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Gary Bishop
2007 Executive Excellence Award
Following in the footsteps of his father and many Native Americans, Gary M. Bishop, White Earth Ojibway, joined the military to begin his road to success. However, rather than enlisting, he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY, where he earned his first engineering degree. Bishop is a volunteer for the Fort Apache Heritage Foundation and the executive champion for the Native American affinity group at Boeing, which he hopes will have a strong presence at the company. He is director of the United States Army Apache Longbow programs for Boeing in Mesa, Ariz., home of the AH-64D Apache Longbow combat helicopter and a variety of military support programs. These programs include the remanufacture of 597 US Army AH-64As to the new configuration AH-64D Longbow Apache with a combined Boeing value of $6.0 billion. During his 31 years in the aviation industry, Bishop has held management positions in a variety of areas, including international, congressional, digitization, simulation, experimental flight test engineering and electronic warfare. Bishop holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, and a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI. He also is a graduate of the Program Manager’s course at the Defense Systems Management College, Ft. Belvoir, VA. Bishop retired from the U.S. Army in 1995, where he led aviation, armor and infantry units as well as assignments in the acquisition corps during a 20-year career. Bishop is married to Elizabeth Fliedner Bishop and has two children. |
