Dr. Ronald D. Sugar
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Honorary Chair
Engineers Week 2006

Dr. Ronald D. Sugar is chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Sugar joined the company following its 2001 acquisition of Litton Industries Inc. He previously served as Litton's president and chief operating officer and as a member of its board of directors. Prior to joining Litton, Sugar was president and chief operating officer of TRW Aerospace and Information Systems, and a member of the chief executive office of TRW Inc. TRW Inc. was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002.

In 1968, Sugar graduated summa cum laude in electrical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, where he also received a masters degree and a doctorate in the same field. He has completed executive education programs at Stanford University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University. In 1996, he was honored by UCLA as Engineering Alumnus of the Year. In 2003, he received the Marine Corps Foundation's Semper Fidelis Award.

Sugar is currently vice chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association, a trustee of the Association of the United States Army, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He also is a national trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, a director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, and a trustee of the University of Southern California.

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Patricia Welesko Garland
Society of Women Engineers
Chair
Engineers Week 2006

Patricia W. Garland is the Combined Heat and Power Program Manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a multi-program laboratory managed for the Department of Energy by UT-Battelle. With over 21 years of technical experience at ORNL, Ms. Garland has held planning, implementation, research, and supervisory positions with Oak Ridge and its predecessors: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp., Martin Marietta Energy Systems, and Union Carbide.

With a master of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee and an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ms. Garland specializes in the area of energy efficiency. She is the author of more than 25 technical articles and the recipient of numerous awards for both professional and volunteer work, including the distinction of being named one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce in 2000. Ms. Garland is a Certified Energy Manager.

Ms. Garland has held various national offices within the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), including national secretary, national vice president, and a six-year stint as chair of the SWE National Engineers Week committee. In addition, she has served in a volunteer capacity with the Girl Scouts; the Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair as a judge for many years; and as treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of WATTec, Inc.

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