Howard Marsh

Howard Marsh was born in New York City and grew up in northern New Jersey. He received a B.S. degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1963 and a Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University in 1969. He then worked as a defense scientist for 42 years, specializing in command and control, communications, and intelligence systems. He worked for 26 years in the Mitre Corporation, conducting and managing research, development, and acquisition activities for the Air Force, Navy, and...See more

Howard Marsh was born in New York City and grew up in northern New Jersey. He received a B.S. degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1963 and a Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University in 1969. He then worked as a defense scientist for 42 years, specializing in command and control, communications, and intelligence systems. He worked for 26 years in the Mitre Corporation, conducting and managing research, development, and acquisition activities for the Air Force, Navy, and Defense Information Systems Agency. This included a 6 year assignment as Special Assistant for Command and Control at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Upon his return to the United States in 1988, he resumed working for the Mitre Corporation as a Department Head. In 1995 he moved to SRI International, where he soon was offered an Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) assignment with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) as Chief Engineer for the "Extending the Littoral Battlespace" Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration. At the conclusion of that project, he continued in IPA assignments from SRI to ONR, including service as Academic Chairman for the Command and Control school in Marine Corps University from 1999 until 2001. He was then assigned as Associate Director for Command and Control, Communications, and Information in the ONR field office in London. After completing his work in London in 2003, Dr. Marsh's IPA assignments moved from ONR to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) where he served first as Associate Director for Surveillance and Knowledge Systems and then as Technical Director in the Technology Integration Office. He retired from OSD and SRI in 2011. Dr. Marsh is married, with 2 children and 2 granddaughters. He is now retired and spends his time enjoying life with his wife, Lynn, and writing the stories that have accumulated in his mind over the years. He is an avid fan of "hard" science fiction. See less