leaf Cluster), the

Vietnam Service Medal, the Combat

Infantryman Badge, the Ranger Tab,

and theArmy StaffIdentificationBadge.

He and his wife, Mary, have three children: Heather, Katherine, and Daniel.

Xffl
DSMC'S TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY

Some DSMC Commandants and the widow of one, the late BG Winfield S. Scott III, USA, cut the birthday cake. Left

to right are: Maj Gen John G. Albert, USAF (Ret), COL Thomas V. Forburger, USA (Ret), MG Lynn H. Stevens, USA,

(Ret); Mrs. Scott; new DSMC Commandant, RADM William L. Vincent, USN; BG Benjamin J. Pellegrini, USA (Ret);

and COL John B. Hanby, Jr., USA (Ret).

Commandants not pictured: RADM Roland G. Freeman III, USN (Ret); Lt Gen William E. Thurman, USAF (Ret);

RADM Roger D. Johnson, USN (Ret); and Brig Gen Charles P. Cabell, Jr., USAF (Ret).

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Welcome to

The

Defense Systems

Management College

1971 -1996

XV

MAKING IT

HAPPEN:

THE DSMC

FACULTY AND

STAFF

The late Professor Emeritus Joseph

Arcieri

SFC Michael D. Ciolek, USA, and the late

Michael JR. Dee

The late Dr. Fred Waelchli

Development and delivery of DSMC's

quality products and services have been

the responsibility of our professional

faculty and staff. Most of the approximately 137 faculty reside in the 13

functional area teaching departments of

the Faculty Division. Others are on

professional development rotational

positions in other divisions, or on detail

or fellowship assignments in the Pentagon or on Capitol Hill.

Deputy Secretary of Defense David

Packard, in founding DSMC in 1971,

authorized 40 civilian and 24 military

faculty and staffbillets. The Policy Guidance Council further stated 16 were to

be officers on a "stabilized tour" ofthree

years (the latter would become the standard over time), at the 0-5 level or

equivalent General Schedule (GS)

grade, with six years in a program management office. One student officerfrom

D. each Service attending the first PMC

class each fiscal year wasto be selected as

an instructor (faculty).

When the predecessor Defense Weapons

Systems Management Center at WrightPatterson AFB was disestablished inJune

1971, a few faculty and staff members

transferred to Fort Belvoir to form the

new Defense Systems Management

School (DSMS). Other personnel had

been recruited or assigned from the

Washington area. Five contract instructors and course developers were retained through 1972. By the end of

1973, DSMS instructors conducted all

instruction exceptfortwo lecturersfrom

the University of Southern California.

Justification for expanding the faculty

and staff in 1975 was "...to enable the

DSMS to provide for the education of

more qualified individuals on an annual

basisto meetthe needs ofthe Services...."

The identical rationale continued to

supportsubsequentincreasesto this day.

Two years later the total personnel had

risen to 106, by mid-1979 to 129, and at

the end of 1981 to 169. Nearly half of

those (80) were in the School ofSystems

Acquisition Education (SE) - the "teaching departments" - and 55 were in administration and academic support.

The College was vigilant in seeking

fresh, experienced faculty to meet the

teaching challenges, and frequently advertised in DoD and trade publications.

In 1976, Commandant Major General

John G. Albert, USAF, stated his number one priority was to continue to bring

into DSMS the highest qualified faculty

possible. "A DSMS instructor should

not be just an individual teaching a

particular area of the curriculum...but

rather the smartest, most capable and

experienced person within all ofDoD in

his/her particular specialty." He asked

for assistance in recruiting this type of

person from government or industry.

The number of teaching and support

personnel grew to 194 by early 1984,95

ofthem in SE. The Commandant, BrigadierGeneralBenjaminJ. Pellegrini, USA,

while encouraging faculty to hone their

acquisitionmanagement knowledge and

skills, obtained guaranteed reemployment rights from the Army for faculty

following a tour at DSMC, and initiated

a program to market faculty to potential

acquisition employers.

The 1990s have seen a substantial increase in the student throughput and

the number of course requirements of

the Defense Acquisition Workforce

Improvement Act. By 1993, the faculty

had risen to 200 and the support staffto

236. Reflecting the DoD personnel

downsizing trend, no new faculty have

been hired since October 1992. Through

attrition the total dropped dramatically

to 387 faculty and staff on board today.

In addition to teaching, their primary

duty, faculty are expected to consult,

perform research, and publish the results of their efforts in professional

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sources. To remain current in "real

world" acquisition topics, they are expected to maintain close liaison with the

Pentagon headquarters, Military Services, systems program offices, other

acquisition workforce personnel, industry, educational institutions, and professional societies.

These requirements and expectations

of the faculty have changed little since

DSMC began except to become more

demanding. What has changed significantly is the faculty numbers: less than

20 were on board permanently to teach

the original three courses.

Faculty members titled "professor" are

categorized as Excepted Service government employees, hired under Schedule

A, with less than full Civil Service

procedural benefits. The faculty are

under three-year contracts with annual

one-year extensions based on performance and College needs. Reorganization in 1991 relocated most faculty into

the teaching departments. Until 1992,

when the current Faculty Plan for pay

and level of professorship was established, faculty were paid and graded as

GS personnel. Faculty levels now are I,

or entry level; II, where almost all

faculty reside; and III, for those few

faculty achieving the highest level in

qualifications and education. Faculty

level ratings are reviewed and approved

by department chairs, deans, and boards

of peers.

The first Dean of Faculty was Dr.

Benjamin C. Rush who held the position

until 1994. The current dean is Richard

H. Reed. Department chairs of the

Faculty Division are selected competitively by their peers and ultimately

approved by the Provost and Deputy

Commandant.

Maintaining the academic courses, the

facilities, and the faculty are military and

civilian staff personnel who provide essential administrative and technicalsupport services. As a Joint, or "purple suit"

duty station, DSMC is manned by officer faculty and staff and enlisted staff

from all Military Services. With our

wide variety of technicians and specialists, in many respects DSMChas evolved

into a self-supporting institution.

Such services include:

- administrative management support assistance to faculty deans,

department chairs, course directors,

and other faculty;

- audio-visual;

- printing and reproduction;

- editorial and visual arts;

- plant maintenance and repair;

- automation (electronic campus);

- protocol and scheduling;

- military and civilian personnel;

- contracting and supply; and

- secretarial and general administrative.

The late Lt Col W. Ronald Hitzelberger,

USAF

Consultant David Langford and Dr. Benjamin C. Rush, Dean of Faculty

GROWTH OF DSMC

FACULTY AND STAFF

Year Personnel

1971 64

1973 81

1975 83

1977 106

1979 129

1984 196

1987 235

1989 285

1991 363

1993 396

1995 394

Today 387

Left to right: William G. Gicking, James

O. Howell, and Ruth Feltner.

Professor Emeritus Lt Col Kenneth E.

Nidiffer, USAF
Col Levin W. Parker, Jr., USAF

Deputy Commandant

CAPT John R. Johnson, USN

Director, Resident School

Dr. Frederick W. Forman III

Deputy Director Resident School &

Course Director

Executive Refresher Course

PRINCIPAL FACULTY AND STAFF IN 1971-72

Office ofthe Commandant

BG Winfield S. Scott III, USA, Commandant

Col Levin W. Parker, Jr., USAF, Deputy Commandant

Ma; Robert M. Canady, USAF, Academic Advisor

Secretariat

LTC (?) William O. Thuston, USA, Secretary

CDR Robert E. Byberg, USN, Assistant Secretary for Administration

LTC Edwin R. Levine, USA, Assistant Secretary for Support Services

William G. Gicking, Registrar

Patricia H. Gipe, Librarian

James O. Howell, Chief, Audio-Visual/Photo & Graphics

Resident School

CAPT John R. Johnson, USN, Director

Dr. Frederick W. Forman III, Deputy Director & Course Director,

Executive Refresher Course

J. Stanley Baumgartner, Course Director, C/SCSC Course

Dr. Daniel P. Boyd, Course Director, Program Management Course

Other Faculty

Dr. George R. Allen

LTC (P) James R. Butterworth, USA

Dr. George K. Chacko (Contract, University of Southern California)

William H. Cullin

Albert G. Dancy (Contract, University of Southern California)

CDR Edwin H. Grant, Jr., USN

Dr. DonaW W. Hurta

Roger G. Klungle

Maj Gen Andrew S. Low, USAF (Ret) (Contract, University of Southern

California)

Richard K. Mclntosh

Arnold G. McManamon

Albert E. Moore

Dr. Andrew P. Mosier

Sterling E. Purnell

John T. Shepherd

Jonathan F. Swain

MAJ John N. Taylor, USA

Dr. Erik K. Winslow

Maj Frederick B. Wynn, USAF

Directorate ofResearch and Curricula

Thomas F. Keegan, Jr., Director
William G. Gicking and Anne Pearson

Department ofComputer Systems & Simulation

LTC Thomas C. Brown, Jr., USAF, Ph.D., Director

Edwin F. Rappe, Deputy Director (Acting)

Gary P. Belcher

Maj David F. Dianich, USAF, D.B.A.

Edward J. Speca

Department of Plans & Programs

Thomas F. Keegan, Jr., Director

CDR Timothy K. Hall, USN

MAJ Garth H. Payne, Jr., USA

Maj Lee S. Jackson, USAF

Department of Publications & Editing

Sidney A. Knutson, Director

MAJ David T. Whatley, USA, Deputy Director

Murray Summers

(Seated) Marie E. Becherer (I) and Anne

Pearson (r); (standing) Blanche M. Shiflett

(I), Gary P. Belcher (c) and Ruth Watson

(r)

Dr. Andrew P. Mosier

Sidney A. Knutson (left), Sgt Gregory T.

Caruth, USAF (center), and SP5 Larry J.

Grant, USA (right), Department ofPublications & Editing

Dr. Donald W. Hurta, William H. Cullen,

and CDR Edwin H. Grant, USN

Faculty circa 1975
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DSMS Faculty Photo, 1971. The Commandant, BG Winfield S. Scott III, USA, is fourth from the left, front row.

...I believe we have made significant improvements in Department ofDefense management and

in our weapons system acquisitionpolicies....We have first made

a real improvement in the procedure for selecting and training

our project managers. The Defense Systems Management

School is established and has

graduated its first class.

- Melvin R. Laird, Secretary of

Defense, before the Senate Armed

Services Committee, 17 February

1972

SENIOR CHIEF PETTY

OFFICER BRUCE

BLANCHARD WAS

BACKBONE OF DSMC'S

FIRST SEVEN YEARS

Navy Senior Chief Yeoman Bruce

Blanchard, the senior DSMC enlisted

staffmemberwithin the original cadre,

retired in May 1978 after a 30-year

career. His leadership, tact, initiative,

acumen, and personnel management

and organizational ability helped

DSMC survive and grow during the

early years.

Chief Yeoman Bruce Blanchard, USN
DSMS 1971

POLICY GUIDANCE COUNCIL

BOARD OF VISITORS OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

FOR SUPPORT

SERVICES

ACADEMIC ADVISOR

RESIDENT SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF

PLANS AND PROGRAMS

ASSISTANT

SECRETARY

FOR ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER

SYSTEMS AND SIMULATION

DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLICATIONS AND EDITING

1 Formerly Directorate of Research and Curriculum

2Formerlv School of Extension Courses

DSMS 1976

POLICY GUIDANCE COUNCIL

BOARD OF VISITORS OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT

SYSTEM X

PROGRAM OFFICE

ACADEMIC ADVISOR

DEPARTMENT OF

PLANS AND

PROGRAMS

DEPARTMENT OF

SYSTEMS AND SIMULATION

SECRETARIAT

DEPARTMENT OF INTERMEDIATE

MANAGEMENT COURSES

DEPARTMENT OF EXECUTIVE

MANAGEMENT COURSES
DSMS Staff Photo 1974 in front of Building 202. Lee Coble, second from left in second row, retired in 1996.

Secretary [of Defense James]

Schlesinger and I supportthe need

for education and experience for

project managers. We strongly believe inthe education programhere

at the Defense Systems Management School and we support

it....When all our future senior

project managers are graduates of

this school, and when they have

been selected and promoted based

ondemonstratedperformance, material acquisition management

within the Department will then

have made a quantum jump from

what it is today.

- William P. Clements, Jr.,

Deputy Secretary of Defense, at

DSMS, 1974
DSMC 1981

BOARD OF VISITORS

DEPARTMENT OF

ADMINISTRATION

POLICY GUIDANCE COUNCIL

OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT

SCHOOL OF SYSTEMS

ACQUISITION EDUCATION

EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH

AND INFORMATION

DSMS Staff Photo, 1975.
DSMC Staff Photo, 1978.

Division of College Administration and Services employees attending a "DCAS All

Hands." From left: LCDR Jill V. Garzone, USN, Patricia A. Wright, Carolyn S. Miller,

Gregory T. Caruth, Maxine Arcieri, Catherine A. Pearson and Renita K. Janes.

The Air Force fully supports the

thoroughpreparationofprogram

managers, and we believe the

Defense Systems Management

School represents an important

asset for accomplishing this objective.

- John L. McLucas, Secretary

ofthe Air Force, at DSMS, 1974
DSMC 1987

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AND PERSONNEL

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NOW IT'S A COLLEGE.'

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DSMC Faculty and Staff, 1981. Commandant Brig Gen William E. Thurman, USAF, is fifth from right in front row.

The first 10 years has beena great

experience for the College. There

is no question whatsoever that we

have made enormous progress,

and I would forecast for you that

it's only a beginning....[DSMC]

has the direct responsibility for

establishment inthe minds of our

project managers a true sense of

accountability....As we acquire

through the College the sense of

prestige, excellence, and quality

and stature within the

services...we will have accomplished our mission.

-William P. Clements, Jr., Governor of Texas; former Deputy Secretary of Defense, at the DSMC

10th Anniversary, 1981

FACULTY DEGREES

FROM DIVERSE

INSTITUTIONS

In 1980, the 54 DSMC faculty members had been awarded 57 baccalaureate degrees, 54 masters degrees and

nine doctorate or otherterminal degrees

(120 total). The George Washington

University had awarded 12 advanced

degrees. The Military and NavalAcademies had awarded the most baccalaureate degrees, five each. Fifty-eight U.S.

and two European colleges and universities had awarded degrees.

FUNCTIONAL COURSE

MODULAR PACKAGES

SUCCESSFUL IN 1980S

The College in 1983 introduced three

new functional course modular packages which essentially addressed all

major acquisition disciplines and issues and encompassed the objectives of

all the short courses. The three-week

course packages were the Policy and

Organizational Management Course,

the Business Management Course, and

the Technical Management Course.

These popular courses were offered for

several years until being broken down

into shorter, more specializedfunctional

courses.

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DSMC 1992

EXECUTIVE

INSTITUTE

COMMANDANT

PROVOST

DEPUTY

COMMANDANT

DIVISION

OF COLLEGE

OPERATIONS

& SERVICES

PROGRAM

MANAGEMENT

EDUCATION

DIVISION

RESEARCH

AND

INFORMATION

DIVISION

BOARD

OF

VISITORS

EXECUTIVE

& SHORT

COURSES

DIVISION

DELIBERATION

SUPPORT

DIVISION

CONSULTING

DIVISION

FACULTY

DIVISION

DSMC 1996

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

QUALITY COORDINATOR

SENIOR NCO

COMMANDANT

PROVOST

ACADEMIC

PROGRAMS

DIVISION

SCHOOL OF

PROGRAM

MANAGEMENT

DIVISION

DEFENSE ACQUISITION

UNIVERSITY

BOARD OF VISITORS

EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE

FACULTY

DIVISION

RESEARCH,

CONSULTING, &

INFORMATION

DIVISION

DIVISION OF

COLLEGE

ADMINISTRATION

& SERVICES

REGIONAL

OPERATIONS

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THE DSMC COMMANDANTS

Brigadier General Winfield S. Scott III, USA

1 February 1971 to 10 July 1974

Major General John G. Albert, USAF

10 July 1974 to 30 June 1977

Rear Admiral Rowland G. Freeman III, USN

30 June 1977 to 23 April 1979

Colonel John B. Hanby, Jr., USA

23 April 1979 to 31 July 1979

Brigadier General William E. Thurman, USAF

31 July 1979 to 15 November 1981

Brigadier General Benjamin J. Pellegrini, USA

8 January 1982 to 31 January 1984

Colonel Thomas V. Forburger, USA

31 January 1984 to 12 April 1984

Rear Admiral Roger D. Johnson, USN

12 April 1984 to 27 September 1985

Brigadier General Charles P. Cabell, Jr., USAF

27 September 1985 to 29 April 1988

Major General Lynn H. Stevens, USA

29 April 1988 to 26 July 1991

Rear Admiral William L. Vincent, USN

26 July 1991 to 25 March 1993

Brigadier General Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF

25 March 1993 to 28 March 1996

Brigadier General Richard A. Black, USA

28 March 1996 - Present

Brig Gen Charles P. Cabell, Jr., USAF,

and Paulette Langlas

MG Lynn H. Stevens, USA; Robert B.

Costello, Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition); andBrig Gen Charles P. Cabell,

Jr., USAF, cut the cake at the Cabell/

Stevens Change ofCommand, April 1988.

Scott/Albert Change of Command

10 July 1974

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Conrad D. Babb

John H. Richardson Chair

The late Edward J. Trusela

Air Force Chair

THE DSMC EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE

The present DSMC Executive Institute (El) began in 1979 when Commandant

Brigadier General William E. Thurman, USAF, established an endowed

academic chair to be occupied by a senior-level defense industry executive. The

executive, chosen by the National Security Industrial Association, would occupy

the chair for a year or longer as agreed.

Named afterthe first Secretary ofDefense, James V. Forrestal, the industry chair

was first occupied by a retired General Electric Company executive, Mr. Charles

W. George. The next year, DSMC endowed a chairforthe Office ofthe Secretary

ofDefense, filled by Mr. John B. Walsh, and the Army, Navy, andAirForce each

agreed to assign a senior executive service acquisition official as chairs.

Collectively titled the Executive Institute, the purpose of the chairs was to add

breadth, depth, and perspective to DSMC programs. To support the curriculum,

members have served as mentors to the faculty, staff, and students; classroom

lecturers and facilitators, briefing evaluators, subject matter experts; and liaison

with their Services and organizations to arrange special presentations. Their

advisory and "kitchen cabinet" relationships to Commandants, their service on

DoD study groups, and their contacts with industry and senior defense officials

as representatives of the Commandant have been of great value to the College.

In speaking of the long-standing working relationship between DSMC and

industry, the American Defense Preparedness Association President, Lieutenant

General Lawrence F. Skibbie, USA (Ret), in 1996 said the "most significant in

ourjoint history is the cooperative opportunities afforded while maintaining the

Industry Chair atthe College - a hallmark ofindustry-governmentteamwork. This

Chair has brought the flavor and attitude of an experienced industry executive

to the College to assist in educating both faculty and students. It is only through

understandings such as this that we can achieve the professional governmentindustry relationship of our goals."

The two formerindustry chairs are now called the Forrestal-Richardson Memorial

Chair. The incumbent is George K. Krikorian, formerly president of CACI

International, Inc., and previously with VITRO Corporation for 30 years.

Commandants later added chairs for specified terms representing the Office of

Federal Procurement Policy, the Defense Logistics Agency, and other defense

organizations. The El also includes Visiting Professors who provide the Commandant a body of expertise to investigate areas of concern and to recommend policy

or process changes.

Left to Right: Laurence G. Köhler, former Defense Logistics Agency Chair; Gibson G.

LeBoeuf, George K. Krikorian, and Thomas J. Dolan, Jr.

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Gregory T. Wierzbicki

Systems Management Chair

Present EI chair incumbents in addition to Mr. Krikorian are Senior Executive

Service members Gibson G. LeBoeuf, holder of the Navy Chair, Benedict A.

"Tony" Kausal, holder ofthe Air Force Chair; and Gregory T. Wierzbicki, holder

of the Systems Management Chair; and Visiting Professors Dr. J. Ronald Fox,

Dr. Walter B. LaBerge, John J. Welch, Jr., and Thomas J. Dolan, Jr. The Army

and Defense Logistics Agency chairs are vacant.

Mr. LeBoeuf previously was a Senior Fellow in the United States Senate, and

with the Navy's Trident Ballistic Missile Submarine program. Mr. Kausal is the

former Competition Advocate General for the Air Force. Mr. Wierzbicki is a

formerDSMC Provost and Deputy Commandant. Dr. Fox is a ProfessorEmeritus

atthe Harvard Business School, and formerlyAssistant Secretary ofthe Army for

Procurement and Contracting. Dr. LaBerge is a visiting professor at the

University ofTexas at Austin, and formerly was Assistant Secretary ofthe Army

and Air Force and Lockheed vice president for corporate operations. Mr. Welsh

was the Senior Acquisition Executive for the Air Force. Mr. Dolan, a former

DSMCAcquisition Law Chair, headed a task force during the Section 800 Panel

acquisition law review.

Joseph N. Shrader

Navy Chair

William L. Clark

James Forrestal Memorial Industry

Chair

Dr. J. Ronald Fox

Visiting Professor

David Westermann

James Forrestal Memorial Industry

Chair

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Robert W. Crittenden

Acquisition Personnel

Policy Chair

Gary E. Tagtmeyer

Army Chair

Joann H. Langston

Army Chair

John J. Welch, Jr.

Visiting Professor

Gerald E. Keightley

Navy Chair

Honorable Gerald A. Cann

Visiting Professor

The value ofthe Defense Systems

I Management College increases every year, and we are only starting

to fully recognize that DSMC's

value is far greater than that of

merely teaching acquisition. Congratulations to everyone at DSMC

on your 25th Anniversary. May

you continue to serve for many

more

- Vice Admiral W. C. Bowes,

! USN, Principal Deputy Assistant

Secretary of the Navy (Research,

Development andAcquisition), 1996

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Seated from left: Colonel (P) Claude M.

Bolton, Jr., USAF, Commandant; Robert

Spillane, Superintendent, Fairfax County

Public Schools; andArmand Sebastianelli,

Principal, Bryant Alternative School; with

student (standing).

Bruce Warner, Automation Department,

talks to Bryant Adult Alternative School

students.

Vera Watkins and Ellen Davidson

Michelle McDonald

DSMC "FAMILY" ACTS AS COMMUNITY "GOOD NEIGHBOR"

While anticipating and meeting accelerating customer needs over the years, the DSMC

"family" still have found time to devote to community and "good-neighbor" activities. In

what has been almost an annual necessity, DSMC people have held numerous in-house

fundraisers, such as fairs and cookouts, for emergency reliefto areas battered by weather

or other tragedies. These included relieffor victims of the Oklahoma City bombing, Los

Angeles earthquake, and killer hurricanes.

Beginning in 1993, DSMC "adopted" the nearby Bryant Adult Alternative School by

entering into the Partners in Education Program with Fairfax County, Virginia, public

schools. The program provides an opportunity for DSMC faculty and staff to assist

Bryant teachers and students in or outside the classroom as tutors, mentors, and guest

speakers. Students "job shadow" DSMC employees at work. The DSMC-adopted

students, ranging in age from 17-23, dropped out of high school but later realized the

importance of a diploma, and have pursued its requirements through Bryant.

For nearly five years, DSMC has been involved with the same school system and the

Pulley Vocational School providing part-time volunteer employment during the school

year. They have worked in the library and civilian personnel, visual arts, and reproduction

departments. We currently have four such volunteers.

Since 1987, DSMC people have hosted an annual Easter egg hunt for exceptional

children, ages 3 to 10, recommended by the Fort BelvoirArmy Community Services office.

The College personnel raise money (in 1995 more than $2,000) to provide food, drink, fun

and games, and Easter baskets, and of course, supplies the EasterBunny himself, whose

appearance is the event's highlight.

For the past five years, DSMC has worked with the Fairfax County Department of

Rehabilitation Services to recruit and accept for volunteer employment disabled persons

who are not in school or otherwise employed. These persons work at DSMC either partor full-time to gain worthwhile work experience to enable them to secure a position with

business orgovernment. The College hired two through this program, and others have gone

on to paying positions elsewhere. The College also participated with Fairfax County in

the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS), the centerpiece of the

Family SupportAct of 1988. The goal was to find volunteerjobs forindividuals receiving

welfare to encourage them to leave the welfare rolls ultimately.

The College also participates in other national or local awareness-type activities such as

the "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day" each April. Cathy Pearson of DSMC's civilian

personnel office has been most instrumental in coordinating many ofour "good-neighbor"

activities.

Gregory Caruth in the dunk tank

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CIVILIAN FACULTY 1996

James W. Abellera

Dr. James R. Kinsley

Dr. Henry C. Alberts

Paul A. Alfieri

Frederick L. Ayer

William W. Bahnmaier

Lawrence I. Baker

Paul O. Ballou, Jr.

Dr. Alan W. Beck

Robert J. Bohls

Calvin Brown

Dr. Robert F. Bumes

Robert D. Carlson

Jack D. Cash

Daniel B. Chapla

John D. Claxton

Charles B. Cochrane

Daniel S. Costello

Jesse E. Cox

Stanley J. Crognale

Donald W. DeCoursey

Mary E. Dellinger

James H. Dobbins

Joseph A. Drelicharz

John L. Dwyer

William A. Erie

William R. Foumier

Donald M. Freedman

Dr. Franz A. P. Frisch

Dr. Donald S. Fujii

Dr. Owen C. Gadeken

Andrea M. Garcia

Kenneth M. S. Gillespie

Professor Stanley J. Crognale, Jr.,

center, and Jan (Mitchell) Wilson

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Professor Paul A. Alfieri

Professor Sharon O. Richardson

Professor John R. Snoderly and Magda

Sweede

Lt Col Robert Ivanisek,

Anthony A. Scafati

USAF, and Dr.

Dr. Jay W. Gould III

Gary J. Hagan

Dr. Mary-jo Hall

John C. Hamel

Beryl A. Harman

Dr. Julius Hein

John H. Hickok

Edward Hirsch

R. Donald Hood

Phillip J. Hornick

Sherwin J. Jacobson

Wilbur D. Jones, Jr.

B. A. (Tony) Kausal IV

Kenneth L. Kladiva

Michael G. Krause

Richard W. Kwatnoski

J. Gerald Land

Gibson G. LeBoeuf

John F. Leonard

Robert H. Lightsey

Dr. Craig L. Lush

John E. Lynn

Joel M. Manary

Frederick J. Manzer

Norman A. McDaniel

John P. McGovem

William M. McGovem

Paul J. Mcllvaine

Paul T. McMahon

Michael L. Mears

Frank T. Meneely

George S. Merchant

William T. Motley

Damond L. Osterhus

Professor Daniel B. Chapla

Professor Kenneth M. S. (Steve) Gillespie

Sharon A. Boyd, Col Joseph A. LaMarca,

USAF, and Professor Anthony J. (Tony)

Rymiszewski

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Professors Ernst P. (Pete) Vollmer and

LtCol Kurt Dieterle, USMC

Professor Frances M. Valore

Laura DeChants, Professor Joseph

Schmoll and Christine Royer

Professor R. Donald Hood

Professor James S. Sheldon

Professor Walter G. Weedman

ELM IJ

Molly V. Parker

George H. Perino

Dr. James E. Price

George J. Prosnik

Richard H. Reed

Raymond W. Reig

Gary L. Richard

Sharon O. Richardson

John J. Riffee

Daniel G. Robinson

Bernard H. Rudwick

Dr. Benjamin C. Rush

Anthony J. Rymiszewski

Paul Sabina

Dr. Anthony A. Scafati

Joseph H. Schmoll

John T. Shannon

Paul V. Shebalin

James S. Sheldon

Thomas I. Siemsen

Randall K. Smith

John R. Snoderly

Jesse J. Stewart

Richard A. Stillman

Robert H. Stryjewski

Wilson Summers TV

Siobhan Tack

Robert L. Täte

Frances M. Valore

Ernst P. Vollmer

Dr. Robert A. Warren

Walter G. Weedman

Gregory T. Wierzbicki

Larry W. Zimmer

Randy C. Zittel

Professor Damond L. Osterhus

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MILITARY FACULTY 1996

LTC James Adams A

Maj Charles K. Banning AF

Lt Col Russell C. Barbero AF

Maj Russell S. Barker AF

Lt Col Joseph E. Bond AF

Col Samuel D. Brown, Jr. AF

CAPT Daniel E. Brown N

CDR Richard L. Cemohorsky N

LTC Robert L. Coxe A

Maj James L. Craig AF

CDR Patrick F. Cromar N

Lt Co! Lawrence Damman AF

CDR Arthur F. Dehnz N

Maj Michael W. Denny AF

Lt Col Barry A. Eller AF

LTC Thomas R. Evans A

Lt Co! Mark E. Fantasia AF

Lt Col Carlos C. Galvan AF

Lt Col Reginald A. Goodman AF

CDR James E. Grayson N

Lt Co! Arthur C. Greenlee AF

LTC Larry Groome A

CDR Julian L. Hart N

Lt Col Robert B. Hartheu AF

Lt Co! Larry Heller AF

Lt Co! John Horn AF

LTC James M. Huskins A

LTC Orlando J. Uli, Jr. A

CDR Dale R. Immel N

Lt Col Philip A. Irish III AF

Capt Dale A. Jackman AF

Lt Co! Pau! P. Jacobs, Jr. AF

LTC Edward D. Jones A

CDR James R. Keim N

CDR Brian A. Kelmar N

Lt Col Alan Lachel AF

Lt Col Edward B. Levy AF

CDR Leroy E. Madsen N

Lt Col William P. McNally AF

Lt Col David W. R. Me!ton AF

Lt Co! George A. Noyes III AF

Lt Col Karen Osborn AF

LTC Robert Otlowski, Jr. A

Lt Co! Ronald V. Phillips AF

LtCo! Dimas Pinzon, Jr. MC

LTC Gloria J. Raven A

CDR Ellen S. Rosenthal N

Maj Christopher P. Russick AF

Lt Co! Bernard J. Scalise AF

Lt Col David Schmitz AF

LTC Arthur Shemwell A

Lt Co! Danie! J. Simek AF

Lt Co! Peggy 0. Simek AF

Lt Col Robert B. Spangler AF

Maj William Swank AF

Lt Col Robert J. Traube, Jr. AF

Maj Robert L. Tremaine AF

CDR William H. Vaughan N

Lt Col Wayd R. Weber AF

LTC Bruce L. Weyrick A

Capt Dennis B. Wilder, Jr. AF

LTC Anthony Wiley A

LTC Randall Withrow A

Lt Col Fred A. Yarborough, Jr. AF

LtCol Philip A. Young MC

Left: Lt Co! David W. R. Mekon, USAF

Far !eft (standing), LTC James M.

Huskins, USA, and far right (standing),

James L. Craig, Jr.

Lt Co! Lawrence Dammon, USAF

Professors John Claxton, Lt Col Carlos

Galvan, USAF, and Sherwin Jacobson

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Meg Weaver, COL William E. Knight,

USA, and David L. Scibetta

Sharon Boyd and Lisa Hicks with APMC

students.

LOUIS JONES IS DSMC'S

LONGEST-SERVING

EMPLOYEE

Louis "Lou" Jones, Automation Department, is the longest continually

serving member ofthe DSMC family.

Lou joined the staffin 1974.

CIVILIAN STAFF 1996

Williarm P. Adams, Jr.

Rosa G. Alicea

H. Maxine Arcieri

Kimberly M. Attaway

Janice M. Baker

Myma J. Bass

Norene L. Blanch

Michael L. Blevins

Eduard H. Boyd

Sharon A. Boyd

Margaret A. Brown

Florence E. Brueser

Michelle L. Buel

Peggy A. Burley

Cynthia Y. Burns

Deborah Byrne

Mary E. Capozzi

Gregory T. Caruth

Clyde A. Clark

Jane L. Cohen

Alan D. Cox

Paula L. Croisetiere

Peggy L. Dacey

Ellen K. Davidson

Terry D. Davis

Laura J. DeChants

Edward J. Dimler

Margaret F. Dufer

Mary A. Easter

Jeanne F. Elmore

Shelley L. Fink

Ruben Fonseca-Torres

Linda Garnish

Lisa R. George

Debra Golden

Milagros V. Gonzales

Deborah L. Gonzalez

Roy T. Green

Carole J. Hall

Sandra K. Hall

Nancy G. Hall

Helen H. Haltzel

Willie M. Haskell

Kendra E. Haugen

James J. Herzog, Jr.

