Dr. Wilford B. Poe, was born in 1937 and received his Bachelors degree from the University of Florida

University of Florida

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in 1958. He is the current Vice-President for the Space Systems Group. He focuses on attitude control systems for Space Station Freedom, flight control systems for the Space Shuttle and guidance systems for the Atlas Centaur and Titan 4 launch vehicles.http://www.ece.ufl.edu/people/alumni/profiles.html