Background
Sasseen, George Thiery was born on July 21, 1928 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of George Thiery and Rosemary (Head) Sasseen.
Aerospace engineering executive
Sasseen, George Thiery was born on July 21, 1928 in New Rochelle, New York, United States. Son of George Thiery and Rosemary (Head) Sasseen.
BME, Yale University, 1949.
Branch chief-elect spacecraft operations, Kennedy Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Florida, 1961; chief engineering division, Kennedy Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Florida, 1967-1975; Apollo operations manager, Kennedy Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1962-1964; chief ground system division, Kennedy Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1964-1966; director engineering shuttle operations, Kennedy Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Florida, 1975-1984; assistant manager space station, Johnson Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, Florida, 1984-1986; engineering director shuttle operations return to flight, Kennedy Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Florida, 1986-1994; retired, 1994.
First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1951-1953. Member Morys Association (New Haven), Patrick Officers Club, Cocoa Beach (Florida) Pow Squadron (commander 1975), Moose, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Gertrude Bradford, November 11, 1951 (divorced September 1980). Children: Sharon Sasseen Hudek (deceased), George (deceased), John. Married Margret E. Katorsky, April 1, 1982.