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University of Texas at Austin.
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Glen Wilson
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Born in Waco, Texas and raised in Houston, he was an aviation electronics technician in the Navy during World World War II and also worked for Lockheed Aircraft Company in Burbank, California He was an aeronautical engineering graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he also received his master"s degree and doctorate in psychology. A Johnson protégé, Doctor Wilson soon joined the staff of the Senate"s Special Committee on Space and Astronautics.
His function initially was to interview specialists and analyze technical data so the committee had guidelines as it wrote the National Aeronautics and Space Acting of 1958 and created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
He later was involved in research and development, technology assessment and policy planning. He remained with the committee until its termination in 1977 as part of a Senate reorganization.
The next year, National Aeronautics and Space Administration hired him to develop the Shuttle Student Involvement Program to spur student interest through suggestions on possible experiments to conduct aboard the shuttle. From 1984 to 1988, Doctor Wilson was executive director of what is now the National Space Society, a nonprofit organization that promotes space-related activities.
He oversaw his group"s merger with the like-minded L5 Society.
He continued to serve on the board until his death January 8, 2005 at a hospice in Fort Worth, Texas.
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2005 (aged 82)