What is James M. Beggs?
{{Infobox officeholder | image = James M. Beggs, official NASA photo.jpg | name = James M. Beggs | order = 6th | office = Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration | term_start = July 10, 1981 | term_end = December 4, 1985 (''de facto'') <br> February 26, 1986 (''de jure'') | president = [[Ronald Reagan]] | predecessor = [[Robert A. Frosch]] | successor = [[James C. Fletcher]] | birth_name = James Montgomery Beggs | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|1|9}} | birth_place = [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|4|23|1926|1|9}} | death_place = [[Bethesda, Maryland]], U.S. | spouse = Mary Harrison | alma_mater = [[United States Naval Academy]]<br>[[Harvard University]] | occupation = businessman, consultant, administrator | children = 5 }} '''James Montgomery Beggs''' (January 9, 1926 &ndash; April 23, 2020) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 6th Administrator of [[NASA]]. He was nominated by [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]] on June 1, 1981. Beggs took his oath of office and entered the post on July 10, 1981, serving until December 4, 1985. Beggs died on April 23, 2020 at the age of 94 at his home in [[Bethesda, Maryland]] of [[congestive heart failure]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=55632 |title=NASA Administrator Statement on Passing of Former Administrator James Beggs |access-date=2020-04-26 |archive-date=2020-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520145543/http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=55632%2F |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *''Portions of this article are based on [[public domain]] text from [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Biographies/beggs.html NASA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714115217/https://www.hq.