Seamans, Robert C., Jr. (1918–2008)
Aerospace engineer and administrator, who served as Deputy Administrator
of NASA, President of the National Academy
of Engineering, and most recently as Dean of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology's (MIT's) School of Engineering. Seamans earned a B.S. at
Harvard (1939), an M.S. in aeronautics at MIT (1942), and an Sc.D. in instrumentation
at MIT (1951). From 1955 to 1958, he worked at RCA, first as manager of
the Airborne Systems Laboratory and later as chief engineer of the Missile
Electronics and Controls Division. From 1948 to 1958, he also served on
technical committees of NACA (National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics), NASA's predecessor. He served as a consultant
to the Scientific Advisory Board of the United States Air Force from 1957
to 1959, as a Member of the Board from 1959 to 1962, and as an Associate
Advisor from 1962 to 1967. He was a National Delegate, Advisory Group for
Aerospace Research and Development (NATO) from 1966 to 1969. In 1960, Seamans
joined NASA as Associate Administrator. In 1965, he became Deputy Administrator,
and also served as Acting Administrator. During his years at NASA he worked
closely with the Department of Defense in research and engineering programs
and served as co-chairman of the Astronautics Coordinating Board.
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