Northrop Grumman Dedicates Habitat
for Humanity House
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United Steelworkers
of America Local 8888 President Alton Glass (left)
and Northrop Grumman Newport News Vice President
of Human Resources and Administration Bill Ermatinger
(right) watch as homeowner Juanita Wright participates
in a traditional ribbon cutting to celebrate the
completion of her new Habitat for Humanity home.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., -- April 4, 2006 -- Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the United Steelworkers
of America (Local 8888) held a dedication ceremony on
April 3 to celebrate the completion of the fourth house
built for the Peninsula Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat for Humanity builds simple and affordable
houses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter.
The house, which is being called the “Labor Management
House 4,” is located on Wolf Trap Road in Yorktown,
Va. The land was donated by homeowner Juanita Wright.
Northrop Grumman’s Newport News sector
provided volunteers and financial support and coordinated
the resources for this project.
“We enjoyed building this house for
Juanita,” said Bill Ermatinger, vice president of
human resources and administration at Northrop Grumman
Newport News. “I hope she enjoys her new home and
the hard work the volunteers from Northrop Grumman put
into it.”
Representatives from Northrop Grumman Newport
News, the Steelworkers Union, Habitat for Humanity and
Wright participated in the ceremony.
In addition to Wright becoming a new homeowner,
she will celebrate her 65th birthday this week.
“I will be forever grateful for your
help in making it possible for me to own my home,”
Wright said. “The shipyard built this house, so
I know it will be here forever.”
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global
defense company headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop
Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative
products, services and solutions in systems integration,
defense electronics, information technology, advanced
aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With approximately
125,000 employees and operations in all 50 states and
25 countries, Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and international
military, government and commercial customers.
