Dec 30 1974
From The Space Library
Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary James T. Lynn signed and sent to the President and Congress their agencies' joint plan for implementing the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974. Under the Act, signed 3 Sept., NASA. was responsible for development and procurement of solar equipment. HUD would coordinate the demonstration, including installation of solar equipment in residential structures, and collecting and disseminating information about solar energy. (MSFC Release 74-246)
Dr. John F. Victory, former Executive Secretary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, died in Tucson, Ariz., at the age of 82. Dr. Victory, NACA's first employee when it was established in 1915, had been appointed Secretary of NACA in 1921 and in 1948 had been named its Executive Secretary, responsible for NACA's functioning as an independent research agency. When NASA succeeded NACA in 1958, he served as special assistant to Dr. T. Keith Glennan, NASA Administrator, and he remained with NASA until retirement in 1960. Dr. Victory, who had been known as "Mr. Aviation" in the industry, had received numerous awards, including a Presidential Medal for Merit, the first Air Foundation Certificate of Recognition, the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, and NACA's Distinguished Service Medal. (NASA Activities, Feb 75, 18)
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