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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. To My Successor as Director of JPL, 1982 Jun 30.

Title: To My Successor as Director of JPL, 1982 Jun 30.

ArchivalResource: 4 pages.

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Remarks by Bruce Murray to Management Personnel, 1976 Dec 14.

Title: Remarks by Bruce Murray to Management Personnel, 1976 Dec 14.

ArchivalResource: 7 pages.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). Collections in the Archives of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) 1936-1990.

Title: Collections in the Archives of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) 1936-1990.

Collections documenting the history of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's flight projects, research and development activities, and administrative operations from its beginning in the late 1930s to the present are: Roger D. Anderson (Surveyor and Viking), 1967-1976 (0.5 boxes); Joseph R. Bruman (Soviet space program) 1980s (1 binder); Earth Observing System Project, 1988-1990 (5.5 boxes); Fred H. Felberg, 1976-1978 (3.5 boxes); Flight Projects Support Office, 1976-1987 (2.5 boxes); Galileo Mission, 1970-1989 (43 boxes); B.A. Goldberg (Table Mountain Site History), 1932 (1 folder); Historical Collection, 1936-1976 (6400 files); Information Systems (William H. Spuck), 1968-1987 (35 boxes); Information Systems and Civil Programs, 1973-1987 (19 boxes and 4 flat boxes); Interactions Measurements Payload for the Shuttle (IMPS) Project, 1966-1988 (29.5 boxes); IMPS: Photovoltaic Array Space Power Plus Diagnostics Experiment, 1970-1991 (19 boxes); Low Cost Silicon Solar Array Project, 1975-1983 (51 boxes and 1 oversize box); Magellan Project, 1978-1989 (20.5 boxes); Magellan: Venus Radar Mapping Project, 1985-1986 (3 boxes); Mars Observer Mission, 1982-1991, 29.5 boxes; Bruce C. Murray, 1971-1982, 10 boxes; Julian Nielsen, 1960s, 1 box; Office of Flight Projects, 1961-1989, 3 boxes; Pathfinder Project, 1973-1987 (22 boxes); William H. Pickering, 1960-1980 (17 boxes); Walt Powell, 1936-1983, (3 boxes); Propulsion Systems, 1952-1986. (13 boxes); Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Project, 1980-1988 (5 boxes and 1 flat box); Railroad Wheel Failure Mechanisms and Test Facility Project, 1963-1986 (7.5 boxes); Real-Time Weather Processor Project, 1986-1987 (3 boxes); Dan Schneiderman (Office of Technology and Space Program Development), 1978-1986 (7 boxes); SEASAT Project, 1969-1979 (42.5 boxes); Solar Pond Project, 1979-1984 (6 boxes and 1 flat box); Solid Propellant and Engineering Section (photographs), 1941-1982 (2 boxes and 7 flat boxes); Still Photograph Collection, 1936-1985 (ca. 300,000 images); H.S. Tsien (lecture notes), 1951-1952 (1 box); Ulysses Mission, 1969-1990 (193 boxes and 4 flat boxes); Viking Missions, 1970-1980 (31.5 boxes); Voyager Missions, 1958-1990 (34.5 boxes); Mariner Jupiter Saturn 77, 1958-1989 (47 boxes and 1 flat box); Harold Wheelock Document Collection, 1967- n. d. (4 found volumes); also two JPL-related collections: CIT Wind Tunnel (photographs), 1950s (1 flat box); and Southern California Co-op Wind Tunnel Modification Reports, 1950 (1 box).

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Remarks by Bruce Murray, Third [sic] Annual "State of the Lab" Report, 1980 Mar 26.

Title: Remarks by Bruce Murray, Third [sic] Annual "State of the Lab" Report, 1980 Mar 26.

ArchivalResource: 13 pages.

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Engineering factors involved in the Mars mission : letter to Lee DuBridge, 1965 Feb.

Title: Engineering factors involved in the Mars mission : letter to Lee DuBridge, 1965 Feb.

ArchivalResource: 3 pages.

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. C. I. T and the social sciences : report outline, 1968 Mar 27.

Title: C. I. T and the social sciences : report outline, 1968 Mar 27.

ArchivalResource: 3 pages.

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Mars Exploration Program : letter to Homer Newell, 1965, May.

Title: Mars Exploration Program : letter to Homer Newell, 1965, May.

Bruce C. Murray was the Associate Professor of Planetary Science at Caltech and the Chairman of the Mars Study Group.

ArchivalResource: 6 pages.

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Competitive Source Board : interoffice memorandum to Distribution, 1978 Dec 21.

Title: Competitive Source Board : interoffice memorandum to Distribution, 1978 Dec 21.

ArchivalResource: 1 page.

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Remarks by Bruce Murray to Management Personnel, 1978 Apr 7.

Title: Remarks by Bruce Murray to Management Personnel, 1978 Apr 7.

ArchivalResource: 22 pages.

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The Old Future : Renderings of JPL's 'Purple Pigeons', ca. 1995.

Title: The Old Future : Renderings of JPL's 'Purple Pigeons', ca. 1995.

Item is copy of illustrations and captions from a display featuring Bruce Murray's "Purple Pigeons". The copies of the illustrations are annotated with the P-number of the drawing.

ArchivalResource: [39] pages illus.

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Bruce C. Murray Collection, 1975-1982.

Title: Bruce C. Murray Collection, 1975-1982.

