Background
Mann, Laura Susan was born on September 20, 1958 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Manfred Walter and Sally Mae (Hennels) Schaefer.
Mann, Laura Susan was born on September 20, 1958 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Manfred Walter and Sally Mae (Hennels) Schaefer.
Bachelor of Science in Physics cum laude, University Houston, 1986.
Marketing secretary, Vector Cable/Schlumberger, Sugar Land, Texas, 1981-1983;
administrative assistant, Bekaert International Trade, Inc., Houston, 1983-1984;
political pollster, research and teaching assistant, U. Houston, 1984-1986;
flight contractor, Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1986-1991;
manager grapple fixture subsystem, Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1991-1992;
manager space station engineering configuration, Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1992-1993;
part time beauty consultant, Mary Kay cosmetics, 1992;
contract editor, Radh Govinda Landes Company, Georgetown, Texas. Member technical advising committee flight telerobotic servicer Goddard Space FlightCtr., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1989. Mission operations directorate representative handcontr. commonality study, leader space shuttle payload and deployment system technical team/space station flight compatability review Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1990.
Research assistant medium energy physics experiment U. Houston at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1985, 86. Member configuration management process improvement team for Space Station Freedom Program, 1992-1993.
President Durham Park Homeowners Association, Houston, 1990-1992. Volunteer Texas Water Commission Testing Program, 1994-1995. Member American Horse Shows Association, United States Combined Training Association (adult team co-coordinator 1998), Greater Houston Hunter Jumper Association (board directors 1991-1992, contributing newsletter columnist 1991-1992, Junior/Adult Jumper Champion 1990, 4th in open jumper annual awards 1992), Third Coast Eventers (newsletter columnist since 1995, secretary-treasurer since 1996), University Houston Alumni Organization, MENSA, Phi Theta Kappa.
Married Richard Drew Mann, August 1, 1987. Children: W. Cole, Devon S.