Key Mars Global Surveyor Team Members

Glenn E. Cunningham Mars Surveyor Operations Project Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Glenn E. Cunningham is project manager of the Mars Surveyor Operations Project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is responsible for the flight operations of all of the Surveyor series of missions that perform robotic exploration of Mars. He was formerly the project manager of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft development project and project manager of the Mars Observer project during its flight phase. Cunningham, joined JPL in 1966 as an engineer in the Spacecraft System Design and Integration Section and has worked on a variety of spacecraft missions, including the 1969 Mariner spacecraft to Mars, the 1977 Voyager spacecraft to the outer planets of the solar system, and led studies for robotic precursor missions in support of eventual human exploration of Mars.

He was named spacecraft team chief of the Voyager mission in early 1978 and served in that position through its Jupiter encounters in 1979. After several other spacecraft system engineering management positions, he became deputy manager in 1987 of the Mars Rover Sample Return Development Flight Project, deputy manager of the Mars Observer project in 1990, Mars Observer project manager at its launch in 1992, project manager of the Mars Global Surveyor project in 1994, and then project manager of the Mars Surveyor Operations Project in 1996.

Born in Hollywood, California on September 25, 1943, Cunningham grew up in Glendale, California, and earned his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering in 1966 from the University of California at Berkeley.

He has been active in professional and community activities, holding memberships in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and the Planetary Society.

Cunningham has completed several management certification programs, including the Claremont Graduate School Advanced Management Program, the NASA System Engineering Program, the NASA Senior Executive Program, and the NASA Advanced Project Management Program.

He was a recipient of NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal for his work on the Voyager Project.

Cunningham is single and lives in La Canada-Flintridge, California.

Arden L. Albee Mars Surveyor Operations Project Scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Education: BA Harvard College, 1950 MA Harvard University, 1951 PhD Harvard University, 1957

Arden L. Albee has served as Project Scientist for the Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor Missions since 1984. (1984 --) Professor of Geology and Planetary Science and Dean of Graduate Studies, California Institute of Technology (1978-1984) Chief Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Professor of Geology, California Institute of Technology (1959- -) Professor of Geology, California Institute of Technology Petrologic, microprobe, and isotopic investigations of metamorphic rocks; Elemental partition between coexistent rock-forming minerals; Petrogenetic grids for metamorphic processes; Improvements in electron microprobe analysis; Investigator of returned lunar samples. Consultant, geologic site selection and probability of surface faulting. Regional geologic mapping, Panamint Range, California. Field investigations, Vermont and Greenland. Advanced planning for planetary exploration. Development of dust analyzer for comet rendezvous mission. More than 200 publications. (1950-1959) Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey Regional geologic mapping and investigation of mineral resources --Vermont, Colorado, and Maine

Professional Societies and Registration:
Harvard National Fellow (1946-1950); Phi Beta Kappa (1950); Sigma Xi (1950); National Science Foundation Fellow (1954-55) Geological Society of America (Chair of Planetary Geology Division, 1988; Council 1989-92; Executive Committee, 1992, Finance Committee, 1994--); Mineralogic Society of America (Council 1978-80); Microbeam Analysis Society; American Geological Institute (Board of Governors, 1978-80); Registered Geologist No. 2742, State of California; Geochemical Society (Council 1982-1985); American Geophysical Union; Distinguished Lecturer, AIAA (1981-82); Div. Planetary Science, American Astronomical Society

Editing:
Associate Editor, Bulletin of the Geologic Society of America (1970- 89); Chair of Publications Committee (1990-92); Associate Editor, American Mineralogist (1972-1976); Co-editor, "Luna 20 -- A study of samples from the Lunar Highlands returned by the unmanned Luna 20 spacecraft, Geochem. Cosmochim. Acta' special issue (1973); Associate Editor, Proceedings of 5th Lunar Science Conference; Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (1977-1982); Associate Editor (Book Series), Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences (1979--)

Educational Service:
Executive & Steering Committee, AAU/AGS Project for Research on Doctoral Education (1993-97); Executive Committee, Assoc. Graduate Schools (1994-97); Graduate Record Exam Board (1995- -); TOEFL Policy Council (1995--)

