Donald Lopez Has Died
National Air and Space Museums Deputy Director and Aviation Legend Donald Lopez Dies
“Donald S. Lopez, 84, deputy director of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, died of a heart attack on March 3. Mr. Lopez had been with the Smithsonian Institution since 1972, when he became part of the team led by Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins responsible for planning the construction and opening of the National Air and Space Museum.”
