Jack Boyd in his office

Prince Willem Alexander (Crown Prince of the Netherlands) visits Ames shown here with Jack Boyd

British royalty visits Ames; Prince Andrew, Duke of York greeted by Jack Boyd, Executive Assistant of Center Director

President George W. Bush lands at Moffett Field, CA aboard Air Force One. Is greeted by Bill Berry and Jack Boyd

President George W. Bush lands at Moffett Field, CA. Is greeted by Colonel James T. Williams, Cammander, 129th Rescue Wing California Air National Guard and NASA Ames Executive Assistant Jack Boyd

At Dr Hans Mark; Ames Director 1969-1977 farewell party are (left to right) Alan Chambers, Dale Compton, Jack Boyd, Hans Mark, Lloyd Jones, and John Dusterberry.

President George W. Bush lands at Moffett Field, CA. Is greeted by NASA Ames' Deputy Director William (Bill) Berry and NASA Ames Executive Assistant Jack Boyd.

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe comes to Ames for employee briefing and tour. N-200 Directors hall; L-R: O'Keefe, Jack Boyd, Dr Henry McDonald

NASA Advisory Council Meeting at NASA Ames Research Center NRP Conference Center. Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator, Marion Blakey, Chair, Aeronautics Committee and Jack Boyd, Ames Senior Advisor to Center Director/Historian

Ames 70 Year Anniversary Exhibit in downtown Mountain View, California. Grand Opening at Meyer Appliance, Castro Street. Ribbon Cutting ceremony for exhibit, With Jack Boyd, Mt View Mayor, Lewis Braxton III and

Ames 70 Year Anniversary Exhibit in downtown Mountain View, California. Grand Opening at Meyer Appliance, Castro Street. Ribbon Cutting ceremony for exhibit, With Jack Boyd, Mt View Mayor, Lewis Braxton III and

Ames 70 Year Anniversary Exhibit in downtown Mountain View, California. Grand Opening at Meyer Appliance, Castro Street. Ribbon Cutting ceremony for exhibit, With Jack Boyd, Mt View Mayor, Lewis Braxton III and

Ames 70 Year Anniversary Exhibit in downtown Mountain View, California. Grand Opening at Meyer Appliance, Castro Street. Jack Boyd, Ames Special Advisor to the Director and Historian, gives a brief hisory.

Ames 70 Year Anniversary Exhibit in downtown Mountain View, California. Grand Opening at Meyer Appliance, Castro Street. Jack Boyd, Ames Special Advisor to the Director and Historian, gives a brief hisory.

Ames 70 Year Anniversary Exhibit in downtown Mountain View, California. Grand Opening at Meyer Appliance, Castro Street. Jack Boyd, Ames educates the younger generation at the exhibit on wind tunnel models

Ames 70 Year Anniversary Exhibit in downtown Mountain View, California. Grand Opening at Meyer Appliance, Castro Street. Jack Boyd, Ames Special Advisor to the Director and Historian, gives a brief hisory.

Ames hosts Press Event for talk with STS-135 Astronauts onboard the Space Shuttle. Jack Boyd, Ames speaks with KGO reporter Jeanne Lynch.

Jack Boyd, Special Assistant to the Center Director (center) and The Honorable George P. Schultz during a Visit and tour of Ames Research Center.

Jack Boyd greeting VIP visitors to NASA Ames Research Center Top left to right; His Royal Highness (HRH) Prince Andrew, Duke of York (AC02-0028 series) Senator Newt Gingrich (AC00-0032 series) Singer John Denver (AC85-0686 series) Middle; Prince Willem Alexander, Crown Prince of the Netherlands (AC99-0013 series) Bottom left to right; United States President George G.W. Bush (ACD02-0082 series), Actor and Diplomat Shirley Temple Black (AC99-0071 series). Air Force Test Pilot Charles 'Chuck' Yeager AC98-0204 series).

Ames 70 Year Anniversary Exhibit in downtown Mountain View, California. Grand Opening at Meyer Appliance, Castro Street. Left to right Lewis Braxton III, Ames Deputy Center Director, Mr Meyer III, and Jack Boyd, Ames awaiting the opening ceremony.

LCROSS Impact Night: From left to right John Marmie, Jack Boyd, Lewis Braxton, III, Tina Panontin, Pete Worden (center front) Chuck Duff, in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR). All right, impact!

Ames 70th Anniversary Turn Back the Clock Day with antique Class Cars and Classic Car parade around the center. Lewis Braxton III, Ames Deputy Center Director and Jack Boyd, Ames Historian pose by Lew's Mustang before leading the parade.

