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Newell, Homer E. (Homer Edward), 1915-1983

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Personal name headingNewell, Homer E. (Homer Edward), 1915-1983
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Variant(s)Newell, Homer Edward, 1915-1983
Newell, H. E. (Homer Edward), 1915-1983
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1915-03-11
Death date1983-07-18
Place of birthHolyoke (Mass.)
Field of activityMathematics
Space flight
AffiliationUniversity of Maryland at College Park
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Profession or occupationCollege teachers
Found inHis High altitude rocket research, 1953.
OCLC, January 7, 2015 (access point: Newell, Homer Edward, 1915- ; usage: Homer E. Newell, H.E. Newell, Homer Edward Newell)
Wikipedia, viewed January 7, 2015 (Homer E. Newell, Jr.; born March 11, 1915 in Holyoke, Massachusetts; died July 18, 1983; was a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland and author who became a powerful United States government science administrator, eventually rising to the number three position at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); in the early 1960s, he either controlled or influenced virtually all non-military unmanned space missions for the free world)
Associated languageeng