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Box 49

 Container

Contains 51 Collections and/or Records:

Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates: 1950 - 2013

Various other notes, emails, and cards on Bridges' retirement from NASA, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 47
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 47
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: 2005

Reassignment paperwork from Langley Center Director to Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator from September - December 2005, during which time Bridges would perform a study described in item 40 above, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 49
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 49
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: 2005

Letter of Offer, Application, Position Announcement for KSC Director's position, February 1997

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: February 1997

NASA Performance Appraisal, 1997 - 1998

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: 1997 - 1998

NASA Performance Appraisal, 1998 - 1999

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: 1998 - 1999

NASA Presidential Rank Award Nomination (Awarded Meritorious Executive), 2000

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 5
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: 2000

Office of the President, Purdue University, Honorary Doctorate Letter, February 19, 2001

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 6
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: February 19, 2001

NASA Administrator Letter congratulating Bridges on being selected to receive the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, May 23, 2001

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: May 23, 2001

Note announcing the successful delivery of the Bridges’ first grandchild, Kynna Marie Egan, July 31, 2001

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 8
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: July 31, 2001

NASA Performance Appraisal, 2000 - 2001

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 9
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: 2000 - 2001

KSC Contribution to the Agency Transition Plan for President Bush, August 28, 2001

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 10
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: August 28, 2001

NASA Performance Appraisal, 2001 - 2002

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 11
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: 2001 - 2002

Legal Memo clearing Bridges of conflict of interest with regard to Purdue’s involvement in the University-Affiliated Spaceport Technology Development Contract (USTDC) Acquisition, November 4, 2002

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 12
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 12
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: November 4, 2002

Briefing charts for Safety Day, June 17, 2003

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 13
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: June 17, 2003

Personal note on the news that KSC was rated "Green" ("the only green in NASA") on the President's Management Agenda Scorecard, February 2, 2002

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 14
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 14
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: February 2, 2002

Personal memo and charts that Bridges created to outline the "Challenges of Leadership: The KSC Journey-3/97 to 7/03", July 12, 2003

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 15
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 3, File 1, Item 15
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: July 12, 2003

NASA Performance Appraisal, 2002 - 2003

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 16
Scope and Contents Note per Bridges, "My handwritten note on the enclosed copy indicated that a signed copy was never received from Bill Readdy, but it was debriefed as an "outstanding" but with no bonus as a policy decision for all NASA Space Flight Center Leadership as a result of the loss of Columbia."
Dates: 2002 - 2003

Daily Press editorial and Op-Ed piece that Bridges authored on the new Vision for Space Exploration that ran in both the Daily Press and in Florida Today - both versions included, March 2004

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 17
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: March 2004

Email from Bridges’ boss, Vic Lebacqz, that he was selected to receive the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, June 2004

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 18
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: June 2004

NASA Performance Appraisal, 2003 - 2004

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 19
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 19
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: 2003 - 2004

Email announcing Langley bonuses, September 2004

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 20
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: September 2004

Email from Bridges' boss, Vic Lebacqz, announcing his selection by the Agency for a Presidential Rank Award (Distinguished—highest award), January 20, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 21
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: January 20, 2005

Letters from American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics announcing that Bridges was selected for the grade of Associate Fellow, January 28, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 22
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 22
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: January 28, 2005

Email from Mike Leinbach, Shuttle Launch Director at KSC, summarizing the Shuttle launches during Bridges’ tenure at KSC to support his nomination for the Presidential Rank Award, January 6, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 23
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 23
Scope and Contents From the File: Included in this file (binder) are performance appraisals and backup material during tenure as John F. Kennedy Space Center Director, along with items from time as Director of Langley Research Center, including items related to Bridges' retirement from NASA.
Dates: January 6, 2005