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Don Nolan-Proxmire
Headquarters, Washington, DC July 31, 1996
(Phone: 202/358-1983)
Michael Finneran
Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
(Phone: 804/864-6121/23)
RELEASE: 96-152
DR. JEREMIAH CREEDON NAMED DIRECTOR, LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER
Dr. Jeremiah F. Creedon has been named Director of
NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, where he began
working 33 years ago as an engineer. The appointment,
effective August 5, was announced today by NASA Administrator
Daniel S. Goldin in Washington, DC.
"NASA is fortunate to have a man of Dr. Creedon's
caliber to take the helm of the Langley Research Center,"
Goldin said. "I am confident Dr. Creedon's extensive
experience and first-hand knowledge of aeronautics research
will serve him well in this new position," he added.
Creedon succeeds Paul F. Holloway, who after 36 years at
Langley, announced July 2 that he would step down as Center
Director as soon as a replacement was found. Holloway will
work with Creedon in a transition role.
"I'm honored to have been selected to this position,"
said Creedon, "and I will do the best that I can. Thanks to
my predecessor's outstanding contributions, the Center is in
an excellent position for the future. I'm sure the
people at Langley will maintain and even improve their
contributions to the nation."
Creedon, 56, is the seventh Director of Langley since
the Center was established in 1917 as the nation's first
civilian aeronautical laboratory. Langley has approximately
4,500 civil service and contractor employees and a $633.8
million fiscal 1996 budget.
Prior to being named Center Director, Creedon was
Director of the Airframe Systems Program Office. Until
February 1996, he was Director of the Aeronautics Program
Group, a position he had held since February 1994.
Creedon began his career at Langley in June 1963 as a
research engineer in the Navigation and Guidance Research
Branch, Instrument Research Division.
Since 1970, he has held a variety of management
positions in both aeronautics and space research. Creedon
was named Head of the Control and Information Systems Section
in 1970, Assistant Head of the Avionics Technology Research
Branch in 1979, Chief of the Flight Control Systems Division
in 1982, and Head of the Flight Systems Directorate in 1985.
A Rhode Island native, Creedon graduated from the
University of Rhode Island with bachelor and master of
science degrees and a doctorate in electrical engineering in
1961, 1963 and 1970, respectively. He was a Sloan Fellow in
1982-83 at Stanford University and received a master of
management science degree.
Creedon is the author of more than 30 technical articles
and is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics.
He received the Presidential Rank of Meritorious
Executive in the Senior Executive Service in 1989 for his
outstanding contributions to the management of NASA programs.
In 1990, Creedon received the NASA Outstanding Leadership
Medal. In 1995, he received the Presidential Rank of
Distinguished Executive in Senior Executive Service.
Creedon and his wife, Gail, live in Williamsburg, VA. They
have three daughters and raised Gail's younger brother Stephen.
-end-
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