Jay M. Cohen

Jay M. Cohen
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, United States Department of Homeland Security
In office
August 10, 2006 – 2009
Appointed by George W. Bush
Succeeded by Tara O'Toole

Jay M. Cohen is a retired Rear Admiral of the United States Navy and Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

He entered the Navy in 1968 as an ensign after graduation from the United States Naval Academy. His last assignment in the Navy was (20th) Chief of the Office of Naval Research. He retired as a serviceman on February 1, 2006. Cohen was sworn in as Under Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security on August 10, 2006.

Cohen received a joint Ocean Engineering degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a Master of Science degree in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture from MIT.

He served as the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology in the United States Department of Homeland Security from 2006 to 2009.[1] He now is a principal in the Chertoff Group[1] and serves on the board of directors of Decision Sciences International Corporation.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Honorable Jay M. Cohen « Chertoff Group". Chertoffgroup.com. http://chertoffgroup.com/cgroup/2010/03/the-honorable-jay-m-cohen/. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
  2. ^ "The Honorable Jay M. Cohen, Mr. Eric Womble, and Dr. Lawrence Delaney Join... – SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/". California: Prnewswire.com. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-honorable-jay-m-cohen-mr-eric-womble-and-dr-lawrence-delaney-join-decision-sciences-board-of-directors-60220267.html. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 

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