HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10071997 - C18 IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 97/SO9
DR. STEPHEN K. ROBINSON AS A
NASA ASTRONAUT AND FOR HIS
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE SPACE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, DR. STEPHEN K. ROBINSON was selected by NASA in December 1994 and after a year
of training at the Johnson Space Center was assigned to the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory for the Astronaut
Office Computer Support Branch; and
WHEREAS, DR. STEPHEN K. ROBINSON was selected by NASA to be a mission specialist as one of the
six member crew of STS-85 during Discovery's twelve day space flight i ,August 1997; and
WHEREAS, DR. STEPHEN K. ROBINSON as a member of the Discovery team deployed and retrieved
a large satellite to examine the Earth's ozone layer, and tested robotic arms designed for use in building and
maintaining a planned international space station which many nations will use for research; and
WHEREAS, DR. STEPHEN K. ROBINSON started work for NASA in 1975 as a student co-op at the
Ames Research Center becoming a research scientist and in 1990 was selected as Chief of the Experimental Flow
Physics Branch at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia)with responsibility for eight wind tunnels
and an engineering staff engaged in aerodynamics and fluids research; and
WHEREAS, DR. STEPHEN K. ROBINSON graduated from Campolindo High School in Moraga,received
a BS degree from the University of California at Davis, and an MS degree and Doctorate in mechanical engineering
with a minor in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County does hereby
honor and commend
DR. STEPHEN K. ROBINSON
PASSED by vote of the Board of Supervisors members present on this 7th day of October, 1997.
INTRODUCED BY:
GAYLE KEMA IM RfC)GFAS
District II Supervisor Aistrict I Supe sor
(absent) ��-�A�CC
DONNA GERBER MARK DESAULNIER, Chair
District III Supervisor District IV Supervisor
O ANCIAMILLA
istrict V Supervisor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of an Order entered into the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator and Clerk of the
Board of Supervis rs.
By. C
Deputy Clerk