LCROSS Impact Night: In the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR). From left to right, John Marmie, Jack Boyd, Lew Braxton, Pete Worden, Tina Panontin (looking at wall monitor) and Chuck Duff awaiting confirmation of impact

Ames 70th Anniversary Turn Back the Clock Day with antique Class Cars and Classic Car parade around the center. Lewis Braxton III, Ames Deputy Center Director and Jack Boyd, Ames Historian lead the parade in Lew's Mustang.

LCROSS Impact Night: From left to right John Marmie, Jack Boyd, Lewis Braxton, III, Tina Panontin, Pete Worden (center front) Chuck Duff, in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR). All right, impact!

LCROSS Impact Night: From left to Right Jack Boyd, unknown, Pete Klupar, (middle) Lewis Braxton III, Pete Worden, John Marmie (back) Tina Panontin (seated), Chuck Duff and unknown in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR).

Ames hosts Press Event for talk with STS-135 Astronauts onboard the Space Shuttle, Jack Boyd (seated) and John Yembrick, PAO chief go over interview points.

Jack Boyd (Left) with Rosie Rios, the 43rd Treasurer of the United States explores how understanding our history will provide a clearer roadmap for understanding where the country's future is heading. Presented by the Ames Women's Influence Network (WIN) and the Hispanic Advisory Committee for Employees (HACE) in the Syvertson Auditorium (N-201) at Ames Research Center. Jack Boyd with Rosie Rios

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Center Director S. Pete Worden, Jack Boyd, Lewis Braxton, III start the line on the seven.

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Center Director S. Pete Worden, ______, Jack Boyd, Lewis Braxton, III, Tim Naumowicz start the line on the seven.

John W. 'Jack Boyd holds a plaque presented to Harvey Allen in recognition of his outstanding solution of the reentry heating problem which has been indispensable to the design of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft (Manned Spacecraft Center, November 14, 1968) Plaque contains samples of tested materials and models of spacecraft.

Dr William 'Bill' Borucki, NASA Ames Scientist on the Kepler Mission and John W. 'Jack' Boyd, NASA Ames Historian at the Ames Arc Jet Complex, Aerodynamic Heating Facility talking with a Mercury News photographer about the Kepler Mission and the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission.

Dr William 'Bill' Borucki, NASA Ames Scientist on the Kepler Mission and John W. 'Jack' Boyd, NASA Ames Historian at the Ames Arc Jet Complex, Aerodynamic Heating Facility talking with a Mercury News photographer about the Kepler Mission and the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission.

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. as part of the world wide celebration of the first man in space and the Space Shuttle program that followed 20 years later. From left to Right, Wizard Lori Garver, Deputy Administrator of NASA, Jack Boyd, Senior Advisor to the Director, Lewis Braxton, III, Deputy Director of Ames Research Center, Klingon S. Pete Worden, Director, Ames Research Center, Karen Bradford, Chief of Staff, Deborah Feng, Director, Center Operations.

Portrait: John W 'Jack' Boyd

Summer Internship for 2008 closing ceremony: Jack Boyd, Ames Senior Advisor

Portrait: John W 'Jack' Boyd, Senior Advisor & Ombuds, NASA Ames Research Center 2008

Ames engineers Allen Faye, Merrill Mead and John 'Jack' Boyd discuss aircraft design and handling

Ames Women's Influence Network (WIN) Hidden Figures talk with "Computers" Carolyn Hofsetter and Carol Mead co-sponsored by the AAAG. clockwise Jack Boyd, Miss Mead daughter of Carol Mead, Carol Mead and Carolyn Hofstetter

Ames Women's Influence Network (WIN) Hidden Figures talk with "Computers" Carolyn Hofstetter and Carol Mead co-sponsored by the AAAG. Left to right Carol Mead and Jack Boyd

Ames Women's Influence Network (WIN) Hidden Figures talk with "Computers" Carolyn Hofstetter and Carol Mead co-sponsored by the AAAG. Jack Boyd talk of working in the same 6ft w.t. group as Carol Mead.

Ames Women's Influence Network (WIN) Hidden Figures talk with "Computers" Carolyn Hofstetter and Carol Mead co-sponsored by the AAAG. Attending event are Jack Boyd and Cathy Lee

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visits Ames for a employee all-hands and press briefing during Budget 2012 rollout week. Shown here with Jack Boyd.

