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Historic Preservation News (continued)
With a degree in architectural engineering
technology, Randy moved from
his home state of West Virginia to the
Eastern Shore of Virginia in 1985 to
work as a contractor at WFF. In 1991, he
joined the WFF Facilities Engineering
Branch managing larger rehabilitation
and modification. In January 2009,
after working for four contractors at
WFF, Randy became a NASA civil
servant, joining the Agency’s Facilities
Management Branch as the Architect/
Staff Engineer.
Randy Stanley.
Randy’s primary HPO duty is to review planned NASA programs and projects and
determine if consultation is triggered under the NHPA implementing regulations. He
is already leading negotiations with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in
Richmond involving several ongoing projects. Having worked in most of the buildings
at Wallops, Randy brings sound insight into the mission and history of WFF. He also
brings a focus on the importance of communicating historic resource data through
Geographic Information Systems applications and master planning.
NASA Receives Preserve
America Award
In February 2009, NASA received the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Award for “Federal Preservation America
Accomplishment” from the ACHP. The
award states that NASA “has responded
in an exemplary manner to the Executive
Order, 13287, Preserve America, Section 3
requirement to report to the President and
the Secretary of the Interior on the identifcation,
protection, and use of historic
Olga Dominguez (right), Assistant Administrator, Offce of Infrastructure, properties within federal agency inven­
and Tina Norwood (center), NASA Federal Preservation Offcer, received the tories every three years. With the forth­
award from Susan Barnes, Deputy Chair of the ACHP, during a ceremony
held 20 February at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
coming phase-out of the Shuttle Program,
NASA has made tremendous strides in
the past three years to expand its inventory of historic properties through identifcation
and protection of them, and their rehabilitation for continued use in future
programs. NASA demonstrated through coordination among its 10 centers across
the U.S. that commitments made in 2005 have been followed through by the agency.”
John Wesley Powell Award Given to
Glenn Archivist Bob Arrighi
Bob Arrighi was honored with the John Wesley Powell Award from the Society for
History in the Federal Government (SHFG) for his CD on the former Altitude Wind
Tunnel (AWT) located at Glenn Research Center, Ohio.