William J. Perry Award (Perry Award)

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS On January 17, 2012 the Precision Strike Association will award the fifteenth annual William J. Perry Award during the Precision Strike Annual Review. Nominations are being accepted for this prestigious award through December 1, 2011. To submit a nomination, please use the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PSA_2012-WJPAWARD (you will be directed to another site "Survey Monkey" to complete the nomination process-please fill in all of the necessary fields). All nominations must be submitted on-time to be considered.

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William J. Perry Award Requirements
In recognition of superb contributions to precision strike systems, the Precision Strike Association and the William J. Perry Award recognizes public or private sector leadership or achievement that results in significant contributions to the development, introduction or support of precision strike systems. The recipient must have made significant contributions that have led to the strengthening of our national security by direct application of precision strike capabilities to DoD systems and/or to the enhancement of our industrial technology base for application to precision strike technology.

Past William J. Perry Award Recipients

1997 Dr. William J. Perry
1998 Former Vice President Dan Quayle
1999 RADM Walter Locke, USN (Retired)
2000 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
2001 NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Joint Program Office
2002 Representative Jim Hansen
2003 Terry R. Little
2004 JDAM Program Team: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy & The Boeing Company
2005 United States Warriors of Operation Enduring Freedon and Operation Iraqi Freedom
2006 The Tactical Tomahawk Team: U.S. Navy and Raytheon Company
2007 The Small Diameter Bomb Team: U.S Air Force and The Boeing Company
2008 Guided Mulitple Launch Rocket System: U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin Corp.

2009 United States Special Operations Command Stand-Off Precision Guided Munitions   

       (SOPGM) Quick Reaction Team
2010 Project Dragon Spear Joint Acquisition Task Force

William J. Perry Bio

Dr. Perry served as Secretary of Defense from February 1994 to January 1997. He was deputy secretary of defense from March 1993 until January 1994. Before joining the Clinton administration, Dr. Perry was chairman of Technology Strategies Alliances, a professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, and co-director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Arms Control. From 1977 to 1981, Dr. Perry was under secretary of defense for research and engineering. As such, he was responsible for weapon systems procurement and research and development. He has received numerous awards and decorations from the U.S. and foreign governments, non-governmental organizations and the military, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1997 and the U.S. Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal in 1980 and 1981.

All questions can be directed to Dawn Campbell-Executive Director, Precision Strike Association at dcampbell@precisionstrike.org or by calling (703) 247-2590.

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Ceremony Photos from 2009 WJP Award Luncheon
Bill Dalecky, Maj Gen David Eidsaune, USAF and Col James "Hondo" Geurtz, USAF	Col James "Hondo" Geurtz, USAF accepts award on behalf of his team	Randy Tylicki (NGC) Maj Gen Eidsaune, USAF, Col Geurtz, USAF, Rod Krebs (Raytheon) & Bill Dalecky (Chairman)	SOPGM Team members who were able to at tend the awards luncheon