Sylvia N. Hickman

Paula Croisetiere and Richard Mattox Myma Bass and Bobbie McGinnis

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Joyce Reniere

Dee Vines, Ramona Lemelin, Jane Turner

and Susie Moss

Lisa A. Hicks

Warren Hills III

Gary T. Hitt

Gloria K. Holland

Thelma N. Jackson

Renita K. Janes

Joanna Jerrell

Christopher J. Johnson

Collie J. Johnson

Tammy C. Johnson

Louis F. Jones

Doreen Jurgielewicz

Johnnie M. Kennedy

Michael M. King

Brian G. Knighton

Genie M. Kristobek

Alberta M. Ladymon

Mary R. Lane

Paulette A. Langlas

James W. Leaf

Suzanne L. Leaf

Ramona A. Lemelin

Mark Lewis

Meg Weaver, Dr. Donald S. Fujii and

Ellen Davidson William Adams and Vera Watkins

Janet Vincent and Dee Roberts

Ursula C. Lilliman

Linda D. Lipscomb

Jeanette M. Madrid

Cynthia K. Marcott

Victor M. Marshall

Richard A. Mattox

Kristine L. Mazzotta

Kelly R. McCraney

Michelle M. McDonald

Elaine McQueeney

Carolyn S. Miller

Marion R. Miller

Jacquelyn Mills

Jeanette L. Montoya

Sharon A. Moore

Carie Morrison

Susie M. Moss

Helena V. L. Myers

Jerrel R. Nalley

Sylvia Nance

Cheryl R. Peade

Catherine A. Pearson

Connie Pettis

Kathy Smith and Elaine McQueeney

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LTC George Noyes, USA, Tina Richards,

and Linda Stiltner

Johnnie Kennedy

Laura J. Pfitzner

Mark E. Porter

Patricia S. Predith

Louis M. Rager

Dorothy L. Reago

Karla J. Reed

Diane M. Reid

Donna Reid

Joyce C. Reniere

Tina M. Richards

Robert L. Riley

Toni Rizzo

Lily D. Roberts

Tina Marie Rodgers

Cheryl D. Rothlisberger

Christine A. Royer

Joan L. Sable

Francis N. Scavotto

David L. Scibetta

Ceary J. Shepard

Christina C. Shinn

Carrie L. Simpson

Carolyn M. Sliger

Katherine A. Smith

Jeannine C. Sokolowski

Kathryn E. Sondheimer

Jennie V. Sorensen

Robin D. Stephens

Linda C. Stiltner

Angel S. Sullivan

Karen H. Teeple

Bettina A. Thomas

Maryellen Tipper

Jeffrey H. Turner

David M. Vanhouse

Cheryl H. Viani

Karren I. Villahermosa

Janet E. Vincent

Delores T. Vines

Shannon M. Walter-Saville

Patricia T. Ward

Bruce N. Warner

Vera E. Watkins

Margaret A. Weaver

Eleanor M. Williams

Jan D. Wilson

James K. Wittmeyer

Patricia A. Wright

Faye Dufer and Dr. Walter LaBerge

LTC Al Kimball, USA, Jeannine

Sokolowski, and Pat Ward Frank Scavotto and Jennie Sorensen

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MILITARY STAFF 1996

SFC Francis M. Battle A

SFC James L. Buff in A

YN1 Nilsa C. Carrasquillo-Swift N

CPT Richard W. Cleveland, Jr. A

SSgt Phillip E. Copeland AF

LTC Lawrence Doton A

MSgt Fredrick Edelkamp AF

SSgt Stephen A. Elias AF

Sgt Carl D. Fogle AF

AWCS Douglas J. Frenz N

LCDR Jill C. Garzone N

SrA Gerald Gilchrist AF

SGT Harold Grammer A

112 Anthony Hubbard N

SSG Hildred T. Jarrett A

COL William E. Knight A

SFC McKinley D. Lewis A

LTC Terry A. Love A

LTC John D. Mahony A

SSG Pamela S. Milliner-Williams A

SSG Julia R. Mitchell A

SPC Alvin A. Moore A

MSgt Apolino Nerio AF

IC2 Bryan E. Noble N

SGT Linda A. Olds A

L12 Rinaldo Perez N

LTC Patricia E. Pippin-Lane A

SGT Kevin S. H. Prude A

MSgt Reginald Ramsey AF

1C2 Chanelle Y. Ratliff N

Ll Edward J. Richter N

SSG Michael Scott A

LI3 Dustin D. Sell N

SGT Tyree Stanford A

SFC Randolph Starks A

SrA Derek A. Stephenson AF

LU Andrew Stowell N

LI1 Russell A. Sumner N

SGT Richard W. Vigue A

SSG Delores West A

SFC McKinley D. Lewis, USA and Brig

Gen Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF

ENLISTED PERSONS OF THE

YEAR 1984-1995

The College recognizes the outstanding

performance of enlisted personnel by

selecting an Enlisted Person of the

Year. They are as follows:

1984 - PHAAJohnA. Chapman, USN

1985 - SSgt Joe C. Pacheco, USAF

1986 - LI3 Ronald Richley, USN

1987 - LI2 Nancy L. Pellicer, USN

1988 - SP4 Charles J. Kudlacz, USA

1989 - SSG Ben A. Lewis, USA

1990 - SFC Eduard H. Boyd, USA

1991 - SSG Joseph O'Neal, Jr., USA

1992 - TSgt Venetia "Bo" Shaw, USAF

1993 - SSG Delia T. Williams, USA

1994 - 1C2 David A. Jopson, USN

1995 - SSgt David M. Stone, USAF

SSgt David M. Stone, USAF, 1995 Enlisted Person of the Year

SGT Tyree Stanford, USA, SSG Julia R.

Mitchell, USAand SSgt Stephen A. Elias,

USAF, filming on the DSMC campus

SFC Frances M. Battle, USA and SSgt

PhillipE. Copeland, USAF,assistwithihe

in-processing of APMC students.

Earning money for the 25th Anniversary celebration with a car wash. SGT Michael

Scott, USA, Victor Marshall, and CPT Diggs Cleveland, USA.

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Secretary ofDefense Casper W. Weinberger is accompanied by Commandant, Brig Gen Charles A. Cabell, USAF, to the graduation

of Program Management Class 87-1.

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PROXIMITY TO

THE PENTAGON:

DISTINGUISHED

SPEAKERS AND

OTHERVISITORS

Honorable John Douglass, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), the first PMC

graduate to become a Service Acquisition

Executive, 1996

Honorable Norman R. Augustine,

Chairman and CEO

Lockheed-Martin Corporation, 1976

A principal feature considered when

locating DSMC at Fort Belvoir was its

proximity (20 miles) to the Pentagon.

During the 1971 opening ceremonies,

DSMC founder and Deputy Secretary

of Defense David Packard remarked,

"We wantthisschooltobe located in the

Washington area where it canboth have

an influence on and be influenced by the

high level people and policies of the

Department."

Thus the institution has been close

enough to allow faculty to remain current through frequent contact with

major policy and decision makers. It has

allowed Pentagon officials to enrich

learning and participate in student and

faculty activities as guest speakers and

through other campus visits at minimal

costto the government. Many observers

have likened DSMC to a small Ivy

League college where quality education

is offered in a demanding yet comfortable environment.

Over the years, our distinguished guest

speakers and visitors have played an

important part in making DSMC the

Mecca of logic and practicality in the

study of defense acquisition, as well as a

principal innovator for improving the

Gen Lawrence A. Skantze, USAF

Commander, AirForce Systems Command,

1983

Honorable John Lehman

Secretary of the Navy, 1984

Gen George S. Brown, USAF

Chief of Staff, Air Force, 1973

Honorable Richard D. DeLauer, Under

Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering), 1985

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RADM Grace Hopper, USN, 1981

acquisition process. The College has

attracted hundreds of senior DoD military and civilian officials, leaders in the

defense industry and academia, and

Members of Congress and their staffers

as participants in our programs - a veritable "Who's Who" of the broad scope

of players in the defense acquisition

community. Numerous experts in areas

related to acquisition such as education,

quality, management, leadership, and

motivational techniques have enhanced

the learning process.

Under our policy of academic freedom

and non-attribution, where whatever is

said remains on campus in anonymity,

officials in high-level government and

non-government positions have felt at

home here in freely and frankly discussing and debating issues, trends, and the

future.

Distinguished visitors have included

Secretaries of Defense, Under Secretaries ofDefense, Service Secretaries, Chiefs

of Staff, Defense Agency heads, and

four- and three-star general and flag

officers. Many of these leaders have

made multiple visits as graduation speakers, distinguished guestlecturers, participants in process action or integrated

process teams. Some come to attend

roundtables or other off-site meetings

away from the immediate Washington,

D.C., arena. Many also have served on

the DSMC Policy Guidance Council or

Board of Visitors.

Visits by such luminaries have recognized and enhanced the reputation of

DSMC as an academic institution and a

forum for open thought and discussion.

Their contributions have increased our

value to Pentagon and acquisition management leaders as a primary source for

assignments and assistance in acquisition research, consulting, and information dissemination.

Jonathon Etherton

Professional StaffMember, Senate Armed

Services Committee, 1987

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GEN Louis C. Wagner, Jr., USA

Commander, Army Materiel Command,

1989

GEN Carl E. Vuono, USA

Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1990

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Gen Bernard Randolph, USAF

Commander, AirForce Systems Command,

1988

Senior Acquisition Executives from each Service and members of DSMC's Executive

Institute met at the College prior to a panel discussion with Program Management

Course 95-1. Pictured from left: Tony Kausal, DSMC Air Force Chair; Honorable Gil

Decker, Senior Acquisition Executive for the Army; the late Honorable Clark Fiester,

Senior Acquisition Executive for the Air Force; Honorable Nora Slatkin, Senior

Acquisition Executive forthe Navy; Gibson LeBoeuf, DSMC Navy Chair; and George

Krikorian, DSMC Forrestal-Richardson Memorial Industry Chair.

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Stephen K. Conner, Assistant Secretary of

the Army (Research., Development and

Acquisition), 1991

GEN Maxwell R. Thurman, USA

Vice Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, 1983

The late Honorable Clark Feister, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition); Honorable Nora Slatkin, Assistant

Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) (center); Honorable Gilbert Decker, Assistant Secretary of

the Army (Research, Development and

Acquisition), frequent visitors to DSMC.

Right: Maj Gen Perry Smith, USAF (Ret),

1992

Dr. J. Edwards Deming, consultant on

Total Quality Management, 1993

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The late John Demidovich

Professor Emeritus Frederick T. Dehner

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HONORARY PROFESSORS

LTG Robert C. Mathis, USA

MG Joe Fk, USA

BG Jay R. BriU, USA

Les Fettig

Dale R. Babione

Dr. James R. Larkin

John Richardson

Bill Boden

William S. Jones

John Demidovich*

LTG Bob Baer, USA

Hon William J. Perry

RADM Glen W. Lenox, USN

Dr. Dan Dudas

RADM Grace Hopper, USN*

CDR Grant Fulkerson, USN

Dr. Harold S. Balaban

Robert A. Butler

Alvin M. Frazer

Aaron B. Fuller

George A. Kern

Maj John D. Pamerleau, USAF

Douglas Patterson

Phil E. Atkinson

William Rogers

James Sterling

Charles Zimmerman

Robert L. Bidwell

Mark Grove

Dr. Winston W. Royce

Nancy Vesper

Robert W. Hager

COL Lloyd A. Gimple, USA

Matthew T. Reynolds

Julia C. Denman

BG Eugene Fox, USA

Lester C. Farrington

Charles J. Kebble

LTG R. Dean Tice, USA

Dr. David S. C. Chu

Gary Christie

Wayne Abba

David Anderson

CAPT Harley M. Oien, USN

J.T. Blanton, Jr.

* Deceased

PROFESSORS EMERITUS

Maj Gen Andrew S. Low, USAF (Ret)

Hon William J. Perry

Dr. Franz A. P. Frisch

Dr. Benjamin C. Rush

Maj Gen Fred J. Ascani, USAF (Ret)

J. Stanley Baumgartner

Ken Nidiffer

Joseph Arcieri*

David Westerman

Frederick T. Dehner

Professor Emeritus Dr. Franz A. P. Frisch

David Anderson, Office of the Secretary

of Defense, a Distinguished Guest Lecturerto every Program Management Course

class in recent years.

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Honorable John Deutch

Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Under

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and

Technology), 1993

ADM Alfred J. Whittle, Jr., USN

Chief of Naval Material, 1979

Honorable John H. Chafee, Secretary of

the Navy, with DSMC professor, CDR

James R. Smith, USN, 1973

DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKERS,

LECTURERS AND VISITORS

(Selected List, First Year Shown)

Major General Benjamin N. Bellis, USAF, ¥-15 System Program Director-1972

Robert F. Froehlke, Secretary of the Army -1972

Jeffrey Quill, British Aircraft Corporation - 1972

Representative Robert L. Leggett (D-Califomia) -1972

Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force -1973

Major General Robert J. Baer, USA, Program Manager, XM-1 [Abrams] Tank

-1974

Jack L. Bowers, Assistant Secretary ofthe Navy (Installations and Logistics) -

1974

Richard Moose, Senate Armed Services Committee -1974

Hugh E. Witt, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy-1974

David S. Potter, Under Secretary ofthe Navy - 1974

John L. McLucas, Secretary of the Air Force -1975

Lester A. Fettig, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy -1976

J. William Middendorf, Secretary of the Navy -1976

Gary D. Peniston, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management) -

1976

Dr. Gerald P. Dinneen, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Communications,

Command, Control and Intelligence) -1977

Charles W. Duncan, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense -1977

Admiral Frederick H. Michaelis, USN, Chief of Naval Material -1978

R. James Woolsey, Under Secretary of the Navy -1978

General John R. Guthrie, USA, Commander, Army Materiel Development and

Readiness Command -1978

Dr. Hans Mark, Under Secretary of the Air Force -1979

Dr. William N. Hunter, Director, Federal Acquisition Institute -1979

W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense -1980

Robert F. Trimble, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and

Engineering (Acquisition Policy) -1981

Admiral John G. Williams, Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Material -1982

Harvey J. Gordon, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary ofDefense forAcquisition

-1982

Paul Thayer, Deputy Secretary of Defense -1983

General Robert T. Marsh, USAF, Commander, Air Force Systems Command -

1983

General Lawrence A. Skantze, Vice Chief of Staff', U. S. Air Force-1983

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Vincent Puritano, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) -1983

Derek Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General ofthe Department of Defense

-1983

James R. Ambrose, Under Secretary ofthe Army -1984

James F. Goodrich, Under Secretary of the Navy - 1984

Lieutenant General William E. Thurman, USAF, Vice Commander, U. S. Air

Force Systems Command -1985

Dr. Edward N. Luttwak, Center for Strategic and International Studies -1985

General Richard H. Thompson, USA, Commanding General, U. S. Army Materiel Command -1985

Charles Corddry, Military Correspondent, the Baltimore Sun -1985

Donald A. Hicks, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering -

____ 1986

onora e ary nn leece Eleanor R. Spector, Director of Defense Procurement -1987

Deputy Under secretary of

Defense (Acquisition Management), 1986 Lieutenant General George L. Monahan, Jr., USAF, Vice Commander, AirForce

Systems Command -1987

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Lt Gen David J. Teal, USAF

Vice Commander

Air Force Systems Command, 1992

Jayne Tear

Communications Consultant, 1992

Admiral L. A. "Bud" Edney, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations -1988

General Robert T. Herres, USAF, Vice Chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff -

1988

Dr. Lawrence W. Woodruff, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research

and Engineering (Strategic and Nuclear Forces) -1988

Michael P. W. Stone, Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) -1989

Vice Admiral Richard C. Gentz, USN, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command-1990

John J. Welch, Jr., Assistant Secretary ofthe Air Force (Acquisition) -1990

Max E. Bleck, President, Raytheon Company -1991

Major General Perry Smith, USAF, (Ret), author and consultant on motivational leadership - 1992

Vice Admiral William C. Bowes, USN, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command -1992

Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyoming) -1993

Clark Feister, Assistant Secretary ofthe Air Force (Acquisition) -1993

Colonel Craig Weston, USAF, Program Manager, Space Based Infrared Radar

Program -1995

John Douglass, Assistant Secretary ofthe Navy (Research, Development and

Acquisition) -1996

Brigadier General David Gust, USA, Program Executive OfficerforIntelligence

and Electronic Warfare -1996

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EXCELLENCE IN

ACQUISITION

SUPPORT: THE

DSMC MISSION,

CUSTOMERS,

PRODUCTS,

AND SERVICES

THE CHALLENGE

The Defense SystemsManagement

Schoolhas been established forthe

specific purposeof makingsubstantialimprovementin the capability

and effectiveness ofmanagersfor

the important development and

production programs of the Department of Defense.

— Remarks by the Honorable

David Packard, former Deputy Secretary ofDefense, atthe formal opening

exercises oftheDefense SystemsManagement School, 3 August 1971

From the beginning, the charge given to

DSMC was clear. "We want this school

to become the academy of management

for all four Services," Packard continued. "We want it to be a school of high

distinction where the best of modern

management practices are taught. We

want it to become a center of research

forthe improvement ofmanagerial practices."

Packard's desire subsequently was incorporated into DSMC's first mission statement:

• Conduct advanced courses ofstudy

that will prepare selected military officers and civilian personnel for assignmentsin program/project management.

Thisis the primary mission ofthe school.

• Conduct research in defense program/project management concepts and

methods as required to support the

school in fulfillment of its primary mission.

• Assemble and disseminate information concerning new methods and practices in program/project management.

The mission always has been written

and upheld to serve the government

defense acquisition workforce and

community. These represent our principal customers, or users, and stakeholders.

The first DSMC Commandant, Brigadier General Winfield S. Scott III, USA,

characterized the mission as: "Educating

selected military and civilian personnel

in program management, conducting

research into new concepts and methods

to improve program management, disseminating new knowledge to practicing

program managers - allthis constitutes a

challenging mission."

In 1976, further top-level endorsement

enhanced the DSMC mission. Deputy

Secretary of Defense William P.

Clements, Jr., stated the College should

"help improve DoD management by

serving as a forum for all aspects of

program management and a mechanism

to get feedback into the policy and

planning groups ofthe Services and the

Office of the Secretary of Defense."

The mission remained essentially intact

until 1988, when DEPSECDEF William

H. Taft, III, directed that "...the mission

of DSMC is expanded to include the

entirety of acquisition management."

Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) Robert B. Costello simultaneously

gave DSMC the responsibility for conducting consulting assignments on defense acquisition, a value-added service

to the government acquisition community long in progress. To meet these

challenging new directions, DSMC

broadened our education horizons into

all essential elements of acquisition management.

Our primary customers are DoD military and civilian students attending

academic courses. Students from other

David Packard speaking at 15th Anniversary ceremony.

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government agencies and industry also

attend our courses. Our primary stakeholders, or external customers, are the

Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology), Deputy Under

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform), and other DoD and Service senior acquisition management officials,

program managers, program executive

officers, and other acquisition managers

whose programs benefit from knowledge gained at DSMC. Other stakeholders are the Service Directors of AcquisitionCareerManagement, the acquisition

career functional boards, and the president ofthe Defense Acquisition University.

We fulfill our mission by delivering

quality and beneficial products and services to the defense acquisition community. The major marketfor our products

and services is the defense acquisition

community primarily within the continental United States. The College also

works with the defense industry, other

Federal Government activities, and with

Allied and other friendly countries and

with international organizations involved in systems acquisition.

In summary, DSMC's four-faceted mission is to promote and support the

adoption and practice of sound systems

EARLY FEEDBACK

ANSWERED A

PRESSING QUESTION

The second Commandant, Major General John G. Albert, USAF, believed

that the most pressing question a Commandant mustface is, "Does the DSMS

graduate make a substantial contribution to the efficiency ofthe Department

of Defense in managing the acquisition ofdefense systems?" From all available indicators, he said in 1975, the

answer is a "resounding 'YES.'" As he

went on to note:

management principles by the acquisition workforce through education, research, consulting, and information dissemination. But the primary focus, and

our first intended product and service,

has been to educate personnel in program management. It hasremained foremost since.

Under Commandant Brigadier General

Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF, DSMC in

1993 adopted a revised Vision and Principles and Values. The Vision became:

To be the academy of distinction

promoting systems management

excellence.

The Principles and Values became:

The College fosters an environment that enables us to be productive and innovative without fear.

To this end, these are our guiding

principles. We will support, respect and trust each other. We are

all responsible for customer satisfaction. We take pride in our work

and pursue excellence in what we

do.

Operating within the broad scope ofthe

Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act, and as a member ofthe

"Today the school has prestige within

the major acquisition organizations of

the Military Services....The commanding officers and their deputies not only

contribute to the mission ofthe School

by personal appearances...but they believe sincerely that DSMC's education

should be a key prerequisite for assignment of officers in the acquisition

business."

SECRETARY CLEMENTS

AND THE DSMC TREE

When introducing former Deputy Defense Secretary and then - Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr., at

DSMC's 10th Anniversary ceremony

in 1981, Under Secretary of Defense

for Research and Engineering Richard

D. DeLauer said:

"The sower [seed - DSMCJ was Dave

Packard. He dug the hole and put the

tree in it, and it was Bill Clements' job

to see that the thing took root and

started to grow, and he did that."

DeLauer further said it was Clements

who got the "guys with the stars on their

shoulders to come down here and at

least leam the lexicon ofwhat it took to

manage a program."

Honorable Richard D. DeLauer

Texas Governor William P. Clements, Jr.

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consortium of DoD schools comprising

the Defense Acquisition University, our

products include:

- developing and conducting academic

courses of instruction on program management and other acquisition disciplines,

- conducting research symposia and

projects to improve the acquisition process, and

- producing publications on acquisition, including periodicals, guidebooks

and technical reports.

Our services include a wide range of

items such as:

- providing subject-matter-expert and

process consulting services to the Pentagon and other staff offices, and weapon

systems program offices,

- hosting and facilitating off-site meetings by DoD and other government

groups, and

- participating in the activities of a

vibrant alumni association.

By focusing on six cross-functional strategic processes, DSMC is continuously

evaluating our role in providing the

defense acquisition workforce and community with quality, efficient products

and services. These processes are: positioningDSMCforthe future, resourcing

and budgeting, educating (research and

development), educating (execution),

developing people, and transforming

the culture.

ADMIRAL JOHNSON

CAPTURED DoD,

CAPITOL HILL

ATTENTION,

INCREASED NAVY

STUDENT

THROUGHPUT

At the December 1985 retirement of

Commandant Rear Admiral Roger D.

"Spider" Johnson, USN, a formerCommandant paid tribute to Johnson for

having "personally captured the attention ofthe Department ofDefense and

the Congress...no small achievement."

Lieutenant General William E.

Thurman, USAF, also said Johnson

had succeeded in coaxing and attracting more Navy students to DSMC,

until then itself no small achievement:

"As a result of his efforts, the Services

are paying more attention to the College

and providing more support for its program." In his own remarks, Johnson

noted that "people from the Services

who come to this College for an education are responsible for the expenditure

of 60 percent of the Department of

Defense budget."

Johnson and the other two Navy Commandants, RearAdmirals Rowland G.

Freeman III, and William L. Vincent,

all were naval aviators.

I believe that this college has the

very important mission of building the strength of our future

armed forces. In the long run, you

will make a very important contribution to our national security.

The quality of our future armed

: fore going to be determined

by the quality of our weapons,

their capability to achieve superior

results, andthe multiplying factor

that can come from the technolDSMC

PROVIDING THE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

1995

WITH QUALITY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

A YfcAl

IN EDUCATION, RESEARCH,

IN REVIEW

CONSULTING, AND INFORMATION

Academic Programs Division Professor

John L. (Jack) Dwyerand Debbie Gonzalez,

Visual Arts, working on DSMC's 1995

Year in Review.

ogyweputintofutureweapons. In

that sense, I believe you have a

missionthatisjust as important as

anymissionthat canbe assignedto

any military officer or member of

the Department of Defense.

- Former Deputy Secretary of

Defense David Packard, at DSMC,

1976

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David Langford, quality consultant

Lt Col Daniel J. Simek, USAF, Professors

Richard H. Reed, and William W.

Bahnmaier discuss DSMC 95.

Professor Mary-jo Hall

IMPROVING PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS:

THE DSMC QUALITY JOURNEY

The DSMC "Quality Journey," an intensified collective effort ofthe faculty and

staffto identify and improve internal management processes for better service to

customers, began in 1993 under Commandant Brigadier General Claude M.

Bolton, Jr., USAF. Based on the DSMC mission and updated statements ofvision

and principles and values, the College began focusing ultimately on customers

through a disciplined change framework. The Quality Journey continues under

Brigadier General Richard A. Black, USA, Commandant since March 1996.

Efforts to embrace the principles and practices of quality products and services

at DSMC began in the late 1980s in response to the philosophy oftotal quality

management emanating from the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense. At OSD's

request, in 1988 DSMC developed a TQM workshop and offered it for several

years. The College was also an active and influential participant in the

Consortium on Quality in Education, and participated at West Virginia

University in the first annual Symposium on TQM in Academia.

To renew the earlier efforts, General Bolton appointed Professor Mary-jo Hall as

a full-time Special Assistantfor Quality to coordinate the transformation. Deans

named quality coordinators in each division. The faculty and staffattended fourday seminars in Quality Learning led by David Langford, and in-house Quest

quality training. Process management, a primary driver in the framework of

change, was the focus in 1993. The fourprocesses are Leadership, Vital Few, Core

Processes, and Functional Processes and Subprocesses. Process action teams

examined strategic process management and other areas for improvement.

A major thrust ofthe Quality Journey has been the increased efforts to improve

communications within Team DSMC. The Commandant increased the number

of Commandant's Calls, and initiated "Roundtable" meetings with each

department, and town-hall format "Fireside Chats" over the local area network

to field questions and discuss issues ofinterest.

General Bolton met monthly with the Corporate Leadership Team of Deans and

division coordinators to map and discuss DSMC's future. Based on 1995 internal

feedback, the CLT modified the strategic goals and developed the Corporate

Dashboard to display measures associated with the goals.

In 1995, DSMC participated in the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Education Pilot. The pilot, like the business application, was designed to promote

The DSMC Quality Circle in 1988.

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Lt Col E. Clyde Hewitt, USAF, LTC

Orlando J. Uli, Jr., USA, Cindy Marcott,

CDR Richard L. Cemohorsky, USN

Professor John P. (Jack) McGovern

Baldrige Team Leader

Ursula Lilliman, Linda Stiltner, and Quest

Leader Daniel S. Costello

performance excellence. The criteria address key business processes and incorporates the tenets of customer focus, process management, employee involvement,

and decision making using data. The College was one of only three educational

institutions out of 19 applicants nationwide (and the first government agency)

to reach the highest level for the Baldridge pilot, a site visit.

CDR Jad Jadreyev, USN, Norman A.

McDaniel, Forrest C. Gale, and Catherine

A. Pearson do Brainstorming exercises in

Langford Training.

SFC Randy Starks, USA; Lt Col Fred A.

Yarborough, Jr., USAF; SGT Harold

Grammer, USA, and SSG Delia Williams-Humphrey

AWCS Douglas J. Frenz, USN, Janice

Baker, and Chris Royer

Director COL J. Rocco McGurk, USA,

and Deputy Director Lt Col John Dwyer,

USAF, Acquisition EnhancementProgram

Office

Maj Linda Puhek, USAF, and CDR Jerry

Coady, USN

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COOPERATIVE

ARRANGEMENT SIGNED

WITH UNIVERSITY

OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

During the mid-1970s, DSMC and the

University of Southern California began a cooperative education program

leading to the award ofa USC masters

degree in system management. An integrated DSMC-USC faculty taught the

courses. Both institutions laterresumed

a cordial working relationship leading

to USC's award ofnumerous advanced

degrees to DSMC faculty in the 1980-

90s.

PARTNERSHIPS WITH COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES INCREASE

Partnerships with colleges and universities increased in 1995 when an agreement

was signed with the University of Texas at Austin, bringing the number of host

arrangements to five. The DSMC now hosts a ÜT-A offering in their Executive

MasterofScience degree program in Science and Technology Commercialization.

Ongoing agreements exist with The George Washington University, the University of Maryland, Northern Virginia Community College, and Strayer College.

It's "hand-across" in agreement forrepresentatives of the Defense Systems Managment

College, Fort Belvoir Army Education Center, and the University of Texas at Austin

(UT-Austin). From left: COL William E. Knight, USA, Dean, Division of College

Administration and Services, DSMC; Ms. Nancy Johnson, Director, Army Education

Center, Fort Belvoir, VA; Dr. George Kozmetsky, Director, IC2 Institute, UT-Austin; and

Brig Gen Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF, Commandant.

"EFF-SAM" COURSE DESIGNED

Year in and year out, DSMC's most

popular course - either requested or

required - has been our "Eff-sam"

course, the Fundamentals of Systems

Acquisition Management (FSAM)

Course. Designed from scratch in 1986

by original course director Wilbur D.

Jones, Jr., FSAM until 1994 was a oneweek basic introduction class for perFOR, APPRECIATED BY, THE MASSES

sons with little or no knowledge or

experience in acquisition, regardless of

rank or position. Its offerings attracted

the mass of students, and was widely

acclaimed as meeting expectations.

Since it became a Defense Acquisition

University-mandated career course for

most career fields, FSAM, appropriately designated ACQ-101, is now nine

days with expanded course material

and use of exercises. Professor Andrea

Garcia of DSMC, the course director,

utilizes DAU consortium schools to

help design lessons and teach the

classes. In FY1996, DSMC will teach

more than 30 offerings nationwide.

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"DIVOPS" MANAGEMENT

PROCESS SPEEDS

DECISION MAKING

In 1993, Commandant then-Colonel

Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF,

empowered DSMC division deans with

significantreview and decision-making

responsibility for executing the College

mission. The empowerment process,

called Division Operations ("DivOps"),

provides for timely action on a wide

range offunctions impacting the dayto-day College operations, such as

budget matters, taskings, hiring,

awards, processes, and products.

Brig Gen (Sei) Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF, DSMC Commandant, and Dr. Myron

Tribus, international education consultant

The Service Acquisition Executives meet at DSMC.

Gary L. Smith, Acquisition Executive, U. S. Special Operations Command;VADM

William Bowes, USN, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research,

Development and Acquisition); Honorable Paul G. Kaminski, Under Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition and Technology); Darleen A. Druyun, Acting Secretary of the Air

Force (Acquisition); Honorable Gilbert F. Decker, Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Research., Development and Acquisition); Honorable R. Noel Longuemare, Principal

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology)

GENERAL PELLEGRINI

CHANGED DSMC WITH

HIS "THREE 'R'S":

RESOURCES, REALISM,

RESULTS

After taking command of DSMC in

1982, Brigadier General Benjamin J.

Pellegrini, USA, outlined a set ofgoals

based on his "Three R's" — resources,

realism, and results. He said that

"DSMC would be stressing more productivity along with better quality,"

requiring all personnel to understand

what DSMC was for and what its

values must be. The College had to

confront and challenge students with

management issues that managers in

the field address.

His four areas ofconcern were courses,

faculty, research, and facilities. His

emphasis was on identifying, prioritizing and managing cost drivers associated with the acquisition process. For

example, the Program Management

Course was redesigned in a modular

format beginning with PMC 83-1.

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The Defense Systems Management College has compiled a distinguished record of invaluable

service to the Department of Defense and the Nation. Over the

past 25 years, DSMC has contributed gready to the improvement

ofthe defense acquisition process

and workforce. On behalf of the

Department's senior acquisition

leadership, Iwould like to extend

my thanksfor ajob well done, and

my support for continued success

into the 21st Century.

- Honorable Paul G. Kaminski, Under Secretary ofDefense (Acquisition and Technology), 1996

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THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY

CONSORTIUM MEMBER COLLEGES, SCHOOLS

AND ACTIVITIES

Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Army Logistics Management College (ALMC)

Fort Lee, Virginia

Defense Contract Audit Institute (DCAI)

Memphis, Tennessee

Defense Logistics Agency Civilian Personnel Support Office (DCPSO)

Columbus, Ohio

Defense Systems Management College (DSMC)

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF)

Fort McNair, Washington D.C.

Information Resources Management College (IRMC)

Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.

Lackland Training Facility (LFT)

Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

Naval Facilities Contracts Training Center (NFCTC)

Port Hueneme, California

The Defense Acquisition University Consortium Symposium

Left to right: Richard H. Reed, Dean of

Faculty; Thomas M. Crean, Defense Acquisition University President; and COL

William K. Knight, USA, Dean, Division

of College Administration and Services.

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)

Monterrey, California

Naval Warfare Assessment Division (NWAD)

Corona, California

Naval Center for Acquisition Training (NCAT)

Norfolk, Virginia

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Professor William W. Bahnmaier (standing)

Professors Raymond W. Reig and Lt Col

Terry L. Raney, USAF

Professor Theodore L. Bloomer and Pat

Sala

Col Andrew A. Zaleski II, USAF

"DSMC '95" STUDY GENERATED

MAJOR ACADEMIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES

Dramatically responding to the new demands caused by the Defense Acquisition

Workforce Improvement Act, formation ofthe Defense Acquisition University,

and changing customer educational requirements, the College in 1993 initiated

a thorough look into our immediate future through a study called "DSMC '95."

