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NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: A.A., Jackson Junior College, Jackson, Michigan, 1950 B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1959 Experimental Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1960 Aerospace Research Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1961 M
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Brigadier General, United States Air Force (retired-1972)

PRE-NASA CAREER: Experimental Test Pilot, Edwards Air Force Base, California (1959-1962) NASA CAREER: NASA Manned Spacecraft Center/Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Astronaut, Astronaut Office (1962-1969) Manager for Lunar Landing Operations, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office (1969) Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office (1969-1972) Special Assistant to the Center Director, Organizational Affairs (1972) POST-NASA CAREER: Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Consumers Power Company, Jackson, Michigan (1972-1975) President, Pullman Railroad, Chicago, Illinois (1975-1981) Senior Vice-President, Government Operations, Rockwell International Corporation, Arlington, Virginia (1981- date unknown) M
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IV (GT-4) Crew: Commander James A. McDivitt, Pilot Edward H. White II Launched: 3 June 1965 at 10:15:59 A.M. EST from Cape Canaveral, FL Duration: 97 hours, 56 minutes, 11 seconds Landed: 7 June 1965 at 12:12:11 A.M. EST Mission Highlights: First American Extravehicular Activity (EVA).


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James A. McDivitt

Apollo 9 (AS-504) · Crew: Commander James A. McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David R. Scott, Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. "Rusty" Schweickart · Launched: 3 March 1969 at 11:00:00 A.M. EST from Cape Canaveral, FL · Duration: 241 hours, 00 minutes, 54 seconds · Landed: 13 March 1969 at 12:00:54 P.M. EST · Mission Highlights: First manned flight of the Lunar Module (LM). Of secondary importance was testing LM mission activities such as transposition, docking and withdrawl; intervehicular crew transfer; extravehicular capabilities; rendezvous and docking PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY SOCIETIES: · Member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots · Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) · Member, American Astronautical Society (AAS) · Member, Tau Beta Pi (Honorary Engineering Fraternity) · Member, Phi Kappa Phi (Society for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement) AWARDS & CITATIONS: · Honorary Doctorate of Astronautical Science, University of Michigan, 1965 · Honorary Doctorate of Science, Seton Hall University, 1969 · Honorary Doctorate of Science, Miami University of Ohio, 1970 · Air Force Astronaut Wings · Air Medal, four clusters · Distinguished Flying Cross, three clusters · NASA Distinguished Service Medal, one cluster · NASA Exceptional Service Medal · Order of Military Merit, South Korea · USAF Distinguished Service Medal BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES: Michael Cassutt, Who's Who in Space: The International Space Year Edition (New York: MacMillian Publishing Company, 1993), 88-89. NASA Biographical Data Sheet (May 1972), James A. McDivitt Biographical File, History Collection, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. NASA News (7 June 1972), "Brig. Gen. James A. McDivitt Retires," Release No. 72127, James A. McDivitt Biographical File, History Collection, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.


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NASA News Release (November 1962), James A. McDivitt Biographical File, History Collection, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET CRE
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