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good morning everybody hear me okay

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everybody hear me good

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my name is Thad Altman I'm president of

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the astronaut Memorial Foundation this

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is a very very special day than 50 years

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ago we lost an American hero standing

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with me is Senator Tony Hill Tony is a

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dear friend been a great leader here in

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the state of Florida he is here to say a

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few words as well Tony good morning can

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you hear me in the back I was brother

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grant I was at a meeting a few weeks ago

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and I asked someone could he hit me in

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the back in the guy on the front row

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said the guy said he couldn't hear the

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guy in the front row say hey you can

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have my seat in saying that come on

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y'all let's get excited we came to

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celebrate the day we came to celebrate a

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great hair roll and so first of all I

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want to thank said--and and Andrea for

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reaching out and making the call how

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many people here know that life is all

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about relationships well I can tell you

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that even though there was on the other

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side of the aisle and I was on the other

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one but we had a lot of things in common

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as we served in the Florida Legislature

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and of course he's still there in the

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legislature some time general Bolden you

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got to know when to hold and when to

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fold so we've moved on to some other

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things but let me do this because I want

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to honor your time and thank you so very

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much for coming for this auspicious

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occasion that's this morning I want to

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recognize a few people from our great

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fraternity that is here today again say

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thank you so very much for reaching out

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to us and letting us be a part of this

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historical event we have in the midst

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with us today our 40th Grand bachelor

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Tony Knox and brother nice will you

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stand and want to greet him

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also our first grand bachelors brother

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David Marin dr. David Marin is here from

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Mississippi and we're so glad to have

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him and then the former grands didn't

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think it was Robin so they showed up as

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well so we have a media pass grand

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basses Andrew is here from New York and

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we're so glad to have him we have a

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brother Miller grand bastards Miller's

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we have also brother past grand Lord is

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here counselor turning thank you so very

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much from DC and then we have brother

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grace

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thank you so very much and then at our

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regional and district level we have our

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district rep is here brother James

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Sistrunk from Atlanta Georgia we have

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our state rep here brother Wimbley

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Clifford women II thank you so much and

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then I have my co partner who's from

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Jacksonville and from the Theta Phi

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chapter brother Woodall is here Kevin

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Woodall is here thank you so very much

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for reaching out we have a past

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immediate state rep brother Rutger is

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here where's brother Rocco I saw him

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early then we have brother Jones jr. who

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is here thank you so very much on my way

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back in I saw you know sometime we and a

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half American commuters say it really

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didn't happen unless you had the black

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media here well brother Henry is he here

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from the west side is there now we know

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this is we know this is official sister

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Laura and then we have a young man that

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kind of wrote the articles and got him

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excited and everything about they had

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forgot about brother lines a hero they

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had forgotten about and his name is Eric

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Johnson with the Chicago Crusader where

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is Eric

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it's an ass alright thank you so very

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much again on behalf of our grief return

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you were here from our grand basses in a

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few minutes but we want to say to you

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that into the the Space Center Memorial

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Foundation into the chair thank you for

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allowing us to participate today Thank

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You senator Hill thank you for all your

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good work and service to the people of

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Florida in our country now working in

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Congress

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our ceremony will begin with the

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presentation of the colors by the Viera

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high school ROTC then the national

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anthem sung by recording artist Marva

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King and the invocation provided by

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oh say can you see by the dawn's early

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light what so proudly we hail has the

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twilight's last gleaming whose broad

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stripes and bright stars through the

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perilous fight or the ramparts were so

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gallantly streaming and the Rockets

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gave proof through the night that our

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star-spangled banner

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let us pray eternal God our Father we

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thank you so much for this moment in

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history we thank you for those who have

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come from near and far we pray Heavenly

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Father that you would continue to guide

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us as a nation continue to allow us to

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celebrate as a people and unify us as

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thank you you may be seated

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in addition to honoring those astronauts

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who have made the ultimate sacrifice and

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service to their country the astronaut

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Memorial has what we call our living

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memorial Memorial where we inspire

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future rocket scientists and astronauts

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engineers technologists the building

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that you're in now is an example of this

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this is the Center for Space Education

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where we have tens of thousands of

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students from all over the country come

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in and out of this facility and learn

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about space experience to visit here and

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see space firsthand here at the Kennedy

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Space Center this this is part of the

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legacy of those astronauts who have

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given their lives and our main focus and

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mission is to keep the dream alive of

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human spaceflight so its students and

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teachers alike here to experience that

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to be inspired and to see America's

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space program I'd like to introduce you

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the chairman of the astronaut Memorial

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Foundation Eileen Collins Eileen has

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flown for Space Shuttle missions she's

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the first woman in history to be the

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commander of the space shuttle the first

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woman in history to land a vehicle back

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to earth after being in space Eileen has

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been a tireless leader of our

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organization has served us extremely

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I thank you that and thank you Tony

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and also I here I want to thank our

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Junior Air Force ROTC unit and BBQing

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and Pastor wash for participating in our

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ceremony thank you very much

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so good morning to everyone and on

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behalf of our president Thad Altman and

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our board of directors I want to welcome

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everyone here to the astronaut Memorial

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Foundation so this morning we're honored

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to have with us not only members of our

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board of directors but also astronauts

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government officials NASA officials and

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special guests so I'm going to take a

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few minutes to acknowledge some of these

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special guests and please stand when I

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read your name

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former Kennedy Space Center Director Jay

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Honeycutt and associate Kennedy Space

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Center director Kelvin Manning thank you

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and we have a past chairman of our board

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of directors

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I dr. Steve Feldman who's a longtime

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president of the astronaut Memorial

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Laura Shepard churchly daughter of

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astronaut Alan Shepard and we have

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former NASA astronauts here John McBride

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we have former Air Force mole which is

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and we have a current NASA astronaut

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Stephanie Wilson and also the many

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members of the Omega sci-fi fraternity

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our president with us here today as we

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know and they also brought some young

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people with them I understand to honor

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their fellow fraternity brother Robert

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Lawrence so would you please stand at

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this time and be recognized it includes

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thank you and so finally and very

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important I want to recognize some of

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our astronaut Memorial Foundation family

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members who have a special place in our

