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Defense Acquisition University Alumni Honors Past Recipients Information
David Acker Award

David D. Acker "Skill in Communication" Award is presented annually, in memory of former DSMC Professor David Acker, to one distinctive individual who has promoted and communicated acquisition management excellence to the acquisition workforce. The David D. Acker "Skill in Communication" Award is the most prestigious among those sponsored by the DAUAA Alumni Association and is usually presented by a distinguished personality from the defense acquisition community at the Annual Acquisition Symposium.
Date Name Title
2012 Mr. James E. Thomsen Principal Deputy to ASN(RDA)
2011 Mr. Shay Assad Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy & Strategic Sourcing
2010 Mr. Frank J. Anderson President of DAU
2010 Mr. John F. Phillips Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics
2009 Mr. Stan Soloway President and Chief Executive Officer of the Professional Services Council
2008 The Honorable James I. Finley DUSD(A&T)  
2007 The Honorable Kenneth J. Krieg Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
2006 The Honorable John Young Director, Defense Research and Engineering
2005 Nancy Spruill Director, Acquisition Resources & Analysis OUSD(AT&L)
2004 Jonathan Etherton Aerospace Industries Association Vice President for Legislative Affairs
2003 Daniel P. Burnham Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raytheon Company
2002 Mr. Michael W. Wynne Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
2001 Dr. George R. Schneiter Director, Strategic and Tactical Systems, Office of Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
2000 Mr. Chuck Cochrane Department Chair, Acquisition Policy Department, DSMC
1999 Dr. Ken Oscar Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement)
1998 Ms. Colleen Preston Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform) (Presented in 1999)
1998 Mr. Mark Schaeffer Deputy Director, Systems Engineering, DTSE&E
1997 Mr. Norm Augustine CEO, Lockheed Martin
1997 Ms. Joanne Barreca Department of the Navy, Charter Member of DSMC and First President of DSMC
1997 Mr. Paul McMahon Department Chair, Principles of Program Management, DSMC
1996 Brigadier General Claude M. Bolton, Jr., USAF Commandant, DSMC
1995 Mr. Francis R. Varacalli, Jr. Principal, SRA International, Inc.
1994 Mr. George H. (Tony) Perino DSMC Professor
Chairman, Workshops, Annual Program Managers Symposium 1992, 1993, 1994
1994 Patricia A. Kelley Department of the Army; 11th Annual Program Managers Symposium
1993 Mr. Edward C. Robinson ANSER Corporation
Chairman, 10th Annual Program Managers Symposium
1993 Admiral William Vincent, USN Commandant, DSMC
1992 Lt. General Charles J. Searock, Jr., USAF Vice Commander, Air Force Materiel Command
1992 Mr. Charles J. Tringali Lockheed Martin Corporation
Chairman, 9th Annual Program Managers Symposium