September 16, 2005

Dean Acosta
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 202/358-1400) 

RELEASE: 05-269

GRIFFIN'S STATEMENT ON THE RETIREMENT OF LANGLEY'S ROY BRIDGES

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin issued the following statement today 
upon the announcement that Roy Bridges, director of NASA's Langley 
Research Center, will retire from NASA. 

"Roy Bridges has spent a lifetime in the service of his country, much 
of it with NASA. As both an astronaut and a center director, he has 
met all challenges, in good times and bad, with courage and 
competence. He will be missed by the entire NASA community." 

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