Ling, Donald P
Person · USA
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American engineer, headed Bell Labs and Bellcom, key NASA management contractors during the Apollo project.
Donald P. Ling was on the staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories. In 1954 he had co-authored a two-volume report entitled "Command Guidance for a Ballistic Missile." He continued working in this area and later became vice president of Bell Labs and, in 1970, president of Bellcom, Inc., a subsidiary incorporated in 1962. He retired in 1971.