PROGRAMS:

COMPANIES:

• Boeing
• Lockheed
• NASA

POSITIONS:

NASA 1964-1985 Marshall Space Flight Center, Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters. At time of Lunar Launches was Saturn V Launch Vehicle Branch Chief, KSC Saturn Apollo Program Office. 1972-1981 Manager Advanced Project Shuttle Upper Stages & Related Payload facilities. 1981-1985 NASA Hqtrs Deputy Director Space Transportation Support Systems & Shuttle/Titan Centaur Program. 1985-1995 NASA Support Contractor. 1996-2006 Space Consultant working proposals for various government agencies.

COMMENTS:

Harry John Clark Sr. was a respected Space Worker at Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters. Mr. Clark was born in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania.  Following his graduation from Sharpsville High School in 1950, he served in the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Japan during the Korean conflict.

In 1959, Mr. Clark received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Youngstown State University. After graduation, he worked at Lockheed and Boeing on the West Coast. In 1964, Mr. Clark joined NASA, where he managed the Saturn-V Launch Vehicle Program. He was Kennedy Space Center’s first Shuttle Upper Stage manager and NASA headquarters’ first Wide Bodied Shuttle/Centaur Program manager.

He retired from NASA in 1985 to become director of space operations for Vitro Corporation in Washington, D.C. He later became president of ANALEX Space Systems and also served as a space consultant for various government agencies. Mr. Clark was fluent in Japanese language and culture.