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From President ia l Execu t i ve Order dated
March 15, 1960:
... WHEREAS the late General o f the Army,
George C . Marshall devoted h i s l i f e to the
service o f h i s country and to the advancement
o f the cause o f peace throughout the world:
... NOW, T H E R E F O R E , b y virtue o f the
authority ves ted i n me a s Pres ident o f the
United S ta tes , I hereby des ignate the faci l i -
t i e s o f the National Aeronaut ics and Space
Administration at Huntsv i l l e , Alabama, a s the
George C . Marshall Space Fl ight Center;
and such fac i l i t i e s shall hereaf ter be known
and referred to b y that name.
DWIGHT D . EISENHOWER
G E O R G E C A T L E T T M A R S H A L L
B O R N A T U N I O N T O W N , P E N N S Y L V A N I A , D E C E M B E R 3 1 , 1 8 8 0
G R A D U A T E D F R O M V I R G I N I A M I L I T A R Y I N S T I T U T E , 1 9 0 1
C O M M I S S I O N E D S E C O N D L I E U T E N A N T , F E B R U A R Y 1 9 0 2
H O N O R G R A D U A T E , U . S . I N F A N T R Y - C A V A L R Y S C H O O L , 1 9 0 7
P R O M O T E D T O C O L O N E L , 1 9 1 8
P R O M O T E D T O B R I G A D I E R G E N E R A L , 1 9 3 6 \
C H I E F O F S T A F F , U . S . A R M Y , W I T H R A N K O F G E N E R A L , 1 9 3 9 - 1 9 4 5 \
S P E C I A L R E P R E S E N T A T I V E O F T H E P R E S I D E N T T O C H I N A WITH P E R S O N A L R A N K O F A M B A S S A D O R , 1945 - 1947 \
S E C R E T A R Y O F S T A T E , 1 9 4 7 - 1 9 4 9
P R E S I D E N T , A M E R I C A N N A T I O N A L R E D C R O S S , 1 9 4 9 - 1 9 5 0
S E C R E T A R Y O F D E F E N S E , 1 9 5 0 - 1 9 5 1
R E C I P I E N T O F N O B E L P E A C E P R I Z E , 1 9 5 3 I
D I E D , O C T O B E R 1 6 , 1 9 5 9
As Secretary of State b e molded an American economic and diplomatic program wbicb turned the t ideof communism in war-ravaged Western Europe. T h i s "Marshall.Plan" led to the coalition of free nations1 under NATO and made possible a revi tal ized Europe.
He w a s a dedicated American, humanitarian, soldier, statesman, peace-maker. I
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Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Hon. Hugh M. Milton Col. William G. Draper, USAF
Sen. Alexander W i ley (W isc.) Mr. Bryce Harlow Col. Robert L. Schulz, USA
Rep. Emil io Q. Daddario (Conn.) Mr. Gordon Gr'ay Col. Owen 7. Mc Closkey, USA I
Rep. Carl E l l i o t t (Ala.) Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer, USA Mrs. Wernher von Braun I
Rep. Joe L. Evins (Tenn.) Lieut. Gen. Herbert B. Powell , USA Mrs. Kalervo Kal l io
Rep. James G. Fulton (Penn.) Maj. Gen. Howard Mc G. Snyder, USA Miss Ann Whitman
Rep. Charles Raper J o n a s (N.C.) Maj. Gen. Don R. Ostrander, USAF Miss Mary Caffree
Rep. Robert E. Jones, Jr. (Ala.) Maj. Gen. August Schomburg, USA Mr. Robert Walsh
Rep. Albert Rains (Ala.) Mrs. August Schomburg Mr. Frank Ph i l l ips
Rep. R. Walter Riehlman (N.Y.) Brig. Gen. A. J. Goodpaster, USA Mr. Harry M. Rhett, Jr.
Mr. Lew is G. Odom, Jr. Mayor R. 5. Searcy Maj. Gen. R. L. Spragins, USA (Ret.)
Col. James J. Winn, USA (Ret.) Mr. Albert F. Siepert Maj. Gen. H. N. Toftoy, USA (Ret.)
Miss Ellene W. Winn Mr. James P. Gleason Mrs. H. N. Tof toy
Mr. James C. Hagerty Dr. Forrest Pogue
D E D I C A T I O N C E R E M O N I E S
1 0 : 3 0 A . M .
