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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF., 91109. TELEPHONE (818)354-5011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
David D. Evans has been appointed as Mars Observer
project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, announced
Walker E. Giberson, assistant laboratory director for flight
projects.
Evans succeeds William I. Purdy Jr., who left JPL
to accept a position in industry. Purdy had been manager of
the Mars Observer project since it was established in 1984.
Mars Observer is a mission to study the surface,
atmosphere and climate of Mars. It is scheduled for launch
in August 1992.
Evans, who most recently was manager of JPL's
Defense Program, joined JPL in 1958 as a research engineer
and has held many key management positions at the Laboratory.
Evans served as deputy manager and manager of the
Liquid Propulsion Section. He was also deputy manager of the
Control and Energy Conversion Division, manager of the
Autonomous Spacecraft Project, deputy manager of the Defense
Space Program and manager of the Pathfinder/Space Relay
Experiment Projects.
A native of New Mexico, he was graduated from the
University of New Mexico with a bachelor's degree in
chemistry and received a second bachelor's degree in
aeronautical engineering from the University of Colorado.
Evans and his wife, Nancy, are the parents of three
children and reside in La Canada Flintridge, California.
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