Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates
LawrenceWilliam PorterUSA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 13.01.1930 |
| Birthplace: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | four |
| Selection date: | ??.??.1958 |
| Position: | PLT |
| Status: | Ret. 02.04.1959 |
| Day of death: | 02.12.2005 |
| Place of death: | Crownsville, Tennessee |
Additional information
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Vice Admiral,
USN, Ret.;
test pilot; semi finalist in
NASA group 1 selection, but disqualified, when a
minimum heart murmur was discovered; on 28.06.1967 shut down over North Vietnam
and for six years prisoner of war; later Chair of Naval Leadership at the Naval
Academy and President of the Association of Naval Aviation; father of astronaut
Wendy Lawrence. |
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