Background
Johnson, Marshall S. was born on March 13, 1926 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Josephine (Hiesel) Johnson.
Johnson, Marshall S. was born on March 13, 1926 in New York City. Son of Joseph and Josephine (Hiesel) Johnson.
Bachelor, New York University, 1955. Postgraduate, George Washington University, 1957. Postgraduate, University Southern California, 1962.
Flight director, Ranger project Jet Probulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1961-1962, development manager space flight operations facility, 1962-1964, mission operations manager, Mariner Mars project, 1966-1969. Special assistant to director Office of Secretary of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Research and Development Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 1969-1972. Manager flight operations Viking project, Martin Marietta Aerospace, Denver, 1972-1974.
Flight operations integration manager Viking project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Langley Research Center, Hamton, Virginia, 1974-1977. Flight director Pioneer Venus program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California, 1977-1979. Program manager, numerical aerodynamic simulator National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Ames Research Center, 1980-1982.
Program manager Space Systems div General Electric Company, San Jose, since 1982. Member Galileo project review board Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, since 1981.
Served as private first class United States Army, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Academy of Sciences mission operations and information subcommittee of solar systems exploration committee 1982-1984.
Married Polly Copeland, April 1965 (divorced March 1979). Children: Erica W., Lara S.