caption death_date death_place birth_place image_size footnotes field work_institutions birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
march 27 , 1970 photo 02 april 1998 deland , florida , united states trossingen , germany 200px fellow of the american rocket society -lrb- 1959 -rrb- aerospace engineering 1939-1945 : hvp 1945-1960 : abma 1960-1973 : nasa 28 april 1908 eberhard rees.jpg eberhard rees
 dr eberhard rees university -rrb- of stuttgart dresden institute of technology -lrb- 1934
eberhard rees

eberhard friedrich michael rees -lrb- april 28 , 1908 -- april 2 , 1998 -rrb- was a german-american -lrb- by becoming a naturalized citizen of the united states -rrb- rocketry pioneer and the second director of nasa 's marshall space flight center .
