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vented. 

Largest Invention Award at the Center 

Given Kaufman; Esgar, Morgan, Kemp Honored 

The largest invention award 

ever made to a Lewis Research Center scientist was 

presented to Harold R. Kaufman at National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration 

Headquarters in Washington, 

D. C., yesterday. 

Three other Lewis engineers, Jack B. Esgar, William 

C. Morgan, and Richard H. 

Kemp, also received invention 

awards from NASA Deputy 

Administrator Dr. Hugh L. 

Dryden during the special 

ceremony. 

Kaufman received $4,000 for his 

invention of an electron bombardment ion engine which may be 

used for space flights to Mars and 

beyond. The award was made for 

a contribution of "significant 

value in the conduct of aeronautical and space activities," under 

provisions of the Space Act. 

An ion engine can operate only 

in the vacuum of space and creates 

thrust by electrically accelerating 

charged ions of cesium or mercury 

to high velocities. The efficiency 

of such engines has alrel1dy 

reached 80 per cent. Present engines appear to have a life of 

1,000 hours or more. Development 

is underway to extend this lifetime to the one or more years necessary for trips to other planets. 

Esgar, Kemp, and Morgan received a joint award of $1,400 for 

their invention of a boltless attachment and seal for pressure 

tank heads that may save hundreds of thousands of dollars during the coming years. Their award 

was made under the Government 

Employees Incentive Awards Act. 

The device invented by Esgar, 

Kemp, and Morgan is used for testing possible materials at various 

wall thicknesses for use in tankage for spacecraft and rocket vehicles. Prior to the Lewis innovation actual tanks had to be fabricated for testing. Now a simple 

hollow cylinder is used between 

the two reusable self-sealing 

heads. The device saves about $300 

a tank. 

Both inventions were considered 

by the Inventions and Contributions Board because of a determination that applications for patents should be filed. 

KAUFMAN 

Kaufman is head of the Advanced Systems Section, Electromagnetic Propulsion Division and 

has applied for several patents in 

the electric propulsion field. He 

joined Lewis in 1951 immediately 

after graduation from Northwestern University where he earned a 

bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. At Lewis he 

has specialized in research on turbojet engines and electric propUlsion. 

Kaufman and his wife, Elinor, 

have three children: Brian, 11, Karin, 9, and Bruce, 6. They live at 

301 Kraft Street in Berea. 

ESGAR 

Jack Esgar joined the Lewis 

staff in 1947 and participated in 

aircraft piston engine development 

and gas turbine cooling problems. 

As Chief, Structures Branch, he 

is currently supervising research 

on space vehicle structures and 

materials. 

A native of Wiley, Colorado, he 

earned his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineerin,g 

from the University of Colorado in 

1943. 

Esgar, his wife, Evelyn, and 

daughter, Colleen, 19, reside at 5097 

Whitethorn Avenue, North Olmsted. 

KEMP 

Richard Kemp is Head of the 

Powerplant Structures Section of 

Materials and Structures Division. 

He has specialized in stress and vibration research in propulsion 

structures. 

A native of Genoa, Ohio, Kemp 

graduated from the University of 

Toledo just prior to joining the 

Lewis staff in 1943. 

Kemp, his wife, Frances, and 

three sons, Richard, 19, David, 17, 

and Paul, 16, live at 999 Richmar 

Drive, Westlake. 

MORGAN 

William Morgan is presently 

engaged in the study of stress and 

strain distribution in thin wall 

structures in Lewis' Materials and 

Structures Division. 

A Lewis employee for nearly 21 

years, Morgan is a graduate of 

Ohio University with a bachelor 

of mechanical engineering degree. 

He also holds a patent for aircraft 

turbine blades. 

He and his wife, Margaret, reside at 27350 Langle Road, Westlake, with their two children, Barbarba, 19, and John, 16. 

Additional 

Recent Awards 

For Inventions 

Three inventions to increase the 

usefulness of the nuclear research 

reactor at the Plum Brook Station 

won incentive awards for their inventors late in January. 

A fourth award went to a Lewis 

inventor who devised a better logic 

circuit to handle data accumulated 

by satellites and transmit it back 

to earth. 

Seven hundred dollars went to 

Robert Steinberg and William B. 

Schwab. 

Steinberg, Reactor Analysis Section, and Schwab, Materials and 

Stresses Services Section, dltveloped a method and device for mapping the neutron flux or power 

level of each section of a reactor 

in a fraction of the time necessary 

by previous methods. 

