Thomas A. Mutch
Thomas Mutch | |
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Mutch in 1976 | |
| Born | Thomas A. "Tim" Mutch August 26, 1931 |
| Disappeared | October 6, 1980 (aged 49) disappeared during a descent from Mount Nun in the Kashmir Himalayas. |
| Status | Missing for 44 years, 8 months and 11 days |
| Nationality | American |
Thomas A. (Tim) Mutch (August 26, 1931 – October 6, 1980) was an American geologist and planetary scientist and mountain climber. He was a professor at Brown University beginning in 1960 and was on leave from Brown serving as Associate Administrator of Space Science at NASA at the time of his death in 1980. He disappeared during descent from Mount Nun in the Kashmir Himalayas.