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Appendix A: Biographical Data of Panel Members
Pages 72-76

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... His entire professional career was spent with Martin Marietta Corporation. His technical experience includes assignments as Stress Analyst; Chief of Structures Design; Technical Director for the Titan ITI development program; Director of Engineering, Denver Division; and Vice President, Special Projects, prior to his assignment as President, Martin Marietta Aerospace.
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... His other activities included rocket boosters, missiles, spacecraft and aerospace systems with primary emphasis on propulsion. He was the project manager of the Apollo Luner Module descent engine and the Mars Lander Biology Instrument; was manager for propulsion for the Minuteman Missile; and was Vice President and General Manager of the Ballistic Missile Division.
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... Advancing in various research, technical and marketing management positions in the Textile Fibers Department, he became Vice President and General Manager of the department in 1975. He was named Vice President of the Plastic Products and Resins Department in 1977.
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... He is the author of numerous research papers and patents on combustion and propulsion, and has served on and chaired many government and professional society committees related to rocket propulsion. His research and service have been honored by many government and professional society awards, including the AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award, Dryden Research Award, and Pendray Literature Award.
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... and plasma physics Prom Princeton UniverConcurrent with his assignment as Project Director of the Panel for Technical Evaluation of NASA's Redesign of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, he has served earlier as Associate Executive Director of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Pop icy and now as Associate Executive Director of the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources . Previously, he was Staf f Director of the Environmental Studies Board.
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