Roger E Tetrault

Roger E. Tetrault was appointed Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McDermott International, Inc. on March 1, 1997. He became Chairman on June 1, 1997 and retired in August 2000 after 24 years of service with McDermott. Tetrault left McDermott and its major subsidiary, Babcock and Wilcox, in 1991 to join General Dynamics as corporate vice president and president of its Electric Boat Division. At Babcock and Wilcox he had been the Vice President and Group Executive of the Government Group, where he was responsible for the diversified government business segment that included nuclear reactors, pressure vessels, steam generators and pressurizers for nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. The Group also included ammunition and missile components, specialty pipe fabrication, Advanced Solid Rocket Motor bodies for the Space Shuttle, and other diverse weapon systems. Tetrault is a 1963 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He received an MBA from Lynchburg College in 1976. Over the years, he has served on over twenty commercial and charitable boards. He was inducted into the Lynchburg College, Business and Economic Hall of Fame in 1998. The U.S. Army Armor Association honored Tetrault in 1997 by induction as a Distinguished Knight in the Order of St. George. In 2005, he was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his contributions to a Task Force reviewing the technical and financial management of the Space Station and, additionally, for his service on the NASA Advisory council. He was also one of the 12 board members tasked with leading the investigation into the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003. Finally, he was a key member of the committee which was tasked by the National Research Council to review the options for extending the life of the Hubble Telescope. Based on their recommendations, Hubble was ultimately repaired during shuttle flight STS-125 and continues to provide critical scientific information today.