Background
McNichols, Gerald Robert was born on November 21, 1943 in Cleveland. Son of Charles Wellington and June Beatrice (Kalal) McNichols.
McNichols, Gerald Robert was born on November 21, 1943 in Cleveland. Son of Charles Wellington and June Beatrice (Kalal) McNichols.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Case-Western Reserve University, 1965. Master of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1966. Doctor of Science, George Washington University, 1976.
Senior operations analyst Office of Secretary, Department of Defense, Washington, 1970-1976. Vice president GenTech, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, 1976-1977, J. Watson Noah, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia, 1977-1978. President, chief executive officer Management Consultant and Research, Inc., McLean, 1978-1999.
Senior vice president GRC International (acquired Management Consultant and Research, Inc.), 1999-2000, also board directors. Chief Executive Officer McNichols & McNichols, Inc., Middleburg, Virginia, since 2000. President McNichols Family Foundation, since 2000.
Board director Ordia Solution Inc., Aframe Digital Inc., Wide area Systems, Inc. Member board advisors The Baldwin Group. Vice chairman committee arts Kennedy Center, Washington, 2005-2008, also board directors.
President Rondelay Civic Association, Fairfax Station, Virginia, 1985-1987. Board directors Kennedy Center Circuit, 1995-2000. Vice chairman Washington Committee on the Arts, 2006-2008.
Board dirs.VSA Arts, since 2007., Columbia Lighthouse for Blind, since 2008, Captain United States Air Force, 1967-1970. United States Air Force Reserve 1970-1982. Member Association for Corporation Growth.
Potomac Officers Club. Institute Cost Analysis (president 1985-1988), International Society Parametric Analysts (board directors 1982-1984, Frieman Lifetime Achievement award 1990), Operations Research Society of America (chairman military applications section), Association for Small Research, Engineering, and Technology Services Companies (president), Military Operations Research Society (secretary, treasurer 1986-1987, vice president administration 1987-1988, board directors 1985-1988, 92-96), Society Cost Estimating and Analysis (board directors 1990-1993, Lifetime Achievement award 2000), Century Club George Mason University (board directors 1997-2000).
Married Paula Kay Austin, December 26, 1964. Children: G. Robert Junior, Katherine Lynn Loftis, Melissa Sue Cardon.