Background
Puddy, Donald Ray was born on May 31, 1937 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Lester Andrew and Mildred Pearl (Olson) Puddy.
Puddy, Donald Ray was born on May 31, 1937 in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Lester Andrew and Mildred Pearl (Olson) Puddy.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Oklahoma, 1960. Master of Business Administration, University Houston, 1978. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1991.
Officer, United States Air Force, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1960-1964; flight controller, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1964-1966; head module systems secretary, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1966-1969; assistant chief of lunar module systems branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1969-1972; assistant chief of space science and technical branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1972-1974; chief of mission operations branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1974-1975; flight director Apollo, Skylab, ASTP, Shuttle, lead flight director for shuttle orbiter programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1976-1982; chief mission operations systems division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1982-1985; assistant director for systems in mission operations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1985-1986; director flight crew operations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, Houston, 1988-1992; acting deputy director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Research Center, California, 1986; assistant associate administrator spaceflight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, Washington, 1986-1987; assistant to National Aeronautics and Space Administration administrator, 1991; special assistant joint United States/Russian Programs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1992-1995; consultant, since 1995.
President Parent-Teachers Association, Ed White Elementary School. Past troop committee chairman and assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (member county 1983-1984), International Academy Astronautics, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Tau. M C.
Married Dana C. Timberlake, September 8, 1956. Children: Michael R., Douglas A., Glenn L.