T. Keith Glennan, president, Case Institute of Technology, Cleve- land, Ohio; nominee to be Administrator of the National Aero- nauti's and Space Administration_ Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, director, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; nominee to be Deputy Administrator of the National II NOMINATION OF T. KEITH GLENNAN TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1958 UNITED STATES SENATE, SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SPACE AND ASTRONAUTICS, Washington, D. C. The special committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:30 a. m., in room F-39, United States Capitol Building, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Lyndon B. Johnson, Green, Anderson, Symington, Bridges, Hickenlooper, Saltonstall, and Bricker. Also present: Mrs. Eilene Galloway, special consultant; Dr. Glen P. Wilson, technical coordinator; Gerald W. Siegel and George Reedy, professional staff members. Senator JOHNSON. Will the committee please come to order? This meeting has been called today to consider the nominations of Dr. T. Keith Glennan and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden as Administrator and Deputy Administrator, respectively, of the newly created Space Administration. From every standpoint, these are two of the most important nominations made to this Congress. The President is proposing to lay a tremendous burden upon the shoulders of these gentlemen. The difference between success and failure in their performance could be the difference between success and failure for this country. We start from behind in many respects. They will have the job of catching up. I will first call Dr. Glennan to the stand. Mr. Glennan, we have called this hearing today to determine whether you have the necessary qualifications to become the midwife for America's space age. This committee has spent considerable time in an examination of the fantastic problems involved. We are aware of the complications and we do not envy the man who takes on this job. If you are confirmed, I am not certain whether congratulations or commiserations will be in order. This position is in no sence a sinecure. It calls for a man who has little interest in rewards but a passionate and positive addiction to work. There are no blueprints or roadmaps which clearly mark out the course that the new space director must follow. The limits of the job are no less than the limits of the universe. And those are limits which can be stated but are virtually impossible to describe. I think it is safe to say that any study of this subject will lead any man to a sense of humility and a realization of human limitations. 1 No mortal man could possibly possess all the qualifications for this job and we are not expecting that. To be fully qualified, a man would have to be a repository of all human knowledge. He would have to be an expert in physics, astronomy, chemistry, and biology. At the same time, he would have to be a philosopher and a historian. He would have to be possessed of cold practical judgment, touched with the fire of daring imagination. I suppose also that he would have to be a reflective man capable of working at top speed 24 hours a day. We are not asking all that of you, Dr. Glennan. We are asking whether you can assemble the men who-all put together will add up to what America needs. In a sense, the new agency which you have been nominated to head can be compared to the voyage of Columbus to the New World. The only difference is that Columbus-with his charts drawn entirely from imagination-had a better idea of his destination than we can possibly have when we step into outer space. We do know certain things: We want outer space to be a highway to peace and prosperity and not a road to war. We seek a maximum development of all the potentialities and not just a narrow production of new weapons. I should like to ask the committee's unanimous consent to place in the record at this point the background of Dr. Glennan, and then, Dr. Glennan, I should like for you to proceed with any statement that you may care to make in any manner in which you care to make it, and, at the conclusion of that statement, each member of the committee will be given an opportunity to ask you any questions that may occur to them. Without objection, the biographical sketch will be inserted in the record. (The biographical sketch is as follows:) BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF T. KEITH GLENNAN, PRESIDENT OF CASE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY T. [for Thomas] Kieth Glennan, whose career has been marked by achievements in business, education, and the administration of scientific research, became the fourth president of Case Institute of Technology on September 1, 1947. Born in Enderlin, N. Dak., on September 8, 1905, where his father was stationed as a train dispatcher, he spent most of his youth in Eau Claire, Wis., where he attended high school, worked at a variety of odd summer jobs and spent 2 years attending