page_title: Gordon R. England
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Gordon R. England / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), presents Rear Adm. (sel) D.C. Curtis a framed SECNAV flag in honor of his departure as SECNAV Executive Assistant. Curtis held the post for almost two years and is departing to assume command of Commander Surface Group Two in Mayport, Fla. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Mark O'Donald.
context_page_description: Gordon Richard England is an American politician and businessman who was the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense and twice as U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.
context_section_description: England started his business career in 1966 at Honeywell where he was an engineer on the Project Gemini space program. He worked for Litton Industries as a program manager on the E-2C Hawkeye aircraft for the United States Navy. He was also CEO of GRE Consultants.
  By 1977 he was employed by General Dynamics Fort Worth Division where he held various posts including Director of Avionics. He was later named as the Vice President of Engineering, and later President and general manager, of General Dynamics Land Systems Division, eventually transitioning back to General Dynamics Fort Worth as Division President. England remained in that post when General Dynamics sold the Fort Worth Division to Lockheed; later becoming President of that corporation for four years.
  England returned to General Dynamics as Executive Vice President of the Combat Systems Group. He served from 1997 to 2001 as Executive Vice President of General Dynamics where he had overall responsibility for Information Systems and International sectors.
  England transferred from the business world to government during the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush serving in a number of key roles, having previously served as a member of the Defense Science Board.
caption: England with D.C. Curtis, August 2002
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