Biographies of NASA Administrators

• Dr. T. Keith Glennan, August 19, 1958-January 20, 1961
• James E. Webb, February 14, 1961-October 7, 1968
• Dr. Thomas O. Paine, March 21, 1969-September 15, 1970
• Dr. James C. Fletcher, April 27, 1971-May 1, 1977
• Dr. Robert A. Frosch, June 21, 1977-January 20, 1981
• James M. Beggs, July 10, 1981-December 4, 1985
• Dr. William R. Graham, December 4, 1985-May 11, 1986 (Acting)
• Dr. James C. Fletcher, May 12, 1986-April 8, 1989
• Richard H. Truly, May 14, 1989-March 31, 1992
• Daniel S. Goldin, April 1, 1992-November 17, 2001
• Dr. Daniel R. Mulville, November 19, 2001 - December 21, 2001 (Acting)
• Sean O'Keefe, December 21, 2001- February 11, 2005
• Frederick D. Gregory, February 11, 2005 - April 14, 2005 (Acting)
• Dr. Michael Griffin, April 14, 2005 - present

Biographies of NASA Deputy Administrators

• Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, August 19, 1958-December 2, 1965
• Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., December 21, 1965-January 5, 1968
• Dr. Thomas O. Paine, March 25, 1968-March 20, 1969
• Dr. George M. Low, December 3, 1969-June 5, 1976
• Dr. Alan M. Lovelace, July 2, 1976-July 10, 1981
• Dr. Hans Mark, July 10, 1981-September 1, 1984
• Dr. William R. Graham, November 25, 1985-December 4, 1985; May 11, 1986-October 1, 1986
• Dale D. Myers, October 6, 1986-May 13, 1989
• James R. Thompson, Jr., July 6, 1989-November 8, 1991
• Aaron Cohen, February 19-November 1, 1992 (Acting)
• John R. Dailey, November 3, 1992-December 31, 1999 (Acting)
• *Dr. Daniel R. Mulville, January 1, 2000-November 19, 2001; December 21, 2001-February 3, 2003 (*Dr. Mulville was never the official Deputy Administrator. Rather, during these time periods he served as the Associate Deputy Administrator).
• Frederick D. Gregory, August 12, 2002 - February 20, 2005; April 14, 2005 - November 4, 2005
• Shana Dale, November 4, 2005 - present

Biographies of Other Key NASA Personnel

• NASA Center Directors
• NASA Dryden Test Pilot Biographies
• Astronaut Biographies

Biographies of Aerospace Officials and Policymakers

• A through D
• E through J
• K through N
• O through S
• T through Z

The NASA Workforce

• The NASA Workforce: Past, Present, Future: Every year since the Apollo Era, NASA Headquarters has published a "NASA Civil Service Workforce Report." It has contained information on the size, demographics, and dynamics of the Agency workforce--including hires, losses, awards, grades, salaries, and other such data. The report breaks most this information down by Center. Traditionally, the report has been available in printed form to headquarters, centers, and persons outside the Agency. Beginning in 1995 NASA has made the workforce report available only via the World Wide Web.

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