Albee, Arden Leroy, 1928-

This collection includes documents that Arden Albee either collected or created during the period he participated in planetary and lunar exploration projects for JPL from 1961-2006, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1971-1996. The projects include the Mars Airplane, The Mars Rover/ Sample Return missions, Pathfinder, Mars Observer, Mars Global Surveyor, and the soviet joint Mars missions, along with projects that were not implemented. There are a number of related collections in the Archives including mission and directors collections.

Arden Leroy Albee was born on May 28, 1928 in Port Huron, Michigan. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1957. From 1950 -1959 he was a Geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey. He was involved in geologic mapping and investigation of mineral resources. He also is a registered Geologist in the state of California. In 1959 he became a professor of Geology at the California Institute of Technology, and was involved in a number of investigations. Dr. Albee worked with four JPL directors as Chief Scientist, Project Scientist and committee chair, and made significant contributions to the Mars program.

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