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General Boomer's medals and decorations include: the Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star Medal with gold star in lieu of a second award; Legion of Merit; two Bronze Star Medals with Combat "V"; Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V", Combat Action Ribbon; Presidential Unit Citation with one bronze star; Navy Unit Commendation with two bronze stars; Meritorious Unit Commendation with two bronze stars; Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal; National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with bronze star; Southwest Asia Service Medal with three bronze stars; The King Faisal Award, 2d Class; "Ordre National du Meriate"; Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with silver and gold stars; Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Gallantry Cross color with palm); Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Civil Actions color); the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; and the Kuwait Liberation Medal. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Baxter International, Inc., CYTYC Corporation, Rogers Corporation, and Taylor Energy Company. A native of Rich Square, North Carolina, General Boomer holds a B.A. from Duke University in Durham, North Caroline, and a M.S. in Technology of Management from American University in Washington, D.C. He graduated with distinction from the Naval War College. |
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Walter E. Boomer was appointed
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer of
Rogers Corporation in April 2002.
In 1997, when he first joined
Rogers, he served as President and
CEO. Under his leadership,
Rogers recorded its best year in
financial growth in the company's
168-year history with new sales and
earnings records and its stock
appreciated over 125%.
General Boomer retired as Chairman
and CEO in 2004, but remains a
Director of the Corporation.
Prior
to joining Rogers, General Boomer
was Executive Vice President of
McDermott International and
President of Babcock & Wilcox Power
Generation Group. Before
entering corporate life, he
completed 34 years of service in the
United States Marine Corps, during
which he reached the rank of General
and served as Assistant Commandant.
Mr.
Boomer joined the Marine Corps in
1960 after graduating from Duke
University. His service
included two tours in Vietnam, where
he was a combat commander in 1966
and 1967 and an advisor to a South
Vietnamese Marine infantry battalion
in 1971 and 1972. He was
awarded the Silver Star Medal twice
for his action in combat.
In
1986, Mr. Boomer was promoted to
Brigadier General and named Director
of Public Affairs of Marine
headquarters in Washington, D.C.
In 1988, he was given command of the
4th Marine Division (Rein.), FMF in
New Orleans. During this
assignment, he was promoted to Major
General in 1988 and to Lieutenant
General in 1990. Shortly after
his promotion to Lt. General, he was
deployed to Saudi Arabia, where as
the Commanding General, U.S. Marines
Central Command and First Marine
Expeditionary Force, he led all
Marines during Operations Desert
Shield and Desert Storm.
In 1991,
at the completion of his service in
the Middle East, General Boomer was
the Commanding General, First Marine
Expeditionary Force/Commanding
General, Marine Corps Base at Camp
Pendleton, California; later that
year, he was named Commanding
General, Marine Combat Development
Command at Quantico, Virginia.
He was promoted to General and named
Assistant Commandant of the Marine
Corps in 1992 and held that position
until his retirement in 1994.