David Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                March 16, 1990
(Phone:  202/453-8400)


RELEASE:  90-42

GODDARD TROPHY CEREMONY PLANNED AT WHITE HOUSE



     Vice President Dan Quayle, in a special White House ceremony 
on March 19, will make a special presentation of the Dr. Robert 
H. Goddard Memorial Trophy to the 1990 winner Dr. Lew Allen, 
Director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., 
and Vice President of the California Institute of Technology.


     Dr. Allen received the 1990 award "For distinguished and 
significant contributions to the Nation's advancement in space, 
earlier by service with the Air Force and the strategic defense 
of the country, and currently by leadership with NASA in the 
assurance of United States preeminence in planetary exploration."


     The Goddard Trophy, premier award of the National Space Club 
and the aerospace industry, was established in 1958 and is 
presented each year at the Goddard Memorial Dinner.  The 
recipient of this award is selected annually by the Board of 
Governors of the National Space Club.

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