Paine, Thomas O., 1921-1992

Engineer, corporate executive, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration official. Full name: Thomas Otten Paine; died 1992.

From the description of Thomas O. Paine papers, 1931-1992 (bulk 1960-1982). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83457377

Epithet: couper, of Woodstock, county Oxfordshire

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001092.0x000200

Thomas Otten Paine (November 9, 1921 - May 4, 1992), was a US submarine officer during WWII. He was executive officer of the I-400 won its voyage from Sasebo to Pearl Harbor, where it was torpedoed. After the war, Paine earned a PhD from Stanford in physical metallurgy and served as the third Administrator of NASA, 1969-1970.

From the description of Journal, July - December, 1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17939492

Biographical Note

• 1921, Nov. 9: Born, Berkeley, Calif.
• 1942: A.B., Brown University, Providence, R.I.
• 1943 - 1945 : New London, Conn. New London Graduated from Naval Reserve Midshipman Training at Annapolis, Md., and Submarine School at New London, Conn. Radar and assistant engineering officer, submarine Pompon
• 1945: Awarded Submarine Combat Insignia with stars and United States Navy Commendation Medal
• 1946, Oct. 1: Married Barbara Helen Taunton Pearse
• 1947 - 1949 : M.S. and Ph.D., Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.
• 1949 - 1963 : Successive appointments as research engineer, manager of materials and processes, research metallurgist, and manager of engineering applications, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y.
• 1963 - 1968 : Manager of Technical Military Planning Operation, General Electric Company, Santa Barbara, Calif.
• 1968 - 1970 : Successive appointments as deputy administrator and administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Directed seven Apollo missions, including the first landings on the moon Awarded Distinguished Service Medal
• 1970 - 1976 : Vice president and group executive, Power Generation Group, and senior vice president for science and technology, General Electric Company, New York, N.Y.
• 1976 - 1982 : President, Northrop Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.
• 1982 - 1992 : President, Thomas Paine Associates, Santa Monica, Calif.
• 1985: Appointed Chairman of the National Commission on Space
• 1990: Appointed to the Advisory Committee on the Future of the United States Space Program
• 1992, May 4: Died, Los Angeles, Calif.

From the guide to the Thomas O. Paine Papers, 1931-1992, (bulk 1960-1982), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)