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hearts

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Barbara Lawrence sister of Robert

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extended family please rise and be

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and we have Cheryl Chaffee daughter of

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the Apollo one astronaut Roger Chaffee

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and Kathy scoby Fulghum daughter of

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challenger commander dick Scobee so

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thank you all for joining us today so

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I'm just gonna make a few very brief

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remarks before we start the program we

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are here to remember in honor Major

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Robert Lawrence jr. United States Air

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Force for his service to our country and

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his contributions to aviation and space

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exploration we have many wonderful

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speakers here today which will be

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introduced later so I'm going to keep my

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comments short but it's very important

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for me to share with you the mission of

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the astronaut Memorial Foundation it

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reads we honor and memorialize those

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astronauts who have sacrificed their

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lives for the nation and for the space

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program by sponsoring the National Space

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Memorial mirror and by implementing

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innovative technology education programs

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so we honor our astronaut members by

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using their life's inspiration an

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example to better prepare for the future

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their lives tell us stories and our

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memorial members are role models and we

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ensure that they will not be forgotten

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so today we're telling the story of

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Robert H Lawrence jr. we admire him and

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we admire his choices in life in the

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courage that he had to seek out those

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choices and I'm sure he was inspired by

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President John Kennedy in 1962 when he

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used these words we choose to go to the

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moon in this decade and do the other

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things not because they are easy but

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because they are hard

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in Robert Lawrence's life example has

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and will continue to inspire and

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encourage young people young and old to

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reach further dreams I want to tell you

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a story this is a story about a man a

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great man he was a sign he was a brother

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he was a husband a father he devoted his

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life and he worked hard to make a

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difference for you for me for us when

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Robert Lawrence came in to the Air Force

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when he chose to get in the end to the

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Air Force ROTC the US was in turmoil in

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those days we were fighting each other

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in the streets of the Civil Rights era

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was at its height Vietnam was raging it

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was not a very popular thing for a young

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african-american to say okay I'm gonna

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accept my commission and go fight for

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this country for Robert Lawrence to

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succeed he had to be better better than

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the best and he was well the fact that

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major Lawrence has an Air Force pilot

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had a PhD meant that he was already a

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cut above to be accepted to the mold

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program at that time was also a great

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accomplishment the mold program was a

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highly selective highly classified

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program and only very few had picked

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people Goggin if you look back he was

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considered to be one of the best jet

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pilots that they had we know that he

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would have flown shuttle he would have

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had a lengthy career and what it had

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multiple missions had it not been for

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that tragic accident I was the the

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beneficiary of the technique that their

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Robert Lawrence helped to develop in the

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f-104 when he was a test pilot at

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Edwards and it was called the final

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Flair maneuver and it's what it's the

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way that we landed every single space

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shuttle in the 135 flights that we flew

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it was really hard to learn and it ended

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as a matter of fact because his student

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didn't appropriately execute it that day

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he lost his life

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a great American great pilot would have

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been a great astronaut we lost him way

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too soon being an Omega is something

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very special I think you know Robert

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Lawrence probably knew it very well and

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probably is what caused him to become an

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Omega we have something that's called

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our cardinal principles and

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we look at scholarship perseverance

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manhood and uplift Robert Lawrence his

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life was one of perseverance everybody

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who was worthy to be the first will

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remind you that's not the most important

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thing the most important thing is that

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you're not the last that yours was only

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the beginning of the legacy Bob Lawrence

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can now look down upon us and he can see

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any number of african-americans women

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and other people of color who have

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followed him into the astronaut office

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where he blazed the trail we consider

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major Lawrence's as a as a partner as

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one who who went in to the military and

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continued his career fighting for his

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country training and learning and being

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a test pilot and providing the data and

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the resources to help to invent the

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space shuttle and most certainly he was

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a patriot because he died he died

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serving our country we still live in the

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greatest country in the world we are

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taught all the time that our our purpose

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in life is to serve other people we have

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a saying friendship is essential to the

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soul that says it's not about me it's

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about the people around me it's about

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taking in other people and bringing them

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into into our circle of brothers and

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sisters because friendship is essential

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to who we are that's what makes us so

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different from other people around the

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world

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major Robert Lawrence was a man a man

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who loved God a man who believed in his

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country a man who had hope for the

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future then now and for tomorrow

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[Applause]

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special thanks to the Omega sci-fi

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fraternity for their assistance and that

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video in Benjamin Crump it's beautifully

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done out for this great American Hero

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I'd like to introduce Robert Cabana

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Robert Cabana is the director of the

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Kennedy Space Center

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he had the unenviable task of

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successfully flying out the shuttle

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until its last mission and he's leading

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our way to a new generation of

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spaceflight he's a visionary he's a

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great leader marine Bob Cabana flew

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Space Shuttle former shuttle pilot and

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we're very fortunate to have him here

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thank you fed boy what a great video

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that was good morning and thank you so

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much for coming out today to honor major

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Robert Lawrence and welcome to the

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Kennedy Space Center

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America's let's make that the world's

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pre-eminent multi-user spaceport this is

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a really exciting year coming up for

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NASA in KSC hopefully we'll get a couple

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test flights off this year on both

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Boeing and SpaceX Boeing with the

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Starliner on an Atlas 5 in SpaceX with

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the crew Dragon on a on a falcon 9

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testing their vehicles to send crews to

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the International Space Station and this

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year we're going to have all the

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infrastructure in place we'll be ready

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to start processing getting ready for

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launch the Space Launch System and the

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Orion capsule that's going to take us

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back to the moon and on to Mars one day

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and that'll all happen that test flight

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hopefully in late 2019 so a very

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exciting time major Lawrence truly was a

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hero I mean he was he was first he set

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the stage for what was to come and we'll

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hear more about the MOL astronauts and

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in major Lawrence but what a great

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example 25 years ago today in fact I was

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on orbit with America's first African

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American astronaut to fly in space guy

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Bluford and it was the last classified

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mission for the shuttle STS 53 and we

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came home yesterday but what a pleasure

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was to fly with guy and I know there are

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many folks that major Lawrence and guy

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Bluford guys like Charlie Bolden you

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know they were examples for those that

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followed when people ask me what was the

