Christopher Scolese
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Christopher Scolese is the Associate Administrator of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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[edit] History
Christopher Scolese worked in industry and the government before being appointed a position at Goddard Space Flight Center in 1987. At the General Research Corporation of McLean, Virginia, he worked as an analyst. He helped out in the development of instruments for the U.S Navy after Hyman Rickover of Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) chose him to work at Naval Reactors.
At Goddard Space Flight Center, Scolese served in several positions in the Earth Observing System (EOS) office before becoming the EOS Program Manager. He also served as Deputy Director of Flight Programs and Projects for Earth Science.
At NASA Headquarters, Scolese became the Deputy Associate Administrator in the Office of Space Science. Later, he served as Deputy Director of the Goddard Space Flight Center. He later served as Chief Engineer at NASA, responsible for the overall review and technical readiness of all NASA programs. Scolese was chosen to succeed Rex Geveden as NASA Associate Administrator at the end of July 2007. Geveden and Scolese both served as Deputy Director of Goddard Space Flight Center before being promoted to Chief Engineer of NASA and then to Associate Administrator; Scolese's replacement as Chief Engineer of NASA was also promoted to that position from being Deputy Director of Goddard.
[edit] Awards
During his life Scolese has received many awards, such as the Presidential Rank award. He received one medal for Outstanding Leadership at Goddard, and two for the same at NASA.
[edit] Other Positions
Apart from the positions covered above, Christopher Scolese was also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Astrodynamics Technical Committee. At the latter institute he was chairman of the Control Technical Committee and National Capitol Section Guidance Navigation.
