Schneider Credit - NASA

Personal: Male. Born in USA.

William C. Schneider joined NASA in June 1963. He was the Gemini Mission Director for seven of the ten manned Gemini missions. From 1967-1968, he served as NASA Apollo Mission Director and Apollo Program Deputy Director for Missions. He then served from 1968-1974 as the Skylab Program Director. He then worked as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Transportation Systems for almost four years. From 1978-1980, he served as the Associate Administrator for Space Tracking and Data Systems. He received a Ph.D. in engineering from the Catholic University.