Daniel Michael Tellep

Daniel Michael Tellep (born 1931) is an American aerospace businessman. He served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Lockheed Corporation from 1989 to 1995 and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1996. Mr. Tellep joined lockheed in 1955 and served as President of Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed, from 1984 to 1988. He served as group president-missiles and space systems from 1986 to 1988. Mr. Tellep served as Chairman of the Board of Lockheed Martin Corporation (Aerospace Industry) until 1996. Mr. Tellep serves as Director of Wells Fargo Bank National Association of WFC Holdings Corporation and has been its Director since 1996. He served as Director of First Interstate Bancorp since 1991. He served as a Director of Edison International, Scecorp and Southern California Edison Company, a subsidiary of Edison International since 1992. Mr. Tellep holds two degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and has completed studies at Harvard University. In 1979, Tellep was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his "Pioneering theoretical, experimental, and design contributions in the development of reentry systems for U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missiles." [1]

It was Tellep who, in 1994, proposed the merger which resulted in the formation of Lockheed Martin.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Mr. Daniel M. Tellep". Membership Directory. National Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-04-22.
  2. ↑ Ted Shelsby (March 12, 1995). "How the deal was done THE LOCKHEED-MARTIN MARIETTA MERGER". Baltimore Sun.

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