Forrest S. McCartney
Forrest S. McCartney | |
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| Other work | Director of the Kennedy Space Center |
Forrest Striplin McCartneyJohn F. Kennedy Space Center.
McCartney was born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He graduated from Gulf Coast Military Academy in 1949, received a Bachelor of Science degree, in electrical engineering, from Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn in 1952. He earned a master's degree, in nuclear engineering, from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1955, and also graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College.
McCartney received his commission through the
Reserve Officer Training Corps, and entered the regular air force in 1952. In May 1959, he was assigned to the Satellite Control Facility in Sunnyvale, California and worked on the CORONA program deploying and operating the nation's first spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.[1]
McCartney was promoted to the rank of
NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher
, to be the fourth director of the Kennedy Space Center. McCartney held this position from August 31, 1986, until December 31, 1991.
McCartney died in Palm Bay, Florida, on July 17, 2012, after a short illness.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Obituary of Forrest Striplin McCartney". Florida Today. July 19, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ "Director who led KSC after Challenger disaster dies". Florida Today. July 18, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
External links
- NASA biography
- Air Force biography at the Wayback Machine (archived February 11, 2004)
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