The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, notes, speech transcripts, photographs, and copies of newspaper and journal articles relating to JPL Director Bruce Murray. Some of the material was apparently collected by Frank J. Colella, JPL Public Affairs Officer. During processing the collection has been divided into three series: Subject Files, Senior Staff Memoranda, and Speech Material. Subject Files (folders 1-19). The subject files are composed of memoranda, correspondence, photographs, and copies of newspaper articles involving the Office of the Director during Murray's time as Lab Director. The subject files are arranged chronologically by subject. Included in the Subject Files is a folder involving the Memorandum of Understanding between NASA and Caltech regarding JPL, revised in 1978. Included are two annotated versions of the memorandum, reflecting concerns with JPL looking elsewhere than NASA for work. A 1968 memorandum of understanding between NASA and Caltech expanded JPL's role in transferring space technology and engaging in non-NASA work. Specific guidelines for work with non-NASA sponsors were agreed to in 1975. The December 1978 memorandum of understanding affirmed JPL as the principal NASA center for solar system exploration, and, more importantly, broadened JPL's scope in non-space endeavors, including energy and defense work. A meeting agenda of the JPL Advisory Council for April 9-10, 1981 provides a good background of Murray's attempts to revitalize the deep space exploration program beginning in late 1980. The JPL Advisory Council was created shortly after Murray became JPL Director. It replaced and expanded a previous visiting committee. Membership was intended to balance between Caltech Trustees, senior Caltech faculty and "prestigious 'wise persons' unaffiliated with Caltech." Upon Murray's resignation as JPL Director, it was decided that the JPL Advisory Committee would be disbanded. Included is a detailed chronology of contacts made between Murray and various individuals involved with Congress, NASA, the aerospace industry, and the Office of Management and Budget. These documents are located in the JPL Advisory Council folder. Also of note are folders concerning Murray's retirement from the Lab in 1982. Included are notes regarding a short humorous skit, organized by Roger Bourke, and arranged by various JPL personnel. The play, "King Bruce and the Seven Years War" was a thinly disguised depiction of various events that occurred while Murray was at the helm of JPL, transposed to a medieval setting. The events depicted "King Bruce" of "Jetland" and included easily identifiable characters as "Sir Jack" (Jack James) and "Lady Victoria" (Vicki Melikan), and objects, such as the "Holy Grail" (SETI). Included in the collection are several memoranda and rough drafts of material. The final draft of the skit is not included. Senior Staff Memoranda (folders 20-22). The Senior Staff was composed of individuals comprising the upper management functions of the Laboratory. The Senior Staff originally included the Director, Deputy Director, and their immediate staffs, as well as the Assistant Laboratory Directors and their Deputies, Project Managers, and Managers of Technical and Business Administration Divisions. The exact number and composition of the Senior Staff varied. The materials in the series primarily include memoranda, either addressed directly to the Senior Staff or forwarded to the Senior Staff. Also included are remarks and testimony to Congressional committees and subcommittees, and standard practice and policy statements. An "Administrative Data Directory," dated August 1981, compiled by D. E. Wallis. The Administrative Data Directory contained descriptions of datasets that were part of the JPL Institutional Database. Speech Material (folders 23-53). Included are rough drafts, unedited transcripts, and edited transcripts of Murray's "State of the Lab" talks, "Mid-Year Report" talks and periodic talks to management personnel. The State of the Lab talks, although present in the JPL History Collection, have been retained in this collection since the material includes rough drafts of speeches, with editing remarks throughout several speeches. Murray used the talks to alert management personnel about new directives and organizations, such as the Advisory Committee for Women, unveiled during the December 14, 1976 talk. Murray also attempted to answer questions, such as at the August 6, 1976 talk, where there were questions about the reorganization that Murray had instituted earlier. Probably the biggest revelation Murray made at a State of the Lab talk was his resignation on the April 2, 1982, effective June 30, 1982. Also included are transcripts of selected off-Lab speeches that Murray delivered, including the Caltech Commencement Address in June 1979. There are a few speeches delivered by others that are also represented in the collection. Three folders contain documents that are stamped or marked "JPL Discreet." The original positions of JPL Discreet material in the collection have been marked with separation sheets. The material has been moved to a box at the end of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.75 cubic ft. (56 folders)

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Terhune, Charles H., Jr., 1916-2006. Charles H. Terhune, Jr. Collection, 1975-1983.

Title: Charles H. Terhune, Jr. Collection, 1975-1983.

