Under Secretary of the Air Force/Secretary of the Air Force and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1977-1979
Dr. Mark is a professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, Mark was named director of defense research and engineering for the Department of Defense; served as chancellor of The University of Texas System; was the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, where he was responsible for managing the U.S. satellite reconnaissance program; and was appointed deputy administrator of NASA, where he supervised the first 14 space shuttle flights and beginnings of the United States’ involvement in the International Space Station program. Mark earned his Ph.D. in physics from MIT.
Symposium: Thursday, April 15, 2010: Panelist
8:30 AM
Featured Panel – The NRO Directors' Forum
Moderator:
William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman, Space Foundation Board and former President and Chief Executive Officer, The Aerospace Corporation
Panelists:
Mr. Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Under Secretary of the Air Force/Secretary of the Air Force and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1981-1988
Mr. Martin C. Faga
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1989-1993
Mr. Keith R. Hall
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1997-2001
Mr. Jeffrey K. Harris
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1994-1996
Robert J. Hermann, Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development, and Logistics, and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1979-1981
Donald M. Kerr, Ph.D.
Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology) and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 2005-2007
Mr. Scott F. Large
Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence and Space Technology) and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 2007-2009
Hans Mark, Ph.D.
Under Secretary of the Air Force/Secretary of the Air Force and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1977-1979
Mr. Peter B. Teets
Under Secretary of the Air Force and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 2001-2005
