Frosch, Robert A. (1928–)
NASA's fifth Administrator, serving from 1975
to 1981 – throughout the Carter presidency. Frosch was responsible
for overseeing the continuation of the development effort on the Space
Shuttle. During his tenure the Enterprise
underwent ground testing and the Columbia
made the first free flight of the Shuttle program. Frosch earned his B.S.
and Ph.D. in theoretical physics at Columbia University. Between 1951 and
1963 he worked as a research scientist and director of research programs
for Hudson Laboratories of Columbia University, an organization under contract
to the Office of Naval Research, before joining the ARPA (Advanced Research
Projects Agency), serving as Director for Nuclear Test Detection (Project
Vela), and then as ARPA's deputy director. In 1966 he became Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Research and Development, and then served as Assistant Executive
Director of the United Nations Environmental Program (1973–75). After
leaving NASA, he became vice president for research at the General Motors
Research Laboratories.
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