The collection is composed of materials originating from Charles H. Terhune, Jr., JPL Deputy Director from 1971-1983. The materials in the collection are from 1975-1983, with bulk dates of 1980-1983. The collection is divided into two series, each organized chronologically: memoranda and outgoing correspondence. Memoranda (Box 1; Folders 1-8). These memoranda are printed on buff-colored paper, with a letterhead indicating it came from the Office of the Director. In most cases the memoranda was addressed to the Senior Staff or to Distribution. The memoranda were collected by Richard B. Phillips and Frank J. Colella, who served as the Manager of the Public Affairs Division (Section 180) at different times during the 1970s. The memoranda represented in the collection ends in 1982. Other Deputy Director memoranda were integrated into the correspondence of the Office of the Director as a whole, and the researcher should probably consult the appropriate collections, such as JPL 200 (Office of the Director Interoffice Memoranda Collection), for a complete view of the office. Most of the memoranda concern mundane day-to-day matters. A memo dated September 19, 1977 sent to all personnel addressed the issue of the standard of excellence at JPL. Earlier in the year there were accidents at the Lab that damaged two items of flight hardware, the TIROS N Microwave Sound Unit and the NIMBUS-G Scanning Microwave Multi-channel Radiometer. These incidents prevented JPL from meeting important delivery milestones to the Goddard Space Flight Center, and resulted in increased costs to these tasks. Terhune was concerned that this occurrence indicated a trend away from the standard of excellence that JPL had maintained for many years, and would damage JPL's reputation. Interoffice Memorandum 16-78, dated October 4, 1978, and addressed to the JPL Senior Staff, was a report on the post-flight review of Goddard Space Flight Center's operational support of Seasat. The report was thought to be applicable for lessons to be learned for JPL support of flight projects. The review was conducted to investigate the reasons for the intensive effort required immediately before launch to achieve an acceptable state of readiness, and to identify the cause for missed passes by the Deep Space Network stations early in the flight phase of the mission. It was decided that management weaknesses were the principle cause of the apparent near-chaos of the pre-launch phase. The inability of the Network stations to command the spacecraft during the early passes was due to a procedural error contained in the Network Operational Support Plan issued to the stations prior to the launch. Interoffice Memorandum 2-80, dated January 23, 1980, made modifications to the Director's Report and Discussion (DRD) meetings. The DRD meetings were a series of twice monthly reports to the Director and Deputy Director on the status of major flight projects; other selected projects, tasks, and programs; and institutional matters. Included as attachments to the memo are notes on the purpose and conduct of Director's Report and Discussion, and preliminary agendas for the meetings covering the whole calendar year of 1980. The increased defense work that JPL was participating in is evident in the announcement of classified Senior Staff meetings with people involved in Defense issues, such as Eugene Fubini, retired Air Force General Alton D. Slay, and Army General John Guthrie, all in the first four months of 1982. Various memoranda issued by Terhune notified the Senior Staff of the meetings. In early April 1982, Bruce Murray abruptly announced his resignation as JPL Director, effective June 30, 1982. Interoffice Memorandum 12-82, dated April 16, 1982, sent to members of the Senior Staff announced the Search Committee for a new JPL Director, with Caltech Trustee John Braun as Chairman. Representing JPL on the Committee were Fred Felberg, Gene Giberson and Nick Nichols. Terhune served as Acting Director from July 1 to October 14, 1982, until the installment of Lew Allen as Director. All memoranda and correspondence from Terhune were signed as "Acting Director." Lew Allen was announced as the new director in an Office of the Director memorandum dated July 22, 1982, originally effective October 1, 1982, later postponed to October 14, 1982. Chronological Correspondence File (Boxes 1-3; Folders 9-30). The chronological correspondence file consists of outgoing correspondence sent from Terhune to others. The date span is from January 1980 through December 1983. The early months of the files were somewhat disorganized, with monthly indices beginning in May 1981, continuing through August 1981, then discontinued until July 1982. The last year and a half of the files (July 1982-December 1983) are more organized and cohesive than the first part of the files. Much of the chronological files represent the routine, day-to-day running of the Lab, as do the memoranda. There are congratulatory letters that the Deputy Director routinely sent to JPL personnel who obtained a patent on an aspect of their work. Letters of condolence to the families of recently deceased JPL personnel are also in the file, usually with a one-page report of employee death or serious injury. This form gave the deceased employees name, family and work context, and the date, time and cause of death, along with funeral arrangements, if known. Other documents of a routine nature are signature sheets for reports that were required of Terhune. There was routine correspondence between Terhune and various NASA personnel, most notably NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications Burt I. Edelson, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Tracking and Data Systems Robert E. Smylie and Contracting Officer of the NASA Resident Office at JPL Richard T. Hanson. The Hanson correspondence was primarily composed of Monthly Workforce Reports, represented in the collection by the cover sheets accompanying the reports. NASA Personnel Exchanges Officer Elma D. Green is represented in the collection beginning in August 1982 with letters requesting the hiring of foreign nationals. One example indicative of the shift towards Defense work was in a memorandum to Bruce Murray, dated April 28, 1981. The memo regarded the visit to the Lab by NASA Deputy Administrator-Designate Hans Mark. Mark had been