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Lewis Von Thaer

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Lewis Von Thaer
NationalityAmerican
EducationKansas State University (BS, electrical engineering, 1983)
Rutgers University (MS, electrical engineering)
OccupationBusiness executive, engineer
CompanyBattelle Memorial Institute
TitlePresident and Chief Executive Officer

Lewis F. "Lou" Von Thaer is an American engineer and business executive who has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Battelle Memorial Institute, the Columbus, Ohio, nonprofit research and development organization, since October 1, 2017.[1][2] Von Thaer is the ninth chief executive in the institute's history. Before that he spent about two years as Chief Executive Officer of DynCorp International, the McLean, Virginia, government services and military logistics contractor, from July 2015 to July 2017.[3][4]

Von Thaer trained as an electrical engineer at Kansas State University and Rutgers University and started his career in 1983 at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He stayed with that business through its time as part of Lucent Technologies, and moved to General Dynamics when it bought Lucent's Advanced Technology Systems division in 1997.[5] Over 16 years at General Dynamics he became a corporate vice president and, from March 2005, president of the General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems business unit. In 2013 he moved to Science Applications International Corporation, which later that year became Leidos, as president of its National Security Sector.[1][6]

At DynCorp, Von Thaer took charge of a contractor whose revenue had fallen by about half as the United States reduced its forces in Afghanistan. His main task in 2016 was refinancing debt that was about to come due, which the company did through an exchange offer for its senior unsecured notes in June 2016.[7][8] As head of the institute, Von Thaer has overseen its COVID-19 work, including a mask decontamination system that drew criticism from nurses' groups and a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2020. He has also led its work on national laboratories, environmental remediation and defense contracts.[9][10]

Von Thaer sits on the boards of two listed companies: American Electric Power, since February 2022, and KBR, since May 2025. He has also served on the Defense Science Board, the federal advisory committee to the U.S. Department of Defense.[11][2]

Early life and education

Von Thaer's family background and place of birth have not been reported in published sources. Securities filings give his age as 54 in June 2015 and as 65 in March 2026.[3][11]

Von Thaer earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Kansas State University in 1983.[12] He later earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University; the year of that degree has not been published.[5][13]

Career

AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies (1983 to 1997)

Von Thaer joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1983, the year he graduated from Kansas State. He stayed with the business when it became part of Lucent Technologies.[5] A 2017 biography said Von Thaer spent 14 years there "serving in a number of engineering and management roles with increasing responsibilities", until General Dynamics bought his division.[1] By the end of that period he was senior vice president for Lucent's Advanced Technology Systems division, responsible for "all government programs, engineering, manufacturing, quality, contracting, and procurement".[5][3]

In an interview with ExecutiveBiz, Von Thaer described Bell Labs as a place where senior engineers would teach younger colleagues: "You could go up and ask anything to people that were just incredible engineers with long careers, and they would sit down, spend half a day with you, and help teach you. So it was a good learning environment."[14]

General Dynamics (1997 to 2013)

General Dynamics bought the Advanced Technology Systems division of Lucent Technologies in 1997, and Von Thaer joined General Dynamics as vice president of engineering and chief technical officer.[5] He was vice president and general manager of the Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems strategic business unit until November 2003.[3]

Within General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems he held several senior posts before becoming its head. As vice president of engineering and manufacturing he was responsible for integrating the four acquisitions that formed the business. As senior vice president of operations he led the integration of the Veridian and DSR acquisitions and ran day-to-day operations.[5]

Von Thaer became president of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in March 2005 and was also named a corporate vice president of General Dynamics.[5][1] According to a Rutgers University biography, the unit had more than 7,000 employees. It provided "end-to-end mission systems integration, development and operations support" to defense, intelligence and homeland security customers, with a focus on cyber, maritime, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.[5] A Kansas State University announcement in April 2010 put the workforce at more than 8,000.[12] At corporate level, Von Thaer chaired the General Dynamics Business Development Council and served on its Corporate Excellence Committee from 2005 to 2008.[5]

Science Applications International Corporation and Leidos (2013 to 2015)

