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Jacques Gansler
Jacques Gansler, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, is the first to hold the University of Maryland’s Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise. As the third ranking civilian at the Pentagon from 1997 to 2001, Dr. Gansler was responsible for all research and development activities, acquisition reform, logistics, advanced technology, environmental security, defense industry, and other programs. Before joining the Clinton Administration, Dr. Gansler held a variety of positions in government and the private sector, including those of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Material Acquisition), Assistant Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Electronics), Vice President of ITT, and engineering and management positions with Singer and Raytheon Corporations.
Throughout his career, Dr. Gansler has written, published, and taught on subjects related to his work. He is the author of Defense Conversion: Transforming the Arsenal of Democracy, MIT Press, 1995; Affording Defense, MIT Press, 1989, and The Defense Industry, MIT Press, 1990. He has published numerous articles in Foreign Affairs, Harvard Business Review, International Security, Public Affairs, and other journals as well as newspapers and through the proceedings of Congressional hearings.
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