John James "Jack" Welch Jr. (August 23, 1930 – October 8, 2010) was a United States scientist and businessman who served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) from 1987 to 1992.
[1] He was then promoted to Senior Vice President of LTV Aerospace in 1975, holding this position until 1985.
[1] On July 1, 1987, President of the United States Ronald Reagan nominated Welch to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition).
[1] He was briefly Acting United States Secretary of the Air Force, from April 29, 1989 until May 21, 1989.
After leaving government service in 1992, Welch served on the Board of Directors of a number of corporations, including MBDA-US, Verint Systems, Serco, Dynacs Military & Defense, Meggitt, and Wilcoxon Research.