yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (03/31/89)
Mary Sandy Headquarters, Washington, D.C. March 30, 1989 RELEASE: 89-41 ROSEN NAMED ACTING ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR NASA Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher today named Dr. Robert Rosen as acting associate administrator for aeronautics and space technology (OAST), effective April 2. Rosen has served as deputy associate administrator OAST since March 1986. Rosen replaces acting associate administrator Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Jr. who returned to his permanent position as director of NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif. In his new position, Rosen will be responsible for the direction of NASA's aeronautics and space technology programs as well as for the institutional management of NASA's Ames Research Center, Langley Research Center and Lewis Research Center. Rosen joined NASA Headquarters in April 1985 as the director, propulsion, power and energy division, OAST. Prior to coming to NASA, Rosen held key positions in private industry, including Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, Calif., 1979-1985, and McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., 1968-1979 Rosen received a bachelor of science degree in 1960 from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla; a master of science degree in 1962 from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; a mechanical engineering degree in 1966 from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; and a Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. A New York City native, Rosen and his family are residents of Vienna, Va. He is married to the former Gail Brock and they have two sons.