ID Purchaser_First_Name Purchaser_Last_Name Inscribed_First_Name Inscribed_Last_Name Biographic_Infomation 2069 Suzy Tabor 07 Pine Crest Chaperones 1313 Lewis Maness Officers & Men of 47th INF 9th Division To the Officers and Men of the 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry 9thDivision during WW II. This battalion captured, intact '8' GermanV-2 missiles. These missiles were shipped to the United States, where they were studied and thus played a great part in establishing the U.S. Missile Program and NASA. 1147 Eugene Abruzzo Eugene Abruzzo 1328 Carl F. Acker Carl F. Acker Contributor To: Lunar Module Program as Instrumentation and Calibration Engineer for vehicle and ground support equipment. Grumman Aerospace Corp. Cassini Mission to Saturn and Hubble Telescope Programs as Program Quality Assurance Manager for the reaction wheel and electronic assemblies and rate gyro assemblies Allied Signal Corp. 183 Trudy S. Adams Chuck Keith Adams The Space Program had a very special person in Chuck, who served with dedication, skill and the highest of standards as an Engineer with Lockheed. In this way he can always fell he is still a part of this exciting program. 1213 Sammi Adams Mac C. Adams Dr. Mac C. Adams played a major role in solving the problem ballistic missile reentry and helped to develop the theory which determines the type & amount of ablating material needed to protect spacecraft & ballistic missile heat shields. From 1965-1968,Dr. Adams was Associate Administrator, Advanced Research &Technology for the National Aeronautics & Space Administration in Washington D.C Received Exceptional Service Medal in 1968 1941 Your Family Loves You! Richard "Dick" Adams Mr. Richard "Dick" Adams is an extraordinary tour guide and has been since 1969. He loves the Space Program, and the knowledge and the spin-offs it provides us all. His constant desire to be able to answer questions from all of his guests motivates him to read and research on his personal time. If you ever have a chance to tour the Kennedy Space Center, he will provide information and insight. He is the best guide KSC has ever had!! 162 Col Thomas C. Adang Thomas C. Adang (Col) Commander of 45th Weather Squadron from 17Jun94 to present. Directed all operational weather support for space launch activity at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Station, ensuring72 safe, successful launches (16 Space Shuttle; 8 Delta; 19 Atlas II; 7 Titan-N; and 22 Navy Trident Ballistic Missile Missions). 572 Joan Adornato Rudolf Adornato Rudy Adornato was instrumental in the development and operation of the Apollo program's Lunar Module from inception of the Lunar Orbit and Rendezvous technique through the Apollo Applications Program. As the leader of Grumman's Trajectory Analysis, he developed unique and lasting techniques for manual rendezvous and docking. He went on to become a manager and leader of Grumman's Space endeavors. 1982 Chuck Sammons Space Adventures Space Adventures is the Premier Space Tourism Company and the only company to have sent tourist to space orbit; to the ISS. The first space tourist, Mr. Dennis Tito, in April 2001; Mark Shuttleworth (Cape Town, South Africa) in April 2002; and Dr. Greg Olsen (Princeton, NJ) is scheduled to fly to ISS on Soyuz Rocket in October 2005. 672 Charlotte Affe Armand Affe Armand J. Affe started employment with Grumman March 1952, until his death in Oct 1985. He worked as a manager of the 'Clean Room' during his association with the LEM project. He was very proud his signature was included with other workers and traveled to the moon and back. 517 Steven Agid Steven Agid Served as a Senior Electrical Engineer for McDonnell Douglas Payload Projects at KSC. He was Lead Electrical Engineer for the Gamma Ray Observatory. Awarded NASA Group Achievement Awards for his work on Galileo-Jupiter and Hubble Space Telescope repair mission. McDonnell Douglas Employee of the Month October 1996. 110 Louis R. Aguinaga Louis R. Aguinaga As an employee of Grumman Aerospace Corporation, I was assigned to the Kennedy Space Center from October 1968 through February1973 as an instrumentation engineer on the Apollo/Lunar Module ground support program. From 1983 through 1986, I was responsible for managing the Space Shuttle ground support calibration program. 2179 Douglas D. Ahrens Douglas D. Ahrens Began work at Cape Canaveral in the spring of 1959 on the Atlas R&D launches. Was Pad 14 Lead Propulsion Engineer on last two Mercury launches (Schirra & Cooper). Transferred to NASA in 1964 on the ELV Atlas-Agena program. After its conclusion, participated in approximately 150 Delta, and several Atlas-Centaur launches. 