Jack J. Pelton

Jack J. Pelton

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name = Jack J. Pelton


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Jack J. Pelton is the CEO of Cessna Aircraft Company. Before becoming the CEO of Cessna, Pelton was Cessna's Senior Vice President of Engineering. Before joining Textron in 2000, Pelton was Senior Vice President of Engineering and Programs at Fairchild Dornier. Prior to this, he worked at Douglas Aircraft for over two decades. [cite news | date=2008-01-24 | url=http://www.textron.com/about/leadership/corp_management/bios/pelton_jack.jsp | title=About Textron: Leadership: Biography | publisher=Textron | accessdate=2008-01-24] .

In 2004 it was disclosed that Pelton purchased his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Hamilton University. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/08/60II/main654319.shtml Diplomas for Sale] , CBS News, 60 Minutes (2004-11-10)] References to these degrees has since been removed from his official biography.

Pelton testified in favor of a property tax increase to build an aviation training facility that would benefit Cessna at an August 9, 2006 Sedgwick County Commission meeting. [Cite web|url=http://www.sedgwickcounty.org/commissioners/minutes/2006/regular/Reg08-09.pdf|title=Sedgwick County Commission minutes, August 9, 2006] At a December 12, 2006 meeting of the Wichita City Council, Cessna applied for industrial revenue bonds that include an exemption from paying property tax on property purchased with IRB proceeds. [cite web|url=http://www.wichita.gov/NR/rdonlyres/3473A38B-4248-4B6B-A5B8-0BA1B03E92D2/0/12122006Council_Minutes.pdf|title=Wichita City Council minutes, December 12, 2006]

In March 2008, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius appointed Pelton to lead the Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group. [cite web |url=http://www.governor.ks.gov/news/NewsRelease/2008/nr-08-0321a.htm |title=Sebelius prevents and reduces pollutants with veto, executive order |accessdate=2008-06-27 |work=Kansas Governor's Office Press Release |date=2008-03-21 ]

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