II, pp. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASAKent, Ronald B. Former Special Assistant to the Center DirectorScherer, Lee R. Deaths-Dead / Obituaries : This is a developing story that Bob Williams, a nasa engineer may have passed away. Former Chief, Spaceport Technology Business Development OfficeHevey, Bruce See Callaghan, R. L., biographical file 000279, NASA Historical Reference Collection, History Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. 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. Joseph V. Charyk (1920- ) was under secretary of the Air Force at this time (1960-1963) and later returned to aerospace industry, whence he had come, serving as president of Communications Satellite Corporation after 1963. in 1953, and his Ph.D. (inorganic chemisty) in 1956. He had been involved in several governmental science advisory organizations before taking up his formal White House duties in 1969 and serving in that capacity until 1970. He performed a similar duty for the House Committee on Science and Technology, 1959-1962. William Casey (1913-1987) served as chief of secret intelligence in Europe for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Walter F. Boone was an admiral, who after retiring from the Navy, became the NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Defense Affairs. After a lengthy career as an Army aviator and commander that spanned the two world wars, he retired from active service in 1945. **History's cool kids, looking fantastic! He is a former NASA engineer. He was chief of naval operations, 1955-1961, and then retired to become a corporate executive. He returned to Michigan as chair of the aeronautical engineering department and remained in that position until 1953, with a year's leave of absence in 1950- 1951 as technical director of the Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center. In that time period the Black community was really "getting it's shyt together" at an alarming rate. His first night he spent $60 on it. Since leaving NASA Mr. Beggs has worked as a consultant. ), Michael G. Del Duca (1929-2004) earned his Ph.D. at Western Reserve University in 1956. And then he wept loudly. He directed the research in that tunnel and designed others as well before becoming director of the new Ames Aeronautical Laboratory in 1940. From 1950 through 1967 he worked as a physicist at Aberdeen. http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4110/vol1-1.pdf In 1958 Donlan was appointed Associate Director of the NASA Space task Group at Langley to conduct Project Mercury. He conducted research at Lewis on the aerodynamics of high-speed air induction systems and jet exit nozzles. Former Launch Director and Former Director of Shuttle Processing, NASASmith, Jackie E. See Thomas F. Dixon biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Thomas J. Dodd (1907-1971) (D-CT) received his law degree from Yale in 1933 and served in the Justice Department's civil rights section, 1938-1945, then as a chief trial counsel in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg in 1945-1946. He became president of Lockheed (California) in 1979. Bob Ebeling is survived by his wife, Darlene, and 35 descendants spanning four generations, including a grandson studying engineering and granddaughter Ivy Lippard. He served as chief of naval research in Washington, D.C., from 1956 through 1961 and then became senior vice president and director of engineering for Sangamo Electric Co. in 1961. James (Jimmy) Carter (1924 - ) was the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Later he served as chair of the Inventions and Contributions Board, before retiring from NASA in 1972. He had been chosen as a NASA astronaut in the early-1960s and had been on the Gemini 7 mission in 1965. away from the Stern Show and came on one final time to let everyone know hed During World War II, his work on a glide bomb named the Bat won him a Presidential Certificate of Merit. pp. into safe flight, that they asked me to lead it. Bruce Kamau Fifa 20, Former Director, Safety and Mission AssuranceLeinbach, Michael D. McDonald phoned Ebeling recently after hearing the NPR story. During that time, the center built 19 major wind tunnels and conducted extensive flight research, including the blunt-body research necessary for returning spacecraft from orbit to the earth's atmosphere without burning up. Bob Ebeling with his daughter Kathy (center) and his wife, Darlene. Former Director of ISO-9000 Project Office, NASAMcCartney, Forrest S. The black community believed the government had failed to protect their civil rights. Nikolai A. Bulganin was chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers, and was heavily involved in the negotiations over freedom of space issue for overflight of territories. He practiced law in Boston from 1922-1942 and then became president and director of the Old Colony Trust Co., 1946-1953, and its chairman for the next several years. He was a naval officer and a businessman before entering politics. He retired from that position in 1974 See "Debus, Kurt H.," biographical file 000443, NASA Historical Reference Collection, History Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. The first of these,"Man in Space," premiered on Disney's show on March 9, 1955 with an estimated audience of 42 million. For Chertok's multi-volume memoirs, Rockets and People see: Previously he had been director of the stellar and planetary laboratory of the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) and chair of ESA's Space Science Advisory Committee from 1978 to 1980. (Provided by Asif Siddiqi). In 1976 he was elected Attorney General of Arkansas, and in 1978 became the youngest Governor of the U.S. Elected for the presidency in 1992, he served two consecutive terms before leaving office. New Providence, NJ: R. R. Bower, 1998. John F. Clark (1920 - ), was an electrical engineer at the Naval Research Laboratory from 1942 to 1958. in 1940, both in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. Former