Background
Force, Charles Thomas was born on February 22, 1935 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Thomas and Anna Margaret (McCarty) Force.
Force, Charles Thomas was born on February 22, 1935 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of John Thomas and Anna Margaret (McCarty) Force.
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 1957.
Member technical staff, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, 1957-1961;
senior project engineer, Rocket Power Inc., Mesa, Arizona, 1961-1963;
co-founder, vice president, Space Data Corporation, Phoenix, 1963-1965;
director Guam Apollo Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Guam, 1965-1972;
director Quito Tracking Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Quito, Ecuador, 1972-1974;
deputy project manager tracking and data relay satellite project Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1974-1975;
associate chief network operations division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1975-1978;
chief network operations division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1978-1980;
manager deep space network program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1982-1984;
director ground networks division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1984-1986;
deputy associate administrator for space operations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1986-1989;
associate administrator for space committee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, since 1989;
deputy director, Computer Sciences Technology Associations, Greenbelt, 1980-1981;
senior staff, Computer Sciences Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia, 1981-1982. Member United States delegate Inter-Agency Consultative Group for Space Science, Japan, 1983, Estonia, 1984, Italy, 1986. Member committee of principles National Comm.
Sys., Washington, since 1989. Head United States delegate on space committee cooperation Moscow and Crimea, 1989, Moscow and Vladivostok, 1991. Director International Found.for Telemetering, Woodland Hills, California, since 1990.
Delegate World Administrative Radio Conference, Torremolinos, Spain, 1992, International Telecomm. Union Plenipotentiary Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 1994.
Fellow American Astronomical Society. Member American Institute Aeronautical and Astronomical, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (president Marianas chapter 1969), Masons, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Gamma Tau.
Married Marilyn Irene Wininger, June 10, 1956. Children: Carlos, Gregory, Jeffery, Timothy, Michelle.