Rozzi, Thomas

Mr. Rozzi, vice President of Grumman and was in charge of the Grumman Security. In 1948, he ran for the Bethpage school board. At this time, he was a 30 year resident of Bethpage and graduated from the Bethpage School. He participated in many local sport activites and holds the honor of being the only Bethpagite ever to be chosen for the New York State Golden Gloves boxing tournament. Married to Ruth Knudsen and the father of five children.

Source: Bethpage Newsgram 1/29/48

G. Thomas Rozzie was born in Long Island City, New York, on September 28, 1913. He began his career at the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in 1940. During World War II he was first a member of the U. S. Coast Guard Reserve but later transferred to the U. S. Naval Reserves.

Mr. Rozzi advanced regularly through the ranks of the company guard organization and was promoted to Supervisor of Plant Protection in 1945. He held that position until 1958 when he was named Corporate Director of Security and given the additional responsibility for the Employee Service Office (ESO). While still serving as Director of Security and ESO, Mr. Rozzi was appointed Assistant to the President of the Corporation in 1967. The following year, his duties were again expanded when he was placed in charge of all Personnel Services, which added responsibility for the Transportation, Food Services, Personnel, and Field Administration and Liaison Departments.

In recognition of Mr. Rozzi's important contributions to Grumman employee and industrial relations over many years, the Board of Directors of Grumman Aerospace Corporation elected him a vice president on October 7, 1969. He functions as Director of Security and Personnel Services.

Under Mr. Rozzi's leadership, the U. S. Department of Defense has awarded commendations to Grumman six times for corporate security measures. The Defense Department's Bureau of Naval Weapons has also acknowledged Grumman's outstanding security performance as has the New York State Civil Defense Commission.

While at Grumman, Mr. Rozzi has studied industrial management at the State University of New York at Farmingdale and also at the New York University School of Business. He has been a member of the Nassau County Manpower Advisory Council where he served on its Placement Subcommittee. He has served as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Grumman Political Action Committee since 1977. He also served on the Suffolk County Classification and Salary Appeals Board and the Nassau County College Local Advisory Council for Occupational Education.

Mr. Rozzi is a past member of the Industrial Security Committee and is currently serving on the Industrial Relations Committee of the Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA) and of the Industrial Security Committee of the National Security Industrial Association. He is cofounder of the Long Island Chapter of the American Society of Industrial Security. Mr. Rozzi has been active in Boy Scouting, and he is a former Commissioner of Youth Recreation of the Smithtown Recreation Center and a former member of the Bethpage School Board. Mr. Rozzi is a recipient of the Good Citizenship Award of the Long Island Parkway Police. He currently serves with the panel of arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Rozzi and his wife, the former Ruth Knudsen of Bethpage, reside in Smithtown, New York. They are the parents of five children: Samuel Thomas, Thomas, Pamela Joan, Mrs. Norman L. Law, and Mrs. Jeffrey Smith. (Grumman Executive Biography, October 1978)

Thomas died at the age of 95 on December 8, 2008.