George E. Mueller

Kirkland, WA

About George E. Mueller

1986     Inducted into the Academy of Electrical Engineering

 

EDUCATION

1951     Ph.D. Physics – Ohio State University

1940     MSEE – Purdue University

1939     BSEE – Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Honorary Degrees:  Wayne State University / New Mexico State University / Purdue University / Ohio State University / University of Missouri - Rolla

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Present CEO and Vehicle Architect, Kistler Aerospace Corporation

Chairman of the Board and President of System Development Corporation

NASA Responsible for and directed the US manned space flight program from Gemini through the second Apollo moon landing

Associate Administrator for manned space flight

Six years with Bell Telephone Laboratories as researcher

Ten years with faculty at Ohio State University

 

OTHER

  • Seven Patents
  • Authored 40 Technical Papers
  • Co-authored book:  Communication Satellites
  • Member of National Academy of Engineering
  • Honorary Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Fellow IEEE
  • Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow American Astronautical Society
  • Fellow American Geophysical Union
  • Fellow Royal Aeronautical Society
  • Honarary Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society
  • International Astronautical Federation
  • New York Academy of Science
  • American Physical Society
  • International Academy of Astronautics
  • Three NASA Distinguished Service Metals
  • American Astronautical Society Space Flight Award
  • Eugene Sanger Award
  • American Academy of Achievement’s Gold Plate Award
  • National Medal of Science