Mueller, G. E. (George Edwin), 1918-

Engineer, administrator of U.S. manned space flight program, and corporate executive.

From the description of G.E. Mueller papers, 1876-1997 (bulk 1935-1995). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983798

Mueller was Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight.

From the description of Ranger Lunar Target Selection : memo to Homer E. Newell, NASA Director of Space Science and Applications, 1965 Jan 26. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733098966

Biographical Note

• 1918, July 16: Born, St. Louis, Mo.
• 1939: B.S., electrical engineering, Missouri School of Mines, Rolla, Mo.
• 1940: M.S., electrical engineering, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.
• 1940 - 1946 : Member, technical staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, N.Y.
• 1941: Married Maude Elizabeth Rosenbaum (divorced 1974)
• 1946 - 1957 : Assistant professor and professor of electrical engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• 1951: Ph.D., physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• 1955 - 1957 : Consultant, Ramo-Wooldridge Division, Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.
• 1957 - 1963 : Director of Electronics Laboratories, director of Able space program, vice president for space systems management, and vice president for research and development, Space Technology Laboratories, Redondo Beach, Calif.
• 1963 - 1969 : Associate administrator for manned space flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.
• 1964: Published with Eugene R. Spangler Communication Satellites (New York: John Wiley & Sons. 280 pp.)
• 1969 - 1971 : Senior vice president, General Dynamics Corp., New York, N.Y.
• 1970: Founder, Sea-Space Symposium, Philadelphia, Pa. National Medal of Science, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
• 1971: Vice president, International Astronautical Federation
• 1971 - 1981 : Chairman and president, System Development Corp., Santa Monica, Calif.
• 1975 - 1981 : Director, Ocean Corp., Houston, Tex.
• 1976: Chairman, twenty-seventh congress, International Astronautical Federation, Anaheim, Calif.
• 1976 - 1986 : Trustee, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Calif.
• 1978: Married Darla Jean Hix
• 1979: National Transportation Award, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.
• 1979 - 1980 : President, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• 1981 - : President, Jojoba Propagation Laboratories
• 1981 - 1983 : Chairman and chief executive officer, System Development Corp., Santa Monica, Calif. Senior vice president, Burroughs Corp., Detroit, Mich.
• 1982: Founder, American Institute of Wine & Food, San Francisco, Calif.
• 1982 - 1995 : President, International Academy of Astronautics
• 1983 - : Manager, Mueller Farms, Hyder, Ariz.
• 1983 - 1985 : Director, Original Computer Camp, Santa Barbara, Calif.
• 1983 - 1988 : Trustee, Laguna Blanca School, Santa Barbara, Calif.
• 1984 - : President, George E. Mueller Corp., Santa Monica, Calif. Trustee, University of California Foundation, Santa Barbarba, Calif.
• 1987 - 1988 : President, Next Peripherals, Inc.
• 1989 - : Chairman, Desert King Jojoba Corp.
• 1990 - : Trustee, National Board of the Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• 1995 - : President and chief executive officer, Kistler Aerospace Corp., Seattle, Wash.

From the guide to the G. E. Mueller Papers, 1876-1997, (bulk 1935-1995), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)