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The following images show IBM contractors at KSC at a “Thank You” ceremony after the ASTP launch.  Although there is a small amount of overlap between the two pictures (the right side of the top picture overlaps with the left side of the bottom picture), each person has been numbered once and only once.  Following the picture is a list of the numbers with the corresponding individual’s name.  You will note many of the individuals have not been identified.

If you know the name of any of the people in the picture, please contact us, either by email (see the floating tab on the left side of the page) or by the online comments (see the bottom of the page).   When identifying an individual, specify the number before specifying the name.  If you are using email, please also state the page title, “IBM”.

IBM Contractors, left side of picture

IBM Contractors, left side of picture

IBM Contractors, right side of picture

IBM Contractors, right side of picture

 IBM Contractor Names

1 L. Solano 31 Jim Royer 61
2 Elsie ? 32 Larry Moxley 62 Tommy Santos
3 33 Paul Donnelly, NASA 63
4 Heghkovich 34 Harry Mitchell 64
5 35 65
6 36 Richard Gragg 66
7 Clancy Boswell 37 Don Elder 67
8 Harold Thompson 38 John Wasko 68
9 39 Kathy King 69
10 Babcock 40 Mary Ann Ducharme 70 Dennis Solo
11 Peggy Gray 41 71
12 Ron Lindner 42 72
13 Tom “Chico” Cimafranca 43 73
14 Henry “Hank” Bearden 44 John Weaver 74
15 45 John Favor 75 Ed Witt
16 46 Cliff Rainey 76 Don Whittaker
17 47 Joe Elder 77
18 Nellie Parrish 48 78 John Romaine
19 49 Lou Rhode 79 Joe Quigley
20 Jerry Freetly 50 80 George Boyle
21 Dr. Hans Gruene, NASA 51 81 Bill Batty
22 52 Lou Celender 82 Bill Scott
23 Isom “Ike” Rigell, NASA 53 83 Rodney Olson
24 Bruce Hoskins 54 84 John Washburn
25 George Smith 55 85 Earl Corley
26 Rick Mingus 56 86 Sam Hayes
27 Robert E. Ehrhardt Jr. 57 Rex Hinton 87
28 Ken Clark 58 Dave Batson 88 Bill Behmer
29 Dick Nelson 59 Bruce McCloud 89
30 Walt Kapryan, NASA 60 Tom Knighton 90 Jim Bedillion

Comments

IBM — 14 Comments

  1. Hello,
    What a wonderful tribute to the nameless heroes who worked to put a man on the Moon. My father, Joe Quigley, is barely visible in this photo, but he is most assuredly number 79. It will be nice to see his name listed with his co-workers. He pasted away in December 2015. I miss him. Thanks for creating and maintaining this page.

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  2. Hi and thanks! I just received this from my youngest sister Mollie. Number 36 is our dad, Richard David Gragg, Jr., who concluded twenty years of military service in 1965. He and our mother, Rita Schulterbrandt Gragg, raised us (Meccia, Vance, Nigel, Isdra, me, Viet and Mollie) in Cocoa Beach, Florida, from 1965-1975, while he worked for IBM at the Kennedy Space Center. He retired again in 1986, this time from IBM Owego, NY.

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  4. number 20 is my Dad Jerry Freetly. I wanted to take him back to the cape some time soon. Does anybody know who I could talk to. I wanted to get him a tour. He is 84 so I think it would be great for him to go back and visit.

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    • Hi, my name is Barbara Kovac (Turpin) My Father is Robert Marcum Turpin…while discussing the movie ” Hidden Figures” your name came up. I barely remember you and your family but I would love to get you and my father in touch with each other. He speaks so highly of you and hopes to be able to re-connect with you. My email is sunshineray3@att.net… I am Barbi Kay on Facebook, and my phone number is 248-376-8965…I hope and pray that you and your family are doing well during this trying pandemic time. I hope to speak with you soon. Sincerely Barbara Kay Kovac ( Turpin) P.S. My father has moved back to his birthplace in Michigan, near my family

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