Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 16.05.1922 |
| Birthplace: | Holdrege / Nebraska |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | four |
| Selection date: | ??.??.1958 |
| Selection group: | X-15 2 |
| Position: | PLT |
| Status: | Ret. 10.01.1962 |
| Date of death: | 08.12.1990 |
| Place of death: | Omaha / Nebraska |
Spaceflights
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Additional information
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Vice Admiral,
USN, Ret.; bachelor of
science in electrical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, 1944; bachelor
of science and master of science in aeronautical engineering from U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School, 1952 and 1953, respectively; was selected in 1958 for X-15
Program (5 flights); since 1962 Deputy Chief of Naval Materia; Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Air Warfare and Commander of Naval Air Systems Command;
retired from active duty in May 1980. He died of cancer. |
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