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George Low served as manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office after the Apollo 1 fire in 1967, directing the changes needed to make the spacecraft safe for flight. He introduced failure mode and effects analysis and created the Configuration Control Board to oversee technical changes across the program. Flight Director Glynn Lunney praised his leadership during this critical period.
George Low formed the Low Committee in 1960 to study whether landing humans on the Moon was feasible. The study it produced played a role in President John F. Kennedy's decision to set a national goal of reaching the Moon by the end of the 1960s.
George Low legally changed his name from Georg Michael Löw to George Michael Low during his service in the United States Army in the mid-1940s, at the same time he became a naturalized American citizen. Low was born near Vienna, Austria, in 1926 and emigrated to the United States with his Jewish family after Nazi Germany occupied Austria in 1938.
George Low became NASA deputy administrator in December 1969 and played a significant part in developing the Space Shuttle program, the Skylab program, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. He also served as acting administrator after Thomas O. Paine's resignation.
George Low served as the 14th president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1976 until his death on the 17th of July, 1984. During his presidency he initiated the Rensselaer Technology Park, and RPI later renamed the New York State Center for Industrial Innovation the George M. Low Center for Industrial Innovation.
George Low was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to education and science, with the White House announcing the honor on the 8th of April, 1985. The recognition was posthumous, as Low had died in July 1984.