These pictures of NASA’s Rockwell contractors were taken by Fred Cordia between 1968 and 1972. Rockwell worked on the S-II stage of the Saturn V rocket. Unlike the other LVO contractors listed on this website, Rockwell did not work on ASTP, so the photographs are different and come from a slightly earlier time.
Following each picture is a list of the people in the photos. You will note some of the individuals have not been identified.
If you know the name of any of the people in the pictures, 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, first specify the picture (e.g., Rockwell #1), then specify both row and identifying information before specifying the name. For instance, in the middle row, the man close to the left with the yellow shirt would be “Rockwell #1, Kneeling/Squatting, Man with yellow shirt and dark tie, is Joe Blow.”
Rockwell Picture #1
This picture and the following picture (Rockwell #2) appear to have been taken on the same day (same wardrobe options), but in two different locations and formations.
S-II Launch Crew (Rockwell)
Note: The second person in on the front row above (to the left of the man with the yellow shirt) appears to be kneeling, but was classified below as part of the “Sitting” row below because of his location.
| Standing – Left to Right | Kneeling/Squatting | Sitting (Front Row) |
| Roy Masters | ?? | ?? |
| ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Wilson Behney | ?? | Gerry Sheehan |
| Egon Radzins | ?? | Egon Radzins |
| Ed Carpenter | ?? | Don Shrader |
| Roger Lyons | ?? | Phil Barteau |
| ?? | ?? | Fred Cordia |
| Doug Marshall | Molly Guadaloupe | John Perry |
| Spencer Earnhardt | Rich Robitaille | Ken Meecham |
| ?? | Don Stibich | |
| ?? | Byron Andrews | |
| Don Hendrix | Norm Mayeda | |
| Russ Brown | Ray Jones | |
| ?? | ||
| Hal Crawford | ||
| Herm Billings | ||
| Art Edwards | ||
| Will Miner | ||
| Larry Gladu | ||
| Chuck Weidrich | ||
| Pierre Schoener | ||
| Ray Reedy | ||
| John Plowden | ||
| ?? | ||
| Bob Gordon | ||
| Chuck Beckner |
Rockwell Picture #2
S-II Launch Crew (Rockwell)
| Standing – Left to Right | Kneeling/Squatting | Sitting |
| Roy Masters | Roger Lyons | John Perry |
| Bob Tubielewicz | Don Hendrix | Don Shrader |
| Egon Radzins | ?? | Byron Andrews |
| Norm Mayeda | Wilson Behney | |
| Russ Brown | ?? | |
| Bill Moore | ?? | |
| ?? | Molly Guadaloupe | Lying Down |
| Chuck Weidrich | Rich Robitaille | ?? |
| Larry Gladu | Don Stibich | |
| ?? | Chuck Beckner | |
| Pierre Schoener | Hal Roper | |
| Will Miner | Phil Barteau | |
| Ray Jones | ||
| ?? | ||
| ?? | ||
| Bob Gordon | ||
| Hal Crawford | ||
| Spencer Earnhardt | ||
| Gerry Sheehan | ||
| ?? | ||
| ?? | ||
| Ken Meecham | ||
| ?? | ||
| Art Edwards | ||
| Ed Carpenter | ||
| ?? | ||
| Ray Reedy |
Rockwell Picture #3
S-II Launch Crew (Rockwell)
| Standing – Left to Right | Kneeling/Squatting |
| Fred Cordia | ?? |
| Herm Billings | Byron Andrews |
| Bill Moore | Bob Pierce |
| Ron Smith | Molly Guadaloupe |
| Ray Jones | Russ Brown |
| ?? | Danny Miyashiro |
| Doug Marshall | Don Hendrix |
| ?? | Rich Robitaille |
| Dave Cleland | Lloyd Stephens |
| Frand DeMattia | Bob Gordon |
| Art Edwards | Bill McKee |
| Will Miner | |
| Wayne Robinson | |
| Hank DuBois | |
| Paul Rodden | |
| Kieth Milbrandt | |
| Norm Mayeda | |
| Bob Roderick | |
| Tom Martin | |
| Hal Crawford | |
| Ed Rodgers | |
| ?? | |
| Hank Dinneno |
I believe my dad, Chuck Beckner, is in the 2nd picture kneeling behind the guy in the red shirt. I’d know those ears anywhere. He is currently living in Noblesville, Indiana.
Thanks for the extra names and the correction. We’re currently getting that straightened out.
Pretty busy now. I was not in any of these because some of us had to stay on station and get the work done. Chuck Beckner (now living in Ohio) is on the right end, back row. Wilson Behney is the third one from the left standing and Bob Thatcher is the sixth from the left in the first photo.