The Nation - News from March 10, 1987

Morton Thiokol Inc., the maker of faulty O-rings that contributed to the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, donated $100,000 to the Challenger Center, a foundation set up by the families of the seven dead crew members. June Scobee, widow of the Challenger commander, Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, was in Chicago to accept the check. Hugh Marks, vice president of human resources for the Chicago-based firm, denied that guilt prompted the donation. Last spring, the company gave $5,000 to the Space Shuttle Children’s Trust Fund.