Golovin, Nicholas E. (Nicholas Erasmus), 1912-1969

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Dates:
Birth 1912
Death 1969

Biographical notes:

Physicist, government official, and presidential adviser for aviation and space science.

From the description of Papers, 1943-1970 (bulk 1958-1969). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28495297

Physicist, government official, and presidential advisor for aviation and space science.

From the description of Papers of Nicholas E. Golovin, 1943-1970 (bulk 1958-1969). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80859194

Biographical Note

1912, Mar. 1 Born, Odessa, Russia 1923 Immigrated to the United States 1932 Married Sophia Walsh (divorced 1946) 1933 1936 A.B. in mathematics and M.A. in mathematical physics, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1934 1942 Research statistician and administrator, R. H. Macy & Co., New York, N.Y. 1943 1944 Chief, Production and Requirements Analysis Section, Tools Division, United States War Production Board, Washington, D.C 1944 1946 Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve 1945 1947 Associate superintendent, Electricity Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 1948 . Chief of the management planning staff, Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, Calif 1949 1958 Successive appointments as executive assistant to the director, assistant director of administration, and associate director of planning, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 1951, May 26 Married Lillian M. Wessels (date of divorce unknown) 1955 Ph.D. in theoretical physics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1956 Graduated, nuclear reactor engineering course at Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 1958 Chief scientist, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, N.Mex. 1958 1969 Associate member, Creative Science Program, New York University, New York, N.Y.; contributed to publication edited by program director Myron A. Coler, Essays on Creativity in the Sciences (New York: New York University Press, 1963. 235 pp.) 1959 Director, Technical Operations Division, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. 1960 Deputy associate of administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. Vice president and general manager, Rabinow Engineering Co., Takoma Park, Md. 1961 1962 Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Department of Defense Large Launch Vehicle Planning Group, Washington, D.C. 1962 1968 Technical adviser, Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Washington, D.C. 1966 Married Anne Castrodale 1968 1969 Research associate, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1969, Apr. 27 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Nicholas E. Golovin Papers, 1943-1970, (bulk 1958-1969), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Aeronautics
  • Aeronautics
  • Astronautics
  • Astronautics and state
  • Universities and colleges
  • Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
  • Manned space flight
  • Program budgeting
  • Science
  • Science and state
  • Science and state
  • Separation of powers
  • Separation of powers
  • Social sciences and state
  • Social sciences and state
  • Space sciences
  • Space vehicles
  • Space vehicles
  • Supersonic transport planes
  • Technology and state
  • Technology and state

Occupations:

  • Government consultants
  • Physicists
  • Physicists
  • Public officers
  • Public officials
  • Scientists in government

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • White Sands Missile Range (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • New Mexico (as recorded)
  • White Sands Missile Range (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • White Sands Missile Range (N.M.) (as recorded)

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