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    Willis Harlow Shapley (March 2, 1917 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil servant best known as the third-ranking administrator for NASA during the...
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    of a habitable zone. Shapley was born on a farm five miles outside Nashville, Missouri, to Willis and Sarah (née Stowell) Shapley. He went to school in...
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  • daughter of Harlow and Martha Willis Shapley (1917–2005), American administrator for NASA, son of Harlow and Martha Lloyd Shapley (1923–2016), Nobel-winning...
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    Committee on Symbolic Activities for the First Lunar Landing and appointed Willis Shapley as the chair on February 25. Paine instructed the committee to select...
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  • to Mildred and Ralph Matthews and is the eldest granddaughter of Harlow Shapley. Matthews completed her undergraduate degree in Physics at Carleton College...
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  • Mildred Shapley Matthews also became a noted astronomer, her son Willis Shapley became an administrator at NASA, and another son Lloyd Shapley became a...
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    Willis Winter Bradley Jr. (June 28, 1884 – August 27, 1954) was a mid-20th-century American Naval officer, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, Naval Governor...
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    Schneider Russell L. Schweickart David R. Scott Robert C. Seamans Willis H. Shapley Albert F. Siepert Donald K. Slayton Thomas P. Stafford Gerald M. Truszynski...
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  • Stowell Shapley (November 3, 1875 – August 16, 1959) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 32nd Naval Governor of Guam. Shapley served as...
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  • American physician known for getting convicted for body snatching Willis Shapley (1917–2005), NASA executive William Shubrick (1790–1874), rear admiral...
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