Story Musgrave
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M.D. Franklin Story Musgrave, M.D.
(born August 19, 1935) is an American physician and a retired NASA explorer.
He is both a public speaker and consultant to Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California.
In 1996, he was the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights and the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees.
Musgrave is the only explorer to fly on board all five Space Shuttles.
Early life
Musgrave was born on August 19, 1935, the son of Percy Musgrave Jr. (1903-1973) and Marguerite Warton Musgrave (1909–1982). He grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, but he prefers Lexington, Kentucky, to be his hometown.
Musgrave has deep roots in New England, descending from Mayflower Passengers John Howland and John Tilley, as well as early settler Richard Saltonstall of Watertown, Massachusetts. Richard Saltonstall (mayor), Lord Mayor of London, was his uncle.
William Gray, a lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1810 to 1812, was his 4th great-grandfather, as well as a Massachusetts state senator and senator. Horace Gray, Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice from 1864 to 1882, and the United States Supreme Court Justice from 1882 to 1902.
Franklin Howard Story Jr. (1825–1900) and his 3rd great-grandfather, Franklin Howard Story (1795–1871). Elisha Story (1743-1855), his 4th great-grandfather, was a participant in the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Joseph Story's uncle, Elisha's fourth great-uncle), served in Massachusetts as both a Massachusetts congressman and a United States Supreme Court Justice from 1812 to 1845. Joseph's uncle (Musgrave's 1st cousin, who had been deposed four times) was artist and sculptor William Wetmore. William's uncle (Musgrave's second cousin, thrice removed) was painter Julian Russell Story.
Musgrave attended Dexter Southfield School in Brookline, Massachusetts, and St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts, from 1947 to 1953. He dropped out of St. Mark's in his senior year after a car accident "caused him to miss a significant pre-graduation exam."
Personal life
He has seven children, one of whom is deceased. His interests include chess, flying, gardening, literary analysis, microcomputers, parachuting, photography, running, and soaring.
Musgrave was stalked by Margaret Mary Ray, a schizophrenic woman who had already served a prison term for stalking comedian David Letterman in the early 1990s.
Career
Musgrave enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1953 after graduating from high school. While doing service assignments in Korea, Japan, and Hawaii, as well as aboard the carrier USS Wasp in the Far East, he served as an aviation electrician, instrument technician, and aircraft crew chief. Percy (1933–1959), who also worked on USS Wasp, died on a mission when the airline "ran over him" following a takeoff crash.
Despite the fact that he did not qualify as a pilot until completing his mandated astronaut education, Musgrave has flown 17,700 hours in 160 different types of civilian and military aircraft, including 7,500 hours in jet aircraft. In comparison to planes, he has received FAA ratings for instructor, instrument instructor, glider pilot, and airline transport pilot. He has more than 800 free falls, including more than 100 experimental free-fall descents related to human aerodynamics research.
He completed his GED while serving in the Marines. Musgrave obtained a B.S. following his release from service. In 1958, Syracuse University obtained a degree in mathematics and statistics. Following his graduation from Syracuse University, Musgrave was briefly employed as a mathematician and operations analyst for the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York, in 1958.
He went on to earn a master's degree in operations analysis and computer programming from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1959, a B.A. An M.D. graduated from Marietta College in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. In 1964, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons obtained a degree.
He undertook a surgical internship at the University of Kentucky Medical Center from 1964 to 1965 after completing his medical degree. He continued there as a United States Air Force postdoctoral fellow (1965–1966), specializing in aerospace medicine and physiology, and as a National Heart Institute postdoctoral fellow (1966–1977), studying cardiovascular and exercise physiology. He received an M.S. in 1966. The University of Kentucky has a Ph.D. degree in physiology and biochemistry. He worked in clinical medicine at Denver General Hospital (now known as Denver Health Medical Center) from 1967 to 1989 and taught physiology and biophysics at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan. In literature from the University of Houston–Clear Lake in 1987.
He has published or co-authored twenty five scientific papers in the fields of aerospace medicine and physiology, temperature control, exercise physiology, and surgical surgery.
Awards and honors
- United States Air Force Post-doctoral Fellowship (1965–1966)
- National Heart Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship (1966–1967)
- Reese Air Force Base Commander's Trophy (1969)
- American College of Surgeons I.S. Ravdin Lecture (1973)
- Flying Physicians Association Airman of the Year Award (1974 and 1983)
- Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1994)
- International Space Hall of Fame (1995)