Von Thaer left General Dynamics after 16 years and joined Science Applications International Corporation in June 2013 as president of its National Security Sector.[6][14] In September 2013, SAIC spun off its technical, engineering and enterprise information technology services business as a separate public company, which took the SAIC name, and the parent company renamed itself Leidos Holdings.[6] His 2017 appointment announcement described the National Security Sector as "a $4 billion business focused on intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber, logistics, and systems solutions".[1] The AEP proxy statement describes him as an executive vice president of Leidos as well as sector president.[11]

Leidos named Von Thaer as one of its named executive officers for fiscal 2014. To recruit him, the company gave him a $250,000 cash signing bonus, a further $250,000 in restricted stock units and a guaranteed minimum annual cash incentive of $500,000 for fiscal 2014. His salary for that partial year of service was $327,746, and his total reported compensation was $3,287,475.[6]

In a January 2014 interview with ExecutiveBiz, he talked about the company's change to Leidos and about cybersecurity: "People are starting to wonder why after all this time and all this hard work, we still find most of our cyber attacks through defensive means after attacks have entered our networks, by recognizing signatures that we've seen before."[14]

On June 16, 2015, Von Thaer told Leidos he would resign no later than July 4, 2015, "to accept a position as Chief Executive Officer of another company". Lee Carrick, senior vice president and sector chief strategic officer, took over his duties on an acting basis.[15]

DynCorp International (2015 to 2017)

On June 22, 2015, Delta Tucker Holdings, the parent company of DynCorp International, announced that its board had appointed Von Thaer chief executive officer, effective July 6, 2015. He replaced James Geisler, who had been interim chief executive since August 2014 and became non-executive chairman.[3][13] Chan Galbato, the lead director, said Von Thaer brought "a track record of success and deep knowledge of adjacent markets". Von Thaer said in the announcement: "DI is a great company whose work around the world truly does make a difference."[13] Von Thaer joined the board of Delta Tucker Holdings in June 2016.[8]

DynCorp was shrinking when he arrived. Executive Mosaic reported that its revenue had fallen by half to $1.9 billion between 2012 and 2015.[7] The company's filings attributed the decline in both 2015 and 2016 mainly to the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, which reduced work under the Army's LOGCAP IV logistics contract and the State Department's INL Air Wing program.[8]

His first months were spent on growth outside the company's traditional contingency work. In early 2016 he told ExecutiveBiz that "the direct international business to those customers is less than five percent of our sales. We would like to see that double in the years to come."[16] In a July 2016 interview with the Washington Business Journal he described a strategy of expanding logistics work for U.S. customers and training services in international markets, to create a "base of business that the contingency business can ride up and down on instead of so much of the core business being contingency-based".[7]

Von Thaer's main priority in 2016 was the balance sheet. Several hundred million dollars of debt was due on July 1, 2016.[7] On April 30, 2016, the company agreed an amendment to its senior credit facility, and on May 2 it launched an exchange offer and consent solicitation for its senior unsecured notes. When the exchange closed on June 15, 2016, holders of $415.7 million of the notes received $45.0 million in cash and $370.6 million of new notes paying 11.875 percent, made up of 10.375 percent in cash and 1.5 percent paid in kind.[8] Executive Mosaic reported that the deal let the company avoid default, and that its next bank loan, of $207.3 million, was not due until July 2020.[7]

In October 2016 Von Thaer reorganized the company's two operating segments, DynAviation and DynLogistics, into three: Aviation Engineering, Logistics, and Sustainment; Aviation Operations and Life Cycle Management; and DynLogistics. The annual report named him as the company's chief operating decision maker.[8] Contracts won in 2016 included the G4 Worldwide Logistics Support contract from the Army's Intelligence and Security Command, with a potential value of $320.5 million, and a contract worth up to $102 million to support aircraft and facilities of the United Arab Emirates military.[8]

On July 10, 2017, Von Thaer resigned as chief executive and as a director, effective July 14, 2017. The company said he left "to pursue other business interests" and that his resignation "did not involve any disagreement" with the company. George Krivo, its chief operating officer, succeeded him. Krivo was an employee of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company who had been seconded to DynCorp.[4]

Battelle Memorial Institute (2017 to present)