named Deputy Administrator in March 1981, but was unconfirmed until July 1981. Terhune reported that Mark told Caltech President Marvin Goldberger that JPL should participate in DOD work up to 50% of its capacity. Mark was also concerned with the approval of the Centaur launch vehicle, and feared a showdown between the U.S. Air Force and NASA over the issue of Centaur development. Mark also believed that the existing plans for Galileo had no chance of approval by OMB, even though it was reported that OMB had been briefed and had not made any "dire pronouncements." In a July 28, 1982 letter to Burt Edelson, Terhune asked about the possibility of assembling a spare Galileo spacecraft using the existing spare hardware with new or refurbished hardware as required. Terhune reported that Galileo Project Manager John Casani believed that a second Galileo spacecraft would be an effective way to protect the investment that Galileo represented. A single spacecraft concept was chosen in 1977 when the planned launch was in 1982, in order to hold down development cost. A second spacecraft would provide the test and operations team appropriate work during the additional year before launch, and it would allow for a complete set of spare components. Terhune noted that both the Voyager and Viking spacecraft were changed out using spare components, which allowed them to still make the launch dates. Additionally, the built-in redundancy of dual spacecraft in case of a catastrophic failure was noted. Terhune also noted that a spare spacecraft could be used in a Saturn Orbiter/Probe mission, with a launch date of January 1987. The spare could be sent to Saturn if the first mission had trouble free operation for the first eight months. In an August 2, 1982 letter to Under Secretary of the Army James R. Ambrose, Terhune thanked him for coming to JPL to discuss the All Source Analysis System (ASAS). In a second letter, dated August 16, 1982, Terhune expressed to Ambrose that JPL was prepared to assume the implementation role in the ASAS program. In an August 19, 1982 letter to Edelson and Robert E. Smylie, Terhune asked for approval for planetary radar astronomy support for future missions such as the Venus Radar Mapper, and future missions involving Mars and asteroids. An August 20, 1982 letter to Edelson revealed evidence of competition amongst various NASA Centers and JPL. Terhune addressed the assumption by various members of the scientific community that JPL was a costly place to do business. This was regarding a consideration to transfer operations responsibility for Pioneer from Ames to JPL. There were indications that people at NASA Headquarters also believed that JPL was costly. Terhune flatly denied the assertion, and used as evidence charts showing that JPL planetary missions had cost less than the more ambitious Earth orbiting missions, and there was a dramatic drop in cost per bit of information returned over the period from the first planetary missions through Voyager. The Army Analysis Program (AAP), later called the Arroyo Center, was first mentioned in the files in September 1982 with the signature sheet of a report titled "U.S. Army Analysis Program." Fred Felberg signed the report for the absent Acting Director Terhune. The AAP was envisioned as a high-quality, interdisciplinary, future-oriented research and analysis organization, patterned after the RAND Corporation. A November 8, 1982 interoffice memorandum, to Jack N. James and H. M. Schurmeier, was entitled "Guidelines for Development of the Army Analysis Program." The memo announced that the AAP would be developed as part of JPL with the permanent Director reporting directly to the Director of JPL. There was to be no planned formal connection between the AAP and Caltech. The studies to be carried out by the AAP were to cover the full range of problems facing the Army, both technical and non-technical, with emphasis on the long-range outlook. The remainder of the memoranda gave further information on the implementation and duties of the Army Analysis Program, which was renamed the Arroyo Center in mid 1983. A November 2, 1983 interoffice memorandum announced the transfer of the Arroyo Center from the JPL Office of Defense Programs to the Office of the Director, effective November 7, and named Richard A. Montgomery as Director of the Arroyo Center. More elaborate information on the Arroyo Center may be found in several other collections, most notably JPL 110 (Arroyo Center Report Collection) and JPL 173 (Harris M. Schurmeier Collection). Another military project, the All Source Analysis System (ASAS), later called ASAS/ENSCE, also was active at JPL. One of the first mentions of the ASAS Project of any substance in the collection is in a November 18, 1982 interoffice memorandum to Distribution. Terhune described the relationship with the Army in the project, along with the appointment of a Special Task Force, with JPL representatives. Terhune assigned Jack James as Acting ASAS Project Manager. In a November 19, 1982 letter to NASA Resident Office-JPL Manager Fred Bowen, Terhune expressed the need for an increase in building space available in order to accommodate the facility needs of the ASAS project and other DOD work. By January 1983, the ASAS Project was now referred to as the All Source Analysis System/Enemy Situation Correlation Element (ASAS/ENSCE). A January 18, 1983 letter to Lt. General W. R. Richardson noted this change in project name. Terhune assured him that JPL was up to the task for the project. Included as an attachment are notes taken by Terhune during a January 11, 1983 meeting with General Richardson. Further information about ASAS/ENSCE may be found in JPL 199 (All Source Analysis System/Enemy Situation Correlation Element (ASAS/ENSCE) Test Documents and Interface Module (AIM) Collection). 22 folders contain documents that are stamped or marked "JPL Discreet" or "SEB Discreet." The original positions of Discreet material in the collection have been marked with separation sheets. The material has been moved to a box at the end of the collection. The majority of Discreet materials are concerned with the findings of various Noncompetitive Source Boards, or Source Evaluation Board materials, both regarding components for various projects.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 cubic ft. (52 folders)

