<p>Dr. Evelyn Anderson (center) wins a 1964 Federal Woman's Award. She was the third NASA woman to win the award, and is joined by the two previous NASA awardees: Eleanor Pressly (left) and Dr. Nancy Grace Roman (right).
</p><p>Dr. Anderson (1899–1985) headed a research unit on neuroendocrinology at NASA's Ames Research Center from 1962–1969. (Source: &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Publications/Journals/Physiologist/1980-1989/1985/December.pdf">http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Publications/Journals/Physiologist/1980-1989/1985/December.pdf</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.the-aps.org/mm/Publications/Journals/Physiologist/198...&lt;/a&gt;)
</p><p>Eleanor Pressly won a 1963 Federal Woman's Award for her pioneering work in the development of sounding rockets and was the Head of the Vehicles Section of the Spacecraft Integration and Sounding Rocket Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (Source: &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00313R000100250003-1.pdf">https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00313R000100250003-1.pdf</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP84-00313R0001...&lt;/a&gt;)
</p><p>Dr. Nancy Grace Roman won a 1962 Federal Woman's Award and was NASA's first Chief of Astronomy.
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