James E. Webb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James E. Webb

administrator of NASA in 1961–1968

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1906

Place of Birth: Granville County, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1992

Profession: lawyer, politician, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was an American government official who served as the second administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961 to October 7, 1968.
Webb oversaw NASA from the beginning of the Kennedy administration through the end of the Johnson administration, thus overseeing all the critical first manned launches in the Mercury through Gemini programs, until just before the first manned Apollo flight.
He also dealt with the Apollo 1 fire. In 2002, the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) was renamed the James Webb Space Telescope as a tribute to Webb.