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Appendix C: Biographies of Committee Members
Pages 60-63

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... He has chaired an Air Force Research Laboratory study on directed energy weapons for tactical platforms and has served as a member of NASA's Mars Program Independent Assessment Team, the congressionally mandated Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization (the Rumsfeld Commission) , and the Defense Policy Board.
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From page 61...
... , and held positions of responsibility within NATO, at the Pentagon with the Secretary of the Air Force, and in Vietnam, where he commanded a combat air wing and flew as a fighter pilot. General Hoover was a member or chair of several other NRC study committees and currently serves as chairman of the National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.
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From page 62...
... AIR TRANSPORTATION World Airlines, with responsibility for route and fleet planning, merger evaluation and planning, aircraft acquisition, aircraft sales, and alliance development. He served on the staff of the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1977-1980 in several positions, including director of the Bureau of International Aviation, in which position he helped negotiate significant liberalization of the Bermuda 2 bilateral air services agreement.
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From page 63...
... He is a former president and fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomic 63 Society and a fellow of the American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association. He served on two other NRC committees.
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