birth_place nationality birth_date spouse residence image article_title name alma_mater
jena , la salle parish louisiana , usa usa 7 may 1937 peggy honeycutt , four children cocoa beach , florida jay f. honeycutt.jpg jay f. honeycutt
 jay f. honeycutt pineville high school -lrb- louisiana -rrb-
jay f. honeycutt

jay f. honeycutt became the director of nasa 's john f. kennedy space center effective january 22 , 1995 .
from 1989 to 1995 , he was the director of shuttle management and operations at the kennedy space center .
he was appointed director of the space center by nasa administrator daniel goldin .
honeycutt was responsible for engineering management and technical direction of pre-flight , launch , landing and recovery activities for space shuttle vehicles .
honeycutt began his government career at redstone arsenal in huntsville , alabama , as an engineer in 1960 .
he began his nasa career at the johnson space center -lrb- jsc -rrb- , houston , texas , in 1966 as an engineer in flight operations for the apollo program .
honeycutt subsequently served in several key positions in flight operations until 1988 .
in 1981 honeycutt served as technical assistant to the associate administrator for the space transportation system , nasa headquarters .
from 1982 to 1986 , he served in management positions in the space shuttle program office at jsc .
from 1986-1987 , he was special assistant to the associate administrator for space flight , and coordinated presidential commission and congressional activities relative to the challenger accident .
honeycutt served as deputy manager , nsts program office , nasa headquarters , from 1987 to 1989 .
honeycutt was born may 7 , 1937 , in jena in la salle parish in north louisiana .
he graduated in 1955 from pineville high school in pineville in rapides parish in central louisiana .
he obtained a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the university of louisiana at lafayette , then known as the university of southwestern louisiana in lafayette .
among the significant awards honeycutt has earned are : exceptional service medal , april 1974 ; special achievement award , february 1978 and july 1982 ; nasa outstanding leadership medal , february 1988 and april 1995 ; nasa exceptional service medal , december 1988 ; nasa equal employment opportunity award , march 1993 ; meritorious executive presidential rank award , 1993 .
honeycutt and his wife peggy live in cocoa beach , florida ; they have four children : barry honeycutt , jeff honeycutt , delise delfavero , and daniel delfavero .
