Douglas G. Hendriksen
Deputy Chief Counsel
Office of the Chief Counsel
Douglas Hendriksen is the deputy chief counsel in the Office of the Chief Counsel at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla., a position he assumed in March 1990. He assists the chief counsel in managing a staff of 13 in rendering legal advice to KSC's civil service community and interfacing with many of KSC's external customers.
His responsibilities include managing the day to day operations of the Chief Counsel's Office, giving advice on legal, business, and ethics matters to KSC senior managers, nonappropriated fund activities, and reviewing important Center level correspondence and other Chief Counsel's Office attorney work products. He also serves on many of the boards and panels that support KSC's administrative processes.
Prior to assuming his present position, he was the senior procurement attorney responsible for all KSC major contracts, procurements and environmental matters.
Hendriksen received NASA's Exceptional Achievement Medal in 2003, NASA's Exceptional Service Medal in 1994, and many other awards during his career at KSC. He joined the KSC team in February of 1967 after serving as law clerk to the Honorable William A. McRae Jr., Judge of the United States District Court, Jacksonville, Fla.
Hendriksen graduated from the University of Florida in 1966 with a JD degree where he was a member of the Law Review and Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. He had an article published in the University of Florida Law review on Battered Children. He received his Master's Degree from Florida State University in Guidance and Counseling in 1963, and his BSBA from the University of Florida in 1961 with majors in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics and a minor in Accounting.
Hendriksen lives in Merritt Island, Fla., with his wife Barbara, a guidance counselor at Atlantis Elementary School. He has two grown daughters, Karen and Dianne, and two grandchildren, Madison Emily Smith and Maximilian Bogardus Michael Smith.
January 2004
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