Biography:

Engineer; NASA administrator. Born– December 15, 1925, Ferguson, Miss. Parents– George H. Bucher and Lenora Bucher. Married– Delores C. Belew. Children– Three. Education– Washington University, B.S.; University of Alabama, M.S; Oklahoma State University, Ph.D. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; research contract administrator with the St. Louis Ordnance District of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency; moved to Guntersville in 1956; associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville as Deputy Associate Director for Science; served as an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.  Died June 20, 2008.

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Physics of the Moon; Selected Topics Concerning Lunar Exploration. Washington, D.C.; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1965.