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1964 Sandra H Magnus, Belleville, Illinois, PhD/astronaut

1962 Mary Ellen Weber, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS 70

1962 Michael J Massimino, born in Oceanside, New York, PhD/astronaut

1960 Catherine G Coleman, Charleston, South Carolina, Phd/Capt USAF/astronaut, STS 73

1960 James A Pawelczyk, Buffalo, New York, PhD/astronaut, sk STS 90

1960 Peggy A. Whitson, Mt Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut

1959 R Glynn Holt, Plainveiw Texas, PhD/astronaut, STS 73 alt

1959 Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS 91

1959 Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astro, STS 40, 52, 67, 80

1958 John M Grunsfeld, born in Chicago, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS 67, 81

1958 David H Mattheisen, Blue Island, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS 73 alt

1958 Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff, born in Norfolk, Virginia, PhD/Astronaut, STS 57, 68, 81/84

1958 Ellen Ochoa, born in Los Angeles, California, PhD/Astronaut, STS 56, 66

1957 Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS 83, 94

1957 Scott J. Horowitz, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, PhD/Capt USAF/astronaut, STS 75, 82

1956 Martin Joseph Fettman, born in Brooklyn, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS 58

1956 James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut, STS 51, 69

1956 Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS 57, 63, 83, 94

1955 Stephen K Robinson, Sacramento California, PhD/astronaut, STS 85, sk:95

1955 Donald A Thomas, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS 65, 70, 83, 94

1955 Donald R. Pettit, born in Silverton, Oregon, PhD/astronaut

1955 Piers J. Sellers, Sussex England, PhD and astronaut

1955 Thomas David Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland, PhD/Astronaut, STS 59, 68, 80, sk: 98

1955 Jerry M Linenger, Mt Clemens, Michigan, PhD/Cmdr USN/astronaut, STS 81/84

1954 Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS 75

1954 James F Reilly II, born in Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS 89, sk:100

1953 Daniel T Barry, Norwalk, Connecticut, PhD/MD/astronaut, STS 72

1953 N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS 47, 60, 85

1952 Ronald Michael Sega, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS 60, 76

1952 Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery, Alabama, PhD/astronaut, STS 33, 49, 61, 73

1952 Linda M. Godwin, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, STS 37, 59, 76

1952 Charles J. Camarda, New York City, PhD/astronaut

1952 Rudolfo Neri-Vida, Mexico, PHD/astronaut, STS 23

1951 Fred W. Leslie, Ancon Panama, PhD/astronaut, STS 73

1951 Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS 77, STS 89/91

1951 Steven Alan Hawley, Ottawa, Kansas, PhD/ast, STS 41-D, 61-C, 31, 82

1951 Kathryn D Sullivan, Paterson, New Jersey, PhD/astro, STS 41-G, 28, 31, 45

1951 Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut, STS 50

1951 Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS 50

1951 Ronald A. Parise, Warren, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS 35, STS 67

1951 John L. Phillips, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, PhD/astronaut

1950 George D. Nelson, born in Iowa, PhD/astro, STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26

1949 Albert Sacco, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, PhD/astronaut, STS 73

1949 Bonnie J. Dunbar, born Sunnyside, Washington, PhD/astro, STS 61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89

1949 Marc Garneau, Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut, STS 13, 77

1947 Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS 61-B, STS 30

1944 Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Brooklyn, PhD/astronaut, STS 51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75

1943 Samuel T Durrance, Tallahassee, Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS 35, STS 67

1942 Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut, STS 51-F

1937 Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville, Indiana, PhD/astronaut, STS-5, STS 51A

1936 Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS 9, STS 35

1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)

1876 Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in U.S. college (Yale)

1865 Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium)

1862 Florence Bascom, U.S., 1st American woman PhD



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