Is this the dad or the Ferrell Ard above?
May 23, 1997
KSC Contact: Patti Phelps
KSC Release No. 84-97
FERRELL R. ARD JR. HONORED FOR ROLE IN SPACE PROGRAM
Ferrell R. Ard Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell Ard Sr. of Macon, GA, and a graduate of Georgia Tech, was among 49 Space Center (KSC) employees who were honored recently for their exemplary work at the nation's spaceport.
Born in Macon, GA, Ard graduated in 1964 from Lanier High School in Macon. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1964 and a master’s degree in 1969, both in computer engineering from Georgia Tech. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1969-73, and earned the Naval Achievement Medal.
At KSC, Ard is employed by Wang Federal Inc., as a technical manager. He joined the space center in 1983 and was named Systems Analyst of the Year in 1986.
Ard lives in Cocoa Beach, FL.
The Honoree Award is the highest form of recognition bestowed upon an employee by the NASA Space Flight Awareness Program. The 49 employees selected were part of a contingent of some 250 NASA and contractor employees from throughout the space agency being honored for their professional dedication and outstanding achievement in support of the human space flight program.
The Honorees were given a VIP tour of Kennedy Space Center and attended a special reception. Honoring them were several astronauts and senior officials from NASA and the space industry. The Honorees also were taken to a special VIP viewing area to watch the STS-84 launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on May 15.
Kennedy Space Center is the launch site and preferred landing site for NASA's Space Shuttles. STS-84 was the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Crew members on the trip to Mir were Commander Charles J. Precourt, Pilot Eileen Marie Collins, and Mission Specialists C. Michael Foale, Carlos I. Noriega, Edward Tsang Lu, Jean-Francois Clervoy of the European Space Agency, and Elena V. Kondakova of the Russian Space Agency. Foale replaced astronaut and Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis after an approximate four-month stay on the Russian space station.
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/release/1997/84-97.htm
looks like the same dude
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