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Isaac T. Gillam

1932–2022

United States

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Isaac Thomas Gillam, IV (February 23, 1932 – December 5, 2022) was an American aerospace engineer. He was director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center from 1977 to 1981 and was the first African American to lead a NASA center.

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