Lee B. James
From The Space Library
Lee B. James was the manager of the Saturn Program Office in Program Management, Marshall Space Flight Center. A retired Army Colonel, he was in the rocket field since its infancy. He started in 1947 after graduating in one of the early classes of the Army Air Defense School at Fort Bliss. He was also a graduate of West Point and holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. He joined the rocket development team headed by Dr. Wernher von Braun in 1956. When the team was transferred from the Department of Defense to the newly created NASA in 1960, James remained as director of the Army’s Research and Development Division at Redstone Arsenal. In 1961-62, he was transferred to Korea for a one year tour of duty. After the assignment in Korea, he was transferred by the Army to NASA MSFC. In 1963 he became manager of the Saturn I and IB program. For a year he served in NASA Headquarters as deputy to the Apollo Program manager. He returned in 1968 to manage the Saturn V program.
