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DATE: SUNDAY, March 29, 1992                   TAG: 9203290071
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

JAMES WEBB, EX-NASA CHIEF, DIES AT AGE 85

James Webb, 85, head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1961 to 1968, died Friday at Georgetown University Hospital after a heart attack. He had Parkinson's disease.

Webb had a long career in both public service and private industry. During the Truman administration, he was director of the Budget Bureau and an undersecretary of state.

After spending the Eisenhower years in private industry, he was named chief of NASA by Vice President Lyndon Johnson. His first mandate, which he received from President Kennedy, was to put a man on the moon.

Though he stepped down as administrator a year before Apollo touched down on the lunar surface, he was credited with laying the groundwork for that epic event.

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