Thomas J O'Malley (1915 - 2009)

[Joseph Nebus]

From The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/us/12omalley.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

Thomas J. O'Malley, Who Helped Launch Glenn Into Orbit, Dies at 94
By DENNIS HEVESI
Published: November 12, 2009

Thomas J. O'Malley, the aviation engineer who pushed the
button that launched the rocket that carried John Glenn into orbit
in 1962, and who five years later played a major role in reviving
the Apollo moon program after a launching-pad fire killed three
astronauts, died Friday in Cocoa Beach, Fla. He was 94 and lived
in Cocoa Beach.

The cause was pneumonia, his daughter, Kathleen O'Malley,
said.

[ The full article talks in more detail about his Atlas and
Apollo 1 work. ]

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