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major contribution of the Space Shuttle

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to America's space program and it

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accomplished so many things in its

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30-year history but I tell him it

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brought diversity to America's space

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program if you look at that first group

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of shuttle astronauts in 1978 there were

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black white Hispanic Asian men women it

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was a truly diverse astronaut program it

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was no longer just white military test

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pilots

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with a few white scientists thrown in at

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the end it set the stage for everybody

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to be able to fly in space and and

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that's what it's all about it's being

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able to explore beyond our boundaries to

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work together as a diverse team to come

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to the best answer and future Lawrence

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you know he took that first step had he

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not been lost 50 years ago he would have

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ended up as one of the mole astronauts

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it came to NASA and became an astronaut

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and like Bob Crippen he would have been

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flying on a space shuttle also and I

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feel I am disappointed I never got the

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chance to know him but having read about

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him he certainly was a fine man it's my

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pleasure now to introduce who I think is

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truly one of the finest gentlemen I've

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ever known he's been introduced as the

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Honorable mr. Bolden major general

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Bolden but I'd like to just call him my

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friend Charlie Charlie was the 12th

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administrator of NASA he graduated from

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the United States Naval Academy in 1968

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a distinguished test pilot a combat

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veteran in Vietnam with over a hundred

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missions he was selected for the

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astronaut program in 1980 and got pilot

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and command a total of four Space

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Shuttle missions altogether and I can't

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think of a finer individual to be able

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to introduce and recognize today our

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former NASA Administrator Major General

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[Applause]

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thank you very much Bob for your very

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kind remarks and for the brothers in the

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house here particularly those in gamma

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nu I hope you noticed that prospective

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brother Cabana is wearing his purple tie

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if you did not notice that I don't know

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what he's campaigning or not but check

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him out you know Bob I do want to thank

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you very much for for hosting this for

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the Kennedy Space Center and the

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astronaut Memorial Foundation

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another person I want to thank is

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Barbara

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personal dedication and sacrifice in

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helping to establish in in cement Bob's

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memory and legacy along with Bob's late

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wife Barbara the two of you sacrificed

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through the early years of Bob's time in

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the Air Force and I believe it was the

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two of you that provided the wind under

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his wings when there were many times

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that he may have felt pretty much alone

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so thank you very much for being here

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we owe you and informally Barbara an

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extreme debt of gratitude for never

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giving up on the quest to gain the

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well-deserved recognition of major

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Robert Lawrence jr. and America

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America's first black astronaut when we

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think of Bob Lawrence man of Omega who

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lived the life his life following the

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cardinal principles of our beloved

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fraternity manhood scholarship

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perseverance and uplift his leadership

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was recognized early in his days at in

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the Air Force ROTC program at Bradley

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University where he was selected cadet

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commander now I know a lot of you in

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here don't recognize the significance of

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that but but you got to remember this

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was 1955 1956 and Peoria Illinois was

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not exactly the the far north and yet

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Bob Lawrence in this pre Civil Rights

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era was selected to be the cadet

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commander

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so that spoke unbelievable words about

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his leadership ability he was undeterred

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by segregation and discrimination that

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he would find at every turn he went on

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to become an Air Force pilot at the age

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of 21 a test pilot and air force manned

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orbiting laboratory or mold astronaut

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you'll hear probably hear more about

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that later at the age of 32 and when I

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talk about diversity and discrimination

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I could not help but notice generally

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the picture of you and and Don Peterson

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and Robert and and I forgot who your

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fourth member of the class was but but

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Don Peterson loves to tell stories about

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traveling through the south with Bob

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Lawrence and being asked if are you all

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from the CIA or the FBI because people

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were not accustomed to seeing a white

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and a black together in those days

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that's what it was like on the way to

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becoming a test pilot and astronaut Bob

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had earned a PhD in physical chemistry

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from the Ohio State University that in

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itself was exceptional that in excel in

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itself was exceptional

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I could be wrong but until guy Bluford

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came into the astronaut office I don't

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think we had another pilot who had a PhD

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so those are rare beams most of us are

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just we like to smell fuel and go fast

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at the time of his death in an f-104

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space flight training its space training

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flight he was involved in the

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development of the final maneuver that

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would become a critical part of space

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shuttle landing techniques called the

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flare had he lived to see the end of the

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mole program he would have without any

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doubt in my mind become a NASA astronaut

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and been a candidate to travel to space

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and the space shuttle program as did

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several of his fellow mole crew members

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on this day when we celebrate the 50th

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anniversary of the ultimate sacrifice of

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major Robert H Lawrence jr. to this

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country it's important to remember his

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legacy that he was as you saw in the

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tribute film to him just a little while

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ago he was the first but he was not the

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last he is one of the Giants on whose

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shoulders I stand he established the

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foundation on which guy Bluford fred

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gregory the late dr. Ron McNair dr. May

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Jemison several others of us in this

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room Eileen Collins he is the foundation

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on whom we stand

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he was the first but definitely not the

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last

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it's my now my pleasure to introduce to

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you our 40th grand basileus brother

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Antonio Knox and and brother Knox has a

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long bio

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and I'm not gonna read that whole bio to

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you but there are some highlights that I

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want to give you because I think they

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speak to the man he is the deputy

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administrator of the North Carolina

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00:32:07,510 --> 00:32:05,360
credit union division today he's a

552
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:07,520
graduate of North Carolina State

553
00:32:12,370 --> 00:32:09,890
University where he attended the UNC

554
00:32:15,430 --> 00:32:12,380
school of banking and as a certified

555
00:32:17,410 --> 00:32:15,440
state credit union supervisor his office

556
00:32:18,740 --> 00:32:17,420
today is responsible for regulating the

557
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:18,750
industry that

558
00:32:24,530 --> 00:32:21,690
over two million members and thirty

559
00:32:27,230 --> 00:32:24,540
billion dollars in assets in North

560
00:32:29,270 --> 00:32:27,240
Carolina prior to becoming a regulator

561
00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:29,280
he was the vice president in Regional

