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"James Chipman Fletcher (June 5, 1919 - December 22, 1991) served as the 4th and 7th Administrator of NASA, first from April 27, 1971 to May 1, 1977, under President Richard M. Nixon, and again from May 12, 1986 to April 8, 1989, under President Ronald Reagan. As such, he was responsible for the early planning of the Space Shuttle program, and later for its recovery and return to flight after the Space Shuttle Challenger accident. Prior to this, he was president of the University of Utah from 1964 to 1971. ==Biography== President Nixon (right) with NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher in January 1972 Star Trek in front of the Space Shuttle Enterprise at the Palmdale manufacturing facility Fletcher was born in Millburn, New Jersey to Harvey Fletcher and Lorena Chipman. His father, Harvey is known as the "Father of Stereophonic sound". Fletcher earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Columbia College of Columbia University and a Ph.D in physics (1948) from the California Institute of Technology. After holding research and teaching positions at Harvard and Princeton Universities, he joined Hughes Aircraft in 1948 and later worked at the Guided Missile Division of the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation. In 1958, Fletcher co-founded the Space Electronics Corporation in Glendale, California, which, after a merger, became the Space General Corporation. He was later named systems vice president of the Aerojet General Corporation in Sacramento, California. In 1964, he became president of the University of Utah, a position he held until he was named NASA Administrator by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971. During his first administration at NASA, Fletcher was responsible for beginning the Space Shuttle effort, as well as the Viking program that sent landers to Mars. He oversaw the Skylab missions and approved the Voyager space probes and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. When he left NASA in 1977, Fletcher became an independent consultant in McLean, Virginia, and served on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh. For nine years, he was active as an advisor to key national leaders involved in planning space policy. Among other activities, he served on an advisory board involved in developing the Strategic Defense Initiative. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan selected Fletcher to administer NASA for a second time, to help the agency recover from the Space Shuttle Challenger accident. Shuttle flights went into a two-year hiatus while Fletcher ensured that NASA reinvested heavily in the program's safety and reliability, made organizational changes to improve efficiency, and restructured its management system. He oversaw a complete reworking of the components of the Shuttle to enhance its safety, including a redesign of the solid rocket boosters, and added an egress method for the astronauts. The Space Shuttle returned to flight on September 29, 1988. Fletcher also approved the Hubble Space Telescope program. He served as Administrator until April 8, 1989, into the term of Reagan's successor, President George H. W. Bush. Fletcher died in December 1991 of lung cancer at his home in suburban Washington, DC. He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was posthumously inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1992. ==References== ==Sources== *Portions of this article are based on public domain text from NASA ==External links== * * Category:1919 births Category:1991 deaths Category:California Institute of Technology alumni Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni Category:Harvard University faculty Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Latter Day Saints from New Jersey Category:Administrators of NASA Category:People from Millburn, New Jersey Category:Presidents of the University of Utah Category:Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery "
"Jóhannes úr Kötlum (born Jóhannes Bjarni Jónasson, November 4, 1899 – April 27, 1972) was an Icelandic author/poet and a member of parliament. He is one of the most loved Icelandic poets – not least for his verse for children and how beautifully his words flow in the Icelandic language – making them ideal for songs. Indeed, his poems have been a constant inspiration for composers, songwriters and musicians in Iceland. More than two hundred songs and compositions have been written based on his poems/lyrics, some even performed by internationally recognised artists such as Björk here performing the song about The Christmas Cat. One of the salient figures of modern Icelandic poetry, Jóhannes mastered both the intricate traditional forms and the modern, but as an outspoken, idealistic and sometimes scathing critic of political institutions, he courted controversy and often drew the ire of political opponents. Jóhannes began his career as a neo-romantic poet in the 1920s, but later became a leading force among the radical poets of the depression era. After WWII he revolted against the traditional form, renewing his poetry through his originality and artistry. He was a spokesman for peace throughout his life