George Low

American NASA administrator and President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1926-1984) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 58

George Michael Low was an administrator at NASA and the 14th president of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Low was one of the senior NASA officials who made decisions as manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office in the Apollo program of crewed missions to the Moon.

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1985Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1984Died17 July 19841983National Medal of ScienceAward1969NASA Distinguished Service MedalAward1926Born10 June 1926