James E. Webb

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James E. Webb was an American government official who served as NASA’s second administrator, overseeing key early space missions during the 1960s.

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instanceOf NASA administrator
government official
human
lawyer
appointedBy John F. Kennedy
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1906-10-07
dateOfDeath 1992-03-27
educatedAt George Washington University Law School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
employer Kerr-McGee Oil Industries
NASA
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

United States Department of State
endTime 1968-10-07
familyName James Webb Space Telescope
surface form: Webb
fieldOfWork public administration
space policy
fullName James E. Webb self-linksurface differs
surface form: James Edwin Webb
givenName James
knownFor administration of NASA during early Apollo era
leading NASA during the 1960s space race
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps
namesakeOf James Webb Space Telescope
nativeLanguage English
notableWork development of NASA field centers
expansion of NASA’s scientific research programs
oversight of Mariner planetary missions
oversight of Ranger lunar missions
oversight of early Apollo program
support of human spaceflight during Gemini program
occupation business executive
civil servant
lawyer
placeOfBirth Tally Ho, North Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld Administrator of NASA
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
surface form: Under Secretary of State
religion Methodism
residence Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Pattie A. (Pattie Anderson Webb)
startTime 1961-02-14
workLocation Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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James E. Webb fullName James E. Webb self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: James Edwin Webb
James Webb Space Telescope namedAfter James E. Webb