We want to congratulate all employees on a very busy and successful 1994. Your 

performance was exceptional. During the holidays, we ask you to take time and share the 

joys of the season with fi-fends and family. May you all have happy holidaysjllfed with 

peace, love andjoy. 

McGoogan Retiring 

Joe McGoogan, Wallops senior 

manager and director of Suborbital 

Projects and Operations (Code 800), 

will retire effective January 3,1995. 

McGoogan has been Code 800 

director since February 1989 and was 

the deputy director from 1985 to 1989. 

The directorate manages NASA’s 

sounding rocket and large scientific 

balloon programs, several science 

aircraft, orbital tracking systems and a 

test range which includes a research 

airport, rocket launch range and 

tracking and data acquisition systems. 

In 1990, he was awarded a 

Presidential Rank Award as a member 

of the Senior Executive Service and 

this year he received a NASA 

outstanding leadership award. 

Dr. John Klineberg, Director of 

the Goddard Space Flight Center, 

said “Joe McGoogan has provided 

tremendous leadership within 

Goddard and NASA in applying low 

cost methods for conducting‘ 

scientific research. He has expertly 

guided Wallops through a changing 

NASA environment to continue to 

conduct world-class science 

missions.” 

McGoogan, a resident of Pocomoke City, Md., joined Wallops in 

1960 in the Radar Systems Section 

and was section head until 1971. He 

was responsible for applying high 

precision radars to range instrumentation systems and to new uses 

for atmospheric measurements. 

From 1971 to 1981, McGoogan

was director ofthe Applied Sciences 

Directorate at Wallops. He received 

the NASA medal for Exceptional

Scientific Achievement for a Skylab 

radar altimeter experiment for which 

he was the principal investigator. 

Under his direction, Wallops 

personnel managed the radar 

altimeter and led the scientific 

Head, 

ObsewatbnalScience Branch 

investigations of the GEOS-C 

satellite; developed aircraft lidar 

systems for detection of chlorophyll, 

ocean surface oils and bathymetry 

and atmospheric sensors for 

measuring meteorological parameters 

and chemical constituents: used 

ground-based radar systems to study 

the flight of birds and insects and 

developed laboratory space systems 

for modeling and measuring physical 

Ocean conditions such as waves and 

currents. 

In 1981, he became chief of the 

Instrument Systems Division. He was 

responsible for the development of a 

variety of optical and microwave 

sensors used in Earth remote sensing 

programs. He also chaired Goddard’s 

Instrument Working Group, tasked 

to coordinate appropriate technology 

developments to meet program 

commitments. 

McGoogan became chief of the 

Laboratory for Oceans in 1984. In 

this role, he was responsible for 

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Cover Credit 
Inside Wallops - December 1994 

Make Healthy New Year’s eating right pyramid. The wider, 

Resolutions bottom portion of the pyramid puts 

by Dianne B. Hargrove, R. N. greater emphasis on breads, cereals, 

grains and pasta, along with fruits and 

If you’ve stopped making re- vegetables. Milk, cheese, meat, 

solutions because you find yourself poultry and eggs occupy the upper

making the same ones year after year, portion. Sweets are at the top of the 

you may need to change your pyramid and are labeled “use 

approach. Here are five safe and sparingly”.

healthy goals for 1995. 4. Strive for emotional well1. Set realistic, attainable goals. being. Stress is the pressure we feel 

People tend to set unreachable goals. when we face a challenging situation. 

When you start small, you build the Family problems, money concerns and 

muscle to handle bigger goals. Then worries about children and aging 

build on your successes. Remember, parents can produce stress. Your first 

everyone slips now and then. line of defense is to acknowledge the 

stress in your life: talk about it, get 

2. Make exercise a lifetime help, make changes, stay active, eat 

commitment. You don’t need to right, restrict stimulants and get

belong to a health club to benefit from enough rest. 

regular exercise, but you do need to 

make a commitment. A buddy system 5. Make yourself and your family 

inspires motivation. Find a friend or safe through education and actions. 

group of friends who will strengthen Set your household in good order and 

and share your resolution to fitness. eliminate hazards that you find in the 

Exercise at least three times per week. house, yard and garage. Be a good

Consult your doctor before you begin consumer and shop with safety in 

an exercise program. mind. Read labels and directions 

before you use any household 3. Switch to a healthy, low-fat products or equipment. Teach safety eating plan. To keep healthy, most of skills to all age groups in the family. us need to incorporate new eating Children learn safety best by the habits. Choose a low-fat, balanced personal examples their parents set. eating plan and follow the USDA 

The Space Range Radar (SPUDAR) on the Wallops Mainland 

recently underwent a facelift. During 

October and November, EG&G, from 

Hampton, Va., removed the exterior 

paint and applied industrial coatings 

to protect the radar against our 

coastal environment, according to 

Bob Reynolds (Code 229), project 

manager. Following the work, 

SPMDAR supported its first project 

on December 5. Photo by TomBurton 

McGoogan Retiring (continued from page 2) 

leading the development of the new 

laboratory, including organizing its 

goals, setting priorities, and enhancing its capabilities. 

In the Pocomoke community, he 

helped organize the “Samaritan 

Shelter” for homeless people and 

served as chairman of its executive 

board of directors for two years. For 

the past three years he has served as 

president of Samaritan Properties, 

Inc., a board that owns and manages 

the Samaritan Shelter property. He 

also currently serves on the University 

of Maryland Eastern Shore advisory 

board for their engineering and 

engineering technology programs. 

He has served as an Elder and 

a Trustee of the Pitts Creek 

Presbyterian Church and has served 

on the New Castle Presbytary

Committees for the self.development 

of people for homes for the elderly. 

In the past he has served as a Scout 

leader, little league baseball and 

basketball coach and the president of 

the Pocomoke High School Athletic 

Boosters Club. 

McGoogan received a bachelor’s 

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degree in electrical engineering in 

1959 from the Georgia Institute of 

Technology in Atlanta, Ga. He 

has been a member of the Institute 

of Electrical and Electronics 

Engineers and the American 

Geophysical Union. 

He and his wife, Christine, have 

three sons, a daughter, and three 

grandchildren. McGoogan enjoys 

gardening and wood crafting and 

collects old carpentry tools. Currently, 

he isremodeling a vacation cabin near 

Brunswick, Ga., his and his wife’s 

hometown.