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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (213) 354-5011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dr. Clarence R. (John) Gates has been appointed
deputy assistant laboratory director for technical divisions
at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology.
Dr. Gates will take over the position held by ì
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Walter K. Victor, who recently became assistant laboratory ì
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director for planning and review.
Gates has worked at JPL for many years, and has
held a variety of technical and management positions. He
led the team that designed the lab's first three-axis-ì
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stabilized attitude-controlled spacecraft, an early concept ì
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that led to the Ranger lunar series. He has played a key ì
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role in establishment of JPL as the world leader in radio ì
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tracking and space navigation.
Gates received NASA's Exceptional Service Medal and
the Institute of Navigation's Thurlow Award for his work in
space navigation.
He received his undergraduate education at the
University of Oklahoma, and did graduate studies at Caltech.
He earned a Ph.D. there in 1951 in electrical engineering and
mathematics. He was born in Belvidere, Ill.
Dr. Gates lives with his wife and three children in ì
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Pasadena.
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