Alumni - Operations Research
Distinguished Alumni
Naval Postgraduate School's Operations Research Department Alumni have excelled in both military service and as business executives.
Admiral Michael G. Mullen, Chief of Naval Operations, graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., with a Master of Science degree in Operations Research. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.
CAPT (Ret.) James G. Roche, NPS OR class of 1966, was selected to be the Secretary of the Air Force under former President George W. Bush. He is a former vice president at Northrop Grumman Corp. He worked in the State Department during the Reagan administration and later was Democratic staff director for the Senate Armed Services Committee.
BG (Ret.) Thomas E. White, USA, NPS OR class of 1974, was selected to be the Secretary of the Army under former President George W. Bush. He was executive assistant to former Secretary of State Colin Powell when he was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
VADM (Ret.) Scott Redd, NPS OR class of 1971, enjoyed a distinguished 32-year naval career before becoming President and CEO of NetSchools Corporation. During his career, he earned high regard as a leader, manager and innovator while commanding eight organizations, from a ship to a fleet. Most recently, he was the Pentagon's chief strategist, representing the military in White House National Security Council meetings.
| Year of Graduation |
Alumnus | |
| 1954 | RADM Frank S. Haak, USN | |
| 1956 | RADM Conrad Abhau, USN | |
| 1961 | RADM C. W. Rixey, USN Supply Corp | |
| 1962 | VADM Tom Hughes, USN RADM Robert Ailes |
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| 1964 | VADM Joe Metcalf, USN | |
| 1965 | VADM William A. Dougherty, USN VADM Dick Miller, USN |
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| 1966 | RADM Philip McNall, USN Supply Corp James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force RADM Grant Sharp, USN |
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| 1967 | RADM Guy Zeller, USN | |
| 1968 |
MG Craig A. Hagan, USA |
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| 1969 | ADM Ozden Ornek, Chief of the Turkish Navy VADM Bob Spane, USN LTG John Yeosock, USA |
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| 1970 | BG Larry R. Capps, USA Marshall Carter, Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange RADM Thomas A.Meinicke, USN VADM James G. Reynolds, USN MG Edison E. Scholes, USA MG James B. Taylor, USA |
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| 1971 | LTG Tom Carney, USA VADM Lee F. Gunn, USN RADM James B. Hinkle, USN VADM J. Scott Redd, USN MG Steve Silvasy, USA |
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| 1972 | VADM Jim Amerault, USN BG George A. Fisher, Jr., USA MG David E. Hale, USA LTG Robert Hammond, USA VADM Bill Hancock, USN RADM Bob Nutwell, USN ADM Richard C. Macke, USN RADM Norman Saunders, USCG RADM Robert Sutton, USN |
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| 1973 | RADM Bill Cobb, USN Lui, Pao Chuen, Chief Defence Scientist, Singapore RADM John Paddock, Jr., USN RADM William H. Wright IV, USN |
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| 1974 | ADM Mario J.F. Braga, Brazilian Navy RADM Pierce Johnson, USN ADM Chalin Sakornsin, Royal Thai Navy Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army |
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| 1975 | VADM Keith Lippert, Supply Corp, USN | |
| 1976 |
RADM Robert L. Ellis, USN |
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| 1977 | MG William S. (Scott) Wallace, USA | |
| 1978 | MG Robert F. Dees, USA | |
| 1980 | RADM Michael Finley, Supply Corp, USN VADM Patricia Tracey, USN |
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| 1981 | VADM Choi, Ki Chul, Korea Navy LTG Ricardo Sanchez, USA |
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| 1982 | VADM Mario Ivan Carratu Molina, Venezuela Navy | |
| 1983 | VADM Peter Daly, USN RADM Dana B. McKinney, USN |
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| 1984 | BGEN Nolen Bivens, USN | |
| 1985 | ADM Mike Mullen, USN | |
| 1987 | BG Steven Anderson, USA RDML James F. Caldwell, Jr., USN RDML Nevin P. Carr, USN RDML Dan Davenport, USN RDML Bill Goodwin, USN |
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| 1989 | BG Robert Bund, German Army VADM Bernabe Carrero Cuberos, Venezuela Navy LTG David Halvorson, USA RADM Sinclair Harris, USN |
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| 1990 | BG John Regan, USA | |
| 1991 | RDML Jesse Wilson, USN | |
| 1992 | BGen Shafqat Baig, Pakistan Army RDML Richard Brown, USN |
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| 1993 | RADM Almir Santos, Brazilian Navy | |
| 1994 | RDML Glenn Robillard, Supply Corp, USN | |
| 1995 | BG John P. Johnson, USA VADM David Johnston, Royal Australian Navy |