John M. Klineberg
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John Michael Klineberg was an American aerospace engineer and NASA official who directed two of the agency's field centers. He began his NASA career as a research engineer at the Ames Research Center
Portrait in 1990
Klineberg accepts the Collier Trophy for NASA in 1988
Director John F. McCarthy Jr. with deputy director Klineberg (1980)
Klineberg signing a contract at Glenn Research Center (1980)
1973 oil crisis
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In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against countries that had supported Israel at any point during the 1973
John M. Klineberg
…to NASA Headquarters, where he helped develop the Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program, a federal effort to reduce aviation fuel consumption after the 1973 oil crisis. He became deputy director of NASA's Lewis Research Center in 1979 and served as its sixth director from 1987 to 1990. Under Klineberg, the center…
A father and son hold up their sign saying "Gas Stealers Beware, we're loaded for bear" during the Oil Crisis
Gasoline ration stamps printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1974, but not used
Gas stations abandoned during the crisis were sometimes used for other purposes. This station at Potlatch, Washington, was turned into a revival hall.
A woman in Oregon uses wood in a fireplace for heat. An October 1973 newspaper headline before her tells of the community's lack of heating oil.