Jack Lousma
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Jack Lousma

Col Jack R. Lousma
Born 1930s.
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Father: Jacob Louwsma
Mother: Evelyn Lavina Brandt

Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936), (Col, USMC, Ret.), is an American aeronautical engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politician.

1936 Born in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
1956 Married Gratia Kay
1959 Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Michigan. Joined the Marine Corps. Awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
Navy
Distinguished
Service
1963 Son Timothy J Lousma is born
1965 Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
1966 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 5. [1] Son Matthew O Lousma is born
1968 Daughter Mary T Lousma is born
1973 Flew on Skylab 3 with Alan Bean and Owen Garriott. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his first of 2.[2]
Skylab 3
NASA
Distinguished
Service
1980 Son Joseph L Lousma is born
1982 Flew on Space Shuttle Columbia STS-3 with Charles Fullerton. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his second of 2, and the NASA Space Flight Medal.[2]
STS-3
NASA
Space
Flight
1983 Left NASA, retired from the Marine Corps.
1993 Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [3]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
  2. 2.0 2.1 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  3. Hall of Fame Bio

See also:

  • Wikipedia: Jack R Lousma
  • Wikidata: Item Q363976, en:Wikipedia help.gif
  • Ancestry Profile
  • NASA Bio
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4L1-57G : accessed 18 December 2017), Jack Robert Lausma in household of Jack Lausma, Grand Rapids Township, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-16B, sheet 3B, line 56, family 58, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1774.

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