(http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/collins-m.html) accessed 2 October 2006. You are using an out of date browser. Former Deputy of Program, International Space Station/Payloads Processing, NASA, Stubbs, Jerald D. from Wellesley College, in 1960, and her Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard in 1968. Former Director, Safety and Mission AssuranceLeinbach, Michael D. In all, Asimov published more than 200 books during his live, many of them fiction but also some non-fiction. Leonid Illyich Brezhnev (1912-1982) was Secretary of Central Committee for defense and space, i.e., head of the space program, from 1957-1960 and 1963-1965. Bob Ebeling is survived by his wife, Darlene, and 35 descendants spanning four generations, including a grandson studying engineering and granddaughter Ivy Lippard. Barclay had been promoted to the rank of brigadier general on 29 September 1955 after a career in the field artillery and ordnance that included command of Picatinny Arsenal from 1954 to 1956. Carpenters awards include the Navys Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and the Collier Trophy. Perkins Bass (1912- ) (R-NH) was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1954 and served through 1962. Claude Canizares (1945- ) is the Bruno Rossi Professor of Experimental Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Center for Space Research. Hugh Bullock (1898- ), son of Calvin Bullock, was an investment banker. Melvin S. Day (1923- ) earned a B.S. In 1960-1962 he served as executive director of the Inter-American Development Bank. John J. Corson (1905-1990) had been a management consultant with McKinsey & Co., since 1951, remaining there until 1966. (Provided by Asif Siddiqi). "He was able to let that part of his life go.". Former Director, Spaceport Engineering and TechnologyHeard, Astrid E. Steve Garber, NASA History Web Curator Former Chief, Shuttle Project Office, Shuttle ProcessingParrish, Alan J. During his tenure at NASA, he worked on planning and development of space vehicles. Lippard described Ebeling as a man "full of integrity" with a "legacy of compassion. He became head of the research department at Langley in 1943, then transferred to the NACA's Washington headquarters in 1945 to become acting director of research there. For further information E-mail hq-histinfo@nasa.gov, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anders-wa.html, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html, http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/braun.html, http://history.nasa.gov/centerhistories/marshall.htm, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/carpenter-ms.html, http://chandra.harvard.edu/about/chandra.html, http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/features/chertok_obit.html, http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4110/vol1-1.pdf, http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4110/vol1-2.pdf, http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4110/vol1-3.pdf, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/collins-m.html, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cooper-lg.html, http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cunningham-w.html, http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Biographies/dryden.html. He flew as command pilot on Gemini 8 in March 1966 and commander of Apollo 11 in July 1969. He remained there through 1957 as associate director and then director and vice president of the guided missile research division, before becoming executive vice president and general manager, then president, and finally chairman of the firm's Space Technology Laboratories. Hans Bethe (1906- ) was born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine. in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1956. Former Manager, Launch Services ProgramGarrido, Humberto T. (Bert) These included: "Organizing Headquarters Functions," 2 volumes, December 1958; "Financial Management--NASA-JPL Relationships," February 1959; "Security and Safety--NASA-JPL Relationships," February 1959; "Facilities Construction--NASA-JPL Relationships," February 1959; "Procurement and Subcontracting--NASA-JPL Relationships," February 1959; "NASA-JPL Relationships and the Role of the Western Coordination Office," March 1959; "Providing Supporting Services for the Development Operations Division," January 1960, on the transfer of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency to NASA; "Report of the Advisory Committee on Organization," October 1960; "An Evaluation of NASA's Contracting Politics, Organization, and Performance," October 1960. The study was ("Milton B. Ames, Jr.," biographical files, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.). 