Deputy Chief CounselHeuser, Jan Merton E. Davies (1917- ) was educated at Stanford University and worked, 1940-1948, at the Douglas Aircraft Co., and since 1948 at the Rand Corp. Bush (1924- ) served as president of the United States between 1989 and 1993. Dr. Robert L. Williams II is professor of mechanical engineering at Ohio University, focusing on robotics and haptics research and education. He came to MIT as a postdoctoral fellow in 1971 and joined the faculty in 1974 progressing to professor of physics in 1984. it amazes me how non blacks act like crack magically appeared in black communities. See, as examples, David H. DeVorkin, Science With a Vengeance: How the Military Created the US Space Sciences After World War II (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1992); Frederick I. Ordway III and Mitchell R. Sharpe, The Rocket Team (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979); Erik Bergaust, Wernher von Braun (Washington, DC: National Space Institute, 1976); Michael J. Neufeld, Von Braun, Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007); Wernher von Braun,(http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/braun.html) accessed 23 October 2006; Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), (http://history.nasa.gov/centerhistories/marshall.htm) accessed 23 October 2006. After receiving his Masters, Cunningham was employed as a physicist by the Rand Corporation where he worked on problems with the Earths magnetosphere as well as projects for the Department of Defense. Bob Williams could have been a great asset to the black community but instead discovered crack cocaine. Engineer Who Opposed Challenger Launch Offers Personal Look at Tragedy. See Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr., biographical file 376, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC and (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cooper-lg.html) accessed 2 October 2006. Previously he worked for 5 years at NASA Langley . He later became a corporate executive with the Aerospace Corp., serving as senior vice president, technical, 1960-1978. Did Late Bob Williams engineer Work in NASA ? Williams was a mission specialist on two space shuttle missions. Smith J. DeFrance (1896-1985) was a military aviator with the Army's 139th Aero Squadron during World War I, then earned a B.S. Malcolm R. Currie (1927- ) was trained in physics and electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1947. After Hitler came to power in Germany, he left for England and then the United States, landing at Cornell University in 1935. He then went on to earn both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Physics at UCLA in 1960 and 1961, respectively. Karel J. Bossart (1904-1975) was a pre-World War II immigrant from Belgium, who was early involved in the development of rocket technology with the Convair Corp. Walter R. Dornberger (1895-1980) was Wernher von Braun's military superior during the German rocket development program of World War II. 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. The Stern Show is sad to report the passing of beloved former Wack Packer George "Crackhead Bob" Harvey. He became chancellor of Washington University in 1945 and was a professor of natural history there from 1953 to 1961. (Headquarters Telephone Directory, May 1960, NASA Historical Reference Collection). Disher would soon become an important player in NASAs Office of Manned Space Flight, beginning with his work in the initiation of the Mercury and Gemini programs. He retired in 1969 as special assistant to Administrator James E. Webb. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Physical Society, a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Geoffrey A. Briggs was director of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA Headquarters throughout the 1980s. See John E. Condon, biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. William Congreve (1772-1828) of Great Britain was an artillery officer and inventor who was best known for his work on black powder rockets that could be used for bombardment of enemy fortifications. He is a member of the NASA Advisory Council, is chair of the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Associated Universities Inc. and formerly chaired NASA's Space Science Advisory Committee. He held the post of Director of Advanced Programs in the Office of Manned Space Flight beginning in 1974 before retiring from NASA in 1980. Former Chief, Workforce Planning and Analysis Office, NASAKerr, Scott D. A mathematical prodiby, he received a Ph.D. in physics in 1928 from the University of Munich. in aeronautical engineering from the University of Detroit in 1939 and was employed by Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. for a year before working for the Air Corps and Air Force as a civilian from 1940 to 1959, both at Wright Field, Ohio, and at the Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. AUDIO: Hear Howards New Single Smell My Tuchus, Richard Wins Super Bowl Bet and Still Loses, AUDIO: Ronnie Serves up Vibrating Eggs in New Call. At that time, Williams was 25. As a fond and fitting farewell, Howard played his audience a selection of classic bits that Crackhead Bob had Earl Henry ("Red") Blaik (1897-1989) had been a star end on the Army football team before he graduated in 1920. Russell C. Drew (1931- ) has been an influential physicist who served in the U.S. Navy from 1953 through 1973, and spent more of his career working on nuclear submarine ballistic missile programs. Then Ebeling heard from hundreds of NPR readers and listeners, who responded to our January story. Transferring to NACA Headquarters in 1948 as assistant director of research (aerodynamics), he was promoted to the post of director, advanced research programs in NASA in 1959 and to that of director, advanced research and technology in 1961. He called his boss, Allan McDonald, who was Thiokol's representative at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In 1986, he rose to Director of the National Space Transportation System. He remained in that position until 1965. After leaving the astronaut corps, he became president of Eastern Airlines. 