and fought vigorously against Iceland’s occupation by foreign armies. ==Life== Jóhannes was born in 1899 at Goddastaðir farmstead, near the head of Hvammsfjörður in the Dales of Northwestern Iceland. Despite poverty, Jóhannes was educated and graduated as a primary school teacher in 1921, a profession he practised for more than a decade, first in the countryside and then in Reykjavík. From then on he worked as an editor and an author, first in Reykjavík and then in 1940 when he moved to Hveragerði, a small town in the South of Iceland which became known as the Artists Colony in the 1940s. He moved back to Reykjavík in 1959 where he lived from then on. ==Works== In 1932, Jóhannes úr Kötlum published his best-loved children's book: Jólin koma (Christmas is Coming – Verse for Children). One of the poems in the book, "The Yuletide-Lads," reintroduced Icelandic society to Yuletide folklore and established what is now considered the canonical thirteen Yuletide-lads or Yule Lads, their personalities and connection to other folkloric characters. Since then Christmas is Coming has been an integral part of Icelandic Christmas traditions and helped preserve age-old folklore in modern culture. A seasonal bestseller from the start, few other books have been reprinted as many times in Iceland. ==Awards and nominations== Jóhannes received awards for his celebratory verses in the Parliament Millennium Celebrations of 1930 and the Republic of Iceland Festivities in 1944. He was awarded the Silver Horse, the Icelandic Newspapers Literature Award, in 1970. He was nominated twice for the Nordic Council Literature Prize; in 1966 and 1973. ==BibliographyPoetry=== * 1926: Bí bí og blaka * 1929: Álftirnar kvaka, poems * 1932: Ég læt sem ég sofi, poems * 1932: Jólin koma, poems (for children) - established what is now considered the canonical thirteen Yule Lads * 1933: Ömmusögur (for children) * 1935: Samt mun ég vaka * 1937: Hrímhvita móðir * 1939: Hart er í heimi * 1940: Eilífðar smáblóm * 1941: Bakkabræður (for children) * 1945: Sól tér sortna * 1946: Ljóðið um Labbakút (for children) * 1949: Ljóðasafn I-II selected poems * 1952: Sóleyjarkvæði * 1952: Hlið hins himneska friðar * 1955: Sjödægra * 1959: Vísur Ingu Dóru (for children) * 1962: Óljóð * 1964: Tregaslagur * 1966: Mannssonurinn * 1970: Ný og nið * 1972-76: Ljóðasafn I-VIII, selected poems * 1984: Ljóðasafn IX, selected poems * 1987: Saga af Suðurnesjum (for children) * 1988: Segja vil ég sögu af sveinunum þeim (for children) * 2001: Jólin okkar (for children) * 2010: Ljóðaúrval, selected poems ===Novels=== * 1934: Og björgin klofnuðu * 1943: Verndarenglarnir * 1949: Dauðsmannsey * 1950: Siglingin mikla * 1951: Frelsisálfan ===Stories=== * 1938: Fuglinn segir (for children) ===Essays=== * 1958: Roðasteinninn og ritfrelsið * 1965: Vinaspegill === Translations === * 1934: Kak I (with Sigurður Thorlacius) Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Violet Irwin * 1935: Kak II (with Sigurður Thorlacius) Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Violet Irwin * 1935: Mamma litla I (with Sigurður Thorlacius) Élise de Pressensé * 1936: Mamma litla II (with Sigurður Thorlacius) Élise de Pressensé * 1938: Himalajaförin (with Sigurður Thorlacius) Queling * 1946: Salamöndrustríðið Karel Čapek * 1946: Fimm synir Howard Fast * 1948: Annarlegar tungur (various selected poets) * 1955: Saga af sönnum manni Boris Nikolaevich Polevoĭ * 1957: Vegurinn til lífsins I Anton Semyonovich Makarenko * 1957: Vegurinn til lífsins II Anton Semyonovich Makarenko * 1958: Frú Lúna í snörunni Agnar Mykle ==References== ==External links== *Jóhannes Bjarni Jónasson Encyclopædia Britannica entry * johannes.is - Ritaskrár Kotlum, Johannes ur Kotlum, Johannes ur Category:Icelandic poets Category:Icelandic communists Category:20th-century Icelandic people Johannes ur Kotlum "
"Amos Abbott (September 10, 1786, Andover, Massachusetts – November 2, 1868, Andover, Massachusetts) was a United States Congressman from Massachusetts. Son of Jeduthan Abbott (1749–1810) and Hannah Poor (1754–1823), he was born in Andover, Massachusetts. He Married Ester West (1796-?) on December 6, 1812. They had two children Alfred Amos Abbott, and Elizabeth Amos Abbott. He worked as a merchant, a highway surveyor, a market clerk, town clerk, town treasurer, a member of the school committee, a business executive. In 1833, he was one of the founders of the Boston & Portland railway, which later changed its name to the Boston & Maine Railroad, and served as its director from 1834 to 1841. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1835 to 1837 and in 1843. He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1840 to 1842. Abbott was elected as a Whig to the United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1849. Following his term in Congress, he returned to his earlier mercantile activities and served as the postmaster in Andover, where he died, aged 82. ==References== Category:1786 births Category:1868 deaths Category:People from Andover, Massachusetts Category:Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Category:Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Category:Massachusetts state senators Category:19th-century American railroad executives "