Dr O Glenn Smith

• Systems Engineer

  NASA

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Biography - Olin Glenn Smith NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER 1967-1994 ·Project Engineering and Management on Apollo Applications (Skylab), Space Shuttle, and Space Station ·Deputy Manager of Systems Engineering for the Space Shuttle, transferred to Space Station Program Office after first 8 Shuttle flights·Project Lead for team of Astronauts, Scientists, and Engineers designing controls for Apollo Telescope Mount in Skylab·Project Lead for Development of Earth Resources Instruments for Skylab Program·Manager of NASA Applications Program for development of practical applications of satellite Earth Resources data·Lecturer to European Space Agency on Systems Engineering·Winner of 25 Outstanding or Superior Performance Awards at NASA Johnson Space Center·Testimony to Congressional Committee regarding Safety and Cost of Space Launch Systems·Early Retirement from NASA in 1994 WORKING DAYS BEFORE NASA -Part Time during High School and college: Caddy at Shawnee Country Club, Lima, Ohio; Clerk and Helper at Herb LaRue’s Food Locker; Farm Hand (4 years); Truck Driver (Auglaize County road gang), Usher at Drive-in Theater, Accountant Assistant Baldwin Lima Hamilton Co.-Westinghouse Electric Corp 1956-1967 – Fellow Engineer·Design and development of electric power generators for aircraft and spacecraft. ·Heat Transfer Specialist at Atomic Power Labs in Pittsburgh.·Adjunct Professor of Thermodynamics Ohio Northern U High School Connections and Early Years-Born 7-15-1934, Grew up from age 2 in Cridersville, Ohio-Son of Marsele Phillips Smith Darby and Warren Smith-Cridersville High School (now consolidated with Wapakoneta High School). All 12 grades in one building all those years at Cridersville, Ohio-Wapakoneta Ohio High School Distinguished Hall of Fame, 2001; charter member along with Neil Armstrong-Built and flew one man gyrocopter COLLEGES-Bowling Green State University, 1952-53-Ohio Northern University 1953-56, Graduated in 1956 with “High Distinction”, First in College of Engineering·Elected King of May at ONU 1956·President of ONU Junior Class 1955·All-Ohio College Concert Band 1956-University of Pittsburgh Mechanical Engineering·Master of Science 1963 ·PhD 1965, PhD thesis on heat transfer in nuclear reactors ATHLETICS - GOLF 61 yrs so far, started as caddy at age 12-Ohio Northern University varsity baseball, basketball and golf teams -Cridersville HS Basketball team once ranked 3rd in Ohio-Bowling Green SU Freshman Basketball - Rebounding Leader-Ohio Northern University Basketball Statistics·Total points 1102·Average points per game 18.7 (3 years, 59 games)·Led team in scoring and rebounding 1954,55,56·ONU Taft Gym Single Game Scoring Record 43 points Ohio Northern University Basketball All-time Records ·Career Rebounds 1,076 rebounds·Career Average Rebounds per Game 18.2 ·Season Average Rebounds per Game 20.2 (1954-55)·Single Game Rebounds 40-Ohio Northern Baseball - starting pitcher 1953-54-Professional Baseball in Canada 1955 (Farm club of Philadelphia Phillies) – A short career in pro baseball-1980 Tenneco Marathon – finished in 3 hrs 26 minutes-Ohio Northern University Athletic Hall of Fame 1997ORGANIZATIONS-Ohio Northern “N” Men, Life Member-Sigma Xi (scientific honorary)-MENSA-Alpha Sigma Phi (social fraternity)-Tau Beta Pi (national engineering honorary)-Kappa Kappa Psi (ONU college band honorary)-Clear Lake Presbyterian Church-NASA Alumni Association HOME LIFE “Happy Wife, Happy Life”-Married Sue Montgomery from Bluffton, Ohio and celebrated 48th wedding anniversary 2-1-2007-4 children, all happily married, and 13 grandchildren (12 of them live within 30 minutes of Sue and Glenn’s house)·Martin Charles Smith, Realtor in Austin, TX and Father, 3 children·Robin Sue Stanley, RN Nurse and Mother, 4 children·Lauri