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). See Robert W. Brown, biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Ronald Brown (1941-1996) served as Secretary of Commerce from 1993 until his death in a plane crash. A firm believer like Eisenhower in fiscal restraint, he attempted to hold federal spending within narrow limits and to balance the budget. In 1960 he assumed deputy directorship of the office of advanced research programs at NASA Headquarters and then directorship of space vehicles in 1961. Former Chief, Propellants, Logistics and Services OfficeHoneycutt, Jay In 1948 he was director of intelligence, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, and from 1953-1962 he served as deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Crackhead Bob first became known to show staff after he was noticed at several of Howards public appearances in the mid-90s. Sherman Adams (1899-1986) had the title of assistant to the president and served as Eisenhower's chief of staff between 1953 and 1958. See Who's Who in America 2000 New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 1999. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science. In the 1950s he was largely responsible for the designed the Atlas ICBM booster with a very thin, internally pressurized fuselage instead of massive struts and a thick metal skin. (Clayton R. Koppes, _JPL and the American Space Program: A History of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory_ [New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1982], pp. He served as undersecretary and then secretary of the Air Force in during the Reagan administration. Born in Rome, Italy, Collins graduated from high school in Washington, D.C. and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1952. Charles J. Donlan (1916 - ) served the United States government for nearly 38 years in NACA and NASA. He is currently a Senior Scientist at the Physical Science Laboratory of New Mexico State University. Kodak 35mm Camera History, Terms of Use. Archie Trescott Colwell (1895-1979) went to work in 1922 as a sales engineer for Steel Products Co. (later Thompson Products, Inc. and then Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc.--still later, TRW, Inc.) and rose to become vice president in charge of engineering from 1937-1960. He was named U.S. from the University of California Medical School in San Francisco in 1947, and an M.A. He worked in developing infantry and artillery weapons in World War II, and on rockets afterward. Trained as an attorney, Douglas practiced most of his career in Chicago but served as fiscal assistant secretary of the treasury, 1932-1933, and undersecretary of the Air Force, 1953- 1957, prior to becoming secretary of the Air Force. Former Acting Deputy Director, International Space Station/Payload ProcessingEye, Thomas A. He was especially involved in research associated with the loss of population in nuclear holocaust. In 1947, he started a career with the Ballistic Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground as a meteorologist, and stayed until 1950. See Bruce, David K. in John S. Bowman, ed., The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography (Cambridge, England: The Cambridge University Press, 1995). John Deutch (1938- ) served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1994-1995 and then as Direcotr of Central Intelligence from 1995-1997. Emerson W. Conlon (1905- ) received an aeronautical engineering degree from MIT in 1929 and spent 12 years in private engineering before joining the aeronautical engineering department at the University of Michigan in 1937. 303,109. Michael Collins (1930 - ) served as command module pilot on Apollo 11 in 1969, remaining in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first two people to walk on the Moon. "Biography, Foreign Miscellaneous, a-d," file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. in Astronautical and Instrument Engineering from the University of Michigan. He was awarded NASA's Distinguished Service Medal in 1968 for his major contributions to the development of the legal framework, national and international, of United States aeronautical and space activitities. "Biography, NASA Miscellaneous, Ch-Ci," biography files, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Former Director, Space Shuttle Processing, NASAKross, Dennis A. Dr. Calio became director of science and applications at the Johnson Space Center in 1969. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1924 as a pilot and progressed through a series of rank until he became chief of the Materiel Division at General Headquarters, Army Air Forces, in 1942. Former Deputy Director for Operations and Exploration, International Space Station and Spacecraft ProcessingReynolds, Joel R. He was during the early years of NASA the ranking Republican member of the Appropriations Committee, a member of the Armed Services Committee and its preparedness investigating subcommittee, as well as the Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee. (Information found in "Eugene B. Konecci," biographical file 001223, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Division, Washington, D.C.), Paul G. Dembling (1920-2011) was a principal drafter of President Eisenhower's Administration bill which became the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958. Wilber M. Brucker (1894-1968), was secretary of the Army between 1955 and 1961. around age 25. Subsequently, he was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force. Former Deputy Director, Technical, EngineeringHarrington III, James F. Miscellaneous other agencies biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. 