Background
Cohen, Aaron was born on January 31, 1931 in Texas, United States. Son of Charles and Ida (Moloff) Cohen.
engineering professor Aerospace engineer
Cohen, Aaron was born on January 31, 1931 in Texas, United States. Son of Charles and Ida (Moloff) Cohen.
Cohen graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, Texas and later received a Bachelor of Science degree from in 1952, a Master of Science degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1958, and an honorary doctorate from Stevens in 1982.
For other people with the same name, see Aaron Cohen (disambiguation). Cohen joined NASA in 1962 and served in key leadership roles critical to the success of the flights and lunar landings of the Apollo Program. From 1969 to 1972, Cohen was the manager for the Apollo Command and Service Modules.
He oversaw the design, development, production and test flights of the space shuttles as manager of NASA's Space Shuttle Orbiter Project Office from 1972 to 1982. After serving as Director of Engineering at Johnson for several years, he was named director of the center in 1986, serving in that post until 1993. In 1984 he was awarded the ASME Medal.
After his retirement from NASA, Cohen taught mechanical engineering design at Texas A&M University. In 2000, he was appointed Professor Emeritus, and in 2010, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters.
Vice chairman engineering task force Target 2000 Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1981-1983. Served to lieutenant C.E., United States Army, 1952-1954, Korea. Fellow American Astronomical Society (W. Randolph Lovelace II award 1982), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Von Karman lectureship 1984, Von Braun award 1993, Honorary Fellow, 1995, Robert H. Goddard Astronautics award 1996).
Member National Academy of Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (medal 1984), AJAA, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Ruth Carolyn Goldberg, February 7, 1953. Children— Nancy Ann Santana, David Blair, Daniel Louis.