Marshall O. Larsen '70, the retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Goodrich Corporation, has been named among the 100 best CEOs in the world by the Harvard Business Review. The global study focused on CEO performance throughout their tenure and long-term value they created for their companies.
Larsen joined Goodrich in 1977 as an Operations Analyst and Financial Manager. In 1981, he became Director of Planning and Analysis and subsequently Director of Product Marketing. In 1986, he became Assistant to the President and later served as General Manager of several divisions of the company's aerospace business. In 1994, he was elected a Vice President of the company and was named a Group Vice President of Goodrich Aerospace. In 1995 he was appointed Executive Vice President of the company and President and Chief Operating Officer of Goodrich Aerospace. In February 2002 Larsen was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Goodrich Corporation. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2003.
Larsen was a former Chairman of the U.S. Aerospace Industries Association, and is currently a member of their Board of Governors. He is also a member of The Business Council and The Business Roundtable. He serves as a Director of Lowe's Companies, Inc., Becton, Dickinson and Company, United Technologies Corp., and the Federal Reserve Bank. He was named "Citizen of the Year" by the Charlotte World Affairs Council in 2011.
Larsen, a native of Enderlin, North Dakota, received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy in 1970. He received a Master of Science degree from the Krannert Graduate School of Industrial Management at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 1977.