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. and Ph.D. degrees in Canada before coming to the U.S. in 1959, and became a naturalized citizen in 1963. Former Kennedy Space Center Director, NASACristofano, Salvatore J. At first, the Thiokol executives agreed and said they wouldn't approve the launch. New Providence, NJ: R. R. Bower, 1998. He became assistant general manager in 1938 and in 1941 was named North American's first vice president. Former Special Operations Manager, Office of the DirectorDurso, Francis X. He died instantly when the 1-ton production-line robot arm hit him on the head when he was moving materials from one part of the factory to another. He later became the Dean of the School of Engineering, Columbia University (obituary in New York Times, August 28, 1975, p. 36). Former Countdown Commentator, NASAWetmore, Michael E. Collins chose an Air Force career upon graduation from West Point and served as an experimental flight test officer at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Atltico Madrid Mundo Deportivo, Former Director of Public Affairs Office, NASAHattaway Jr., James E. Former Manager, Launch Services ProgramGarrido, Humberto T. (Bert) "That's my engineering background coming out," Ebeling explained three decades later. Howard W. Cannon (1912- ) (D-NV) was first elected to the Senate in 1958 and served until 1983. He received his Ph.D. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1964 and won national recognition in 1970 when an instrument he developed found molecular hydrogen in interstellar space. God "picked a loser," Ebeling said in January, thinking back to his role in the Challenger launch. Bush presented Ebeling with the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award. Carter L. Burgess (1916- ) was a corporate executive who served as assistant secretary of defense for manpower, personnel, and resources, 1954-1957; president and director of Trans World Airlines, Inc. in 1957; president and director of American Machine & Foundry Co., 1958; its chairman and chief executive officer thereafter. in physics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1953. The same year he transferred to Washington to become assistant chief of the AEC technical information service. The great Bob Williams was an economic policy icon who passed away this week, Jonathan Williams said. He retired in 1972. spacecraft control systems. In that same year, he founded the Instrumentation Laboratory. After military service he returned to school to complete his Ph.D. A Harvard University-trained economist, Bell had previously been a member of the staff of the Bureau of the Budget and special assistant to the president during the Truman administration before returning to the Harvard faculty during the later 1950s. Former Director of Equal Opportunity Program Office, NASADowdy, Joe D. When Challenger exploded, Serna says, "I could feel [Ebeling] trembling. After serving four years in Munich, Germany, Carpenter came back to the U.S. and earned a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering in 1956 from the Air Force Institute of Technology. Hendrik W. Bode (1905-) was vice president of military development and systems engineering at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1958-1967. See Whos Who in America, 1996 (New Providence, NJ: Marquis Whos Who, 1995). Collection. In 1971, Dr. Berry became NASA director for life sciences at NASA Headquarters where he remained until retirement in 1973. ("Bethe, Hans A." by James Cleugh and Geoffrey Halliday (New York: Viking, 1958), and Gerald L. Borrowman, "Walter R. Dornberger, " Spaceflight 23 (April 1981): 118-19. Former Director of Information Technology and Communications Services and Former Chief Information OfficerHolden, William A. bob williams nasa engineer bob williams nasa engineer (No Ratings Yet) . A worker at a Ford Motor Company factory in Flat Rock, Michigan, Williams was killed by an industrial robot arm on January 25, 1979. He joined the American Electric Power Company in 1953, and served as its president between 1962 and 1972, and as its chair from 1971 to 1976 ("Cook, Donald C[larence]," Current Biography 1982, p. 462). Black NASA ENGINEER WHO SMOKES CRACK 1981 interview Bob Williams a NASA Engineer addict to crack Mental Message 239 subscribers Subscribe 1.5K views 11 months ago 8 months later he. Biographical information from the Biographic Register of the Department of State, 1957, the Department of State History Office, Washington, DC. Before assuming his present position Williams spent 8 years in Chile as Director of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American . Jonathan Togo Net Worth, 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. appearances on the show in a variety of capacities including singing covers, He retired in 1962. Three years later he became Associate Director of Langley until 1967 when he was made Deputy Director of the facility. Francis H. Clauser (1913- ) was a leading research aerodynamicist in academia and the aerospace industry until the 1970s. Mac C. Adams (1925-1995) began his professional career in 1949 as an aeronautical engineer at NACAs Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (now NASAs Langley Research Center). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989, (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989). See Calio, Anthony, biographical file, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. Born in Richmond, Virginia, and educated at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the George Washington University Law School, Allnutt joined NASA in 1960 as a patent attorney. Former Center DirectorPayne, Kenneth J. Joseph John Dantone Jr. (1942 - ) earned a B.S. Aaron Carter - I Want Candy, See "Aldridge, Edward C.," Biographical File, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA History Office, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. In 1954 he joined Hughes Research Laboratories, eventually serving as director, before becoming vice president of Hughes Aircraft from 1964 to 1969. 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