Eberhard Rees

Dr Eberhard Rees
March 27, 1970, photo
Born(1908-04-28)April 28, 1908
DiedApril 2, 1998(1998-04-02) (aged 89)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Stuttgart
Dresden Institute of Technology (1934)
Scientific career
FieldsAerospace engineering
Institutions1939-1945: HVP
1945-1960: ABMA
1960-1973: NASA
Notes
Fellow of the American Rocket Society (1959)[1]

Eberhard Friedrich Michael Rees (April 28, 1908 – April 2, 1998) was a German-American (by becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States) rocketry pioneer and the second director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ordway was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Burkhart, Ford (1998-04-04). "Eberhard Rees, Rocketry Pioneer, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-29.