On July 14, 2017, Battelle's board announced that Von Thaer would become president and chief executive officer on October 1, 2017. He was the ninth chief executive in the organization's 87-year history.[17] He succeeded Jeff Wadsworth, who had led the institute since January 2009 and had stayed two years past his original retirement date while the board, which began its search in 2016, found a successor. Board chairman John Welch said the outlook for the company was "very strong".[1] Wadsworth called Von Thaer "an innovative problem solver who brings nearly 35 years of engineering and management experience in technology development and deployment to solve complex national security and societal issues". Von Thaer said: "I am honored to be given the opportunity to lead Battelle."[1]

In 2020 Executive Mosaic described Battelle under Von Thaer as having more than 30,000 personnel and managing eight national laboratories in national security, health, life sciences and the environment.[18] Von Thaer has served as a director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and of UT-Battelle, the operator of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.[11]

Early tenure, 2017 to 2019

In an early interview with ExecutiveBiz as chief executive, Von Thaer named the institute's independence, history of innovation and research integrity as its main strengths. He said he expected its biggest future contribution to come from applying "that deep understanding of science at the subatomic and chemical levels to the new capabilities and threats that are coming to the world", and named DNA manipulation, food safety, biosecurity and faster drug regulatory approvals as examples. Von Thaer also singled out NeuroLife, the institute's neural bypass technology.[19]

In October 2019 Battelle sold its counter-unmanned aerial system technology to Dedrone, a San Francisco company. Executive Mosaic credited Von Thaer with driving the sale. The same report noted a $50 million task order for corrosion prevention and technical support on Marine Corps tactical vehicles and ground equipment, and the institute's part in a Department of Energy effort to establish the Versatile Test Reactor, a radiation test facility.[18]

In the same period Battelle added Stephen Steinour, chairman, president and chief executive of Huntington Bancshares, to its board. Von Thaer said Steinour "understands its philanthropic needs" and that "we look forward to his insightful contributions as we execute on our business and philanthropic missions."[20] The institute also appointed Justin Sanchez, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Biological Technologies Office, as a technical fellow.[18]

COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 to 2021

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Battelle obtained an emergency use authorization from the FDA for its CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System. The system used vaporized hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate N95 respirators. The institute said each unit could process up to 80,000 masks a day and that a respirator could be decontaminated up to 20 times without losing performance.[9] Von Thaer said: "I want to thank the FDA team for their professionalism and help in authorizing the use of our technology at this critical moment for our nation."[9] The federal government contracted with the institute to build up to 60 of the portable systems.[10] The system later drew criticism from nurses' groups and the press, and a warning letter from the FDA (see Controversies).

Battelle also worked with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center on a COVID-19 diagnostic test, and gave $250,000 to food banks and food rescue organizations, including the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C., and the Maryland Food Bank. Of the testing work, Von Thaer said he was "incredibly proud of the Battelle team, the speed at which it was able to work around the clock to quickly get this operational, and our collaboration with The Ohio State University."[9]

Later tenure, 2022 to present

By early 2023, Executive Mosaic reported, Battelle had "more than doubled its revenue to over $11 billion" under Von Thaer, and its STEM education programs had reached more than 1.4 million students in the previous year. It cited his leadership in environmental cleanup and energy programs.[21]

Contracts won in 2023 included a five-year, $416 million award from the National Science Foundation to keep operating the National Ecological Observatory Network, and work for the Department of Health and Human Services under Project NextGen on vaccine and therapeutics platforms. The institute also won a $107 million Air Force task order for force health protection services for the Navy and Marine Corps, and a place on an Air Force Life Cycle Management Center anti-tamper contract with a potential maximum value of $499 million.[22] In 2024 he said that "navigating the federal landscape and government contracting in recent years has been both challenging and rewarding."[22]

