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James E. Webb
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administrator of NASA in 1961–1968 (1906–1992)
Key facts
- President
- John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson
- Deputy
- Hugh Dryden Robert Seamans Thomas O. Paine
- Preceded by
- T. Keith Glennan
- Succeeded by
- Thomas O. Paine
- Born
- James Edwin Webb , ( 1906-10-07 ) October 7, 1906, Tally Ho, North Carolina , U.S. (now Stem)
- Died
- March 27, 1992 (1992-03-27) (aged 85), Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Patsy Aiken Douglas ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 )
- Education
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ( BA ) George Washington University ( JD )
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- United States Marine Corps
- Years of service
- 1930–1932 1944–1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant colonel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Webb
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Educated at
- George Washington University
- Employer
- NASA
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Military rank
- second lieutenant
- Image
- James E. Webb, official NASA photo, 1966.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- James E. Webb
- date of death
- 1992-03-27
- different from
- James Webb
- date of birth
- 1906-10-07
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- name in native language
- James Edwin Webb
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Encyclopedic overview
James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was an American government official who served as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952. He was the second administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968. Webb led NASA from the beginning of the Kennedy administration through the end of the Johnson administration, thus overseeing each of the critical first crewed missions throughout the Mercury and Gemini programs until days before the launch of the first Apollo mission. He also dealt with the Apollo 1 fire. He helped found the National Academy of Public Administration, a key locus for governmental reform studies.
In 2002, the Next Generation Space Telescope was renamed the James Webb Space Telescope as a tribute to Webb.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James E. Webb” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.