Alan M. Lovelace
Alan Mathieson Lovelace was the Deputy Administrator of NASA from July 2, 1976 to July 10, 1981. He filled in as acting Administrator twice once during the Jimmy Carter administration to fill the Mayto June 20, 1977 vacancy left by the retirement of James C. Fletcher, and again during the start of Ronald Reagans administration from Januaryto July 10, 1981, until Reagans choice James M. Beggs was confirmed by Congress.
Lovelace was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Florida in Gainesville in 1951, received a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry in 1952 and became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1954, also in Organic Chemistry.
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