English: DR. LAWRENCE J. DELANEY.

Acting Secretary of the Air Force as of Jan. 20, 2001

Dr. Lawrence J. Delaney is the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, Washington, D.C. He is the Air Force's service acquisition executive, responsible for all Air Force research, development and acquisition activities. He provides direction, guidance and supervision of all matters pertaining to the formulation, review, approval and execution of acquisition plans, policies and programs. Additionally, he serves as the chief information officer.

Delaney has more than 37 years of international experience in high technology program acquisition, management and engineering, focusing on space and missile systems, information systems, propulsion systems and environmental technology. He served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Army Science and Technology from 1992 to 1999, serving as the vice chairman from 1992 to 1994. The Department of the Army in 1989 awarded him the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal for his work on the Army Science Board from 1981 to 1988. Delaney, who is fluent in German, has written numerous articles in research and engineering journals.

Prior to his appointment, Delaney was president of Delaney Group, Inc., a technical and business consulting firm he founded in 1997. From 1994 to 1997, he served as managing director of BDM Europe in Berlin, the European holding company for BDM International, where he was a corporate vice president. At the same time, he served as senior vice president and group manager of the Environmental and Management Systems Group at IABG, a 1,400-person high technology services firm in Munich/Ottobrunn, Germany, which was privatized by BDM International in 1993.