Box 49
Container
Contains 65 Collections and/or Records:
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
Newspaper clippings announcing Bridges' retirement and the appointment of his Deputy, Lesa Roe, as the new Langley Center Director , September 17, 2005
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 38
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 38
Scope and Contents
Note, per Bridges, "When I learned that Lesa would be named as the new Center Director, I agreed to step aside into a HQ staff position immediately to allow an orderly transition and avoid being a lame duck Center Director"
Dates:
September 17, 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 Lesa Roe offering encouragement while Bridges performed a study for the HQ in his new role , September 16, 2005
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 39
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 39
Scope and Contents
Per Bridges, "The study was something I suggested. It involved creating a support structure at the HQ to integrate the support for NASA’s infrastructure now that Center Directors were to report to the Associate Administrator rather than to the programs. This disconnected the AA's for the programs (Aero, Space Flight, Science, and Exploration) from the infrastructure that they had previously championed leaving the institutional support as an orphan. This would have been a disastrous structure...
Dates:
September 16, 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
Ballad on Bridges' going away from Edwards Air Force Base, March 1989
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 40
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 40
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 1989
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
Note from Astronaut Jim Halsell on Bridges' retirement from NASA, December 2005
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 41
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 41
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 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 Ames Center Director, Scott Hubbard, on Bridges' retirement, December 14, 2005
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 42
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 42
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 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
Email from Vic Lebacqz on Bridges' retirement from NASA, December 2005
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 43
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 43
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 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 Change of Command at Patrick AFB, March 24, 1989
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 44
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 44
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 24, 1989
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 Jim Kennedy, KSC Center Director, on Bridges' retirement , September 2005
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 45
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 45
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 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 Administrator's Press Release on Bridges' retirement, September 16, 2005
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 46
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 46
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 16, 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
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
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
Various other notes, emails, and cards on Bridges' retirement from NASA, 2005
Item — Box: 49, Folder: 1, Item: 48
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 48
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
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
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