1987, he became the first president of the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a foundation that supports the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program in recognizing U.S. organizations that "have a role-model organizational management system that ensures continuous improvement in the delivery of products and/or services, demonstrates efficient and effective operations, and provides a way of engaging and responding to customers and other stakeholders." See also References 1922 births 2012 deaths American chief executives of manufacturing companies Businesspeople in aviation Little Rock Central High School alumni McDonnell Douglas Businesspeople from Little Rock, Arkansas Princeton University alumni University of Colorado alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Presidents of the Boy Scouts of America