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Topic: Owen Morris, Apollo LM manager (1927-2014)
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 01-01-2015 10:30 AM
   
Owen Glenn Morris, who served as chief engineer and project manager for the lunar module, as well as Apollo program manager for Apollo 17, died on Dec. 29, 2014. He was 87. From the Houston Chronicle: Owen Glenn was hired by NACA in Langley, Virginia to design and operate a supersonic wind tunnel. In 1958, NACA became NASA and Owen Glenn joined the Space Task Group, focusing on the Apollo Program. Owen Glenn was a pioneer throughout his life using his positive "can do, will do" attitude to work with others on many programs and causes bringing dreams to reality. Some of these include: planting and building the Yorkminister Presbyterian Church in Yorktown, Virginia, working with four men to build five houses for their families, leading the team that conceptualized and developed the Lunar Module, planting and growing Clear Lake Presbyterian Church, start-up of the Space Center Model Airplane Club and Space Center Rotary, leader in the Rotary Polio-End Polio Now world wide vaccination program, among other things. Owen Glenn always held the hard line assuring quality and safety of a space crew and payload. He served as consultant of the Orion Project until March 2014. NASA's 1999 oral history with Owen Morris can be read in two parts: 1 and 2. |
SpaceAholic
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Apollo-Soyuz
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posted 01-01-2015 05:45 PM
As a tribute to Owen Morris, here is a scan of a cover he autographed for me in the early Shuttle days as Manager of Systems Integration. ------------------
John Macco
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