THOMAS K. LONGSTRETH ’79

THOMAS K. LONGSTRETH, 52, the former U.S. undersecretary of defense for readiness and training, died April 28, 2009. After receiving a master’s degree in defense analysis and security policy studies at George Washington University, he worked successively for the U.S. Senate, the Federation of American Scientists, and the Defense Department, where he first worked on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later directed task forces for the secretary of defense on Iraq, Bosnia, and Somalia. He had also been associated with Teledyne Brown Engineering, the Rand Corporation, and the Center for Naval Analyses. In 1988 he received a MacArthur Foundation grant and in 1990 a Council of Foreign Relations fellowship. Survivors include his companion, Crystal Denunzio, his companion’s daughter, his mother and stepfather, a brother, and two sisters.