Kathryn D. Sullivan
NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
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NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECTBIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET
NAME: Kathryn Dwyer “Kathy” Sullivan
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
- B.S. in Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1973 Ph.D. in Geology, Dalhousie University, 1978
- Honorary Doctorate, Dalhousie University, 1985
- Honorary Degree, State University of New York, 1991
MILITARY EXPERIENCE: Commander, US Naval Reserve
NASA INVOLVEMENT: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas (1978-1992) Astronaut, Flight Crew Operations Division
POST-NASA EXPERIENCE:
- Adjunct Professor at Rice in 1985
- Chief Scientist, United States Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C. (1993-1996)
- President and Chief Executive Officer, Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, Ohio (1996-1999)
- John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator
PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY SOCIETIES:
- Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institution
- National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Planetary Society, Board of Directors
AWARDS & CITATIONS:
- National Air and Space Museum Trophy, Smithsonian Institution, 1985• Jaycees International Ten Outstanding Young Americans Award, 1987• NASA Exceptional Service Medal, 1988
- NASA Space Flight Medal, 1984, 1990
- AIAA Haley Apace Flight Award, 1991
- AAS Space Flight Achievement Award, 1991
- Lone Sailor Award, U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
- Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Kathryn D. Sullivan
- “First Woman” Award, National First Ladies’ Library and Smithsonian Institution, 2000
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