Jul 1 1973
From The Space Library
The National Aeronautics and Space Council and the Executive Office of Science and Technology were abolished under terms of Reorga-nization Plan No. 1 of 1973 [see Jan. 26]. The plan went into effect after Congress had taken no veto action before the prescribed date. OST functions were transferred to the National Science Foundation and its Director, Dr. H. Guyford Stever [see July 10]. (White House PIO; White House Ann, 7/10/73)
Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA'S third Administrator, became a senior vice president and member of the corporate executive staff of General Electric Co. He had resigned from NASA Sept. 15, 1970, to join GE as Vice President and Group Executive, Power Generation Group. (Av Wk, 7/2/73; GE PIO)
NASA Public Information Director Richard T. Mittauer died of Hodgkin's disease in Alexandria, Va., at age 46. He had joined NASA in 1959 and had received a NASA Exceptional Service Medal for his work on the 1971 Mariner Mars mission. (W Star & News, 7/2/73, B5)
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