Papers, 1945-1993. Series III.

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Papers, 1945-1993. Series III.

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Disher formed Avanti Systems, his aerospace consulting firm, upon his retirement from NASA in 1980. Series III documents his professional consulting activities from 1980 until his death in 1988. There are nine subseries. The first six, contain reflect Disher's work for specific clients. Subseries VII contains promotional and informational literature of various aerospace companies. Subseries VIII contains general background files on various space industry topics. Subseries IX contains materials relating to annual professional space industry conferences. Researchers concerned with a specific topic should be aware of overlapping information. For example, Subseries I, II and III all relate to the Italian space program, but in each case, Disher worked on a different project for a different client. Several subseries, including III, IV, V, VI and VII relate to some aspect of the proposed international manned space station.

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University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

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University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

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Disher, John H.

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John Howard Disher was born in Olmstead, North Dakota on December 23, 1921. He earned a B.S. of science in mechanical engineering from the University of North Dakota in 1943. Disher joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or NACA, a predecessor of NASA. In 1951, Disher was named head of Free Flight Research Section. NASA appointed Disher Project Engineer of the task group formed to oversee the Mercury Program. In 1960 he was named Head of Advanced Manned Missions and became Assis...