COMPANY

Defense megacontractor. Founded 1922 as the American Appliance Company.

Official Website:
http://www.raytheon.com/

Industry:
Aerospace

Ticker:
NYSE:RTN

Corporate headquarters:
Waltham, MA

Sales:
$21.9B (2005)

Employees:
80,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Francis Adams IV	Business	2-May-1910	5-Jan-1999	Former president of Raytheon
Robin Beard	Politician	21-Aug-1939	16-Jun-2007	Congressman from Tennessee, 1973-83
Daniel P. Burnham	Business	1946		CEO of Raytheon, 1998-2003
Vannevar Bush	Scientist	11-Mar-1890	30-Jun-1974	Pre-internet visionary
Kenneth C. Dahlberg	Business	c. 1945		CEO of SAIC
Walter F. Doran	Military	15-Oct-1945		C-in-C, US Pacific Fleet, 2002-05
Louise L. Francesconi	Business	c. 1954		Raytheon Missile Systems
Ivan Getting	Inventor	18-Jan-1912	11-Oct-2003	Global Positioning System
Jack Kapples	Business	c. 1960		Raytheon VP, Corporate Secretary
Lawrence J. Korb	Author	9-Jul-1939		The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Percy Spencer	Scientist	19-Jul-1894	8-Sep-1970	Invented the microwave oven
Jay B. Stephens	Attorney	5-Nov-1946		General Counsel of Raytheon
William H. Swanson	Business	1949		CEO of Raytheon
Hansel E. Tookes II	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Raytheon Aircraft, 2000-02

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vernon E. Clark	Military	7-Sep-1944		US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05
John Deutch	Government	27-Jul-1938		CIA Director, 1995-96
Frederic M. Poses	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Trane
Michael C. Ruettgers	Business	c. 1943		CEO of EMC, 1992-2001
Ronald L. Skates	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Data General, 1989-99
William R. Spivey	Business	c. 1947		Retired AT&T executive
Linda G. Stuntz	Attorney	c. 1954		Stuntz, Davis & Staffier
William H. Swanson	Business	1949		CEO of Raytheon

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Francis Adams IV	Business	2-May-1910	5-Jan-1999	Former president of Raytheon
Barbara M. Barrett	Attorney	c. 1950		US Ambassador to Finland
Daniel P. Burnham	Business	1946		CEO of Raytheon, 1998-2003
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.	Diplomat	24-Jan-1928		US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1973-78
Thomas E. Everhart	Physicist	15-Feb-1932		President of CalTech, 1987-97
Warren Rudman	Politician	18-May-1930		US Senator from New Hampshire, 1980-93
Joseph J. Sisco	Diplomat	31-Oct-1919	23-Nov-2004	Kissinger's Mideast Deputy
Alfred M. Zeien	Business	25-Feb-1930		CEO of Gillette, 1991-99

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bob Metcalfe	Business	1946		Co-Inventor of Ethernet
Sy Sternberg	Business	24-Jun-1943		CEO of New York Life
Andrew J. Viterbi	Engineer	9-Mar-1935		Viterbi Algorithm
Edward J. Zander	Business	12-Jan-1947		CEO of Motorola, 2004-07

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Armitage	Government	26-Apr-1945		US Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-05
Ed Bethune	Politician	19-Dec-1935		Congressman from Arkansas, 1979-85
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Adnan Khashoggi	Business	25-Jul-1935		Saudi billionaire, arms merchant
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr.	Government	16-Feb-1916	8-Jun-2000	1953 Iran coup

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