In 2024 Battelle won a potential seven-year, $350 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to replace its fleet of nonstandard commercial vehicles. It was one of several awardees in the Defense Department's Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program, and with subcontractor CMC Pharmaceuticals won a $53 million contract to develop a nerve agent countermeasure, the Reactivating Nerve Agent Treatment System.[23] In energy, the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, which the institute co-manages, signed a cooperative agreement with the Department of Energy for up to $925 million. Project Cypress, a direct air capture hub in Louisiana led by the institute, was awarded up to $600 million in matched federal funding.[23] In March 2024 Battelle launched the Ohio AFFF Takeback Program with industry and government partners, using its PFAS Annihilator technology to destroy firefighting foams that contain per and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Von Thaer said: "This is what we do at Battelle: We find the toughest problems and use science to develop solutions that will make an impact and help improve the world."[23] In 2025 Executive Mosaic's chief executive, Jim Garrettson, described the institute's work under Von Thaer as "a $6.5 billion science and tech portfolio".[23]

As of March 2026, the proxy statements of KBR and American Electric Power listed Von Thaer as the institute's president and chief executive officer.[2][11]

Leadership and management style

Von Thaer's public statements show a consistent interest in reducing his organizations' dependence on a single type of government work. At DynCorp he wanted to build a "base of business that the contingency business can ride up and down on", rather than relying on wartime contracts that rose and fell with troop deployments.[7] He said he would like to see direct sales to international government customers, then less than five percent of revenue, double.[16]

At General Dynamics much of his work was integrating acquired companies. He was responsible for bringing together the four acquisitions that formed Advanced Information Systems and later the Veridian and DSR businesses.[5] As Battelle's chief executive, Von Thaer has tied applied science to the organization's nonprofit purpose. Announcing Battelle's partnership with the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network in Ohio, he called the partnership "a strategic investment to reduce chronic absenteeism and foster a culture of consistent school attendance".[23]

In the 2020 dispute over Battelle's mask decontamination system he responded publicly and firmly to critics, while also calling the technology a stopgap rather than a replacement for new masks (see Controversies).[24]

Major deals and strategic decisions

  • DynCorp debt exchange (2016): DynCorp exchanged $415.7 million of senior unsecured notes for $45.0 million in cash and $370.6 million of new 11.875 percent notes, and amended its senior credit facility. The transaction closed on June 15, 2016.[8]
  • DynCorp reorganization (October 2016): The company's two operating segments became three.[8]
  • Sale of Battelle's counter-drone technology (October 2019): Under Von Thaer, the institute sold its counter-unmanned aerial system technology to Dedrone. The price was not reported in the source.[18]
  • CCDS mask decontamination (2020): Battelle obtained an FDA emergency use authorization and a federal contract for up to 60 systems.[9][10] NBC reported that the contract ceiling rose from $60 million on April 3, 2020, to as much as $413 million a few days later.[24]
  • Energy and environment (2024): In 2024 the Battelle co-managed Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub secured a Department of Energy cooperative agreement worth up to $925 million, the institute-led Project Cypress was awarded up to $600 million, and Battelle, and launched the PFAS Annihilator takeback program in Ohio.[23]

Financial and market performance

Neither DynCorp's parent nor Battelle had publicly traded shares during his tenure, so there is no share price record for his time as chief executive. DynCorp's parent filed annual reports with the SEC because of its public debt.[8]

DynCorp International (Delta Tucker Holdings), selected figures
Year Revenue Change Personnel at year end
2015 $1.92 billion down 14.6 percent about 12,000
2016 $1.84 billion down 4.5 percent about 10,700

DynCorp reported 2015 revenue of $1,923.2 million and 2016 revenue of $1,836.2 million.[8] In 2015 it recorded $96.7 million in impairment charges, including an $86.8 million goodwill impairment. In 2016 it reported a net loss of $54.1 million attributable to the parent company, and interest expense rose to $72.4 million, mostly because of the payment-in-kind interest on the new notes.[8] The personnel figures include employees of affiliates: about 4,600 at the end of 2015 and about 4,200 at the end of 2016.[25][8]

For 2016, DynCorp's board set incentive targets of $88.1 million in adjusted EBITDA, $2.1 billion in orders and $11.0 million in free cash flow. The company reported $101.0 million, $2.58 billion and $34.0 million respectively, and approved a 2016 bonus of $960,000 for Von Thaer.[8]

