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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 17, 1989
Two senior managers at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory have been elected to membership in the National
Academy of Engineering, it has been announced.
Dr. Charles Elachi, assistant laboratory director
for JPL's Office of Space Science and Instruments, and John
R. Casani, deputy assistant laboratory director for the
Office of Flight Projects, were among 97 U.S. and foreign
citizens elected to the academy this week.
The academy, established in 1964, shares
responsibilities with the National Academy of Sciences under
a Congressional charter granted in 1863 to advise the
federal government on questions of science and technology.
Academy activities include recognition of
distinguished engineers, sponsorship of engineering programs
aimed at meeting national needs, and encouragement of
education and research. Its membership now totals 1,484 in
the United States and 122 foreign associates.
Casani and Elachi will be inducted into the academy
during its annual meeting next October in Washington, D.C.
A native of Philadelphia, Casani was graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania in electrical engineering and
has been with JPL since 1956. Before his appointment to his
current post, he served as project manager for the Galileo
and Voyager missions and in various other management and
technical capacities. His previous honors include NASA's
Outstanding Leadership Medal and Exceptional Service Medal.
Elachi was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and took a
bachelor's degree in physics and engineering at the
University of Grenoble and the Institut Polytechnique de
Grenoble, France. He also holds a master's degree and
doctorate in electrical sciences from Caltech, a master's
degree in geology from UCLA and an M.B.A. from the
University of Southern California. Joining JPL in 1970,
Elachi has served as principal investigator for NASA's
Shuttle Imaging Radar series and is a member of the Magellan
Venus radar mapping mission's science team. His awards
include NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal.
Casani lives in Pasadena, while Elachi is a
resident of Altadena.
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