Alumni Magazine - Summer 2008 - (Page 69) the effectiveness and efficiency of Navy and Marine Corps procurement and research programs. Another presidential appointment moved him up to the directorship of defense research and engineering, where he served as the principal adviser to the secretary of Defense on technical matters and also as the department’s chief technology officer. Young’s responsibilities included oversight of a $70 billion research enterprise that consisted of basic and applied research, development of prototypes and oversight of the military’s service laboratories as well as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Defense Technical Information Center. In his present role as under- >>> Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine • Summer 2008 69
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