State teachers college. He entered Yale in 1924 where he worked his way through college, graduating from Sheffield Scientific School in 1927 with a degree in electrical engineering, cum laude. Following graduation, he became associated with the then infant talkingmotion-picture industry and spent 2 years in Europe supervising the installing of sound systems. Later, he became assistant general service superintendent for Electrical Research Products, a subsidiary of Western Electric. In 1935, he joined Paramount Pictures, Inc., in Hollywood, becoming studio manager in 1939. He served briefly as an executive with Vega Airplane Corp. in 1941, returning to the motion-picture industry as studio manager of Samuel Goldwyn Studios. He joined the Columbia University division of war research in 1942, serving through the war, first as Administrator, and then as Director of the United States Navy's Underwater Sound Laboratories at New London, Conn. For these services he was awarded the Medal for Merit. At the end of the war, he became an executive of Ansco, in Binghamton, N. Y. From this position, he was called to the presidency of Case, which, in 1947, changed its name from Case School of Applied Science to Case Institute of Technology. During his presidency, he also served from October 1950 to October 1952, as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission, following an appointment by President Truman and confirmation by the Senate. During Glennan's first 10 years at Case, important progress was made in increasing both the quality and qunatity of the faculty, student body, and physical plant. A major building program was initiated, the floorspace of the campus more than doubled, and important curricular changes emphasizing the role of the humanities in engineering education were initiated. During his 11-year administration, Case was transformed from a primarily local institution into one that Dr. Edward Teller recently ranked with the first 4 engineering schools in the Nation. At the same time Glennan has been extremely active in both local and national affairs. Nationally, he is a member of the Board of the National Science Foundation. He is also chairman of the board of the Institute for Defense Analysis, and a member of the board of directors, Council on Financial Aid to Education, and a member of the General Advisory Committee of the AEC. Locally, he has served as chairman of the Metropolitan Services Commission of Cleveland, which has been concerned with improving government services in the Greater Cleveland area, and in the University Circle plan for the development of a multi-institutional $125 million cultural and educational center in Cleveland. He is also a trustee of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In the world of business, he is a member of the boards of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., the Clevite Corp., Standard Oil (Ohio), and the Harris-Intertype Corp. He has been awarded honorary degrees of doctor of science from Oberlin College, Clarkson College of Technology, and John Carroll University, and the doctor of engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and Fenn College. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of Sigma XI, Tau Beta Phi, and Chi Phi. He is married to the former Ruth Haslup Adams, daughter of the later Dr. Thomas Sewell Adams, the eminent Yale professor and tax authority, for whom he served as a chauffeur while attending Yale. He has four children; the oldest, Thomas Keith Glennan, Jr., is pursuing graduate studies at MIT, Catherine recently graduated from Swarthmore; Pauline is about to graduate from high school, and Sarah from junior high school. Senator JOHNSON. Dr. Glennan, will you proceed? STATEMENT OF T. KEITH GLENNAN, PRESIDENT, CASE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CLEVELAND, OHIO Dr. GLENNAN. Mr. Chairman, after listening to that charge, I think the part of wisdom would be to turn around and go home, but that isn't why I came here, and I would like the privilege of extemporizing a little bit about my background. Others are better able to judge, perhaps, my ability to carry out the task that has been set. My name is Thomas Keith Glennan. I was born in Enderlin, N. Dak., in 1905, September 8. My father, who died in 1940, was a train dispatcher. My mother, now 83, lives in Monrovia, Calif. I was married in 1931 to Ruth Haslup Adams, the daughter of Prof. Thomas Sewell Adams, of Yale. I have 4 children, a boy, Thomas, age 23 and married, and 3 daughters, Kitty, 21; Polly, 17; and Sally, 14. I am a Protestant in religion, a Presbyterian. In politics, I register as a Republican. My education was in the public schools of Eau Claire, Wis., State Teachers College of Eau Claire, Wis., Yale University with a degree in electrical engineering, a bachelor of science in 1927, and I hold honorary doctorates from five institutions. In work experience, I spent 8%1⁄2 years with a subsidiary of the Western Electric Co. directly after finishing college, the Electrical |