John W. Macomber of Mechanical Design Section C was awarded 

$500 for his invention of a nuclear 

reactor control rod assembly with 

improved driving mechanism. This 

assembly is used for controlling 

power level in the reactor. 

A $200 award was presented to 

Joseph M. Savino and Chester D. 

Lanzo for developing a simulated 

fuel assembly for the reactor. The 

simulated fuel assembly is substituted for the actual fuel rods 

in the reactor and is instrumented 

to measure the flow of cooling 

water through the reactor. 

Lanzo works in the Reactor 

Components Section, Savino in the 

Heat Transfer Branch. 

The transistorized logic circuit 

developed by John C. Sturman, Instrument Development Section, 

won a $100 award. Used for relaying information back from satellites and space probes, his circuit 

offers increased efficiency and 

decreased power consumption. 

Above: (left to right) Jack B. Esgar) William a. Morgan) 

and Richard H. Kemp with the boltless attachment and 

seal for pressure tank heads they designed. 

Harold Kaufman) (left») 

is shown with electron bombardment ion engine he in­
Plasmadyn am ics 

Two Lewis staffers will p

papers at the AIAA’s Plas

namics Conference to be h

the U. S. Naval Postgra

School in Monterey, Calif., 

Roman Krawec will discus

dial Density and Temperatur

files at the Ion Cyclotron 

Resonance Point”. 

David N. Bowditch will p

a paper entitled “Investigat

the Discharge and Exhaust 

of a Small Arc Plasma Thru

2-4. 

Correct ion 

A statement was incorr

the Lunar Orbiter caption 

last issue of the Lewis New

Lunar Orbiter program is 

the direction of NASA’s L

Research Center, not the Je

pulsion Laboratory, as was 

in the story. 

Ion Engines. 

Paul M. Margosian, Willia

Kerslake, “Experimental Ev

tion of a Two-Directional Ele

Bombardment Ion Thruster”. 

Joseph F. Wasserbauer, Ke

and Margosian, “A Mercury 

tron-Bombardment Ion Th

Suitable for Station Keepin

Attitude Control“. 

Daniel S. Gold and Geor

Kvitek, “An Analysis of Par

Formation Efficiency in a C

Thruster”. 

Harold Kaufman, Chief o

Ion Physics Branch at Lewi

be chairman of the session o

Engines. 

The Electric Propulsion C

ence is held annually to d

advances in electric propulsi

sign and engineering. 
the Control Room when such an 

alert is received during the month 

of October. 

While Octdber 8 through 14 has 

been designated as National Fire 

Prevention Week, the Lewis Safety Office is using the month of 

Ootober to inform employees about 

this particular hazard. 

In addition to a tour of the 

Control Room, employees will see 

a demonstration on the use of 

built-in cardox systems, receive 

literature on fire prevention and 

a special Safe-T-Gram. Three films 

on fire prevention will be shown. 

Home fire extinguishers will 

again be on sale at discount prices 

to Lenntis employees. 

HAM AT HF,ART? - All radio 

hams who are interested in fonning a Lewis Amateur Radio Club, 

contact George Pindroh, PAX 

3178. M.S. 64-1. 

Andy Bzhuui, (left) Lewis safety 

the newly-completed LEWIS OPE

The manual has consolidated all s

a single volume which will be ma

safety organization. It will prove 

such topics as building evacuation

control, as well as on specific saf

Lab. 
Check diabetes 

The Cleveland Diabetic Association will visit the Center October 5-9, as part of their program to find unknown 

cases of diabetes. 

This will be the fourth visit since 1964 according to 

John Gulan head of the Medical Services Section. The first 

year, 2,434 employees were tested and 25 positive unknown 

cases uncovered, and in 1968, 36 cases were found out of 

1,760 employees tested. 

The DAC program is concerned mainly with case finding 

since most physicians feel that early detection and control 

of diabetes are important steps in preventing complications. 

“It is hoped that people previously tested will take the 

time to be tested again this year since diabetes can have its 

onset at any time,’’ Dr. Gulan said. 

Testing for diabetes consists of giving an employee a 

measured amount of sugar in a cola-flavored drink. Two 

hours later, a drop of blood will be taken from the finger 

t and the blood-sugar measured. Employees should not eat 

during the two-hour interval. The blood-sugar level indicates whether the pancreas is producing enough insulin to 

handle the known amount of sugar. 

