Alfred Worden
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Alfred Merrill Worden (1932 - 2020)

Col Alfred Merrill "Al" Worden
Born in Jackson, Michigan, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 9 Jul 1982 (to 4 May 2014) in Palm Beach, Florida, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 88 in Sugar Land, Fort Bend, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Alfred Worden is Notable.

Father: Merrill Worden
Mother: Helen Garnett Crowell

1932 Born in Jackson, Michigan, USA.
1955 Bachelor of Science in Military Science, US Military Academy at West Point.
Married Pamela Vander Beek on 09 Jun in Peekskill, Westchester, New York, USA (to 12 Dec 1969).
1957 Stationed at Andrews Air Force Base (to 1961)
1963 Master of Science in Astronautical/Aeronautical Engineering and Instrumentation Engineering, University of Michigan.
1966 Selected by NASA in Astronaut Group 5. [1]
1971 Flew on Apollo 15 with James Irwin and David Scott. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. [2]
Apollo 15
NASA
Distinguished
Service
1982 Married Jill Lee (Lafferty) Hotchkiss on 09 Jul 1982 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.[3]
1997 Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [4]
2014 Wife Jill died in Vero Beach, Indian River, Florida, USA.[5]
2020 17 Mar: Died of a stroke in Sugarland, TX .

Sources

  1. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, 1966
  2. Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  3. "Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," Ancestry.com. Ancestry Record 8784 #4573578
  4. Hall of Fame Bio
  5. Jill's Obituary

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