Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Montel Williams, Talk-Show Host Montel Brian Hank Williams – Montel to his fans – has become a nationally respected talk-show host. His “Montel Williams Show,” for many years one of the more popular offerings on daytime television, doesn’t dwell only on sex and celebrity, although the trashy and the trendy are the bread-and-butter of talk shows; episodes also deal with such topics as families torn asunder by drugs, uniting family members who have never met each other, and uniting families torn apart by unfaithfulness.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Duncan Hunter, California Congressman Duncan Hunter is a Vietnam Veteran, who served in the 173rd Airborne and 75th Army Rangers. In 1973, Hunter attended Western State University Law School in San Diego on the G.I. Bill, while also working in farming and construction.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: John H. Dasburg, Burger King John H. Dasburg was appointed chairman, chief executive officer, and president of the Burger King Corporation on April 1, 2001. Prior to joining Burger King, Mr. Dasburg served as president and CEO of Northwest Airlines for more than a decade.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Herbert W. Anderson, Logicon Herbert W. Anderson, who served in the Army from 1958-61, is corporate vice president of Northrop Grumman Corporation and president of Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT), the corporation's IT sector.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: John H. Myers John H. Myers has served in a number of senior positions at General Electric Investment Corp. since 1986. Prior to being named president and CEO, he was most recently Executive Vice President, with responsibility for the fixed income, private equity and real estate groups.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: US Congress Members Who Are Veterans Here are the list of US Congress Members who are veterans from different branches like Army, Marine Corps, National Guard, Navy, Air Force as well as Coast Guard and more.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Edward L. Bishop III, Kestrel Technologies Kestrel Technologies develops and distributes sophisticated front-office software for securities dealers, brokers, and investment managers. Edward L. Bishop III, Kestrel’s Founder, Chairman, and President, spent 22 years as a fighter pilot for the Navy and the Marine Corps Reserve, retiring with the rank of colonel. While on active duty, he was twice awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, as well as numerous other decorations for service in the Vietnam War.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Richard Whiteley, Corporate Trainer Richard C. Whiteley, who spent three years in the Navy, is vice chairman and co-founder of The Forum Corporation, an international training and consulting firm specializing in helping organizations become customer-centered.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to the Motion Picture Association of America and widely recognized as one of Hollywood’s true leaders, Jack Valenti has led four-star careers as a wartime bomber pilot, ad agency founder, political consultant and White House Special Assistant.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Lane Evans/Congressman Lane Evans, ranking Democrat on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, is recognized as one of the strongest advocates on veterans issues in Congress. The Illinois congressman, who was first elected in 1982, spearheaded the successful effort to pass Agent Orange compensation and led the charge for passage of a law that delivers health and compensation benefits to children of veterans exposed to Agent Orange who were born with spina bifida, a crippling birth defect.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Bob Lutz , Vice Chairman of General Motors Robert A. Lutz, who served as a jet-attack aviator in the United States Marine Corps from 1954-1965 and attained the rank of captain, was named chairman of GM North America on November 13, 2001. He continues to serve as vice chairman of product development at General Motors Corporation, a post to which he was appointed earlier that year.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: James E. Sowell, Builder When James E. Sowell returned home after a two-year hitch in the Army, he started the Jim Sowell Construction Company, which is now one of the largest subdivision developers in the state of Texas.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: James Smyth, Kestrel Technologies James K. Smyth, who served in Vietnam with 5th Special Forces, currently serves as Executive Vice President for Marketing of Kestrel Technologies. He is responsible for overseeing Kestrel’s marketing operations, including product positioning, promotion, and sales; customer support; and public relations.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Jim Kelly, Retired CEO of UPS Jim Kelly is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for United Parcel Service, a position he held from January 1997 until December 2001. He continues to serve on the Board of Directors. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Kelly earned a Bachelor of Science d
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Remembering Jack Taylor During the Second World War, Jack Crawford Taylor was a Navy fighter pilot. After the war, he soared with a venture somewhat closer to the ground.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: E. S. Bagley, Jr. / Amtrak When Stan Bagley joined the Air Force during the height of the Vietnam War, he had little inkling at how much the esprit de corps of a tight unit would come to mean to him. When his wife, his college sweetheart, was killed after a month of marriage, his buddies at the 1035th Special Field Activities Group provided him with no small measure of aid and comfort.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Dick Grasso Dick Grasso has been chairman and chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange since June 1995. In 1988, he was elevated to president and chief operating officer, and while continuing in those positions, he became executive vice chairman of the NYSE in January 1991.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: John Mitas, M.D./Teaching Doc John A. Mitas II, M.D., has been appointed deputy executive vice president and chief operating officer of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM), the nation’s largest medical specialty society and second-largest medical group. Its membership comprises more than 115,000 internal medicine physicians and medical students. Internists are specialists in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses that primarily affect adults. He will join the college staff on July 1, 2002.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Michael Bilirakis, Congressman Michael Bilirakis, Republican Congressman from Tarpon Springs in Florida’s 9th District, was first elected to Congress in 1982 and has been reelected to each succeeding Congress.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Joan Furey, Veterans Affairs Joan A. Furey was appointed the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Center for Women Veterans in May 1995. In this post, she is the primary advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on all women veterans' issues and the effectiveness of VA programs, practices, and policies designed to address them.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Wharton B. Rivers, Jr., Advanced Radio Telecom Wharton B. “Zie” Rivers, Jr., a retired Army Officer, joined Advanced Radio Telecom in November 2000 as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Rivers spent 20 years in the Army, serving - and excelling - in a variety of command and high-level staff positions, culminating in his assignment as a strategic policy specialist for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. Prior to joining Advanced Radio, he had more than a decade of experience in executive management roles for some of the most prominent telecommunications companies in the U. S.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Randy Cunningham, Top Gun Congressman from California In 1966, at the age of 25, Los Angeles native Randy Cunningham joined the Navy. It wasn’t long before he became one of the most highly decorated pilots in the Vietnam War. As the first fighter ace of the war, he was nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor and received the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, 15 Air Medals and the Purple Heart, among other decorations.
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis, Governor of California Gray Davis entered active duty in the U.S. Army in December of 1967, rose to the rank of Captain while serving in Vietnam in 1968-69. A life member of both the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Gray is the highest-ranking Vietnam veteran currently serving in California State Government
Veterans Advantage Awards TopVet: John Patrick, IBM As IBM's chief Internet technology officer, John Patrick leads the company's efforts in conceiving and developing the next generation of Internet products and processes.