Ames Women's Influence Network (WIN) Hidden Figures talk with "Computers" Carolyn Hofstetter and Carol Mead co-sponsored by the AAAG. Left to right Computers Carolyn Hofstetter, Carol Mead and Jack Boyd

HRH Prince Frederik of Denmark visit and tour of NASA Ames Research Center. from Left to right Shown the with Ames Special Advisor to the Director John W. 'Jack' Boyd, HRH, and Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden.

Pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialist Mike Fincke of Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission STS-134 come to Ames Research Center to share their experiences, answer questions and sign autographs during a afternoon with the staff. With John W. 'Jack' Boyd on right.

The 14 member 2009 class of NASA astronauts, Japan Aerospace Explortion Agency (JAXA) astronauts and Canadian Space Agency astronauts visit Ames Research Center. From left to right back row are Takuya Onishi (JAXA), Scott Tingle, Jeremy Hansen, Jeanette Epps, Jack Boyd (Ames), Serena Aunon, Kathleen (Kate) Rubins, David Saint-Jacques (CSA) Kimiya Yui (JAXA), Michael Hopkins, Gregory (Reid) Wiseman, Kjell Lundgren, Norishige Kanai (JAXA).

Director's Council, front row left to right, Lewis Braxton, Deputy Director of Ames, S. Pete Worden, Director of Ames, Steve Zornetzer, Associate Center Director. Back row left to right Paul Agnew, CFO, Jack Boyd, Sr. Advisor to the Center Director, Karen Bradford, Chief of Staff, Deb Feng, Deputy Director (Acting), Phil Fluegemann, Executive Officer for Deputy Director .

A plaque presented to Harvey Allen in recognition of his outstanding solution of the reentry heating problem which has been indispensable to the design of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft (Manned Spacecraft Center, November 14, 1968) Plaque contains samples of tested materials and models of spacecraft.

Ames Women's Influence Network (WIN) Hidden Figures talk with "Computers" Carolyn Hofstetter and Carol Mead co-sponsored by the AAAG. Group photo Front Row left to right; Carolyn Hofstetter, Jack Boyd, Carol Mead Middle Row: Kathy Lee, Annette Randall, Trincella Lewis, Ann Mead (daughter to Carol Mead), Vanessa Kuroda, Netti Halcomb Roozeboom Back Row; Dr Barbara Miller, Dr Wendy Okolo, Denise Snow, Leedjia Svec, Erika Rodriquez, Rhonda Baker, Ray Gilstrap, Glenn Bugos

Dedication of the Clarence A. 'Sy' Syvertson Auditorium On July 15, 2011, Ames officiclly renamed its Main Aduitorium (N201) in memory of former Ames Center Director Clarence 'Sy' Syvertson. Syvertson served as Ames Center Director from 1977 to 1984 and passed away Sept 13, 2010. He began his 35-year career at Ames in 1948 and in addition to being Center Director, he also served as Ames' Director of Astronautics and Deputy Director. Syvertson was instrumental in remodeling the auditorium and it is entirely fitting that it be named in his honor. Seen here from left to right are: Syvertson's wife Joann; Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden ; his daughter Lynn and Jack Boyd, senior advisor to the center director. Mrs. JoAnn Syvertson looks a dedication plaque placed in honor of her husband.

S73-30856 (29 June 1973) --- John Boyd observes a bag with two ?brackish water? minnows known as ?Mummichog Minnows? which will be onboard Skylab 3 with astronauts Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma. The fish were added to the flight at the request of scientist-astronaut Dr. Owen K. Garriott, science pilot. Fifty eggs from the minnows will also be included in the bag. The objective of this experiment is to show what disorientation the fish will experience when exposed to weightlessness. Many fish have vestibular apparatus quite similar to man. Even though they live in an environment usually considered to resemble weightlessness, they do perceive a gravity vector. An aquarium of the minnows, caught off the coast of Beaufort, North Carolina, is in the background. Photo credit: NASA

Dedication of the Clarence A. 'Sy' Syvertson Auditorium On July 15, 2011, Ames officiclly renamed its Main Aduitorium (N201) in memory of former Ames Center Director Clarence 'Sy' Syvertson. Syvertson served as Ames Center Director from 1977 to 1984 and passed away Sept 13, 2010. He began his 35-year career at Ames in 1948 and in addition to being Center Director, he also served as Ames' Director of Astronautics and Deputy Director. Syvertson was instrumental in remodeling the auditorium and it is entirely fitting that it be named in his honor. Seen here from left to right are: Syvertson's wife Joann; Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden ; his daughter Lynn and Jack Boyd, senior advisor to the center director.