Paul J. Coleman Jr.
Born(1932-03-07)March 7, 1932
Chicago, Illinois
DiedApril 6, 2019(2019-04-06) (aged 87)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.)
AwardsExceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (twice)
Scientific career
FieldsSpace

Paul J. Coleman Jr. (March 7, 1932 – April 6, 2019) was an American space scientist, NASA veteran, professor of space physics at the University of California, Los Angeles[1] and founding chairman of the Girvan Institute of Technology.[2] Coleman was also a co-founder of JumpStartFund, an online crowdsourcing platform.[3][4]

He was awarded two Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal by NASA, one in 1970 for his contributions to the exploration of the Solar System and the other in 1972 for his contributions to the exploration of the Moon. In 1975 he was elected in the International Academy of Astronautics. He was a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in 1975[5] and a Senior Fulbright Scholar from 1975 to 1976. P From 1981 to 2000, he was president and CEO of the USRA.[6] In 1985, Dr. Coleman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Commission on Space; in 1991, he was appointed by Vice President Dan Quayle to the Space policy Advisory Board. In 2004, he was recognized by Space News, as one of ten "Innovators and visionaries" who "made a difference' in the global space enterprise over the preceding fifteen years".[7][8]

Early life and career

Coleman held BS Engineering degrees in mathematics and physics, an MS degree in physics, and a PhD in space physics. He served two years as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, with duty in Europe, South Korea, and Turkey from 1954 to 1956.

His early professional experience included positions at the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation (acquired by Northrop Grumman) and at the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Washington, D.C., as manager of NASA's interplanetary sciences program.

In 1965, he joined the faculty at UCLA.[9] There, with Dr. T.A. Farley, he established a laboratory for research in space physics. In the course of his research on charged particles and electric and magnetic fields in space,[10] he worked with the Explorer, OGO and ATS series of satellites, the Pioneer series of deep-space probes,[11] the Mariner series of planetary spacecraft, Apollo's 15 and 17, and Galileo. He wrote or collaborated in writing more than 150 articles on research in the space sciences and developments in space technology.

References

  1. ↑ "EXPERIMENTS AND INVESTIGATORS". nasa.gov. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Paul Coleman Obituary (1932 - 2019) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times". Legacy.com.
  3. ↑ "JUMPSTARTING THE NEXT AGE OF ENTREPRENEURS". turnstylenews.com. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ "JumpStarting the Next Age of Entrepreneurs". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Paul J. Coleman Jr". gf.org. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ "USRA has a storied heritage that traces back to the formation of the Lunar Science Institute by the National Academy of Sciences in 1968 at the height of the Apollo program". usra.edu. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Micro Technologies India Ltd (MICT.NS)". reuters.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Board of Directors". Microtechnologies.net. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Graduates of the UCLA Space Physics Program by Highest Degree". ucla.edu. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Three-axis Fluxgate Magnetometer". nasa.gov. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Pioneer Science at New Frontiers". nasa.gov. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
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