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Pickering, William H., 1910-2004. William H. Pickering Speech Reference Collection, 1959-1974.

Title: William H. Pickering Speech Reference Collection, 1959-1974.

A majority of the collection consists of secondary reference materials such as journal and magazine articles, press releases, reports, and speeches, presumably gathered for and used by Pickering in his preparation of speeches and articles. Perhaps forty percent of the collection as a whole is correspondence, primarily referring to Pickering's activities in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the National Academy of Engineers. The collection's original organization alphebetically by subject has been retained. The collection was originally composed of a cubic foot of foldered material with subject headings, and two cubic feet of unfoldered items, primarily AIAA and NAE materials, grouped together with rubber bands. All were dated from 1959 to 1974, with bulk dates of 1965 to 1972. The files on the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) document Pickering's activities on the AIAA's Committee for Long-Range Planning, chaired by Edgar M. Cortright, at the time the Director of NASA's Langley Research Center. Pickering was also invloved with the AIAA's Working Group on Philosophy, Science and Technology, with correspondence from James J. Harford, Executive Secretary of AIAA, and Leo Steg, Manager of the Space Sciences Laboratory at General Electric's Space Division. Represented in the collection are a number of folders about the California Museum Foundation. Pickering was on the Board of Trustees of the Foundation, but rarely, if ever, attended Board meetings. He did make a speech, entitled "The Cult of Anti-Science," at the California Museum of Science and Industry in December 1971, which is represented in the collection. Several speeches and papers written by others are represented in the collection, such as a Lee DuBridge article entitled "Policy and the Scientists," written for Foreign Affairs, present in the "Government, Science" folder. Also included in the same folder is an article by Al Hibbs entitled "The Scientific Advisor in Washington." The "Grand Tour" folder includes the JPL Technical Report "The Determination and Characteristics of Ballistic Interplanetary Technology Trajectories Under the Influence of Multiple Planetary Attractions," written by Michael A. Minovitch, dated October 31, 1963. Also included are other reports involving the early concept of what would later become the Voyager missions to the Outer Planets. Pickering also served on the Caltech Institute Administrative Council (IAC), whose duties included determining the hiring and granting of tenure to professors. Three folders of correspondence are devoted to this, along with general correspondence files and reports generated by the IAC. Many of the articles in the collection are from such publications as Science or Scientific American. One example is the 1966 article from Science titled "A Comparison of U.S. and Soviet Efforts to Explore Mars," written by Bruce Murray and Merton E. Davies. Many folders document Pickering's activities in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), where he was a member of its Committee on Telecommunications. Included is correspondence with Peter C. Goldmark, President and Director of Research at CBS Laboratories. The NAE was also concerned with urban issues, such as environment, transportation, and crime deterrence. Many of the NAE files in the collection are related to such issues. Of note in the files involving the National Academy of Sciences is a series of correspondence and articles involving Nobel laureate William Shockley of Stanford Electronics Laboratories. Shockley postulated a theory that intelligence and mental health were determined more by heredity than environment. He urged for research along the same lines within inner-city slums. Needless to say, this proved to be very controversial. Represented in the folder is a letter from Shockley to members of the National Academy of Sciences attempting to gain support for a resolution he was proposing to urge further study. Included are several attachments to the letter, including parts of journal articles, other correspondence and copies of newspaper articles. Also included are various articles that were entered into the Congressional Record by Representative Charles S. Gubser, Shockley's representative in Congress. The folder titled "Progress in Space" contains several interesting items. There is a report titled "Why Can't the U.S. Match Russian Achievements in Space," dated November 10, 1959, written by Jack N. James. There are several other newspaper articles and entries in the Congressional Record, as well as a speech given by MIT professor H. Guyford Stever entitled "The Future of Aeronautics in the United States," dated January 27, 1965. There are also speeches by NASA Administrator James E. Webb and Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, both in 1964. There is also a short reprint from Leonardo, written by Frank J. Malina, dated 1969. The file labeled "Russian Space Programs" includes a translation from an article in Pravda in 1960 that gave a Russian gain of 240-1 against the United States in the weight of the "artificial planets" that had been launched. Also in the file are copies of newspaper articles reporting Pickering's remarks regarding the Russian space program at the World Newspaper Forum in October 1960. The "Space Shuttle" folder includes a fact sheet and a statement from NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher involving the Shuttle program. The documents are undated but probably were created in 1972, soon after when the Shuttle gained Presidential endorsement and Congressional approval.

