Department of the Air Force Nomination of Robert ]. Hermann To Be an Assistant Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate Robert J. Hermann, of Columbia, Md., to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. He would replace John J. Martin, who has resigned, and his area of responsibility would be research, development, and logistics. Hermann is currently Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Communications, Command, Control, and Intelligence.

He was born April 6, 1933, in Sheldahl, Iowa. He received a B.S. (1954), M.S. (1959), and Ph.D. (1963) in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1957.

From 1959 to 1962, Hermann served with the National Security Agency in Europe as head of a research and development laboratory. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1963, Hermann served for a year as an electrical engineer in the NSA Office of Research and Equipment Development.

In 1964—65 Hermann was a staff assistant for special intelligence in the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. He returned to NSA from 1965 to 1975, and served as Chief of the Office of Systems Engineering (1965-69); Deputy Assistant Director of NSA for Science and Technology; Acting Chief of the Office of Systems Management; Chief of the Electronic Intelligence & Systems Engineering Group (1970-73); and Deputy Director of NSA for Research and Engineering (1973-75).

In 1975 Hermann was assigned as a special assistant to Gen. Alexander Haig, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, for strategic warning and combat information systems. In 1977 he was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. In that capacity, he has represented the United States on the NATO Command and Control and Data Processing Committee and the NATO Joint Communications and Electronic Committee.