US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Formed 1915, succeeded by NASA in 1958.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vannevar Bush	Scientist	11-Mar-1890	30-Jun-1974	Pre-internet visionary
William F. Durand	Engineer	5-Mar-1859	9-Aug-1958	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Doug Engelbart	Computer Programmer	30-Jan-1925	2-Jul-2013	Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Max Faget	Scientist	26-Aug-1921	9-Oct-2004	Designer of NASA spacecraft
John R. Freeman	Engineer	27-Jul-1855	6-Oct-1932	Charles River Dam
Robert R. Gilruth	Engineer	18-Oct-1913	17-Aug-2000	NASA scientist
Caldwell Johnson	Engineer	16-Oct-1919	26-May-2013	Designer, early NASA space program
Chris Kraft	Engineer	28-Feb-1924		Long-time voice of NASA's Mission Control

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