HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 1992 BEYA President’s Award
VICE ADMIRAL WALTER J. DAVIS, JR., USN (RET.) In US Black Engineer magazine’s Careers issue of
1989, Walter Davis made a memorable portrait in lead- ership as the new commandant of the Naval District in Washington DC. For someone who had never planned on a navy career he had come a long way, wrote Grady Wells. VADM Davis—a fighter pilot and test pilot, the Class Desk engineer during development of the F-14— had excelled at the kinds of assignments that lead to the highest levels of the navy. He flew combat tours in Vietnam and accumulated over 3,500 flight hours and more than 800 carrier landings. His shore duty as- signments included navy engineer for the F-14 aircraft and naval warfare IT architect. As the commandant of Naval District Washington, he held one of the most visible assignments overseeing building and housing maintenance, running the transportation pool, vehicle maintenance, administering facilities and bases, and holding letter-perfect navy ceremonies. From his office in the Washington Navy Yard, he also presided over a number of community service operations, including a program that bused area school children to the Pentagon once a week to study with naval officers. While he was studying for his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and enrolled in the Naval ROTC program as part of his compulsory service training, he travelled to Pensacola, Florida, one summer and he got a chance to go up in some navy airplanes. The experience helped him decide that naval aviation was something he’d like to try. After he graduated, he received his commission and went on to fly F-4 fighters.
2006 Black Engineer of the Year
LINDA GOODEN Executive Vice President, Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS), Lockheed Martin Corporation
Linda Gooden leads 40,000 technology professionals in Lockheed’s Informa- tion Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS). They provide IT solutions, systems and services to support civil, defense, intelligence and other government customers. Es- tablished in 2007, IS&GS generated more than $12 billion in sales in 2009. Head- quartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, IS&GS operates in 46 U.S. states and about 60 countries around the world. Prior to assuming her current role, Ms. Gooden was executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s Information Technology & Global Services business area, and before that she was president of Lockheed Martin Information Technology—a unit she grew over a decade to become a multibillion dollar business. She was vice president of Lockheed Martin’s Software Support Services unit from 1994. Ms. Gooden received her degree in computer technology from Youngstown State University and completed post-baccalaureate studies at San Diego State University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Busi- ness Administration and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College. In 2010 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Morgan State University, and in 2005 she was awarded an honor- ary Doctor of Public Service degree from the University of Maryland University College in recognition of her service to the community and higher education. She supports a good number of professional, academic, and civic organizations, and serves on executive boards of organizations such as the Eisenhower Fellowships Board of Trustees, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Associa- tion, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) and the University Systems of Maryland Board of Regents.
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