Dwayne C.

Brown
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
January 14, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-0547)

RELEASE: 94-9

BROOKS APPOINTED SPACE COMMUNICATIONS DEPUTY AA

NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin announced today the

appointment of Brigadier General Elmer T. Brooks, USAF (Retired),
as the Deputy Associate Administrator for NASA's Office of Space
Communications (OSC), NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.,
effective Jan. 18, 1994.

"Elmer Brooks brings to this position a very strong background

in both management and technical matters," Goldin said. "I am
extremely pleased to be able to select someone of his caliber for
this important assignment."

"Elmer's expertise will be invaluable for the many challenges

our office faces utilizing new telecommunications technologies
during a time of limited funding," said Charles Force, Associate
Administrator for Space Communications.

The OSC is responsible for planning, development and operation

of NASA's worldwide communications, telemetry and data acquisition
activities essential to the success of all NASA flight programs.

Brooks attended Howard University, then received a BA in

zoology and a commission in the Air Force via ROTC from Miami
University, Ohio. He received a MS degree in Administration from
George Washington University and later, completed the Industrial
College of the Armed Forces and the Executive Program of Graduate
School of Business at the University of Virginia.
 In June 1985, Brooks retired from the U.S. Air Force after 30
years of service. During that time he held a variety of positions
including the military assistant to two Secretaries of Defense;
arms control policy-maker and advisor to the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; Deputy Commissioner of the U.S./USSR Standing Consultative
Commission; Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering (nuclear and space systems) and commander
of an Air Force base and major missile unit.
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Brooks also was a flight control technologist for Gemini and

Apollo missions at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, and Research
and Development Personnel Manager at Headquarters, U.S. Air Force.

After leaving military service, Brooks became a consultant for

high technology industry and then, general manager of a private
investment banking firm in London.

He joined NASA in 1988, as Assistant for Special Projects,

Office of the Administrator. He served as the Deputy Associate
Administrator for Management in February 1989 and was appointed as
the Deputy Associate Administrator (Agency Programs) For
Management Systems And Facilities in October 1991. Brooks will
succeed Jerry J. Fitts, who retired from NASA's OSC in early
January.

Brooks, a native of Washington, D.C., is married to the former

Kathryn Casselberry of Dayton, Ohio. They have a daughter and
three sons and reside in Bethesda, Md.
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