NASA Service:
Chairman, Lunar Science Review Panel (1972-1977); Member, Lunar Planning Committee (1973-1975); Member, Terrestrial Bodies Science Working Group (1976-1977); Member, Physical Science Committee (1976-1977); Member, Space Science Advisory Committee (1978-1980); Recipient, NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (1976); Member, Mars '84 Science Working Group (1977-1978); Chairman, Mars Science Working Group (1978-1979); Chairman, Mars Science Steering Group (1978-1979); Leader Mars Study Program (1978-1980); Chief Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1978-1984); Member Solar System Exploration Committee (1980-1986); Member Solar System Exploration Management Council (1983-88); Project Scientist, Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor Missions (1984- -); Member Task Group on Planetary and Lunar Exploration; National Academy Sciences (1984-1986); Member, Mars Rover/Sample Return Science Working Group (1987- 94); Member, USA-USSR Joint Working Group on Solar System Exploration to carry out Treaty Requirements.(1987-); Member, Formal Review Board for Craf-Casinni Project (1991-); Member Mars Exploration Committee (1994-); Member, Formal Review Board for Mars Surveyor Program (1995-); Member, Formal Review Board for Stardust Mission (1960-)

Community:
Boy Scouts of America, Scoutmaster; Girl Scouts of America, Council member and Treasurer; Trinity Presbyterian Church: Committees, Trustee, Treasurer; Westminister Presbyterian Church: Committees, Ruling Elder, Treasurer, President; United Way Campaign Campus Chair; Volunteer for Friends-In-Deed; Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Board of Regents; (1989- 98); Executive Committee, Pension Board (1991-98); Chair of House Committee, The Athenaeum (1986--); Acting Manager (1994-95) Pasadena Unified School District, Citizens' Oversight Committee for Measure Y, Member 1997-

Statistics:
Born - May 28, 1928, Port Huron, Michigan.
Married - eight children, eleven grandchildren

Office:
Graduate Office - Mail Stop 02-31
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
FAX 626-577-9246
aalbee@cco.caltech.edu

Joseph G. Beerer MSOP Flight Operations Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Joseph (Joe) G. Beerer is flight operations manager of the Mars Surveyor Operations Project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is responsible for the daily flight operations of the Mars Global Surveyor mission that will perform a robotic mapping of the martian globe. He was formerly MGS mission design manager during the development phase and engineering office manager on the Mars Observer project. Beerer, joined JPL in 1969 as an engineer in the Mission Design Section and has worked on a variety of spacecraft missions, including the 1971 Mariner mission to Mars, the 1973 Mariner mission to Venus and Mercury, and the 1977 Voyager mission to the outer planets of the solar system. He was the trajectory design engineer for the Mariner Venus Mercury mission - the first mission in which a single spacecraft visited two planets.

He led the trajectory design for the Voyager Jupiter flybys which achieved the first close observation of the Galilean satellites. After serving as the Flight Mechanics Group Supervisor for five years, Beerer was named mission design manager for the Mars Observer mission in 1984.

Born in Santa Monica, California on February 8, 1943, Beerer grew up in Whittier, California, and earned his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering in 1964 from the University of Colorado and a master of science degree in astrodynamics in 1969 from the University of California at Los Angeles.

He was a recipient of NASA Exceptional Service Medals for his work on the Voyager and Mars Observer projects.

He has been active in the community, holding board positions with the American Youth Soccer Organization, the Crescenta Valley High School Soccer Booster Club, the Montrose Cycle Club, and the Oakmont Woods residents’ asssociation.

Beerer is married and lives in Glendale, California. He has five children.

Thomas E. Thorpe MSOP Science Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Thomas (Tom) E. Thorpe is the Science Manager of the Mars Surveyor Operations Project at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is responsible for the flight operations of all science Investigators and the facilities necessary to conduct instrument operation, data acquisition, telemetry processing and science data analysis and archiving to achieve the science objectives for the Mars Surveyor series of missions. He was formerly the Science Systems Manager for the Mars Global Surveyor payload development and Science Office Manager of the Mars Observer Project. Thorpe joined JPL in 1969 as an Experiment Representative for the Mariner 9 camera experiment and has worked on a variety of spacecraft missions including the 1976 Viking (Orbiter Camera representative and Guest Investigator), Galileo (deputy science manager) and Uylsses (science manager and deputy project scientist) Missions.

Born in Duluth, Minnesota on January 19, 1945, Thorpe grew up in North Hollywood, California and earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1966 and Masters of Arts (1967) in Astronomy from the University of California at Los Angeles. Following college he worked at Eastman Kodak on Lunar Orbiter imaging and has taught astronomy at Glendale Community College in the extended day program since 1970.

He has published over 30 papers in the science literature concerning Mars science on topics such as the Mars photometric function, opposition effects, global dust storm expansions.

Thorpe is married with two children in college and lives in Sylmar, California.