James F. McNulty (chief executive)

James F. McNulty was for two decades the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President of Pasadena, California’s Parsons Corporation. He is a trustee of Pomona College.

McNulty graduated with a B.S. in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. and received an M.S. in management from M.I.T. McNulty also received an M.S. in nuclear physics.[1] McNulty entered Parsons Corporation in 1988 after a quarter century long career in the military and military administration, during which period he was, successively, a research associate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, assistant director of the Office of Military Applications at the U. S. Department of Energy, officer for nuclear weapons requirements at the Operations and Plans Office of the U.S. Department of Army, systems manager for the Pershing II Missile System and, finally, program manager for ground based laser systems.[2]

In 1998, James F. McNulty became Chairman of the Board of Directors of Parsons Corporation.[3] McNulty had earlier in 1996 been named Chief Executive Officer of Parsons Corporation shortly after its Chief Executive Officer, till, then, Leonard J. Pieroni died with U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown and 33 others in an airplane crash.[4] In 2008, Retired U.S. Army Colonel McNulty, then just shy of 66 years of age, as part of a planned succession, first resigned his positions as Parson Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer and President and, then, later in the year, his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Parsons Corporation. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Who’s Who in Finance and Business, 36th Edition (2008-2009), Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ, p. 753
  2. ↑ Again, Who’s Who in Finance and Business, 36th Edition (2008-2009), Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ, p. 753
  3. 1 2 "Jim McNulty to Relinquish Role as Parsons Corporation CEO; Chuck Harrington Named as Successor". Business Wire. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  4. ↑ "Parsons Names James McNulty to Succeed Pieroni as Chief Executive". The Los Angeles Times. 2004-03-21. Retrieved 2013-10-04.

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