Among numerous results, the study triggered a majorrestructuring ofthe Program

Management Course from 20 to 14 weeks, with the new name Advanced PMC,

and academic reorganizations to accommodate those changes.

The Commandant, Rear Admiral William P. Vincent, USN, selected Professor

William W. Bahnmaier, chair of the Principles of Program Management

Department, to lead the study. Mr. Bahnmaier, a retired Marine Corps colonel

and former major program manager, assembled his team from various faculty

and staff functional areas. The team visited field commanders, Pentagon

stakeholders, and Service and Defense Agency customers. They held in-depth

discussions regarding the PMC and short courses, new ones to be developed and

offered, and how DSMC could support each more efficiently. The team espoused

Total Quality Learning precepts as a proving ground as DSMC embarked on the

"Quality Journey."

The first product on the street was the new Executive Program Managers Course

in 1994 developed by team leader Ted Bloomer.. The Advanced PMC and the

revised Fundamentals ofSystems Acquisition Management Course and Intermediate Systems Acquisition Course came on line in 1994. A new course in 1996 is

the Program Managers Survival Course for the smaller acquisition programs.

Several significant recommendations were approved and put into action:

- Establish a College operations office to act as liaison with customers and the

DAU (the Academic Programs Division);

- Transfer tfie newly revised Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management and Intermediate Systems Acquisition Courses to the renamed School

of Program Management Division, where the PMC resides;

- Assign responsibility forspecialized/functional short courses to the Faculty

Division;

- Coordinate with the DAU and consortium schools to develop a well-defined

competency development process;

- Institute a concept of "homeporting" of faculty assigned to teach in the

functional teaching departments; and

- Institutionalize a feedback assessment process to determine what our

customers think of our products.

"DSMC '95 team members included Colonel Andrew A. Zaleski II, USAF,

Captain Daniel E. Brown, USN, Dr. Benjamin C. Rush, Richard H. Reed, Lt Col

Terry Raney, USAF, Lt Col Daniel J. Simek, USAF, James Sheldon, Charles B.

Cochrane, Frances Valore, Frederick Ayer, Dr. Alan Beck, Ted Bloomer, Andrea

Garcia, Joseph Schmoll, and David L. Scibetta.

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STEADY STUDENT

GROWTH:

COMING OF AGE

TO MEET

CUSTOMER NEEDS

DSMC OUTPUT

GRADUATES

| Level I B Level II J Level iTj

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DSMC COURSES

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FY91 I FY92 FY93 FY94 > FY95 ' FY96

Rapidly rising numbers of graduates

from DSMC courses became a most

obvious measurement of DSMC's

progress and growth following our establishment in 1971. The numbers also

indicated apparent customer satisfaction that we were fulfilling our primary

mission.

By the end of 1974, more than 1,100

students had completed DSMC courses.

By 1976, classes ofthe flagship or nucleus

course, the Program Management

Course (PMC), had grown from 60 to

125 students. That year alone, almost

1,150 military and civilian personnel

completed DSMC courses, bringing the

total graduates since 1971 to nearly

3,000. More than 800 representing all

the Services and the defense industry

graduated from the semi-annual, 20-

week PMC.

New courses to meet demands of the

acquisition community were offered

each year: a second course in Cost/

Schedule Control Systems Criteria (one

each for program managers and functional managers) in 1973, the Systems

Acquisition Management for General/

Flag Officers in 1973, and the Industry

Financial Management Course in 1974.

The trend of adding new courses has

continued to the present.

A1974 DoD Directive issuedby Deputy

Secretary of Defense William P.

Clements, Jr., established policy for the

selection, training and career development of managers of DoD major acquisition programs, an action which increased the visibility and importance of

a DSMC education. Clements required

that all candidates for major programs

"should have professional education at

the Defense Systems Management

College's Program Management Course

or Executive Refresher Course, either

before or shortly following assignment

to a major program office."

The year 1976 was a bellwether for

DSMC: 240 students completed the

PMC, and another 875 the executive

courses. A survey found that 86 percent

of PMC graduates had been assigned to

program management offices or related

supporting functional operations.

The Policy Guidance Council, acting on

the suggestion of Secretary Clements,

officially elevated our name to a college

on 22 July 1976. Clements' rationale

was: "...the level of instruction, the student and instructor quality, and the

demonstrated excellence of DSMS

graduates justify changing the name of

your institution to the Defense Systems

Management College. This would more

appropriately recognize the scope and

sophistication of the curricula, enhance

the stature of the institution, and provide increased recognition ofthe qualifications of the graduates in both the

civilian and military communities."

Dr. Gerald P. Dinneen, Assistant Secretary ofDefense (Communications, Command, Control and Intelligence), attributed the progress to "the result of a

College faculty and administration who

have worked closely with the Deputy

Secretary of Defense, the Policy Guidance Council, and the logistics commanders, and who have an effective

relationship with military department

management and industry leaders."

From mid-1977 to mid-1979, 2,863 students graduated from DSMC courses.

By 1980, 6,500 military and civilian

students from all Services, other federal

agencies, and the defense industry had

completed one or more courses.

In observing DSMC's tenth anniversary

in July 1981, Commandant Brigadier

General William E. Thurman, USAF,

highlighted our achievements:

We have grown from a concept

to a College; from a one-building schoolhouse to a campus of

several buildings with a nationwide extension program; from

a curriculum ofonly one course

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to one of approximately 20

courses either being taught or

in development; from a relatively few students per year to

approximately 300 students per

week. Several students have

attained flag rank; many others

aremanagingmajor programs....

In short, the College has come

of age and fulfills an important

responsibility as the continuing

education center for acquisition management education

throughoutthe Department of

Defense.

Throughout our service to the acquisition community, DSMC faculty and

staff remained focused on becoming the

academy of management, as founder

David Packard had envisioned in 1971.

In referring to that vision, General

Thurman continued: "The Defense Systems Management College is well-postured to contribute to improving the

acquisition process." He pointed out a

viable research program in which virtually every DSMC professional was involved. "By permeating the thinking of

everyonc.it has led to innovation and

creativity in the development of our

course material and in the way it is

presented."

The nationwide extension program

General Thurman referenced was realized when DSMC established a fullfledged regional office operation in 1984

and 1985, with four Regional Centers at

Hanscom Air Force Base in Boston,

Massachusetts, Redstone Arsenal in

Huntsville, Alabama, the Army Aviation Support Command in St. Louis,

Missouri, and the Air Force Space Division in Los Angeles, California.

In 1986, Congress included language in

the FY-86 Defense Authorization Act

requiring program managers of major

systems to have DSMC or equivalent

acquisition management education prior

to assuming thejob. This challenge meant

a continued increase in PMC student

population and necessitated development of new curricula to broaden student knowledge of the acquisition process. The challenge expanded to ensure

DSMC compliance with presidential

Executive Order 12352, which called

for career management programs resulting in a highly qualified, well-managed

professional procurement workforce.

Three other major factors caused substantial changes in our academic programs by 1987. The factors included

findings of the President's Blue Ribbon

Commission on Defense Management

(Packard Commission), the Secretary of

Defense Acquisition Enhancement

(ACE) Study dealing with educating the

workforce, in which DSMC was heavily

involved, and the surge of acquisition

career models being developed by the

Services.

To meet an increase in PMC student

annualthroughput from 498 to 810, we

offered the course three times per year

starting in 1987. By year's end, DSMC

had educated more than 25,000 acquisition personnel since 1971. In 1988, a

new three-offerings-per year "New Vision" PMC was introduced, consisting

of a six-week foundation or "basics"

course, followed by a 14-week advanced

application segment. The three-offerings

schedule lasted through 1990, when

PMC reverted to a twice-a-year, 20-week

course.

The Deputy Secretary of Defense rewarded DSMC's efforts in a 1988 directive that expanded the DSMC mission

to include the entirety of acquisition

management. The scope and magnitude

of this new mission, added to the original education, research, and information dissemination roles, represented our

greatest challenges as "the academy of

management." Consulting services to

government acquisition organizations,

SAM COURSE FOR GENERAL/

FLAG OFFICERS BEGAN

AS ORIENTATION SEMINAR

The name of DSMC's senior-level Orientation in Systems Acquisition Seminar, begun in 1973 by direction ofthe

Deputy Secretary of Defense, was

changed in 1977 to the Systems Acquisition Management Course for General and Flag Officers to reflect more

precisely the course content and attendees. The ever-popular course is still

offered.

DSMC COSTS PER STUDENT

TRAINING WEEK

(in FY90 constant $)

$1,200

g $1,000

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$800

$600

$400

$200

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DSMC OUTPUT

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long a service of DSMC faculty in shortand long-term assignments, was officially added to our mission.

The College had earned a worldwide

reputation within government and industry for the excellence of our education, research and information dissemination program and products. This

reputation was being enhanced by a

disciplined adherence to our mission,

and the capability to respond proactively

to changing and developing requirements stipulated by our customers for

improving the professional competence

of the acquisition workforce and the

acquisition management process. By

1991, DSMC had graduated more than

40,000 students.

Passage by Congress of the Defense

Acquisition Workforce Improvement

Act (DAWIA) in 1991 brought significant changes in the way we conducted

business. The Secretary of Defense established the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) as a consortiumorganization of 12 DoD colleges, schools and

agencies - including DSMC - teaching

academic courses on defense acquisition. The DAU became operational in

August 1992, with headquartersin Alexandria, Virginia.

The origin of the DAU emanated from

recommendations ofthe ACE Program

Study Groups in 1985-86. The ACE

studies, ordered by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering - the

predecessor to the Under Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition) (USD(A)) - supported a university concept. In 1988, the

USD(A) directed that a small ACE

Program Office be opened in DSMC to

act as the executive agent for the

USD(A) to conduct the DoD Education, Training and Career Development

Program. The Deputy Secretary of Defense officially changed DSMC's mission to accommodate this new responsibility.

DEPUTY SECRETARY TAFT DIRECTED ESTABLISHMENT

OF ACQUISITION ENHANCEMENT (ACE) WORKING GROUP

The Acquisition Enhancement (ACE) Working Group, established by Deputy

Defense Secretary William H. Taft, IV, began deliberations at DSMC in 1985.

Directed by Professor Edward Hirsch, the group's tasks were to: (1) recommend

a required set of experience prerequisites and training requirements for specific

acquisition workforce job functions, (2) review, revise, and generate appropriate

directives and other documentation, (3) review the current training requirements

and the existing training and education base, and (4) develop recommendations

for enhancement.

The multi-Service/Defense Agency team included DSMC Professors Sandra

Rittenhouse (as Deputy Director), Dr. Fred Waelchli, Owen Gadeken, and

Michael G. Krause. Lieutenant Colonel Jack Dwyer, USAF, later joined the

group. The two subsequentACE team reports set the stage for later establishment

of the acquisition workforce training, education, and career development

program, and the Defense Acquisition University.

Standing at left, Professor Robert D.

Carlson

From left to right: CDR Bruce Kilmar, USN; COL Larry Bramlette, USA; Patricia

Garvey; Professor Jack Dwyer - members of the Acquisition Enhancement (ACE)

Program Office, the predecessor to the Defense Acquisition University.

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The ACE Program Office provided career development courses tied directly

to the critical acquisition career paths.

The course providers were DSMC and

schools and organizations under the

auspices of the Services and Defense

Agencies. The office remained in effect

until August 1992.

The DAWIA also required the USD(A)

to ensure that appropriate career paths

leading to the most senior acquisition

positions were identified and categorized in terms of the necessary education, training, experience and assignments. The USD(A) chartered

functional boards for each of seven

acquisition position categories (e.g., contracting, test and evaluation, etc.) to

advise on career needs. The DSMC

Commandant became head of the program management functional board.

Career development procedures for the

professional DoD Acquisition Corps,

which included the DSMCfaculty, were

published in DoD Directives 5000.52

and 5000.52M, detailing the education,

training, experience and assignments

required for certification at each of the

three levels of 12 acquisition career

fields.

Because of DAWIA, the requirement

for workforce personnel to complete

designated acquisition courses for certification at Levels I, II and III greatly

increased the student throughput at

DSMC. Sheer numbers help tell the

story. In 1993, 839 acquisition professionals completed the PMC, and another 7,000-plus attended one of our 22

short courses. Ten thousand finished

our courses in one year alone, 1994, and

by year's end the total number of all

students taught reached more than

60,000. We expect that total to approach 77,000 students during our 25th

Anniversary year.

course requirements of DAWIA and

the DAU, DSMC was compelled by

customer needs to modify the traditional 20-week PMCto a 14-week course.

The first two offerings, still with 420

students each, kicked off in 1995. The

most noticeable course modifications are:

longer classroom days, more case studies

and less lecture-discussion classes, more

interactive team preparation for classes,

competency-based guided self-directed

learning, no industry field trips, no program manager decision briefs, and reduced scheduled social activities.

DSMC OUTPUT

Student Training Weeks Per

Faculty Member

m 200

nun

1111111 FY91 FY92 'FY93 ' FY94 FY95 FY96

(Projected)

Foreign visitors frequent DSMC to investigate ways to send students, adapt curricula,

and gain organizational expertise. COL Rudolph Ehrenberg, USA, (far right) meets

with a group from Poland, including Bronislaw Koromorowski, Ministry ofDefense for

Education (in business suit).

THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT COURSE STAGES OF CAREER

DEVELOPMENT AND COURSES OFFERED BY DSMS

(1972)

FUNCTIONAL

MANAGER

PARA-PROGRAM

MANAGER

SERVICE

SCHOOL

COURSES

EXECUTIVE

REFRESHER

COURSE

SUGGESTED

FUTURE POLICY

COURSE

*

Besides adjusting to the continuous student population growth and new short

'The intermediate level manager may be a program manager in a small

program, a sub-program manager in a middle-sized program, or a

functional manager in a very large program.

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WORKSHOPS:

A DIFFERENT LEARNING

CONCEPT INTRODUCED

The DSMC in 1982 introduced advanced workshops, attracting senior,

experienced program management personnel, as a different approach to

graduate level learning based on team

building concepts. The Business Managers Advanced Workshop (BMAW)

was the first offered. Work began on

two more, for technical managers and

program managers, which went on line

in 1983 and 1984- The Program Managers Workshop consisted of three

phases - intern (three months), on-campus (four weeks), and reunion (six

months after the previous phase, for

three days).

The BMAW exists today in its derivative — the Business, Cost Estimating,

and Financial Management Workshop. The other workshop offered is the

International Program Management

Workshop.

INTO THE "PIT"

In DSMC's early days, students going

through the PMC's System X case study

had to give a 15-minute briefing in the

well of the Abilene Room. Students

dubbed it the "pit." The name stuck,

and student Program Management

Decision Briefings given in later years

to real world program managers and

faculty members elsewhere were always called "pit briefs." When the

Advanced PMC began in 1995, the

requirement for "pits" became history.

CommandantMG Lynn H. Stevens, USA, receives plaque from PMC industry students.

Professor James S. Sheldon

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I have truly enjoyed working with

DSMC overthe pastfour years and

congratulate you for your first

twenty-five. I'm certain your next

twenty-five will contribute even

more to the Department's pursuit

ofacquisition excellence. DSMC's

faculty and staffshould be proud

ofitssilver anniversary. DSMC is a

golden asset for the acquisition

world, and we need to work to

keep it vibrant and agile.

The education of our acquisition

workforce should be one of our

highest priorities. It is high leverage and translates directlyinto better defense systems and increased

power for the Nation. DSMC has

been the spearhead for spreading

our acquisition reform initiatives,

developing practical implementationmethods, andtakingtheminto

the program offices. I'm particularly pleased with DSMC's emphasis on continuing education for

our program managers. The College is set up not simply to graduate students, but to provide "service after the sale." The Executive

Program Management Course is a

good example.

— R. Noel Longuemare, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology),

1996

Professors Gustave Zader, Anthony J.

(Tony) Rymiszewski, and George P. Noble,

III

Dean of Faculty Richard H. Reed (standing) at Faculty Division Department chair

meeting

NO TDY, NO QUOTAS,

NO SENIORITY, NO

TIME AWAY

FROM OFFICE:

THE CPM/ISP COURSE

In 1982, DSMC introduced our first

individualized, self-paced (ISP) course,

that allows a student to take for credit

without having to attend a regular

course presentation. The course was

ContractorPerformance Measurement

(CPM), a subject taughtfor more than

a decade on campus. The updated

version, Contract Performance Management Fundamentals Course, is still

available by correspondence.

In 1988, the DSMC Commandant,

Major General Lynn H. Stevens, USA,

honored 176 employees and two others

who had completed the CPM correspondence course at the Hercules/Allegany

Ballistics Laboratory (ABL) in West

Virginia. Stevens noted that "of all of

the 3,200 graduates [of CPM] to date,

ABL's final exam scores were within

the top ten percent."

Other DSMC correspondence courses

currently available are Basic Software

Acquisition Management Course

(BSAMC), and Systems Acquisition

Funds Management Course

(SAFMC).

ProfessorEmeritus J. Stanley Baumgartner

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IF YOU HAVE

Weapon system acquisition experience

plus «^

ability to teach at the professional level

and/or

ability to conduct research

YOU MAY QUALIFY

FOR CHALLENGING

ASSIGNMENTS

Professor of Systems Acquisition Management

Professor of Financial Management

Professor of Engineering Management

in either the

School of Systems Acquisition Education

or the

Department of Research and Information

AT THE DEFENSE SYSTEMS

MANAGEMENT COLLEGE

*U #

Middle managers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Service, and private industry attend DSMC courses to improve their effectiveness in weapon system acquisition. As a professor at the College you will instruct, do research, and consult

with the Department of Defense (DOD).

Salary range for these GS-14 excepted service positions is $41,277 to $53,661. For

GS-15 excepted service supervisory positions the salary range is $48,553 to $63,115.

This is an excellent opportunity to make a valuable contribution to the efficiency

of military systems acquisition at all levels. SF-171 position applications will be accepted from both civil service and industry employees.

Positions will be filled in each of the following areas:

—Systems engineering —Test and evaluation —Contract management —Cost estimating and control

— Logistics support —Production —Acquisition policy —Funds management

—Corporate finance

For further information about the positions, the area, eligibility,

or any other aspect of employment, contact:

Military District of Washington Defense Systems Management College

Personnel Staffing Specialist Management Assistant

(703) 325-8839/8840 (703) 664-2779

AUTOVON 221-8839/8840 AUTOVON 354-2779

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F

Interested persons may send an SF-171 to:

MDW Civilian Personnel Directorate

Hoffman Civilian Personnel Office

Attn: ANCIV-HPL

200 Stovall Street

Alexandria, Virginia 22332

IN THE WALL STREET

JOURNAL

By 1977, DSMC had begun advertising in the Wall StreetJournal and other

newspapers to fill faculty vacancies in

the majorfunctional disciplines ofprogram management. In seeking additional faculty members, the Commandant, Major General John G. Albert,

Jr., USAF, said, "...DSMC professors

must possess the highest professional

capabilities within their area of expertise."

Professor Norman A. McDaniel

Professor Frederick J. Manzer

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THE DSMC-ICAF

CONNECTION

In 1976, DSMC and the Industrial

College of the Armed Forces (ICAF)

began a long-term working relationship. A DSMC instructor team began

conducting a weapons system acquisition course at ICAF, covering procurement, program management, contracting, cost implications, and financial

and technical management. The ICAF

began providing DSMC with expert

lecturers in such areas as ethics, analytical techniques for decision making,

and economic considerations in defense

analyses. Both institutions began exchanging case studies.

In the past three years, DSMC has sent

Professors Paul J. Mcllvaine, Wilson

"Chip" Summers IV, and Ernst P.

(Pete) Vollmer to ICAF's annual Senior Acquisition Management course.

Masters in Science degrees in National

Resource Management are awarded.

THE DSMC BUDGET

From a modest start of $1.2 million, the DSMC annual budget has steadily

increased to respond to the needs of expanding customer requirements. The

following figures indicate the progressive growth.

FISCAL YEAR TOTAL (THOUSANDS)

1971 $1,203

1974 1,645

1977

1980

1983

1986

1989

1990

1992

1995

1996

2,925

4,498

9,969*

9,747

13,805

21,140

25,168

27,979

28,037

Includes O&M, BDT&E, and M1LCON (Building 226 construction)

Left to right: Professors Jack D. Cash,

George H. (Tony) Perino, Jr. and Wilson

"Chip" Summers IV

As a defense official in the early

1970s, it was myprivilege to come

downto DSMC andaddress those

early sessions - when we were still

trying to figure outhowto create a

program management school.

Over the years, I have continueda

strong tie to the school (andserved

onseveral overviewactivities associated with it.)

Twenty-five years later, I canhonestly say that there has never been

a time in which the roleofDSMC

has been more critical. As we approach the 21st Century, it is absolutelyessentialthatwe be able to

continue America's technological

leadership in weapon systems, but

to do it withfar shorter cycle times

and at dramatically lower costs.

This is a formidable management

challenge - but one at which we

must succeed. DSMC is a critical

element in bringing about this

"revolutioninbusiness affairs" for

the Department ofDefense.

- Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, Executive Vice President, TASC, Inc.;

Vice Chairman, Defense Science

Board; and Chairman ofthe Board

of Visitors, Defense Acquisition

University, 1996

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Professor Kenneth Kladiva works the magic as Uncle Sam in a Program Manager ad for DSMC courses.
THE HEART OF

THE DSMC MISSION:

ACADEMIC COURSES

OF INSTRUCTION

THE GROWTH OF DSMC EXECUTIVE AND SHORT COURSES

(Selected Years, Selected Courses)

1977 (4)

Executive Refresher Course in Program Management

Systems Acquisition Management for General/Flag Officers

Industry Financial Management Course

Contractor Performance Measurement Course

1981 (11)

Executive Refresher Course in Acquisition Management

Systems Acquisition Management for General/Flag Officers

Major Systems Acquisition Policy in the DoD Course

Multinational Program Management Course

Program Management for Functional Managers

Contract Finance for Program Managers Course

Management of Life-Cycle Costs Course

Systems Acquisition Funds Management Course

Test and Evaluation Management Course

Management of Software Acquisition Course

Acquisition and Distribution of Commercial Products Course

Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria Course 74-5

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Professor William A.

from left

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1987 (17)

Executive Refresher Course

Systems Acquisition Management for General/Flag Officers

Program Managers Workshop

Business Managers Advanced Workshop

Technical Managers Advanced Workshop

Management of the Systems Acquisition Process Course

Business Management Course

Technical Management Course

Systems Acquisition Funds Management Course

Contract Finance for Program Managers Course

ne, sea e secon Contractor Performance Measurement Course

Management ofAcquisition Logistics Course

Management of Software Acquisition Course

Multinational Program Management Course

Defense Manufacturing Management Course

Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management Course

Program Managers Briefing Course

Professor Paul A. Alfieri (standing, left)

Multinational Program Management Course, 1975

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K-f"'1 "ä

1992 (22)

Acquisition Basics Course

Advanced International Management Workshop

Contractor Finance for Program Managers Course

Contract Management for Program Managers Course

Contractor Performance Measurement Course

Defense Manufacturing Management Course

Executive Management Course

Executive Refresher Course in Acquisition Management

Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management Course

Introduction to Software Management Acquisition Course

Management of Acquisition Logistics Course

Management of Software Acquisition Course

Multinational Program Management Course

Selected Acquisition Report Course

Systems Acquisition for Contracting Personnel Course

Systems Acquisition Funds Management Course

Systems Acquisition Management for General/Flag Officers

Systems Engineering Management Course

Technical Managers Advanced Workshop

Test and Evaluation Management Course

Total Quality Management Course

Total Quality Management Workshop

Multinational Program Management Course, 1979 (Oh, how we grew!)

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CDR James R. Keim, USN, standing

1996 (31)*

Advanced International Management Workshop (1990)

#Advanced Production and Quality Management Course (1994)

Advanced Software Acquisition Management Course (1996)

#Advanced Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering

Course (1995)

Basic Software Acquisition Management Course (Correspondence)

#Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial Management Workshop (1996)

Contract Performance Management Course (1973)

Contract Performance Management Fundamentals Course (Correspondence)

#Contractor Finance for Acquisition Managers Course (1983)

Executive Management Course (1988)

Executive Program Managers Course (1994)

Executive Refresher Course (1971)

Executive Test and Evaluation Management Course (1995)

#Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management Course (1987)

intermediate Acquisition Logistics Course (1996)

intermediate Contract Performance Management Course (1996)

Intermediate Software Acquisition Management Course (1991)

intermediate Systems Acquisition Course (1994)

intermediate Systems Planning, Research, Development and

Engineering Course (1995)

Army Acquisition Executives workshop, 1988.

Commandant Brig Gen Charles P. Cabell, USAF, front row, left. Professor John R. Snoderly, front row, right.

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intermediate Test and Evaluation Course (1995)

International Security and Technology Transfer/Control Course (1995)

introduction to Acquisition Workforce Test and Evaluation Course (1995)

Multinational Program Management Course (1978)

Overhead Management of Defense Contracts Course (1995)

Program Manager Survival Course (1996)

#Selected Acquisition Report Course (1989)

#Selected Acquisition Report Review Course (1995)

Systems Acquisition for Contracting Personnel Course (1989)

#Systems Acquisition Funds Management Course (1977)

Systems Acquisition Funds Management Course (Correspondence)

Systems Acquisition Management for General/Flag Officers Course (1974)

* FY first offered; recent courses may be restructured or name-change versions of earlier courses

# Course required for certification in acquisition career field

Distinguished guest speaker Jonathon

Etherton, center, Professional StaffMember of the Senate Armed Services Committee, visits with students of the Systems

Acquisition ManagementforGeneral/Flag

Officers Course

Executives-in-Residence John H. Hickok, Robert H. Stryjewski and Frederick L. Ayer

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MOUSETRAP PROJECTS

TEACH CONCURRENT AND

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

A popular elective in the Program

Management Course from 1988 to

1995 is the Stored Energy Ground

Vehicle program known as

"Mousetrap." Now a required part of

the APMC curriculum, its objective is

to train future program managers in

the application andpowerofconcurrent

engineering and the systems engineering

process, and to provide a critically

important industry perspective to

program management. Mousetrap has

advanced from using single commercial

mouse traps to virtual prototyping and

computer-aided systems engineering

tools.

Mousetrap teaches students how to

design, develop, and manufacture an

end item, in this case, a mouse trappowered wheeled vehicle. Instructors

evaluate student teamwork, ability to

extract requirements from source

documents, andpresentation skills. The

final product test and evaluation is a

competitive 4-hour "run-off." Classic

mousetraps are displayed in the Acker

Library. The program is administered

by Professor Robert H. Lightsey in the

Systems Engineering Department.

Professors Randy C. Zittel, CDR William

R. Lankford, USN, and Lt Col WilliamA.

Acree, USAF

A "mousetrap" vehicle in the works

THE ABILENE ROOM

Now completely restructured as the Management Deliberation Center in Building 202, the space originally was a small amphitheater-style auditorium and

DSMC's first large classroom, seating nearly 100 people. In 1974 it became the

Abilene Room, a name selected by the PMC 74-1 class, after the popular

behavioral science lecture of Dr. Jerry Harvey called the "Abilene Paradox."

The Abilene Room, now the Management Deliberation Center

FACULTY MAINTAINS REAL-WORLD CURRENCY

THROUGH VISITS TO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICES

Sending DSMC faculty back into the "real world" to maintain currency began

in 1974 with faculty visits to program management offices. The purpose was to

support the program ofinstruction, to formulate a strong and effective research

program responsive to program manager needs, and to maximize the use ofcollege

capabilities.

Visits ofthis nature, and resulting consulting projects and other contributions to

improve the acquisition process, have continued to this day. Under the professional development program, DSMC faculty have been detailed for extended

periods to the Pentagon, other offices, and process action or study teams, not only

to learn, but to provide subject matter expertise.

In 1980, the faculty began two-week sessions training with industry when 20

members visited Hughes Aircraft Company in Los Angeles. The object was to

present accurately the relationship between government and industry and

increasing faculty understanding ofwhy defense contractors are in business and

how they operate. Each faculty member brought back real-world experiences

which enriched their teaching and research applications.

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Professor Richard A. Stillman (standing)

in Boston, MA

DSMC REGIONAL CENTERS

The fourRegional Centers are a vitalpart ofDSMC and are located at major acquisition

management centers. Nearly half of all DSMC students attend the Regional offerings.

Regional Centers offer the following short courses:

Executive Test and Evaluation Management Course

Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management Course

Introduction to Acquisition Workforce Test and Evaluation Course

Intermediate Systems Acquisition Course

Intermediate Test and Evaluation Course

Overhead Management of Defense Contracts Course

Systems Acquisition Funds Management Course

St. Louis, MO

DSMC CENTRAL REGION

4300 Goodfellow Blvd

Building 104F

St Louis, MO 63120-1798

DSN 693-1142

or (314) 263-1142

FAX (314) 263-1719

Dr. Julius Hein, Director

heinjuliu@dsmc.dsm.mil

Patty Predith, Regional Assistant

predith-patty@dsmc.dsm.mil

DSMC EASTERN REGION

29 Chennault Street

Hanscom, AFB MA 01731-1706

DSN 478-3583/3593

or (617) 377-3583/3593

FAX (617) 377-7090

Richard A. Stillman, Director

stillman-rich@dsmc.dsm.mil

Debbie Golden, Regional Assistant

golden-debra@dsmc.dsm.mil

Los Angeles, CA

jj5 Jill* *

DSMC WESTERN REGION

2420 Vela Way Suite 1467

Los Angeies AFB

El Segundo, CA 90245-4659

DSN 833-1159/1219

or (310) 363-1159

FAX (310) 363-5992

Robert L. Täte, Director

taterl@post3.laafb.af.mil

tater@dsmc.dsm.mil

Lisa George, Regional Assistant

georgelr@post3.laafb.af.mil

georgel@dsmc.dsm.mil

DSMC SOUTHERN REGION

Sparkman Center Complex

Bldg 5304/Rm 4133

DSMC-APD-SO (AMSMI-PT-ED)

Redstone Arsenal AL 36898-5070

DSN 746-2730/2753

or (205) 876-2730/2753

FAX (205) 876-7268/DSN 746-7268

Joesph H. Schmoll, Director

Doreen Jurgielewicz, Regional Assistant

jurgielewicz-doreen@dsmc.dsm.mil

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REGIONAL DIRECTORS

Joseph H. Schmoll

New Director

Southern Region

Huntsville, AL

Gerald J. Chasko

Former Director

Western Region

Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Julius Hein

Current Director

Central Region

St. Louis, MO

Robert L. Täte

Current Director

Western Region

Los Angeles, CA

Richard A. Stillman

Current Director

Eastern Region

Boston, MA

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REGIONAL ASSISTANTS

Patty Predith

Central Region

St. Louis, MO

Tina Callahan

Eastern Region

Boston, MA

Lisa George

Western Region

Los Angeles, CA

Doreen Jurgielewicz

Southern Region

tiuntsville, AL

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In St. Louis ... Dennis E. Struck (left) receives his "oversize diploma" from Dr. Julius

Hein, Director ofthe Defense Systems Management College Central Region. Mr. Struck P R .

,i. ,i...j.„...i J.._._J no A m„.„ 7.../-..._./-,_.t... Eastern Kegion

Professor Wi/bitr V. ArnoW

Former Director

was the 500th student to be graduated. U.S. Army Photo by Gary Cooper Boston, MA

The late Dr. Samuel S. Staley III

Former Director

Western Region

Los Angeles, CA

/ I

*ifeäi&

Artist rendering of the new Sparkman Center Complex at Huntsville, AL, home to the

DSMC Southern Region.

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...It is encouraging to note that the

Services are sending outstanding

students. The graduates of this

school are proving to be better

managers after learning the improved management techniques

and practices taught here.

- Dr. Gerald P. Dinneen, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Communications, Command, Control and

Intelligence), at DSMC, 1977

DSMC COMPLIMENTED

IN 1974 STUDY BY DoD

COMMITTEE ON

EXCELLENCE IN

EDUCATION

The DoD Committee on Excellence in

Education, formed in 1974 to review

and evaluate senior service colleges,

complimented DSMC on the role we

were performing. One findingwas that

a fundamental difference in perspective existed between DSMC and the

Industrial College oftheArmed Forces.

Basically, DSMC courses were fixed

on the defense acquisitionprocess, while

ICAF's perspective had national policy

and global implications. Little has

changed since.

INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITION

EDUCATIONAL MATTERS GIVES DSMC GLOBAL PRESENCE

The College began formal international involvement with a series of bilateral seminars

on international program management with Germany in 1983 at Fort Belvoir. Following

the 1985 and 1987 seminars in Germany and Fort Belvoir, the United Kingdom and

France became interested, leading to the formation in 1988 ofthe International Defense

EducationalArrangement (IDEA) between the United States, Germany, and the United

Kingdom. France joined in 1991.

