FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
M.C. Dunn
mcdunn@navymemorial.org
United States Navy Memorial
(202) 380-0278
Julia Hobbes
Julia@lindarothpr.com
Linda Roth Associates, Inc.
(703) 417-2709
Marine Corps Veteran and Former Lockheed Martin Chairman Bob Stevens
to Receive Lone Sailor Award
Prominent Sea Service Veteran to be Recognized by the US Navy Memorial for
Service to Country and Community at September 17 Dinner Gala
WASHINGTON, D.C. [ August 21, 2014]- Bob Stevens, Marine Corps veteran and former Chairman,
President and CEO of Lockheed Martin, will be honored at the United States Navy Memorial’s 2014 Lone
Sailor Awards Dinner on Wednesday, September 17. The black tie gala will be held at the National
Building Museum, located at 401 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Throughout his career, Bob Stevens has received recognition for his leadership, his business
achievements and his philanthropic endeavors. He led Lockheed Martin from August 2004, when he was
named CEO, to December 2013, when he retired from the corporation’s most senior position, Executive
Chairman. Prior positions with the company included Chairman, President and CEO; President and Chief
Operating Officer; and Chief Financial Officer. Stevens’ technical knowledge combined with his
exemplary leadership skills helped to make Lockheed Martin the world’s biggest and most successful
global security company.
Stevens joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 18 and served for six years on both active and reserve
duty. He then went on to Slippery Rock University where he graduated summa cum laude. Stevens also
earned a master’s degree in engineering and management from the Polytechnic University of New York,
and a master’s degree in business from Columbia University.
“I am honored and humbled to accept the Lone Sailor Award,” said Stevens. “My service in the United
States Marine Corps was foundational and every achievement traces back to that experience. I owe the
Corps a great debt of gratitude, and it has been my life’s work to repay it by aiding and strengthening
our military and our nation.”
In 2010, Stevens was awarded the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s inaugural LeJeune Recognition
for Exemplary Leadership, and in 2011 he received the James Forrestal Industry Leadership Award from
the National Defense Industrial Association. In 2012, President Obama appointed Stevens to the
Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, and in December of that year Stevens became
the 65th recipient of the National Aeronautic Association’s Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, which is
presented annually for “significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States.”
In March 2013, he received the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation’s highest award, the Circle of
Honor Award, and the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation’s Semper Fidelis Award. Stevens is a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society, the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the
International Academy of Astronautics. He is Lead Director of the Monsanto Company, and a board
member of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and the Atlantic Council.
The Lone Sailor Award is given to Sea Service veterans who have excelled with distinction in their
respective civilian careers while exemplifying the Navy core values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment.
In receiving the Lone Sailor Award, Stevens joins an impressive list of men and women who have
distinguished themselves by drawing upon their military experience.
2014 Lone Sailor Award recipients also include Jim Skinner, former CEO of the McDonald’s Corporation
and Navy veteran, and Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator and Coast Guard veteran.
For more information on the U.S. Navy Memorial’s 2014 Lone Sailor Awards Dinner, including
sponsorship and ticket prices, or for a list of award recipients, visit the Navy Memorial’s website at
www.navymemorial.org or contact M.C. Dunn, Director, Corporate Relations & Special Events, at 202380-0728 or mcdunn@navymemorial.org. To arrange an interview or to access images of the awardees,
contact Julia Hobbes at (703) 417-2709 or julia@lindarothpr.com.
About the United States Navy Memorial
The U.S. Navy Memorial is the pre-eminent Navy memorial in the country and through its ceremonies,
band concerts and other public offerings, honors and celebrates the service of Sailors, Marines, Coast
Guardsmen, and Merchant Mariners. For more information on the Navy Memorial, please visit
www.navymemorial.org or call (202) 737-2300.
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