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founder of the International Space University (ISU), Todd Hawley
served as the university's first chief executive officer and as
a faculty member in the Space Humanities Department. He successfully
managed ISU from a start-up organization to a global enterprise.
Todd Hawley attended George Washington University,
where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Studies
and Economics and his Master of Arts degree in Space Policy.
While an undergraduate, Mr. Hawley started the
local chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development
of Space (SEDS) and later became the Chairman of SEDS (1983 -
1985). With Peter Diamandis and Bob Richards, he founded the Space
Generation Foundation and served as its first executive director.
Mr. Hawley conducted extensive research on solar
power satellites. He received the 1989 Space Industrialization
Fellowship Award, the 1988 Aviation Week and Space Technology
Laurel, the 1993 Space Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award, and
the 1995 K. E. Tsiolkovsky Medal.
Todd Hawley passed away in July 1995 from complications
due to AIDS.
"No man that does not see visions
will ever realize any high hope or
undertake any high enterprise."
--Woodrow Wilson
Todd was a visionary who believed in humanity's
capability to open the space frontier as described by Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky and Gerard K. O'Neill. He dedicated his life to fulfilling
this vision, and in the process touched the lives of thousands
of space leaders and entrepreneurs.
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