The second Langley Research Center NACA and NASA Hall of Honor class will be inducted on Thursday, June 1, 2017 as part of the LaRC Centennial Celebration.
For more about the nomination process, please visit the Langley Alumni Association NACA and NASA Hall of Honor web site.
The Langley Research Center National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Hall of Honor was conceived by members of the Langley Alumni Association and the NASA Langley Research Center as a mechanism to pay tribute to individuals who built exemplary careers at Langley, persevered against the status quo when required and achieved revolutionary scientific understanding and technological progress on the frontiers of the aerospace sciences.
The Hall of Honor formally recognizes those persons whose contributions have had the most sustained and far-reaching influence on the leadership, direction, mission and capabilities of the NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory and NASA Langley Research Center and/or whose work at Langley enabled unprecedented and fundamental advancements in either a scientific or engineering field and made significant contributions to the United States’ aerospace industry for commercial and military aircraft and/or spacecraft.
Class of 2015
Max M. Munk | Henry J. E. Reid | Pearl I. Young | Fred E. Weick | Eastman N. “Jake” Jacobs | John Stack | Theodore Theodorsen | Ira H. “S” Abbott | Robert T. Jones | John V. Becker | Samuel Katzoff | Robert R. Gilruth | John P. Reeder | W. Hewitt Phillips | John C. Houbolt | Richard T. Whitcomb | Christopher C. Kraft, Jr. | Maxime A. Faget | Eugene S. Love
UPDATE: See NASA Langley’s UStream channel — http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa -lrc — to view the Class of 2015 induction ceremony.
Inductees range from the engineer who conceived of the lunar orbit and rendezvous concept for landing on the moon, to the researcher whose mathematical formula made routine supersonic flight possible.
This first induction was held in 2015, as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the NACA, which became NASA in 1958.
Links:
Langley Alumni Association (LAA) NACA and NASA Hall of Honor web site
NACA and NASA Hall of Honor nomination form and process
About the Hall of Honor and the selection committee
The second Langley Research Center NACA and NASA Hall of Honor class will be inducted on Thursday, June 1, 2017 as part of the LaRC Centennial Celebration.