Percy Anthony Pierre (born January 3, 1939) is an American electrical engineer.
[1] He currently is vice president emeritus and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Michigan State University.
He credits the priests at St. Augustine with instilling in him two overriding missions: to excel intellectually in engineering and use his career to make a difference in the lives of other African-Americans.
Pierre's career spans more than four decades and includes tenure as: As assistant secretary of the U.S. Army, Pierre managed a $12 billion annual budget for research and development that included the completion of the development and initial production of the Abrams tank in 1979 and the Patriot missile system and Apache helicopter in 1980.
In a parallel effort, Pierre served as the program officer for minority engineering at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.