Bibliographical Note

Persons Interviewed

[Asterisks indicate telephone conversations. Key to abbreviations of affiliations is at the end of the list.]

Abbey, Gene, Gen. Precision
Adams, J. J., NAR
Africano, Alfred, NAR
Algranti, Joseph S., MSC
Alldredge, J. Brooks, MSC
Altneu, Irwin J., NAR
Amman, Ernest A., KSC
Anderson, Robert C., TRW
Anderson, Roger A., LaRC
Andrews, Norman W., Grumman
Appelman, Charles,* GE
Armstrong, William O., NASA Hq.
Atkinson, W. A., MSC
Atwood, Donald J., AC Electronics
Atwood, J. Leland, NAR
Barlow, Mel R., Gen. Dynamics
Barr, William T., MSC
Barton, Richard E., MSC-Bethpage
Battersby, Frank X., MSC-Bethpage
Battey, Robert V.,* MSC
Battin, Richard H., MIT
Beauregard, Albert J., Grumman
Beggs, Cal, Hamilton Standard
Bell, Leo R ., Jr., Marquardt
Benjamin, Warren, TRW
Benner, R. L., NAR
Bergen, William B., NAR
Berman, Kurt, Bell Aerospace
Bird, John D., LaRC
Bixler, Charles, GE
Blake, Dan, Gen. Precision
Blount, Earl, NAR
Boynton, John H., MSC
Briggs, Glenn W., MSC-Downey
Bromberg, Robert, Rocketdyne
Brown, B. Porter, NASA Hq.
Brown, Clinton E., LaRC
Bruning, William, Grumman
Buhler, Cary, Northrop-Ventura
Burmood, R. O ., Collins Radio
Butler, Gordon, Collins Radio
Buxton, Jack,* Grumman
Canning, Frank X., Grumman
Canning, Thomas N., ARC
Carbee, Robert M., Grumman
Carroll, Robert E., NAR
Case, Mel, Int’l Latex
Casey, Francis W., Jr., MSC
Cathers, H. B., NAR
Chamberlin, James A., MSC
Charlesworth, Clifford E., MSC
Cheatham, Donald C., MSC
Chilton, Robert G., MSC
Chop, Albert M., NASA Hq.
Clark, E. E., NAR
Clemence, Raymond R., MSC
Clements, Henry E., MSC
Cohen, Aaron, MSC
Collins, Maurice W ., MSC-Downey
Coursen, John, Grumman
Cozad, James C., NAR
Cuzzupoli, Joe, NAR
Dandridge, Manning, Grumman
Davis, Hubert P., MSC
Deans, Philip M., MSC
Decrevel, Ron, Bell Aerospace
Demarest, David, TRW
Dembling, Paul G., NASA Hq.
DeNike, John, NAR
Der Bing, William, MSC
Desjardin, Leo, HamiltonStandard
Dessler, Alex J., MSC
Disher, John H ., NASA Hq.
Ditke, Robert R., Honeywell
Dodge, Harold E., IBM
Dolan, Thomas E., Martin
Donlan, Charles J., NASA Hq.
Draper, C. Stark, MIT
Dryden, Hugh L., NASA Hq.
Duggan, Orton L., KSC
Edwards, J. J., NAR
Eggers, Alfred J.,Jr., NASA Hq.
