Background
Hoffman,, Henry Clay was born on December 4, 1925 in Baltimore. Son of Henry Clay and Mary Cecelia (Groeninger) Hoffman.
Hoffman,, Henry Clay was born on December 4, 1925 in Baltimore. Son of Henry Clay and Mary Cecelia (Groeninger) Hoffman.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1949. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Maryland, 1952.
Electronic design engineer Naval Ordinance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland, 1950-1956, branch chief, 1956-1962. Head of guidance and control branch National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1962-1993, chief engineer guidance and control, 1993-1996. Independent international consultant Satellite System Engineering, Guidance and Control, since 1996.
Part time consultant guidance and control Swales Aerospace, Inc., Beltsville, Maryland, since 1996. Consultant CONAE (Argentinean Space Agency) Buenos Aires, 1996-1997, University New Hampshire, Durham, 1997, INPE (Brazilian Space Agency), Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1998, Omitron, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1997-1998, Draper Labs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior member 1949), American Legion.
Married Patricia Ann O'Leary, April 14, 1952 (deceased June, 1993). Children: Henry Clay III, Cynthia Ann, Jan Marie. Married Marcia Crocker Abercrombie, March 9, 1996 (deceased April 2001).
1 stepson, Rex Cameron Abercrombie.