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An aeronautical and nuclear engineer involved with the early American space program.
Finger joined NACA (National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics) in 1944 as an aeronautical research scientist at the Lewis
facility (now renamed the Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland. Having gained experience
working with compressors and in nuclear engineering projects, he became head of
the nuclear radiation shielding group and the nuclear
propulsion design analysis group in 1957. The following year, he was appointed
chief of the nuclear engine program at NASA Headquarters, and by 1962 had become
director of nuclear systems. From 1967 to 1969, Finger was NASA’s associate administrator
for organization and management before taking up a government post in housing
and urban development.
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