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He left NASA in 1968 to serve as a deputy administrator in the Environmental Sciences Services Administration (1968-1970), and an associate administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1970-1977). In 1977, he took a break from government work, serving as the president of Fairchild Space and Electronics Company (1977-1982) and, when the company changed names, president of Fairchild Space Company from 1983-1987. In 1987, he returned to NASA  as director of the Goddard Space Center until his retirement in 1990. Townsend died in November 2011.","The guide to the John W. Townsend, Jr., Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","Some original description of the John W. Townsend, Jr., Papers was completed prior to 2000. A folder list and additional description of the collection was completed in October and November 2018.","Additional arrangement and description of the John W. Townsend, Jr., Papers was completed as part of the project, \"Piercing the Veil: Creating Access to the Archives of American Aerospace Exploration at Virginia Tech,\" funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) in 2024.","This collection contains physicist John W. Townsend, Jr.'s personal and professional papers from 1949 until his retirement from corporate and government aerospace work in 1990. In addition to professional correspondence, memos, and subject files, there are extensive travel files from 1949-1968 and 1985-1990, congressional testimony on NASA projects from 1982-1986, and files on the history of the Upper Air Rocket Research Program at the Naval Research Laboratory  from about 1956-1958. Throughout his career, Townsend also served on a number of councils, boards, and panels. The collection also includes files from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Advisory Panel (1966-1968, the International Academy of Astronautics (c. 1981-1987), the NASA Advisory Council (1982-1987), the National Academy of Engineering (1982-1987), the National Research Council Space Applications Board (1983-1987), and the Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Board Panel on International Cooperation and Competition in Civilian Space Activities (1982-1985).","Materials in this collection have been separated into the following series:","Series I: Reading Files, 1958-1967, contains Townsend's reading files for a variety of subjects.","Series II: Organizations and Committees, 1982-1987, n.d., consists of materials from Townsend's involvement in committees, boards, and panels, including the American Geophysical Union, the International Academy of Astronautics, the National Academy of Engineering, NASA Advisory Council, the National Resource Council Space Applications Board, and the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Advisory Panel.","Series III: Correspondence, 1957-1990, contains professional correspondence, memos, and clippings.","Series IV: Travel, 1949-1990, includes extensive travel documentation.","Series V: Testimonies, 1981-1986, contains files from Townsend's congressional testimonies on NASA projects.","Series VI: Subject Files, 1987-1989, n.d., consists of subject files such as publications, files on the history of the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Rocket-Sonde Research Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory, and Earth observations.","Series VII: Personal Files, 1978-1989, n.d., includes files such as appointment books and performance ratings.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. 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Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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