Clayton M. Jones

Clayton M. Jones was named chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Rockwell Collins in June 2002. Jones joined Rockwell International in 1979. He received a Rockwell-sponsored fellowship in 1982 to participate in the White House Executive Exchange program, and in 1988 he was named vice president of aerospace government affairs and marketing at Rockwell Government Operations in Washington, DC. In 1995 he became corporate senior vice president for government operations and international, and later in 1995 was named vice president and general manager for Collins Air Transport Division in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

In 1998 Jones was appointed president of Rockwell Collins and corporate officer and senior vice president of Rockwell International. In June 2001 he was named president and CEO of Rockwell Collins and, a year later, was named chairman. Jones is on the board of directors for Rockwell Collins, Unisys Corporation, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and the Aerospace Industry Association. He is a member of the Business Council and President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Jones is also affiliated with a number of Iowa organizations.

Jones graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He received his MBA from George Washington University in 1986. He served in the US Air Force as a fighter pilot from 1971 to 1979.

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