Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.             November 3, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-1898)


RELEASE:  92-194

PELLERIN, DAILEY AND THOMAS TO FILL TOP POSITIONS AT NASA


	NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the 
appointment of Dr. Charles Pellerin as Associate Deputy 
Administrator for Strategic Planning, John R. Dailey as Associate 
Deputy Administrator and Ralph C. Thomas as Assistant 
Administrator for Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

	Dailey and Thomas were selected after a nation-wide search 
and review.

Charles Pellerin

	Pellerin, who has been with NASA for some 25 years, most 
recently was Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission 
Quality.

	"Dr. Pellerin has a broad knowledge of NASA and will be 
responsible for creating a strategic plan to implement the 
agency's vision, mission and values," Goldin said.  "He also will 
direct and oversee key elements of the strategic plan."

	Pellerin first came to NASA Headquarters in 1975 to assist 
in the planning for Shuttle utilization.  He later managed the 
integration of payloads for the Space Shuttle.  And in 1982, he 
moved to the Astrophysics Division, where he helped initiate a 
series of astrophysics telescopes called the "Great 
Observatories."

	He began his career at the Goddard Space Flight Center, 
Greenbelt, Md., as an aerospace engineer.  There, he developed and 
patented a magnetomoter that has been used in sounding rockets and 
commercially at airports.

	Pellerin has a Ph.D. in physics from Catholic University, 
Washington, D.C.,  and a B.S. in physics from Drexel University in 
Philadelphia.

Jack Dailey 

	Jack Dailey will plan, direct and manage the institutional 
operations required to accomplish NASA's roles and missions.  He 
comes to NASA from the Marine Corps, having retired in September 
1992, from the position of Assistant Commandant.

	"Jack Dailey brings a remarkable background in system 
acquisition, strategic planning, total quality management and 
experience in the operation of government at its highest levels," 
Goldin said.

	Dailey graduated from the University of California at Los 
Angeles in 1956, afterwards entering the Marine Corps as a pilot.  
In 1975, he returned to school, graduating from the National War 
College.

	Dailey served as President of the Armed Forces Staff College 
from 1987-89, which is part of the National Defense University.  
He also held senior positions in research, development and 
acquisition before assuming the duties of Assistant Commandant of 
the Marine Corps in August 1990.

Ralph Thomas

	Thomas, who has been the Executive Director of the National 
Association of Minority Contractors since August 1985, will become 
the first Assistant Administrator for Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization -- a division recently elevated in stature to 
ensure NASA reflects the full diversity of America.

	"Ralph Thomas will spearhead a determined effort to see that 
small and minority-owned businesses play a significant role in 
America's civil space and aeronautics programs," Goldin said.

	Thomas graduated with honors from the University of 
California, Berkeley, in June 1975.  He received a law degree from 
Harvard Law School in June 1978.  After working in a law firm for 
2 years, Thomas became an instructor in clinical law at George 
Washington University National Law Center in Washington, D.C.

	In elevating the position, Goldin has emphasized these major 
goals:

	o  Establish a NASA Minority Business Resource Advisory 
Committee to help identify more businesses that should be part of 
the NASA family;

	o  Establish firm percentages for small and disadvantaged 
business subcontracting as part of prime contracts;

	o  Make use of small and disadvantaged business 
subcontracting as an important evaluation factor in every source 
selection and;

	o  Reward prime contractors with special award fees when 
they exceed their subcontracting goals by certain percentages.