Eggleston, John M., MSC
Ehricke, Krafft A., NAR
Elverum, Gerard W., Jr., TRW
Evans, Brian, Grumman
Ewing, Edgar G., Northrop-Ventura
Ezell, William F., NAR
Faber, Stanley, MSC
Faget, Maxime A., MSC
Falbaum, Sanford, NAR
Feld, David, Bell Aerospace
Feltz, Charles H., NAR
Ferdman, Saul, Grumman
Field, Robert E., NAR
Finkelstein, Nisson A., Int’l Latex
Fisher, Lewis R., MSC-Bethpage
Fitzgerald, Charles, Gen. Precision
Flagg, Henry W., Jr., MSC
Forest, Casey, Bell Aerospace
Freedman, Toby, NAR
Frick, Charles W ., Philco-Ford
Funk, Jack, MSC
Galman, Barry, GE
Gavin, Joseph G., Jr., Grumman
Gilbert, David W., MSC
Gilbert, Porter H., MSC
Gilruth, Robert R., MSC
Glennan, T . Keith, NASA
Goett, Harry J., Philco-Ford
Goldstone, N. J., NAR
Goodwin, Glen, ARC
Goree, Jesse F., * MSC
Goss, J. R., NAR
Gough, Melvin N., NASA Hq.
Grant, Arthur F., Jr., Rocketdyne
Gray, Wilbur H., MSC-Downey
Green, Don J., MSC
Grimm, Dean F., MSC
Gross, Alexander, Int’l Latex
Hahn, Jack R., Rocketdyne
Haines, Richard F., ARC
Hall, Albert C., OSD/ DOD
Hammack, Jerome B., MSC
Hammes, Ted, Hamilton Standard
Hardy, Gordon H., ARC
Hartung, Jack B., MSC
Hauenstein, Clifford A., Rocketdyne
Healey, John P., NAR
Heberlig, Jack C., MSC
Hello, Bastian, NAR
Hess, Wilmot N., MSC
Highsmith, Helen,* Grumman
Hoag, David G., MIT
Hobokan, Andrew, MSC-Bethpage
Hodge, John D., MSC
Hoffman, Arnold I., TRW
Hoffman, Samuel K., Rocketdyne
Holden, George R., ARC
Holland, Howard, * Grumman
Holmes, D. Brainerd, NASA Hq.
Holmes, Jay, NASA Hq.
Hornby, Harold, ARC
Houbolt, John C., LaRC
Hudson, Lincoln, Honeywell
Hughey, B. J., Aerojet-General
Hurt, J. B., Gen. Dynamics
Huss, Carl R., MSC
Huzel, Dieter K., NAR
Jackson, Karl F., AiResearch
Jarvis, Calvin R., FRC
Jeffs, George W ., NAR
Johansen, John H., MSC-Bethpage
Johnson, Caldwell C., MSC
Johnson, W . Kemble, MSC
Kapryan, Walter J., KSC
Kavanau, Lawrence L., NAR
Kehlet, Alan B., NAR
Kelly, Thomas J., Grumman
King, Alan, Edwards AFB
King, Elbert A., Jr., MSC
Kingfield, Joseph P., Grumman
Kleinknecht, Kenneth S., MSC
Klemas, Vytautas, GE
Knacke, Theodore W., Northrop-Ventura
Kraft, Christopher C., Jr., MSC
Kroupa, Charles E., Grumman
Kupczyk, Richard R., Grumman
Kupfer, Walker, MIT
Lang, Dave W., MSC
Lanzkron, Rolf W., MSC
Larson, Howard, Gen. Dynamics
Larson, Raymond F., NAR
Larson, Robert L., TRW
Lawton, Richard W., GE
Lee, William A., Raytheon
Lessing, Henry C., ARC
Levin, Kenneth, Bell Aerospace
Levine, David S., NAR
Linder, Harry S., MSC-Downey
Link, John, Int’l Latex
Linton, Ted, Marquardt
Lord, Douglas R., NASA Hq.
Love, Eugene S., LaRC
Low, George M., MSC
McCafferty, Riley D., MSC
McCarger, Charles G., Aerojet-Gen.
Mace, William D., LaRC
McGahey, Richard, Int’l Latex
McGee, Leonard A., ARC
McKnight, Dick, Gen. Precision
McLaughlin, Richard I., Grumman
Maggin, Bernard, NASA Hq.
