
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 31, 1992                   TAG: 9203310086
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

NASA LOSING ANOTHER TOP OFFICIAL

William B. Lenoir announced Monday his resignation as the head of NASA's manned flight activities, joining his boss in leaving the agency.

The resignation was announced as Administrator Richard Truly prepared to leave NASA at the behest of the White House. Truly's last day is today; Lenoir's resignation is effective May 4.

Their departures remove the two highest-ranking former astronauts from managing the agency. After the Challenger disaster in 1986, a major recommendation of the White House-appointed Rogers Commission, was that more astronauts should be involved in running the agency.

Lenoir and Truly had left the agency and returned after Challenger to management jobs.

There was no hint in NASA's announcement that Lenoir was leaving because Truly lost his job. Nor did it say what Lenoir will do.

by CNB