Sean O'Keefe is the chief executive of the North American division of EADS, the European aerospace firm, and a former administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Mr. O'Keefe was a passenger on a small plane that crashed in southwest Alaska on Aug. 9, 2010, along with his son. Five of the nine people onboard were killed in the crash, including former Senator Ted Stevens...

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Mr. O'Keefe was also criticized for his decision after the Columbia disaster to cancel a repair mission to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope, a decision his successor reversed.

In December 2004, Mr. O'Keefe resigned from NASA and announced he was taking a job as chancellor of the Louisiana State University, a post from which he resigned three years later....

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