The IDEA brings togetherthe equivalent defense acquisition education institutions with

mutual goals to improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of international

training and education. The member institutions besides DSMC are the Royal Military

College of Science (RMCS), U.K., the Federal Academy of Defence Administration &

Technology (BAkWVT), Germany, and the Centre d'Enseignement et de Formation

d'Arcueil (CEFA), France. Commandant Brigadier General Richard A. Black, USA, is

DSMC's representative on the IDEA. Professor Richard Kwatnoski, Director ofInternational Acquisition Courses, is the staff representative.

The principal product of IDEA is the annual seminar and proceedings. This interface

is a unique opportunity for U.S. and European acquisition personnel to be updated on

international acquisition policies, and to work together on relevant problems in a quasiacademic atmosphere. The most recent conference was held in 1995 at DSMC.

The DSMC has a long history ofstudying international acquisition projects, beginning

with NATO/European projects in the 1980s. A recent study ofsuccessful projects with

the Pacific Rim nations of Australia, Japan, and South Korea was later published in

Acquisition Review Quarterly. In the early 1990s, IDEA provided the collaborative

framework for examining t/ie 3-volume study sponsored by DSMC's Professor Franz A.

P. Frisch, titled, The Effects of a Scale-Down in Defense Budgets, an important tool for

players in contemporary international defense policy.

The DSMC was a key player and contributor in increasing U.S.-Federal Republic of

Germany acquisition management cooperation in the 1980s. Under a Memorandum of

Understanding reached between Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank Cevasco and

Ministerial Councellor Hans J. Dohmgoergen, the two nations began a mutual exchange

ofacquisition information, a mutual, systematic education process involving government

and industry and educational institutions, and application ofthese results to acquisition

policies and procedures. Central to the effort were DSMC's new Multinational Program

Management Course, and the FRG's new course, International Program Management,

offered by the BAfcWVT at Mannheim. The efforts yielded positive effects on

successfully managing US-ERG programs such as Patriot, MLRS, TOW, RAM, and

AMRAAM.

Until the late 1980s, when DSMC launched the Advanced International

Management Workshop, no education program existed for our international

negotiators in defense-related agreements withAllies. The workshopwas designed

to cover all aspects of the negotiation of the MOU cooperative agreements,

including subjects such as international negotiation, acquisition management,

preparation for negotiations, ethical considerations, cultural sensitivity, and

dispute resolution.

The Multinational Program Management Course and International Security and

Technology Transfer/Control Course are DSMC's other international courses. The

MPMC, begun in 1978, helps students understand competencies necessary to participate

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in international programs, emphasizing armaments cooperation, and the need to enhance

rationalization, standardization, and interoperability with our Allies. The ITSTT/CC

provides the acquisition professional with a comprehensive review of security and

technology transfer and control issues. It began in 1995.

Foreign students have been accepted at DSMC courses for years, but originally they were

not admitted because itwasfelt they would inhibit open discussion. Contacts with foreign

nations began before DSMC was two years old but consisted primarily of briefing

campus visitors on the U. S. acquisition policy and process. Beginning in 1979, visits with

Allies were often exchanged.

Advanced International Management Workshop, shown left to right: Walter Henderson,

Jerry Cooke, and Professor Richard Kwatnoski

HERMANN PFRENGLE

SERVED YEARS AS POINT

MAN FOR DSMC-GERMAN

ACQUISITION EDUCATION

RELATIONS

Hermann O. Pfrengle, who retired in

1994 after some 25 years of service to

the government ofthe Federal Republic

of Germany, has been a DSMC visiting lecturersince the late 1970s. Under

a special contract, he also worked previously for the U. S. Government for 15

years in Germany and the United

States. For most of his career, Mr.

Pfrengle served with the Ministry of

Defense liaison offices with DoD activities in the Washington area. Besidesfrequentpresentations to students

in DSMC's international courses,

which he continues today, he also

authored articles for Program Manager

magazine and sewed as an official

"point man" forDSMC-FRG relations.

In 1988, DSMC named Mr. Pfrengle

an Honorary International Professor.

Hermann O. Pfrengle, Federal Republic

of Germany

MANY VARIED AGENCIES,

COMPANIES, AND

NATIONS PROVIDE

DSMC WITH STUDENTS

Most DSMC students naturally

represent the Military Services. But

among our approximately 77,000

students are thousands whose stations

are elsewhere in DoD, in otherfederal

agencies, from the defense industry,

and Allied and otherfriendly nations.

Eighteen other DoD components and

federal agencies have sent students,

including the Central Intelligence

Agency, General Accounting Office,

and National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Well over 150

companies are represented, ranging

from the defense giants McDonnell

Douglas and Lockheed Martin, to

ARINC Research Corporation and the

Cubic Corporation. Members of the

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

have continuously sentstudents. Other

countries include South Korea, Saudi

Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Australia,

Japan, and Sweden.

Foreign students have attended DSMC

courses for years.

IDEA logo

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industry students with the added incentive

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"IT DEPENDS" — ON

"THE SCHOOL SOLUTION"

Traditionally DSMC students have

received one standard tongue-in-cheek

answer to any question on acquisition

directed to faculty members in the classroom: "It depends." Given only partly in

jest, the response means there are many

variables to be considered in any number ofsituations, and depending upon

which and where one aligns with another, "you have your choice."

Another tradition deals with DSMC

faculty overseeing case studies and

other class exercises. On receiving student brief-outs, here the faculty artfully dodges (or at least deflects) the

matter of what proposal for problem

solving is "right" versus "wrong." By

announcing that there is no "school

solution," the students therefore are

placed on their own initiative (but

guided) to generate reasonable answers.

DSAM COURSE DESIGNED

FOR INDUSTRY

PROGRAM MANAGERS

At the request of the American Defense PreparednessAssociation, DSMC

in 1991 produced a course on the defense acquisition process to be offered

to industry officials. The course, called

Defense Systems Acquisition Management (DSAM), is tailored for program

managers and mid-level managers needing an introduction to government acquisition policies and procedures. The

course is offered on demand outside of

the Washington area and remains

popular to this day. Course directors

have been Professors Charles B.

Cochrane and Gary J. Hagan.

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Advanced Program Management Course

Director ht Col Daniel J. Simek, USAF,

(left) leads APMC first birthday party,

1996. Also shown are: Janet Vincent,

Bettina Thomas, Linda Garnish, Professors Mike Denny and George Merchant

ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION FOR DSMC COURSES

The American Council on Education in April 1980 issued the first credit

recommendations for DSMC's Program Management Course, Industry Financial

Management Course, and Program Management for Functional Managers (Program Management for Contract Administrators) course.

The PMC credits given were: Upper-division baccalaureate, 3 semester hours in

production and operations management; 1 in general management; and 2 in

managerial finance. Graduate level, 9 semester hours in defense program and

project management. If the student has already taken Program Management for

Functional Managers, only 6 semester hours additional credit are recommended.)

Today's graduate-level credit forsuccessful completion ofour former 20-week PMC

can be applied to specific degree programs at the below institutions. Evaluation of

the new Advanced PMC for graduate-level credit is pending.

Linda Stiltner (standing) at the Graduate

Study Fair, held for eachProgram Management Course

Institution

Catholic University

Department of Civil Engineering

Master in Engineering Management

George Washington University

Department of Engineering

Management Master of Engineering

Management Master of Science in Information

Management

University of Maryland University College

Master of Science in Engineering Management

Strayer College

Master of Science in Business Administration

George Mason University

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

Webster University

Master of Management

Master of Procurement and Acquisition

Management

Number of Credits

9 Semester Hours

9 Semester Hours

6 Semester Hours

13.5 Quarter Hours

9 Semester Hours

9 Terms Hours

University of Southern California

School of Public Administration

Washington Public Affairs Center

Master of Public Administration in Program

Management

Doctor of Public Administration

8 Semester Hours

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Professor Robert F. Bumes, center

Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology Center

Master of Science in Contract and

Acquisition Management

Master of Business Administration

Master of Science in Management

Master of Science in Systems Management

Master of Science in Material

Acquisition Management

Marymount University

Master of Business Administration

12 Quarter Hours

9 Semester Hours

Central Michigan University

Merrifield Center

Master of Science in Administration

9 Semester Hours

Capitol College

Graduate School of Systems Management

Master of Science in Systems Management

9 Semester Hours

Professors Paul J. Mcllvaine, John D. Elliott, and Clarence (Chuck) H. Steen, 1983

Provost Edward Hirsch, Gibson G. LeBoeuf, CAPT Daniel E. Brown, USN, and Dr.

Adelia E. Ritchie

THE LAST PMC DIPLOMA

A name ending in "Z" usually means

that MAJ Stephen Zaat, USA, will be

last in virtually any alphabetical ranking. However, in the case of the Program Management Course 95-1 graduation at Fort Belvoir's Wallace Theater

on 9 June 1995, MAJ Zaat enjoyed the

distinction of receiving a very special

diploma — the last diploma awarded to

a graduate afDSM.Cs 20-week PMC.

Presenting the diploma are Commandant Brig Gen Claude M. Bolton, Jr.,

USAF, (second from right) and former

Commandant MG Lynn H. Stevens,

USA (Ret) (second from left).

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Program Management Course field trip to Capitol Hill
BEDROCK AND

FLAGSHIP:

THE DSMC

PROGRAM

MANAGEMENT

COURSE

...In the PMC I learned enough

in each discipline to appreciate

who in the project had the indepth knowledge, and when I

needadditional help. I take every

opportunity to sendpeople from

myprojectto appropriate courses

as DSMC.

- Colonel Stanley D. Cass,

USA, Project Manager, HELLFIRE/GLD, PMC 79-2

Graduates of Program Management

Course 71-1

The Program Management Course

(PMC), the bedrock of this institution,

began in August 1971 as PMC 71-1.

Sixty students, 20 each from the Army,

Navy, and Air Force, attended the 20-

week course. From this modest first

offering, the course now educates 420

students per class asthe Advanced PMC,

(APMC) and is internationally known

as DSMC's flagship course.

The purpose of the PMC was, as the

name states, to educate military and

civilian personnel in effective program

management. Its basic premise has been

strengthened and expanded over the

years. The early course description,

which through updates basically still

applies, was:

The course offers instruction

in the fundamentals of program management and its most

effective methods. It lays stress

on identifying and solving typical program/project management problems, and maintains

a close relationship between

these problems and the curriculum. It allows studentsto study

• »6?- v

the theory of management and

to familiarize themselves with

the practices and problems of

program/project management

operations.

Students selected for the early PMCs

had to be in the 0-4 rank or above

(civilians of equivalent grade) and were

either 1) occupying or selected for intermediate orjunior program management

positions, 2) from higher echelon offices

supervising programs, 3) personnel exhibiting promise for future senior positions, or 4) selected equivalent personnel from other federal agencies and

industry, space permitting. Students

were assigned to small work groups and

given study rooms. Until 1976, when

DSMC occupied Building 204, most

PMC classes were held in Building 202

in the former Abilene Room, now the

Management Deliberation Center.

The Resident School, directed by Captain John R. Johnson, USN, conducted

the course. He planned, organized and

scheduled the faculty workload and

determined requirementsfor contractor

support. Through 1972, before DSMC

«pSHW

"77/

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I My DSMC experience, both forI mally in the classroom, and infor-

|mally with my fellow students,

f provided an invaluable opportul nityto quicklygaina broadunderi standing of the DoD acquisition

process. DSMC is a top-rate, dynamic school of learning that

I clearly provides prospective

project managers witha headstart

in mastering a very challenging

and rewarding career field.

- Colonel Edward R. Baldwin,

Jr., USA, Project Manager, Single

Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems, PMC 80-2

REPORT TO A SCHOOL —

GRADUATE FROM A

COLLEGE

When the 124 students of PMC 76-2

reported in July 1976 for duty, their

orders read "to the Defense Systems

Management School." Twenty weeks

later their diploma read "from the Defense Systems Management College."

Their upgraded status was affected by

the official name change during their

stay.

assembled adequate faculty, the School

retained five contract instructors and

course designers.

The second PMC class, PMC 72-1, had

several significant firsts. The class had

the first woman student, Mary E.

Buckley, ofthe Air Force Logistics Command, and the first industry student,

John A. Gruver of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Student field trips to

industry and Capitol Hill began. The

former was dropped whenthe Advanced

PMC schedule shrunk to 14 weeks in

1995, but the latter remains as a highlight of the PMC experience. The practice offormally recognizing outstanding

students as "distinguished graduates"

also started with PMC 72-1 and continued until 1975, when it was discontinued to focus on teaming efforts. The

Marine Corps' first student was in PMC

74-1.

Some 476 learning hours were devoted

to classes in the early years. The core

program included:

- Overview of systems acquisition

management;

- Systems/decision analysis;

- Contract management;

- Program financial management;

- Systems/logistics/production;

- Interpersonal relationships; and

- Industry program management.

The key ingredient of the Management

Laboratory Program was "System X"

case study, or "SX." The early SX case,

based on the actual case histories, was

designed to provide a single continuous

thread through the entire acquisition

life cycle. It focused on key management

decision points using computer-aided

instruction, and carried the original notional name "Conqueror Missile System." Other elements of the laboratory

curriculum were: program management

simulation; program management decision briefing ("pit brief); introduction

to computer science; and introduction

to information systems.

Other hours were spent on distinguished

guest lectures and an individual study

research program. As expected, the academic emphasis has matured, and the

number ofhours hasfluctuated. The SX

case, which continued to use the same

basic learning scenario for years, and the

laboratory concept, have long since

passed, as have blocks of instruction on

computer science and information systems. But, the core program remains in

one form or another, even though its

number of hours decreased from 278

in mid-1979 to 207 in early 1982. By

then, the core had added blocks on

contractor financial management, test

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Lt Col Matt Gillis, USAF, Professor George

Merchant, Bettina Thomas and Sinatra

Jackson of the Program Management

Course Department.

Prior to attending the PMC at

DSMC, I tended to live in a very

narrow world....Now I have a feel

for the frustrations and problems

encounteredinthe acquisitionprocess, and I believe that knowledge

will help me do a better job.

- Rebecca Dubuisson, PMC 85-1

Honorable Norman R. Augustine

Under Secretary of the Army

and evaluationtion management, program cost management, manufacturing

management, and effective communications, and had dropped blocks on systems/decision analysis and industry

program management. Today the total

hours are 506.

At the graduation of PMC 76-1, the

largest class to date, 123, Under Secretary ofthe Army Norman R. Augustine

(a frequent distinguished guest speaker

for 20 years) told the graduates, "You

could not have chosen more exciting,

rewarding, fieldsto pursue." The DSMC

Commandant, Major General John G.

Albert, USAF, said the class size "reflects

the increased emphasis by the Office of

the Secretary of Defense and the Services on assuring thatthe key leaders of

the country's most important programs

have all the background of quality education they need."

Duty assignments for PMC 76-1 included the M-60 Tank Development

Project, the Phalanx Air to Surface Missile Defense Project, SAM-D, HELLF1RE

Missile System, the F-15 and F-16 as well

as orders to headquarters and staffs.

Several members eventually served on

the DSMC faculty, including LieutenantCommander GeraldJ. Chasko, USN,

DSMC's first Boston Regional Center

director,Joseph T. Cianfrani, and Major

John R. Bramble«, USA.

When PMC 76-2 ended, the cumulative

809 PMC graduates represented about

15 percent of the defense acquisition

management community. The average

number graduating in the three classes

from mid-1977 to late-1978 was 119.

Twenty five were from industry.

Employing feedback surveys and interviews of PMC graduates are methods

used periodically to measure the course's

effectiveness and make necessary revisions. The first such survey was in

1975. It found that 92 percent ofPMC

graduates would continue to seek acquisition assignments. Ninety-two percent

ofthe military graduates and 77 percent

of the civilians indicated they were able

to use their DSMC education effectively. Additionally, 59 percent of the

Executive Refresher Course graduates,

usually taken after PMC, were serving,

or had served, as program managers.

By oursixth year, some 88 percent ofthe

PMC graduates were serving in acquisition assignments. Ofthe 170 or so major

programs reporting to acquisition command levels or above, more than half of

the program managers and deputies had

completed one or more DSMC courses.

A 1985 survey showed 93 percent of

graduates responding were in an acquisition management position, and 83 percent felt PMC had a very positive effect

on their career and professional opportunities. The academic areas having the

highest impact on their jobs were effective communications, principles of program management, and contract management. A 1988 survey showed the

same percentage (93) of graduates held

or had held program management positions during the period surveyed. By

1987, the breakdown of graduates by

Service was Army, 36 percent of graduates; Navy, 23 percent; Air Force, 38

percent; and Marine Corps, 4 percent.

Military students had outnumbered civilians by more than 2 to 1. The percentage of graduates in acquisition-related

assignments rose to 98 percent by 1991,

with 43 percent being in program management positions.

By 1983, the PMC instructional method

had evolved into a modular teaching

approach. Rather than interspersing lessons on functional area subjectsthroughoutthe course, PMC 83-1 and follow-on

classes were taught in one-week blocks

in those four functional areas. Students

focused attention on one module at a

time. The 498 hours allotted the modules

were utilized in policy and organizational

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The education and experience I

received at DSMC enhanced my

performance and career potential.

The College prepared me to orga-

\ nize, integrate, energize, and expedite acquisition programs. DSMC

provided the experience necessary

to bridge the gap betweenthe technique needed for leading troops

and that required from managing

the acquisition process.

\ - Colonel Floyd H. McAfee,

! USA, U. S. Army Training and Doc-

\ trine Command systems manager,

I PMC 81-1

CAPT Steven G. Kupka, USN, Dean,

Program ManagementEducation Division,

1991-93

Professor William W. Bahnmaier (center)

helps Advanced Program Management

Course 95-2 students pack for their duty

stations early because ofgovernment-wide

furlough.

management, 92; business management,

112; technical management, 115; acquisition laboratory (SX), 85; field trips, 47;

guest lecturers, 30; and examinations,

17.

By 1984, the PMC was designed for

mid-level managers as a study of program management from the DoD program manager's point of view. Instruction was experientialin nature to increase

the student's ability to manage successfully an acquisition program through

functional knowledge, case studies, lessons learned, and a series of studentinteractive decision exercises. The curriculum stressed a strong understanding

of DoD acquisition policies and procedures, and depended upon group effort

in preparing issues, performing analyses,

and generating alternatives.

Student evaluation procedures in 1986

were based on the "whole-person" concept, which considered academics, writing and speaking skills, classroom participation, leadership, and attitude.

Passing four progress examinations and

a final oral comprehensive examination

was required. The modular concept continued for several years, setting the stage

for a 1988 conversion to an Enhanced

PMC. That course added the requirement for students to take electives, an

alternative targeted for proficiency pretested studentssince 1986, and included

the acquisition management competencies required of a graduate.

By 1990, the PMC was being offered in

two parts. The 6-week Part I was for

students needing fundamentals before

proceeding into the more advanced Part

II. Students well grounded in fundamentals could enterforthe 14-week Part

II. The PMC returned to an integrated

20-week format in 1991. The separate

Part I was no longer offered, but a new

4-week Acquisition Basics Course provided a detailed introduction to the

process. Former Part I graduates were

then selected to complete PMC in two

special Part II offerings that year. The

ABC later evolved into the Defense

Acquisition University-mandated 4-

week Intermediate Systems Acquisition Course. An Individual Learning

Program of electives and other learning

tailored to a student's personal needs

was initiated in 1991.

Of note were more "firsts" in the 1993

classes. Among the 419 graduates of

PMC 93-1 was the first husband and

wife duo graduating together: Mike

Niggel, SAIC Corporation, and Major

Toni Arnold, USAF. The first "legacy"

studentto graduate, Bob Steele, received

his diploma from his father, Bill Steele,

a PMC 77-2 graduate. Captain Kate

Paige, USN, PMC 93-2, was the first

section leader whose spouse was a section leader in an earlier PMC class.

A snapshot of the PMC 93-2 class composition showed:

- 52 percent military, 48 percent

civilians

- Average age, 41

- Average acquisition experience,

10 years

- Average military rank/civilian

grade, 0-5/GM-14

- 14 industry students, 2 Coast

Guard students, 1 Allied exchange

student from Turkey

By 1993, responding to requirements of

the Defense Acquisition Workforce

Improvement Act, the DAU, and other

customers, Commandant Rear Admiral

William L Vincent, USN, envisioned

the need to make substantive modifications to the PMC. He named a "DSMC

'95" team to study and recommend this

new direction. One of the results was a

return to the 14-week PMC format - as

the APMC - with an accelerated curriculum, longer classroom hours, and extensive use of case studies.

The APMC is based on a set of acquisition competencies established by the

Acquisition Management Functional

Board for Level III certification in the

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CAPT Daniel E. Brown, USN

Program Management Career Field, and

presumes the knowledge baseline of

the ISAC. Subject areas include the

competencies and functional disciplines

-the DSMC teaching departments - of

acquisition policy, contractor finance,

cost/schedule management, contract

management, funds management integrated logistics support management,

managerial development, manufacturing management, principles of program

management, software management,

systems engineering, and test and evaluation.

The pilot APMC was conducted in early

1995, and the first full-fledged offering,

APMC95-2, entered in September 1995.

Because of the Federal Government

furlough situation in November, this

class became the first notto complete the

course on campus. Upon their return to

duty stations and completion of all other

requirements for graduation, the College sent diplomasto students. With the

April 1996 completion of APMC 96-2,

the total number of PMC graduates

reached 11,156.

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. Simek,

USAF, in the School of Program Management, is course director.

DIRECTORS OF THE RESIDENT SCHOOL

AND ITS SUCCESSORS1

CAPT John R. Johnson, USN

Director, Resident School, 1971-74

Dr. Frederick W. Forman III

Director, Department of Executive Management Courses, 1974-78

COL Charles E. Fields, USA

Director, Department of Program Management, 1978

COL Charles E. Fields, USA

Director, Department of Systems Acquisition Education, 1978-79

Col Elvin D. Isrig, USAF

Director/Dean, Department of Systems Acquisition Education, 1979-80

CAPT Michael A. Pearce, USN

Dean, School of Systems Acquisition Education, 1980-84

Col Thomas H. McCauley, USAF

Dean, School of Systems Acquisition Education, 1984-88

Col Andrew A. Zaleski II, USAF

Dean, Executive and Short Courses Division, 1991-95

CAPT Daniel E. Brown, USN

Dean, School of Program Management, 1993-Present

'The Resident School and its successor organizations have been responsible for academic courses

in program management and related acquisition disciplines.

Industry Chair George K. Krikorian; Brig Gen Gerald L. McKay, USMC (Ret),

National Security Industrial Association; Col Andrew A. Zaleski II, USAF, Dean,

Executive and Short Courses Division; and Thomas M. Crean, President, Defense

Acquisition University.

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THIS WAS 17 YEARS AGO

Times in defense acquisition program

management have changed, but one

wonders by how much. In 1979, Program Manager interviewed a former

DSMC dean and acting Deputy Commandant, an Army colonel, about the

role of women in program management. His response:

"Depending on your definition of a

program manager, we have some today.

The systems used by all three Services

are capable of recognizing talent regardless of race, creed, color, or sex. I

think the only reason we don't have a

female manager of a majorprogram so

far is primarily because ofthe lack of

program management experience in the

female population because of past biases."

INDUSTRY PROGRAM AND FIELD TRIPS

SUCCESSFUL FOR 23 YEARS

The highly successful Program Management Course industry program, which

included guest program manager speakers from government and industry,

working lunch discussions with students, and field trips to industry and

government facilities, began in 1972. A subcourse was started in 1974 to bring

industry speakers to the campus. Because the new Advanced PMC went to a 14-

week schedule in 1995, time constraints caused termination ofthe field trips, but

government and industry program managers still meet on campus with students.

The industry program complemented classroom learning by allowing students to

participate in an actual acquisition program and experience challenges confronting the DoD program manager and industry counterpart. The resulting interaction fostered an understanding ofissues such as contractor costs, subcontractor

arrangements, manufacturing requirements, and other management and personnel matters.

Originally the program consisted ofstudent visits to industry sites. During the first

three years, PMC students by individual Service visited program management

offices at the:

- Army: Missile Command, Huntsville, Alabama; Tank Automotive Command, Warren, Michigan; Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis, Missouri;

Martin Marietta Corporation, Orlando, Florida;

- Navy: Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York; Newport

News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia; A-7

Program, LTV Aerospace Corporation, Dallas, Texas; McDonnell Douglas

Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri; S-3A Viking and P3 Orion Programs, Lockheed

California Company, Burbank, California.

- Air Force: 407L Tactical Air Control System Program Office, Hanscom Air

Force Base, Massachusetts; F-15 Systems Program Office, Wright-Patterson

AFB, Ohio; C-5A Program, Lockheed Georgia Company, Marietta, Georgia; A10 System Program, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB;

Program Management Course students on Pentagon field trip

Below and right: Program Management

Course student industry field trips

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SRAM and AABNCP Programs, BoeingAerospace Company, Seattle, Washington.

Field trips in 1979-81 for government students included Martin Marietta,

Orlando, Florida; Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland;

Fairchild Industries, Germantown and Hagerstown, Maryland; United Technologies Corporation, Pratt and Whitney Group, East Hartford, Connecticut;

Sikorsky, Stamford, Connecticut; RCA, Moorestown, New Jersey; General

Electric Company, Philadelphia and King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

Studentsfrom industry traditionally visited governmentfacilities. In 1982-83, the

visits were to the Army Missile Command, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Eglin Air

Force Base, Fort Knox, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Wright-PattersonAirForce

Base, Fort Bliss, and Hanscom Air Force Base.

In recent years, the format was for government students from each PMC class to

hear various guest program managers (government and industry from same

program), meet by section informally with pre-designated visiting PMs, then later

travel to the contractors' sites for three-day briefings and tours. Facilities visits

included such programs as the F-15, V-22, and M1A1 Tank.

Program Management Course industry field trip

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Program Management Course industry field trips.

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"THINK PIECES" PROVIDED

STUDENTS WITH RESEARCH

AND WRITING CHALLENGES

During the 1980s, students in the Program Management Course were required to produce "think pieces" (i.e.,

research or opinion papers) on acquisition issues ofthe day. Each paper was

approximately five pages long and reflected original thinking and expert

research. Some papers were published

in Program Manager magazine, and all

remain stored forfuture retrieval in the

DSMC archives.

The papers were an outgrowth of the

earlier Individual Study Program that

was revised in 1978 to require at least

three student point papers during the

course. By 1986, all PMC students,

except those participating in a research

program, were required to prepare a

fact sheet or potentially publishable

magazine article prior to graduation.

FEATURED IN

BUSINESS WEEKMAGAZINE

The infant DSMS was featured in a 9

September 1972 Business Week article

titled "Training a Cadre of Military

Managers." The piece told how, against

a background ofa unified need to train

program managers, the school came to

be, and how the Program Management

Course was being conducted.

"LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE" OUT OF DATE

"Change is taking place at DSMC," wrote Captain Michael A. Pearce, USN,

Dean, School of Systems Acquisition Education, in 1982. "For many of you

familiar with the 'little red schoolhouse,' the facts in your database regarding

DSMC methods and curriculum will soon be out of date. Old hands and former

students will no longer be able to coach novices based on their firsthand

knowledge ofthe DSMC curriculum. Yes, progress is taking place."

Noting the Program Management Course curriculum had never been static - it

had been changed 15-20 percent each time it was offered - Pearce confirmed that

DSMC constantly kept current with issues and policies, kept student interaction

lively, and introduced new topics. The PMC had increased case-study material

within its curricula from 20 to 45 percent, with some 55 percent involving lecturediscussion.

Continuing process improvements led to major changes, including the "New

Vision" PMC in the mid-1980s and "DSMC 95" in 1993-95, which resulted in

a significant reorganization ofthe College and the creation of a new Advanced

PMC. Additionally, association with the Defense Acquisition University consortium continues to generate an active consideration of changes that may provide

a better and more pertinent product to our customers.

For all intents and purposes, the "little red schoolhouse" is always going out of

date.

CAPT Paul B. Tuzo, USN

Director, Department of Intermediate

Management Courses, 1974-77

CAPT Michael A. Pearce, USN

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COLLEGE ACTIVITIES RELIEVE THE STRESS OF CLASSWORK

College Sports Day

End-of-class Dinner-Dance

Graduation Day

All dressed up, ready to go! Chili cook-off

1 1 a

Rousing c/ii?i cook-off songs

1 *- V.Q«V«\<J'

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On a good day, why not? Program Management Course students discover alternative

learning methods.

My congratulations to the faculty,

staff, alumni, and students of the

Defense Systems Management

College (DSMC) onthe 25thanniversary of this fine institution.

DSMC plays a critical role in the

management training of our ac-

: quisition workforce and, from my

perspective, its role is growingwith

gK time.

As the Army Acquisition Executive, it has been my pleasure to

address DSMC students onanumber ofoccasions. The Q&Asession

is always spirited and interesting.

; We all learn. In fact, the students

1 and their work to acquire weapon

systems and equipment for our

armed forces are critical to all that

I do. They are at the heart of our

acquisition system.

DSMC has earned a worldwide

reputationfor being onthe cutting

edge of the defense acquisition

' business. This is awonderful occa-

: sion to celebrate its many contributions to the defense acquisition

' process and to equipping the men

and women of America's armed

, forces. Our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines operate with

' great skill and precision the most

technologically advanced weap-

; onry and equipment in the world;

We must keep it that way.

- Honorable Gilbert F. Decker,

; Assistant Secretary ofthe Army (Research, Development and Acquisii tion), 1996

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Congratulations to the Defense

Systems Management College and

all those who have made it the

successit has become....You should

beproudofyour accomplishments.

The American Defense Preparedness Association is also proud to

have been a part of your history.

Our collaboration in sponsoring

the Defense Systems Acquisition

Management Course has been a

real success story ofindustry-government partnership. Also, the Industry Day events of prior program management courses were

always a personal highlight on my

schedule.

- Lieutenant General Lawrence

F. Skibbie, USA (Ret), President,

American Defense Preparedness Association, 1996

Professors Richard A. Stillman, Christopher Scott, and Frank T. Meneely

Lt Col Carl Bryant.USAF, Deborah Withers, and MAJ James W. Wilson, Jr., USA

FIRST SHORT COURSE HELD

OFF-CAMPUS IN 1973

The first short course held off the DSMC

campus was the popular Cost/Schedule

Control Systems Criteria Course in 1973, a

shortened three-day version for 67 students

at the Aeronautical Systems Division,

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

By late 1974, DSMC had sent instructor

teams to teach short courses at sites at the

Army Missile Command, Army War College, Army Aviation Systems Command,

Naval Sea Systems Command, Air Force

Institute of Technology, and the Air Force

Systems Command. The number of offcampus offerings increased dramatically

from 1978 (24 offerings; 1,137 students)

to 1980 (81 offerings; 2,896 students).

These continuing off-campus presentations

eventually would lead to the establishment

of four DSMC Regional Centers nationwide. Brig Gen William E. Thurman,

USAF, "sowed the seed" for a regional

center concept through his "DSMC 1984"

plan, which looked four years into the

College's future.

Left to right: Lt Col Kenneth J. Bohannon,

USAF, Professor Stanley J. Crognale, Jr.,

and Marcie Folkes

Executive-in-Residence Frederick L. Ayer

and Col Terry L. Raney, USAF

Lt Col James M. Phillips, USAF, Maj

Constance A. King, USAF, (seated) and

LTC Janet E. Drummond,USA

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Program Management Course students on Capitol Hill

UNDER SECRETARY HICKS

AND THE DAY THE SPACE

SHUTTLE CHALLENGER

BLEW UP

To former Reagan Administration defense acquisition executive Dr. Donald

A. Hicks, now a McLean, VA., consultant, a visit to DSMC on 28 January

1986 "will stand out forever in my

memory."

"I have been throughout my career,

both in industry and government, a

strong supporter and admirer of

DSMC," wrote Dr. Hicks. "As Under

Secretary of Defense for Research and

Engineering, I addressed the student

body ofDSMC on our efforts to reform

the defense acquisition system. (Sound

familiar?) As I finished speaking, a

paper was handed to me announcing

that the Challenger space shuttle had

just been destroyed during launch.

While I doubtthat any ofthe audience

remembers my discussion, I'm certain

they all remember where they were on

that tragic day."

CAPITOL HILL TRIPS

KEEP STUDENTS IN

TOUCH WITH

WASHINGTON REALITIES

Since 1974, students in the Program

ManagementCourse have visited Capitol Hillfor the congressional insight on

defense acquisition issues. Student

feedback consistently has rated the trip

as a highlight of their DSMC experience.

The PMC 74-1 class spent only a half

day but met with two powerful members of the House of Representatives

Appropriations and Armed Services

Committees. The format evolved into

two or more days oflectures, attending

committee hearings, visitation with

home representatives, and observing

floor action in the Senate and Houses.

Lectures and briefings have been given

by Members of Congress, key congressional staffers, political scientists, lobbyists, and DoD legislative liaison officials. Topics have included the status

of pending legislation, "hot button"

issues, the composition and mood of

Congress, future congressional action,

and how to do business with Congress.

