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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Mar. 27, 2006/Satnews
Daily/ — Col. Brewster Shaw, Jr., USAF (Retired) has been appointed
to the Space Foundation board of directors.
Shaw is the vice president and general manager of
Space Exploration, Integrated Defense Systems at Boeing Company. He is
responsible for the strategic direction of civil space programs and
other programs including the Space Shuttle, the International Space
Station, and Space Exploration Systems. Shaw was named this week to a
three-year term retroactively effective to January 26, 2006.
Shaw, a former astronaut with more than 533 hours in space, served until
2006 as the Chief Operating Officer of the United Space Alliance (USA)
where he was in command of day-to-day operations and overall management
of USA, the main contractor for the Space Shuttle Program. Shaw was
previously the vice president and deputy general manager for Boeing NASA
Systems and the vice president and general manager for Boeing ISS,
responsible for leading an industry team in designing, developing,
testing, launching, and operating NASA's international orbiting
laboratory.
Shaw joins a distinguished board of directors, which includes: Robert S.
Walker, chairman, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates; president
and CEO Elliot G. Pulham, Space Foundation; vice chairman, Gen. Thomas
S. Moorman, Jr., USAF (Retired); vice president, Booz Allen Hamilton;
secretary, Dr. William Ballhaus, Jr., president and chief executive
officer, The Aerospace Corporation and treasurer, Dr. Jaleh Daie,
managing partner, Aurora Equity LLC.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Colorado
Springs, the Space Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that
vigorously advances civil, commercial, and national security space
endeavors and educational excellence.
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