Charles A. Berry
From The Space Library
Charles A. Berry, MD, was MSC Director of Medical Research and Operations. Born Rogers, Ark. Joined NASA Manned Spacecraft Center July 1962 as chief of Center Medical Operations Office; appointed MSC Director of Medical Research and Operations May 1966. Previously was chief of flight medicine in the office of the USAF Surgeon General 1959-62; assistant chief, then chief of department of aviation medicine at the School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph AFB, Texas 1956-59 and served as Project Mercury aeromedical monitor; Harvard School of Public Health aviation medicine residency 1955-56; base flight surgeon and command surgeon in stateside, Canal Zone and Caribbean Assignments, 1951-1955. Prior to entering the USAF in 1951, Berry interned at University of California; service at San Francisco City and County Hospital and was for three years in general practice in Indio and Coachella, Calif. BA from University of California at Berkeley 1945; MD University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1947; Master of public health, Harvard School of Public Health, 1956.
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