Background
Herman R. Staudt was born in Yonkers, New York on June 29, 1926.
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Herman R. Staudt was born in Yonkers, New York on June 29, 1926.
He was educated at New York University, receiving his Bachelor of Surgery in Electrical Engineering in 1947, and then at Rutgers University, receiving an Master of Surgery in Electrical Engineering in 1949.
Early Years
At age 19, he enrolled in the United States Army in 1945, in the midst of World World War World War II He served in the Army until 1947, leaving with the rank of Staff Sergeant. After graduating, Staudt joined the Signal Corps Laboratories, a part of the United States. Army Signal Corps, at Fort Monmouth, first as a field test engineer then as chief project engineer, and then as chief of the Tactical Systems Section. In 1954, Staudt joined Martin Marietta in Baltimore, working as assistant project engineer on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-1 Matador, then as project engineer of the Missile Master Electronic Defense System, then as operations manager of its Electronics Division.
In 1957, he transferred from Baltimore to Orlando to become director of Martin Marietta"s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-18 Lacrosse missile program
He was director of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer-31 Pershing program from 1961 to 1967. In 1967, Staudt enrolled in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and received an Master of Surgery in Management in 1968.
Staudt returned to Martin Marietta in 1968 as Vice President, Management Operations. In 1972, he became vice president of operations for the Martin Marietta"s Orlando Aerospace Division.
In 1973, President of the United States Richard Nixon nominated Staudt as United States Under Secretary of the Army and Staudt subsequently held this office from October 16, 1973 until May 22, 1975.