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New AIA Chairman Is Clayton Jones of Rockwell Collins

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

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Clayton Jones, chairman, president and CEO of Rockwell Collins [COL], is the new chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the powerful defense-contractors and aerospace industry organization. The AIA board of governors elected Jones to serve as its chairman for this year, and he took office with AIA on Jan. 1. Jones succeeds William Swanson, chairman and CEO of Raytheon [RTN], in the post. Robert Stevens, chairman, president and CEO, Lockheed Martin [LMT], was elected AIA's vice chairman. The board…

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