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Box 49

 Container

Contains 65 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Nomination Form for the Presidential Rank Award, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 24
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
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Email from Vic Lebacqz announcing Bridges’ selection for the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, April 5, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 25
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: April 5, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Personal memo to NASA Deputy Administrator, Fred Gregory, regarding his Congressional Testimony and his reply, May 2, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 26
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 26
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 2, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Email from Vic Lebacqz thanking the Langley team for the excellent job of the SATS Program Demo in Danville, VA, June 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 27
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 27
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 8, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Email from Vic Lebacqz announcing the house cleaning by the new NASA Administrator removing most all of the SES’s from the HQ ("and eventually from the Centers to put his personally selected team in place"), June 14, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 28
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 28
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 14, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

An email exchange between Vic Lebacqz and Bridges regarding his departure as Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research, June 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 29
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 29
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 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Email exchange between the NASA Administrator and Bridges with regard to his recent visit to Langley where he was briefed on some severe budget issues imposed by the prior Administration, June 24, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 30
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 30
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 24, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Email exchanges between Bridges and Vic Lebacqz regarding briefings to the HQ staff on looming budget issues at the Centers that would likely cause a formal RIF of civil servants because of the budget cuts to the Aero Research Programs at Langley (Other email exchanges from July enclosed as well for background.), August 15, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 31
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 31
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 15, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

NASA Performance Appraisal, 2004 - 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 32
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 32
Scope and Contents Note per Bridges, "Downgraded by the HQ from Outstanding to Highly Successful because of the budget crisis and my eventual successful work with the staff to correct the problems—the staff of the Administrator were intimidated by me and described me as confrontational over these issues—see next item below for more."
Dates: 2004 - 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Email and telecom (notes) between Vic Lebacqz and Bridges regarding the downgrading of Bridges’ performance appraisal and that of others in the Aero Research Centers, August 3, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 33
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 33
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 3, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Letter from American Society for Engineering Management announcing Bridges’ selection as the Engineering Manager of the Year, July 26, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 34
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 34
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 26, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Email exchange between Bridges and NASA HQ with regard to inaccurate minutes of the Senior Management Council and decisions announced at the meeting by the Administrator that would have a profound effect on Langley with regard to the budget crisis, August 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 35
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 35
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 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Aviation Week article on "Missing the Boat," with regard to NASA's decision to cancel most of the life sciences research on the International Space Station, something that “Bridges opposed in budget meetings even though it didn’t affect Langley, but would have a profound effect on the success of the ISS as a National Laboratory and on the solutions that were needed to proceed with long duration human space flights to Mars” , December 5, 2005

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 36
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 36
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: December 5, 2005
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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

Speaking notes for Bridges' announcement to the Langley Senior Staff that he planned to retire from the Agency in January 2006, September 16, 2005, 2005 - 2006

 Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 37
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 37
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 - 2006
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 6, Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers / Career Scrapbooks / NASA / Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center / 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