219-252). from the United States Naval Academy in 1964 and an M.S. She worked as a teacher, a bookkeeper, and even as a receptionist at one point. He left NASA in 1972 to join Abbot Laboratories as Vice President of Corporate Quality Assurance. Robert H. Charles (1914- ), became a special assistant to the NASA Administrator in 1963, with responsibility for working with industry to accomplish Project Apollo. He has also been an eloquent writer on behalf of the exploration of space. "And he was beating his fist on the dashboard. Subsequently, he was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force. Nancy W. Boggess was a scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center working on the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) spacecraft in the latter 1980s and early 1990s. In 1955 his weekly television series aired the first of three programs related to spaceflight. He remained in that position until 1965. Previously, he had held a number of important government posts in Texas and Washington, including secretary of the Navy, 1953-1954, and deputy secretary of defense, 1954-1955. Donald Clarence Cook (1909-1981) was a government official, lawyer, and businessman who held numerous posts from 1935 to 1945 in the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as staff positions in other agencies and in ConGress before being appointed SEC member in 1949. See "Chesley Bonestell," Ad Astra, July/August 1991, p. 9. He was always first on line at any 3.7K. He was commissioned into the Air Force after attending three years at the University of Hawaii. Former Chief CounselArbuthnot, Richard See "Isaac Asimov" biographical folder, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. J. Leland Atwood (1904-1999) was a long-standing official of North American Rockwell, Inc. Charlie Coyle Salary, "That's my engineering background coming out," Ebeling explained three decades later. From 1959 through 1981, he headed the Upper Air Physics branch of the Naval Research Laboratory. He became president of Lockheed (California) in 1979. He was a consultant on organization and management to the Atomic Energy Commission in 1956-1957 and served as director of the bureau of enforcement in the Civil Aeronautics Board, 1958- 1965. He assumed the post of associate director for research in 1945, and when NASA replaced the NACA, he became director of aeronautical and space research. He left the firm in 1963 to assume various management positions for Aerojet-General Corporation. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy a West Point, in 1923 he went into the Army Air Corps and became a pilot. He was educated at the University of Cracow, where he excelled at mathematics, and at the University of Bologna in Italy, where he began to study astronomy. It looks at the pressures to launch the Challenger, the internal cover-ups and the aftermath of the disaster. He was director of the Goddard Space Flight Center from 1965 until he retired in 1976. Dr. Bentley served as assistant secretary of agriculture for science and education from 1982 to 1989. John Deutch (1938- ) served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1994-1995 and then as Direcotr of Central Intelligence from 1995-1997. Later he served as chair of the Inventions and Contributions Board, before retiring from NASA in 1972. Former Chief Counsel, NASAWistrand, Gary L. Anthony J. Calio (1936 - ) earned a B.A. He also served as the staff director of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs from 1955 until he joined NASA in 1962 as Special Assistant to Administrator James E. Webb. Donlan retired from NASA in 1976 and then worked as a consultant for the Institute for Defense Analysis where he studied military uses for the Shuttle for the next twelve years. He later became the Dean of the School of Engineering, Columbia University (obituary in New York Times, August 28, 1975, p. 36). With the crew of STS-118, in 2008 he received the Federation Aeronautique Internationale Medaille de la Vaulx Award and the V.M. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from MIT in 1938, he joined the research staff of NACAs Langley Aeronautical Laboratory where he worked to improve aircraft design, stability, and control. Ebeling helped assemble the data that demonstrated the risk. His experiences at the Laboratory varied from rocket experiments to measuring the electrical properties of Earths atmosphere. ("Edward M. Cortright" biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.). Charles P. Cabell (1903-1971) was a career officer in the Army Air Corps and later the Air Force, rising to the rank of general in 1958. His resignation from NASA was effective February 25, 1986. