- After flying for NASA he became CEO and spokesman for Eastern Airlines.
- A veteran of two spaceflights, Gemini 7 and Apollo 8. On Gemini 7 he flew with Jim Lovell for a duration record of 14 days and rendezvoused with Gemini 6. On Apollo 8 he again flew with Jim Lovell and Bill Anders becoming the first men to leave earth orbit and circle the moon. They made a memorable Christmas Eve television broadcast showing the lunar surface and reading from the first chapter of Genesis.
- Has two sons, Frederick and Edwin, and four grandchildren.
- He received a master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
- He graduated near the top of his class at the U.S. Military Academy, and became an Air Force test pilot of supersonic jet fighters.
- He was born in Gary, Indiana, and grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where he became quarterback of the high school football team.
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