ArchivalResource: 2.4 cubic ft. (88 folders)

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. Reorganization and consolidation: Director's letter no. 12, 1976 Jul 30.

Title: Reorganization and consolidation: Director's letter no. 12, 1976 Jul 30.

"Through discussion with many different elements of the Laboratory, and with thoughtful and sympathetic individuals elsewhere, specific objectives of reorganization have been identified. They include: (1) streamlining of the organization to reduce burden costs and provide room for adaptive future growth, (2) consolidation of all technical divisions into a matrix reflecting today's new technical priorities, (3) increased effectiveness in identification and development of new flight projects, and (4) reduction of the number of separate offices reporting to the Director's Office."

ArchivalResource: 10 pages.

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. First Annual "State of the Lab" Talk, 1977 Apr 1.

Title: First Annual "State of the Lab" Talk, 1977 Apr 1.

ArchivalResource: 27 pages.

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Benedict, Helen. JPL Office of the Director Entertainment Account Collection, 1980-1982.

Title: JPL Office of the Director Entertainment Account Collection, 1980-1982.

The collection contains interoffice memoranda regarding the JPL Entertainment Account, from Helen Benedict, Administrative Assistant to the Director, to Vern Evenson, Accounting Section Manager, Section 631. The memoranda document the amount of reimbursible funds paid to people or charged to the JPL Entertainment Account. The reimbursable events included retirement parties, relocation, business lunch meetings, Executive Council Retreats, and other business-related events. There are monthly folders from July to September 1982, and two individual folders covering the Entertainment Account for events held at the Athenaeum between January 1980 and September 1982 and regarding the Voyager Project between May and October 1981. The Athenaeum records include a statement from the Athenaeum to the JPL Directors Account, and a corresponding memorandum by Mary Lyle, Administrative Assistant to the Director on statements from January 1980 to February 1981, or Helen Benedict on statements from April 1981 to September 1982, to Vern Evenson. There is also a file for charges against the Voyager account. The expenses included a Voyager picnic and family night, and expenses for the family of Thomas Mutch, and putting together a scrapbook commemorating Mutch. Mutch was a geologist at Brown University and key geologist for the Viking Landers before becoming NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science in 1979. He died while mountain climbing in the Himalayas in October 1980. Also in June 1981 a symposium, "Voyager and the Mind of Man," was staged, with speakers Ray Bradbury, Walter Sullivan of the New York Times, and Dr. Philip Morrison of MIT.

ArchivalResource: 0.3 cubic ft. (5 folders)

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Colella, Frank J., 1921-. Executive Council Memoranda Collection, 1977-1982.

Title: Executive Council Memoranda Collection, 1977-1982.

The collection is comprised of memoranda addressed to members of the Executive Council. The memoranda include correspondence, reports and technical memoranda. Also present in the collection are handwritten notes, written apparently by Frank J. Colella, Manager of the JPL Public Affairs Office (Section 180). The materials appear to have been collected and sometimes annotated by Colella. The memoranda primarily represent correspondence addressed to one member of the Executive Council that were forwarded to the rest, or were addressed to the Executive Council in general. There are no meeting minutes or agendas of Executive Council meetings in the collection. Researchers interested in documentation of meetings of the Executive Council should consult collections JPL 150, JPL 165 and JPL 229. The collection is arranged chronologically. The first folder is made up of handwritten notes by Colella, taken during the meetings. They report on various events, such as the note for the September 15, 1977 meeting where Bruce Murray announced that Seasat-B was being cancelled. Alan Lovelace from NASA told Murray that the mission would have triggered a battle between NASA, DOD and NOAA. The Shuttle Imaging Radar experiment (SIR) was approved, and the Lunar Polar Orbiter might be in the budget as well. The NASA budget was being submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with the LPO in, but Murray expected it to get cut out. Murray also reported that newly appointed NASA Administrator Robert Frosch did not seem to be around much. It was noted that Frosch appeared to be smart, but very cautious, and stayed away from controversial budget items. Included are copies of congratulatory letters sent to Voyager Project Manager Robert Parks and Voyager Project Scientist Edward C. Stone from U.S. President Jimmy Carter after the Voyager 1 Jupiter encounter, dated March 7, 1979. Another White House letter, dated January 13, 1982, was sent to John C. Beckman from Counsellor to the President Edwin Meese III, regarding Beckman's letter of concern about the possible cancellation of the Galileo project and potential dissolution of JPL. A memo dated December 4, 1979 from Al Hibbs to the Executive Council discussed upcoming meetings regarding solar sailing and interstellar travel. Bruce Murray's interest in what was called "Gossamer Spacecraft" had been stimulated by a series of articles written by Freeman Dyson that were published in the New Yorker. Murray contacted Dyson, and organized a meeting on Gossamer Spacecraft as well as another on the feasibility of sending an instrumented probe to another star on a schedule that would return useful data within 20 or 30 years after launching. Included as attachments are the agendas of each meeting, as well as a list of attendees. The meeting minutes and presentation material from a joint meeting of the NASA Council and NASA Center Directors held on December 11-13, 1979 is in the collection, as an attachment to a memo dated January 23, 1980. The presentation material focused on the Space Shuttle program, and discussed the readiness of the Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles. A memo dated February 5, 1980 from Jack N. James to the Executive Council has as an attachment a study for a planetary program exploration over the next fifteen years. An ambitious planetary program was planned, with orbiters sent out to every planet, and landers or atmospheric probes sent to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Titan. The program emphasized the reconnaissance and exploration of the Solar System, with future goals of utilization with manned bases. A mission to study Halley's Comet was emphasized also in a November 1980 NASA Technical Memorandum, "Comet Science Working Group Report on the Halley Intercept Mission." Reports from various JPL managerial personnel who returned from year-long sabbaticals are also in the collection. Donald G. Rea went to Harvard and John R. Scull went to Stanford. Both reported that the sabbaticals were beneficial and justified the costs paid by JPL. Scull recommended that a "sabbatical" policy be established for all senior members of the Laboratory management. Rea's report was dated October 3, 1980, and Scull's was dated September 27, 1980. A letter from John R. Pierce to Distribution, later forwarded to the Executive Council, dated January 13, 1982, reported that Pierce had talked with George Mueller about the Space Station Committee. The justifications for the Space Station, as Mueller saw them, leaned heavily towards defense. The Russians had a habitat in space and people believed they would construct a major facility, probably to put weapons in space, with men to control them. Mueller also stated that an economic way to put large things in geosynchronous orbit was by an unmanned, reusable ferry from low orbit. Men would be needed to refuel and maintain the ferry. Mueller also personally believed that it would be beneficial for the U.S. to base MX missiles on the Moon. Pierce noted that Mueller had little sympathy from the other committee members regarding this. Beginning in January 1981 there was concern with a proposed policy from the Office of Federal Procurement Policy of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). Murray was concerned that enacting the proposed policy would bring an end to the efficient and effective use of FFRDCs. Murray noted in a February 10, 1981 letter that under the policy, a FFRDC would under no circumstances be able to solicit work from any source, and it would not be able to compete for work. The problems of being a FFRDC are documented in numerous correspondence in the collection in 1981 and 1982. A December 18, 1981 letter from Bruce Murray notified NASA Deputy Administrator Hans Mark of his concerns. Murray believed that it seriously threatened the plans of JPL assisting the Department of Defense. Murray believed that many agencies using JPL believed that they had the legal authority to do so under interagency agreements that were exempt from the procurement-oriented sole source procedure. Murray also reported that under the 1978 Memorandum of Understanding between Caltech and NASA for JPL, that JPL was prohibited from competing with for-profit industrial or commercial organizations, but the MOU allowed an exception in cases where JPL had a special competence that would not be brought to bear to solve an important problem. A January 21, 1982 letter from Mark assured Murray that the NASA staff was working with the OFPP staff to have a second draft much more favorable to the full utilization of JPL and other existing FFRDCs. A February 9, 1982 letter from Mark assured Murray that although the FFRDC problem could be dealt with in a reasonable fashion. There was enough opposition to the proposed policy to delay it, and even if it were implemented, they could still operate around it. The last folder contains reports written by JPL Liaison to NASA Headquarters, William Petit, Jr. They are structured as somewhat anecdotal in nature, giving a somewhat behind-the-scenes look at the happenings in Washington D.C. and at NASA HQ. They are by no means complete as only five monthly reports are in the collection for a time period from July 1979 to February 1981. 4 folders contain documents that are stamped or marked "JPL Discreet" or "SEB Discreet." The original positions of Discreet material in the collection have been marked with separation sheets. The material has been moved to a box at the end of the collection.