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He began the practice of law in Hartford in 1947 and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1953-1957. Three weeks later, I sat with Ebeling at his kitchen table, tears and anger punctuating his words. Spence Armstrong worked as a public servant for nearly half a century. In 1957, he joined the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress and in 1958 and 1959 he was special counsel to the House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1969. "And I just sat there in . De Quien Es El Hijo De Pamela Silva Conde, Richard M. Bissell (1909-1994) was a CIA official who was the deputy director for plans during the Bay of Pigs incident. Bobs notoriety on the show even led him to being tapped to do an anti-drug PSA in See Richard E. Martin, The Atlas and Centaur "Steel Balloon" Tanks: A Legacy of Karel Bossart (San Diego: General Dynamics Corp., 1989); Robert L. Perry, "The Atlas, Thor, Titan, and Minuteman," in Eugene M. Emme, ed., A History of Rocket Technology (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1964), pp. He earned his bachelors degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1949, after which he was commissioned in the U.S. Navy. Chris Rock, auditioning for Tommy Chong, and saving the day with his bad Bodo Bartocha (1928 - ) earned his B.S. 1950 Coffee Percolator, "Bob Ebeling did his job that night," Sides continued. While at the Observatory she produced a report entitled Interaction Between Solar Physics and Astrophysics. Professional memberships include: the American Astronomical Society, vice president in 1988; the International Astronomical Union (IAU); the Committee on Space Research; and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Then Ebeling heard from hundreds of NPR readers and listeners, who responded to our January story. In 1945 he joined the U.S. Navy to serve as an electronics technician and the next year entered Bowdoin College where he majored in Physics and English, graduating with honors in 1949. He would eventually retire from the Army with the rank of General. Chief CounselSumner, Michael F. He has served as an adjunct professor in the Arizona Research Laboratory, of the University of Arizona, since 1993. He conducted research at Lewis on the aerodynamics of high-speed air induction systems and jet exit nozzles. He became chancellor of Washington University in 1945 and was a professor of natural history there from 1953 to 1961. She was the 1972 Phillips Lecturer for Haverford College, and was awarded the 1973 Bart J. Bok Prize by Harvard University. He had served with the U.S. Army Air Corps between 1917 and 1930, and then was manager of the aviation section for Shell Oil Co. between 1930 and 1940. Upon completion of his mission, Carpenter took a leave of absence from NASA and participated in the Navys SEALAB II program, thus making him the first person to hold both the titles of astronaut and aquanaut. Lewis M. Branscomb (1926- ) is a Harvard University-trained physicist who served in a variety of university and public service posts before the chief scientist of the IBM Corp (American Men and Women of Science, 1989-1990 [New York: R.R. Bob Ebeling with his daughter Kathy (center) and his wife, Darlene. of the signings, Howard recounted to listeners during a 2007 appearance Bob made on the show. Naval Academy in 1956. John A. Barclay (1909- ) became commander of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency on 31 March 1958 after serving as deputy commander since 1 May 1956 under the more famous John B. Medaris. Williams was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1947. For Chertok's multi-volume memoirs, Rockets and People see: See "ESA Names New Scientific Chief," Defense Daily, January 27, 1983, p. 144. In the latter year, his title became president, General Dynamics Astronautics. Overton Brooks (1897-1961) (D-LA) had been elected to represent his home state in the House to 12 successive terms since 1937. Former Deputy Director, Safety, Health and Independent Assessment, NASAMoses, Michael P. See "Barnes, Richard J.H." ("Paul F. Bikle," biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.). ("Canizares, Claude R." biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.). Orville George Bentley (1918 -) earned a B.S. He became assistant director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1945-1946 and its director from 1947-1954, presiding over its early program in rocketry leading up to the development of the Sergeant missile. In 1953, Cunningham joined a Marine squadron where he served on active duty until 1956. Bryce Harlow told Eisenhower in 1958 that Bridges was "a walking 25 votes in the Senate, the most skilled maneuverer on the Republican side" (Quoted in Robert A. Divine, The Sputnik Challenge: Eisenhower's Response to the Soviet Satellite [New York: Oxford University Press, 1993], p. 140). By 1979, she achieved the most senior position possible for a woman in the engineering department, but could not break through to management. He left JPL to take over the beginning Atlas missile project for the recently-formed Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation. Komarov Diploma followed by a NASA Exceptional Service Medal.Williams has received the following honorary