International Directory of Business Biographies | Nicholas D. Chabraja Biography

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Chief executive officer and chairman of the board, General Dynamics

Nationality: American.

Born: November 6, 1942, in Gary, Indiana.

Education: Northwestern University, BA, 1964; Northwestern University, JD, 1967.

Family: Married Eleanor (maiden name unknown; philanthropist).

Career: Jenner & Block (law firm), 1968–1997; 1984–1993, partner; 1986, special counsel to United States House of Representatives; 1992, special counsel to General Dynamics; General Dynamics, 1993–1994, senior vice president and general counsel; 1994–, director; 1994–1996, executive vice president; 1997 (1 January–31 May), vice chairman of the board; 1997–, chief...