Honorary Directors

The Honorable Gerald R. Ford 38th U.S. President (1913-2006)

Blanche M. Chaffee (1912-1996)

Donald L. Chaffee (1910-1998)

Donna Chaffee Young (1932-2002)

Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) First Director of NASA

Capt. Eugene A. Cernan (1934-2017)Apollo and Gemini Astronaut

Marty Allen; Chairman Emeritus Gerald R. Ford Foundation

Col. Jack Lousma Skylab and Shuttle Astronaut

W.D. (Frank) Frankforter (1920-2014)cDirector Emeritus, Grand Rapids Museum

Lt. Col. Harold Bode (1929-2017) USAF Chaplain, ret. Chaffee Scholarship Director 1987-2017

Theodore Burba (1942-2020) Chaffee Scholarship Director 1998-2020

Ron Caniff (2015) Superintendent, Kent Intermediate School District

Directors

David L. DeBruyn (1987) Curator Emeritus,Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, Grand Rapids Public Museum

Max Gibbs (1972) Senior Director

Brent Havens (1970) Chaffee Scholar

Mike Karpus (2006) Mlive Media Group

Dale Robertson (2013) President, Grand Rapids Public Museum

Kenneth J. Cott (2014) Grand Valley State University

Glen Swanson (2017) Editor, Liftoff Books

Jack Daleske (2020) Manager, Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium