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Frank Malina
First director of JPL
Biographical Record
Caltech aeronautical engineer who supervised the Arroyo Seco tests and went on to direct the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Left JPL for UNESCO in 1947 partly to escape the security investigations that took Parsons' clearance.
Compiled from primary sources held in the NHI Archive.
Credentials & Roles
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Other
Role
First director of JPL
Sources
Exhibition pages
Archive Sources
This profile was editorially curated from primary sources in the NHI Archive, including newsletters, books, government documents, and witness testimony.
