Hugh L. Dryden
Dr. Hugh L. Dryden served as
NASA Deputy Administrator from
August 19,
1958, to
December 2,
1965. Dr. Dryden held the position of Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (
NACA), NASA's predecessor, from
1947 until October
1958. He was appointed the first Deputy Administrator of NASA in
1958. Before joining the
NACA, Dr. Dryden was Associate
Director of the National Bureau of Standards, where he had served since
1918. He was Deputy Administrator of
NASA until his death in December
1965.