His DynCorp employment agreement set a base salary of $800,000, a target annual bonus of 100 percent of salary (guaranteed at that level for 2015) and a $500,000 signing bonus. It also provided transition bonuses of $750,000 in July 2016, $750,000 in July 2017 and $1.5 million in July 2018, to compensate him for unvested equity he gave up at his previous employer.[3][8] In November 2016 he was granted 20,000 Class B-3 interests in DynCorp Management LLC.[8] He resigned in July 2017, before the final transition payment was due.[4]

Battelle is a private nonprofit and does not file public financial statements with the SEC. The revenue figures available for his tenure there come from Executive Mosaic, which reported revenue "over $11 billion" in 2023 and described a "$6.5 billion science and tech portfolio" in 2025.[21][23]

Board memberships and outside roles

Corporate boards

  • American Electric Power: elected a director on February 22, 2022, and appointed to the Audit, Nuclear Oversight and Technology committees.[26] By 2026 he chaired the Technology Committee and sat on the Human Resources and Nuclear Oversight committees. AEP reported his 2025 director compensation as $320,685.[11] Shareholders re-elected him at the April 2026 annual meeting, with 397,617,847 votes for and 6,897,077 against.[27]
  • KBR: nominated on March 12, 2025, after a director retired, and joined the board in May 2025.[28] He sits on KBR's Audit Committee and its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.[2]
  • Ambri: listed as a director of Ambri, Inc. in its January 2025 SEC notice of an exempt securities offering.[29]
  • Delta Tucker Holdings (DynCorp International's parent): director from June 2016 to July 2017.[8][4]

Government advisory and nonprofit roles

  • Defense Science Board: KBR's 2026 proxy statement says he was a member from 2010 to 2022.[2] Biographies issued by Rutgers in about 2016 and in his 2017 appointment announcement also describe Von Thaer as a member.[5][17]
  • National Intelligence University Foundation: board member.[13][17]
  • Transition Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), as named in his 2017 appointment announcement: board member.[17]
  • Kansas State University: member of the College of Engineering Advisory Council; trustee of the university, and of the Kansas State University Foundation.[5][17][19]
  • Intelligence and National Security Alliance: board member and chair of its Cyber Security Council while at General Dynamics.[5][12]
  • Virginia FIRST: member of the advisory board of the Virginia chapter of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).[5]
  • American Heart Association: member of the executive leadership team for its annual Heart Walk, as of 2015.[13]
  • Earlier advisory or board positions with the International Engineering Consortium, the International Council on Systems Engineering and the Systems and Software Consortium.[5]
  • Member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, the Association of Old Crows, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the National Defense Industrial Association, the Surface Navy Association and the Optical Society of America.[5]

Controversies

Battelle mask decontamination system (2020)

In May 2020, NBC News and the Boston Globe published reports questioning whether the institute's CCDS system could safely reprocess used N95 respirators up to 20 times, as Battelle said. Nurses and nurses' organizations had complained that reprocessed masks began to fail after fewer cycles.[24] A nurses' union representative told the Boston Globe that the system treated nurses "like guinea pigs in an experiment that could threaten their long-term health."[24] The institute cited an FDA-supported study it had submitted to the agency in 2016. That study found that after 20 cycles the masks' straps fragmented when stretched, which "may potentially impact the fit or comfort" of the respirator, and it concluded that human testing would be needed to assess that effect.[24]

NBC also reported that Battelle's federal contract had grown from $60 million for 60 systems on April 3, 2020, to up to $413 million a few days later. The institute said the larger figure covered "all construction and operation", was not paid out on signing and was "a legal limit of what Battelle can invoice."[24]

Von Thaer responded publicly. Von Thaer told the Columbus Dispatch that the NBC report contained "several factual errors" and "ignored proven science". In a blog post he described the criticism as politically motivated: "There are some organizations who seek to disparage the safety and efficacy of mask decontamination, even if it means putting the healthcare workers that they represent in harm's way."[24] He also wrote that decontamination was "not meant to be a substitute for more N95 production. And it should not be used indefinitely. It's a technology to help essential workers protect themselves while PPE supply chains are reinforced."[24]

On October 7, 2020, the FDA announced that it had sent Battelle a warning letter over its procedures for reporting adverse events from the system. The agency had first asked about the institute's process in August after becoming aware that "there may be deficiencies". It was not satisfied with the institute's answer and gave the institute 15 working days to respond. The deficiencies it listed included the lack of instructions for evaluating events and making timely reporting decisions, and the lack of a standardized review process.[10]

Personal life

In 2010, Kansas State University listed his home as Vienna, Virginia.[12] No details of his family have been published.

