Background: This award is named in honor of Mr. Stanley Hall, one of the victims on board American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001. As an employee of Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare Operations, he served as Raytheon’s foremost liaison with key electronic warfare military leaders in the Washington D.C. area. Having worked at Raytheon, Hughes, Litton, and Bunker Ramo, Mr. Hall devoted over 40 years of his life to the pursuit of peace, and the protection of U.S. military forces.

At Raytheon and in industry circles, Mr. Hall was known as the “Father of EW,” having pioneered a broad base of EW technology and working on an extraordinarily wide range of tactical EW applications. At the time of his death, Stanley was applying his expertise to developments for EW/radar shared aperture and digital receivers. Mr. Hall was instrumental in the development and production of Raytheon’s AN/ALR-67(V) 3 next generation radar warning receiver for U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F aircraft. He was truly an industry expert in receiver technology; his knowledge was highly respected at senior levels of the U.S. military services.

Mr. Hall helped to pioneer tactical use of interferometers, high speed A/D conversion, and techniques used for signal feature extraction, and he led the charge for practical use of channelized receiver technologies. While at Raytheon (and Hughes Aircraft Co. before the merger), he also made valuable contributions to the development of standoff jammers, digital RF memory, and emitter location technologies. Prior to leading Hughes Aircraft’s entrance into the EW arena, he was the Technical Director of Advanced Programs for Litton, working on receiver/processor technology and the AN/ALQ-99 Advanced Capabilities for EA-6B and EF-111A aircraft. At Bunker Ramo, he was responsible for system design and test of passive EW systems, active and passive sonar systems, and data management systems for the U.S. Army.

Mr. Hall typified the finest of our nation’s engineering professionals; he was a true gentleman, quiet, unassuming, absolutely competent, and a man of great personal integrity and honour. He loved his job immensely, but perhaps his most important contribution was his commitment to the young engineers he mentored. Numerous engineers and former employers have thrived under his tutelage. By sharing his gift for engineering through teaching and personal relationships, his legacy will continue.

Presentation Venue: The Stanley B. Hall Executive Management Award is presented at the recipient’s unit or company by the local chapter President or representative and regional or “at large director”. If possible, the award should be presented prior to the AOC International Symposium, so that pictures of the presentation may be displayed during the Symposium.