Paul J. Coleman

Paul J. Coleman Jr. (March 7, 1932 – April 6, 2019) was an American space scientist, NASA veteran, professor of space physics at the University of California, Los Angeles[1] and founding chairman of the Girvan Institute of Technology.[2] Coleman was also a co-founder of JumpStartFund, an online crowdsourcing platform.[3][4]

For the American sailor, see Paul Coleman (sailor).
Paul J. Coleman Jr.
Born(1932-03-07)March 7, 1932
Chicago, Illinois
DiedApril 6, 2019(2019-04-06) (aged 87)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.)
AwardsExceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (twice)
Scientific career
FieldsSpace

He was awarded two Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal by NASA, one in 1970 for his contributions to the exploration of the solar system and the other in 1972 for his contributions to the exploration of the moon. In 1975 he was elected in the International Academy of Astronautics. He was a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in 1975[5] and a Senior Fulbright Scholar from 1975-76. P From 1981 to 2000, he was president and CEO of the USRA.[6] In 1985, Dr. Coleman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Commission on Space; in 1991, he was appointed by Vice President Dan Quayle to the Space policy Advisory Board. In 2004, he was recognized by Space News, as one of ten "Innovators and visionaries" who "made a difference' in the global space enterprise over the preceding fifteen years".[7][8]

Early life and career

Coleman held B.S. Engineering degrees in mathematics and physics, an M.S. degree in physics, and a Ph.D. in space physics. He served two years as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, with duty in Europe, South Korea, and Turkey from 1954 to 1956.

His early professional experience included positions at the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation (acquired by Northrop Grumman) and at the headquarters of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Washington, D.C., as manager of NASA's interplanetary sciences program.

In 1965, he joined the faculty at UCLA.[9] There, with Dr. T.A. Farley, he established a laboratory for research in space physics. In the course of his research on charged particles and electric and magnetic fields in space,[10] he worked with the Explorer, OGO and ATS series of earth satellites, the Pioneer series of deep-space probes,[11] the Mariner series of planetary spacecraft, Apollo's 15 and 17, and Galileo. He wrote or collaborated in writing more than 150 articles on research in the space sciences and developments in space technology.

References
  1. "EXPERIMENTS AND INVESTIGATORS". nasa.gov. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=paul-j-coleman&pid=192298294
  3. "JUMPSTARTING THE NEXT AGE OF ENTREPRENEURS". turnstylenews.com. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. "JumpStarting the Next Age of Entrepreneurs". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  5. "Paul J. Coleman Jr". gf.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  6. "USRA has a storied heritage that traces back to the formation of the Lunar Science Institute by the National Academy of Sciences in 1968 at the height of the Apollo program". usra.edu. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  7. "Micro Technologies India Ltd (MICT.NS)". reuters.com. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  8. "Board of Directors". microtechnologies.net. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  9. "Graduates of the UCLA Space Physics Program by Highest Degree". ucla.edu. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  10. "Three-axis Fluxgate Magnetometer". nasa.gov. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  11. "Pioneer Science at New Frontiers". nasa.gov. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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