Milledge A. Hart, III a native Texan, is a 1956 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. Following service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Hart joined IBM Corporation as a marketing representative. In 1962, Mr. Hart joined Ross Perot as one of the founders of Electronic Data Systems Corp. In 1969, he became Executive Vice President of the company and became President in 1970, the position he held until his retirement in 1977. Later in 1978 Mr. Hart founded, and remains, Chairman of the Board of Rmax, Inc., which manufactures rigid isocyanurate insulation. Rmax currently has plants in Dallas, Texas; Greenville , South Carolina; and Reno, Nevada. Its products include residential sheathing and residential and commercial roof insulation, as well as other specialty products. In 1983, he formed Hart Group, Inc., a diversified group of companies involved in insulation manufacturing and investments. Subsequently, Hart Group, Inc. was founded in 1988. In addition to being Chairman of the Board of the Hart Group, Inc. and Rmax, Inc., Mr. Hart serves on the following outside boards:

• The Home Depot, Inc. (one of the original founders), also serves as a member of the Executive
  Committee and Chairs the Information Technology Advisory Council.
• Docucorp International (Chairman of the Board, Compensation Committee and member of the   Governance and Nominating Committee and Ex-Officio member of the Audit Committee)
• Lyco Energy Corporation (member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Chairman of   the Compensation Committee)
• Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees and various standing Committees of the Board   (Executive Board, Academic Policy Trustee Committee and Chairman of the Investment   Committee)
• Southern Methodist University Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series and Nominating   Committee, Hart Global Leaders Forum (endowed and funded) and sponsorship of the Hart   Presidential Scholars
• Episcopal School of Dallas, Member of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Endowment   Committee (Former Chairman of the Board and Founding Director)
• Duke University , Board of Trustees (Trustee Emeritus), Sanford Institute Board of Visitors. Terry   Sanford Institute of Public Policy and Hart Leadership Program benefactor (endowed this   undergraduate program in 1986)
• Recipient of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives - Dallas Chapter 1999 Outstanding   Philantropist
• Claridge Association (President)
• Strawberry Park Home Owners Association, President ( Beaver Creek, Colorado)
• Beaver Creek Property Owners Association

Mr. Hart is also a member of World Presidents’ Organization, Chief Executives’ Organization, Inc., and was also selected as a member of Who’s Who in American Business and Who’s Who in Texas .

Linda Hart
Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hart Group, Inc. Linda Wertheimer Hart is Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hart Group, Inc., a diversified group of companies involved in insulation manufacturing and investments. In addition to being a director of each of the Hart Group companies, Ms. Hart is currently or has been a member of a variety of outside Boards, including the following:

• Imation Corp. (Chairman, Nominating and Governance Committee; member, Compensation Committee)
• Conner Peripherals, Inc. (Chairman, Audit Committee; member, Compensation Committee) (Conner Peripherals, Inc. sold to Seagate Technology)
• WordPerfect Corporation (Chairman, Compensation Committee; member, Audit Committee) (WordPerfect Corporation sold to Novell, Inc.)
• SICPA Industries of America, Inc.
• New York Stock Exchange Legal Advisory Committee (Former Chairman; Ex-Officio member)
• Women’s Leadership Board, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
• DFW Directors Roundtable Advisory Board
• Southern Methodist University Hart E-Center Advisory Board
• Southern Methodist University Tate Lecture Series Board (Former Chairman)
• Southern Methodist University School of Law and Cox School of Business Executive Boards
• Southern Methodist University Hart Global Leaders Forum Board
• The University of Texas at Dallas School of Management Advisory Board (Former Chairman)
• The University of Texas at Dallas Development Board
• The University of Texas at Dallas Management School Foundation (Former Chairman)
• The University of Texas Southwestern Health System Board of Visitors (Charter Member)
• Dallas Citizens Council Board
• Dallas Symphony Association, Inc. (Former Chairman of the Board)
• Duke University Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
• Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce Board
• Texas National Research Laboratory Commission Board (Texas Agency-Superconducting Super Collider)
• International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation Board
• Dallas Women’s Foundation (Chairman, Advisory Council)
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation National Advisory Board
• Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Film Commission Board
• Vail Valley Music Festival Executive Board
• National Trustee, National Symphony Orchestra

