P From 1981 to 2000, he was president and CEO of the USRA.[6] In 1985, Dr. Coleman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Commission on Space; in 1991, he was appointed by Vice President Dan Quayle to the Space policy Advisory Board. In 2004, he was recognized by Space News, as one of ten "Innovators and visionaries" who "made a difference' in the global space enterprise over the preceding fifteen years".[7][8]