degrees; Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Saskatchewan (2004), Honorary Doctorate of Science, McGill University (2007), Honorary Doctorate of Science, University of Wales (2007), Honorary Doctorate of Science, Queen's University 2009, Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Dalhousie University (2016). Arthur B. Bronwell (1909- ) was an electrical engineer who had been a professor at Northwestern University and became president of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1955-1962, then the dean of engineering at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. See James A. Abrahamson, biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Loren W. Acton (1936- ) earned a B.A. New Providence, NJ: R. R. Bower, 1998. He became director of the office before joining NASA in 1960 as deputy director of the office of technical information and educational programs. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASADelgado Jr., Hugo M. Talbot Albert Chubb (1923 - ) is an authority in geophysics and astrophysics. He became director of the Langley Research Center in 1968, a position he held until 1975, when he went to work for private industry. Former Chief, Propellants, Logistics and Services OfficeHoneycutt, Jay "Currie, Dr. Malcolm R.," biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Styles Bridges (1898-1961) (R-NH) had served as governor of his state, 1935-1937, and was elected to the Senate in 1936. "I think that was one of the mistakes God made," Ebeling told me in January. Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen (1904-1974) was a career U.S. foreign service officer and diplomat who served as ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1953-1957; to the Philippines, 1957-1959; and to France, 1962-1968. In 1959 he became director of NASA's Flight Research Center, also at Edwards, a position he held until his retirement in 1971. This Bob dude was a black sheep at NASA. Cheap Trick Tour Dates 1979, Richard L. Callaghan (1925 - ) served as NASAs Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs from 1963-1967. The movie is still one of the most realistic depictions of the rigors of spaceflight ever to be filmed. During his tenure he was responsible for creating and organizing 13 laboratories and research units, including Space Physics Research, Plasma Engineering, and Cooley Electronics. Its first major achievement was the Mark 14 gyroscopic gunsight for Navy antiaircraft guns. He was also a representative to the Vietnam Peace Conference in Paris (1970-1971) and was liaison officer to Communist China from 1973-1974. Anders resigned from NASA and the Air Force (active duty) in September 1969 and became Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council. If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that Henry C. Dworshak (1894-1962) (R-ID) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1938 and served there from 1939 to 1946, when he was elected to the Senate, where he remained through 1962. and Ph.D. degrees in Canada before coming to the U.S. in 1959, and became a naturalized citizen in 1963. Thereafter he served as Deputy Director of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, before resigning from NASA and the Navy on July 1, 1976, to become Executive Vice PresidentInternational, Coral Petroleum, Inc., Houston, Texas. (Provided by Asif Siddiqi). Former Deputy Director, Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management OfficeFairey, J. Chris http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4110/vol1-3.pdf Walter Cunningham (1932 - ) was in the third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October 1963 and served as the lunar module pilot in the Apollo 7 mission, the first piloted flight test of the third generation United States spacecraft. See "Anders, W.A.," biographical file 000082, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC and (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anders-wa.html). He seemed way too cool to be working there. The PostApollo Space Program: Directions for the Future (Washington, DC: President's Science Advisory Council, September 1969) developed an expansive program that included building a space station, a space shuttle, a lunar base, and a mission to Mars (the latter goal had been endorsed by the Vice President at the time of the Apollo 11 launch in July 1969). #2. Biographical sketch from Ralph Braibanti, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Clinton P. Anderson (1895-1975) (D-NM) was elected to the House of Representatives in 1940 and served through 1945, when he was appointed secretary of agriculture. Former Senior Advisor for Institutional ManagementAnderson, Bruce H. S. Former Launch Integration Manager, Space Shuttle ProgramMorgan, JoAnn H. Former Director, Safety and Mission AssuranceRoe, Ralph R. