James W. Plummer
Politician
1920 – 2013
Who was James W. Plummer?
James W. Plummer was an engineer who served as the fifth Director of the National Reconnaissance Office. Plummer was the first Director NRO to come from private industry. He previously served as the Lockheed Corporation program manager for the CORONA and LANYARD imaging systems. Plummer focused on developing the second generation of U.S. satellites - the electro-optical systems. He earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1953. In 2005 he received the Charles Stark Draper Prize for his contributions to the CORONA project. He died at Medford, Oregon in 2013. He was 92.
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- Born
- Jan 29, 1920
Idaho Springs - Also known as
- James Plummer
- Education
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of California, Berkeley
- Died
- Jan 16, 2013
Medford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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