Dr. Donald A. Hicks

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The Research, Consulting, and Information Division, 1996
LOOKING FOR

A BETTERWAY:

THE DSMC

ACQUISITION

RESEARCH

PROGRAM

Professors Calvin Brown, the late David

D. Acker (seated) and Dr. Franz A. P.

Frisch

FEDERAL ACQUISITION

INSTITUTE AND DSMC

AGREED TO COOPERATE

ON ACQUISITION

COURSES

The Federal Acquisition Institute, part

of the Office of Federal Procurement

Policy, joined with DSMC in 1978 to

develop and conduct courses over the

next few years that met federal agencies' needs.

The original three-faceted DSMC mission established by Deputy Secretary of

Defense David Packard included the

requirement to "Conduct research in

defense program/project management

concepts and methods as required to

support the school in fulfillment of its

primary mission" of education.

At that time, research administered by

the Directorate of Research and Curricula was directed primarily at improving course materials. The first DSMC

Research Program beginning in 1972

consisted of separate categories of faculty, student, and contractual research.

Early research efforts centered around

visits to program offices by faculty and

students, faculty research, and ad hoc

studies.

In 1972, DSMC conducted the first

follow-up interviews of PMC graduates,

as well as other program managers, looking for feedback on the effectiveness of

the DSMC curricula. The program supported doctoral candidates doing research in acquisition management. Lieutenant Colonel Leonard S. Marrella,

USA, the first such candidate, was

awarded a DBA degree by The George

Washington University. The first significant research project to aid program

managers was an examination of the

feasibility of using computer-generated

graphics in the program office. From

1974-77, student research was principally through the Individual Study Program. The research program requirements were six classroom contact hours

and 44 hours of preparation time to

write a paper.

Professor William H. Cullin, presenting

a paper on U. S. program management

before the Fourth Internet Congress in

Paris in 1974, was the first faculty member to do so to an international group

outside the United States. The major

1975 research effort was the Throughput Study which reviewed future student

enrollment requirements for FY-1976

and beyond. The immediate result was a

substantial increase in enrollment.

Through contacts in several ad hoc

acquisition research networks in the

1970s, DSMC participated in a number

ofsuccessfulinteractive projects, including DoD's Acquisition Research Council, chaired by the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Policy

(theCommandantrepresented DSMC),

the Naval Acquisition Research and

Development Council, committees of

the Federal Acquisition Institute, (FAI)

and a joint working group called DARE

- the Defense Acquisition Research

Elements. The DARE group, supported

by top DoD management, continued its

work into the mid-1980s, promoting the

use of acquisition research results in

policy formulation and program management. ProfessorsJohn S. W. Fargher,

Jr., and Lieutenant Colonel Francis W.

A'Hearn, USAF, were key DSMC representatives.

Several new significant DoD publications resulted from DSMC research

during the late 1970s, including the

Acquisition Strategy Guide, the Joint

Logistics Commanders Guide for the

Management ofJoint Service Programs,

and the Guide for the Management of

Multinational Programs. College faculty

made major contributions to the F-16

Lessons Learned Study. Faculty project

managers included Professors John S.

W. Fargher, Jr., Dr. Andrew P. Mosier,

and Dr. Franz A. P. Frisch. Much of the

research of that period also went into

classroom case study development.

In 1979, DSMC and the Federal Acquisition Institute co-hosted the eighth annual DoD/FAI Acquisition Research

Symposium at the Naval War College.

This was our first involvement in the

continuing series of highly successful

biennial research symposia. The thrust

of DSMC research shifted in 1980 to

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implementing and managing an integrated, objective program to influence

DoD acquisition policy. Research covered such diverse projects as support of

acquisition policy implementation, technology transfer, NATO planning and

joint program management, competition, contractor motivation, the industrial base, and lessons learned for the

Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems program.

In 1983, the Research Directorate managed $1.5 million in research contracts,

focusing on a few areas of potential high

payoff, includingjoint projects withOSD

and the Services. The Defense Acquisition Improvement Program received the

most attention, but other major issue

areas were cost growth drivers, multiyear

procurement, educational research, and

the program manager's support system.

The College produced lessons-learned

case studies for the Army on the MLRS,

Ml Abrams tank, and the Apache helicopter.

Into the mid-1980s, the DSMC research

program, headed by Captain Lucian C.

Evans, USN, centered around development and publication offunctional handbooks and guidebooks, notably the Defense Manufacturing Management

Handbook, the System Engineering

Management Guide, the Risk Assessment Handbook, an acquisition strategy

model, logistics and life-cycle cost models, a study on economic production

rates, program cost growth, and a study

of the manpower, personnel, and training implications of the acquisition process. Most of the information generated

was directly applicable to improving the

academic curriculum. A study for the

Air Force on improving the acquisition

process for automated data systems won

the Service's Business Research Award.

Although the aim of researchers was

"targets of opportunity" and constantly

changing, we continued to deliver useful products to students and program

management practitioners. A 75-percent

budget increase for contracted research

studies was approved. Products developedby Professors Patricia Kelley, David

D. Acker, Ronald L. Baker, Calvin

Brown, and other faculty included numerous acquisition management handbooks, study reports, workshops, innovative instruction modules, and

automated computer models. Research

was conducted to support OSD, the

Service staffs, program management offices, and the DSMC curricula.

The book Congressional Relations and

Involvement: A Guide for Department

of Defense Acquisition Managers, a

significant research effort which filled a

void in an important, sensitive arena,

was first published in 1986. An immediate hit in headquarters and field activities, it became one of the all-time most

popular DSMC publications. Its author,

Professor Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., this year

completed the book's Fourth Edition.

The Educational Research Team of Dr.

Owen Gadeken, team leader, and

Michael Krause, assisted by Jeanette

Montoya and others, improved faculty

teaching skills, role-playing and casestudy presentations, and other curricula

areas. In 1983, the noted educator Dr.

Malcolm Knowles conducted a faculty

workshop on adult learning, a cornerstone in DSMC's revised approach to

instruction methods and the learning

environment. The team introduced to

the campus the Looking Glass simulation workshop, developed by the Center

for Creative Leadership, where it remains in demand.

In 1985, DSMC received more than 125

acquisition research proposals from the

OSD, Services, and faculty. Two studies

for OSD on productivity measurement

and acquisition management and career

programs, and one for the Defense Science Board on munitions, resulted in

numerous recommendations for improvement. As the decade progressed,

tepMMtgn

Al

The late David D. Acker, Ronald L. Baker

and Patricia Kelley, research professors

Dr. Owen C. Gadeken

DSMC RESERVE PROGRAM

ENHANCED ACADEMIC

AND RESEARCH EFFORTS

From 1979 until the late-1980s, the

DSMC Reserve Program brought in

military reserve officers to support the

College's academic and research programs as adjunctfaculty members and

researchers. The officers performed

their two-week active duty for training

assignments at Fort Belvoir and at the

regional centers.

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the research program focused on three

areas: (1) broad-based, applied research

to improve the acquisition process and

influence policymakers in OSD and the

Services, (2) internal educational research, and (3) providing program managers with an automated decision support capability.

UnderCaptainRalphW. Ortengren,Jr.,

USN, the research directorate entered

the 1990s developing innovative solutions for contemporary problems, while

probing for future issues. The program

continued to assistin formulating acquisition policy, developing new management techniques for acquisition management officials, and supporting

development of the DSMC curricula.

Faculty members continued to conduct

mostresearch, complementedby selected

students and contractors. Those tenets

and goals of DSMC research remain.

The directorate opened a Learning Resource Center in 1989 to offer an individual, self-paced training or refresher

work in acquisition management subjects. Tools included personal computers, video and audio machines, a library

ofinstructional material, and individual

study carrels. The LRC, headed by

founder Myrna Bass, eventually became

one of DSMC's most popular and frequently used academic features.

The DSMC ROAR project, or Research

on Ongoing Acquisition Research, is a

widely used online database system for

tracking acquisition studies underway

around the world. Developed in the

early 1990s by director James Abellera,

ROAR is linked to the Defense Acquisition University's Acquisition Research

Coordinating Committee. The database

incorporates some 2,800 acquisition research projects into the DSMC home

page.

Through a research extension agreement, DSMC participates with the Service academies through the Cadet Summer Research Program. Initiated in 1994,

the program allows seniors to intern

with DSMC acquisition professionals

and produce a written product.

The DSMC research program plays an

essential role in curriculum development and promoting academic currency,

and includestopics on program management, acquisition strategy, contract management, competition, productivity, and

technical support services. Faculty and

staff and DSMC customers are kept

abreast of research activities via the

quarterly Research and Consulting

Newsletter edited by Joan L. Sable. Dr.

James E. Price serves as the Dean, Research, Consulting, and Information

Division. Calvin Brown is the Associate

Dean for Research, Daniel Robinson for

Consulting, and James Dobbins for Information Dissemination.

Lt Col Francis W. A'Hearn, USAF (former RCID Dean)and LTC John R. Bramblett,

USA

CAPT Ralph W. Ortengren, Jr., USN

Professors RolfH. Clarke, J. Robert Ainsley,

and James W. Abellera

Dr. Adelia E. Ritchie, former RCID Dean

Professors Michael L. Mears and Dr. James

E. Price, current RCID Dean

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From left: LTC "Pip" Piplani, USA; Military Research Fellowships Program Coordinator, Joan L. Sable; Lt Col Rich Roop,

USAF, and Col Joe Mercer, USAF

Commandant Brig Gen Claude M. Bolton,

Jr., USAF, greets Congressman Tom Davis

(R-VA) (center) at 1995 Acquisition Research Symposium.

MILITARY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

PRODUCES USEFUL PAYOFFS

The joint DSMC Military Research Fellowship Program, chartered by the Under

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) in 1987, provides professional military education to

selected officers, and develops new and innovative concepts for acquisition management.

The program is a unique opportunity for these officers to supplement DSMC research

goals to improve the acquisition process, and develop useful publications for acquisition

management officials.

Each year, the Services appoint three Army, Navy, and AirForce officers as Fellows, with

no more than two from the same Service. The Fellows must have a master's degree in an

acquisition-related discipline, have achieved the 0-5 rank, and have documented

experience and performance in acquisition management. Once selected, Fellows work

together as a research team to develop and produce findings - usually a guidebook and

briefings - that illuminate some forward-looking aspect of acquisition. Research

Associate Joan L. Sable coordinates the Fellows program within the Research, Consulting, and Information Division.

Prior to beginning theirresearch, Fellows attend the Program Management Development

fall session at the Harvard School ofBusiness. Theirresearch product is due the following

summer. Recent products include the DSMC Press-published research reports:

- Using Commercial Practices in DoD Acquisition (1989),

- Europe 1992: Catalyst for Change in Defense Acquisition (1990),

- International Cooperation: The Next Generation (1991),

- NDI Acquisition: An Alternative to "Business as Usual" (1992),

- Virtual Prototyping: A Guide for Department of Defense Managers (1993),

- Systems Acquisition Manager's Guide forthe Use ofModels and Simulations

(1994), and

- Modernizations in Lean Times: Modifications and Up-grades (1995).

The current Fellows are Commander Patrick F. Cromar, USN, Lieutenant Colonel

(Select) Robert L. Tremaine, USAF, and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony G. Wiley, USA.

Theirreport on aspects ofContinuous Acquisition Life-cycle Support (CALS), Electronic

Commerce, and Electronic Data Interchange will be available in August 1996.

From left: LTC Thomas R. Evans, USA;

CDR Kathleen M. Lyman, USN; Joan L.

Sable; and Lt Col Michael S. Ennis, USAF

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Jeanne Elmore, DSMC Press, and Professor James H. Dobbins, Associate Dean for

Information Dissemination, review homepage design.

ROAR
Dan Robinson leads the DCAS directors through a hrainstorming lesson.
EXPERT ADVICE

AND PROCESS

FACILITATING:

THE DSMC

CONSULTING

SERVICES

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Professors William M. McGovern and

Daniel G. Robinson in the Management

Deliberation Center.

Professor Donald M. Freedman

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Using DSMC faculty for consulting

projects of varying degrees is nearly as

old as the institution itself. Only in

recent years, however, hasthe collective

effort been marshaled for maximum

benefit to both DSMC and our

customers. In 1993, the College's

consulting mission was incorporated

into the Research, Consulting and

Information Division, headed by an

associate dean.

During DSMC'sfirst decade, consulting

efforts were almost exclusively devoted

to providing expert content advice to

program management, functional and

headquarters staff offices. Since the

early 1980s, the emphasis has shifted

more to process consulting, not a subtle

difference.

Consulting as subject matter experts,

sometimes referred to as content

consulting, typically brackets the

spectrum of one-time telephone advice

to long-term detailed projects. Such

typical consulting areas are briefing

senior DoD officials on acquisition

policy; serving on process action teams;

briefing visitors from DoD and other

government agencies, as well as Allied

or other foreign governments; hosting

conferences; facilitating workshops;

reviewing and commenting on program

acquisition strategies and other program

documentation; and delivering guest

lectures on defense issues.

The DSMC shift to process consulting

began in the early 1980s, energized by

the topical trends toward total quality

management concepts and organizational

development. In process consulting, the

faculty consultant emphasizes group

review, evaluation, and approval by

facilitating members to work together.

By studying the issue at hand and

developing their own answers, the group

learns more about how the issues affect

them.

Over the years, our faculty have

provided quality advice, assistance, and

information to hundreds ofgovernment

organizations. By 1972, once the

Program Management Course,

ExecutiveRefresherCourse, and Cost/

Schedule Control Systems Criteria

Course were underway, DSMC began

accepting requests to provide services.

One of the first efforts involved

coordinating our 1973 seminar on

Orientation in Defense Systems

Acquisition for general, flag, and senior

executive officials on the fundamentals

of policies and procedures. Sponsored

by Deputy Secretary ofDefense William

P. Clements,Jr., the seminar wasrepeated

the next year. Other early consulting

efforts included work with Army major

program pre-decision reviews, Navy

design-to-cost provisions and

shipbuilding claims, and the DoD

comptroller ontheManagement Systems

program.

Because ofDSMC's "near-but-yet-so-far"

distance from Washington, it didn't

take potential customers long to realize

the advantage of using DSMC as an offsite host for acquisition executive

meetings and workshops. In 1973,

DSMC hosted the Army Materiel

Command's Program Managers'

Conference. In 1974, DSMC hosted a

seminar for DoD schools and colleges to

promote uniformity in teaching

acquisition management. Almost 20

years later, it would become apparent

the seminar was a portentto the birth of

the Defense Acquisition University. In

the ensuing years, DSMC hosted and

participated in conferences on a wide

range oftopicssuch as cost performance

analysis, foreign military sales, the

defense industrial base, management of

software acquisition, and acquisition

reform.

Demand for meeting space increased

significantly in the 1980s. For example,

in 1988 the Army conducted a weeklong workshop for 35 general officers

and senior-executive level officials using

faculty facilitators Professors John

Snoderly and Kris Kristensen. The year

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1995 was typical: under the National

Performance Review, DoD conducted

the Consortium for Culture Change

Workshop; Dr. Paul G. Kaminski, the

Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology), sponsored a conference on integrated productteams for

more than 400 acquisition leaders; the

Air Force Association used Howell Auditorium for an Air Force-Industry

roundtable; and the Defense Manufacturing Council held a two-day conference for program executive officers and

program managers.

The College acquired our first

"groupware" system in 1990 and began

conducting group deliberation using a

portable "electronic meeting system."

This was an immediate success, and

planning for a permanent facility began

in 1991.

After several years of hosting and facilitatingworkshops, conferences, and team

meetings in the portable mode, in June

1994 we opened our new Management

Deliberation Center (MDC) in the redesigned Abilene Room. The MDC operates a highly interactive, customerfriendly "groupware" system, which uses

networked computers to share information, allow oral and electronic conversations, review and evaluate issues and

plans, and develop consensus conclusions. Software packages provide organizational modeling, quality function deployment, business process reengineering, and stakeholder analysis.

Acceptance ofthe MDC was immediate.

Its bookings stay full, particularly with

Pentagon customers. Recent users include the Office of the USD(A&T), F16 and AEGIS program offices, Army

Community and Family Support Center, Joint Program Office for Biological

Defense, various U. S. Army Councils of

Colonels, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Federal Executive Institute. ProfessorsJesse E. Cox

and William McGovern coordinated the

facility's planning, design, construction

and outfitting. Professors McGovern,

Donald M. Freedman, and Daniel

Robinson, and assistant Florence

Breuser, have integrated the MDC into

College functions and continue to upgrade its technology.

In 1974, DSMC began receiving visits

from Allied and other foreign governments when three officials of West

Germany's DSMCequivalentspent eight

days visiting the Program Management

Course. They were particularly interested in the System X case studies, and

eventually purchased rights to several

exercises and models. That year, Major

General Harry Knutton, British Army,

Deputy Master General of the Ordnance, visited for an update on U. S.

acquisition practices. Taiwan's Military

Attache, Major General Chien-Lien Sun,

was briefed on our curriculum and instructional methodsin 1975. Such informational visits soon brought a steady

flow to the campus of foreign military

and civilian dignitaries, including representatives from the North Atlantic

Treaty Organization countries, Costa

Rica, South Korea, Australia, Sweden,

Spain, and others.

Consulting assistance continued primarily by individual faculty members on a

one-time or continuing orsporadicbasis.

Servicesincluded information exchange,

expert advice, reciprocal office visits,

and organizational development sessions. Customers included the Navy

Acquisition Logistics Review Groups,

Air Force Systems Command Program

Management Assistance Group, working groups ofthe Office ofthe Secretary

of Defense and the Services, and system

programoffices. Associate Dean for Planning and Development George R.

McAleer, Jr., kept tabs on consulting

efforts in the 1970-80s. By the end of

1981, DSMC's support of the Deputy

Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci

Lt Gen Charles E. Franklin, USAF; Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

(Acquisition) Darleen Druyun; and Air

Force Chair B. A. (Tony) Kausal, at Air

Force Association off site at DSMC.

Professor George R. McAleer, Jr.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Frank C.

Carlucci III

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Initiatives, called the Defense Acquisition Improvement Program (DAIP), had

been ourmajor consulting effort. Headed

by Colonel G. DanaBrabson, USAF, the

DAIP team prepared and distributed

synopses and gave briefings around the

country on this early effort at acquisition reform.

Other first-decade consulting efforts included a range of aid in restructuring the

Air Force Systems Command's Procurement Division at the Electronic Systems

Division; implementing a quality spiral

system for the former Defense Communications Agency; and a strategic planning and teambuilding process forthe B1B Systems Program Office, our first

session in government-industry

(Rockwell Corporation) teambuilding.

From 1979-83, DSMC offered two special courses developed just for the Navy.

In the 1990s, we facilitated a similar

teambuilding process for the MILSTAR

Program Office and its Lockheed

counterparts.

Facultymembersfrequently have served

on DoD process action teams or other ad

hoc teams. Professors Edward Hirsch,

KennethKladiva, and Dr. ThomasHone

served in 1990 on the USD(A)-sponsored Rittenhouse Study to shorten the

system life cycle process. Professors

Charles B. Cochrane and Dr. James

Price provided full-time policy expertise

to the 1994-95 Defense Acquisition

Reform Oversight and Review PAT

whose assignment by the Secretary of

Defense was "...to develop within 90

days a comprehensive plan to reengineer

the oversight and review process for

systems acquisition...." Many of its recommendations have been making their

way into revised policies and procedures.

High-level study groups frequently request subject matter expert inputs from

faculty. These groups include Deputy

Secretary William H. Taft Hi's acquisition

streamlining group in 1984, the Packard

Commission on defense management in

1986, and the teams periodically rewriting the DoD 5000 series of acquisition

policy directives. Faculty also have served

as officers of various professional societies and organizations, such as the National Contract Management Association, Operations Research Society of

America, and Society of Logistics Engineers. Tailored briefings or workshops

ofvarying lengthsrequestedby keyDoD

officials have been a DSMC hallmark

for years.

Left: Professor Calvin Brown

During the late 1980s and early 1990s,

DSMC provided assistance in Total

Quality Management (TQM) concepts

and techniques to such diverse headquarters activities as the Defense Logistics Agency, Coast Guard, U. S. Health

Command, U. S. Geological Service,

ArmyCorps ofEngineers, andAir Force

Systems Command. Beginning in 1987,

forsome six years DSMCdeveloped and

distributed software modules through

the Program Manager's Support System

(PMSS) to enhance a program management office's decision making process.

Professors Jesse E. Cox and Edward G.

Ingalls were instrumental in the PMSS

project. By 1991, more than 17,000

copies of the PMSS software had been

provided to more than 4,500 program

management customers.

Professors Sandra Rittenhouse and the late David D. Acker

Deputy Secretary of Defense William H.

Taft III

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Individual or team faculty frequently

worked with foreign governments onsite. Professor Kenneth Kladiva spent a

year in 1994-95 aiding the governments

of the Czech Republic, Republic of

Slovakia, and Albania, providing advice

to the Ministries of Defense on developing a planning, programming, budgeting, and execution system. He continues

to be involved with the Czech and

Slovak governments developing bilateral agreements pertaining to information exchange and general security. In

1994, Professors Charles B. Cochrane,

Randy C. Zittel, GaryJ. Hagan, andJohn

P. McGovern participated in a U. S.

traveling contact team which assisted

Bulgarian defense officials. Professor

Franz A. P. Frisch has made numerous

trips to Germany and Austria consulting with their ministries of defense and

lecturing.

Faculty members have served on professional development detail assignments

assisting headquarters and program management offices. Dr. Benjamin C. Rush

worked a year with the F-14 office,

Professor Donald M. Freedman with the

Naval Air Systems Command, and Professor Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., a year and a

half on separate tours as assistant and

speechwriter to two USD(A)s. Other

Professors WilburD. Jones, Jr., and Wilbur

V. (Bill) Arnold

faculty, including Lt ColMike Hammon,

USAF, and Lt Col Barry Levy, USAF,

have served as Legis Fellows with Members of Congress or congressional committees. Professor Joseph Drelicharz

served for 18 months with the House

Armed Services Committee in a special

government fellow program.

Recent consulting efforts, while still providing individual expert advice, have

expanded from service to line and staff

organizations to top-level DoD policysetting environments. We now focus on

areas of strategic planning, program

planning, problem solving, transition

of command, program reviews, and

reengineering activities. These efforts

continue to bring customer satisfaction

and enhance the College's reputation as

an academic institution.

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CenterforAcquisition Management Policy meeting, clockwise: (standing) Forrest Gale, Gail (Kris) Kristensen, Conrad (Del) Babb,

Fred Waelchli, Edward Hirsch, Gregory T. Wierzbicki, and Dr. Benjamin C. Rush

CAMP LEFT IMPRESSION

ON ACQUISITION POLICY

During its existence in the 1980-90s,

DSMC's Centerfor Acquisition Management Policy (CAMP) was a valuable resource to senior DoD acquisition

officials. "Knowledge, experience, counsel, service, research," the CAMP marketing brochure read. Efforts by CAMP

faculty members helped link the disparate acquisition components, and fostered a policy environment facilitating

interaction between the executive and

legislative branches and industry. The

CAMP chairman was Professor Edward Hirsch.

Commandant Brig Gen (Sei) Claude M.

Bolton, Jr., USAF, signs interagency agreementwithFederalAviationAdministration's

John Turnerand Carolyn Blum, to provide

FAA acquisition employees with program

management education.

Professors Ernst P. (Pete) Vollmer and Dr.

Thomas Hone

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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM

PROVIDED DECISION-MAKING ASSISTANCE

The College in 1983 initiated a Program Management Support System (PMSS)

ofsoftware to aid program managers in decision-making and as a classroom aid.

The PMSS was designed as a decision support system with three major elements:

a user interface, a model base, and a data base. The PMSS program continued

in use for ten years.

Left to right: Professors William M. McGovem, Paul Sabina, and Jesse E. Cox (seated),

and Carol Jeffrey, Alberta Ladymon, and Flo Breusser

Left to right: Fred Hughes, SGT Eduard

H. Boyd, USA, SGT Ronald Valentine,

Left to right: Esther Farria, Robert Ball {JSA; (left to right seated): Judy Milling

and Katie Clark and Margaret A. Brown

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SECRETARY PRESTON, COMMANDANT PRESIDE OVER

DSMC'S FIRST VIDEO TELECONFERENCE

The firstjoint DSMC-Defense Acquisition University video teleconference was

conducted in January 1995 at the Pentagon Telecommunications Center, and

was used to discuss acquisition reform initiatives. Presiding were Deputy Under

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform) Colleen Preston, who fielded questionsfrom students, and the DSMC Commandant, Brigadier General Claude M.

Bolton, Jr., USAF. These executives were linked to classrooms at the DSMC

Regional Centers in Huntsville, St. Louis, and Boston, as well as a classroom on

the main campus at Fort Belvoir.

Brig Gen Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF, Commandant, Defense Systems Managment

College and Mrs. Colleen Preston, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition

Reform).

ESSAYONS THEATER

REDECORATED TO

PROJECT BEST LEARNING

ENVIRONMENT

Long-time Professor Alan W. Beck remembers being involved in "designing"

the color scheme for re-doing the

Essayons Auditorium in the early

1980s. After reviewing studies on the

psychological effects of color, Beck recommended blue for the chairs and

carpet to lessen potential stress and

support reflective active listening. The

white ceiling would match the internal

expectation of sky. The brighter walls

would transition from the ceiling to the

darker floor. The gold posts would

suggest a majestic cultural scene. The

yellow is a mood enhancer. Beck's suggestions were adopted.

Professor Alan W. Beck

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HUSBAND-AND-WIFE

STUDENT "FIRSTS"

Philip J. and Ronnie G. Carpenter, in

March 1978, became a DSMC student

"first" as the initial husband and wife

to attend a course together. They graduated from the Industrial Financial

Management Course. Philip served in

the Naval Sea Systems Command and

Ronnie in the neighboring Naval Air

Systems Command.

William R. and Sheila Riggs Keeling

became the first students to meet and

marry as students in the same PMC.

The wedding was in May 1976 prior to

the graduation of class PMC 76-1.

William worked for General Dynamics, and Sheila was an Air Force civilian.

William R. Keeling and Sheila Riggs

Keeling

Professors Paul T. McMahon, Maj Douglas W. Graham, USAF, andAndrea M. Garcia

discuss the Grand Slam Case, the follow-on to System X.

DSMC Catalog cover, 1982
SECTION 800 PANEL LED THE WAY

TO LATEST ACQUISITION REFORM

The impact of Section 800 ofthe Defense Authorization Act ofFY 1991 would

not be fully known until the advisory panel it created reported its findings to the

Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology), the Secretary of

Defense, and Congress by January 1993. The immediate effect was to act as the

linchpin for the acquisition reform movement, the most determined effort ever to

improve the defense acquisition process.

The DSMC involvement in the DoD Advisory Panel on Streamlining and

Codifying Acquisition Law, or the Section 800 Panel as it was called, was

extensive and unique. Title VIII ofthe Actspecifically directed DSMC to sponsor

the advisory panel.

Commandant Rear Admiral William L. Vincent, USN, served as chairman.

Professor Donald M. Freedman was executive secretary. Other DSMC professionalstaffmembers included Lieutenant Colonel (P) C. Kenneth Allard, USA;

Lieutenant Commander Benjamin B. C. Capshaw, USNR; Major Jack Soesbe,

USA; Major C. Jean Kopala, USAF; Captain Karen O'Brien, USA; and Bruce

N. Warner. Thomas J. Dolan, Jr., a task force director, occupied the acquisition

law chair in DSMC's Executive Institute when the panel disbanded.

Panel members included senior representatives of DoD, including Pete Bryan,

Director, Contract Policy &Administration, OSD; Allen Burman, Administrator

of. Federal Procurement Policy; and Harvey Wilcox, Navy Deputy General

Counsel, and industry, academe, and other private sector interests.

The panel was chargedwith reviewing all laws affecting DoDprocurement, "with

a view toward streamlining the defense acquisition process" by recommending to

Congress what laws could be eliminated or modified, and to "prepare a proposed

code of relevant acquisition laws." Their 1,800-page report, 18 months in the

making, reflects a thorough study under these precepts. It contained recommendations to delete 11 statutes, repeal 124, amend 163, retain or modify 201, and

take no action on 126. Substantive recommendations included:

Section 800 Panel Staff

Standing (left to right): LTC(P) C. Kenneth Allard, USA (DSMC), Bruce N.

Warner (DSMC), James Wayne Skinner

(NAVSUP), Maj C. Jean Kopala, USAF

(DSMC), MAJ Jack L. Soesbe, USA

(DSMC), Thomas J. Dolan, Jr. (ONR),

Donald M. Freedman (DSMC), LCDR

Benjamin B. C. Capshaw, USNR (DSMC).

Sitting (left to right): Col Susan P. McNeill,

USAF, Linda L. Snellings (DSMC),

Theresa M. Squillacote (DSMC) and

Wilma J. Frey (DSMC)
- Commercial procurement: promote more effective integration between the

military and civilian markets - the panel's centerpiece;

- Simplified acquisition threshold: streamline smaller purchases with a new

threshold at a level of $100,00 (adjusted every five years) to replace the

current $25,000;

- Contract formation: stress the need for an appropriate balance between an

efficient procurement system, full and open access to that system, and sound

implementation of socioeconomic policies;

- Contract administration: consolidate contract payment provisions ofthree

other statutes;

- Service-specific and majorsystems statutes: reduce those needlessly complex,

obsolete, or overlapping areas of the defense procurement code to a more

workable instrument;

- Socioeconomic laws, small business, and simplified acquisition threshold:

establish uniform thresholds and criteria, exempt contracts under $100,000

from most socioeconomic clauses, and clarify and streamline the labor,

environmental, small business, and minority contracting requirements;

- Standards of conduct: eliminate duplication and pyramiding of penalties

and other administrative procedures; and

- Intellectual property: change statutes to reflect the fact that modem

technology is heavily dependent upon proprietary invention and entrepreneurial innovation.

TheDeputy Under Secretary ofDefense (Acquisition Reform) laterassumed

action items for those areas on which DoD could act. Congress began acting

upon many ofthe other recommendations, resulting for one in a significant

acquisition reform law, the Federal Acquisition and Streamlining Act of

1994- The full impact ofthe Section 800 Panel's work is still unfolding.

DSMC REPORTING SENIOR

WAS NEW UNDER

SECRETARY OF

DEFENSE (ACQUISITION)

Implementing recommendations ofthe

President's Blue Ribbon (Packard)

Commission on Defense Management,

the Secretary of Defense in 1987 assigned the management of all acquisition activities to the newly created position of Under Secretary of Defense

(Acquisition). The first occupant was

Richard P. Godwin. The College was

among the defense agencies reporting

directly to the USD(A). This reporting

relationship continues through delegation of reporting senior responsibilities

to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform).

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Honorable John A. Betti

ACQUISITION LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AL-90

One of DSMC's largest and most visible consulting contributions was managing and conducting the 1990 Acquisition Leadership Conference - called

AL-90 - sponsored by Under Secretary

ofDefense (Acquisition) John A. Betti

(shown right). Held in Panama City,

Florida, AL-90 hosted senior acquisition representatives ofthe Services and

Defense Agencies, resulting in more

than 70 major recommendations for

improving the acquisition process. The

College provided faculty, administrative, and logistics support.

Secretary Betti followed it with an

implementation workshop at DSMC

two months later. In 1988, Betti's predecessor, Dr. Robert Costello, had sponsored a similar butsmallerscale Acquisition Leadership conference atDSMC.

Distinguished speakers included Secretary ofDefense Frank Carlucci, former

Deputy Secretary David Packard, and

Mr. Bert Rutan, chief executive officer

of Sealed Composites Corporation,

builder of the aircraft Voyager which

set a round-the-world, non-stop flight

record.

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actively involved in disseminating information on defense acquisition management. This role, part of our original

three-faceted mission, has been manifested traditionally in production oftopquality publications widely distributed

and accepted within the acquisition community by government and industry

professionals.

Information dissemination is directly

linked to the outputs ofDSMC research

activities. Publications include books;

guidebooks; monographs; technical reports; special publications, and periodicals, including the bimonthly magazine

Program Manager, and the Acquisition Review Quarterly, the journal of

the Defense Acquisition University.

These publications are integrated into

the DSMCacademic curricula and made

available to the acquisition community

and general public.

The DSMC Press, established in 1993 as

a university or scholarly press, is responsible for acquiring manuscripts, editorial

functions, and marketing the publications. Located within the research organization from 1971 until 1994, the

DSMC Press now is merged to form the

Visual Arts and Press Department,

headed by Greg Caruth, in the Division

of College Administration and Services.

With this merger, editorial and production coordination can be administered

together. The Government Printing

Office (GPO) prints DSMC publications

under outside contracts. The GPO, DefenseTechnical InformationCenter, and

National Technical Information Services

sell many DSMC Press publications

through their marketing systems.

