President, Chairman & CEO - James M. Smith

James M. Smith, age 66

Elected to the Board in 1999

Mr. Smith is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of EDO Corporation (NYSE:EDO), headquartered in New York City. EDO provides military products and professional services to the United States and allied governments, and their prime defense contractors. The company has annual revenues of more than $1 billion and employs 4,000 people.

In 1967, Mr. Smith joined AIL Technologies, Inc. After holding increasingly responsible positions, he was named President of AIL in July 1991 and on January 1, 1992 became its Chief Executive Officer. On April 28, 2000, AIL merged with EDO Corporation and Mr. Smith was appointed President and CEO. He was elected Chairman of the Board on May 7, 2002.

Mr. Smith currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association, the Board of Trustees of the Polytechnic Institute of New York, and on the Board of Trustees of the Naval War College Foundation. He has served as Chairman of the American Electronics Association (New York Council), as Chairman of the Long Island Association, and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the public broadcasting television station, WLIW (Channel 21). He has also served on the Board of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).

Born in Boston, Mr. Smith received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York. Most recently, on May 26, 2007, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers, the Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu engineering honor societies. He is also a past Chairman of the Advisory Council for Polytechnic's Long Island Graduate Center for Professional Studies.

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