Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1921, Nov. 9 | Born, Berkeley, Calif. |
1942 | A.B., Brown University, Providence, R.I. |
1943-1945 | Graduated from Naval Reserve Midshipman Training at Annapolis, Md., and Submarine School at New London, Conn. Radar and assistant engineering officer, submarine Pompon |
1945 | Awarded Submarine Combat Insignia with stars and United States Navy Commendation Medal |
1946, Oct. 1 | Married Barbara Helen Taunton Pearse |
1947-1949 | M.S. and Ph.D., Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. |
1949-1963 | Successive appointments as research engineer, manager of materials and processes, research metallurgist, and manager of engineering applications, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. |
1963-1968 | Manager of Technical Military Planning Operation, General Electric Company, Santa Barbara, Calif. |
1968-1970 | Successive appointments as deputy administrator and administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Directed seven Apollo missions, including the first landings on the moon Awarded Distinguished Service Medal |
1970-1976 | Vice president and group executive, Power Generation Group, and senior vice president for science and technology, General Electric Company, New York, N.Y. |
1976-1982 | President, Northrop Corp., Los Angeles, Calif. |
1982-1992 | President, Thomas Paine Associates, Santa Monica, Calif. |
1985 | Appointed Chairman of the National Commission on Space |
1990 | Appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Future of the United States Space Program |
1992, May 4 | Died, Los Angeles, Calif. |