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Mary Sandy
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                     March 30, 1989


RELEASE:  89-41

ROSEN NAMED ACTING ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR


     NASA Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher today named Dr. 
Robert Rosen as acting associate administrator for aeronautics 
and space technology (OAST), effective April 2.  Rosen has served 
as deputy associate administrator OAST since March 1986.

     Rosen replaces acting associate administrator Dr. William F. 
Ballhaus, Jr. who returned to his permanent position as director 
of NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.

     In his new position, Rosen will be responsible for the 
direction of NASA's aeronautics and space technology programs as 
well as for the institutional management of NASA's Ames Research 
Center, Langley Research Center and Lewis Research Center.

     Rosen joined NASA Headquarters in April 1985 as the 
director, propulsion, power and energy division, OAST.  Prior to 
coming to NASA, Rosen held key positions in private industry, 
including Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, Calif., 1979-1985, and 
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., 
1968-1979

     Rosen received a bachelor of science degree in 1960 from the
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla; a master of science 
degree in 1962 from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; a 
mechanical engineering degree in 1966 from the California 
Institute of Technology, Pasadena; and a Ph.D. in 1968 from the 
University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

     A New York City native, Rosen and his family are residents 
of Vienna, Va.  He is married to the former Gail Brock and they 
have two sons.