Dr. John A. Montgomery, Ph.D.
has been named the
Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Director
of Research. The
appointment of Dr. Montgomery was made today
by the Honorable
John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the
Navy (Research,
Development & Acquisition). Dr. Montgomery
currently serves
as NRL's Superintendent of the Tactical Electronic
Warfare
Division (TEWD). As the Laboratory's new Director of
Research,
Dr. Montgomery is responsible for the technical program,
its
planning, conduct, and staffing; evaluation of the technical
competence of personnel, liaison with the scientific community;
selection of subordinate technical personnel; exchange of technical
information; and the effective execution of the NRL mission.
Dr. Montgomery was selected following a nationwide
search.
Dr.
Montgomery joined the Naval
Research Laboratory (NRL) in 1968
as a research physicist in
the Advanced Techniques Branch of
the Electronic Warfare Division,
where he conducted research on
a wide range of Electronic Warfare
(EW) topics. In 1980, he was
selected to head the Off-Board Countermeasures
Branch. In 1985,
he was appointed to the Senior Executive Service
and was
selected as Superintendent of the TEWD.
As Superintendent of the TEWD,
Dr.
Montgomery was responsible for the Navy's Lead Laboratory
for
EW Technology, and for the conduct of a large and comprehensive
program of research leading to the creation of new concepts for
the field of Electronic Warfare (EW). He and his staff conducted
research on basic physical phenomena of importance to EW,
demonstrated
the feasibility of new EW concepts and systems,
performed EW
systems analyses and evaluations, and provided
special advisory
and consultative services to senior Navy and
Department of Defense
leaders. He led a team of 350 scientific,
technical, support,
and contractor personnel which provided new
and advanced concept
systems for EW that improved the ability
of the Navy, and the
other services, to perform their
missions.
During
his career, Dr. Montgomery
has pioneered expendable
countermeasures for ships and aircraft.
Hundreds of U.S. Navy
ships, many ships from allied nations,
and virtually all our
aircraft have been equipped with systems
for which he has had
responsibility. He has specialized in the
development of new EW
technologies and in their rapid reduction
to practice in the
form of operationally deployed systems. He
has been responsible
for more than 80 systems that have been
developed/approved for
operational use by the Navy and other
services. He has had
great impact through the applicationof
advanced technologies to
solve unusual or severe operational
deficiencies noted during
world crises, most recently in the
Persian Gulf, the Kosovo
campaign, in Afghanistan, and for Homeland
Defense.
Dr. Montgomery
received
his Bachelors degree in physics from North Texas State
University
in 1967 and his Masters degree, also in physics, in
1969. Dr.
Montgomery received his Ph.D. in physics from the
Catholic University
of America in 1982.
Most recently, Dr. Montgomery
received the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service
Award in 2001. He was recognized by the Department of the Navy
Distinguished Civilian Service Award in 1999 and by the Department
of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 1986. As a
member of the Senior Executive Service, he received the Presidential
Rank of Distinguished Executive award in 1991, the Presidential
Rank of Meritorious Executive award in 1988, and again in 1999.
He also received the 1997 Dr. Arthur E. Bisson Prize for Naval
Technology Achievement, awarded by the Chief of Naval Research
in 1998. Further, he has received the Association of Old Crows
(Electronic Defense Association) Joint Services Award in 1993,
the Capital Club Technical Award in 1992, the Silver Medal
Certificate
Award in 1982, and Serves on its Senior Advisory
Board. He was
an NRL Edison Scholar, and is a member of Sigma
Xi. He also has
served as the U.S. National Leader of The
Technical Cooperation
Program's multinational Group on
Electronic Warfare since 1987,
and has just completed a
five-year term as its Executive Chairman.
Before 1987, he
served as the U.S. Navy Member of this Group.
Dr. Montgomery
currently is serving a fourth term as Chairman
of the Board of
Directors of the NRL Federal Credit Union. During
his career,
Dr. Montgomery has contributed more than 60 publications,
papers, symposia presentations, and lectures.
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