813 Karen R. Aiello Peter Aiello Started work at K.S.C. for USBI in 1978 as a software engineer. Hired by Lockheed Corp. in Jan. 1984 as a software engineer specialist for L.P.S. was awarded the Silver Snoopy in 1989.Received The Space Flight Awareness Award in January of 1996for trouble shooting an Anomaly in Control Room 1 during OMIS0024 test for STS 71 Launch 1327 Amy Aitken-Tatusko Charles W. Aitken 1241 Ed Romano Frank F. Albanese Frank's 50 year career in aerospace started with Republic Aviation. The next 25 years with Grumman Aerospace he spent in the QC department advancing himself lead person working on the Lunar Module to Director of QC. 330 Stephanie Albinski Stephanie Albinski I worked for Grumman for 25 years, twenty years were spent working on the LEM & Space Programs. Enjoyed working for Grumman, it was a family oriented company. Grumman was the finest company to work for. I retired in Oct 1989 at the age of 70. I'm still involved in Grumman (now Northrop Grumman) working on the Retiree Newsletter, blood drives & attending monthly meetings. 780 Mel Aldrich Mel Alderich 1948 North American Aviation1952-55 North American Aerophysics-Edwards AFB x 10 Flight Test1955-63 Rocketdyne Research & Development Lab on engines for Redstone. Thor, Jupiter, Atlas Navajo,Saturn1963-82 Rocketdyne Procurement Field Rep. on Saturn and Shuttle1982 Retired to Utah Mountains with wife Zoe to get reacquainted 2012 Jeffrey Kohler James A. Aliberti Mr. Aliberti served as the Chief of the Technology Transfer Office at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). In this position he oversaw technology commercialization, partnership development and technology transfer at the Kennedy Space Center. The office also has the responsibility for managing the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Prior to serving in his current position, Mr. Aliberti was the Technology Transfer Officer for the Kennedy Space Center directing a comprehensive program of public services and technology dissemination and commercialization. He also served as the Manager of the Small Business Innovation Research Program; having the responsibility for the implementation and management of the SBIR Program at KSC. Mr. Aliberti has worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center since 1979 when he joined the KSC Safety Engineering Office as a Senior Project Manager. Prior to working at KSC, he worked on the staff of the Director of Navy Laboratories at Headquarters, Naval Material Command, Washington, D. C. and as head of the Design Engineering Division, Naval Ship Research & Development Center, Annapolis, Maryland. Mr. Aliberti has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University Institute of Technology and an MBA from Rollins College. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of Florida and Maryland. 361 William Allen Hillard Allen Hired by Pan American in 1957. Ship Operations Manager aboardORV-1836 and Sampan Hitch, Base Manager at Eleuthra and Grand Turk. Superintendent for Mace, Pershing, Saturn 1B, Atlas ICBM, Range Program Manager for Apollo Saturn 1B, CCAFS Manager, Manager of Range Bases, Manager of Program Control. Retired from Pan Am/Johnson Controls in 1995. 695 William R. Allen William R. Allen 1175 Eugene A. Abruzzo David W. Allen From 1983 to September 1995 David was involved with and advisory to the Shuttle Support Project. He was the Manager of personnel involved and coordinator of Paws/NASA Project 1393 Andrew & Brenda Allen Charles A. Allen Dr Charles A Allen is a WWII veteran and early Navy Aviator. He had an exemplary career the spanned over 40years in aviation and space. He is the father of Space Shuttle Astronaut Andrew M Allen 1807 E.J. Allen E.J. Allen E.J. Allen, military brat born in Dijon, France 1945. Attended the University of Florida and earned an Electrical Engineering degree in 1981. Employed by United Technologies/USBI at KSC, in 1981 primary task was generating documentation and to participate in the installation of hardware on the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's) and to integrate the SRB's with the External Tank and the orbiter, within 2 years the job was changed to Software Development for the orbiter. I was made a Chief Engineer and the Supervisor of the ITS (Integrated Test Support Group), later known as EVIS (Electrical Verification of Integrated Systems) of Launch Support Services. Participated in more than 50 launches. 571 Robert Allnutt Robert Allnutt With NASA 1960-70 as a patent attorney (60-65), Assistant General for patent matters (65-67), Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs (67-70). Staff Apollo 2&4 Review Board, Member, Apollo 13 Review Board. Associate Deputy Administrator,1978-81, Associate Administrator 1981-83. Founding Director Alumni League. 346 Katherine Alloway William Alloway My husband was a tireless hard working American Patriot trying to help make a difference for the space program & a more fruitful dream for all American mankind. He admired & was admired by all his co-workers at Computer Sciences & McDonnell Douglas until his death Sept 26, 1992, a young man (60 years). He is much loved &missed by his family. 1545 Mr. Thomas E. Alman Tom Alman RCA 1803 Marion R.