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Acknowledgments<br />
Special thanks go to William P. Barry, NASA Chief<br />
Historian, for providing the encouragement and<br />
mechanism for this undertaking. Within the NASA<br />
Headquarters History Program Office, Stephen J.<br />
Garber served as contract manager for NASA, and Jane<br />
H. Odom and Colin A. Fries provided valuable documents<br />
from the archival collection at Headquarters.<br />
At the Langley Research Center, Mary E. Gainer provided<br />
photographs, documents, and support within her<br />
responsibilities for preserving Langley’s artifacts and<br />
documenting its history via the site http://crgis.ndc.nasa.<br />
gov/historic/Larc, which is available for public viewing.<br />
Her intern, James R. Baldwin, provided photographs<br />
of current Langley buildings. H. Garland Gouger,<br />
Susan K. Miller, and the staff of the Langley Technical<br />
Library provided invaluable documents and information,<br />
especially for the early NACA days. Langley’s<br />
photo archivist Teresa L. Hornbuckle contributed personal<br />
research efforts and access to previously unpublished<br />
photographs in the Langley collection, and Gail<br />
S. Langevin provided access to the Langley Historical<br />
Archive Collection. Katrina L. Young of Langley’s<br />
Awards Office provided extensive documentation on<br />
NASA medals and other awards. Langley employees<br />
contributing artifacts included Tracey E. Redman,<br />
Benjamin A. Goddin, and James T. Berry. Graphics<br />
specialists Stanley H. Husch, William B. Kluge, and<br />
James H. Cato provided valuable information regarding<br />
current NASA graphics standards, aircraft insignia,<br />
and additional graphics support.<br />
We are deeply appreciative of the support contributed<br />
by individuals at other NASA Centers. Thanks<br />
are extended to historian Robert S. Arrighi of the<br />
NASA Glenn Research Center, who provided unique<br />
photographs and documents on the career and personal<br />
life of James J. Modarelli as well as examples of<br />
applications of the logos at the Center. At the NASA<br />
Ames Research Center, historian Glenn E. Bugos,<br />
photo archivist Lana L. Albaugh, and archivist April<br />
D. Gage contributed photographs and information<br />
on design efforts for the NACA and NASA emblems<br />
and examples of applications of logos at Ames. Glenn<br />
also provided documents obtained during his visits to<br />
the National Archives and Records Administration<br />
(NARA) facility at San Bruno, California. Historians<br />
Christian Gelzer and Peter W. Merlin of the NASA<br />
Armstrong Flight Research Center provided valuable<br />
comments and photographs that added great value to<br />
the effort. Special thanks to Peter for his substantial<br />
contribution of photographs and comments.<br />
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