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Institutional
Affiliations
National
Security Research, Inc.: President and Chairman of the Board
(1997-current) (1)
National
Institute for Public Policy: Member of Board of Advisers (3)
RAND Corporation:
Member of Professional Staff of Physics Department (1965-1971) (1)
Southwest Missouri State University:
former Adjunct Professor of Defense and Strategic Studies (6)
Government
Posts/Panels/Commissions
Commission
on the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States (Rumsfeld Missile
Commission): Member (1998-1999) (1)
U.S. Department
of Defense Science Board Task Force on Theater Ballistic Missile
Defense: Member (1994-1997) (1)
U.S. Department
of Defense: Chairman of Strategic Defense Initiative Advisory
Committee; Member of Defense Science Board (1990-1993) (1)
Office
of the President: Science Advisor to the President; Director
of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Chairman
of the Federal Coordinating Committee on Science, Technology, and
Engineering; Chairman of the U.S. Joint Telecommunications Resources
Board (1986-1989) (1)
U.S.-China
Council on Cooperation in Science and Technology: Co-Chairman
(1986-1989) (1)
National
Aeronautics and Space Agency: Deputy Administrator (1985-1986)
(1)
General
Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament: Chairman
(1982-1985) (1)
Air Force
Weapons Laboratory: Project Officer (1962-1965) (1)
Corporate
Connections/Business Interests
Swales
Aerospace: Member of Board of Directors (2)
Defense
Group Inc.: Senior Vice President (1994-1997) (1)
R &
D Associates: Founder and Director of Computing Operations (1971-1985)
(1)
Jaycor:
Member of the Board of Directors and Senior Vice President for Business
Development (1989-1991) (4, 5)
Xsirius, Inc.: Chairman of the Board of Directors (1)
Advanced Phoenix, Inc.: Chairman of the Board of Directors (1)
Xsirius Super-conductivity, Inc.: Chairman of the Board of Directors (1)
Electrosource, Inc.: Member of the Board of Directors (5)
Watkins-Johnson, Inc.: Member of the Board of Directors (5)
C-COR Electronic, Inc.: Member of the Board of Directors; President (5)
Education
California
Institute of Technology: B.S. in physics (2)
Stanford
University: M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering (2)
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Highlights
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William Graham personifies the military-industrial complex with his close connections to the military, defense contractors, congressional threat-assessment commissions, and the Pentagon.
Graham began his government career during Reagan's tenure, when he held various positions such as Arms Control and Disarmament Committee Chairman, NASA Administrator, and finally Reagan's Special Advisor on Science. During the Reagan era, Graham also headed the Office of Science and Technology. During the George H.W. Bush years, he chaired the committee on the Strategic Defense Initiative was a member of the Defense Science Board. Graham was also a member of both Rumsfeld Commissions (Missile and Space). (1) (7) (8)
Graham started his career as an officer for the Air Force and obtained his training in physics and electrical engineering, later making him an attractive asset for those companies that sought to profit from a nuclear buildup. He would eventually join the boards of such defense contractors as Swales Aerospace, Defense Group Inc. and Jaycor. (1) (2)
Graham is also a member of the board of advisors for the National Institute for Public Policy, a policy institute headed by Keith Payne that was instrumental in convincing George W. Bush to abandon the ABM Treaty and establishing the blueprint for the Bush administration's new nuclear weapons policy. (3)
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