FAIRFAX, Va. -- Anteon International Corporation (NYSE:ANT), a leading information technology, systems integration and engineering company, announced today that Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Curtis L. Schehr was selected by the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association (WMACCA) to receive the 2005 Outstanding Chief Legal Officer Award. The Outstanding Chief Legal Officer Award recognizes a chief legal officer who has made a significant and noteworthy contribution to the prosperity and well-being of his company, worked to elevate the role of in-house counsel within the company, and continuously demonstrated outstanding character, ethics, and integrity.
"We are delighted that the WMACCA selected Curtis Schehr for this honor, particularly since this is the first time WMACCA has made such an award. Curtis has been an exemplary leader at Anteon, spearheading the Anteon commitment to consistently achieving the highest levels of integrity and ethics in everything we do," said Joseph Kampf, Anteon president and chief executive officer. "Our Federal customers set a very high standard for excellence in the performance of their missions, and this award further validates Anteon's critical role as a trusted partner in advancing national security and supporting mission-critical Federal programs."
Prior to joining Anteon, Mr. Schehr served as Associate General Counsel at Vitro Corporation. Mr. Schehr also spent more than six years in several legal and contract-oriented positions at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation Defense Group. Mr. Schehr holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees from Lehigh University and a Juris Doctor degree, with honors, from the George Washington University Law School. He is a member of the American Bar Association and American Corporate Counsel Association.
The award was presented on November 4, 2005 during the WMACCA 25th Anniversary and Corporate Counsel Awards Reception. WMACCA is a chapter of the global Association of Corporate Counsel, serving the entire Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
About Anteon
Anteon, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, is a leading information technology company serving the U.S. Federal government and international customers. Anteon designs, integrates, maintains, and upgrades state-of-the-art systems for national defense, intelligence, homeland security, and other high priority government missions. Anteon provides numerous government clients with the systems integration, strategy and program management, systems engineering, operations services, and simulation and training skills necessary to manage the development and operations of their mission critical systems. The Company was founded in 1976 and currently employs over 9,500 employees in more than 100 offices worldwide. Anteon consistently ranks among the top information technology integrators based on independent surveys, and has been named to the Forbes List of the 400 Best Big Companies in 2005, earning distinction on the Forbes Platinum List. Anteon is listed on the Standards & Poor's MidCap 400 Index. For more information, visit www.anteon.com.
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