Leslie F. Kenne Elected to Harris Corporation Board of Directors
April 23 2004 - 1:14PM
PR Newswire (US)
Leslie F. Kenne Elected to Harris Corporation Board of Directors
MELBOURNE, Fla., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Retired U.S.
Air Force Lieutenant General Leslie F. Kenne has been elected to
the Board of Directors of Harris Corporation . "We are delighted to
welcome Leslie to the Harris board," commented Howard L. Lance,
chairman and chief executive officer. "She had a distinguished
33-year military career that included technical training, command
experience, and responsibility for large aircraft test, evaluation
and acquisition programs. Her insights and counsel will be
extremely valuable as Harris continues to expand its position in
government markets." Throughout her military career, Kenne balanced
command experience with continuous technical and academic training.
She was promoted to Brigadier General in 1994 following a tour of
duty during which she was responsible for a budget of $25 billion
and an aircraft fleet of 3,000 F-16 aircraft. She was subsequently
responsible for financial planning, budgeting, and repair of F-111
and A-10 aircraft, radio, and air traffic control systems. In 1997
she was awarded her second star to become a Major General and
concurrently appointed as director of the Joint Strike Fighter
program, the DoD's largest acquisition program, with a budget of
$30 billion. She was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1999 and
named Commander, Electronic Systems Center (ESC), Hanscom Air Force
Base, Massachusetts. At ESC, she directed the development,
acquisition, and maintenance of Air Force command and control
systems including JSTARS, AWACS, and other global awareness
programs, and commanded an organization of 12,000 people. Kenne
retired from the Air Force in September 2003. She was recently
appointed to the board of EDO Corporation, a provider of military
products and services. Kenne received a B.S. degree in Aerospace
Engineering from Auburn University and entered the Air Force as a
distinguished graduate of Auburn's ROTC program. She was later
awarded an M.S. degree in Procurement Management from Webster
College in St. Louis. She also has attended the Armed Forces Staff
College in Norfolk, Virginia, and the National War College at Fort
McNair, Washington, D.C. Harris Corporation is an international
communications technology company focused on providing assured
communications(TM) products, systems and services for government
and commercial customers. The company's five operating divisions
serve markets for government communications, tactical radio,
broadcast, microwave, and network support systems. Harris provides
systems and service to customers in more than 150 countries.
Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/. Editor's note: Photo available on request.
DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Tom Hausman of Harris
Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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