Mark Rosenker
| Mark Rosenker | |
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| Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board | |
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In office March 2005 – July 28, 2009 Acting: March 2005 – August 11, 2006 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Ellen Engleman Conners |
| Succeeded by | Deborah Hersman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Mark Victor Rosenker December 8, 1946 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
University of Maryland, College Park (BA) Air War College |
Mark Victor Rosenker is an American aviation official who served as the 11th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) from August 2006 through August 2008. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Chairman Rosenker was renominated by President Bush for a second term as Chair and was going through the Senate confirmation process, which basically ended when President Obama was elected in November 2008. He served as acting chair starting in March 2005 to August 2006 and then again from August 2008 until his resignation from the Board in August 2009, when he returned to private life.
Rosenker is a retired Air Force Reserve Major General. During his 37-year active duty and reserve career, Rosenker received numerous awards and decorations including the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster and the Legion of Merit.
He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF in June 1969 via the University of Maryland ROTC program. He began his active duty Air Force career in July 1969. He served five years as a civilian member of the Board of Visitors of the Community College of the Air Force. Rosenker graduated from the Air Command and Staff College and the Air War College.
Rosenker was appointed by the President a Board Member of the NTSB beginning March 2003 after unanimous confirmation by the United States Senate and was designated vice chairman the following month by the President. He began a second 5-year term as a Board Member in January 2005 after another unanimous confirmation.
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