Norman Augustine, one of the most highly regarded corporate executives in the nation, addressed the College and business community on Monday, April 3, 2000 at 9:30 a.m. in the Theatre Arts Building on the Rockville Campus.

                Mr. Augustine is currently chairman of the executive committee of Lockheed Martin. As chairman and CEO of the corporation until his retirement in 1997, He engineered some of the most successful acquisitions in recent corporate history. Under his leadership, Lockheed Martin emerged as one of the top two defense and aerospace firms in the world.

                After retiring from active employment at Lockheed Martin, Mr. Augustine became a professor of engineering at Princeton University, serving until July 1999. He has had a distinguished record of public service, working for both Republican and Democratic presidents in his two tours of duty at the highest levels of the Pentagon.

                Mr. Augustine is in his eighth year as chairman and principal officer of the American Red Cross, and has served as president of the Boy Scouts of America. He has also served on the board of directors of many prestigious institutions. In addition to his professional accomplishments, honorary doctorates, and volunteer activities, Augustine has literally gone to the ends of the earth in his time off.

                He has dog-sledded through the Arctic, explored volcanoes in the Antarctic, backpacked in the Canadian Rockies, traveled the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon, hot-air ballooned in Africa, and boated up the Amazon.

                Norman Augustine has authored, co-authored, and contributed to many books on leadership and management. His most recent work is the critically acclaimed Shakespeare in Charge: The Bard’s Guide to Leading and Succeeding on the Business Stage, which he co-wrote with former U.N. Ambassador, Ken Adelman.

                His address, Leadership in a dot.com World, will explore the many facets of leadership in the 21st century. According to Norman Augustine, “Leadership cannot be taught, but it can be learned.” He will offer up a wealth of real-life stories and witty, insightful commentary on an array of leadership issues that go beyond the balance sheet.

                Mr. Augustine is at his best with students. He believes that at the student stage of life, it is important to understand that “leadership emerges out of experience…from meeting challenges…from failing and trying again. As a result, the stuff of leadership often turns up in unlikely places, in people where one might least expect it…as when a leader arises at a time of enormous challenge and difficulty and need.”

                Norman Augustine is an outstanding model of how a leader should act in today’s business environment.

This lecture was broadcast on MC cable Channel 51 and is available on video tape loan from the MBI.