In recent years, DSMC has initiated

additional wide-ranging forms of disseminating information electronically.

In 1995, we established theDSMChome

page on the World Wide Web (http://

www.dsmc.dsm.mil) to provide acquisition professionals with all manner of

DSMC publications and educational

and research activities. The ROAR

(Research on Ongoing Acquisition

Research) project is now online

through the home page address (http:/

/www.dsmc.dsm.mil/roar.html). So

is the DoD Acquisition Deskbook, an

electronic discussion forum located at

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.

This is available to professionals via the

Internet (http://deskbook.osd.mil/).

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mation, begun in 1992 at the request of

the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition), is the DoD Acquisition Historical Center. This archives project, when

complete, will act as the primary repository for acquisition-related historical data

for use by faculty, students, researchers,

and defense officials seeking to improve

the acquisition process. The future of

the Center, located in Building 205

within the Research, Consulting, and

Information Division offices, is pending

funding consideration.

Also known asthe "acquisition archives,"

the Center officially began operations in

the summer of 1994. Scheduled to be

fully operational in 1997, the Center's

data management system will incorporate state-of-the-art imaging and optical

disk technology to reduce storage requirements and provide remote online

retrieval of unclassified acquisition information via the Internet. Classified

information can be accessed only on-site

at DSMC.

Early DSMC efforts to disseminate acquisition information included newsletters; reports of meetings, symposia, and

conferences; and reprints of College

acquisition research project results.

Written information was reinforced

through faculty briefings and presentations. Publications were limited to pamphlets and brochures.

The original predecessor oftoday's popular Program Managermagazine was the

Program Managers Newsletter, started

in 1972 with Sidney A. Knutsen as its

first editor. The quarterly issue consisted of eight pages including the covers

which contained text. As the principal

means of communicating with the acquisition community, within two years

its distribution reached 7,000 copies per

issue, with an average of 32 pages. The

target audience was mostly graduates of

DSMC courses, but soon other acquisition professionals requested copies.

In 1978, the Newsletter changed from a

quarterly to a bimonthly publication

and enhanced its format, image, and

number of pages. In 1979, the name

became Program Manager, the Defense

Systems Management College Newsletter. It contained amore reader-friendly

format with a new cover in colored ink,

and is the forefather to today's magazine. Articles were authored by faculty,

former DSMC students, and professionals throughout the acquisition community, a practice still continued. Catherine

M. Clark became managing editor of

Program Managerin 1986 and held the

position until retirement in 1993. The

current editor is Collie Johnson. The

magazine is available on DSMC's home

page.

In 1976, responding to the need for a

learned journal devoted to acquisition

managers, DSMC began publishing the

Defense Systems Management Review.

Avonale L. Stephenson was the first

managing editor, and Robert W. Ball

DSMC GUIDEBOOKS PRINTED

16 DIFFERENT

REPRINTS

65%

(29,300 COPIES;

9 NEW

GUIDEBOOKS

35%

(16,200 COPIES)

TOTAL 45,500 COPIES

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PROGRAMMANAGER'S

NOTEBOOK: INSTANT

AND CONTINUING

DESKTOP REFERENCE

SUCCESS

The Program Manager's Notebook, begun in 1985 under the leadership of

Professor Edward Hirsch, continues to

be well received in the acquisition community. An in-house effort, the Notebook was designed to provide program

managers with a desktop reference that

would reduce lengthy searches through

directives or other documents, and includes fact sheets on a wide range of

acquisition issues and functional topics. Subject matter experts on the faculty have written or provided a peer

review of the fact sheets. Lieutenant

Colonel Philip A. Young, USMC,

headed the 1995 update effort.

Professor Edward Hirsch

LtCoZ Philip A. Young, USMC (top left),

and CDR James R. Keim, USN (seated

right)

was senior editor. Mr. Ball later headed

the publications directorate and retired

in 1995 after 20 years at DSMC. The

Review was a means of providing a

historical record of significant information associated with acquisition management concepts and practices, and a medium for continuing the work force

professional education and development.

In 1980, the Review became CONCEPTS, the journal of defense systems

acquisition management. The shorter

title, according to editor and publications director Robert W. Moore, was "a

lot more representative of the fluid,

creative, and idea-oriented nature ofthe

critical business of developing and buying advanced military systems." In 1982,

a DoD review board, acting on a directive issued by the Deputy Secretary of

Defense, ordered the termination of

CONCEPTS, and told DSMC to limit

distribution of Program Manager outside ofgovernmentto paid subscriptions

only, meaning some 2,100 subscribers

had to be dropped in 1983. Atthe time,

DoD was using the DSMC publications

mailing list for expediting distribution

of critical information to the acquisition

community, such asthe latest revision of

the DoDD 5000 series. The College

received numerous requests to reprint

articles from both periodicals.

Publication of guidebooks began in earnest in the late 1970s with the Joint

Logistics Commanders Guide for the

Management ofJoint Service Programs,

and the Joint Logistics Commanders

Guide for the Management of Multinational Programs. Portions or all of

the research and writing of these books

and others were often contracted out.

Some books, monographs, and technical

reports are written by faculty, a major

effort in light of teaching or other requirements. In 1980, the publications

division assumed total responsibility for

producing the DSMC Catalog, and

remainsinvolved inthe editorial process

ever since. One ofDSMC's most successful publications came outthat year, Skill

in Communication:A Vital Elementin

Effective Management, a monograph

written by esteemed Professor David D.

Acker. The popular piece is still requestedby students and outside customers. In 1986,Mr. Acker wroteA History

of the Defense Systems Management

College, a detailed hardback volume of

significant reference value commemorating the 15th Anniversary, and available to the public through GPO.

The present DSMC Press list of publications on defense acquisition numbers

more than 40. Popular guidebooks, such

as the Acquisition Strategy Guide, Introduction to DefenseAcquisitionManagement, and Glossary of Defense Acquisition Acronyms and Terms, are

periodically updated by faculty representatives or contractors on behalf of

DSMC faculty sponsors. Oversight and

coordination of the special publications

are the responsibility of special publications editor Alberta Ladymon.

By the early 1980s, the publications directorate was providing editorial services on

all DSMC publications, publishing academic texts for classroom use, and publishing the results of research projects in

Program Manager. By 1985, paid subscribers had increased to more than

1,100, including subscribers in 11 foreign countries. The total mailing list

reached more than 11,000. Articles were

quoted at symposia, conferences and

lectures, and in varioustrade and industry journals. Other DoD schools, including the Army War College, Naval Postgraduate School, Air Force Academy,

and Fort Belvoir Engineer School, as

well as civilian libraries, becamebig users

of DSMC publications. Users deemed

the publications essentialto understanding and executing their acquisition duties. Today's total circulation is more

than 20,000.

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INFORMATION RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ENTERED DSMC INTO

THE ELECTRONIC AGE

By 1985, led by project manager Professor John R. Snoderly, DSMC had acquired a first-rate electronic information resource management system

consisting of a local area network

(LAN) broadcast system and a fully

networked set of executive and administrative work stations. The system improved the administration ofstudents,

improved student training, helped to

develop and enhance program management support systems, and improved

support overall to program managers.

Internally, faculty and staffproductivity increased as word processing and

other software programs become available.

The system continues to be upgraded

with state-of-the-art equipment and

software. Each work station computer

is replaced every three years.

Professor John R. Snoderly

DSMC moves into the electronic age with

a Fiber Optic backbone LAN.

The latest addition to the DSMC periodicals is the journal of the Defense

Acquisition University, the Acquisition

Review Quarterly, edited and produced

for the DAU. The ARQ readership is

primarily senior members of the Acquisition Corps. It serves as a mechanism

for fostering and disseminating scholarly research, exchanging opinions, communicating policy decisions, and for

maintaining a high level of awareness

regarding acquisition management philosophy, principles, and practices. The

firstissue was published in Winter 1994

under the leadership ofmanaging editor

Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., and editor Robert

W. Ball. Dr. James E. Price and James

Wittmeyer currently occupy those positions. The ARQ is also on the DSMC

home page.

The call for manuscripts from authors is

a perpetual request from editors of the

DSMC Press. The principal consideration is that each article must relate to

defense acquisitionmanagement. Acopy

ofthe "Authors Guidelines" is available

on request.

COMPARISON OF COPIES

PRINTED FOR LAST ISSUES

OF PM AND ARQ

(Total copies last printing 32,800 issues)

ACQUISITION

REVIEW

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PRINTED

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DSMC former Commandant, Brig Gen Claude M. Bolton, Jr.,

USAF, presents a framed likeness of Program Manager cover to

Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology)

R. Noel Longuemare. DSMC faculty and staff attending the

presentation were (from left) Esther M. Farria, Editor; Paula L.

Croisetiere and Gregory T. Caruth.

DSMC has provided outstanding

supportto theArmyMateriel Command throughthe years as the premier training facility for the acquisition community. Your restructuring of the Program Management Course to more efficiendy

meet the needs of the acquisition

community and your trailblazing

work on the electronic informationfrontier throughparticipation

in the DoD Deskbook will keep

DSMC in the vanguard.

I am certain DSMC will remain an

indispensable agent of change as

acquisition reform moves toward

full implementation, and we see

the savings and efficiencies that

are, ineffect, a matter ofsurvival to

our future.

- General Leon E. Salomon,

USA, Commanding General, Army

Materiel Command, 2996

Carrie Simpson receives an autographed

copy ofauthor Wilbur D.Jones, Jr. 's Fourth

Edition of Congressional Involvement and

Relations.

DSMC FEELS RIGHT AT

HOME WITH PRINCIPAL

DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY

R. NOEL LONGUEMARE

Ittook only daysforDSMC to feelright

at home with the Honorable R. Noel

Longuemare, Principal Deputy Under

Secretary ofDefense (Acquisition and

Technology), and previously acting

Under Secretary, in the Clinton Administration. Mr. Longuemare, a

Westinghouse executive before joining

DoD in 1993, immediately made himself available as a guest lecturer and

for campus meetings with students and

acquisition managers. Mutual admiration quickly developed. The Program

Manager magazine featured him as a

cover story in its March-April 1994

issue.

"My opportunities to speak to DSMC

classes and participate in seminars are

among my favorite Pentagon memories," Secretary Longuemare said. "I

always learn something useful from

these sessions. I am always impressed

with the creativity and initiative with

which ourfieldprogram managers meet

daunting challenges to their technical,

cost, and schedule baselines. DSMC

provides a great way to spread these

innovative ideas to a wider audience."

Left: DSMC At A Glance contains a

quick view of college facts ad figures.

Kay Sondheimer, Collie Johnson, and

Jeanne Elmore

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Catherine Pearson and LCDR Deborah R. Leighton, USN

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PROVIDING

THE MEANS:

THE DIVISION

OF COLLEGE

ADMINISTRATION

AND SERVICES

Lisa George and Ramona Lemelin,

Registrar's Office.

SGTJoseph O'Neal, USA, and SGTPaul

Lott, USA, supply

Clinton D. Osbome and Tommy Lawrence,

Maintenance Department

From two original small secretariats for

administrative and support services, the

task of providing the meansfor DSMC's

growth and continued success has

evolved into the responsibility of the

present Division ofCollege Administration and Services (DCAS).

As DSMC entered our second year,

Colonel Levin W. Parker, Jr., USAF,

headed the Secretariat in the Office of

the Commandant. The Assistant Secretary for Administration, Commander

Robert E. Byberg, USN, directed the

admissions and registration, reproduction, and other administrative areas such

as maintenance. The Assistant Secretary

for Support Services, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin R. Levine, USA, directed

operations in the library, graphic arts,

audio-visual, and supply areas. Today's

DCAS operations include all of the

above duties. Over the years, the library

was located in the directorates for research, information dissemination, and

DCAS, where it nowresides. TheDSMC

budget and financial matters, later

merged into DCAS, were part of the

Directorate of Research and Curricula.

Mila Gonzales, Acker Library.

By 1977, activities were assimilated under the Department of Administrative

Operations and Support, headed by

Major R. D. Clark, USAF. Mr. James O.

Howell, a member ofthe original DSMC

staff, had become chief of the Support

Operations Division. Eventually he

achieved the position ofDeputy Dean of

DCAS before his 1991 retirement. Mr.

William G. Gicking, also a DSMC plank

owner, served as registrar and admissions director until his retirement in

1984. By 1982, the Department of Administration, having absorbed the financial management activities, and headed

by a dean, Colonel Henry I. Lowder,

USA, was one of the three principal

College divisions. On retirementinJune

1982, Colonel Lowder was replaced by

Colonel Thomas V. Forburger, USA,

who would eventually rise to Deputy

Commandant and Commandant.

Under the aegis of Colonel William V.

Murray, USA, the department by 1986

had expanded its responsibilities to include security and liaison with Pentagon

organizations, the Policy Guidance

Council, the Board of Visitors, the Federal Acquisition Institute, the defense

industry, other academic institutions,

and host Fort Belvoir. The popular

Wellness Center was a major addition

underthe leadership ofColonelRudolph

H. Ehrenberg, USA, in the early 1990s.

Major functions of the present DCAS

include:

- financial and manpower planning

and support;

- procurement and contracting;

- military and civilian personnel administration;

- protocol assistance;

- industrial operationsincluding supply; visual information, photography, duplication and reproduction,

television production and recording;

- the David D. Acker Library;

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Lt Col Robert J. Traube, Jr., VSAF, SGT

Julia Mitchell, USA, and CDR Brian A.

Kelmar, USN

SGTJJ. Doucette, USA, SGT Delia Williams-Humphrey, USA, and CDR Amy

Warrick, USN

Norma Lopez and Catherine A. Pearson,

civilian personnel office

SGT Smitty Smith, USA, Audio Visual

Department

- the Learning Resource Center;

- facility planning, maintenance, and

operations;

- automation equipment, computer

operation and maintenance, and

management of information processing;

- the DSMCWellnessCenter (gym);

- the DSMC Press for publication of

books, periodicals, and other special

publications; and

- the aforementioned liaison functions, less the Policy Guidance

Council and Board of Visitors, plus

the DSMC Alumni Association.

Colonel William E. Knight, USA, has

been Dean of DCAS for the past three

years. The Deputy Dean since 1991 is

David L Scibetta.

SSG Greg Wellington, USAF, mailroom

Diane Reid and CPT David B. Andrews,

USA

The late Michael R. Dee, Chief, Audio

Visual Department

Margaret Brown and SGT Gale Breer, USA, in-process students of the Program

Management Course.

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Helen H. Haltzel and Patricia Gipe

Jane Cohen (standing) demonstrates online

services.

ACKER LIBRARY SPACE AND SERVICES

HAVE EXPANDED TO MEET DEMANDS

By 1973, the DSMC library found its original space restrictive and unable to

handle faculty and student needs. The College leased a trailer and assigned an

additional room in Building 202, hired a professional cataloger, established

special reading files, and leased a terminal on the Defense Documentation

Center online System. With these upgrades in service, by 1974 the library was

operating within a vast network offederal, university and institutional libraries

with reciprocal agreements to expand the scope of information available to

students.

During the 1970s, the library was called the Information Services Center. By

1975, the center contained 5,400 hardbound books, 5,000 reports, studies, and

other documents. Periodical subscriptions reached 400 per year. The collection

expanded by 1980 to include reports from the General Accounting Office, Rand

Corporation, Logistics Management Institute, and Defense Technical Information Center (by dedicated terminal for online access), publications from the

Commerce Clearing House and Comptroller General, and numerous documents

on microfiche and microfilm. That year the center became a member of the

Federal Library and Information Network.

During the early 1980s, the center established a DSMC historical files and

archives and an acquisition program repository. By mid-decade, circulation and

attendance in the library had increased 40 percent, and reference and research

requests 60 percent. In 1985, the online Computer Library Center (OCLC) was

installed, thereby virtually linking the library with others on that system. When

Building 226 opened in 1986, the library moved into its present 8,200 square feet

of space with a vault for classified information storage.

In memory oflong-time professor and author David D. Acker, the facility in 1992

was renamed the Acker Library. Two directors have supervised the library:

Patricia Gipe served from the beginning until 1991 when Helen Haltzel became

director.

The current collection includes:

Books -18,000

Documents/Reports - 9,000

CD-ROM Disks - 700

(CD Databases) - 20

Film Casettes -1,600

Periodical Subscriptions - 500

The Acker Library has its own Sun Sparc 10 computerwhich runs an automated,

online system totally integrating the catalog, circulation desk functions, serials

control, and acquisition and accounting activities. The card catalog is closed. The

online catalogwith graphical userinterface is available on the World Wide Web.

The reading room contains 12 public-use computer stations for consultation on

the catalog, CD-ROM databases, and the Internet. A self-check workstation

enables patrons to check out materials using their DSMC identification badges.

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LEARNING RESOURCE

CENTER IS BOOMING

The DSMC LearningResource Center,

opened in 1989, has become one ofthe

most frequently used academic features on campus. Directed by founder

Myma Bass, and located in the basement of Building 208, the LRC offers

self-directed, self-paced learning in support of the curriculum and personal

career development.

The LRC maintains a collection of

videotapes on Distinguished Guest Lecturers, faculty and other lecturers, and

commercial training packages in assorted media. A computer lab provides

high-technology self-help: a scannerfor

text or graphics, color printers, and a

postermaker.

Myrna Bass, LRC

PAPER FOR EDUCATION

Five enlisted personnel in the DSMC

Duplicating Branch were printing or

reproducing an average of 850,000

pages per month !ry 1979, stated MSgt

Frank Scavotto, USAF, Branch Chief.

Approximately 90 percent ofthis paper

was in support of the academic program, and 10 percent for in-house administrative matters.

GREEN SHEET (DSMC

SCENE) AND DSMC WAVE

HELP EXPEDITE

INTERNAL

COMMUNICATIONS

The College's internal communications

has been expedited over the years

through publication of the periodic

newsletter "Green Sheet," now the

"DSMC Scene," begun in 1981, and

the local area network "Green Sheet"

version now called the "Wave," initiated in 1986. College official and other

announcements are promulgated, ranging from notification of retirements

and award ceremonies, to Commandant's Call, blood drives, changes to

DoD or DSMC policies, modified office hours, etc.

DCAS STAFF ENJOY

TEAM-BUILDING TRIPS

In recent years, the Division of College

Administration and Services, headed

by Colonel William "Bill" Knight,

USA, has enjoyed a number of off-site

team building trips. The common-experience, camaraderie-building evolutions

have included field trips to the Civil

War battlefields of Gettysburg and

Antietam, the Camp Hemlock "obstacle

course," ski trips to Pennsylvania, and

train trips in Western Maryland. Employees take annual leave to participate when required.

Part of the DCAS team goes skiing

U2 Ron Richely, USN, and MSgt Frank Scavotto, USAF

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WELLNESS CENTER

A DSMC HIGHLIGHT

The DSMC Wellness Center, otherwise called "the gym," has evolved over

the years into a first-class health and

physical fitness facility. Once stashed

away on the second floor "porch" of

Building 202, when employees often

equipped the placewith theirown items,

the Center has steadily grown to cover

the entire basement in Building 205.

Open to faculty, staff and students,

the Center is a highlight in the days of

many users.

Besides offering daily aerobics classes

from certified DSMC instructors, and

an available VCR for individual

aerobics, the Centerprovides Nautilus,

Universal, and Cybex weight training

machines and free weights, as well as

cardiovascular equipment that includes rowing machines, Nordic Traks,

stationary bicycles, and Life Step machines. Professor Wilbur D. Jones, Jr.,

a long-time, fervent and regular user,

says an exercise pole and bench he

loaned to the gym 12 years ago are still

going strong. Most other original equipment has been replaced.

Terry Davis has served as the Center's

director for the past two years.

Terry Davis, Wellness Center Director

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DEDICATION OF PACKARD HALL, Building 204

28 October 1976

(1) Members of the DSMC staff admire plaque. (2) Guests arrive. (3) Mr. Shrontz, Maj Gen Albert, Mr. Augustine and Dr. Currie

at reception. (4) COL and Mrs. Hanby arrive followed by Maj Gen and Mrs. Albert. (5) Mr. Packard (right) talks with PMC 76-

2 students. (6) Building 204. (7) Mr. Shrontz (left) and Dr. Currie (right)

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FORT BELVOIR

NATIONWIDE:

THE DSMC

CAMPUSES

At our fledgling beginning in 1971, the

DSMC campus of administrative and

faculty offices fit into Building 202 on

Fort Belvoir, and our two classrooms

were temporary attached structures.

From an opening total of 38,000 square

feet in facilities, DSMC's main campus

has grown to 11 buildings and more

than 265,000 square feet. In 1972 we

could accommodate only 60 students at

once for the three courses offered. Today our Fort Belvoir capacity is 900

students at a potential of 32 course

offerings. An additional 200 students

can be taught at the College's four Regional Centers.

Seven of the buildings today occupying

the main campus quadrangle are used

primarily for classrooms and faculty

offices. Three more are used for conferences, meetings, and assemblies by students and outside organizations. The

remaining building, formerly a mess

hall, was renovated in 1996 and consolidates contracting,supply, and warehouse

operations.

Additional facilities were first acquired

in 1975 when the quadrangle Buildings

205, 207 and 209 were turned over to

DSMC for classrooms and faculty offices. This followed the move of the U.

S. Military Academy Prep Schoolto Fort

Monmouth, New Jersey. The 415-seat

Essayons Auditorium was acquired as a

student assembly facility. In October

1976, DSMC obtained Building 204 for

additional classrooms and offices and

dedicated it to the College's founder,

former Deputy Secretary of Defense

David Packard.

By 1980, Buildings 205, 207, and 209

had reopened after being closed a year or

more for major renovations. Building

205 was dedicated to former Deputy

Secretary of Defense William P.

Clements, Jr., in 1981 during DSMC's

tenth anniversary ceremony. In 1982,

we obtained the original Building 226 at

the quadrangle's southern end. It would

later be greatly expanded.

Use of Building 202, historically called

MacArthur Hall for Lieutenant General

Arthur MacArthur (1845-1912),

evolved into offices for college administration and faculty. Today it houses the

Office of the Commandant and the

Executive Institute, three faculty departments, and administrative services offices.

The increasing need for universal acquisition education and the geographical

dispersion of the acquisition workforce

led to the 1984 establishment of DSMC

Regional Centers nationwide. The expansion was natural because the College

had been increasing the number of offcampus offeringsto reach the maximum

number of personnel who could be

supported. The Regional Centers, located in Boston, Massachusetts, at

Hanscom, Air Force Base; St. Louis,

Missouri, at the Army Aviation and

Troop Support Command; Huntsville,

Alabama, at the Redstone Arsenal; and

Los Angeles, California, atthe Air Force

Space Division, each occupy part of one

building as a tenant of the parent military commander. Ofthe Regional Directors who opened the four Centers, one

still holdsthe position: Dr.Julius Hein in

St. Louis. Other first Regional Directors

were Gerald Chasko, Boston, Dr. Jay

Billings, Huntsville (he retired in April

1996), and the late Dr. Samuel Staley,

Los Angeles.

Additional facilities have been acquired

over the past ten years, with the most

significant being the construction of a

new and larger Building 226, adding

some 50,000 square feet of space to the

main campus. The building, dedicated

in 1986 and named for DSMC's first

Commandant, the late Brigadier General Winfield S. Scott III, USA, (Ret),

contains five classrooms, faculty offices,

the library, and a 400-seat auditorium.

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Later in the 1980s, DSMC obtained the

old adjacent NCO Rocker Club, Building 184, for use as an Executive Conference Center and activity building.

In 1991, DSMC finished securing its

ownership ofthe buildings surrounding

the campus quadrangle by acquiring

Buildings 206 and 208. Previously occupied by the post's military police, these

buildings were transferred to DSMC

and renovated into classroom and faculty office spaces. That year we constructed a new student classroom on the

site ofthe old attached Classroom B, one

of the original temporary classroom

buildings, and named it in memory of

DSMC Professor Fred Waelchli. Today

the main campus has 16 classrooms,

with an additional 14 conference or

breakout rooms available for quick conversion into classroom use. In 1993,

other major facility upgrades expanded

the DSMC Learning Resource Center in

Building 208 and the 5,000-square foot

DSMC Wellness Center in Building

205. These facilities have proven themselves popular with faculty, staff, and

students alike.

In recent years, DSMC has modernized

and vastly improved campus spaces and

basic services. They include habitability

and efficiency upgrades to the basements, offices, restrooms, and classrooms; improvements to telephone service and other utilities; the audio-visual

system; the physical security system; and

the supply and printing processes.

Through installation of an "electronic

campus," work station computers are

networked through building servers,

with access to the Internet and World

Wide Web. The College has also established its own home page on the web.

Although space and facilities appear

capable of handling DSMC's current

and projected workload, the College

continues to look for opportunities to

improve the working and learning environments of customers, faculty, and

staff now and in the future.

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Building 226 - Scott Hall

Chris Johnson, ProfessorWilliamErie and

Kim Attaway

BUILDING 226 ADDED

MUCH-NEEDED SPACE

Groundwas broken for a reconstructed

"new" 3 7,000-square footBuilding 226

in early 1984. The building incorporated the latest energy conservation

features including active solar energy

for domestic water heating. It added a

400-seat auditorium, 40 student study

rooms, five seminar rooms, and the

DSMC library. The study rooms later

were converted to faculty offices. The

William M. Schlosser, Co. of

Hyattsville, Maryland, constructed the

facility at a cost of $3,615,000. The

building, named forBrigadier General

Winfield S. Scott III, USA, DSMC's

first Commandant, was dedicated in

1986.

James O. Howell, Deputy Dean, College

Operating Services, the "father of Building 226."

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USE OF FORT BELVOIR BOQ

EASED STUDENT HOUSING

In the mid-1970s, DSMC began assigning students to Fort Belvoir's bachelor officers' quarters (BOQ), an arrangement that continues today. This

has alleviated a pressing problem in

housing students, particularly forthose

in the Program Management Course.

Fort Belvoir BOQ

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PHYSICAL FITNESS OF FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS EMPHASIZED

All Commandants recognized the need forfaculty, staff, and students to maintain top physicalfitness. From the beginning,

everyone could participate in individual and team activities utilizing Fort Belvoir and DSMC gyms and otherfacilities for

jogging, golf, tennis, racquetball, softball, volleyball, and basketball Fort Belvoir has proven an ideal place for jogging.

Golftournaments were held each spring until recent Program Management Course schedule constraints, and a competitive

sports day has been held for each class where DSMC and student section teams vie for honors.

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A-Student Parking Areas

Building 184, Executive

Conference Center

DSMC Activity Center (100

yards from Building 208)

Building 231

Contracting/Supply/

Warehouse

Building 208

Classrooms 81, 82, 83, 84

Learning Resource Center

Systems Engineering

Department

Test & Evaluation

Department

Building 226, Scott Hall

David D. Acker Library

Howell Auditorium

School of Program

Management

Seminar Rooms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Video Services Department

Building 219, Essayons

Auditorium

Essayons Theater

Building 206

Classrooms 62, 63, 64

Cost/Schedule Department

Faculty Division

Funds Management

Department

Maintenance Department

Visual Arts, DSMC Press and

Photography Department

Building 209

Automated Classroom 92

Automation Management

Department

Classrooms 91, 93, 94

Logistics Management

Department

Manufacturing Management

Department

Office of the Registrar

Building 207

Academic Programs Division

Cafeteria

Classrooms 73, 74

Software Management

Department

Building 204, Packard Hall

Classrooms 41, 42, 43, 44

Contract Management

Department

Contractor Finance

Department

Printing and Duplicating

Department

Building 291

Military and Civilian

Personnel

Building 292

Waelchli Room

Building 205

Classrooms 53, 54

Education Department

Research, Consulting and

Information Division

Wellness Center

Building 202, MacArthur

Hall

Acquisition Policy Department

Contract and Logistics

Operations Department

Division of College

Administration and Services

Executive Institute

Human Resources and

Administration Department

Management Deliberation

Center

Managerial Development

Department

Office of the Commandant

Principles of Program

Management

Department

Resource Management

Department

Video Services Control

Center/Customer Service

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THE

DSMC

COMMANDANTS

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BRIGADIER GENERAL

WINFIELD S. SCOTT III,

USA

1 February 1971 -

10 July 1974

Back in February 1971...everybody knew who I was. I was an

Armygeneral andI hadthe stars to

prove it....But, nobody had ever

heardoftheDefenseSystemsManagement School....Now I find the

exact opposite to be true. Nobody

knows who I am, but almost everyone I meet has heard of this

College.

- Brigadier General Winfield

S. Scott, USA (Ret), DSMC's first

Commandant, in retirement, 1976

Brigadier General Scott began his military career in 1940 as an enlisted man in

the National Guard. In 1941 he entered

the U.S. Military Academy, graduating

as a Second Lieutenant ofField Artillery

in 1944.

After attending Field Artillery School,

he served with the 10th Mountain Division in Italy during World War II.

Subsequently, he taught in the Officers'

Guided Missile Course, U.S. Army's

Anti-Missile and Guided Missile School.

In 1951, shortly after graduating from

the Artillery Officers' Advanced Course,

he was transferred to the Ordnance

Corps and assigned to Sandi Base, NM,

as part ofthe cadre that activated the 9th

Ordnance Battalion (Special Weapons

Support), first such unit in the Army.

After service with the battalion in the

United States and Europe, he was assigned to the Headquarters, U.S. Army,

Europe, as the first ordnance special

weapon logistics officer, 1955-57.

He attended the 1957-58 session of the

Army Command and General Staff

College. Upon graduation, he became a

special weapons and guided missile requirements officer on the staff of the

Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department ofthe Army. In 1962, he was

detailed to the planning group charged

with organizing and activating the Army

Materiel Command. Afterservice in the

Office of the Comptroller and Director

of Programs in the newly formed command, he attended and was graduated

fromthe Industrial College oftheArmed

Forces.

InJuly 1964, General Scott was assigned

to the Military Assistance Command,

Vietnam, where he served as command

ordnance officer and senior advisor to

the chief of ordnance, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. Returning to the

United States in 1965, he served in the

Logistics Directorate, Joint Chiefs of

Staff, with principal responsibilities for

the preparation of mid-range logistics

guidance and plans.

In July 1968, he was appointed triservice project manager for the 2.75

Inch Rocket System, Picatinny Arsenal,

Dover, NJ.

In February 1971, General Scott was

selected to become the first Commandant of the Defense Systems Management School. He served at the school

until he retired in July 1974.

General Scott was awarded a master's

degree in electrical engineeringby Northwestern University in 1949 and a

master's degree in business administration by George Washington University

in 1964. In 1968, he completed the

Management Program for Executives at

the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate

School of Business.

General Scott died in November 1984.

Brigadier General Winfield S.

Scott III rendered distinguished

and valuable service to the Department of Defense and to the

United States of America as the

organizer and first commandant

ofthe Defense Systems Management School. His leadership,

management and guidance have

producedan outstanding institution, respected by government

and industry alike, for its contribution to weapons acquisition

management.

Citation from

William P. Clements, Jr.

Deputy Secretary of Defense

July 1974

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MAJOR GENERAL

JOHN G. ALBERT, USAF

10 July 1974-

30 June 1977

Major General Albert began his military

career in 1943 as an enlisted man in the

Army Air Corps. He entered the U.S.

Military Academy in 1945, graduating

with a commission as Second Lieutenantin 1949. For his first assignment he

was sent to the Air Tactical School,

Tyndall Air Force Base, FL.

His career in guided missiles began in

1950, when he was assigned toHolloman

Air Force Base, NM, where he became

project officer for the X-7 ramjet test

vehicle. He was later assigned to the Air

Force Missile Test Center, Patrick Air

Force Base, FL, where he participated in

the testing of long-range missiles. In

1954, he began a 3-year teaching assignment in guided missiles and atomic

weapons at the U.S. Military Academy.

He was next assigned to the Air Force

Ballistic Missiles Division, Air Research

and Development Command, Los Angeles, CA. His work entailed duties in

connection with the Atlas missile and

Ranger and Mariner launch vehicles.

In July 1963, General Albert was assigned to the 6555th Aerospace Test

Wing at Cape Kennedy, FL, where he

was chief of the Gemini Launch Division and launch director for all of the

Gemini launches.

After attending the Industrial College of

the Armed Forces in 1967-68, he was

assigned to the Directorate of Space at

Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. He first

served as chiefofthe Program as chief of

the Policy and Plans Group before becoming director of space.

In July 1972, General Albert was assigned to the Air Force Systems Command Space and Missile System Organization, Los Angeles, CA. Until his

arrival at the Defense Systems Management School in July 1974, he served as

deputy for Space Defense Systems.

General Albert was awarded a master's

degree in aeronautical engineering by

the University ofMichigan in 1951, and

a master's degree in business administration by George Washington University

in 1968. He was promoted to Major

General while at DSMC.

