Lieutenant Colonel,
USAF,
Ret.; bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1940; master of science in aeronautical engineering, Air
Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio;
USAF
Aerospace Research Pilot School, Edwards
AFB, Edwards,
California (1960-61); 1961 for military astronaut - class 1 selected; following
his retirement from active duties 1965 - 1984 working for the
NASA for Skylab and Space Shuttle; later assistant
professor for aerospace engineering at the Texas A&M University.