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Robert C. Horton is an American engineer who has worked in the aerospace industry for over 60 years. He is best known for his work on the Apollo program, where he was responsible for the design and development of the Saturn V rocket. He also worked on the Space Shuttle program, and was the chief engineer for the development of the Space Shuttle Main Engine. Horton was born in Tonopah, Nevada, and attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1949. He then went on to earn a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1951. Horton began his career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where he worked on the development of the Atlas rocket. He then moved to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where he worked on the Saturn V rocket. He was the chief engineer for the development of the Saturn V's first stage, and was responsible for the design and development of the rocket's second and third stages. Horton was also involved in the development of the Space Shuttle Main Engine, and was the chief engineer for the development of the engine. He was also responsible for the design and development of the Space Shuttle's external tank. Horton has been awarded numerous honors for his work, including the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, and the National Space Club's Goddard Memorial Trophy. He was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 1988. Horton is now retired and lives in Huntsville, Alabama. He is 88 years old.

Popular As Robert Carlton Horton
Occupation Mining engineer
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 25 July, 1926
Birthday 25 July
Birthplace Tonopah, Nevada, U.S.
Date of death (2014-03-15)
Died Place N/A
Nationality United States

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His wife is Beverly Burhans ​ ​(m. 1952; died 2008)​

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1985

Horton received an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1985 from the University of Nevada, Reno.

1981

In 1981, Horton moved to Washington, D.C. after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan as the director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He served in the role from September 1981 to July 1987.

1956

Horton and his twin brother, Richard, ran consecutive bids for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1956 and 1958, and were both defeated by the incumbent Walter S. Baring Jr.

Horton then worked at the Nevada Bureau of Mines at the University of Nevada from 1956 to 1966. He started as an assistant mining engineer, then became a mining engineer, and finally served as the administrative head and associate director of the bureau in 1965. At the University of Nevada, he also served as chairman of the University Council and starting in 1959, he served as secretary of the Nevada Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. He then worked as a vice president for three different corporations responsible for exploration, drilling and production of petroleum in eastern Nevada. He then worked for Meiser Enterprises as chief of construction. Horton next worked for Bendix Corporation as a geologist at its Bendix Field Engineering Corporation in Reno. He later moved to Grand Junction, Colorado headquarters to work as the geology director of the entire Bendix Corporation.

1952

In 1952, Horton married his high school sweetheart Beverly Burhans (d. 2008) of Winnemucca, Nevada. Together, they had three daughters: Debra, Robin and Cindy.

1949

Horton served as a geological assistant with the U.S. Geological Survey between 1949 and 1950. In late 1950, Horton founded a consulting firm called United Engineers in Reno.

1926

Robert Carlton Horton (July 25, 1926 – March 15, 2014) was an American mining engineer. He served as the 17th director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines.

Robert Carlton Horton was born on July 25, 1926, with his identical twin brother, Richard Wingfield Horton, to Eathal and Frank E. Horton in Tonopah, Nevada. Frank E. Horton owned the Weepah Mine in Esmeralda County, Nevada in the 1920s and 1930s, and had previously owned the Diamondfield Daisy Mine in Goldfield, Nevada. He attended primary schools in Reno, Nevada and Unionville, Nevada. He graduated from Humboldt County High School in 1944. Horton then moved back to Reno and attended the University of Nevada, Reno and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mining engineering in 1949. He then earned a professional engineer distinction.

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