October 29, 2002

RETIRED ARMY LIEUTENANT GENERAL LAWSON MAGRUDER JOINS BATTELLE

Lieutenant General (Retired) Lawson W. Magruder III recently joined Battelle to serve as Deputy Director of Homeland Security. He is charged with leading Battelle's comprehensive Homeland Security program.

In this role he will focus on integrating Battelle's vast technology resources from its defense-related business and from work performed for other government agencies.

Magruder, 54, most recently served as Deputy Commander/Chief of Staff for the United States Army Forces Command at Ft. McPherson, Georgia. Prior to that he was Commander for the 10th Mountain Division in Ft. Drum, New York , and also served as Army Commander in Latin America. Magruder received a B.B.A in international marketing at the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Personnel Management from Central Michigan University.

Battelle serves industry and government in the areas of technology development, laboratory management, and technology commercialization. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle has annual revenues of $1 billion, has operations at more than 100 locations and clients in 30 countries. It counts as its successes the development of the office copier machine (Xerox), pioneering work on the compact disc, medical technology breakthroughs, and fiber optic advancements for telecommunications.

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