Augustine to Hold Press Conference Tuesday

PULLMAN, Wash, — Norman Augustine, retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation and a leader in the effort to enhance U.S. economic competitiveness, will be available to talk with members of the media at 3 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 24) in Room 24 of the Murrow School Communication Addition on the Pullman campus.

In 2005, Augustine chaired a committee convened by the National Academies at the request of congressional leaders to consider what steps federal policy makers could take to “enhance the science and technology enterprise” so that the United States can compete and prosper in the 21st century. “The bottom line is,” Augustine said, that the 20-member committee of CEOs, university presidents, pre-eminent researchers and industry leaders “came together unanimously to say that this is one of the most important problems facing America and it is time to wake up.”

The committee’s report, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm,” presents a list of 20 recommendations grouped around four areas of emphasis: K-12 education, research, higher education and economic policy.

Augustine will discuss the need for the United States to invest in education and research in science, engineering and technical fields in a speech at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Kimbrough Hall.