A few days before the program begins, each employee 

will receive a memo giving the test locations, schedules 

and other pertinent information. 

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IR=lOO Award cites 

T 0 0 0 Lewis ion engine 

Lewis Research Center was recently honored in Chicago 

for the “development of one of the 100 most significant M

technical products of the year.” 

The award was presented for the electron bombardment 

ion thruster, a type of electric rocket engine, invented by 

Harold R. Kaufman, Assistant Chief of the Electromagnetic g Propulsion Division at Lewis. 

Winners are selected by a panel of some of the country’s 

best known scientists and engineers including a nobel prize ti

laureate. The IR-100 awards are sponsored by Industrial w

Research Inc. of Beverly Shores, Indiana. in 

Lewis has been honored four times in previous years d

since first entering the competition in 1966. The winners m

are selected by a panel of leading scientists and engineers. m

There are two electron bombardment ion thrusters presently on a spacecraft orbiting the Earth to demonstrate N

the engine’s ability to function reliably for long periods of S

time in space. The spacecraft, called SERT 11 for Space la

Electric Rocket Test, was launched February 3 of this year. w

The first engine operated continuously for 3,785 hours, a an

little more than five months. The second engine has been in 

operated for more than 1,000 hours now and it is hoped it pr

will meet the objective of continuous operation for six an

months in space. in 

In the future the ion thrusters may be used to position a

Earth-orbiting satellites or as a primary propulsion system u

to propel spacecraft to distant planets. p

The development of the electron bombardment ion en- la

gine has spanned many years. Initial studies started back in 

the 1950’s at Lewis. By 1964 the first space test was con- p

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ducted on a suborbital flight which proved this type of 

thruster would work and produce useful thrust in space. w

The SERT I1 orbital flight of this year is proving the thrust- tr

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er is ready for application to a wide variety of space 

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Corp. under contract to 

Electronics Research Center, 

B70-10461. 

Dr. James C. Fletcher. Seven others received honor

mentions and received letters of commendation signed 

Dr. Fletcher. The awards were presented by Dr. Pent

the special awards ceremony. 

Bowlers, chessmen become seaso

The Equalizers (above) are this year’s NASA Bowling 

League champions, winning the three-game roll-off over 

other Lewis teams at Buckeye Lanes, May 19. Standing 

from left to right are, Howard Jackson, Neil Rowe, Jack 

Herman and Howard Schwartzberg (kneeling). Missing: 

Frank Gue, George Michalaon and Ken Baud. (Martin 

Brown photo) 

The winning chess team 

(from left to right) ar

Gildo Raffaeli (team c

Perlmutter. Missing: Ed 

faeli’s team also won la

for the wingoes to the te

won despite a hepatiti

resignations, ” Raffaeli sa
C. Kilgore, Deputy Associate Director of 

nology at NASA Headquarters as speaker. Chief of the P

Michael J. H~~~~, class president, spoke Division and 

named Chief o

on behalf of the graduates. The journeymen received two certifi- nology Divisio

cates. one, issued jointly by NASA and the an interim Le

u,~. D~~~~~~~ of Labor, was presented made this we

to the graduates by J~~~ F. Canners, Di- the Directorat

rector of Technical services at ~~wi~. hicles, headed 

The other, issued by the State of Ohio, was Himmel, has 

presented by John F. K~~~~, ~~~~~~i~~ Space Flight S

Secretary of the Ohio State Apprenticeship 

Council. 

The new journeymen have qualified in 

five different trades - aerospace laboratory 

mechanic, experimental facilities electri- 

cian, experimental electronic equipment 

mechanic, experimental wood modelmaker 

and experimental metal modelmaker. 

Aerospace laboratory mechanics are Roger D. Scheman, Lynn R. Montori, Thomas 

F. Lakatos, Daniel L. Blatnik, Wendell Dr. Bro 

the Office of Advanced ~~~~~h and Tech- Dr. Richard 

Staff Conference series 

offers am lively, new 

-- - 

A new series of Monday Night Staff 

Conferences - six in all - begins late 

this month with a lively, different format. Breaking from tradition, each 

program : * will begin at 4:30 p.m., a time 

which may be more convenient to 

those who have earlier quitting times; 

* won’t always be held on a Monday or in DEB Auditorium; 

* will haveadmittance tickets issued 

in advance. They can be obtained for 

free from division office. 

