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Robert Alan Frosch | |
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| 5th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | |
| In office June 21, 1977 – January 20, 1981 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | James C. Fletcher |
| Succeeded by | James M. Beggs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 22, 1928 New York City |
| Died | December 30, 2020 (aged 92) South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BS. MA, PhD) |
| Awards | IRI Medal (1996) IEEE Founders Medal (2001) FREng[1] (1989) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | ARPA United Nations Environmental Program NASA |
| Thesis | Magnetic hyperfine structure in diatomic molecules (1952) |
Robert Alan Frosch (May 22, 1928 – December 30, 2020) was an American scientist who was the fifth administrator of NASA. He was the administrator from 1977 to 1981 during the Carter administration.