D. Brainerd Holmes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

D. Brainerd Holmes

US business executive, engineer

Date of Birth: 24-May-1921

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jan-2013

Profession: businessperson, engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About D. Brainerd Holmes

  • Dyer Brainerd Holmes (May 24, 1921 – January 11, 2013), known professionally as D.
  • Brainerd Holmes, was an American engineer and business executive.
  • He was perhaps best known for directing NASA's manned spaceflight program from September 1961 to June 1963, when John Glenn made the pivotal first US orbital spaceflight, but Holmes was also the president of international defense contractor Raytheon.
  • He retired from that post in 1986.

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