# Timeline ## 1958 ### March 6, 1958 - Lawrence Gise Named ARPA Program Director Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel/108241629/   The House created a special 13-member committee Wednesday to study problems of space travel. Democratic Leader McCormack of Massachusetts was appointed chairman with Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts as senior minority member' The committee created by voice vote without opposition or debate is similar to a Senate committee headed by Senate Majority Leader Johnson (D-Tex) Its Jurisdiction includes problems related to outer space and space travel It has authority to consider and report legislation to issue subpoenas and to conduct hearings anywhere it wishes The Pentagon's new space agency got its deputy director Rear A dm John Clark who has been serving as director of the guided missiles division The 'appointment was announced by Roy Johnson who was named director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency on February 7 Johnson also named a director of program control and administration for the space agency He is Lawrence Gise former assistant director of the division of military applications of the Atomic Energy Commission Johnson chose as his special assistant Lambert Lind an executive of Ebasco Services New York a large 'industrial construction firm Congress has been told that the Russians quite possibly will be first to develop an atomic-powered airplane This was in testimony last month byj Secretary of the Air Force Douglas before a House appropriations subcommittee i Army witnesses said their hope' of fashioning a defense against intercontinental missiles depends on getting atomic missiles close enough to explode and destroy the 18000-mile-per-hour invaders They said a direct hit be necessary" The subcommittee was told also that the Talos missile now being developed for use against manned aircraft may have possibilities as antimissile missile Hie lifetime of the Explorer I satellite now is expected to be between 10 and 15 years George Bucher of the army ballistics 'missile agency at Huntsville Ala said recent computations indicate the satellite orbit ranges from 216 to 1550 miles above the earth Russia's Sputnik II has circled the earth 1766 times Moscow Radio said' it completed the 1766th trip at 10 pm. ## 1959 ### 02-25-1959 - US Wheat Contamination Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-1959-charles-dunham-dr/87867187/ Kenneth L. England - chief of radiation sciences branch Hanford operations  ### 07-22-1959 - AEC Announces Dog/Radiation Experiment Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/port-angeles-evening-news-1959-dr-c-i/87866852/ C. L. Dunham - Director of the AEC Division of Biology & Medicine  ## 1961 ### 02-09-1961 - Lawrence Gise Appointed as Deputy Manager of Atomic Energy Commission's Albuquerque Operations Office Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican/108267312/  ## 1962 ### 06-20-1962 - Gise & Atomic Energy Commission Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican/108267446/  ### 10-09-1962 - Gise Presented With Certificate of Appreciation Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune/108267480/  ## 1963 ### 01-23-1963 - AEC & Gise Visit Bendix Corporation Plant Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star/108267514/  ### 04-28-1963 Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal/108267557/  ## 1964 ### 06-08-1964 - AEC Head Retires & Replaced By Lawrence Gise Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune/108273893/ > [!grid|masonry] >  >  ### 06-08-1964 Atomic Energy Commission Cuts Los Alamos Jobs Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune/108273941/  ### 06-09-1964 - Kenner Hertford Retirement, Replaced With Lawrence Gise Link: https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal/108277028/