562
00:32:36,290 --> 00:32:32,760
Manager at North Carolina federal SNL

563
00:32:38,660 --> 00:32:36,300
and a VP an assistant vice president at

564
00:32:40,910 --> 00:32:38,670
branch bank branch banking and Trust

565
00:32:43,430 --> 00:32:40,920
Company he has been the financial

566
00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:43,440
industry for 35 years

567
00:32:48,410 --> 00:32:45,240
brother Knox has been a member of Omega

568
00:32:49,910 --> 00:32:48,420
sci-fi fraternity for 39 years

569
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:49,920
he's a charter member of the Kappa

570
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:52,410
lambda chapter at North Carolina State

571
00:32:58,730 --> 00:32:56,090
University initiated in spring of 78

572
00:33:01,700 --> 00:32:58,740
brother Knox is known as a community

573
00:33:03,470 --> 00:33:01,710
champion he has coached youth sports for

574
00:33:05,990 --> 00:33:03,480
30 years served on the board of

575
00:33:08,330 --> 00:33:06,000
directors of many organizations and task

576
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:08,340
forces for the City of Raleigh in North

577
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:11,250
Carolina State University he served as

578
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:13,010
the chairman of the Chancellor's

579
00:33:18,710 --> 00:33:15,450
Advisory Committee at NC State for

580
00:33:20,930 --> 00:33:18,720
several years his passion his passion is

581
00:33:25,010 --> 00:33:20,940
working with youth and serving as a

582
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:25,020
volunteer at the garner Road YMCA where

583
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:26,850
he has been the chairman of the board

584
00:33:32,870 --> 00:33:29,130
for many years and fought to keep it as

585
00:33:35,270 --> 00:33:32,880
a heritage YMCA the youth sports he has

586
00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:35,280
coached in youth sports he has coached a

587
00:33:39,710 --> 00:33:37,110
number of championship teams but he is

588
00:33:43,070 --> 00:33:39,720
most proud of the chance he had to coach

589
00:33:45,140 --> 00:33:43,080
his son Tony jr. and his teammates to

590
00:33:50,180 --> 00:33:45,150
several national finishes in AAU

591
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:50,190
basketball there have been many awards

592
00:33:55,580 --> 00:33:53,310
presented to brother Knox he was

593
00:33:58,010 --> 00:33:55,590
recently awarded spectacular spectacular

594
00:34:00,230 --> 00:33:58,020
magazines community service Man of the

595
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:00,240
Year and has been given the key to

596
00:34:06,170 --> 00:34:03,090
several cities he's a member of st.

597
00:34:09,290 --> 00:34:06,180
Matthews AME where he has been a trustee

598
00:34:11,570 --> 00:34:09,300
and served as in the George a Parker men

599
00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:11,580
of men's club and is now a member of the

600
00:34:17,419 --> 00:34:14,129
stewardship board brother Knox I got a

601
00:34:19,940 --> 00:34:17,429
Tele this part I'd be in trouble brother

602
00:34:23,810 --> 00:34:19,950
Knox is married to Angela Knox in his

603
00:34:27,050 --> 00:34:23,820
two children Antoinette Knox he good in

604
00:34:30,710 --> 00:34:27,060
her husband Brian and an aunt Antonio

605
00:34:32,909 --> 00:34:30,720
Knox jr. in September 2014 his first

606
00:34:36,669 --> 00:34:32,919
grandchild autumn and his

607
00:34:38,620 --> 00:34:36,679
breelan were born who was born in August

608
00:34:41,919 --> 00:34:38,630
2016

609
00:34:44,290 --> 00:34:41,929
both have stolen his heart so I'm very

610
00:34:46,180 --> 00:34:44,300
proud to present to you at this time the

611
00:34:48,790 --> 00:34:46,190
fortieth grand basileus of my fraternity

612
00:34:58,660 --> 00:34:48,800
Omega sci fi fraternity brother Anthony

613
00:35:01,840 --> 00:34:58,670
o Knox thank you

614
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:01,850
giving honor to God and my Lord and

615
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:05,570
Savior Jesus Christ to the Lawrence

616
00:35:12,820 --> 00:35:09,890
family friends make a man and all

617
00:35:18,610 --> 00:35:12,830
invited guess it's been a long time

618
00:35:21,820 --> 00:35:18,620
coming but those who believe in the

619
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:21,830
Warren who orders our steps knew that

620
00:35:28,830 --> 00:35:24,890
this day would come and though we didn't

621
00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:28,840
know here he knew that this recognition

622
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:32,480
would come and then what time could be

623
00:35:38,380 --> 00:35:35,210
better than what's going on now as

624
00:35:40,150 --> 00:35:38,390
brother Bolden said we stand on the

625
00:35:42,490 --> 00:35:40,160
shoulders of many and I stand here on

626
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:42,500
the shoulders of all the former Grand

627
00:35:47,170 --> 00:35:44,720
bosses before me that have been

628
00:35:49,450 --> 00:35:47,180
introduced and our fraternity we say

629
00:35:51,370 --> 00:35:49,460
that we are one and the Grand officers

630
00:35:53,530 --> 00:35:51,380
that are here and the brothers from the

631
00:35:58,900 --> 00:35:53,540
chapters that are here in in Florida got

632
00:36:00,850 --> 00:35:58,910
a here to represent a mega Syfy it's an

633
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:00,860
honor and a privilege for us to have

634
00:36:04,690 --> 00:36:03,710
this opportunity to participate thanks

635
00:36:07,870 --> 00:36:04,700
to the family

636
00:36:10,420 --> 00:36:07,880
thank you brother Hill and thank you for

637
00:36:14,290 --> 00:36:10,430
NASA for all giving us this chance to be

638
00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:14,300
a part of this while the documentary has

639
00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:17,030
had says much of what I had anticipated

640
00:36:23,740 --> 00:36:19,750
saying and brother Bolden said the rest

641
00:36:26,980 --> 00:36:23,750
but because of the man that brother

642
00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:26,990
Lawrence was that we could talk from now

643
00:36:33,220 --> 00:36:30,110
on and still not tell it all you know

644
00:36:35,950 --> 00:36:33,230
the fact that he was a scholar he

645
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:35,960
continued today to inspire others in our

646
00:36:42,340 --> 00:36:39,650
STEM program Lee Willis leaves over at

647
00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:42,350
NASA as we have a stem program that's

