Douglas H. Rau is the Class of 1961 Chair and Distinguished Professor of Leadership Education at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA). A graduate of USNA in 1974, he served thirty years as a Surface Warfare–qualified Engineering Duty Officer (EDO). His sea tours included Chief Engineer of USS Rathburne (FF 1957) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Shore tours included Department Head at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Fellow on the CNO’s Strategic Studies Group, Senior Detailer and Community Manager for the EDO community, Dean of Engineering at USNA, and Commanding Officer, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.

Douglas H. Rau is the Class of 1961 Chair and Distinguished Professor of Leadership Education at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA). A graduate of USNA in 1974, he served thirty years as a Surface Warfare–qualified Engineering Duty Officer (EDO). His sea tours included Chief Engineer of USS Rathburne (FF 1957) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Shore tours included Department Head at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Fellow on the CNO’s Strategic Studies Group, Senior Detailer and Community Manager for the EDO community, Dean of Engineering at USNA, and Commanding Officer, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.

Douglas H. Rau is the Class of 1961 Chair and Distinguished Professor of Leadership Education at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA). A graduate of USNA in 1974, he served thirty years as a Surface Warfare–qualified Engineering Duty Officer (EDO). His sea tours included Chief Engineer of USS Rathburne (FF 1957) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Shore tours included Department Head at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Fellow on the CNO’s Strategic Studies Group, Senior Detailer and Community Manager for the EDO community, Dean of Engineering at USNA, and Commanding Officer, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.