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483-5111 February 16, 1970
RELEASED BY NASA H__DQUARTERS
Neil A. Armstrong and the flight director during the critical Apollo
11 lunar surface landing maneuvers_ Eugene F. Kranz, will receive the
Arthur S. Flemming Award in Washington_ D. C._ Thursday_ February 19.
The award is presented annually by the Downtown Jaycees of
WashinFton to ten young men in civil service in recognition of their
outstanding and meritorious service in the Federal Government.
The award will be presented at a noon luncheon in the Grand Ballroom
of the Mayflower Hotel. The Honorable George Romney, Secretary of the
Department o_' Housing and Urban Development_ will be the guest speaker.
Armstrong_ a civilian aerospace engineer and test pilot of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration_ was commander of the
Apollo 11 spacecraft which made the first lunar landing July 20_ 1963 .
Kranz is Chief of the Flighv Control Division at the NASA Manned Spacecraft
Center, Houston, Texas.
The award for 1969 brings to 16 the number of men who have earned
ahe Fle_ning Award while employei by NASA. The other 14 are:
Dr. George M. Low_ Deputy Administrator
Leonard Jaffe_ Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Science
and Applications (Applications)
Edgar M. Cortright_ Director_ Langley Research Center
Dr. Christopher C. Kraft_ Jr., Deputy Director, Manned Spacecraft
Center
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