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“HONORING JAMES F. ``JIM'' McNULTY” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1417-E1418 on July 9, 2008.
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HONORING JAMES F. ``JIM'' McNULTY
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HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF
of california
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor James F. ``Jim'' McNulty upon his retirement as chief executive officer of Parsons Corporation, headquartered in Pasadena, California.
Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, Jim attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in engineering and was commissioned as an Army second lieutenant in the field artillery in 1964.
Jim's 24-year career in the Army included a variety of training, research and development, and project management assignments. He was trained and qualified as a paratrooper, as a ranger, and as a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, and he served two tours of duty in Vietnam. During his three years of service in Germany, he was a unit commander and an operations officer in a nuclear capable Pershing missile battalion. While in the Army, he earned masters degrees from Ohio State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. Additional assignments included work as a research associate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Deputy Director of the Office of Military Application in the U.S. Department of Energy, Systems Manager for the deployment of the Pershing II missile system, and program manager for the ground based laser system for the Strategic Defense Initiative.
In 1988, Mr. McNulty retired from the Army as a colonel and joined Parsons as a project manager in the Washington, DC, office. Two years later he was appointed vice president and manager of Parsons' Washington operations, and in 1992, he was promoted to senior vice president and relocated to Pasadena to assume the position of a division manager. In January 1996, Jim became a group president and in April of that same year, upon the untimely death of the then Parsons CEO, he was named as the successor chief executive officer. In 1998, he assumed the additional role of chairman of the Parsons Corporation board of directors. In May 2008, Jim relinquished his role as chief executive officer while retaining his position as the chairman of the Parsons board of directors.
Jim's volunteer participation includes serving as a trustee of the Linsly School, in Wheeling, West Virginia, and as a member of the boards of directors of the Greater Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the California Science Center and the Los Angeles Sports Council. He is the past chairman of Town Hall Los Angeles and a previous member of the board of trustees of Pomona College. A long-time supporter of the Pasadena POPS Orchestra, Jim is also involved in the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, United Way, and numerous other Pasadena and Los Angeles civic and philanthropic organizations.
It is my great pleasure to recognize the extraordinary achievements of James F. ``Jim'' McNulty and I ask all Members to join me in thanking him for his service to our community and to our country.
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