The upcoming conference will be led 

off by Dr. Wernher VonBraun, Deputy Associate Administrator for Plan- 

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ber 23, he will spz

in Space. 

Other speakers, 

of timely topics, wi

Dr. Alfred J. Eg

tional Science Fou

sistant Director for 

tions and will spea

nology to national 

Roy A. Jackson, 

strator for the Offi

search and Techn

He will discuss 

OART. 

A panel of empl

Administration” ab

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2 Lewis News November 5, 1971 

Papers tell research storv Names in the News J 

The results of Lewis sci- ium on Uranium Plasmas in and Cavity Wall Cooling LiMartin J. Braun has recently 

been appointed Chief of the Mechanical Systems Branch, Atlas/ 

Centaur Project Office. Since joining Lewis in April, 1963, Braun 

has worked in the Launch Vehicles Division. His appointment 

confirms the position he has held 

for the wst vear. ”, being I_ 

resDonsBRAUN ible for 21 mechanical systems on 

the AtlasICentaur vehicle and for mechanical ground systems at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Kennedy. For 12 

years prior to his Lewis career, he worked on missile systems for Goodyear Aerospace in Akron. 

Murray B. Gordon, Lewis Labor Relations Officer, will 

chair a meeting sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the Institute of Electronics and 

Electrical Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers participating on November 17 at the Cleveland Engineering and Scientific Center starting with a social 

hour at 6 p.m. The Center is located at 3100 Chester Avenue. Speakers at the meeting will present a variety of views 

on the subject “Should Engineers Join a Union.” 

Apollo 15 has been described as the most scientifically 

fruitful mission to date. One of NASA’s scientist-astronauts, Dr. Karl G. Henize, will discuss that topic “from the 

viewpoint of a support crewman” on November 12 in a 

program sponsored by the Cleveland Astronomical Society. 

Dr. Henize, who has a Ph. D. in astronomy, will talk at 8:15 

p.m. at the Schmidt Lecture Hall of CWRU, 2100 Adelbert 

Road. The program is open to the public. 

Robert Schwartzenberg 

of the Test Installations Division caught this 25 314- 

pound muskie September 3 

at Pymatuning Lake. He used 

a nine-pound test line and 

struggled more than two 

hours before landing the 

46-inch long fish. Schwartzenberg, who plans to mount the fish, was told that it was 

the biggest ever caught in Pymatuning Lake. 

September and October were touring months at Plum 

Brook Station, thanks to the coordination of John Weeks. 

With the Employees Annual Picnic, the high school student 

tours, and three Sundays when the public drive-throughs 

showed off the Station’s beauty and facilities, almost 

10,000 persons now have a better diea of the mission of the 

Station and of Lewis. 

entific and engineering investigations continue to be 

disseminated to the professional public through conferences and annual meetings of various technical societies. During the next two 

weeks, papers by Lewis authors are being presented as 

f 0110 ws : 

“Technology for Low 

Cost Solid Rocket Boosters,” by Carl C. Ciepluch, at 

the Joint Army-Navy-NASAAir Force Propulsion Meeting in Las Vegas Nov. 1-5. 

“Deformed BruecknerHartree-Fock Calculations 

for Light Nuclei,” by Richard C. Braley, Dr. William F. 

Ford and Hiram College 

professor Dr. R. L. Becker, 

at the American Physical 

Society Meeting in Tucson 

November 4-6. 

“Review of NASA Aerospace Oxygen Accidents and 

Incidents” by Paul M. Ordin 

at the Oxygen Compressors 

and Pumps Symposium in 

Atlanta November 9-11. 

“A Stored Program Channel Processor for CAMAC (a 

new international standard 

for digital instrumentation)” 

by Dr. Robert W. Bercaw at 

the Fall Symposium of the 

Digital Equipment Computer Users Society in San 

Francisco November 11-13. 

“Reliability Testing and 

Demonstration of Aerospace 

Problems” by Vincent R. 

Lalli at the Ninth Annual 

Reliability Engineering and 

Management Institute at the 

University of Arizona November 9-13. 

At the Second SymposAtlanta November 15-17, 

nine Lewis-authored papers 

are being given: “Effect of 

Bouyancy on Fuel Containment in an Open-Cycle GasCore Nuclear Rocket Engine” by Henry A. Putre; 

Shock Tube Technique for 

Opacities at High Pressures 

for Gaseous-Core Rockets” 

by Vernon H. Gray and Dr. 

