Robert Nysmith

NYSMITH ROBERT NYSMITH Robert Nysmith, a former NASA Associate Administrator of Management and engineer died at his home in Reston, Virginia on August 11, 2010. Mr. Nysmith joined NASA in 1958 as an engineer, working on the effect of meteoroids on the skin of space craft. He worked on the Space Shuttle at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California and pursued a PhD at Stanford. In 1974, Mr. Nysmith was transferred to NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. He attended Harvard''s Advanced Management Program and received the NASA Leadership Medal. Robert Nysmith was born in Kansas in 1935 and attended the University of Kansas. He was a founder and owner, with his wife, Carole of The Nysmith School for the Gifted in Herndon, Virginia. Survivors include his wife, his son, Kenneth, who is Head of Nysmith School and his son, Curtis, formerly a New York City prosecutor and presently a business owner in Los Angeles. He also left a daughter-in-law, Linda, and three grandchildren, Alexander, Kurtis, and Kristine. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on September 25 at The Nysmith School for the Gifted. The address is 13625 EDS Drive, Herndon, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The American Cancer Society.