648
00:36:46,950 --> 00:36:43,730
been recognized by a number of

649
00:36:49,780 --> 00:36:46,960
universities and his universe Ohio State

650
00:36:52,270 --> 00:36:49,790
recognized our STEM program and sponsor

651
00:36:56,740 --> 00:36:52,280
the program this year and invited them

652
00:36:59,590 --> 00:36:56,750
back to Ohio State to sponsor so even

653
00:37:03,880 --> 00:36:59,600
though he's not here physically he

654
00:37:07,180 --> 00:37:03,890
continues to inspire our fourth car the

655
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:07,190
principle of uplift when I look over and

656
00:37:11,859 --> 00:37:08,930
I see the young man

657
00:37:14,980 --> 00:37:11,869
it lets me know that he's continuing to

658
00:37:19,240 --> 00:37:14,990
inspire others to do that live their

659
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:19,250
dream when I see mr. Skye and when I see

660
00:37:24,430 --> 00:37:22,010
the other astronauts that are here it

661
00:37:27,339 --> 00:37:24,440
lets me know that he's continued to

662
00:37:30,490 --> 00:37:27,349
inspire and they had those shoulders to

663
00:37:33,819 --> 00:37:30,500
stand on and as men of Omega our

664
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:33,829
obligation it's our obligation to make

665
00:37:38,980 --> 00:37:36,650
life better for others and what better

666
00:37:41,230 --> 00:37:38,990
way to do that than to be an inspiration

667
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:41,240
to allow our young people to live out

668
00:37:47,370 --> 00:37:45,290
their dream we're fortunate we're

669
00:37:50,710 --> 00:37:47,380
fortunate as brother Lawrence Kane and

670
00:37:53,470 --> 00:37:50,720
Frederick Gregory and Ron McNair

671
00:37:56,260 --> 00:37:53,480
and brother Bolden and others to

672
00:38:00,190 --> 00:37:56,270
continue his legacy to continue inspire

673
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:00,200
our young people and as the world turns

674
00:38:07,059 --> 00:38:04,010
change is created every day and because

675
00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:07,069
of the work that he did because of the

676
00:38:12,339 --> 00:38:09,680
risk that he took because of the fact

677
00:38:14,670 --> 00:38:12,349
that he was willing to risk his life to

678
00:38:17,140 --> 00:38:14,680
go out and make a difference for others

679
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:17,150
people are learning and having that

680
00:38:24,099 --> 00:38:21,290
opportunity today I think his legacy is

681
00:38:26,140 --> 00:38:24,109
one that every man will envy every man

682
00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:26,150
would love to be able to say that even

683
00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:29,150
while I'm not there I'm inspiring others

684
00:38:35,530 --> 00:38:31,910
and I'm making a difference and creating

685
00:38:38,559 --> 00:38:35,540
positive change so I know there's much

686
00:38:41,020 --> 00:38:38,569
to do today so I won't belabor this even

687
00:38:43,630 --> 00:38:41,030
though I enjoyed learning it and then I

688
00:38:46,620 --> 00:38:43,640
could continue to talk about it because

689
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:46,630
it was it was just that much to know and

690
00:38:51,490 --> 00:38:49,250
thank you to the family thank you for

691
00:38:53,230 --> 00:38:51,500
sharing him and thank you for allowing

692
00:38:55,390 --> 00:38:53,240
him to do the things that he did and

693
00:38:57,430 --> 00:38:55,400
supporting him because we know that

694
00:39:00,670 --> 00:38:57,440
during the times that he had those

695
00:39:03,549 --> 00:39:00,680
accomplishments there was was obstacles

696
00:39:05,289 --> 00:39:03,559
larger than some people could handle but

697
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:05,299
through his cardinal principles and

698
00:39:10,599 --> 00:39:07,970
learning a Tamilian life and through his

699
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:10,609
family support he was able to achieve

700
00:39:18,420 --> 00:39:15,410
and still continues to inspire so Tony I

701
00:39:21,130 --> 00:39:18,430
think you for allowing us to participate

702
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:21,140
these things don't happen without their

703
00:39:26,140 --> 00:39:22,490
being

704
00:39:29,099 --> 00:39:26,150
some support and if you would if you're

705
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:29,109
the person that I should present this to

706
00:39:34,690 --> 00:39:32,690
if you would come forward I would like

707
00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:34,700
to make a presentation and brothers

708
00:39:46,990 --> 00:39:45,470
would you please stand on behalf of the

709
00:39:49,870 --> 00:39:47,000
men of Omega so Phi fraternity

710
00:39:51,819 --> 00:39:49,880
incorporated it's indeed an honor for us

711
00:39:56,319 --> 00:39:51,829
to be able to participate with the

712
00:39:59,170 --> 00:39:56,329
sponsorship for this memorial service we

713
00:40:02,710 --> 00:39:59,180
can be happier and we're honored to be

714
00:40:04,750 --> 00:40:02,720
able to do as we serve and continue to

715
00:40:18,130 --> 00:40:04,760
recognize our brother major Robert

716
00:40:23,630 --> 00:40:20,570
well thank you so much and I was a

717
00:40:25,430 --> 00:40:23,640
little bit unexpected and today these

718
00:40:27,770 --> 00:40:25,440
Omega sci-fi guys are amazing

719
00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:27,780
they're amazing I'm gonna tell you this

720
00:40:39,410 --> 00:40:36,240
will be not and I love that theme of our

721
00:40:41,450 --> 00:40:39,420
video this will not be the last this

722
00:40:45,170 --> 00:40:41,460
will not be the last you guys represent

723
00:40:47,150 --> 00:40:45,180
the future thank you like to introduce

724
00:40:50,390 --> 00:40:47,160
you another great individual that you've

725
00:40:53,530 --> 00:40:50,400
heard was listening to him of Winston

726
00:40:57,710 --> 00:40:53,540
Scott he we know that Robert Lawrence

727
00:41:02,110 --> 00:40:57,720
enjoyed jazz his sister Barbara let us

728
00:41:04,970 --> 00:41:02,120
know that and so Winston's band here has

729
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:04,980
put together some music and in honor of

730
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:09,810
him and Winston is he here right good

