LTC Allen O. Gamble Ph.D. USAF
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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Sponsor
Honored by:
ASSOC. Director of Personnel for Manpower, NASA and predecessor Agency, NACA, 1946-1955 & 1959-1964. Participated in rapid expansion ot agency from 8000 to 40,000 employees. Representing NASA, served on three-man committee for selection of the first seven astronauts. Developed qualification requirements and recruiting sources; helped review over 5000 military test pilot personnel records; interviewed 110 men called to Washington, eliminating all but 32 who were then sent elsewhere for physiological and stress testing, and coordinating program through Final selection of seven.
Other employment included Nat'l Science Foundation as Director of National Register of Scientific & Technical Personnel; Nat'l Academy of Sciences; Nat'l Institutes of Health; Dept. of Labor
Officer, U. S. Naval Reserve during World War II. Constructed, analyzed and coordinated tests for naval aviation cadets. Retired as Lt. Cmdr.
PhD, Univ of Calif, 1949: MA, Birmingham-Southern Univ, 1933: BA, Duke, 1931
Memberships include: Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C. Diplomate, American Bd Prof. Psychology; Fellow, American Psychological Association and Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychologists.
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