Dailey Appointed NASM Director

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Summary

General John R. Dailey becomes Director of the National Air and Space Museum. After a career in the Marine Corps, he was a deputy associate administrator at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He replaces Donald D. Engen, who died in 1999.

Subject

  • Dailey, John R
  • Engen, Donald Davenport 1924-
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • United States Marine Corps

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Neufeld, Michael, and Alex Spencer, eds. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2010, p. 307

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 1, 2000

Topic

  • Appointments
  • Museums
  • Museum directors

Place

Washington (D.C.)

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