731
00:41:14,180 --> 00:41:11,130
right there good okay good I want to be

732
00:41:17,990 --> 00:41:14,190
sure Winston former Shuttle astronaut

733
00:41:20,870 --> 00:41:18,000
naval aviator Winston flew to Space

734
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:20,880
Shuttle missions did a evl extra

735
00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:25,050
spacewalk as us laymen know he's been a

736
00:41:28,220 --> 00:41:26,760
leader in this community led the state

737
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:28,230
of Florida space initiative space

738
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:30,570
Florida did a wonderful job there he's

739
00:41:34,610 --> 00:41:32,370
head of aerospace engineering for a

740
00:41:37,430 --> 00:41:34,620
great university Florida Institute of

741
00:41:39,530 --> 00:41:37,440
Technology who has classes here that we

742
00:41:42,410 --> 00:41:39,540
love if IT one of the great technical

743
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:42,420
schools of our country and he's a good

744
00:41:51,859 --> 00:41:43,530
musician too

745
00:41:57,720 --> 00:41:56,099
thank you as the band comes forward just

746
00:41:59,280 --> 00:41:57,730
give me one moment to say something

747
00:42:02,490 --> 00:41:59,290
first of all it's an honor to be here

748
00:42:04,849 --> 00:42:02,500
and we play music all the time but this

749
00:42:09,030 --> 00:42:04,859
is a very very special occasion for me

750
00:42:11,430 --> 00:42:09,040
this is December 8th December 5th

751
00:42:13,950 --> 00:42:11,440
three days ago was the 20th anniversary

752
00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:13,960
of when we landed from 16 days in orbit

753
00:42:18,150 --> 00:42:15,730
aboard the space shuttle Columbia and

754
00:42:20,430 --> 00:42:18,160
that was this is a wonderful

755
00:42:22,530 --> 00:42:20,440
life-changing event from me but it would

756
00:42:24,089 --> 00:42:22,540
not have happened without trailblazers

757
00:42:26,309 --> 00:42:24,099
like major Robert Lawrence so he is

758
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:26,319
indeed an honor to dedicate this number

759
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:37,470
and while they're setting up I do want

760
00:42:41,370 --> 00:42:39,490
to introduce a few local elected

761
00:42:43,980 --> 00:42:41,380
officials and state officials state

762
00:42:50,069 --> 00:42:43,990
representative Randy Fein is here with

763
00:42:51,809 --> 00:42:50,079
us I saw Matt Susan school board member

764
00:42:54,329 --> 00:42:51,819
who's worked so hard and helped with

765
00:42:58,079 --> 00:42:54,339
those with some of high school students

766
00:42:59,970 --> 00:42:58,089
we have here and a very special person

767
00:43:06,690 --> 00:42:59,980
who's really helped AMF a lot Lisa

768
00:43:10,950 --> 00:43:06,700
Cullen our tax collector you know this

769
00:43:12,839 --> 00:43:10,960
all began with the vision of creating a

770
00:43:14,490 --> 00:43:12,849
specialty license tag which has funded

771
00:43:16,319 --> 00:43:14,500
all this and made this all possible and

772
00:43:18,359 --> 00:43:16,329
least is the one who sells that to the

773
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:18,369
public so those of you or Florida

774
00:43:22,829 --> 00:43:19,450
residents have yet bought your

775
00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:22,839
Challenger Columbia license tag contact

776
00:43:35,220 --> 00:43:28,510
your local tax collector I'll turn to

777
00:43:35,230 --> 00:43:48,880
[Music]

778
00:43:57,740 --> 00:43:52,990
let me take a trip on a rocket ship

779
00:44:01,960 --> 00:43:57,750
we'll have a pleasant afternoon kiss the

780
00:44:03,390 --> 00:44:01,970
world goodbye ran away with my

781
00:44:09,599 --> 00:44:03,400
destination

782
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:14,469
well what will you get

783
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:18,930
running on the laser

784
00:44:45,180 --> 00:44:39,700
we will still honor raise my beer

785
00:44:45,190 --> 00:44:49,500
look the break let's go

786
00:44:59,080 --> 00:44:56,040
[Music]

787
00:45:36,940 --> 00:44:59,090
[Applause]

788
00:45:36,950 --> 00:45:45,120
we're still in my robe up in a Louboutin

789
00:45:52,370 --> 00:45:48,940
hello I'm the brave let go

790
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:52,380
the nation

791
00:45:59,310 --> 00:45:54,770
there's winners

792
00:45:59,880 --> 00:45:59,320
[Music]

793
00:46:06,870 --> 00:45:59,890
yah

794
00:46:07,230 --> 00:46:06,880
[Music]

795
00:46:08,950 --> 00:46:07,240
[Applause]

796
00:46:38,270 --> 00:46:08,960
[Music]

797
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:40,220
I guess I'm gonna have to do it and

798
00:46:45,020 --> 00:46:42,570
that's what jazz is all about it's

799
00:46:46,730 --> 00:46:45,030
ad-libbing I will just simply introduce

800
00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:46,740
our next speaker the distinguished oh

801
00:46:55,460 --> 00:46:51,510
you what come on if you don't I'll step

802
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:55,470
in and take I was enjoying the music so

803
00:47:00,200 --> 00:46:57,210
good i won the next piece I want you all

804
00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:00,210
to keep going I'd like to also introduce

805
00:47:06,020 --> 00:47:03,930
the president fi T Winston's employer

806
00:47:14,990 --> 00:47:06,030
dr. Dwayne McKay is here with us today

807
00:47:16,700 --> 00:47:15,000
as I saw him earlier well I think we

808
00:47:20,570 --> 00:47:16,710
should have the first jazz performance

809
00:47:25,300 --> 00:47:20,580
in space and send Winston back up there

810
00:47:32,330 --> 00:47:28,520
we are very honored to have us with us

811
00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:32,340
who an individual who probably knew

812
00:47:36,830 --> 00:47:35,250
Robert Lawrence more than anyone that's

813
00:47:39,250 --> 00:47:36,840
his sister Barbara Lawrence who's an

814
00:47:43,130 --> 00:47:39,260
amazing individual in and of herself

815
00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:43,140
she's a native of Chicago she has

