Roy Ash

Roy Lawrence Ash (born October 20, 1918 in Los Angeles , † December 14, 2011 ) was an American business manager , entrepreneur and government official who was director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) between 1973 and 1975 .

Life

Ash, son of Charles K. Ash and Fay E. Dickinson, worked for Bank of America between 1936 and 1942 . In 1942 he joined the US Army Air Corps during World War II and retired from active military service as a captain in 1947 . In addition, he completed a degree in management at the Business School of Harvard University and graduated in 1947 with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). He then worked again for Bank of America between 1947 and 1949 and then from 1949 to 1953 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the aircraft construction company Hughes Aircraft . In 1953 he was a co-founder of the Electro-Dynamics Corporation and between 1961 and 1972 president of the defense company Litton Industries .

On February 2, 1973, Ash was appointed director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by US President Richard Nixon as successor to Caspar Weinberger and held this position under Nixon's successor Gerald Ford until February 3, 1975, whereupon James Thomas Lynn became his successor. He was then President of Addressograph-Multigraph (AM International) from 1976 to 1981 and, from 1979 to 1985, a board member of the US Chamber of Commerce . At the same time, he was Vice-Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1985 .

Ash married Lila Marie Hornbeck on November 13, 1943 and was married to her until his death. From this marriage the three sons Charles, James and Robert, as well as the two daughters Loretta Danko and Marilyn Hanna emerged. Ash died of complications from Parkinson's disease .

Web links

• Roy Ash in the nndb (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US Director, Office of Management and Budget