January 2001 Brigadier General Stephen T. Gonczy United States Army Reserve Mobilization Assistant to the Vice Director and Deputy Director for Reserve Mobilization Defense Logistics Agency, Ft. Belvoir, VA. Brigadier General Stephen T. Gonczy became the Mobilization Assistant to the Vice Director of the Defense Logistics Agency in June 1999. The Defense Logistics Agency is responsible for providing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with a variety of logistics support in peace and in war. In his previous assignment General Gonczy was the Deputy Director for Acquisition Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. General Gonczy was commissioned as an Armor officer in 1969 through the ROTC program at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After completing the Armor Officer Basic Course, he was assigned to the 3d Armored Division in Germany, serving in leadership and staff positions in armor and cavalry units (1970- 1972). With a transfer to the U.S. Army Reserve in 1973, General Gonczy began a Reserve career in material acquisition and management. He served in progressive assignments in technology, program management, and policy development at the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, Detroit, MI (1974-1983), the Headquarters Army Material Command, Alexandria, VA (1983- 1988) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, Washington, DC (1988-1999). He became a member of the Army Acquisition Corps in 1995. Brigadier General Gonczy is a native of Chicago, IL and earned a Bachelor of Science- Mechanical Engineering degree from Marquette University. He received a Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL in 1978. He is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, the Material Acquisition Management Course, the Associate Logistics Executive Development Course, the National Security Management Course, and the Army War College. Brigadier General Gonczy has been awarded the Legion of Merit, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, the National Defense Service Medal with One Star, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Silver Hour Glass. In his civilian career, General Gonczy is the President and Research Director of Gateway Materials Technology, an engineering consulting and research firm working in advanced materials for the aerospace, automotive and industrial power industries. He is the inventor/author of more than 45 U.S. patents and technical publications. He and his wife Anne Marie (Laporte) reside in Mount Prospect, IL. They have one daughter Teresa a student in college.

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January 2001

Brigadier General Stephen T. Gonczy United States Army Reserve

Mobilization Assistant to the Vice Director and Deputy Director for Reserve Mobilization Defense Logistics Agency, Ft. Belvoir, VA.

Brigadier General Stephen T. Gonczy became the Mobilization Assistant to the Vice Director of the Defense Logistics Agency in June 1999. The Defense Logistics Agency is responsible for providing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with a variety of logistics support in peace and in war. In his previous assignment General Gonczy was the Deputy Director for Acquisition Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.

General Gonczy was commissioned as an Armor officer in 1969 through the ROTC program at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After completing the Armor Officer Basic Course, he was assigned to the 3d Armored Division in Germany, serving in leadership and staff positions in armor and cavalry units (1970-1972).

With a transfer to the U.S. Army Reserve in 1973, General Gonczy began a Reserve career in material acquisition and management. He served in progressive assignments in technology, program management, and policy development at the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, Detroit, MI (1974-1983), the Headquarters Army Material Command, Alexandria, VA (1983-1988) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, Washington, DC (1988-1999). He became a member of the Army Acquisition Corps in 1995.

Brigadier General Gonczy is a native of Chicago, IL and earned a Bachelor of Science-Mechanical Engineering degree from Marquette University. He received a Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL in 1978.

He is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, the Material Acquisition Management Course, the Associate Logistics Executive Development Course, the National Security Management Course, and the Army War College.

Brigadier General Gonczy has been awarded the Legion of Merit, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, the National Defense Service Medal with One Star, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Silver Hour Glass.

In his civilian career, General Gonczy is the President and Research Director of Gateway Materials Technology, an engineering consulting and research firm working in advanced materials for the aerospace, automotive and industrial power industries. He is the inventor/author of more than 45 U.S. patents and technical publications. He and his wife Anne Marie (Laporte) reside in Mount Prospect, IL. They have one daughter Teresa a student in college.