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May 26, 1970
HOUSTON_ TEY_S--John D. Hodge, Manager of the Advanced Missions
Program Office at the Manned Spacecraft Center_ will leave the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration June 1 to become an officer in a
new organization being created by the Department of Transportation.
Hodge has been Manager of the Advanced Missions Program Office
since September 28, 1968. In that capacity_ he had the responsibility
for planning_ coordinating and directing all aspects of advanced programs
involving MSC.
He will become the Director of Transportation Systems Concepts for
DOT's new Transportation Systems Center_ Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hodge's duties will include responsibility for planning and defining
goals for future transportation programs including land_ water
and air. He also will develop studies covering transportation systems
of the future.
Hodge has been with NASA for more than 10 years. He entered the
federal service in 1959 as a member of the Space Task Group_ and served
as a coordinator of plans in its Operations Division. In this capacity,
he assisted in the development of flight concepts and procedures during
the early phases of Project Mercury.
In 1961 he was appointed head of the Flight Control Branch with
responsibility for organizing and training the flight control teams for
the coming operations in support of Mercury space flights.
Hodge also planned flight control operations for Projects Gemini
and Apollo, and in 1963 he was promoted to the position of Chief of the
Flight Control Division at MSC.
Awards to Hodge include the NASA Medal for Exceptional Service_
given twice_ the Arthur S. Fleming Award in 1966 and an honorary degree
of Doctor of Science from the City University of London _n 1966.