Harris Schurmeier
Harris McIntosh "Bud" Schurmeier | |
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Schurmeier c. 1980 | |
| Born | July 4, 1924 |
| Died | November 23, 2013 (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | Caltech (BS 1945, MS 1948, EngD 1949) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | aerospace engineering |
| Institutions | JPL |
| Thesis | An Investigation of the Interference Effects of a Sting Support System on the Pressure Distribution over a Body of Revolution (1949) |
| Doctoral advisors | Richard William Bell |
Harris McIntosh "Bud" Schurmeier (July 4, 1924 – November 23, 2013) was an American aerospace engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, best known as the project manager of the Ranger lunar program and Voyager program to the outer planets. After the first six Ranger spacecraft failed, Schurmeier implemented new quality control and testing procedures that led to three consecutive successful missions from 1964 to 1965. He later served as Voyager's first project manager from 1972 to 1976.