1964 Birthday Sandra H Magnus, Belleville, Illinois, PhD/astronaut 1962 Birthday Mary Ellen Weber, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS-70 1962 Birthday Michael J Massimino, born in Oceanside, New York, PhD/astronaut 1960 Birthday Catherine G Coleman, Charleston, South Carolina, Phd/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-73 1960 Birthday James A Pawelczyk, Buffalo, New York, PhD/astronaut, sk STS-90 1960 Birthday Peggy A. Whitson, Mount Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut 1959 Birthday R Glynn Holt, Plainveiw Texas, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt 1959 Birthday Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS-91 1959 Birthday Tamara E Jernigan, Chattoonaga, PhD/astronaut, STS-40, 52, 67, 80 1958 Birthday John M Grunsfeld, born in Chicago, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-67, 81 1958 Birthday David H Mattheisen, Blue Island, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 alt 1958 Birthday Peter "Jeff" K Wisoff, born in Norfolk, Virginia, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 68, 81/84 1958 Birthday Ellen Ochoa, born in Los Angeles, California, PhD/Astronaut, STS-56, 66 1957 Birthday Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS-83, 94 1957 Birthday Scott J. Horowitz, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, PhD/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-75, 82 1956 Birthday Martin Joseph Fettman, born in Brooklyn, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-58 1956 Birthday James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut, STS-51, 69 1956 Birthday Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 63, 83, 94 1955 Birthday Stephen K Robinson, Sacramento California, PhD/astronaut, STS-85, sk:95 1955 Birthday Donald A Thomas, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS-65, 70, 83, 94 1955 Birthday Donald R. Pettit, born in Silverton, Oregon, PhD/astronaut 1955 Birthday Piers J. Sellers, Sussex England, PhD and astronaut 1955 Birthday Thomas David Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland, PhD/Astronaut, STS-59, 68, 80, sk: 98 1955 Birthday Jerry M Linenger, Mount Clemens, Michigan, PhD/Commander USN/astronaut, STS-81/84 1954 Birthday Umberto Guidoni, Rome, Italy, PhD/astronaut, STS-75 1954 Birthday James F Reilly II, born in Mount Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS-89, sk:100 1953 Birthday Daniel T Barry, Norwalk, Connecticut, PhD/MD/astronaut, STS-72 1953 Birthday N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-47, 60, 85 1952 Birthday Ronald Michael Sega, born in Cleveland, Ohio, PhD/Astronaut, STS-60, 76 1952 Birthday Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery, Alabama, PhD/astronaut, STS-33, 49, 61, 73 1952 Birthday Linda M. Godwin, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, STS-37, 59, 76 1952 Birthday Charles J. Camarda, New York City, PhD/astronaut 1952 Birthday Rudolfo Neri-Vida, Mexico, PHD/astronaut, STS-23 1951 Birthday Fred W. Leslie, Ancon Panama, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 1951 Birthday Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut, STS-77, STS-89/91 1951 Birthday Steven Alan Hawley, Ottawa, Kansas, PhD/ast, STS-41-D, 61-C, 31, 82 1951 Birthday Kathryn D Sullivan, Paterson, New Jersey, PhD/astronaut, STS-41-G, 28, 31, 45 1951 Birthday Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1951 Birthday Lawrence J Delucas, born in Syracuse, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1951 Birthday Ronald A. Parise, Warren, Ohio, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67 1951 Birthday John L. Phillips, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, PhD/astronaut 1950 Birthday George D. Nelson, born in Iowa, PhD/astronaut, STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26 1949 Birthday Albert Sacco, Jr., born in Boston, Massachusetts, PhD/astronaut, STS-73 1949 Birthday Bonnie J. Dunbar, born Sunnyside, Washington, PhD/astronaut, STS-61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89 1949 Birthday Marc Garneau, Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut, STS-13, 77 1947 Birthday Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton, New York, PhD/astronaut, STS-61-B, STS-30 1944 Birthday Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Brooklyn, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75 1943 Birthday Samuel T Durrance, Tallahassee, Florida, PhD/astronaut, STS-35, STS-67 1942 Birthday Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut, STS-51-F 1937 Birthday Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1937 Birthday Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville, Indiana, PhD/astronaut, STS-5, STS 51A 1937 Birthday Jon Hassell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, composer, played the trumpet, PhD in musicology, known for influencing world music scene with unique electronic manipulation of trumpet sounds 1936 Birthday Robert Alan Ridley Parker, New York City, PhD/astronaut, STS-9, STS-35 1895 Event 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) 1876 Event Edward Bouchet, is 1st African-American to receive a PhD in U.S. college, Yale 1865 Event Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) 1862 Birthday Florence Bascom, U.S., 1st American woman PhD
