WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raytheon Company has named
William J. Lynn an appointed Raytheon Company vice president and senior vice
president, government operations and strategy.
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Lynn's responsibilities include company liaison with the executive and
legislative branches of the federal government as well as state and local
government relations. He will also help direct the development of Raytheon's
defense business strategy.
Lynn joins Raytheon from DFI International, a Washington-based research,
analysis, and consulting firm, where he was executive vice president. Prior to
joining DFI in March 2001, Lynn served four years as the Under Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller). In that position, he was the chief financial officer
for the Department of Defense and was the principal advisor to the Secretary
and Deputy Secretary of Defense for all budgetary and fiscal matters. From
1993-1997, Lynn was the Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation in the
Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he oversaw all aspects of the
Department's strategic planning process.
Before entering the Defense Department in 1993, Lynn served for six years
on the staff of Senator Edward Kennedy as the staff representative on the
Senate Armed Services Committee. Prior to 1987, he was a senior fellow at the
National Defense University and was also on the professional staff of the
Institute of Defense Analyses. From 1982 to 1985, he served as the executive
director of the Defense Organization Project at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS).
A graduate of Dartmouth College, Lynn has a law degree from Cornell Law
School and a Master's in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at
Princeton University. His publications include Toward a More Effective
Defense as well as articles in various newspapers and professional journals.
Lynn is married to Mary Murphy, an attorney with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene &
MacRae in Washington, D.C. They reside in Old Town Alexandria, Va.
With headquarters in Lexington, Mass., Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a
global technology leader in defense, government and commercial electronics,
and business and special mission aircraft.
Contact:
Dave Shea,
703.284.4245
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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