816
00:47:47,870 --> 00:47:45,330
started her personal professional career

817
00:47:50,180 --> 00:47:47,880
as a social worker in Chicago she's

818
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:50,190
taught social studies and Chicago

819
00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:52,970
secondary schools moved to New York City

820
00:47:58,010 --> 00:47:55,350
to work for a nonprofit agency

821
00:48:01,550 --> 00:47:58,020
specializing in college counseling and

822
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:01,560
admissions for minority students she was

823
00:48:09,020 --> 00:48:05,930
a college professor she established the

824
00:48:10,970 --> 00:48:09,030
and she served on many many boards one

825
00:48:13,610 --> 00:48:10,980
most notably she was a senior staff

826
00:48:15,980 --> 00:48:13,620
member on to new york city charter

827
00:48:16,900 --> 00:48:15,990
revision commissions in the city of new

828
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:16,910
york

829
00:48:24,410 --> 00:48:22,410
she taught University and in New York

830
00:48:26,660 --> 00:48:24,420
City teaching undergraduate courses and

831
00:48:29,780 --> 00:48:26,670
political science went on to become

832
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:29,790
director of admissions and deputy to the

833
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:33,330
school where she taught she's served

834
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:38,370
honorably as a member of the trustees of

835
00:48:43,340 --> 00:48:40,410
the Culinary Institute of America and

836
00:48:46,850 --> 00:48:43,350
has been a remarkable member of the

837
00:48:47,940 --> 00:48:46,860
astronaut Memorial Foundation as a board

838
00:48:51,660 --> 00:48:47,950
member and a member

839
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:51,670
our trustees she is a doer a giver a

840
00:48:58,040 --> 00:48:55,210
supporter she has served as a leader and

841
00:49:01,290 --> 00:48:58,050
has always been there for us

842
00:49:02,870 --> 00:49:01,300
Barbara please give her a rounding

843
00:49:26,050 --> 00:49:02,880
applause and welcome to there

844
00:49:31,790 --> 00:49:29,120
thank you everybody it's a pleasure to

845
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:31,800
be here and I wanted a welcome you all

846
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:35,970
here and I want to especially thank bad

847
00:49:45,950 --> 00:49:42,530
the AMF Omega sci-fi for sponsoring this

848
00:49:48,710 --> 00:49:45,960
momentous occasion I am truly honored by

849
00:49:52,790 --> 00:49:48,720
your efforts and I appreciate all that

850
00:49:57,680 --> 00:49:52,800
you have done I'm going to talk a little

851
00:50:00,320 --> 00:49:57,690
bit about my life with my brother this

852
00:50:02,570 --> 00:50:00,330
short period of time that I shared with

853
00:50:04,910 --> 00:50:02,580
him exclusively before he was married

854
00:50:07,460 --> 00:50:04,920
before he became a full-time member of

855
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:07,470
the military were the special years that

856
00:50:13,820 --> 00:50:10,890
I think were formative for him I'm the

857
00:50:16,010 --> 00:50:13,830
older of two children and I'm older by

858
00:50:16,610 --> 00:50:16,020
18 months so you can all figure out how

859
00:50:20,030 --> 00:50:16,620
old I am

860
00:50:25,070 --> 00:50:20,040
okay as if the gray hair alone wasn't a

861
00:50:27,020 --> 00:50:25,080
tip for the first I would say 12 years

862
00:50:27,770 --> 00:50:27,030
of our lives we were it was as if we

863
00:50:30,020 --> 00:50:27,780
were twins

864
00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:30,030
we were always together we did

865
00:50:35,300 --> 00:50:32,730
everything together we played baseball

866
00:50:41,240 --> 00:50:35,310
together has anybody here ever heard of

867
00:50:44,630 --> 00:50:41,250
piggy move up well this is the baseball

868
00:50:47,810 --> 00:50:44,640
game you played if you had three at

869
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:47,820
least three as many as five or more

870
00:50:55,250 --> 00:50:51,330
players you needed a hitter a picture

871
00:50:57,910 --> 00:50:55,260
and a fielder the more players you had

872
00:51:01,370 --> 00:50:57,920
you could add a catcher whatever and as

873
00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:01,380
the hitter hit the ball each person

874
00:51:07,820 --> 00:51:03,650
moved to the next position

875
00:51:11,060 --> 00:51:07,830
piggy move up so everybody got a chance

876
00:51:13,070 --> 00:51:11,070
to play I was the only girl on the team

877
00:51:14,860 --> 00:51:13,080
because I was always with my brother and

878
00:51:17,650 --> 00:51:14,870
I did what he did

879
00:51:20,330 --> 00:51:17,660
it wasn't easy I'm going to tell you

880
00:51:23,510 --> 00:51:20,340
even then it wasn't easy being the only

881
00:51:26,180 --> 00:51:23,520
girl but it was supportive of what my

882
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:26,190
brother did so I did it now there are

