Another milestone has been made in the lives of our Curatorial personnel. Now, Ed Cornitius has officially entered among the "elitist" who without consideration of a time clock or watch, has "extra" moments for doing "extra" things. After 30 years of service at NASA-JSC, Ed is totally in charge of what he will be doing (except for whatever Merle says).

Ed was born here in Houston. He then began his career in private industry with Northrop Services at JSC (later to become Lockheed Martin). He worked first as a Lunar Sample Processor and has many untold stories of the days of lunar sample return. Later he worked as a Engineer-Supervisor for the Operations Group of the Curatorial Facilities. Some of his duties have included: Laboratory Technician in the Lunar Receiving Laboratories (documented and prepared lunar samples for scientific investigation), Supervisor of the Lunar Laboratories, Supervisor of Operations (maintenance and laboratory operations), Safety Officer and many other.

His expertise and years of knowledge will certainly be missed. Ed and Merle plan on traveling and doing many other things of interest that have been delayed for years. We hope the very best for you both.