During his tenure as the second

commandant ofthe Defense Systems Management College, Major General John G. Albert has

continued to improve the quality

of systems acquisition management education offered by the

College, while more than doubling student enrollment. His inspirational leadership and dedicationto dutycontributeddirectly

to a markedincrease in the qualifications of DoD management

personnel andto markedincrease

inthe qualifications ofDoD managementpersonnel andto a corresponding improvementinthe execution of DoD materiel

acquisition activities.

Citation from

Charles W. Duncan, Jr.

Deputy Secretary of Defense

June 1977

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REAR ADMIRAL

ROWLAND G. FREEMAN

III, USN

30June 1977-

23 April 1979

After attendance at the University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, Admiral Freeman began his military career. He enlisted in the USNR in 1942. After flight

training, he was designated naval aviator and commissioned an ensign in May

1943. He transferred to the regular

Navy in 1945. His first assignment was

with Fighting Squadron Seventy-Six attached to the USS Lexington as a night

fighter pilot. He next had duty with

Torpedo Squadron Fourteen, attached

to the USS WASP and completed 30

missions in the Western Pacific during

World War II.

After duty with Bombing Squadron

One Hundred Fifty and USS LAKE

CHAMPLAIN and Attack Quadron

Fourteen A onboard USS

PRINCETON, he was assigned to NAS

Jacksonville as overhaul and repair inspection officer. He then attended the

General Line School followed by duty in

overhaul and repair at NAS, Norfolk.

In 1953, after two years of graduate

study at Harvard where he earned an

M.B.A. degree, he was assigned contracting officer, Bureau of Aeronautics.

In 1957, he became head of the Air-toAir Missile Department and Astronautics Department. In 1960, he returned

to attack squadron duty and assumed

command of Attack Squadron 144 in

December 1960. Following duty as navigator and air officer on the USS

ORISKANY, he became the BuWeps

representative at the McDonnell Aircraft, St. Louis, and later was Phantom

II Production Test Pilot.

Following duty as commanding officer,

USS PROCYON, he was assigned to a

major multiservice aircraft development

program.

From 1968 to 1973, he was deputy chief

ofnaval material (procurement and production). In July 1973, he was assigned

study director of the Navy Enlisted

Occupational Classification System and

from March 1974 until his arrival atthe

Defense Systems Management College,

he was commander, Naval Weapons

Center, China Lake, CA.

During his tenure as the third

commandant ofthe Defense Systems Management College, Admiral Freeman expanded the

boundaries ofthe systems acquisition management education

program offered by the College.

He conceived many innovations

inthe curricula anddemonstrated

rare talents to shape the DSMC

future through his insight and

vision. Admiral Freeman's legacy

to the weapon systems acquisition process is a singularly distinctive institution fully capable

of providing better managers to

the DoD.

Citation from

Charles W. Duncan Jr.

Deputy Secretary of Defense

April 1979

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COLONEL

JOHN B. HANBY, JR.,

USA

23 April 1979 -

31 July 1979

(Deputy Commandant)

August 1995 - April 1979

July 1979 - September 1980

Colonel Hanby was graduated with a

B.S. degree from Pennsylvania State

University in 1950. Shortly after graduation, he entered the Army, successfully completed Officers' Candidate

School at Fort Sill, OK, in 1951, and

was commissioned a second lieutenant

in Artillery. During the Korean conflict, he served as an Artillery forward

observer until his capture by Communist forces. He was imprisoned until

repatriation in September 1953.

In 1955, he transferred to the Ordnance Corps and completed several

courses at Aberdeen Proving Grounds,

MD, and Armed Forces Special Weapons Project courses. Sandia Base, Albuquerque, NM. He was assigned to the

9th Special Weapons Battalion in Germany in 1956; later he served as Commander of the 23rd Special Weapons

Company.

Colonel Hanby completed the Army

Materiel Command course in modern

analytic techniques for executive decision-making, "Mathematia," at

Princeton, NJ, in March 1968.

He commanded the 15th Ordnance

Battalion, Darmstadt, Germany, from

November 1968 throughJune 1970. He

then completed the Army War College,

Carlisle Barracks, PA, in 1971. In June

1971, Colonel Hanby was assigned to

the Pentagon as a materiel analyst with

the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics.

In November 1972, he was designated

project manager for the HELLFIRE

Weapon System in MICOM.

Colonel Hanby returned to the United

States in 1960, attended the Ordnance

Officers Advanced Course and was

enrolled at Babson Institute, Babson

Park, MA. He was awarded a master of

arts degree in industrial management.

In 1962, he reported to the Army

Weapons Command (WECOM) as

aide-de-camp to the Commanding General. When he was promoted to major

in 1963, he was assigned as assistant to

the Director of Procurement and Production, WECOM Headquarters.

He was graduated from the Command

and General Staff College in 1965.

After a tour in Korea as materiel officer

of the 2nd Infantry Division, he attended the Armed Forces Staff College

and was graduated in 1967. In February 1967, Colonel Hanby became the

first project manager for the 155mm

Close Support Artillery Weapon System, located at Headquarters, Army

Weapons Command, Rock Island Arsenal, IL.

ColonelHanbv's outstandingperformance ofduty and his continued dedication to improvement

ofthe Defense Systems ManagementCollegehas contributedsignificantly to the College's achieving the role of Academy Of]

Management for the Department

of Defense, envisioned by the

Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Colonel Hanby's tenure at the

Defense Systems Management

CoUege hasspannedtheservice of

all but one of the College's flag

rank Commandants. He has been

a driving force in the growth of

the College.

Citation from

William J. Perry

Under Secretary of Defense for

Research arid Engineering

November 1979

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BRIGADIER GENERAL

WILLIAM E. THURMAN,

USAF

31 July 1979-

15 November 1981

Before his appointment as Commandant, General Thurman served at

Hanscom Air Force Base as Deputy for

Communications and Information Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command. Previous to that, General

Thurman served for more than six years

with the Aeronautical Systems Division,

where he held positions as Assistant

Director, Prototype Program Office;

Deputy for Prototype; Deputy for Air

Combat Fighter; Deputy for F-16; and

Deputy for Engineering.

Other research and development related assignments include tours of two

years with the Aerospace Research Laboratories at Wright Patterson Air Force

Base, OH, one year with the Air Defense

Command at Ent Air Force Base, CO,

two years with Headquarters U.S. Air

Force at the Pentagon, and two years

with the Staff ofthe National Aeronautics and Space Council in the Executive

Office of the President.

General Thurman is an experienced

combat fighter pilot with total flying

time in excess of 3,400 hours including

56 combat missions during the Vietnam

conflict.

General Thurman was awarded a B.S.

degree by the U.S. Naval Academy, an

M.S. degree in aeronautical engineering

by the Air Force Institute of Technology, and a Master of Administration

degree in management engineering from

George Washington University.

Brigadier General lurman's

tour of duty as Commandant

marked a period of innovation

and creativity. He personally led

the crusade to explore new and

better ways to prepare our

nation's weapons systems acquisition managers. His tireless devotioninspiredDSMCpersonnel

to a new commitment to excellence inthe pursuit ofour rapidly

expanding goals. Great progress

was made during the two years

and three months he was Commandant at the College. He provided direct support and mea%

ingful contributions to the

defense of our country.

Citation from

Frank C. Carlucci III

Deputy Secretary of Defense

November 1981

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BRIGADIER GENERAL

BENJAMIN J.

PELLEGRINI, USA

8 January 1982-

31 January 1984

Before his appointment as Commandant, General Pellegrini had experience

in atomic energy, research and development, and program management. Just

before his assignment at DSMC, he was

serving as the Deputy Commanding

GeneralforResearch and Development,

U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone

Arsenal, AL

Previous to that assignment, General

Pellegrini served as Project Manager,

Hellfire/Ground Laser Designators, a

position he assumed in April 1979 after

having served for two years as Project

Manager, Ground Laser Designators,

with positions located at the U.S. Army

Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal.

Before moving to the Missile Command,

General Pellegrini served at the Pentagon, first as Department of the Army

System Coordinator for the High Energy Laser in the Office of the Deputy

Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition (1974-75), then

as Military Assistant to the Secretary of

the Army (1975-76).

During 1973-74, General Pellegrini was

Commanding Officer, Second Battalion

(C/V) (SP), 61st Artillery, Second Infantry Division, Korea. From 1970 until

1973 he was a physicist at Headquarters,

Defense Nuclear Agency.

General Pellegrini was awarded a B.S.

degree by the U.S. Military Academy,

and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear

physics by Tulane University. He is a

graduate of the Armed Forces Staff

College and the National War College.

As the sixth Commandant, Brigadier General Pellegrini provided

unprecedented top management

direction and guidance to improve the quality of systems acquisition management education

offered by the College. During

his tenure, he reshaped the academic curriculum, increased industry participation, expanded

the research mission of the College, conceivedthe Alumni Association, and initiated plans to establish four regional centers and

bring automation to the College.

General Pellegrini's far-reaching

contributions significantly enhanced the College's reputation

as the "Academy of Management."

Citation from

William H. Taft IV

Deputy Secretary of Defense

February 1984

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COLONEL

THOMAS V.

FORBURGER,

USA

31 January 1984 -

12 April 1984

(Deputy Commandant)

June 1983 - January 1984

April 1984 - September 1985

Before his appointment as Commandant, Colonel Forburger served as the

Deputy Commandant (June 1983 to

January 1984), and asthe Dean, Department of Administration and Support

(July 1982 to June 1983).

Just prior to his tour at DSMC, Colonel

Forburger was the Executive Officer to

the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research,

Development, and Acquisition, Headquarters, Department of the Army

(1980-82). Before that, Colonel

Forburger served in Germany as the

Commander, 94th Air Defense artillery

Brigade (1978-80).

Colonel Forburger's other troop assignments include Commander, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery, (HAWK)

in Germany and battery officer with

Dusters and Nike Hercules in Germany.

Other key staffjobs include duty in the

Army Chief of Staffs Office; ADA staff

officer in the Office of the Assistant

Chief of Staff for Force Development,

Headquarters, Department ofthe Army;

Army Air Defense Command and Combat Developments Command; and advisor in Vietnam.

Colonel Forburger was awarded a BS

degree by Iowa State University and an

M.B.A. degree by Shippensburg State

College. He is a graduate ofthe Armed

Forces Staff College and the Army War

College.

Colonel Thomas V. Forburger

maintainedhighvisibility for the

numerous programs initiated by

his predecessors; He initiatedthe

process ofproviding formalfeedback from the field so that the

College can better support all

DoD components.He recognized

the users' importance to College

programs andinstituted a procedure for coordinating changes to

the curriculum and the research

program with the systems acquisitioncommunity. Hestressedthe

close scrutiny and efficient utilizationofscarceresources andwas

personally responsible for negotiating with joint Congressional

committees for funding of a new

academic facility essential to the

mission and growth of the College.

Citation from

William H Taft IV

Deputy Secretary of Defense

April 1984

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REAR ADMIRAL

ROGER D. JOHNSON,

USN

12 April 1984-

27 September 1985

Admiral Johnson began his career in

March 1952 when he enlisted in the

U.S. Navy as an Electronics Technician.

After graduating "with distinction" from

the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1955,

he entered flighttraining and was designated a Naval Aviator in October 1955.

Reporting to VFP-63, he served as a

Team Pilot and Detachment Maintenance Officer flying F9F-8 Cougar and

FBU Crusader reconnaissance aircraft.

From February 1959 to June 1960, he

served in the Power Plants Division of

Fleet Air Service Squadron NINE during the development demonstration of

the Jet Engine Complete Repair Concept.

Attending the U.S. Naval Postgraduate

School, Monterey, CA, AdmiralJohnson

was a student in the Weapons Systems

Curriculum, performing specialized studies in plasma physics and controlled

thermonuclear reactions. He earned an

M.S. degree in physics in June 1963.

Postgraduate school was followed by

three years on the Staff, Commander

Fleet Air Western Pacific, in assignments including Attack Class Desk and

Airframes Officer. Reporting to the

Power Plants Division of the newly

formed Naval Air Systems Command in

August 1966, Admiral Johnson was a

member ofthe TF-34/S-3 development

team and the early VFX/F-14 study

and a specifications effort.

Assigned to Commander Naval Air

Force Pacific Fleet in April 1969 as the

F-4 Fighter Class Desk Officer, Admiral

Johnson coordinated fleet participation

in the development of the F-4B to F-4N

Service Life Extension Program. In

August 1971, he reported as Executive

Officer of Naval Air Rework Facility,

North Island.

Selected for Senior Service School, he

attended the National Defense University, the Industrial College ofthe Armed

Forces, and was a distinguished graduate of the Class of "76". He reported to

the Naval Air Systems Command as the

F-14/PHOENIX Deputy Project Manager. In August 1980, he was assigned

Assistant Commander for Systems and

Engineering of the Naval Air Systems

Command with a successive assignment

as Deputy Commander for Plans and

Programs in July 1982. He served in

that position until he was selected to

become the DSMC Commandant in

April 1984.

As eighth Commandant of the

Defense Systems Management

College, Admiral Johnson personally ensured that the College,

its mission, and its goals received

unprecedentedattentionfrom the

very highest levels of Congress

and the Department of Defense.

He persistently pursued every

channelto improve Navypersonnel attendance in all of the

College's courses, andactively responded to all user needs and

requirements.

AdmiralJohnson's review andrevision of an expanding curriculum resultedinbetter support for

the entire acquisitioncommunity,

and led to the recognition offuture needs. As a result ofAdmiral

Johnson's foresight, planning,

outstanding efforts, the College is

better prepared to meet future

academic requirements and to

maintain its reputation of excellence as the "Academy of Management."

Citation from

William H. Taft IV

Deputy Secretary of Defense

November 1985

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BRIGADIER GENERAL

CHARLES P. CABELL, JR.,

USAF

27 September 1985 -

29 AprÜ 1988

Before his appointment as Commandant, Brigadier General Charles P.

Cabell, Jr., USAF, was deputy for Airborne Warning and Control Systems,

Headquarters, Electronic Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command,

Hanscom Air Force Base, MA, since

March 1983. At Hanscom AFB, he was

promoted to Brigadier General on 1

August 1983.

General Cabell received his pilot's wings

in 1959, and was assigned to Chennault

Air Force Base, LA, where he flew B47's; afterward, he was a B-52 pilot at

Loring Air Force Base, Maine.

In 1967, the General wentto the Republic ofVietnam as an aircraft commander

in F-4 Phantoms at Cam Ranh Bay Air

Base, and then as a forward air controller and air liaison officer flying 0-1 Bird

Dogs in the III Corps area. He has more

than 500 combat flying hours.

In May 1969, he was assigned to the

Satellite Test Center, Sunnyvale, CA, as

a director of the field test force for

satellite programs. In June 1974, he was

military assistant to the director of land

warfare for the Directorate of Defense

Research and Engineering, Office ofthe

Secretary of Defense, Washington, DC.

In 1976, he became military assistant to

the chief scientist of the Air Force,

Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. While at

the Electronic Systems Division,

Hanscom AFB, from May 1978 to May

1981, he held key positions including

deputy director for the Base and Installations Security Systems Program, director for the Iranian Air Defense Program,

director for the Combat Information

Systems Directorate, and assistant

deputy for Communications and Information Systems.

Transferring to Wright-Patterson AFB,

he was deputy forReconnaissance, Strike

and Electronic Warfare Systems, Aeronautical Systems Division. In September of 1982, General Cabell was named

commander of the Aeronautical Systems Division's Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories. He is a command

pilot with 3,500 flying hours.

General Cabell received a bachelor's

degree in engineering from the U.S.

Military Academy and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S.

Air Force in 1958. He holds an M.S.

degree in astronautics from the Air

Force Institute of Technology in 1967,

an M.S. degree in systems management

from the University of Southern California in 1971, and graduated from the

Air War College in 1974.

Brigadier General Charles P.

Cabell, Jr. served as the ninth

commandant ofthe Defense Systems Management College. During his tenure, he establishedand

maintained the highest possible

standards of academic excellence

while guiding a fifty percent increase in the size of the student

body. He personally directedseveral highly innovative efforts

within the College's education

process andbroughtthe curricula

ever closer to real world situations. He modified College operations to accommodate public

law which requires all program

managers of major systems to attend the Program Management

Course prior to taking on their

new duties. General Cabell's outstanding accomplishments will

have immense lasting consequences on this unique institution. He ensured the College will

be educating the best program

and acquisition managers for

years to come.

Citation from

Robert B. Costello

Under Secretary of Defense

for Acquisition

April 1988

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MAJOR GENERAL

LYNN H. STEVENS, USA

29 APRIL 1988-

26 JULY 1991

General Stevens was born in Blanding,

UT, on September 16, 1936. Upon

completion of the Reserve Officers

Training Corps curriculum and the educational course of study at Utah State

University, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and awarded a Bachelor

of Science degree in Industrial Arts. He

also holds a master's degree in Business

Administration from the University of

Utah. He completed the Infantry Basic

Course, theOrdnanceAdvanced School,

the U.S. Army Command and General

Staff College, and the U.S. Army War

College.

His command and staff positions included Deputy Chief of Stafffor Development, Engineering and Acquisition,

U.S. Army Materiel Command, and

Director of Materiel Plans and Programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of

Staff for Research, Development, and

Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Army,

Washington, DC. Other key assignments

include Project Manager, HAWK Missile System; and Project Manager,

ROLAND II Missile Systems, Redstone

Arsenal, AL; and Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Development

and Readiness Command, Europe.

In Vietnam, he was the Executive Officer, later Materiel Officer, 191st OrdnanceBattalion. He then served as Operations Officer (S-3), 500th Transportation

Group, U.S. Army Cam Ranh Bay Support Command. After attaining his

graduate degree from the University of

Utah, he became Assistant for SAFEGUARD and Selected Acquisition Reports, Office of the Assistant Secretary

of the Army (Installations and Logistics), Washington, DC. He was Commander, 197th OrdnanceBattalion, U.S.

Army Europe; and later served as Chief,

Nuclear Weapons Staff, Office of the

Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S.

Army Europe and Seventh Army. After

completing the U.S. Army War College,

Carlisle Barracks, PA, he became a

Logistics Staff Officer in the Office of

the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics,

Headquarters U.S. Army, Washington,

DC. He returned to Europe to serve as

Chief, Munitions and Missiles Division,

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for

Logistics, United States Army Europe

and SeventhArmy;laterbecoming Commander, 59th OrdnanceBrigade, United

States Army Europe.

Medals include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of

Merit with Oak LeafCluster, theBronze

Star medal, the Meritorious Service

Medal with Oak LeafCluster, the Army

Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf

Cluster, the Parachutist Badge, Ranger

Tab, and the Army General Staff Identification Badge.

General Stevensis married to the former

Nedra Wright. They have three children: Ruth S. Florang, Shauna S.

Mattson, and Karen S. Halverson.

Major General Lynn H. Stevens

served as the tenth Commandant

of the College. His tenure was

characterized by an enduring

commitment to continuous improvementofthe acquisitionprocess through education. Under

his leadership, the quality offaculty was greatly improved, additionalfacilitieswere providedand

student throughput greatly increased to meet the need of the

Services. He brought renewedfocus on research and consulting

Interservice cooperation to accomplish the education mission

will be a lasting legacy to his time

served as Commandant.

Citation from

Donald J. Atwood

Deputy Secretary of Defense

July 1991

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REAR ADMIRAL

WILLIAM L. VINCENT,

USN

26 JULY 1991-

25 MARCH 1993

Admiral Vincent, a native of Syracuse,

NY, graduated from the U.S. Naval

Academy in 1962.

Receiving his wings in 1964, he subsequently served tours in VP-40, NAS

North Island, as Plane Commander flying the SP5B; VT-28 as a TS2A flight

instructor; and VP-17 as a Department

Head and Plane/Mission Commander.

During these tours he participated in

five Southeast Asia deployments flying

Market Time Operations. In addition,

he attended the Naval Postgraduate

School where he was awarded a Masters

of Science in Aeronautical Engineering;

the Naval War College where he graduated with Distinction and was awarded

the Middendorf Award for Tactical

Research; and the Defense Systems

Management College. During a tour at

Naval Air Systems Command, he served

as the Tactical Air Reconnaissance Class

Desk Officer.

Admiral Vincent assumed command of

VP-44, NAS Brunswick, in 1978. During his command, VP-44 trans- itioned to

the P-3C Update II and deployed to NAS

Keflavik, Iceland. The squadron received several awards including the

Meritorious UnitCommendation, Battle

"E", GoldenWrench and Silver Anchor.

Following his command tour, he completed tours as Chief Staff Officer, Patrol Wing FIVE, Naval Armaments

Office, U.S. Mission NATO, and Head

Air ASW Branch, Office ofNaval Warfare in OPNAV. During this last assignment he was selected for major command.

He reported to Patrol Wing TWO, NAS

Barbers Point, as Commander in 1984.

During this tour, two squadrons completed transition to the P-3C Mod, and

the Wing participated in highly successful ASW operations in the Mid-Pacific

operating area. He reported to

NAVAIRSYSCOM in October 1985 as

P-3 Program Manager (PMA-240). He

served as the Program Director Air for

ASW and Assault Programs (PDA-13)

until April 1990, when he was named as

ProgramExecutive OfficerforAirASW,

Assault and Special Missions Programs.

In July 1991, he assumed command as

Commandant, Defense Systems Management College.

He is married to the former Jan Shipps

of Fayetteville, NY. They have four

children, sons William II, Lawrence and

Patrick, and a daughter Samantha.

Rear AdmiralWilliam L. Vincent

was the eleventh Commandant of

theDefenseSystemsManagement

College. Most significant during

his tenure were improved faculty

quality, facility improvements,

and increased student throughput. In addition to his full-time

duties as Commandant, he

chairedtheCongressionallymandated Advisory Panel on Streamlining and CodifyingAcquisition

Law. Leading a distinguished

group ofgovernment andcivilian

senior officials, they reviewed almost 900 statutes and submitted

a comprehensive 1800-page report to Congress. The changes

the Panel recommendedwillform

the basis of the acquisition process for decades to come. The

extraordinary leadership of Admiral Vincent resulted in dramatic improvement in defense

acquisitionprocess, inthe educationofthe acquisitionworkforce,

andin the esprit de corps ofCollege personnel.

Citation from

The Honorable John M. Deutch

Under Secretary of Defense

for Acquisition

1 April 1993

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BRIGADIER GENERAL

CLAUDE M. BOLTON,

JR., USAF

25 March 1993 -

28 March 1996

He reported to the 55th Tactical Fighter

Squadron, RAF, Upper Heyford, England, as an F-ll IE pilotin 1974. While

there, he served as the squadron and

wing safety officer, instructor pilot, and

wing standardization/evaluation flight

examiner and scheduler.

Award with two oak leaf clusters, Air

Force Organizational Excellence Award

with one oak leaf cluster, Republic of

Vietnam Gallantry Cross, Republic of

Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal.

General Bolton was born December 13,

1945 in Sioux City, IA, and graduated

from South Sioux City High School,

South Sioux City, NE. He earned a

bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska in

1969, and was commissioned a second

lieutenant as a distinguished graduate of

the Air Force Reserve Officer Training

Corps program there. In 1978, he

earned a master's degree in management

from Troy State University, Troy, AL,

and completed course work for a Ph.D.

in electrical engineering at the University of Florida. He completed Squadron

Officer School in 1974, Air Command

and Staff College and the Defense Systems Management College in 1982, and

the Naval War College in 1986. He

earned a second master's degree in nationalsecurity and strategic studies from

the Naval War College in 1991.

The General was assigned to Williams

Air Force Base, AZ, for pilot training

and received his wings in 1970. He then

reported to McConnell Air Force Base,

KS, where he flew the F-105D; and later

transitioned to the F-4 at Davis-Monthan

Air Force Base, AZ.

In June 1971, General Bolton was assigned to Ubon Royal Thai Air Force

Base, Ubon, Thailand, flying F-4D/E

forthe 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron

(Nite Owls). While at Ubon, he flew

232 combat missions — 40 over North

Vietnam — including the first missions

after the bombing of North Vietnam

was resumed. This was followed by

orders to Cannon Air Force Base, NM,

in 1972, where he flew the F-l 1 ID and

served as an instructor pilot and safety

officer.

General Bolton attended the Air Force

Test Pilot School in 1977 at Edwards

Air Force Base, CA Following graduation, he was assigned to the 3245th Test

Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, as a

test pilot flying the F-4, F-l 11, and F-l6.

He also was the F-l 11 flight test manager for the Armament Division there.

In 1982, he was assigned to Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson

Air Force Base (WPAFB), OH, as the

first program manager forthe Advanced

Tactical Fighter Technologies Program,

which evolved into the F-22 System

Program Office.

In 1986, the General reported to the

Pentagon, Washington, DC, first as the

F-l6 program element monitor and

deputy division chief, Aircraft Division,

and later as the division chief, Low

Observables Vehicle Division, Office of

Special Programs. He returned to the

Aeronautical Systems Division as deputy

program director for the B-2 System

Program Office in August 1988. In

August 1989, he became program director for the Advanced Cruise Missile

System Program Office, Aeronautical

Systems Division, Air Force Systems

Command. He assumed duties as the

Inspector General, Air Force Materiel

Command, WPAFB, OH, in September

1992. In March 1993 he assumed his

present position.

General Bolton is a command pilot with

2,700 flying hours in 27 different types

of aircraft. His military decorations include the Legion ofMerit, Distinguished

Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster,

Meritorious Service Medal with two oak

leaf clusters, Air Medal with 17 oak leaf

clusters, Air Force Presidential Unit

Citation, Air Force Outstanding Unit

Brigadier GeneralClaudeM.Bolton.

Jr., twelfth Commandant,startedthe

College on its Quality Journey,"

aligning people, systems, and resources to reflect customer requirements. Through the application of

process managementmetrics, DSMC

improved its products and services

while reducing costs, and implemented strategic planning based on

outcomes.

General Bolton redirected DSMC's

educational philosophy toward

guided self-directed learning. He

emphasized curriculum improvements, electronic teaching methodologies, and adult learning styles.

His support ofthe "Electronic Campus" concept will take DSMC into

the next century.

He chairedtheAcquisition Management Functional Board, and led efforts to fully implement the Defense

Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DÄWIA) during the creation of the Defense Acquisition

University. General Bolton personally ensured collaboration throughout the consortium and encouraged

members to share their best practices.

He encouraged DSMC employees to

have the Confidence to contribute to

improvement of the College; add

value to its products; and move

DSMC closer to its vision: To be the

academy of distinction promoting

systems management excellence.

Citation from

The Honorable Paul G. Kaminski

Under Secretary of Defense

for Acquisition and Technology

March 1996

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GENERAL CABELL'S

"GOOD IDEAS

PROGRAM" GENERATED

1,400 SUGGESTIONS FOR

IMPROVING DSMC

The "Good Ideas Program" of Brigadier General Charles P. Cabell, Jr.,

USAF, DSMC's ninth Commandant,

based on the use of "Crawford slips,"

generated some 1,400 suggestions on

ways to improve DSMC from faculty

and staff at an all-hands meeting in

1985. The ideas were placed in 10

categories and were acted on as appropriate. This activity was called "truly a

participative management action"

where each memberwas able to contribute. MajorMel Gambrell, USAF, coordinated the program.

DOCTOR PELLEGRINI AND

NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Brigadier General Benjamin J.

Pellegrini, USA, DSMC's sixth Commandant, a Military Academy graduate, also held master's and doctoral

degrees in nuclearphysics from Tulane

University.

Honorable Robert B. Costello, Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition), Professor

Robert Täte, and Brig Gen Charles P. Cabell, Jr., USAF, walk to Scott Hall

GENERAL BOLTON

AND THE CORNHUSKERS

Brigadier General Claude M. Bolton,

Jr., USAF, a graduate of the University ofNebraska, became DSMC'sfirst

Commandantto enjoy his alma mater's

back-to-back nationalfootball championships (1994-95). Nebraska alumnus

Professor Owen Gadeken, one of the

longest-term DSMC employees, shared

in the jubilation.

POLITICAL APPOINTMENT

FOR ADMIRAL FREEMAN

Following the 30 April 1979 retirement

of DSMC Commandant Rear Admiral Rowland G. Freeman III, USN,

President Jimmy Carterselected him to

be the Administrator ofthe U. S. General Services Administration. In 1981,

Admiral Freeman joined the

McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

COL John B. Hanby, Jr., USA, and Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and

Engineering) Walter LaBerge, at graduation of Program Management Course.

IK 4.

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THE DEPUTY

COMMANDANTS,

AND PROVOST AND

DEPUTY

COMMANDANTS

Colonel Levin (Lee) W. Parker, USAF

April 1972-June 1975

Colonel John B. Hanby, Jr., USA

September 1975 - April 1979 and

August 1979 - September 1980

Colonel Charles E. Fields, USA

April 1979 - July 1979

Colonel Dirk H. Leuders, USA

September 1980 - June 1983

Colonel Thomas V. Forburger, USA

June 1983 - January 1984 and

April 1984 - September 1985

Captain Michael A. Pearce, USN

January 1984 - April 1984

Colonel Stanley J. Souvenir, USA

September 1985 - May 1986

Mr. Gregory T. Wierzbicki

Provost and Deputy Commandant

June 1986 - March 1993

Brigadier General Edward Hirsch, USA

(Ret)

Provost and Deputy Commandant

March 1993 - Present

Joyce Reniere and COL Stanley J. Souvenir, USA

ADMIRAL VINCENT FIRST PMC GRADUATE

TO BECOME COMMANDANT

Rear Admiral William L. Vincent, USN, DSMC's 10th Commandant, was the

first PMC graduate to assume that position. Admiral Vincent's acquisition

management experience included service as the Program Director for Air, AntiSubmarine Warfare, and Assault Programs, as well as sewing as the Program

Executive Officer for Air, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault, and Special

Missions Programs.

Above: RADM William L. Vincent, USN (left), Honorable Donald J. Yockey, Under

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition), (center), and MG Lynn H. Stevens, USA (right)

transfer the College flag during the Change of Command ceremony.

COLONELS HANBY,

FORBURGER ONCE

COMMANDANTS

AND TWICE DEPUTIES

Army colonels John B. Hanby, Jr., and

Thomas V. Forburger both served

DSMC once as Commandant and

twice as Deputy Commandant. Hanby

was the regular Deputy from September 1975 to April 1979, and August

1979 to September 1980. Between those

terms he was the interim Commandant. Forburger's terms as Deputy were

June 1983 to January 1984, and April

1984 to September 1985, with an interim period as Commandant. The

Deputy position was "civilianized" and

its title changed to Provost and Deputy

Commandant in 1986.

GEN BOLTON RECEIVES

LEGION OF MERIT

Dr. John M. Deutch, Under Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition and Technology),

presents the Legion of Merit to Brig Gen

(Sei) Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF, for

outstanding services as Program Director,

Advanced Cruise Missile Systems Program

Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, and

as Inspector General, Headquarters Air

Force Materiel Command.

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THE GOVERNING

BODIES:

THE POLICY

GUIDANCE

COUNCIL

AND THE

BOARD

OF VISITORS

Honorable John S. Foster, Jr.

As an academic institution, DSMC has

been subject since its inception to governance and guidance on organizational,

administrative, and curricular matters

by two nonresident bodies: a Policy

Guidance Council (PGC) and a Board

of Visitors (BOV).

The PGC and BOV continued their

responsibilities until 1993, when DSMC

became a member ofthe Defense Acquisition University consortium. The

DSMC BOV was disestablished in late

1993, and the DAU BOV was established in February 1994. The DAU

BOV advises the Under Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition and Technology)

and the DAU President on the "organization, management, curricula, methods

of instruction, facilities, and other matters ofinterest." Its charter furtherstates

that it "also serves as the BOV for

DSMC, and shall be responsive to requests to address issues unique to the

College."

The PGC and BOV roles have been

invaluable to the foresight, planning,

and progress of DSMC as an institution

and our products and services. The PGC

supported major management and budget decisions, changes in courses and

curricula, innovative approachesto education, and the extension of DSMC

servicesintothe defense acquisition community. Its senior acquisition officials

were immensely helpful in conveying

DSMC's mission and message to government organizations. The BOV, represented by three prominent and distinguished persons each from academia,

the defense community, and the general

business community, provided a gentle

balance between DSMC's goals and the

needs and opinions ofthe constituencies

they represented.

The Deputy Secretary of Defense established the PGCin 1970togovernDSMC

on behalf ofthe Secretary ofDefense. Its

membership was comprised of officials

serving in senior acquisition positions in

the Office of the Secretary of Defense

and the Military Services. The PGC's

mission was to establish policy, provide

guidance, and act as prime jurisdictional

agent for the operation and administration of DSMC; establish a BOV; approve the nomination of the Commandant and DeputyCommandant; approve

the curriculum for each course; and

review and approve the operating and

financial plans annually.

The original PGC chairman wasJohn S.

Foster,Jr., Director of Defense Research

and Engineering. Other OSD members

included Barry J. Shillito, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics); Robert C. Moot, Assistant Secretary ofDefense (Comptroller); Roger T.

