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NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Attended Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (1935-1937) B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1939 PRE-NASA CAREER: NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia Research Engineer (1939-1942) NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Center, Cleveland, Ohio Research Engineer (1942-1945) Chief, Flight Research Branch (1945-1959) NASA CAREER: NASA Space Task Group, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia Assistant Chief, Operations Division, Project Mercury (1959-61) NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia Chief, Preflight Operations Division (1961-1964) NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cocoa Beach, Florida Manager, Manned Spacecraft Center, Florida Operations (1964) Deputy Director, Launch Operations Directorate (1965) Director, Launch Operations Directorate (1965-1967) Director, Design Engineering Directorate (1967-1969) Director, Center Planning and Future Programs Office (1969-1972) Manager, Space Shuttle Projects Office (1972-1973) PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY SOCIETIES: · Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) AWAR · · · · · · ·
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& CITATIONS: Lifetime Achievement Award, National Space Club, 1997 Spirit of St. Louis Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1969 NASA Leadership and Achievement Award, 1965 Presidential Medal for Outstanding Leadership, 1963 NASA Leadership and Achievement Award, 1963 NASA Leadership and Achievement Award, 1962 Laura Tabor Barbour Award, 1956


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SELECT PUBLICATIONS: Preston, G. Merritt, and Calvin C. Blackman. "Effects of ice formations on airplane performance in level cruising flight." NACA TN 1598. Cleveland: Flight Propulsion Research Laboratory, May 1948. Preston, G. Merritt, I. Irving Pinkel, Solomon Weiss, and Gerard J. Pesman. "Origin and prevention of crash fires in turbojet aircraft." NACA TN 3973. Langley: NASA Langley Research Center, May 1957. Preston, G. Merritt, I. Irving Pinkel, Solomon Weiss, and Gerard J. Pesman. "Origin and prevention of crash fires in turbojet aircraft." NACA Report 1363. Langley: NASA Langley Research Center, 1958. Preston, G. Merritt, and Gerard J. Pesman. "Accelerations in transport-airplane crashes." NACA TN 4158. Langley: NASA Langley Research Center, February 1958. BIOG REFERENCES: Preston, G. Merritt Key Personnel File (Inactive). Awards Office. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.
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