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Record Unit 348
National Air and Space Museum,
Department of Space Science and Exploration,
Subject Files,
circa 1960-1986


Historical Note

Descriptive Entry


HISTORICAL NOTE

In 1980 Frederick C. Durant left the Smithsonian to pursue other interests. The Department of Astronautics was renamed the Department of Space Science and Exploration, and Paul A. Hanle became Acting Chairman. Hanle served as Chairman, 1981-1985, when David H. DeVorkin became Chairman, serving through 1986.


DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY

These records consist of administrative files from the Department of Astronautics and the Department of Space Science and Exploration. Included are correspondence, budget materials, exhibit scripts, annual reports, files of former Curator Richard C. Hallion, correspondence of Durant concerning the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and administrative files of David DeVorkin as Chairman.

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