Kelley, Assistant Secretary of Defense

(Manpower and Reserve Affairs);

Gardiner L. Tucker, Assistant Secretary

of Defense (Systems Acquisition); and,

as the executive secretary, Lieutenant

GeneralRobert E. Coffin, Deputy Director, DDR&E (Engineering & Management).

Members of the PGC from the Services

included Robert L Johnson, Assistant

Secretary of the Army (Research &

Development); Grant L. Hansen, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research & Development); Charles L 111,

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Logistics); Admiral Isaac C.

Kidd, Jr., USN, Chief, Naval Material

Command; General George S. Brown,

USAF, Commander, Air Force Systems

Command; General Jack J. Catton,

USAF, Commander, Air Force Logistics

Command; and GeneralHenry A. Miley,

Jr., USA, Commander, Army Materiel

Command.

The PGC established the BOV in 1971.

The BOV's original duties were to provide the PGC and the Commandant

with continual counsel regarding the

technical and professional aspects of

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DSMC's mission, policies, and methods

of operation. The original BOV chairman was Dr. Andrew Schultz, Jr., Dean

of the College of Engineering, Cornell

University. Other members included:

From academia, Dr. Holt Ashley,

Stanford University Professor of Astronautics, and Dr. Paul W. Marshall,

Harvard Graduate School of Business

Administration.

From the defense industry, Oliver C.

Boileau,Jr., Group Vice President, Aerospace, TheBoeing Company; Richard K.

Jacobson, Program Manager, Launch

Vehicle Program, McDonnell Douglas

Astronautics Company; and John J.

Welch, Vice President for Programs,

Aeronautics Division, LTV Aerospace

Corporation.

DSMC Board ofVisitors 1971.

Left to right, top row. Mr. Oliver C. Boileau, Jr.; Mr. Frank A. Robinson, Jr.; Mr. John

J. Welch; Dr. Paul W. Marshall. Bottom row: Mr. Richard J. Jacobson; Mr. Harry L.

Vincent, Jr.; Dr. Andrew Schultz, Jr.; Mr. Charles A. Bowsher; Dr. Holt Ashley.

From the general business community,

Frank A. Robinson, Jr., Assistant Vice

President, AT&T; Harry L. Vincent,Jr.,

Group Vice President, Booz-Allen and

Hamilton, Inc.; andCharles A. Bowsher,

Partner, Arthur Andersen and Company.

Board ofVisitors 1979.

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BOARD OF VISITORS

DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY

(PRESENT)

Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, Chairman

Executive Vice President and Director

TASC

Mr. Charles E. Adolph

Senior Vice President

Science Applications International

Corporation

Dr. Lionel V. Baldwin

President

National Technological University

Mr. Donald L. Campbell

President and Chief Executive Officer

Century Technologies, Inc.

Dr. Gertrude McBride Eaton

Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

University of Maryland System Administration

Lt Gen Thomas R. Ferguson, Jr., USAF (Ret.)

Senior Partner and Aerospace Consultant

Dayton Aerospace, Inc.

Mr. James M. Gallagher

Director

The Dayton Group

Mr. Eric M. Levi

Consultant

Raytheon Company

Mr. Peter DeMayo

Vice President, Contract Policy

Lockheed Martin Corporation

The 1996 Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Board of Visitors convened at the

Defense Systems Management College on March 7-8, 1996. The DAU Board ofVisitors

serves as the Board ofVisitors forDSMC, and is responsive to requests to address specific

issues, unique to the College. Standing from left: James M. Gallagher, Director, The

Dayton Group; Robert J. "Bob" Wolownik, Executive Secretary, Board ofVisitors, DAU;

Dr. Lenore E. Sack, Director for Academic Affairs, DAU; Joseph Wargo, Director,

Resource Management, DAU; Donald Lewis Campbell, President and CEO, Century

Technologies, Inc.; Peter DeMayo, Vice President, Contract Policy, Lockheed Martin

Corporation; Dr. Lionel V. Baldwin, President, National Technological University;

Frank Sobieszczyk, Directorfor University Operations, DAU; Charles E. "Pete" Adolph,

Senior Vice President, Science Applications International Corporation. Seated from left:

Dr. Gertrude McBride Eaton, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,

University ofMaryland; Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, Executive Vice President and Director,

The Analytical Sciences Corporation, and Chairman, 1996 Board of Visitors; Thomas

M. Crean, President, DAU; Brig Gen Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF, former Commandant, DSMC.

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Honorable Barry J. Shillito

POLICY GUIDANCE COUNCIL

Honorable John S. Foster, Jr. (First Chairman)

Director, Defense Research & Engineering

1970-1973

Honorable Robert C. Moot

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

1970-1973

Honorable Barry J. Shillito

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations & Logistics)

1970-1973

Mr. David D. Acker (First Recording Secretary)

Office of Director of Defense (Research & Engineering)

1971 -1977

Honorable Robert C. Moot

Honorable Roger T. Kelley

Honorable Roger T. Kelley

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)

1970 -1973

Honorable Charles L. Ill

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Logistics)

1971 -1973

Admiral Jackson D. Arnold, USN

Chief of Naval Material

1970-1971

Lieutenant General Robert E. Coffin, USA (Second Executive Secretary)

Office of Director of Defense Research & Engineering

1971 -1974

General George S. Brown, USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1970-1971

Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Jr., USN

Chief of Naval Material

1971 -1975

General Jack G. Merrell, USAF

Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

1970-1972

Honorable Gardner L. Tucker

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis)

1972-1973

Honorable Robert L. Johnson

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research & Development)

1970-1973

Mr. Don R. Brazier

Acting Assistant of Defense (Comptroller)

1973 -1973

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Gen George S. Brown, USAF

ADM Isaac C. Kidd, Jr., USN

GEN Henry A. Miley, USA

Honorable Frank P. Sanders

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Logistics)

1970-1971

Honorable Leonard Sullivan, Jr.

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis & Eval)

1973 -1976

Honorable Grant L. Hansen

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

1970-1973

Mr. Carl W. Clewlow

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)

1973 -1973

Vice Admiral Vincent P. dePoix, USN

(First Executive Secretary) Office of Director of Defense (Research & Engineering)

1970-1971

Honorable Arthur I. Mendolia

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations & Logistics)

1973 -1975

General Henry A. Miley, USA

Commander, Army Materiel Command

1970-1975

Honorable Terence E. McClary

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

1973 -1976

Admiral Frederick H. Michaelis, USN

Chief of Naval Material

1975-1978

Honorable Malcolm R. Currie (Second Chairman)

Director of Defense (Research & Engineering)

1973 -1977

Dr. K. C. Emerson

Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research &Development)

1975 -1975

Honorable Jack L. Bowers

Asst Secy of the Navy (Installations & Logistics)

1973 -1976

General William J. Evans, USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1975-1977

Honorable William K. Brehn

Asst Secy of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)

1973 -1976

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Honorable Malcolm R. Currie

GEN John R. Deane, Jr., USA

Gen William V. McBride, USAF

General F. Michael Rogers, USAF

Commander, Air Logistics Command

1975-1978

General Samuel C. Phillips, USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1973 -1975

General John R. Deane, Jr., USA

Commander, USA DARCOM

1975-1977

General Jack J. Catton, USAF

Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

1972 -1974

Honorable Edward A. Miller

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research & Development)

1975-1977

Honorable Norman R. Augustine

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research & Development)

1973 -1975

Honorable Frank A. Shrontz

Assistant Secy of Defense (Installations & Logistics)

1976-1977

Honorable Walter B. LaBerge

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research & Development)

1973 -1976

Honorable John F. Ahearne

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)

1976-1976

General William V. McBride, USAF

Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

1974-1975

Mr. Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.

Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation

1976-1977

Mr. James W. Roach (Third Executive Secretary)

Asstistant Director of Defense Research & Engineering

1974 -1974

Honorable David P. Taylor

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)

1976-1977

Dr. John J. Bennett

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations & Logistics)

1975-1976

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Honorable John P. White

Honorable Fred P. Wacker

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

1976-1977

Honorable Russell Murray II

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis & Evaluation)

1977-1981

Honorable John J. Martin

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research, Development & logistics)

1976 -1979

Honorable Edward Hidalgo

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower, Reserve Affairs & logistics)

1977-1979

Honorable John J. Bennett

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Logistics)

1976-1977

Honorable John P. White

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs & Logistics)

1977-1978

Dale R. Babione

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations & Logistics)

1977-1977

Honorable Percy A. Pierre

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development & Acquisition)

1977-1981

Carl W. Clewlow

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs & Logistics)

1977-1977

Honorable Joseph A. Doyle

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General John R. Guthrie, USA

Commander, USA DARCOM

1977-1981

Mr. Milton A. Margolis

Acting Director, Program Analysis & Evaluation

1977-1977

General Lew Allen, Jr., USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1977-1978

Robert N. Parker

(Acting Chairman) Acting Director of Defense Research & Engineering

1977-1977

Dale W. Church

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering) (Acquisition Policy)

1977-1980

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Honorable Walter B. LaBerge

ADM Steven A. White, USN

ADM Alfred J. Whittle, Jr., USN

LTG George Sammet, Jr., USA

Commander, USA DARCOM

1977-1981

Mr. John R. Quetsch

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

1977-1980

Honorable Gerald P. Dinneen

Assistant Secretary of Defense C

3

I & Principal Deputy Under Secretary of

Defense (Research & Engineering)

1977-1981

Honorable David E. Mann

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering & Systems)

1977-1981

Honorable William J. Perry (Third Chairman)

Under Secretary of Defense Research & Engineering

1977-1981

General Bryce Poe II USAF

Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs & Logistics)

1978-1981

General Alton D. Slay, USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1978- 1981

Honorable Robert J. Hermann

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research, Development & Logistics)

1979-1981

Admiral Alfred J. Whittle, Jr., USN

Chief of Naval Material

1978 -1981

Honorable Walter B. LaBerge

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Research & Engineering

1979 - 1980

Mr. Martin Chen

Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research, Development & Logistics)

1982 -1983

Honorable Joseph A. Doyle

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower, Reserve Affairs & Logistics)

1979-1981

Honorable Vincent Puritano

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

1983 -1984

156
Honorable James P. Wade, Jr.

Honorable Jack Borsting

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

1980-1982

Honorable Thomas E. Cooper

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research, Development & Logistics)

1983 -1984

Mr. Robert F. Trimble

Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Research & Engineering

(Acquisition Policy)

1980- 1981

Ann Gilleece

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

Research & Engineering (Acquisition Management)

1983 -1985

Honorable Jack Borsting

Honorable Lawrence J. Korb

General Robert T. Marsh, USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1981 -1983

Admiral Steven A. White, USN

Chief of Naval Material

1983 -1985

Honorable James P. Wade, Jr.

Asst Secy of Defense (Acquisition & Logistics)

1981 -1983

General Lawrence A. Skantze, USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1983 -1985

Honorable Richard D. DeLauer (Fourth Chairman)

Under Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering)

1981 -1984

General Richard H. Thompson, USA

Commander, Army Materiel Command

1984-1986

Honorable Lawrence J. Korb

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Installations & Logistics)

1981 -1983

Honorable Robert W. Helm

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

1984 -1988

William A. Long

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering (Acquisition

Management)

1981 - 1983

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Honorable Everett O. Fyatt

Dr. Donald A. Hicks

Honorable Jay R. Sculley

Honorable Donald C. Latham

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence)

1984 -1986

Admiral John G. Williams, Jr., USN

Chief of Naval Material

1981 -1983

Honorable Everett O. Pyatt

Assistant Secretary of the Navy

1984-1988

Honorable George A. Sawyer

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding & Logistics)

1981 -1983

General Earl T. O'Laughlin, USAF

Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

1984-1986

General James P. Mullins, USAF

Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

1981 -1984

Vice Admiral Thomas J. Hughes, USN

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations

1985-1986

Honorable Joseph A. Doyle

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower, Reserve Affairs & Logistics)

1979-1981

Dr. Donald A. Hicks (Fifth Chairman)

Under Secretary of Defense

Research and Engineering

1985 -1986

Honorable Alton G. Keel, Jr.

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Research, Development & Logistics)

1981 - 1982

Honorable Jay R. Sculley

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development & Acquisition)

1981 -1988

General Donald R. Keith, USA

Commander, Army Development & Readiness Command

1981 -1984

Jerry L. Calhoun

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management & Personnel)

1985 -1986

158
Honorable David S. C. Chu

Honorable Thomas E. Cooper

Assistant Secretary ofthe Air Force (Research, Development & Logistics)

1985 - 1987

Honorable Melvyn R. Paisley

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering & Systems)

1985-1987

Honorable David S. C. Chu

Director, Program Analysis & Evaluation, OSD

1982 -1993

Dr. Thomas P. Quinn

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control,

Communication & Intelligence)

1988

Honorable Chapman B. Cox

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management & Personnel)

1988

Dr. David J. Armor

Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management

& Person-nel)

1987-1988

Honorable Robert B. Costello (Chairman)

Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition)

1987-1988

General Bernard P. Randolph, USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1987-1988

Honorable Donald C. Latham

Jack Katzen

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Production & Logistics)

1988 -1989

General Louis C. Wagner, Jr., USA

Commander, US Army Materiel Command

1988 -1989

Vice Admiral Stanley R. Arthur, USN

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics)

1988 - 1990

General Alfred G. Hansen, USAF

Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

1989-1990

Honorable Thomas F. Faught, Jr.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering & Systems)

1988-1989

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Honorable John J. Welch, Jr.

Honorable Robert C. Duncan

Director, Defense Research & Engineering

1988-1989

Honorable John J. Welch, Jr.

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

1987 -1991

Honorable Michael P. W. Stone

Under Secretary of the Army

1988 -1989

Honorable Grant S. Green, Jr.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management & Personnel

1988 -1992

VADM Thomas J. Hughes, USN

Honorable Sean C. O'Keefe

Honorable H. Lawrence Garrett III

Under Secretary of the Navy

1988-1989

General Robert T. Herres, USAF

Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

1988-1990

Lieutenant General Vincent M. Russo, USA

Director, Defense Logistics Agency

1988-1988

Honorable Clyde O. Glaister

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

1988 -1989

Lieutenant General Charles McCausland, USA

Director, Defense Logistics Agency

1988-1991

Mr. Gordon A. Smith

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communication

& Intelligence)

1989

Honorable Sean C. O'Keefe

Department of Defense Comptroller

1989

Admiral Leon A. Edney, USN

Vice Chief of Naval Operations

1988 -1990

Honorable John A. Betti (Chairman)

Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition)

1989-1990

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William A. Long

GEN Donald R. Keith, USA

Honorable Thomas E. Cooper

Major Geneneral Ray M. Franklin, USMC

Commanding General, USMC Research, Development

& Acquisition Command

1988-1990

David J. Berteau

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Mgmt & Personnel

1989

Honorable Christopher Jehn

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management & Personnel

1989-1992

Honorable John W. Shannon

Under Secretary of the Army

1989

Honorable Duane P. Andrews

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communication

& Intelligence

1989

Honorable J. Daniel Howard

Under Secretary of the Navy

1989

Admiral David E. Jeremiah, USN

Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

1990-1993

General William G.T. Tuttle, Jr., USA

Commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command

1989-1991

Honorable Charles M. Herzfeld

Director, Defense Research & Engineering

1990

General Charles C. McDonald, USAF

Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

1989-1991

Honorable Colin R. McMillan

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Production & Logistics

1990

Donald B. Shycoff

Acting Department of Defense Comptroller

1989-1990

Honorable Stephen K. Conver

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development & Acquisition)

1990-1992

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Honorable Robert W. Helm

Lieutenant General John R. Dailey, USMC

Commanding General, USMC Research, Development

& Acquisition Command

1989 -1990

Honorable Gerald A. Cann

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition)

1990-1992

Honorable G. Kim Wincup

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

1991 -1992

General Ronald W. Yates, USAF

Commander, Air Force Systems Command

1990-1993

Honorable George A. Sawyer

Honorable John M. Deutch

Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw, USN

Director, Defense Logistics Agency

1992 -1993

Honorable Donald J. Yockey

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

1990-1992

Major General James A. Brabham, USMC

igi Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command

1992 -1993

Major General Jeremiah W. Pearson, III, USMC

Marine Corps Research, Development & Acquisition Command

1989-1990

Honorable John M. Deutch

Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology)

1993

Dr. James S. McMichael

Director, Acquisition Education, Training, & Career Development Policy

1990-1993

Colleen Preston

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform)

1993

VADM Stephen F. Loftus, USN

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics

1990-1993

William J. Lynn

Director, Program Analysis & Evaluation

1993

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Major General Robert A. Tiehout, USMC

Commanding General, Marine Corps Research, Development & Acquisition Command

1989-1990

Dr. Edward Whitman

(Acting) Assistant Secretary of the Navy

1993

General Jimmy D. Ross, USA

Commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command

1992-1993

Honorable Donald C. Fräser

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

1991 -1992

GEN Robert T. Marsh, USA

Philip N. Whittaker, Chairman, Board ofVisitors, left, greets Policy Guidance Council

Chairman, Honorable William J. Perry, 1978

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DSMC BOARD OF VISITORS OVER THE YEARS

Mr. Charles E. Dart

Executive Vice President

Newport News Shipbuilding

Barbara Hackman Franklin

President, Franklin Associates

Mr. Charles A. Bowsher

Managing Partner

Arthur Andersen & Co

New BOV Chairman, Dr. J. Ronald Fox (right), and Board Member Dudley C.

Mecum II at the 1979 autumn meeting

Dr. William W. Kaufman

Professor, Political Science

MIT

Dr. Michael A. Wartell

Vice President, Academic Affairs

Humboldt State University

LTG Harry G. Griffith (USA, Ret)

IPAC, Inc.

164
Buford H. Melton

Vice President

W. R. Grace & Company

Mr. Donald Malvern

Executive Vice Presisent

McDonnell Aircraft Co

Dr. Teddy F.Walkowicz

Chairman, President

National Aviation Corporation

Dr. John S. Toll

President

University of Maryland

MG Frank P. Ragano, USA (Ret)

Chairman

BEI Defense Systems Company

Mrs. Julia M. Walsh

Chairman of the Board

Julia Walsh & Sons

Jack L. Bowers

Chairman, CEO

Sanders Associates, Inc.

Mr. Philip N. Whittaker

President

Satellite Business Systems

165
Dr. John A. Peoples, Jr.

President

Jackson State University

Mr. Barry J. Shillito

Vice President

Teledyne, Inc.

Dr. Donald J. Yockey

President

Defense Electronic Operations

Rockwell International

Mr. Frank P. Sanders

Vice President

The Signal Companies, Inc.

Mr. Henry Hebeler

President

Boeing Aerospace Company

Mr. James W. Plummer

Executive Vice President

Lockheed Missiles & Space Co, Inc.

Dr. Albert J. Kelley

President

Arthur D. Little, Inc.

Everett T. Keech, Director

Wharton Graduate Program

University of Pennsylvania

166
Dr. Michael G. Sovereign, LtGen Claudius E. Watts III, USAF, Dr. David L.

DeVries and Dean Arthur R. Taylor

Eric M. Levi

Board Chairman

Vice President and Assistant General

Manager

Domestic and International

Requirements Missile Systems Division

Raytheon Company

167
Professor Joanne Barreca, first president of the DSMC Alumni Association, in the Abilene Room.

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TO ACHIEVE

GREATER THINGS:

THE DSMC ALUMNI

Wayne E. Glass

H. J. Ford Associates

President, DSMC Alumni Association

Honorable Colleen A. Preston, Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform)

presents the AckerCommunicationsAward

to Dorothy Nowers.

The careers of DSMC graduates, or

alumni, have been followed both for

feedback on the value of their education, and to watch their achievements in

defense acquisition. Alumni began gathering in 1976, when more than 100

from the Washington area met for lunch

at Fort Myer, Virginia, to hear from the

DSMC Commandant and faculty. Two

more such meetings were held that year

and one in 1977. The next was seven

years later.

Alumni from the first PMC (71-1) class

through the class of 84-1 gathered at

DSMC on 14-15 June 1984, for a reunion and the DSMC Alumni

Association's first Program Managers

Symposium. The reunion preceded formation of the Alumni Association later

that year. The symposium theme was

"Shortening the Acquisition Cycle."

Speakers included Norman R. Augustine, President of Denver Aerospace and

Vice President of Martin Marietta Corporation, David E. Sowie, Administrator ofthe Office ofFederal Procurement

Policy, David S. C. Chu, Director of

Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense and

Robert Fuhrman, president ofLockheed

Missiles, Space and Electronics Group.

Tracking graduates became much easier

when the DSMC Alumni Association

was formed on 20 October 1984. More

than 60 graduates, representing virtually every Program Management Course

class, gathered to establish the organization, with the College's complete blessing and support. Regular membership

was limited to PMC graduates and

present and past faculty and professional staff members assigned to DSMC

for at least two years. Persons completing short courses or holding key acquisition management positions were eligible

for associate membership. In 1995, regular membership was opened to graduates of all DSMC courses, and former

associates became regular members.

The Association selected faculty memberJoanne Barreca as its first president.

Other initial officers included:

Fred Wynn (industry) - Vice President,

Operations

Lieutenant Commander William Montgomery, USN - Vice President, Membership/Programs

Major Paul McFarland, USA - Secretary

Kenneth Blum (industry) - Treasurer

Also elected to the first Board of Directors were Major Thomas Christensen,

USAF, John Ferney (industry), Robert

Puff (industry), Commander Robert

Springer, USN, Otto Thamasette (industry), and Chuck Tringali (industry).

Albert Hey (industry) was named as

publicity chairman. Both Tringali and

Hey later would serve as president.

Objectives of the DSMC-AA are to

provide members with a forum for continuing their professional growth within

the acquisition community, and to augment their exposure to defense acquisition expertise. Chapters are located in

Washington, Dayton, Ohio, and Huntsville, Alabama. The group's showcase

event is the Program Managers Symposium held annually in June or July at

DSMC. The symposiums attract a host

ofhigh-level DoD, industry and congressional speakers, and offer workshops on

current acquisition issues. Membership

in the DSMC-AAtotals more than 2,000

acquisition professionals.

PROMOTIONSAND POSITIONS

The first graduate ofthe Program Management Course to be selected and promoted to general officer was Brigadier

General Orlando E. Gonzales, USA, a

member of PMC 71-1. He received the

star on 18 March 1976 and commanded

the Western Area, Military Traffic

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Current DSMC Alumni Association Board Members with current President Wayne

E. Glass (seated, far left)

Management Command, in Oakland,

California. A graduate of St. Benedict's

College in Kansas, he received his MBA

from Auburn University. He also graduated from the Command and General

Staff College.

Two former faculty members have been

selected for general: Major General William S. Chen, USA, faculty in the 1970s,

and COL (P) William Nance, USA,

who served in the 1980s. General Chen

headed the DIVAD program office and

later commanded the Army Missile

Command. Colonel Nance became a

major program manager at MICOM and

serves as Deputy Commander, Strategic

Defense Command....PMC graduate

John Burt is currently the Director of

Test, Systems Engineering, and Evaluation, Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Acquisition and Technology)

....Major GeneralJohnLonghauser, USA,

PMC 86-1, was program manager ofthe

Abrams Tank program and later senior

military assistantto the Under Secretary

of Defense (Acquisition)....PMC graduate Major General Robert Bergquest,

USA, a program manager at the Tank

Automotive Command, also served as

Director of Resource Management for

the Army Materiel Command.

The next assignment for Air Force Brigadier General William E. Thurman,

DSMC Commandant fromJuly 1979 to

November 1981, was as deputy program

manager for the B-l bomber program.

He also achieved three-star

rank....Colonel Glenn R. Seeley, USAF,

ERC 84-2, became Commander, Hughes

Air Force Plant Representative

Office....PMC graduate Lieutenant General David Teal, USAF, served as senior

military assistant to the first Under

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) and

became Vice Commander of the Air

Force Systems Command....The primary

assignments of 1978 graduates were in

the functional areas (ranked in order) of

systems engineering, program management, contract management, integrated

logistics support, and test and evaluation.

Brigadier General Ronald W. Yates,

USAF, PMC 73-1, was promoted to that

grade 10 years after graduation. He was

serving as Deputy for Tactical Systems,

Aeronautical Systems Division, Air

Force Systems Command. He earned a

fourth star and became Commander,

Air Force Material Command....PMC

graduate Otto Guenther, USA, was promoted to Lieutenant GeneraL.John V.

Bolino, PMC 74-2, in 1983 received a

one-year developmental assignment in

the Strategic, Naval, and C3I Systems

Office of the Director, Defense Test

and Evaluation. He had been serving

Charles J. Tringali

Albert Hey

Edward Robinson

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as Deputy Project Manager for the

Navy's S-3 aircraft program....Following

command of the 9th Signal Battalion,

Colonel Stanley M. Clough, USA, PMC

77-2, was promoted to that rank and

assigned to the Tactical Communications Office, TT-RI, at Fort Monmouth,

New Jersey....ERC graduate Lieutenant

General Melvin Chubb, USAF, became

Commander, Electronic Systems

Command....PMC graduate Gary

Thurber is a member of the Senior

Executive Service in the Defense Contract Management Command, Defense

Logistics Agency.

In 1984, Brigadier General Donald L

Cromer, USAF, Executive Refresher

Course 77-2, became the Deputy Director for Launch and Control Systems,

Space Division....John W. Douglass, Assistant Secretary ofthe Navy (Research,

Development and Acquisition) PMC

77-1, in 1995 became the first PMC

graduate to become a Service Acquisition Executive....Lieutenant Colonel Jay

Richards Hern, USA, PMC 73-2, was

assigned to the Single Channel Ground

and Airborne Radio Subsystem

program....Colonel Larry N. Looney,

USAF, PMC 79-2, became Commander,

Lockheed Air Force Plant Representative Office....Colonel Robert A. Browning, USA, was assigned to the Pershing

Guided Missile System program.

Robert J. May, Jr., PMC 90-1, was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in

1994 and now serves as Propulsion

Group Manager, Kelly Air Force

Base....Colonel Ronald K. Andreson,

USA, PMC 73-1, program manager of

the Black Hawk Helicopter program,

and Captain Robert M. Wellborn, Jr.,

USN, PMC 76-2, program manager of

the Advanced LightweightTorpedo Program, both received the 1982 Secretary

of Defense Superior Management

Award. Later the LHX (Comanche)

PM, Andreson was promoted to major

general....Brigadier General John

DSMC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (PRESENT)

Officers

President - Wayne E. Glass, H. J. Ford Associates

Vice President (Operations) - Gary V. Wimberly, Anser, Inc.

Vice President (Membership) - Diane Arnold

Vice President (Symposium) - Francis R. Varacalli, Jr., Systems Research &

Applications Corporation

Vice President (Publications) - Lieutenant Colonel Barry Eller, USAF, DSMC

Secretary - Bunnatine H. Greenhouse, [Army] Directorate of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, & Computers

Treasurer - Paul E. Backs, Anser, Inc.

Immediate Past President - Edward Robinson, Anser, Inc.

Directors at Large

Joanne Barreca, Defense logistics Agency

Tel L. Charland, Consultant

Tim Courington

Professor Paul McMahon, DSMC

Charles J. Tringali, LMSC/Space Systems Division

DSMC Liaison

Colonel William E. Knight, USA

Board ofAdvisors

Chairman - Brigadier General Richard A. Black, USA - Commandant, DSMC

Norman Augustine, Chief Executive Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Vice Admiral William C. Bowes, USN - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

Dr. David S. C. Chu - RAND Corporation

General Donald Keith, USA (Ret.) - Chairman and CEO, Cypress International

Honorable Colleen Preston - Deputy Under Secretary ofDefense (Acquisition Reform)

General Lawrence Skantze, USAF (Ret.)

DSMC Alumni Association Office

7731 Tuckerman Lane, Suite 131, Potomac, Maryland 20854-3266

(805) 755-8805, or (301) 309-9125; Fax (301) 0817; Email DNowers@aol.com, or

dsmcaa@dsmc.dsm.mil.

Caldwell, USA, a 1990 PMC graduate,

served as PM for the MlAl Tank program, led the Oversight and Review

process action team for the Deputy

Under Secretary (Acquisition Reform),

and moved on to the Office of the

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition) Colonel Frederick J. DeGroot,

PMC 74-2, ERC 83-2, became Assistant

Director, Advanced Tactical Bomber

program....Colonel Martin G. Olson,

PMC 80-2, USA, was assigned to the

Airborne Optical Adjunct Demonstration program.

PMC graduate Major General Joseph

Rafiani, USA, commanded the Tank

Automotive Command....These PMC

graduates were promoted to general

officer: Brigadier General Thomas W.

Honeywill, USAF, 76-1; Lieutenant

General Richard M. Scofield, USAF, 76-

2; Major General Michael J. Butchko,

USAF, 77-1; Brigadier General David R.

Gust, USA, PMC 77-2; Lieutenant General Charles E. Franklin, USAF, 78-1.

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DSMC MISSION

We will promote and support the adoption and

practice of sound systems management principles by the acquisition workforce through

educationf research, consulting and information dissemination.

DSMC VISION

We will be the academy of distinction promoting systems management excellence.

DSMC VALUES

We will support, respect and trust each other.

We are allresponsible for customersatisfaction.

We take pride in our work and pursue excellence in what we do.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Wilbur D. Jones, Jr., has been a professor at the Defense Systems Management College since 1984. He teaches defense

acquisition and is speechwriter to the general officer commanding DSMC. Now serving in the Acquisition Policy Department,

he previously served as Associate Dean ofInformation; Director, DSMCPress; founding Managing Editor, Defense Acquisition

University journal Acquisition Review Quarterly; and Director, Department of Defense Acquisition Historical

Center. For two periods from 1987 to 1990, he served on detail to the Pentagon as speechwriter and special assistant to two

Under Secretaries of Defense (Acquisition).

He has written numerous books and magazine articles for the government on acquisition and other defense issues. The Fourth

Edition of his popular DSMC Press book Congressional Involvement and Relations: A Guide for Defense Acquisition

Managers was published in April 1996. A military historian, he has written books and magazine articles on the Civil War

and World War II.

Prior to joining the DSMC faculty, he had two careers, one as a naval officer for nearly 14 years on two tours of duty, and

the other in California and national staff politics. He retired in 1984 from Pentagon acquisition duty as a captain in the Naval

Reserve with 28 years of service. He served as advance representative and assistant to President Ford, and assistant to two

California congressmen, two Nixon Administration cabinet secretaries, and in two presidential campaigns.

He is a retired NCAA Division I professional baseball umpire and basketball official, and holds a history degree from the

University of North Carolina. He expects to retire in July 1996 following 41 years of consecutive service in the DoD.

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LEADERSHIP, SCHOLARSHIP,

MANAGEMENT

The emblem of the Defense Systems

Management College was devised in

1971. Its three stars represent the Departments ofthe Army, Navy and the

Air Force; together they suggest the

joint-Service nature of DSMC. The

stars are superimposed on the outline of

a pentagon, which suggests the jurisdiction ofthe Department ofDefense. The

three-division shield, upon which the

stars and pentagon rest, suggests the

three-part school mission. Translated,

the emblem's motto reads, "Leadership,

Scholarship, Management."

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TO THE FUTURE...

While we enjoy the professionalsatisfaction of our many varied accomplishments during the first quarter of a century ofservice

to the defense acquisition community, the Defense Systems Management College now looks to the future.

For DSMC to continue to provide high quality products and services, and to maintain our role as the Center of Excellence

in defense acquisition program management education, and its partner mission areas of research, consulting, and information

dissemination:

We will continuously maintain currency and attempt to influence improvements in the areas of acquisition policy

and procedures, acquisition reform, advancements in educational delivery methods, and enhancing the acquisition workforce

to perform at maximum potential.

We will continuously update, improve, and offer new courses to reflect changes in acquisition policy, such as the new

DoD 5000 Documents, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, acquisition reform provisions of the FY 1996

National Defense Authorization Act, including the Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1996 and the Information Technology

Management Act of 1996, and all other measures of acquisition reform.

We will continuously develop and improve our program of lifelong, continuing education for acquisition

professionals, using the continuum of these courses as the core: the Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management, the

Intermediate Systems Acquisition Management Course, the Advanced Program Management Course, and the Executive

Program Managers Course, along with the Program Managers Survival Course.

We will continuously endeavor to provide acquisition decision makers with forward-looking acquisition research

projects, consulting services, publications, and associated means of informing the workforce.

The future, of course, is uncertain. But that portion of the future we can influence appears bright, and we face it confidently.

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DAVID PACKARD, FOUNDER AND FREQUENT VISITOR

Advanced Program Management Course

student admires painting of David

Packard in Building 204 by Sgt Lowell

Gilstrap, USAF.

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Commandant BG Lynn H. Stevens, USA, David Packard at DSMC 20th Anniversary

Deputy Commandant COL John B. Hanby, USA, with DSMC founder David

Packard at 1976 dedication of Building 204 to Mr. Packard.

David Packard

Commandant RADM William L.

Vincent, USN, with David Packard

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