yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (05/19/89)
Jerry Berg/Dominic Amatore Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. May 18, 1989 RELEASE: 89-78 BRIDWELL TO MANAGE SHUTTLE PROJECTS OFFICE AT MARSHALL G. Porter Bridwell, director of the Institutional and Program Support Directorate at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., has been appointed manager of the Shuttle Projects Office at the Center. He succeeds William R. Marshall, who has retired. As manager of the Shuttle Projects Office, Bridwell becomes responsible for the planning and direction of National Space Transportation System Space Shuttle project activities assigned to the Marshall Center, including Space Shuttle main engine, external tank, solid rocket booster, related systems and test activities and the Michoud Assembly Facility. He will manage Marshall Center and industry performance in planning, design, engineering, integration, development, production, testing, delivery and operations of Shuttle elements to be furnished to the Marshall Center, assuring that cost, schedule and performance goals are met. Bridwell was born in Linton, Ind., Oct. 4, 1935. He graduated from State High School, Terre Haute, Ind., in 1953. He earned a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., and began his career as an engineer with Rocketdyne in Canoga Park, Calif. Bridwell joined the Marshall Center in 1962, and his early experience included assignments within the former Saturn Systems Office and Saturn V Program Office. He transferred to the Shuttle Projects Office in 1975 and served in key positions including chief, Project Engineering Office, and deputy manager, External Tank Project. In February 1983, he was appointed manager of the External Tank Project. In the spring of 1987, he served temporarily as acting director, National Space Technology Laboratories in Mississippi. He was appointed director of Institutional and Program Support in October 1988. Bridwell and his wife, the former Saundra L. Martin of Terre Haute, Ind., reside in Huntsville. They have two children.