Richard W. Patch; “Of What 

Use Could Nuclear Engines 

be to Society?’’ by Frank E. 

Rom; “Performance Potential of Nuclear Gas-Core and 

Fusion Rockets; A Mission 

Applications Survey” by 

Edward A. Willis, Jr. and 

Laurence H. Fishbach; “Mini-Cavity PROBE Reactor” 

by Robert E. Hyland; “Optical Transmittance of Fused 

Silica at Elevated Temperatures during High Energy 

Electron Bombardment” by 

Albert B. Smith; “Nozzle 

Accountants 

hear Lundin 

Bruce T. Lundin will 

speak to the Cleveland Chapter of the Federal Government Accountants Association on November 15, 1971, 

at Stouffer Restaurants’ El 

Cantina Room in the Erieview Plaza building. Lundin 

will speak on the future of 

NASA and the on-going 

programs at the Center. Employees of the Center are invited. Further information 

and dinner reservations can 

be obtained by contacting 

Charles Calvert at PAX 

8412. 

mitations on Specific Impulse of a Gas-Core Nuclear 

Rocket” by Albert F. Kascak; “Crew Radiation on 

Dose from the Plume of a 

High Impulse Gas-Core Nuclear Rocket during a Mars 

Mission” by Charles C. Masser; and “The Open-Cycle 

Gas-Core Nuclear Rocket 

Engine - Some Engineering 

Considerations” by Maynard 

F. Taylor, Charles L. Whitmarsh and Paul J. Sirocky, 

Jr . 

Three Lewis papers on 

ion research are being presented at the American 

Physical Society in Madison, 

Wisconsin November 15-18 : 

“Ion-Cyclotron Wave Generation with an m = 1 RF 

Coil” by Dr. Donald R. Sigman; “The Effect of Metallic Reflectors upon Cyclotron Radiation” by Dr. 

Richard A. Krajcik and “Mechanism of Hot Ion Production in a Modified Penning 

Discharge” by Dr. J. Reece 

Roth. 

At the 17th Conference 

on Magnetism and Magnetic 

Metals in Chicago November 

16-19, Gary N. Benninger’s 

paper on “Thermal Expansion of Single Crystal Dysprosium-Y ttrium Alloys” is 

being presented. 

Dr. David P. Fleming will 

present his paper “Extemally Pressurized Gas Lubricated Journal Bearings with 

Herringbone Gooves - Load 

Capacity and Stability Analysis” at the Conference on 

Externally Pressurized Bearings in London, England 

November 17-18. 

Six staffers choose retirement 

Now that Harry L. Worster has retired he will move to southern Ohio 

and work on his 73 acre farm thathe 

has purchased. A mechanical modelmaker in the Machine Shop Branch, 

Fabrication Division, he joined Lewis 

in October 1943. During his career at 

Lewis he has worked on research hardware such as ion engines and ordnance 

engines. He and his wife, Dorothy Helen, have one son who teaches school 

in Portage, Indiana. 

After more than 25 years of government service, moving to Florida is on 

the schedule for Joseph P. Schellhaus 

and his wife, Mary. Chief of the Administration Services Branch, SNSO, 

he joined in April 1968 in that capacity. Previously he was with SNSO, 

Jackass Flats, Nevada, as Director of 

Administrative Services Division. 

Buying a new home in North Carolina is included in the after retirement 

plans for Albert P. Sainsbury and his 

wife, Marie. He leaves Lewis with more 

than 29 years of government service. 

Most recently a member of the Metallurgical Branch, Fabrication Division, 

he joined Lewis in 1944 and worked 

for a number of years as a toolmaker 

and metal modelmaker in the machine 

shop. Before joining Lewis he was a 

civilian employee with the Navy Department. 

Ski trips and photography 

will keep Fred Odar busy 

after he retires this month. 

A nuclear engineer in the 

Reactor Applications 

Branch, Nuclear Systems Division, he joined Lewis in 

1963. Before that he was 

with the US. Army for two 

years in the early 1950’s. All 

his work here at Lewis has 

been related to different nuclear reactor concepts. Most 

recently this has included 

design of shields for nuclear 

reactors. He also has been 

responsible for thermionic 

cell tests, heat transfer studies and vibration testing of 

fuel support tubes for the 

Tungsten Water Moderated 

Reactor. He and his wife, 

Ludmilla, plan to stay in the 

Cleveland area. They have 

two children in school, a 

daughter, Dorthea, and a 

son, Andrew. 

