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Dale D. Myers

Dale Dehaven Myers (January 8, 1922 – May 19, 2015) was an American aerospace engineer for NASA. He served as Deputy Administrator of NASA, serving between October 6, 1986 and May 13, 1989. He was well known for his work on the Apollo program.

Myers was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington in 1943. He was married to Marge Myers and had two children. He lost his eye in a car accident.

Myers died on May 19, 2015 at his retirement home in La Costa, California. He was 93.

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  • Apollo 16 meeting

    Myers, center-right, during a meeting to discuss whether Apollo 16 should land on the moon (1972)

Full Administrator
Acting Administrator
  • Hugh L. Dryden (1961)
  • Thomas O. Paine (1968)
  • George Low (1970)
  • Alan M. Lovelace (1977)
  • William Robert Graham (1985)
  • Dale D. Myers (1989)
  • Richard H. Truly (1989)
  • Daniel Mulville (2001)
  • Frederick D. Gregory (2005)
  • Christopher Scolese (2009)
Full Deputy Administrator
  • Hugh L. Dryden (1958)
  • Robert Seamans (1965)
  • Thomas O. Paine (1968)
  • George Low (1969)
  • Alan M. Lovelace (1976)
  • Hans Mark (1981)
  • William Robert Graham (1985)
  • Dale D. Myers (1986)
  • James R. Thompson, Jr. (1989)
  • Frederick D. Gregory (2002)
  • Shana Dale (2005)
  • Lori Garver (2009)
Acting Deputy Administrator

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