In 1984, Dr. Hans Mark, NASA Deputy Administrator, asked the following present or former top NASA managers (letter of April 19,1984) to provide the author with names of "individual members" of "NASA's pioneering generation of aerospace engineers" who, in their view, "reflect those characteristics which have typified NASA during its first quarter century." Ms. Josephine Dibella, who served as secretary to NASA's associate deputy administrator from 1959 to 1965, was also asked by Dr. Mark to suggest names. Of the 42 persons of whom Dr. Mark made this request, 25 responded, providing a total of 621 names. The named individuals constitute the "nominee" group referred to in Appendix B, Demographic Tables. In the following list, only the NASA management positions of highest rank are given for each person listed.
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NAME |
POSITION |
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Lew Allen |
Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (in 1984) |
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Robert O. Aller |
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems (in 1984) |
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John F. Clark |
Director, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1965-1976 |
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Edgar M. Cortright |
Director, Langley Research Center, 1968-1975 |
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Philip E. Culbertson |
Associate Deputy Administrator (in 1984) |
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Josephine Dibella |
Secretary to the Associate Deputy Administrator,1959-1965 |
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William F. Ballhaus, Jr. |
Director, Ames Research Center (in 1984) |
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John W Boyd |
Associate Administrator, Office of Management (in 1984) |
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June Gibbs Brown |
Inspector General (in 1984) |
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Burton I. Edelson |
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science and Applications (in 1984) |
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Stuart J. Evans |
Assistant Administrator for Procurement (in 1984) |
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Robert R. Gilruth |
Director, Manned Spacecraft Center, 1961-1972 |
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Robert H. Gray |
Deputy Director of Launch Operations, Kennedy Space Center (in 1984) |
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Donald P. Hearth |
Director, Langley Research Center (in 1984) |
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Noel W. Hinners |
Director, Goddard Space Flight Center (in 1984) |
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I. Jerry Hlass |
Director, National Space Technology Laboratories (in 1984; in 1988 the NSTL was renamed the John C. Stennis Space Center |
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S. Neil Hosenball |
General Counsel (in 1984) |
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Roy P. Jackson |
Associate Administrator, Office of Advanced Research and Technology, 1970-1973 |
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Harriet G. Jenkins |
Assistant Administrator, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs (in 1984) |
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E.C. Kilgore |
Associate Administrator, NASA Management Operations, 1980-1981 |
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Robert L. Krieger |
Director, Wallops Flight Research Center, 1948-1981 |
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William R. Lucas |
Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (in 1984) |
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Frank B. McDonald |
Chief Scientist (in 1984) |
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John J. Martin |
Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (in 1984) |
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Jesse W. Moore |
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight (in 1984) |
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John E. Naugle |
Associate Administrator, 1975-1977 |
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C. Thomas Newman |
Comptroller (in 1984) |
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William H. Pickering |
Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1954-1976 |
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Eugene D. Rosen |
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (in 1984) |
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Robert C. Seamans, Jr. |
Deputy Administrator, 1965-1968 |
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Willis H. Shapley |
Associate Deputy Administrator, 1965-1974 |
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Milton A. Silveira |
Chief Engineer (in 1984) |
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Abe Silverstein |
Director, Lewis Research Center, 1961-1969 |
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Richard G. Smith |
Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center (in 1984) |
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Andrew J. Stofan |
Director, Lewis Research Center (in 1984) |
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Ernst Stuhlinger |
Associate Director for Science, Marshall Space Flight Center, 1960-1975 |
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C. A. Syvertson |
Director, Ames Research Center, 1978-1984 |
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Norman Terrell |
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy (in 1984) |
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Patrick A. Templeton |
Associate Administrator, Office of External Relations (in 1984) |
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Walter C. Williams |
Associate Director, Space Task Group, 1959-1962 (NASA Chief Engineer, 1975-1982) |