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ship at the beginning of 1979. In the early 1960's he had served two 

 uniformed tours of duty with the committee on assignment from the 

 Army Corps of Engineers (see pages 118-121), specializing in construc- 

 tion and budgeting matters. He moved up slowly but steadily in the 

 committee hierarchy. 



When Teague became chairman, in 1973, he wanted an astronaut 

 as his executive director. But former astronaut Swigert, recognizing 

 Colonel Gould's administrative ability, persuaded Teague to name him 

 as his deputy director in mid-1975. Then when Swigert went off to 

 make his unsuccessful race for the U.S. Senate in Colorado, Mosher 

 became the third executive director in September 1977, with Colonel 

 Gould remaining as deputy director. Teague's decision in 1977 indi- 

 cated a faith in Colonel Gould's competence in administration, but 

 also a desire to extend the concept that the top post required someone 

 with closer ties with the scientific community. 



MUTUAL TRUST 



Colonel Gould started his first tour of duty with the committee 

 the same year that Fuqua began his service in Congress and on the 

 committee — in 1963. Because Fuqua's central interest and specialty 

 on the committee had been NASA, over a period of 16 years he had 

 developed a good working relationship with Colonel Gould. Both 

 men could anticipate how they each reacted. It was not unexpected 

 when Fuqua tapped Colonel Gould to move up to become the com- 

 mittee's fourth executive director early in 1979. 



At the age of 61, an avid golfer. Colonel Gould believes in keeping 

 the troops happv by having all channels open and insuring that har- 

 mony reigns within the chain of command. His transition from deputy 

 director to his new post was easy and painless; he did not even change 

 offices. Colonel Gould announced at a staff meeting that one of his 

 first decisions was to abolish his own former job of deputy director. 



GENERAL COUNSEL 



After having served on the staff of the select committee which 

 preceded the Science Committee, and also for many years as staff 

 director of the Science, Research and Technology Subcommittee, 

 Philip B. Yeager (see page 133) was promoted in 1979 to the post of 

 general counsel of the full committee. Unlike the connotation of the 

 title, the new office did not make Yeager the chief "legal officer" of the 

 committee. Rather, his responsibilities included principal authority 

 for following and perfecting legislation as it moved through the com- 

 mittee, and its relationship with executive agencies — especially the 