Makarian, Don, Grumman
Mallick, Donald L., FRC
Markley, J. Thomas, MSC
Martinez, R. S., Rocketdyne
Matranga, Gene J., FRC
Maxwell, Arthur L., Aerojet-General
Mayer, John P., MSC
Maynard, Owen E., MSC
Melancon, Paul S., TRW
Meldrum, Cliff, Gen. Precision
Mendell, Wendell W., MSC
Merrick, George B., NAR
Messina, Frank, Grumman
Meyer, AndreJ., Jr., MSC
Miller, Edward S., GE
Miller, Ford L., MSC-Downey
Miller, John E., MIT
Miller, Lowell, Rocketdyne
Morris, Owen G., MSC
Morse, Archibald E., Jr., KSC
Mortimer, Robert, Bell Aerospace
Mueller, George E., NASA Hq.
Mullaney, Robert S., Grumman
Muller, Donald E., GE
Myers, Dale D., NASA Hq.
Neal, James L., MSC
Newhouse, C. W., Marquardt
Nicks, Oran W., MSC
Nicollelo, Henry, AiResearch
Nitzberg, Gerald E., ARC
North, Warren J., MSC
Nugent, John, MIT
O’Connell, J. J., Gen. Precision
Olson, R. L., NAR
O’Malley, Thomas J., NAR
Oquist, Hal O., Rocketdyne
Ottinger, C. Wayne, FRC
Owens, W. L., NAR
Page, Thornton L., MSC
Parker, John A., ARC
Pastore, Dominick .J., Grumman
Patton, Rollin Mark, ARC
Paup, John W., NAR
Perrine, Calvin H., Jr., MSC
Pesman, Gerard J., MSC
Petrone, Rocco A., NASA Hq.
Petynia, William W., MSC
Phillips, Samuel C., NASA Hq.
Phillips, W. Hewitt, LaRC
Pickering, Richard F., Collins Radio
Piland, Robert O., MSC
Preston, G. Merritt, KSC
Purser, Paul E., MSC
Radcliffe, Lynn, Grumman
Radnofsky, Matthew I., MSC
Ragan, Ralph, MIT
Rathert, George A., Jr., ARC
Rathke, C. William, Grumman
Rector, William F., III, TRW
Recupito, Pasquale, AC Electronics
Renzetti, Nicholas A.,* JPL
Riehl, William, Grumman
Rose, James T., McDonnell
Rose, Rodney G., MSC
Rosen, Milton W., NASA Hq.
Ruseckas, Joseph, David Clark
Russo, Raymond R., Grumman
Ryken, John, Bell Aerospace
Ryker, Norman J., Jr., NAR
Salina, Salvatore, Grumman
Samulon, Henry, TRW
Sasser, James H., MSC
Schmid, James E., Grumman
Schneider, William C., NASA Hq.
Schweickart, Russell A., MSC
Scott, Hugh M., * MSC
Seamans, Robert C., Jr., NASA Hq.
Sharpe, Burton L., MSC
Shea, Joseph F., Raytheon
Shepard, Leonard, Int’l Latex
Sherman, Howard, Grumman
Shoaf, Harry C., KSC
Short, Jack, Airlock
Silverstein, Abe, LeRC
Simpkinson, Scott H., * MSC
Skrydloff, Leon, Northrop-Ventura
Skurla, George M., Grumman
Slayton, Donald K., * MSC
Sloop, John L., NASA Hq.
Smith, Donald W., ARC
Smith, G. Allan, Jr., ARC
Smith, Gerald L., ARC
Smith, Joseph R., Jr., ARC
Stern, Eric, Grumman
Steyer, Wesley A., Northrop-Ventura
Stinnett, Glen W., ARC
Storms, Harrison A., Jr., NAR
Strass, H. Kurt, MSC
Strauss, Daniel T., Grumman
Stridde, Jack, AC Electronics
Syvertson, Clarence A., ARC
Tanner, Trieve A., Jr., ARC
Taub, Willard M., MSC
Taylor, Richard L., Gen. Precision
Thibodaux, Joseph G., MSC
Thompson, Floyd L., LaRC
Thompson, William D., AC Electronics
Thornsjo, Oreland O., Honeywell
Tischler, Adelbert O., NASA Hq.
