Rocco Petrone

Rocco A. Petrone
Rocco A. Petrone
	Official NASA portrait
Born	Rocco Anthony Petrone; March 31, 1926; Amsterdam, New York, U.S.
Died	August 24, 2006 (aged 80); Palos Verdes Estates, California, U.S.
Education	United States Military Academy, B.S. 1946; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, master's degree in mechanical engineering, 1951;
Occupation(s)	Director of the; Marshall Space Flight Center
Spouse	Ruth Holley Petrone
Children	4

Rocco Anthony Petrone (March 31, 1926 – August 24, 2006) was an American mechanical engineer, U.S. Army officer and NASA official. He served as director of launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) from 1966 to 1969, as Apollo program director at NASA Headquarters from 1969 to 1973, as third director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center from 1973 to 1974, and as NASA Associate Administrator from 1974 until his retirement from NASA in 1975.

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