page_title: Richard H. Truly
section_title: Decorations
hierarchical_section_title: Richard H. Truly / Decorations
caption_attribution_description: Richard H. Truly, astronaut, Navy admiral, and administrator of NASA.
context_page_description: Richard Harrison Truly is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot, engineer, former astronaut for both the United States Air Force and NASA, and was the eighth Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency.
  After his departure from NASA, he led the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1992 to 1997, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory from 1997 to 2005.
context_section_description: Truly was awarded the following military decorations and government awards:
  In 1988, he was awarded the Society of Experimental Test Pilots James H. Doolittle Award. He also received that year the Collier Trophy for his role in assisting NASA's return to launching crewed missions after the Challenger disaster. He was awarded the Johnson Space Center Superior Achievement Award in 1972. He also received the American Astronautical Society's Flight Achievement Award in 1977. In 1995 he was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame. He was awarded the General Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy for 1981.
caption: Official Navy portrait of Richard H. Truly
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