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Personal: Male, Married, Three children. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. US Air Force Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, 1954. Master of business administration from the University of Southern California, 1970. US Air Force Test pilot.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: USAF MOL Group 1 - 1965. Inactive Entered space service: 12 November 1965. Left space service: 10 June 1969. Decided not to transfer to NASA on June 10, 1969 with the cancellation of the MOL-Program.

Retired from the Air Force on May 1, 1973, with rank of Colonel. Worked at Hughes Aircraft in Tucson, Arizona.

12 November 1965 - USAF MOL Astronaut Training Group 1 selected.. The group was selected to provide crews for flights of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a classified military manned space station.. Qualifications: Qualified military pilot; graduate of Aerospace Research Pilot School; serving military officer; US citizen by birth..