Teledyne Names MSU Alumnus

Head of Teledyne Brown

MSU graduate Rex Geveden, a 2004 Distinguished Alumnus of the University, has been named president of Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Ala. The appointment was effective August 1.

Geveden, 46, earned a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1983 and 1984, respectively, both in physics. He worked at Teledyne in the 1980s as a technologist before taking a job with NASA, where he worked 17 years.

Before being named president at Teledyne, Geveden had served as associate administrator at NASA and had oversight responsibility for all NASA programs and field centers. Geveden previously served as NASA chief engineer.

Before going to NASA's headquarters in Washington, D.C., Geveden served as deputy director at Marshall Space Flight Center.

Los Angeles-based Teledyne Technologies is Teledyne Brown's parent company. Teledyne has about 1,500 employees in Huntsville, doing space, defense and commercial work.