Name Eilene Galloway | Education Swarth College | |
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Died May 2, 2009, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
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Eilene Galloway (May 4, 1906 – May 2, 2009) was an American researcher and editor. She was often called "The Grand Dame of Space" and described as "an influential force in the development and analysis of domestic and international space law and policy".
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Galloway was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Her work with the Congressional Research Service in the Library of Congress began in 1941. Galloway worked for several decades on the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and was editor of Space Law Senate Symposium She played a part in the creation of the Agency for the American Space Explorative (see also:National Aeronautics and Space Act) and as a founding member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) (see also: the International Institute of Space Law and Space law). Her son, J. F. Galloway, is a retired professor of political science.