James E. Webb
On November 29, 1963, following the death of President John F. Kennedy, his successor Lyndon B. Johnson issued renaming both NASA's Merrit Island Launch Operations Center and "the facilities of Station No. 1 of the Atlantic Missile Range" (a reference to Canaveral AFB) the "John F. Kennedy Space Center". He had also convinced Gov. C. Farris Bryant (D-Fla.) to change the name of Cape Canaveral to "Cape Kennedy". This resulted in some confusion in public perception, which conflated the two. NASA Administrator James E. Webb clarified this by issuing a directive stating the "Kennedy Space Center" name applied only to Merritt Island, while the Air Force issued a general order renaming the Air Force Station launch site "Cape Kennedy Air Force Station".