William Hayward Pickering
Engineer, Academic
1910 – 2004
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Who was William Hayward Pickering?
William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE was a New Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space. Pickering was also a founding member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.
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- Born
- Dec 24, 1910
Wellington - Nationality
- New Zealand
- Profession
- Education
- University of Canterbury
- California Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Nelson
- Died
- Mar 15, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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