Clayton M. Jones
Encyclopedia
Clayton M. Jones is the chairman, President and CEO of Rockwell Collins
.
Jones grew up in Nashville, Tennessee
, and studied at the University of Tennessee
and George Washington University
. He served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force before joining Rockwell International.
Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins, Inc. is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers.- History :...
.
Jones grew up in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, and studied at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
and George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
. He served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force before joining Rockwell International.
Positions held
- Board of Directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association
- Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industry AssociationAerospace Industry AssociationThe Aerospace Industries Association ', founded in 1919 only a few years after the birth of flight, is the premier trade association representing the nation's major aerospace and defense manufacturers...
- Member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
- Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsThe American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is the professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of two earlier societies: the American Rocket Society , founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society , and the Institute...
- Director of the UnisysUnisysUnisys Corporation , headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States, and incorporated in Delaware, is a long established business whose core products now involves computing and networking.-History:...
Corporation.