In memoriam

January 2008

Joseph P. Hylan, NDIA operations director

The National Defense Industrial Association lost a dear friend and colleague when Director of Operations Joseph P. Hylan suffered a heart attack and passed away in the Atlanta airport while returning from the Expeditionary Warfare Conference on Oct. 26. He was 55.

Hylan came to the National Security Industrial Association in 1995, which later became NDIA after a merger with the American Defense Preparedness Association. He managed eight of the 28 divisions in the association.

He enlisted in the Marine Corps at age 18. After completing the Platoon Leaders Program at the Pennsylvania Military College in 1971, and receiving a BS in Business Administration in 1974, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and assigned a military occupational specialty as a field artillery officer. He served in a variety of Fleet Marine Force and staff assignments including tours at Force Troops, Pacific, 29 Palms, Calif., the 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan and the 2nd Marine Division in Camp LeJeune, N.C.

He also held such diverse billets as logistics officer for a refugee camp at Camp Pendleton following the fall of Vietnam; commanding officer of a recruiting station in New Jersey; deputy camp commander of Camp Fuji, Japan, and two tours at Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He received an MBA from Averett University in 1994.

He’s survived by his mother Margaret, 92 of Norristown, Pa., a younger brother Bernard — and two sons, Joseph Patrick, 17, and Jack Binion, 15, who live with his former wife Jan near Quantico, Va.

Roger Ohlrich, NDIA general counsel

Roger Carl Ohlrich, general counsel of the National Defense Industrial Association, passed away on Nov. 10. He was 69.

Ohlrich attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Business Administration and his Juris Doctor. He earned a Master of Laws in Taxation from George Washington University Law School in 1968.

Roger began his legal career at the Internal Revenue Service and served as a clerk in the U.S. Tax Court. He was most recently the sole proprietor of Gardner, Ohlrich and Vlach.

He also served as the director of the Business Law/Legal Support Science Division at Southeastern University in Washington and taught business law courses at George Mason University Law School.

Roger is survived by his wife Gay, brother Karl, children David, Elizabeth and Kathryn, and grandchildren Drew, Jon, Carly, Quentin, Mercedes, Jake and Sam.

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