Event Details

January 01, 1963

Description

George rises to Chief Scientist at Signal Corps Astro-Electronics Division.

Participants (1)

Name Type Mentions
George Maloof person 29 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015437.jpg

Biography or Interview Excerpt (likely from a House Oversight Committee production) • 1.22 MB
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A biographical excerpt describing the career of a scientist named George (likely George N. Krassner based on the book title 'Introduction to Space Communication'). The text details his rise to Chief Scientist at the Signal Corps in 1963, the rapid obsolescence of technology he faced while writing his book, and his later work at Simmonds Precision designing fuel gauging systems for the Apollo 17 command module. The document is stamped with a House Oversight Committee Bates number.

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Events with shared participants

George rises to Chief Scientist at Signal Corps.

1963-01-01 • Signal Corps

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Publication of the book 'Introduction to Space Communication'.

1964-01-01 • Global

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Secret meetings/work regarding Project Horizon.

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Publication of 'Introduction to Space Communication'.

1964-01-01 • United States

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Apollo 17 mission; George worked on the fuel gauging system.

1972-01-01 • Simmonds Precision

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George turns down a scholarship to attend CCNY.

Date unknown • CCNY

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George wins the all-campus boxing championship at University of Michigan.

Date unknown • University of Michigan

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McCarthy paranoia resulted in daily inspections of lunchboxes and briefcases.

1954-01-01 • Signal Corps building (implied)

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George was drafted into the Army five months after starting as a civilian scientist.

Date unknown • Fort Bragg, NC

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Team began working on the design of SCORE satellite.

1958-01-01 • Unknown

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Event Metadata

Type
Unknown
Location
Signal Corps
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
1
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-19 20:31

Additional Data

Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015437.jpg
Date String
1963

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