Carolyn S. Griner
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Carolyn S. Griner was the Acting Director of the NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
located in Huntsville, Alabama
. She served as Acting Director from January 3, 1998 to September 11, 1998, between the terms of the eighth and ninth Directors. She resumed her duties as deputy director of the Marshall Center when Arthur G. Stephenson
was installed at the ninth official Director. She retired from NASA on December 11, 2000. She is currently employed as a Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation
in Huntsville, Alabama
.
Griner joined the Marshall staff in 1964. She has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1986, the Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive in 1992 and the Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive in 1995.
On June 30, 1999, Griner received the space agency’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, for her extraordinary contributions to NASA’s missions.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in astronautical engineering from Florida State University
in Tallahassee in 1967. She has completed graduate work in industrial and systems engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. The largest center of NASA, MSFC's first mission was developing the Saturn launch vehicles for the Apollo moon program...
located in Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
. She served as Acting Director from January 3, 1998 to September 11, 1998, between the terms of the eighth and ninth Directors. She resumed her duties as deputy director of the Marshall Center when Arthur G. Stephenson
Art Stephenson
Arthur G. Stephenson was the ninth Director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center located in Huntsville, Alabama. He served as Director from September 11, 1998 to May 2003.-Early years:...
was installed at the ninth official Director. She retired from NASA on December 11, 2000. She is currently employed as a Vice President of Science Applications International Corporation
Science Applications International Corporation
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500 scientific, engineering and technology applications company headquartered in the United States with numerous federal, state, and private sector clients...
in Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
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On June 30, 1999, Griner received the space agency’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal, for her extraordinary contributions to NASA’s missions.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in astronautical engineering from Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
in Tallahassee in 1967. She has completed graduate work in industrial and systems engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Alabama in Huntsville
The University of Alabama in Huntsville is a state-supported, public, coeducational research university, located in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees, and is organized in five...
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