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Thomas J. Kelly is an American cancer researcher whose work focuses on the molecular mechanisms of DNA replication. Kelly is director of the Sloan-Kettering Institute, the basic research arm of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He holds the Center's Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Cancer Research.
Thomas Joseph Kelly (June 14, 1929 – March 23, 2002) was an American aerospace engineer. Kelly primarily worked on the Apollo Lunar Module , which earned him the name of "Father of the Lunar Module" from NASA.
Mar 27, 2002 · Thomas J. Kelly, the engineer who led the team that designed and built the spacecraft that landed Apollo astronauts on the Moon, died on Saturday at his home in Cutchogue, N.Y., on Long...
As chief engineer, manager of spacecraft assembly and testing, and engineering manager, he was the engineering leader in the development of the Lunar Module, and, based on his accomplishments, he earned the unofficial title, “Father of the Lunar Module.”
Thomas J. Kelly was the engineer who led the team that designed and built the Lunar Module (LM) that landed Apollo astronauts on the Moon. And for his outstanding contributions to NASA’s Apollo Program, he became known as “the Father of the Lunar Module.”
NAME: Thomas Joseph Kelly. ORAL HISTORY: 19 September 2000. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Biography. Thomas J. Kelly earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, and his master's degree in the same field from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