John R. Hendershot will begin full 

time management of a bowling alley 

now that he has retired. A metal worker leader in the Research Installations 

Branch, Facilities Operations Division, 

he joined Lewis in 1950 after four 

years with the U.S. Navy. During his 

career here he has been responsible for 

arc welding, vacuum welding, iron 

work, and other various other jobs. 

He and his wife, Iris, have ten children 

two of which are married. 

John T. Flynn retires this month 

with more than 27 years of govemment service. An off shift supervisor in 

the Plant Protection Office, Office of 

Director of Technical Services, he 

joined Lewis as a mechanic in the Altitude Wind Tunnel area in 1944. He 

has worked as a foreman in the Mechanical Services Division and most recently has been responsible for operations at the Center after hours. He and 

his wife, Irene, will enjoy being able to 

take short trips whenever they please. 

He has one son. 

THE LEWIS NEWS presents the Lewis Research Center story in terms of 

its people. its purpose and its progress. Published on alternate Fridays, the 

News is produced by the Public Information Office, Lewis Research Center, 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 21000 Brookpark Road, 

Cleveland, Ohio 44135. 

News items should be phoned into PAX 2140, or sent to Room 118, 

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breathing Engines Division. He has specialized in the fields 

of turbine cooling and structures protection. He and his 

wife, Mildred, are the parents of three daughters. Hickel is 

looking forward to traveling and having more time to devote to his many hobbies. 

John W. Thiel will be spending his 

winter months in Florida and managing the Willow Lake Park Campgrounds 

in Brunswick, Ohio, to keep busy during the summer months. He recently 

wrapped up a 21 year federal career. 

Before joining Lewis in 1954 he served 

two years with the US. Navy. At Lewis he was a cleaning specialist in the Contract Coordination 

Section, Buildings, Grounds & Traffic Branch, Facilities 

Operations & Maintenance Division. He and his wife, Virginia, have three children and six grandchildren. Thiel also 

enjoys fishing and golfing. 

Robert G. Belknap will begin a new 

career as a chemical operator with 

Columbia Gas Systems, Inc. in Green 

Springs, Ohio. After retiring from a 20 

year career in the U.S. Navy, Belknap 

joined Plum Brook in May 1959. He 

worked as a nuclear engineering technician at the reactor until it was shut 

down in 1973. For the past year he has been an automatic 

controls mechanic in the Process Piping & Automatic Controls Unit, Mechanical Service Section, Facilities Service 

Branch, Facilities Service Division. He and his wife, June, 

are the parents of one son. Belknap plans to continue his 

duties as assistant district commissioner, northwest district, 

in the Boy Scouts of America. He also is an acting scout 

master for a Huron, Ohio, troop. 

Irving M. Karp wrapped 

up more than 30 years at 

Lewis this month. He joined 

the center in 1943 and 

worked the majority of his 

career here in the Nuclear 

Systems Division. For the 

past year he has been working as an aerospace engineer 

in the Applications Analysis Office, V/STOL & Noise 

Division. 

John R. Burkhardt will 

be a welding instructor at 

Terra Technical College after he retires on June 28. 

A welder, he has practiced 

his trade at Wright Patterson 

and Muldan Air Force Bases 

for 19 years until 1961, 

when he joined Plum Brook’s 

Mechanical Service Section, 

Facilities Service Branch, Facilities Service Division. He 

and his wife, Capitola, have 

two children and three 

grandchildren. 

Office, Science and Applications Directorate, at NASAs 

Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex. For the past three 

months he has been on temporary assignment at NASA 

headquarters as Special Assistant to the Administrator for 

Energy Research and Development. In addition to his duties 

as Assistant Administrator, he will continue to serve as 

Astronaut Chief of the Science and Applications Directorate in Houston until his responsibilities there are completed and a replacement is named. 

Torch leaders 

Ernest Roberts (center) of the Materials and Structures Division displays his award from United Torch Services for 

his participation in Torch’s First Annual Leadership Development Course. The course was conducted to familiarize 

the 24 participants with the wide range of services supported by Torch. Flanking Roberts are Robert V. Corning, 

(left), President, United Torch, and E. Mandell de Windt, 

Chairman of the Board. (United Torch photo)