Profession Engineering Name James Plummer | Succeeded by Thomas C. Reed Preceded by John L. McLucas | |
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President Richard M. Nixon/Gerald R. Ford Born January 29, 1920
Idaho Springs, Colorado, United States ( 1920-01-29 ) Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
University of Maryland Died January 16, 2013, Medford, Oregon, United States Education University of Maryland, College Park, University of California, Berkeley Awards Charles Stark Draper Prize People also search for Don H. Schoessler, Minoru Araki, Francis J. Madden, Edward A. Miller | ||
James W. Plummer (January 29, 1920 – January 16, 2013) was an engineer who served as the fifth Director of the National Reconnaissance Office. Plummer was the first Director NRO to come from private industry. He previously served as the Lockheed Corporation program manager for the CORONA and LANYARD imaging systems. Plummer focused on developing the second generation of U.S. satellites – the electro-optical systems. He earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1953. In 2005 he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize for his contributions to the CORONA project. He died at Medford, Oregon in 2013. He was 92.
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