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1944. Mark. "It was as if he got permission from the world," says his daughter Leslie Ebeling Serna. Cordova left Los Alamos to become a professor at Pennsylvania State University and later became head of the astronomy and physics department. See Callaghan, R. L., biographical file 000279, NASA Historical Reference Collection, History Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. A British citizen, Bondi later served as Science Advisor to the Minister for Energy. Bob williams nasa death Williams was one of three administrators of the parts recovery framework, a five-story robot worked by the Unit Handling Systems division of Litton Industries. from the University of Minnesota in 1949, an M.S. After the war, he became a wealthy businessman. He became an astronaut in 1962 after having served as a test pilot with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1955-1958) and NASA (1958-1962). J. David Bohlin (1939 - ) has been the senior scientific program executive at NASA Headquarters since 1996. Sofge, Albert D. In 1947, he started a career with the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground as a meteorologist, and stayed until 1950. Former Director, Safety and Mission AssuranceBartine, David E. The great Bob Williams was an economic policy icon who passed away this week, Jonathan Williams said. In 1985 the Senate approved his promotion in retirement to four-star general. See Who's Who in America 1996 New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 1996. France Cordova (1947 - ) earned a B.A. He was also a key leader in the Apollo program, as he was responsible for overseeing all test activities before being named Deputy Director of the Apollo Advanced Operations Program in 1965. (Provided by Asif Siddiqi). John F. Clark (1920 - ), was an electrical engineer at the Naval Research Laboratory from 1942 to 1958. He had a job earning $33,000 per year and only lasted 2 weeks. He later rose through the position of editor in 1963-1964 to become executive vice president and director of Curtis Publishing Co. in the latter year. ), Paul F. Bikle (1916-1991) earned a B.S. Former Director of Engineering Development, NASAWells, Joel James H. Douglas, Jr. (1899-1988), was secretary of the Air Force between 1957 and 1959 and deputy secretary of defense, 1959- 1961. During his tenure, Afanasyev oversaw the N1 and Salyut projects. At the Sacramento Peak Observatory he worked as an astrophysicist from 1970 to 1976, was an associate resident physicist from 1976 to 1980, and a resident physicist from 1980 to 1985. In July 1966, Abrahamson graduated, as a distinguished graduate, from Air Command and Staff College. Former Associate Director, NASAKennedy, James W. Robert R. Bowie (1909- ), was the Deputy Director and then Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State from 1953-1958, after which he became a consultant to the Department. Voot Roadies Xtreme, Before and after his time with NASA, Bisplinghoff served as a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he conducted significant research in aeronautical engineering. He was employed almost exclusively by the Avco Corporation from 1955 until his retirement, with the exception of the time he spent as NASAs Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology from 1965-1968. He was an assistant professor of physics at the University of Iowa, in Ames, from 1952 to1954 and served as senior scientist at the Goddard Institute of Space Studies, in New York, from 1961 to 1966. Both with the Air Force and with NASA, he was associated with many major aeronautical research programs from the XB-43, the first jet bomber, through the successful rocket- powered X-15, to wingless lifting bodies that lead to the Space Shuttle and reusable boosters. But at the end of his life, his family says, he was finally able to find peace. These included the American Rocket Society (president 1953); International Astronautical Federation (president 1953-1956); and National Space Club (governor 1961). See Arnold D. Aldrich, biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Edward C. Aldridge, Jr. (1938- ) spent his entire career in the aerospace community as a corporate and governmental official. Earl Henry ("Red") Blaik (1897-1989) had been a star end on the Army football team before he graduated in 1920. Adams went on to serve as the Senior Vice President of Avco in the late 1970s and as the Deputy Chief of Tactical Warfare programs for the Department of Defense in the early 1980s. At NASA, he was responsible for the oversight of major research projects relating to the science and engineering of space exploration. He became comptroller general of the U.S. in 1954 and remained in that position until 1965. He was named coach of the year in 1946 and elected to the National Football Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1964. Shimano Deore M6100, I figured out Id better shape up or I wont be here much longer. 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