November 22, 1960
IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
Launch Operations Directorate
Public Information Office
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
UL 7-4318, UL 7-2861

HYATT NAMED DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION

Abraham Hyatt will become Director of NASA's Office of Program Planning and Evaluation, NASA Administrator T. Keith Glennan announced today. The appointment will be effective December 1, 1960, when Homer J. Stewart, whom he replaces, will return to his professorship at Cal Tech. Mr. Hyatt has been with NASA since its organization in October 1958, and is currently serving as Deputy Director of Launch Vehicle Programs. Before joining NASA, Hyatt was Chief Scientist and Research Analysis Officer of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics. In this capacity, he was largely responsible for long-range planning of the Bureau of Aeronautics. Also while in the Navy, he played a part in preliminary design analysis which led to the Navy's Skystreak and Skyrocket Research Airplanes and the Lark and Polaris Missile.

Hyatt was born in Ukraine, Russia, came to the United States as a small boy and became a naturalized citizen in 1927. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and served in the Marine Corps during World War II.

He and Mrs. Hyatt, the former Grace Holladay, have two daughters and live with the youngest at 1716 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D. C. 

Milton Rosen, currently Assistant Director for Vehicles, will step into Mr. Hyatt's position as Deputy Director of Launch Vehicle Programs.

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