C O N C E R T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. ARMY REDSTONE ARSENAL BAND
INVOCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DR. HARRY 0. WADE, Minister, F i r s t Presbyterian Church of Huntsvi l le
REMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T H E HONORABLE JOHN PATTERSON, Governor of Alabama
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . DR. WERNHER von BRAUN, Director, George C. Marshall Space F l igh t Center
INTRODUCTION OF T H E PRESIDENT. DR. T . KEITH GLENNAN,Adrninistrator, National Aeronautics andSpaceAdrninistration
THE P R E S I D E N T OF T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S
D W I G H T D . E I S E N H O W E R
UNVEILING OF BUST OF GEORGE C. M A R S H A L L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MRS. KATHERINE T. MARSHALL
BENEDICTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T H E REVEREND GEORGE F. HART, Pastor, St. Mark's Lutheran Church of Huntsvil le
T H E NATIONAL ANTHEM
G E O R G E C . M A R S H A L L S P A C E F L I G H T C E N T E R
T H E G E O R G E C . M A R S H A L L S P A C E F L I G H T C E N T E R o c c u p i e s 1 2 0 0 a c r e s on t h e R e d s t o n e
A r s e n a l r e s e r v a t i o n n e a r H u n t s v i l l e , A l a b a m a . I t s f a c i l i t i e s a r e v a l u e d a t more t h a n $100 ,000 ,000 .
W i t h more than 5 1 0 0 e m p l o y e e s i t i s t h e l a r g e s t f i e l d i n s t a l l a t i o n o f t h e N a t i o n a l A e r o n a u t i c s a n d
S p a c e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n .
T h e C e n t e r w a s o f f i c i a l l y e s t a b l i s h e d J u l y 1, 1 9 6 0 , w i t h D r . Wernher v o n B r a u n a s D i r e c t o r .
T h e c u r r e n t m a j o r m i s s i o n i s t o d e v e l o p an e f f i c i e n t a n d r e l i a b l e s y s t e m f o r l i f t i n g m u l t i - t o n I
l o a d s i n t o o r b i t a r o u n d t h e e a r t h a n d i n t o deep s p a c e . T h e v e h i c l e u n d e r d e v e l o p m e n t f o r t h i s
p u r p o s e i s t h e s a t u r n w h i c h w i l l u l t i m a t e l y be c a p a b l e o f t r a n s p o r t i n g men a r o u n d t h e moon a n d b a c k I
t o e a r t h , o r p l a c i n g i n s t r u m e n t s on M a r s a n d V e n u s .
O t h e r p rog rams i n c l u d e t h e d e v e l o p m e n t and t e s t i n g o f a m o d i f i e d R e d s t o n e v e h i c l e f o r t h e I
M e r c u r y manned s a t e l l i t e p rogram; l a u n c h i n g a s e r i e s o f s p a c e p r o b e s a n d e a r t h s a t e l l i t e s w i t h t h e
J u n o ll b o o s t e r ; m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e A g e n a a n d C e n t a u r r o c k e t s y s t e m s ; d e v e l o p -
m e n t o f s u i t a b l e s u p p o r t a n d t e s t i n g e q u i p m e n t f o r a l l p r o g r a m s , and r e l a t e d a n d s u p p l e m e n t a r y
r e s e a r c h i n c i d e n t t o s p a c e e x p l o r a t i o n .
N A T I O N A L A E R O N A U T I C S A N D S P A C E A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
T h e N a t i o n a l A e r o n a u t i c s a n d S p a c e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n c a m e i n t o b e i n g O c t o b e r 1, 1 9 5 8 , w i t h t h e
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r a l l o f t h e n a t i o n ' s s p a c e a c t i v i t i e s e x c e p t t h o s e p e c u l i a r t o o r a s s o c i a t e d w i t h
n a t i o n a l d e f e n s e . i I n e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e n e w a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , C o n g r e s s d e c l a r e d t h a t i t i s t h e p o l i c y o f t h e U n i t e d .
S t a t e s t h a t a c t i v i t i e s i n s p a c e b e d e v o t e d t o p e a c e f u l p u r p o s e s f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f a l l m a n k i n d . '
U p o n i t s a c t i v a t i o n , N A S A a b s o r b e d t h e 4 3 - y e a r - o l d N a t i o n a l A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e f o r A e r o n a u t i c s
a n d h a s e x p a n d e d t o a t o t a l o f 11 f i e l d i n s t a l l a t i o n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s i n a d d i t i o n t o i t s
H e a d q u a r t e r s i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . '
U n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f D r . T . K e i t h G l e n n a n , A d m i n i s t r a t o r , t h e N a t i o n a l A e r o n a u t i c s a n d S p a c e
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n i s c a r r y i n g o u t a l o n g - r a n g e p r o g r a m o f s c i e n t i f i c e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n w h i c h w i l l p u t man
i n t o s p a c e , s o f t - l a n d s e l f - p r o p e l l e d i n s t r u m e n t s o n t h e m o o n , a c c o m p l i s h r e t u r n o f s p a c e v e h i c l e s
t o e a r t h , p r o v i d e s a t e l l i t e s f o r r a d i o a n d o p t i c a l s p a c e o b s e r v a t i o n , t o e s t a b l i s h w o r l d - w i d e ccrmmu- ' n i c a t i o n s , and t o e v e n t u a l l y r e s o l v e t h e v a r i o u s phenomena and p rob lems encoun te red i n space exp lo ra t i on .