For the 24 years prior to joining the Hart Group in 1990, Ms. Hart was engaged in the private practice of law in Dallas, Texas, specializing in corporate and securities matters. While continuing her legal practice in Dallas, Ms.Hart also served as outside consultant to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. and as a Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (B.S. cum laude 1962) and Southern Methodist University Law School (L.L.B. 1965). Ms. Hart has been a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and has written and lectured frequently throughout the country on corporate and securities law subjects. Ms. Hart served on the NYSE Special Study on Self Regulation, is Chairman Emeritus of the University of California Securities Regulation Institute, has been a member of the Legal Advisory Committee of the National Center on Financial Services of the University of California at Berkeley, the Trade and Investment Task Force of the Dallas Commission on International Development and the Executive Committee of the U.S. Government Business Forums on Capital Formation and was selected as an International Business Fellow. She is a member of the Committee of 200 and is Past President of International Women’s Forum – Dallas.

The Class of 1938

438 Graduates / 120 Non-Graduates

Of the graduates:

Leadership Conference 2007 From the Class of 1938

Rear Admiral Maurice H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.)
Class President, World War II Submarine Skipper,
Former Director of Naval Intelligence
and Distinguished Graduate Awardee 2007

This is a Leadership Vignette.
     A 24-year old Lieutenant Junior Grade reports to the new submarine DRUM
shortly before Pearl Harbor Day and World War II. He is assigned as Torpedo
and Gunnery Officer and Computer Operator in the Attack Team. He
learns his technical skills with dispatch. He knows his enlisted personnel, keeps
them informed especially in the heat of battle, and addresses their concerns on a
regular basis.
     He participated in every one of the more than 1,000 dives the submarine conducted. The crew
cheered when the Lieutenant Commander became their fourth Commanding Officer after nine war
patrols and 2 1/2 years. The Chief of the Boat, the senior enlisted on board, cried when he was transferred
prior to the ship’s tenth patrol.
     Now, fast forward 50 years and visit Mobile, Alabama where DRUM is a tourist attraction. Annually
the crew who sailed the ship during the war assembles for a Reunion. They believe time has stood
still with respect to their former skipper and think he is still 26. They address him as Cap’n Mike.
Effective leadership, in small or large organizations, is the difference between mediocrity and
soaring achievement. DRUM was in the latter category.

Yes, you guess that the vignette is about the author.

Rear Admiral Robert W. McNitt, USN (Ret.)
Former Class President, Former Superintendent Naval Postgraduate School,
Former U. S. Naval Academy Dean of Admissions
and Distinguished Graduate Awardee 200

Creating bonds of leadership is the first task of a newly appointed leader. In
1955, Rear Admiral Arleigh Burke was promoted over 91 admirals senior to
him to become the Navy's Chief of Naval Operations. He immediately showed
his confidence in the existing fleet commanders and Washington staff by keeping
them on the job until due for normal rotation. He increased their confidence
in him, by consulting them carefully on the Navy's problems. Then, only weeks after being
sworn in, he solved the most important one by obtaining the approval of President Eisenhower
on a vital personnel issue over the strong objections of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary
of Defense.
     Overcoming formidable obstacles, Admiral Arleigh Burke created bonds of leadership that
enabled him to lead the Navy successfully into the nuclear age, while serving an unprecedented
three terms and turning down an offer of a fourth. He and Roberta, his beloved wife of 72 years, are
buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery. The DDG-51 ARLEIGH BURKE Class of Guided Missile
Destroyers is named for the Admiral.

Captain Dennett K. Ela, USN (Ret.)
Former Class Secretary and Engineering Duty Officer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Postgraduate School)
Leadership Conference Supporter Extraordinaire
6 April 1915-11 November 2005