Oct 21 1977
From The Space Library
LaRC announced it would hold the 33rd annual completion exercises Oct. 28 for 34 engineering technicians trained at the center. James P. Mitchell, deputy administrator of the Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, would be keynote speaker. LaRC Director Donald P. Hearth would preside at the ceremony and give special recognition to honor graduates. Woodrow W. Midgette, Jr., top honor graduate, would be speaker for the class of 1977, consisting of 7 electrical engineering technicians; 7 electronics technicians; 2 engineering draftsmen; and 18 engineering technicians in the areas of aerospace models, facility operations, materials processing, mechanical development, and systems environments; (LaRC Release 77-51)
NASA announced it had named Dr. James J. Kramer associate administrator for aeronautics and space technology, effective Oct. 23. He had been acting in that capacity since Dec. 1976. Starting at Lewis Research Center in 1951, Dr; Kramer had come to NASA Hq in 1971 as chief of OAST's noise and pollution reduction branch. (NASA anno Oct 21/77; NASA Release 77-227)
The Washington Post reported Senate confirmation of 11 high-level nominees to the new Dept. of Energy. Among those confirmed was Dale D. Myers, former NASA associate administrator for space flight, as undersecretary of DOE. Myers, an aeronautical engineer with North American Rockwell since 1943, had joined NASA in Jan. 1970; he had been a vice president and manager of the Apollo program at Rockwell. (W Post, Oct 21/77, B-5)
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