Charles David Wende

Background

Wende, Charles David was born on December 4, 1941 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Charles William Joseph and Nancy Booth Mitchell Wende.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1966—1968. Master of Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1963—1966. B.S, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Master of Arts, 1959—1963.

Career

Research associate Physics Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1968—1969. Acquisition scientist National Space Science Data Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1969—1977. Science data manager Orbiting Satellites Project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, 1977—1981.

Software manager Hubble Space Telescope Project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, 1981—1991. Program manager National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Office of Earth Science, Washington, 1991—1999, landsat program executive, since 1999.

Achievements

• Charles David Wende has been listed as a notable aerospace scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society o Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union, Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Connections

Married Carolee Metcalfe Metcalfe, December 22, 1965. 1 child Christian William.