ArchivalResource: 0.9 cubic ft. (16 folders)

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Murray, Bruce C., 1931-. NASA science management in the planetary program : proposal and correspondence, 1966-1967.

Title: NASA science management in the planetary program : proposal and correspondence, 1966-1967.

This collection includes four documents; a proposal with an accompanying document by Dr. Murray and two letters regarding that proposal. The report "NASA science management in the planetary program" presented to the PSAC space panel on April 10, 1967 accompanied by "Thoughts on initial structure and staffing of a hypothetical Institute for Planetary Exploration (IPE)" written on November 18, 1966 by Dr. Murray. Oran W. Nicks responds stating that the newly formed Planetary Mission Board fulfills the role of the IPE and a Dr. Murray responds that the Planetary Missions Board is not a scientific panel and does not take the place of the IPE.

ArchivalResource: 15 pages.

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Gates, Clarence R., 1926-2008. Clarence R. Gates Collection, 1980-1995.

Title: Clarence R. Gates Collection, 1980-1995.

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, Viewgraphs and presentation materials originated by C. R. Gates during his tenure as Assistant Laboratory Director for Technical Divisions and Associate Director. The collection is arranged in chronological order. Each year has a listing of correspondence, with the exception of 1989. The bulk of the collection is from 1980 to 1990. The Chronological Files begin in March 1980, when Gates was elevated to Deputy ALD for Technical Divisions, serving under Fred Felberg. Included in the early files are Weekly Significant Event Reports, written by Gates and sent to JPL Director Bruce Murray. Gates also advised Murray on pertinent Director's Letters and topics for Murray's periodic "State-of-the-Lab" talks. In November 1981, Gates wrote several drafts of a possible Director's Letter of memo which would be distributed to the Senior Staff announcing the part-time assignment of Terry Cole as Technology Advisor to the Technical Divisions. The memo was issued later in November 1981 as Office of the Director Interoffice Memorandum 81-20. Additionally, a November 13, 1981 memo to G. E. Nichols has several suggestions of topics for Murray's Fall 1981 talk to the Laboratory. A January 14, 1982 interoffice memorandum written by Gates to Distribution reported on a JPL visit by NASA Deputy Administrator Hans Mark. Mark had said that the planetary program of the 1970s was an aberration, and would not recur. The only long-term source of support for institutions such as JPL was the Department of Defense (DOD), and JPL had only a year to effect a transition and establish a DOD program. Gates noted in the memo that "the above message was significantly more stark and austere than any that our Division and Section Managers have been exposed to, and they reacted accordingly." The volatility of the situation was perhaps one reason why Bruce Murray decided to resign as Laboratory Director, effective June 30, 1982. A couple of memos planning the retirement ceremony are present in the collection. Also present is a draft of one scene from Murray's retirement skit, written by Gates. Gates presented the paper "The Voyager Mission to Jupiter and Saturn" in late June 1982, at the Thirteenth International Symposium on Space Science and Technology, held in Tokyo, Japan between June 28 and July 2, 1982. Represented in the collection is a rough draft of the paper, dated June 1, 1982, as well as an undated revision at the end of the month. Lew Allen was installed as the new Laboratory Director in October 1982. An interoffice memorandum dated September 23, 1982, from Gates to the Technical Division Managers and Deputies has notes for a preparation for briefings to Dr. Allen throughout October. The preparation includes a review of each division and section in the Technical Divisions. Gates also wrote a White Paper for Dr. Allen, dated October 24, 1982, titled "Organization of the Technical Divisions." Additionally, there is a draft interoffice memo issued by Gates and Robert Parks to Distribution, dated October 25, 1982, regarding Dr. Allen's briefing on Flight Project Implementation. Documentation on planning for the issuance of the 1983 Five-Year Plan for JPL begins in the collection in early March 1983. Included are early drafts of organization of the document and individual chapters. Drafts of various sections of the Five-Year Plan are present in the collection up to July 1983. A revision to the Five-Year Plan, dated January 1990, as well as a further revision, dated March 1990, are also represented in the collection. Included in the collection are discussion material used in various Executive Council Retreats and meetings. One example of this in the collection is discussion material used on a special Executive Council meeting on Workforce Planning, dated May 15, 1984. There was a modification in the organization in the Technical Divisions in December 1984. According to an interoffice memorandum from the Office of the Director dated December 10, 1984, four of the Divisions had sections moved, and two of these Divisions had their names changed. Documentation for this change is in the collection in November and December 1984, with the announcing memorandum, dated December 10, 1984, also in the collection. Present in the collection is material used in a presentation to NASA Administrator James Beggs on July 24, 1985. Gates briefed Beggs on JPL scientific and engineering capabilities. In May 1987, Robert Parks retired from a long JPL career, finishing as Deputy Director. Present in the collection are correspondence, dated April and May 1987, relating to a retirement party, which included a humorous skit with Parks cast as Mr. Spock. The Parks retirement skit is also included in the collection in the Miscellaneous Files series. With the retirement of Fred Felberg as Associate Director, Institutional at the end of July 1987, Gates was promoted to Associate Director in August. Gates' title was Associate Director, with no "Institutional" subtitle. An undated organization chart for the Office of the Director, located at the beginning of the August 1987 file, reflects this change. The documents in the collection reflect the promotion of Gates to Associate Director, as there is more documentation of burden budgets and other duties that were of concern to the Associate Director. The Fiscal Year 1987 Burden Budget Presentation to Fred W. Bowen, Manager of the NASA Resident Office at JPL occurred on October 30, 1987. The same presentation was made to the Senior Staff on November 9, 1987. Included in the collection are copies of presentation materials. Similar items are in the collection for the burden budgets of each year. Included in the August 1987 materials are several documents pertaining to an August 25 meeting of the Strategic Planning Council. The material includes an agenda, correspondence, and typed background notes. In early November 1987, Gates was called for jury duty. Gates provided copious information on his duties at JPL supporting his request to be excused. This information included information about JPL as an organization, the duties of the Associate Director, and examples of specific duties. The Final Report of the JPL Performance Evaluation for Fiscal Year 1987, dated March 4, 1988, is also present in the collection. Gates sent copies of the report to members of the Executive Council. Throughout the month of March there were numerous correspondence responding and reacting to the Performance Evaluation. Drafts of JPL Performance Evaluations recur periodically throughout the collection, especially in the years 1987-1990. In April 1988, a review was conducted of current programs at JPL to determine which ones effectively addressed the resource pool of scientists and engineers. The final report, titled "Scientists and Engineers for the Future: Support Programs," dated April 11, 1988, was written by Robert E. Sutherland, JPL Human Resources Manager. It is present in the Gates Chronological Files since Gates sent a copy to Noel W. Hinners, NASA Associate Deputy Administrator. In August 1988, an anonymous letter was sent to Stuart Evans of NASA expressing concern about the MASS Program. The Management and Administrative Support Systems (MASS) Program consisted of the planning, development, sustaining engineering, and operation of applications that involved the collection, processing, storage, and availability of JPL institutional resource data. The letter caused great concern at JPL. Several drafts of correspondence from Gates to Fred W. Bowen, Manager of the NASA Resident Office at JPL were written, and Bowen sent correspondence to the NASA Assistant Administrator of Procurement. A September 22, 1988 letter from Gates to Bowen addressed the anonymous letter with a detailed paragraph-by-paragraph response. Also in the collection is a January 20, 1989 report overview on the MASS Program conducted by Price Waterhouse. An October 20, 1988 memo supplies information on the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986. This was important to JPL due to the Arroyo Seco groundwater contamination problem. In 1983 contaminated drinking water was found in four wells located east of JPL. An engineering study concluded that the source of the contamination likely was JPL, which had disposed of waste materials in cesspools, an incinerator and dumping pits near the east end of the Laboratory up to around 1958. In September 1986, the JPL site was included in the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund toxic cleanup program. The three-page memo, dated October 20, 1988, is concerned with statutory matters and a preliminary assessment and site inspection of the location. On March 7, 1990, JPL presented officials of the City of Pasadena with a check of $1.125 million to help pay for past costs