{"80441":{"#nid":"80441","#data":{"type":"event","title":"NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to speak on Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENASA administrator Charles Bolden will speak on the GT campus on \nTuesday, January 24, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by\n the Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, will be held in the \nStudent Center Theater, 1st floor, and is open to the public.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate,\n retired Marine Corps Major General Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., began his\n duties as the twelfth Administrator of the National Aeronautics and \nSpace Administration on July 17, 2009. As Administrator, he leads the \nNASA team and manages its resources to advance the agency\u0027s missions and\n goals.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBolden\u0027s confirmation marks the beginning of his second stint with \nthe nation\u0027s space agency. His 34-year career with the Marine Corps \nincluded 14 years as a member of NASA\u0027s Astronaut Office. After joining \nthe office in 1980, he traveled to orbit four times aboard the space \nshuttle between 1986 and 1994, commanding two of the missions. His \nflights included deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope and the first \njoint U.S.-Russian shuttle mission, which featured a cosmonaut as a \nmember of his crew. Prior to Bolden\u0027s nomination for the NASA \nAdministrator\u0027s job, he was employed as the Chief Executive Officer of \nJACKandPANTHER LLC, a small business enterprise providing leadership, \nmilitary and aerospace consulting, and motivational speaking.A resident \nof Houston, Bolden was born Aug. 19, 1946, in Columbia, S.C. He \ngraduated from C. A. Johnson High School in 1964 and received an \nappointment to the U.S. Naval Academy. Bolden earned a bachelor of \nscience degree in electrical science in 1968 and was commissioned as a \nsecond lieutenant in the Marine Corps.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter completing flight training in 1970, he became a naval aviator. \nBolden flew more than 100 combat missions in North and South Vietnam, \nLaos, and Cambodia, while stationed in Namphong, Thailand, from \n1972-1973.After returning to the U.S., Bolden served in a variety of \npositions in the Marine Corps in California and earned a master of \nscience degree in systems management from the University of Southern \nCalifornia in 1977. Following graduation, he was assigned to the Naval \nTest Pilot School at Patuxent River, Md., and completed his training in \n1979. While working at the Naval Air Test Center\u0027s Systems Engineering \nand Strike Aircraft Test Directorates, he tested a variety of ground \nattack aircraft until his selection as an astronaut candidate in \n1980.Bolden\u0027s NASA astronaut career included technical assignments as \nthe Astronaut Office Safety Officer; Technical Assistant to the Director\n of Flight Crew Operations; Special Assistant to the Director of the \nJohnson Space Center; Chief of the Safety Division at Johnson \n(overseeing safety efforts for the return to flight after the 1986 \nChallenger accident); lead astronaut for vehicle test and checkout at \nthe Kennedy Space Center; and Assistant Deputy Administrator at NASA \nHeadquarters.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter his final space shuttle flight in 1994, he left the agency to \nreturn to active duty the operating forces in the Marine Corps as the \nDeputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy.Bolden was \nassigned as the Deputy Commanding General of the 1st Marine \nExpeditionary Force in the Pacific in 1997. During the first half of \n1998, he served as Commanding General of the 1st Marine Expeditionary \nForce Forward in support of Operation Desert Thunder in Kuwait. Bolden \nwas promoted to his final rank of major general in July 1998 and named \nDeputy Commander of U.S. Forces in Japan. He later served as the \nCommanding General of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air \nStation Miramar in San Diego, Calif., from 2000 until 2002, before \nretiring from the Marine Corps in 2003.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBolden\u0027s many military decorations include the Defense Superior \nService Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was inducted into \nthe U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in May 2006.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENASA Administrator Charles Bolden to speak on campus in the Student Center Theatre, which is on the first floor of the Student Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"NASA administrator Charles Bolden will speak on the GT campus on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by the Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, will be held in the Student Center Theater, 1st floor, and is op"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-01-20 17:15:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:57:11","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-01-24T12:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-01-24T12:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-01-24T12:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-01-24 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-01-24 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-01-24 17:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"73861":{"id":"73861","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178028","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:08","changed":"1475894681","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:41"}},"media_ids":["73861"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3341","name":"Advanced Wood Products Laboratory"},{"id":"3342","name":"Architecture Program"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"3343","name":"Endowed Chair"},{"id":"3339","name":"Monica Ponce De Leon"},{"id":"18011","name":"NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to speak to campus"},{"id":"3340","name":"Office dA"},{"id":"3338","name":"W. 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