Warren C. KELLIHER

Warren loved his work at NASA but still had time for his family. Warren lost his wife, (Pat), 6 years ago, but still continued to discuss weekly with his family. We did not understand what he was doing at NASA but knew it was important. We will truly miss Warren as a family member.

Professionally, Warren Kelliher was an organic chemist who was extraordinarily dedicated to NASA and space research, always endeavoring to develop better ways of making complex measurements on other planets for exploring the universe. On Viking, he was the NASA engineer made responsible for an x-ray instrument which accomplished the first compositional measurements of martian soil in the history of mankind.

In his younger years, he was an excellent player on both the basketball...

Serving Langley Research Center for nearly 49 years with 3 patents, the Mission Viking elemental analyzer and a new miniature borehole probe to his credit, Warren Kelliher was one of NASA's truly brilliant minds. He dreamed of adding a 2nd successful space mission to his career.
Warren was my cherished friend and mentor of 24 years, and I will miss him dearly. A kind man with multidisciplinary expertise, Warren regularly spoke with some of the greatest scientists of the Apollo and...

Warren was one of the best physicists I ever knew----and one of the hardest workers at NASA. I'll miss his enthusiasm.