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DESCRIPTION:Maxwell alumni\, students\, and friends are invited to join gra
 duates and students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science f
 or a virtual forum on Wednesday\, September 2 at 4:00-5:00 p.m. ET. Alumnu
 s Frank Slazer ’80 ECS/’81 BA (PSc)\, Vice President of Strategy and Busin
 ess Development for civil and commercial space programs at Aerojet Rocketd
 yne\, will discuss the critical role Aerojet Rocketdyne is playing in NASA
 ’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission.Frank A. Slazer ’80\, ’81 is Vice 
 President\, Strategy and Business Development for civil and commercial spa
 ce programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne in Canoga Park\, CA. Prior to joining Ae
 rojet Rocketdyne\, Frank served as Vice President\, Space Systems\, for th
 e Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)\, an industry trade organization 
 representing America’s aerospace companies. Frank is a Fellow of the Ameri
 can Astronautical Society (2013) and served as a member of the Dept. of Tr
 ansportation's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC
 ) 2013-2016. Before joining AIA in 2011\, he was with Northrop Grumman Cor
 poration. He began his career as a propulsion engineer on the McDonnell Do
 uglas Delta Launch Vehicle. In addition to his responsibilities with indus
 try\, from 2008 to 2012\, Frank served as President of American Astronauti
 cal Society.&nbsp\;Slazer's education includes both a BS in Aerospace Engi
 neering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a BA in P
 olitical Science from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Full bioR
 egister for the September 2 virtual forumFor questions or more information
  about this online event\, please contact the Maxwell Alumni Office at&nbs
 p\;alum@maxwell.syr.edu.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Propelling NASA’s Perseverance Rover\, Frank Slazer ’80 ’8
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Maxwell alumni\, students\, and friends are
  invited to join graduates and students from the College of Engineering an
 d Computer Science for a virtual forum on Wednesday\, September 2 at 4:00-
 5:00 p.m. ET. Alumnus Frank Slazer ’80 ECS/’81 BA (PSc)\, Vice President o
 f Strategy and Business Development for civil and commercial space program
 s at Aerojet Rocketdyne\, will discuss the critical role Aerojet Rocketdyn
 e is playing in NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission.</p><p><a href
 ="http://cc.syr.edu/FrankSlazer" title="Frank A. Slazer ’80\, ’81">Frank A
 . Slazer ’80\, ’81</a> is Vice President\, Strategy and Business Developme
 nt for civil and commercial space programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne in Canoga
  Park\, CA. Prior to joining Aerojet Rocketdyne\, Frank served as Vice Pre
 sident\, Space Systems\, for the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)\, 
 an industry trade organization representing America’s aerospace companies.
  Frank is a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society (2013) and served
  as a member of the Dept. of Transportation's Commercial Space Transportat
 ion Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) 2013-2016. Before joining AIA in 2011\, h
 e was with Northrop Grumman Corporation. He began his career as a propulsi
 on engineer on the McDonnell Douglas Delta Launch Vehicle. In addition to 
 his responsibilities with industry\, from 2008 to 2012\, Frank served as P
 resident of American Astronautical Society.&nbsp\;Slazer's education inclu
 des both a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the College of Engineering and
  Computer Science and a BA in Political Science from the Maxwell School at
  Syracuse University. <a href="http://cc.syr.edu/FrankSlazer" title="Full 
 bio">Full bio</a></p><p><a href="http://cc.syr.edu/FrankSlazer" title="Reg
 ister for the September 2 virtual forum">Register for the September 2 virt
 ual forum</a></p><p>For questions or more information about this online ev
 ent\, please contact the Maxwell Alumni Office at&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:al
 um@maxwell.syr.edu">alum@maxwell.syr.edu</a>.</p>
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