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Thomas Stafford

 
Board Dir. - Titanium Metals Corp.
 
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Company Name : Titanium Metals Corp.
 
Company Website : www.timet.com
 
Company Address : 5430 LBJ Fwy.
Ste. 1700, Dallas, TX,
United States,
 
Thomas Stafford Profile :
Board Dir. - Titanium Metals Corp.
 
Thomas Stafford Biography :

Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford (retired) was reappointed to the TIMET Board of Directors in January 2006. Gen. Stafford previously served on TIMET's Board of Directors from 1996 until 2003. Gen. Stafford also has served on the boards of directors of numerous public corporations listed on the NYSE, and currently serves on the board of NL Industries, Inc. and is chairman of NL's audit and management development and compensation committees. Gen. Stafford was selected as an astronaut in 1962, piloted Gemini VI in 1965 and commanded Gemini IX in 1966. In 1969, Gen. Stafford was the Apollo X commander for the first flight of the lunar module to the moon, descending to 10 miles above the moon and selecting the first lunar landing site. He was then named Chief of the Astronaut Office. He commanded the Apollo-Soyuz joint mission with the Soviet cosmonauts in 1975. Gen. Stafford left NASA in 1975 to command the Air Force Flight Test Center. In 1978 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and to U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development. After his retirement from the U.S. Air Force in 1979 as Lieutenant General, he became chairman of Gibraltar Exploration Limited, an oil and gas exploration and production company, and served in that position until 1984, when he joined General Technical Services, Inc., a consulting firm. Gen. Stafford was also affiliated with Stafford, Burke and Hecker, Inc., a Washington-based consulting firm, from 1982-2005. Gen. Stafford has more recently served as an advisor to a number of governmental agencies including NASA and the Air Force Material Command. He is currently Chairman of the NASA Advisory Council Task Force on the International Space Station Program, and also served as Co-Chairman of the Stafford-Covey NASA Space Shuttle Return to Flight Task Group.

Gen. Stafford is chairman of each of the Audit Committee and the Management Development and Compensation Committee.

 
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Harold Simmons

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Steven Watson

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Norman Green

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Glenn Simmons

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Paul Zucconi

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