incurred by the City as a result of the contamination of the wells. The amount was part of a total of more than $3 million that JPL agreed to pay the City. An undated rough draft of a press release is present in the collection in the March 1990 file. In the November 1988 folder is an October 28 draft of a vision for NASA. The material provided a summary and supporting rationale, as well as a proposal for changing the agency's structure. The vision for NASA was to push the farthest frontiers into the 21st Century and beyond. There were four overarching goals: unlock the secrets of the universe, enable permanent human presence and activity in space, preserve the quality of life on Earth, and develop advanced aerospace technologies. A possible strategy was postulated that missions supporting the quality of life on Earth would be prevalent between 1990-99, the secrets of the universe from 2000-2009, and a human presence in space beginning in 2010. A final draft of "A Vision for NASA's Future" dated November 9, 1988, with an attachment dated November 21, 1988, is also present in the collection. There was concern about the leasing of off-Lab space by JPL during the late 1980s. In January 1989 there was further discussion on the issue. In mid-1987 plans were developed to move out of the Foothill Complex to the main Oak Grove site, although by mid-1988 it was apparent that there would be difficulty in accomplishing the task. The major reason for JPL to extend the leases on the Foothill complex and other off-Lab leases was the Challenger accident. In a report dated January 25, 1989, Gates wrote that in 1983 a number of projects, most notably Galileo, Ulysses, Magellan, and the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field/Planetary Camera were under development for launches prior to 1989. Because of shuttle delay projects, the earliest any of these projects were launched was in 1989. Present in the collection are several drafts of the report, as well as the final report on extending the off-site leases. There is a report dated February 23, 1989 concerning the Observational Instruments Laboratory (OIL) Building, another major Construction of Facilities project. The report concentrates on a comparative analysis of private construction and financing versus systems subcontract of instruments or leased facilities. Additionally, a presentation to NASA Headquarters regarding a procurement strategy for facilities privatization projects, dated March 28-29, 1989 is also in the collection. The presentation was made by Gates, William E. Rains and Fraser W. Draper. In the January 1990 file is an undated Interoffice Memorandum from Gates to the Senior Staff regarding changes in the NASA Productivity Program. The then-current program, Productivity Improvement and Quality Enhancement (PIQE) was being revised and changed by concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM). A March 13, 1990 interoffice memorandum from Gates to the Executive Council has two TQM documents attached that deal with the procedures of implementing TQM, as well as a description of TQM itself. TQM was patterned after the Japanese management method, itself formulated after World War II by W. Edwards Deming. The three basic concepts of TQM that were most applicable to JPL were Work Processes, Customer Identification, and Employee Ownership. There is a great deal of documentation regarding the Executive Council Retreat for March 29-April 1, 1990. Present in the collection in March 1990 are agendas and drafts of presentation material including copies of Viewgraphs, for each of the sections. An interoffice memo dated May 7, 1990 written by Gates made claims that JPL was undergoing an unplanned and unprecedented growth phase, ironically due to the Challenger accident in 1986. The catastrophe caused delays in JPL's major flight programs, which led to programs being stacked on top of one another rather than the traditional orderly progression of programs being completed and followed by succeeding programs. In addition to this, NASA had an increased demand for JPL's expertise in scientific instruments. Gates reported that in order to carry out the program that NASA had assigned to JPL, it was necessary that JPL increase its workforce by several hundred people in FY91. This unexpected period of richness for JPL also had a "facilities shortfall" as there was no space on-Lab for the new workforce, and additional leased space had to be located and acquired. This is documented in a memo titled "The Facilities Shortfall at JPL", dated May 14, 1990. In a memorandum dated June 14, 1990, Gates announced his retirement later in the year, around November 1. He had planned to stay on to help with the transition to a new Director, which was thought to occur in September. In reality, Lew Allen did not step down as Director until the end of December 1990, at the same time as Gates' retirement. Gates retired from JPL at the end of December 1990, but served as an on-call Senior Advisor until 1995. Present in the collection is a folder documenting his actions as a Senior Advisor. These actions included assisting in the preparation of Burden Budgets in 1991 and 1993. Gates also participated in Benchmarking visits to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and to Hughes Space and Communications in May and June 1993. Also present in the collection is a memo, dated November 1, 1990, titled "Discussion Notes for Ed Stone," evidently an orientation for incoming Director Stone. The last item in the chronological files is a termination notice, dated May 31, 1995. It is the only item dated 1995 in the collection. Filed after the Chronological files are several subject-oriented files that were originally filed outside of the chronological filing system. These include: Travel Reports. The travel files contain travel report forms, correspondence, and memoranda related to Gates' travel, from 1980 to 1988. There are also selected files devoted to individual trips that were well documented. These included two separate files for trips to Tokyo in 1982, and to the 16th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science at Sapporo, Japan, in May 1988 that were given their own files by the originator. A European trip in May 1989, and Gates' attendance at a NASA/Contractors Conference in Huntsville, Alabama in the Fall of 1989 are also documented. AIAA/JPL International Conference on Solar System Exploration. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and JPL held an international conference at Pasadena on May 19-21, 1987. Robert J. Parks was the General Chairman of the Conference Committee, with Gates as Technical Program Chairman. Gates also served as co-Chairman of the Program Committee. JPL personnel making presentations included Lew Allen, Pete Lyman, John Casani, Ron Draper, J. Randolph, Charles Elachi, Aden Meinel, Ed Stone, Marcia Neugebauer, John Beckman, John Gerpheide, Gentry Lee, Arden Albee and Bruce Murray. The international participants included representatives from the Russian, European, and Japanese Space Programs, including Roald Sagdeev, Jacques Blamont, Roger Bonnet, and Minoru Oda, among others. The folder included correspondence documenting the invitation of the presenters. Also, a VIP dinner was held at the Athanaeum at Caltech on May 19. Copies of correspondence inviting Sagdeev and others are also included. A copy of the Program is also included in the collection. Project Management Class. This includes presentation and Viewgraph material on a presentation made by Gates during October 1990. The presentation was an overview of the changing management of JPL throughout time. Robert Parks Retirement Skit. Included in the collection are several drafts of a humorous skit performed at the retirement party for longtime JPL'er Robert J. Parks. The skit was written by Gates, who also served as the narrator. The skit was titled "Starship JPL" with the Parks character as Mr. Spock, and the rest of the JPL people in various "Star Trek" roles. The skit was performed towards the end of June 1987 at the Altadena Town and Country Club. Lew Allen Retirement Skit. Numerous drafts of humorous skit titled "J Pan Land" are included. These drafts are dated from June 1990 to December 1990. The skit was performed on December 6, 1990. According to a memo dated June 12, 1990, the retirement party was originally scheduled for September 21, although for an unknown reason, Allen's retirement was postponed from October 1990 to the end of December 1990. Gates evidently was a main instigator in staging humorous skits at retirement parties. Also in the collection is a rough draft of part of the skit performed at Bruce Murray's Retirement, as well as a song in limerick form, dated February 7, 1984, sung at Deputy Director Charles H. Terhune's Retirement Celebration. Also in the collection is a skit written for a presentation to the Caltech Management Association. Gates attempted to explain the Matrix Management system by applying it to the Egyptian Pyramids, in a short humorous skit.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 cubic ft. (215 folders)

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Hamilton, Tom W.,. Interview with Tom W. Hamilton / byJose Alonso.

Title: Interview with Tom W. Hamilton / byJose Alonso.

Tom Hamilton describes his efforts, beginning in the 1960's, to improve the accuracy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Deep Space Network's (DSN) ranging and tracking data. The improvements in the DSN led to discoveries about the atmosphere of Mars, as well as providing capabilities that could be used in other areas of scientific research, such as very long base interferometry. For a period of time, he was also involved in the Low Cost Silicon Array (LSSA) Project at JPL.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 27 p.2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 10 min.) : analog, mono.

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