Laurie Boeder
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                        March 8, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1898)


RELEASE:  95-22

MOBLEY NAMED NASA CHIEF ENGINEER 

    David H. Mobley has begun his duties as NASA Chief Engineer, NASA 
Headquarters, Washington.  Mobley will serve in the position under a 
rotational assignment.

    The Chief Engineer will report directly to the Administrator and will 
be responsible for overall review of the technical readiness and 
execution of all NASA programs.  The Chief Engineer ensures that the 
development efforts and NASA mission operations are being planned 
and conducted on a sound engineering basis with proper programmatic 
controls.  The Chief Engineer also provides an integrated focus for 
agencywide engineering policies, standards, and practices.

    Mobley has been serving as Technical Assistant to the Center Director 
for space station activities at the Marshall Space Flight Center, 
Huntsville, AL.  He also is a technical advisor to the Space Station 
program manager at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, and has been 
tasked with establishing an advance NASA Liaison Office in Moscow.

    Mobley received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering 
from Auburn University in 1961.  He joined NASA in 1961 as a test 
engineer working on Saturn launch vehicles at Marshall.  He went on to 
work on the Apollo Telescope Mount, a major component of the Skylab 
Project, and also worked at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, as part of the 
launch preparation team for Skylab.  In 1976, Mobley was part of a 
technical support team NASA sent to Holland to work with the European 
Space Agency.  In 1984, Mobley was named Spacelab Chief Engineer.  In 
1988, he was assigned as the deputy manager of the Solid Rocket Module 
Project Management Office at Marshall.  He later became Space Station 
Freedom Chief Engineer for Work Package One.  In 1993, Mobley became 
a member of the Space Station Redesign Team.  Mobley has been 
instrumental in discussions with the Russian Federation since their 
joining  the international Space Station project in 1994.

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