Recognition

  • 2010: inducted into the Kansas State University College of Engineering Hall of Fame on April 23, 2010, the college's highest honor for alumni.[12]
  • 2015 to 2017 and 2019 to 2025: named to Executive Mosaic's Wash100 list of influential figures in government contracting. His 2025 selection was his tenth.[14][21][16][7][19][18][9][22][23]
  • 2020: named one of the recipients of the Columbus Smart 50 Awards for leading the institute's mask decontamination work.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Lewis "Lou" Von Thaer Named President and CEO of Battelle". BioSpace (Business Wire). July 17, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "KBR, Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A)". KBR, Inc., via U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 30, 2026. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Delta Tucker Holdings, Inc. Form 8-K: Appointment of Chief Executive Officer". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. June 23, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Delta Tucker Holdings, Inc. Form 8-K: Departure of Chief Executive Officer". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. July 14, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 "Lewis Von Thaer". Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Leidos Holdings, Inc. 2014 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. April 25, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "Lou Von Thaer, DynCorp International CEO, Chosen to 2017 Wash100 for Restructuring and Repositioning Leadership". Executive Mosaic. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 "Delta Tucker Holdings, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 29, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 "Battelle President, CEO Lou Von Thaer Named to 2021 Wash100 for Leading COVID-19 Relief Efforts; Research and Development Programs". Executive Mosaic. April 13, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Nancy Crotti."FDA warns Battelle on reporting mask decontamination problems". MassDevice. October 7, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "American Electric Power Company, Inc. 2026 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 18, 2026. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 "Two to be inducted into K-State College of Engineering Hall of Fame". Kansas State University News Services. April 21, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "DynCorp International Names Lou Von Thaer Chief Executive Officer; Jim Geisler Appointed Non-Executive Chairman". DynCorp International, via U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. June 22, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Lou Von Thaer, Leidos Nat'l Security Sector President, Chosen to Wash100 for Cyber and ISR Leadership". Executive Mosaic. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Leidos Holdings, Inc. Form 8-K: Departure of Certain Officers". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. June 22, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "DynCorp CEO Lou Von Thaer Selected to 2016 Wash100 List for Int'l Market Strategy Vision". Executive Mosaic. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Loren Blinde."Lou Von Thaer named president and CEO of Battelle". Intelligence Community News. July 17, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 "Lou Von Thaer, President and CEO of Battelle, Named to 2020 Wash100 for His Dedication to Company Growth Through Major Contract Awards, Partnerships, Executive Appointments". Executive Mosaic. March 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Lou Von Thaer, President and CEO of Battelle, Named to 2019 Wash100 for Leading Effort to Improve Biosecurity, Other Technologies". Executive Mosaic. February 22, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  20. ↑ Sarah Sybert."Stephen D. Steinour Joins Battelle Board of Directors; John Welch, Lou Von Thaer Quoted". ExecutiveGov. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Charles Lyons-Burt."Executive Mosaic Profiles 2023 Wash100 Award Winners Frank Kendall and Lou Von Thaer". Executive Mosaic. February 23, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Christine Thropp."Battelle's Lou Von Thaer Wins 9th Wash100 Award for PFAS Treatment Tech, Key Hires and Contract Wins". Executive Mosaic. March 4, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 "Battelle's Lou Von Thaer Gets 10th Wash100 Win". Executive Mosaic. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.6 24.7 Nancy Crotti."Battelle under fire for decontamination system performance". MassDevice. June 3, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  25. ↑ "Delta Tucker Holdings, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 30, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  26. ↑ "American Electric Power Company, Inc. Form 8-K: Election of Directors". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 22, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  27. ↑ "American Electric Power Company, Inc. Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. April 29, 2026. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  28. ↑ "KBR, Inc. 2025 Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 31, 2025. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Ambri, Inc. Form D/A". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. January 10, 2025. Retrieved November 12, 2026.
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