Sigurd_A._Sjoberg
Sigurd Arnold Sjoberg (September 2, 1919 — March 26, 2000) was the deputy director for the Manned Spacecraft Center from 1972 to 1979. Before his deputy director tenure, Sjoberg started his space career in 1942 with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. As a member of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory until the end of the 1950s, Sjoberg worked in aerodynamics and primarily conducted research. For his flight operations career, Sjoberg joined the Langley Research Center and Space Task Group in 1959.
After four years at Langley, Sjoberg was the deputy director for the MSC's flight operations department throughout the remainder of the 1960s. He also was the flight operations department's director from 1969 to 1972. While at NASA, Sjoberg worked on Project Mercury, Project Gemini and Project Apollo before leaving NASA in 1979. During the 1970s, some awards that Sjoberg received include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, NASA Distinguished Service Medal and Space Flight Award. He also became a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.