Marvin R. Sambur is a United States

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 engineer and businessman who served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

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 from 2001 to 2005.

Biography

Marvin R. Sambur was educated at the City University of New York

City University of New York

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, receiving his B.S. in electrical engineering

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 in 1968. He then joined the technical staff of Bell Labs

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 in Murray Hill, New Jersey

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, while continuing his education and receiving an M.S. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 in 1969 and a Ph.D.

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 in electrical engineering from MIT in 1972.

Sambur worked at Bell Labs until 1977, at which time he joined ITT

ITT Corporation

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 Defense Communications in Nutley, New Jersey

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 as Senior Vice President. In 1988, he moved to Easton, Pennsylvania

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 to become President and General Manager of the ITT's Electron Technology Division. He held that position until 1991, when he became President and General Manager of ITT's Aerospace/Communications Division in Fort Wayne, Indiana

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. Finally, in 1998, he became President and CEO of ITT Defense in McLean, Virginia

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In 2001, President of the United States

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 George W. Bush

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 nominated Sambur to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

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. He held this office until January 2005.

After leaving government service, Sambur co-founded Raptors Consulting Group, based in Potomac, Maryland

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. He has also joined the faculty of the A. James Clark School of Engineering

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