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May 23, 2013 · Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, Thomas (Tom) Ridge became the first Director of the Office of Homeland Security. On January 24, 2003, Ridge became the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. During his tenure, Ridge worked with more than 180,000 employees from a combined 22 components to come together as ...
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Following the tragic events of September 11th, 2001, became the first Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, marking t...
Chairman, National Organization on DisabilityCochair, Blue Ribbon Study Panel on BiodefenseThe Tom Ridge Environmental Center and the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences at Mercyhurst University are named in his honorBronze Star for Valor, the Combat Infantry Badge, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry for his time in the U.S. ArmyHarvard University, B.A., with honorsDickinson School of Law, J.D.People also ask
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Tom Ridge. Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. He was the first person to hold either office.
THE HONORABLE THOMAS J. RIDGE. The Honorable Tom Ridge is the president and CEO of Ridge Global. As the company’s chief executive, Ridge leads a team of international experts that help businesses and governments address a range of needs throughout their organizations, including security and infrastructure protection, emergency preparedness and response, energy, strategic growth, maritime ...
Tom Ridge (born August 26, 1945, Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.) American politician who was governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001) and who later served as the first director of the Office of Homeland Security (2001–03) and the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (2003–05). Ridge earned a scholarship to Harvard University (B.S ...
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Tom Ridge (2003–2005) Thomas J. Ridge was born in 1945 in Munhall, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.A. in government studies from Harvard University in 1967 and a J.D. from Dickinson College School of Law in 1972. From 1968 to 1970, Ridge served in Vietnam as an infantry staff sergeant in the United States Army and earned the Bronze Star for valor.
Born Aug. 26, 1945, in Pittsburgh's Steel Valley, Gov. Ridge was raised in a working class family in veterans' public housing in Erie. He earned a scholarship to Harvard, graduating with honors in 1967. After his first year at The Dickinson School of Law, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served as an infantry staff sergeant in ...
