General Alvin R. Luedecke appointed Deputy Director : announcement, 1964 Aug 11.
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Luedecke, Alvin R., 1910-1998.
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Luedecke was Deputy Director of JPL. From the description of Personnel Appointment : memo to Senior Staff, Section Managers, Group Supervisors, 1965 Apr 6. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095558 From the description of Operating Plan for Support of Flight Projects by Technical Divisions : memo to Project, Division and Section Managers, 1965 Jul 28. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733095786 ...
Pickering, W. H. (William Hayward), 1910-2004
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William Hayward Pickering was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on December 24, 1910. After one year at the University of New Zealand, he entered California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1929. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1932, his Master of Science degree in Physics in 1933, and his Doctorate in Physics in 1936, all from Caltech. After graduation, he joined the Caltech faculty, becoming a full professor of electrical engineering in 1...