Trageser, Milton B., MIT
Treinen, Terry, Rocketdyne
Trembath, Nathaniel W., TRW
Trimble, George S., Jr., MSC
Trimpi, Robert L., LaRC
Tripp, Ralph H., Grumman
Truszynski, Gerald M., NASA Hq.
Turantsky, Clem, Bell Aerospace
Underwood, Richard W., MSC
Vale, Dick, Collins Radio
Vale, Robert E.,* MSC
Valentine, Richard, Collins Radio
Van Boeke!, John J.,* MSC
Von Braun, Wernher, MSFC
Voris, Roy N., Grumman
Vrungos, James, TRW
Vucelik, Mike, NAR
Wade, Donald C.,* MSC
Warzecha, Ladislaus W., GE
Welch, Joseph D., GE
Wells, Gordon, NAR
Wendt, Guenter F., NAR
Wente, John S., NAR
Whitaker, Arnold B., Grumman
White, George C., Jr., NASA Hq.
Williams, Lawrence G.,* MSC
Williams, Walter C., MSC
Wingrove, Rodney, ARC
Wondka, Robert P., Northrop-Ventura
Woodling, Carroll H., MSC
Wright, Howard, Grumman
Wulfsberg, Arthur H., Collins Radio
Wyatt, DeMarquis D., NASA Hq.
York, Herbert F., UCSC
Yost, Harold C., AC Electronics
Yost, Michael, Rocketdyne
Zaitzeff, Eugene M., Bendix
Zavasky, Raymond L., LaRC
Zedekar, Raymond G., MSC

Key to Abbreviations

AC Electronics: AC Electronics Division, General Motors Corp.
Aerojet-General: Aerojet-General Corp., Div., The General Tire and Rubber Co.
AiResearch: AiResearch Manufacturing Co., The Garrett Corp.
Airlock: Airlock, Inc.
ARC: Ames Research Center, NASA
Bell Aerospace: Bell Aerospace Co., Div., Textron Inc.
Bendix: Aerospace Systems Division, The Bendix Corp.
Collins Radio: Collins Radio Co.
David Clark: David Clark Co., Inc.
Edwards AFB: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
FRC: Flight Research Center, NASA (renamed Dryden Flight Research Center in January 1976)
GE: General Electric Co.
GSFC: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Gen. Dynamics: General Dynamics Corp.
Gen. Precision: General Precision Systems, Inc., General Precision Equipment Corp.
Grumman: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.
Hamilton Standard: Hamilton Standard Division, United Aircraft Corp.
Honeywell: Honeywell, Inc.
IBM: International Business Machines Corp.
Int’l Latex: International Latex Corp.
JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, operated by California Institute of Technology for NASA
KSC: Kennedy Space Center, NASA
LaRC: Langley Research Center, NASA
LeRC: Lewis Research Center, NASA
McDonnell: McDonnell Aircraft Corp. (merged into McDonnell Douglas Corp. in April 1967)
Marquardt: The Marquardt Corp.
Martin: Martin Marietta Corp.
MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MSC: Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA (renamed Johnson Space Center in February 1973)
MSFC: Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
OSD/ DOD: Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
NAR: North American Rockwell (North American Aviation, Inc., before September 1967; Rockwell International from February 1973)
NASA Hq.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters
Northrop-Ventura: Northrop-Ventura, Northrop Corp.
Philco-Ford: Philco-Ford Corp., Ford Motor Corp.
Raytheon: Raytheon Co.
Rocketdyne: Rocketdyne Division, North American Rockwell (formerly North American Aviation, Inc.)
TRW: TRW Inc.
UCSD: University of California, San Diego