NASA Dryden project manager Dana Purifoy was honored recently by Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator of NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, with the associate administrator's Leadership and Management Excellence Award for 2012.
NASA Dryden project manager Dana Purifoy was honored recently by Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, with the associate administrator’s Leadership and Management Excellence Award for 2012. Purifoy, a former Air Force and NASA Dryden research test pilot, was cited for his “can do” approach in ensuring that funding, scheduling, and technical issues involved with the extensive modification of Dryden’s Gulfstream-III aeronautics test bed No. 804 was completed on time, within budget and in compliance with the needs of researchers. Shin (left) presented the award certificate and trophy to Purifoy (right) at a town hall during his visit to Dryden on Apr. 18.April 18, 2013NASA / Ken Ulbrich