Dr. Charles Elachi, JPL Director since May 2001, was honored in 1990 for his 20 years of service to JPL. At that time, he was Assistant Laboratory Director for the Office of Space Science and Instruments. Dr. Lew Allen, then Director of JPL, is shown on the right congratulating Dr. Elachi.

For more information about the history of the Director's Office, please contact the JPL Archives or see the exhibit "Faces of Leadership: the Directors of JPL" which can be seen on-line at http://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/exhibits/directors/index.htm.