Oct 22 1971
From The Space Library
Establishment of joint NASA-DOT Office of Noise Abatement was announced by Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, and Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe. Office would provide overall leadership and focal point for national program to attack noise problems of current and planned transportation systems. Charles R. Foster, head of DOT Office of Noise Abatement, would be Director of joint office. Walter F. Dankhoff, Chief of LeRC Office of Operations and Planning, would be Deputy Director. New office would be responsible to Robert H. Cannon, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Systems Development and Technology, and to Roy P. Jackson, NASA Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology. It would also integrate programs with other agencies through Inter-agency Aircraft Noise Abatement Program and was fulfillment of some of recommendations from Civil Aviation Research and Development (CARD) Policy Study. (NASA Release 71-213)
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