The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
) Historical Advisory Committee was a committee of historians that was established in 1964.
History
The NASA Historical Office was established under its first chief historian, Dr.
Eugene Emme in 1960. The committee was first made up of a wide variety of members, who initially sought to find support and prestige for the new historical program. From 1969 to 1970, the committee began to be increasingly composed of professional historians from universities, who made known their dissatisfaction with the NASA historical program. As a result, the Historical Advisory Committee was reduced in size and reorganized to be composed of only university-based professional historians to oversee the work of the NASA Historical Office.
Chairmen
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Wood Gray
Wood Gray (March 19, 1905 - June 27, 1977) was a history professor at George Washington University, public speaker, and writer. He specialized in American social history and the history of the American Civil War. He was a consultant for the United ...
, 1964-1966
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Melvin Kranzeberg, 1966-1970
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Louis Morton, 1970-
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Walter Rundell
Members
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Daniel J. Boorstin
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David Bushnell David Bushnell may refer to:
* David Bushnell (inventor) (1740 – 1824), American inventor, inventor of the ''Turtle'' submersible
* David Bushnell (historian) (1923 – 2010), American historian
* David P. Bushnell (1913 – 2005), American en ...
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James L. Cate James Lea Cate (November 16, 1899 – November 1, 1981) was a professor of history at the University of Chicago, an intelligence officer in the United States Army Air Forces with the rank of major, and part of the Air Force Historical Division d ...
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A. Hunter Dupree
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I. B. Holley
Irving Brinton Holley Jr. (8 February 1919 – 12 August 2013) was an American historian. He was a leading scholar in the field of American social and intellectual history, and his particular emphasis was on military history and the history o ...
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Thomas P. Hughes Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) was an English lawyer, author, and member of parliament (MP) for Lambeth, and for Frome.
Thomas, Tom, or Tommy Hughes may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Thomas Hughes (dramatist) (fl. 1571–1623), 16th-centur ...
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Elting E. Morison, 1972-
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Robert P. Multhauf
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Rodman W. Paul
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Robert L. Perry
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John B. Rae
Sources
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Rodman W. Paul, "Historical Advisory Committees: NASA and the National Archives," ''
Pacific Historical Review
The ''Pacific Historical Review'' is the official publication of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association. It is a quarterly academic journal published by University of California Press. It was established in 1932 under foun ...
'', vol. 44, no. 3 (August 1975), pp. 385–394.
History organizations based in the United States
History of science organizations
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