1. John Royer Garman was a computer engineer, former senior NASA executive and noted key figure of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
11 Facts About Jack Garman
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Jack Garman was born September 11,1944, in Oak Park, Illinois, and attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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Jack Garman graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics and a specialty in Computing.
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Jack Garman chose to specialize in onboard computing and was assigned to the Apollo Guidance Program Section where he worked with MIT, supervising the design and testing of the Apollo Guidance Computer.
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Gene Kranz told Jack Garman: 'I want you to study and write down every possible program alarm whether they can happen or not.
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Apollo 11 went on to land successfully and Jack Garman received an award from NASA for his role in the mission.
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In 2000, Jack Garman left NASA and became a part of the OAO Corporation.
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Two years later OAO was bought by Lockheed Martin and Jack Garman became Lockheed Martin's technical director of NASA services, in charge of technical support for the company's contractual activities with NASA.
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In 1970, Jack Garman was part of the Apollo 13 team awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon.
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Jack Garman was married to the former Susan Hallmark of Los Angeles; they had two daughters.
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Jack Garman died near Houston, Texas, of bone marrow cancer on September 20,2016, at the age of 72.