Robert A. Frosch

Robert Alan Frosch
5th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
In office
June 21, 1977 – January 20, 1981
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byJames C. Fletcher
Succeeded byJames M. Beggs
Personal details
Born(1928-05-22)May 22, 1928
New York City
DiedDecember 30, 2020(2020-12-30) (aged 92)
South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materColumbia University (BS. MA, PhD)
AwardsIRI Medal (1996)
IEEE Founders Medal (2001)
FREng[1] (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Physics
InstitutionsARPA
United Nations Environmental Program
NASA
ThesisMagnetic 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.

  1. ^ "List of Fellows".