883
00:51:32,060 --> 00:51:27,930
three pillars in our lives that I would

884
00:51:34,490 --> 00:51:32,070
like to stress one was our family we've

885
00:51:34,900 --> 00:51:34,500
heard talk about me but the key persons

886
00:51:38,529 --> 00:51:34,910
were

887
00:51:41,440 --> 00:51:38,539
parents the second pillar was our

888
00:51:44,049 --> 00:51:41,450
schools and the third pillar was our

889
00:51:49,210 --> 00:51:44,059
church I'll talk about each of these

890
00:51:52,900 --> 00:51:49,220
separately on the evening of December

891
00:51:55,599 --> 00:51:52,910
7th 1941 my parents and my brother and I

892
00:51:58,210 --> 00:51:55,609
were listening to the radio and we heard

893
00:52:01,089 --> 00:51:58,220
the monumental broadcast an announcement

894
00:52:03,370 --> 00:52:01,099
by Franklin President Franklin Roosevelt

895
00:52:05,890 --> 00:52:03,380
that the Japanese had bombed Pearl

896
00:52:11,319 --> 00:52:05,900
Harbor and that that day would live as a

897
00:52:14,260 --> 00:52:11,329
day or Infini infamy our folks were

898
00:52:16,569 --> 00:52:14,270
visibly upset but we were kids we didn't

899
00:52:19,510 --> 00:52:16,579
quite understand why but we came to

900
00:52:22,630 --> 00:52:19,520
understand why my father was drafted in

901
00:52:25,870 --> 00:52:22,640
the United States Army as were two of

902
00:52:27,910 --> 00:52:25,880
his three brothers all of whom had

903
00:52:29,529 --> 00:52:27,920
active duty service my father was in the

904
00:52:31,750 --> 00:52:29,539
European theater my uncles were in the

905
00:52:34,059 --> 00:52:31,760
Pacific Theater but it meant that they

906
00:52:36,339 --> 00:52:34,069
had to leave the home that left my

907
00:52:39,579 --> 00:52:36,349
mother with two children to take care of

908
00:52:43,569 --> 00:52:39,589
she did not work at the time but she got

909
00:52:46,029 --> 00:52:43,579
a job an interesting experiment and

910
00:52:49,539 --> 00:52:46,039
integration with the Department of the

911
00:52:52,630 --> 00:52:49,549
army she and seven other black women

912
00:52:54,430 --> 00:52:52,640
were hired to work at the quartermaster

913
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:54,440
Depot at the 5th army headquarters in

914
00:53:00,190 --> 00:52:57,170
Chicago they were a pioneering group and

915
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:00,200
it wasn't easy for them but they

916
00:53:04,750 --> 00:53:02,930
persevered and they made indelible

917
00:53:07,299 --> 00:53:04,760
impressions and my mother went on to a

918
00:53:09,519 --> 00:53:07,309
40-year career in the company and

919
00:53:11,589 --> 00:53:09,529
government service ending up at the

920
00:53:13,450 --> 00:53:11,599
Department of Justice Immigration and

921
00:53:15,609 --> 00:53:13,460
Naturalization Service where she served

922
00:53:17,260 --> 00:53:15,619
with a great distinction such that when

923
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:17,270
she retired they asked her to come back

924
00:53:22,029 --> 00:53:19,250
and help administer the change in the

925
00:53:26,620 --> 00:53:22,039
immigration law she said no 40 years is

926
00:53:28,690 --> 00:53:26,630
another but she had to go to work so we

927
00:53:29,349 --> 00:53:28,700
needed somebody to take care of us while

928
00:53:31,660 --> 00:53:29,359
she was away

929
00:53:34,289 --> 00:53:31,670
my maternal grandmother stepped into

930
00:53:37,269 --> 00:53:34,299
those shoes and my paternal grandfather

931
00:53:40,930 --> 00:53:37,279
also became a very supportive and

932
00:53:42,789 --> 00:53:40,940
crucial influence in our lives while we

933
00:53:47,450 --> 00:53:42,799
lived at home we spent at least two

934
00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:51,600
he was our first intellectual experience

935
00:53:57,930 --> 00:53:54,850
he had an extensive library including a

936
00:54:00,690 --> 00:53:57,940
set of encyclopedias and so after dinner

937
00:54:03,300 --> 00:54:00,700
we would always read he would read to us

938
00:54:05,100 --> 00:54:03,310
either books he chose books we chose if

939
00:54:07,590 --> 00:54:05,110
we had a question about something you

940
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:07,600
would say well let's look it up and to

941
00:54:13,380 --> 00:54:10,450
the encyclopedias we would go he taught

942
00:54:15,630 --> 00:54:13,390
us how to play games for example one of

943
00:54:18,030 --> 00:54:15,640
the things we we're a little we learned

944
00:54:20,910 --> 00:54:18,040
was pick up sticks how many people here

945
00:54:22,650 --> 00:54:20,920
have played pick up sticks yeah it's a

946
00:54:25,710 --> 00:54:22,660
great way to develop hand-eye

947
00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:25,720
coordination your little hands trying to

948
00:54:31,830 --> 00:54:28,570
balance and pick up without moving these

949
00:54:36,300 --> 00:54:31,840
sticks he taught us how to play Chinese

950
00:54:38,010 --> 00:54:36,310
checkers and then checkers the point I'm

951
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:38,020
making here is it we were always

952
00:54:43,590 --> 00:54:41,050
learning something and the emphasis was

953
00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:43,600
on learning something and accomplishing

954
00:54:54,690 --> 00:54:50,370
something developing a skill later on

955
00:54:56,730 --> 00:54:54,700
when the war ended my dad came home he

956
00:54:59,310 --> 00:54:56,740
was had been severely affected by the

957
00:55:01,890 --> 00:54:59,320
war and he and my mother ultimately

958
00:55:05,310 --> 00:55:01,900
separated but we were very fortunate and

959
00:55:07,530 --> 00:55:05,320
having a new person appear in our lives

960
00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:07,540
as a father figure with my stepfather

961
00:55:13,290 --> 00:55:10,330
Charles Duncan and he continued the same

962
00:55:16,620 --> 00:55:13,300
tradition of teaching us things learning

963
00:55:19,620 --> 00:55:16,630
things they taught also not only things

964
00:55:23,580 --> 00:55:19,630
but principles and precepts they were

965
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:23,590
very much into character building how

966
00:55:28,770 --> 00:55:25,690
many times have we all heard your word

967
00:55:32,580 --> 00:55:28,780
is your bond you do what you say you're

968
00:55:35,460 --> 00:55:32,590
going to do you have an obligation also

969
00:55:38,070 --> 00:55:35,470
to do things that reflect well not only

970
00:55:42,180 --> 00:55:38,080
on yourself but on your family on your

971
00:55:48,010 --> 00:55:42,190
community and for us on black people we

972
00:55:53,710 --> 00:55:51,640
Dada's we called Charles Duncan taught

973
00:55:56,290 --> 00:55:53,720
us how to play chess and whatever

974
00:55:58,960 --> 00:55:56,300
happened with one happened with both if

975
00:55:59,920 --> 00:55:58,970
Bob did something I did it I did

976
00:56:02,620 --> 00:55:59,930
something he did it

977
00:56:05,020 --> 00:56:02,630
so we were an equal-opportunity family

978
00:56:07,030 --> 00:56:05,030
my mother said if you eat you need to

979
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:07,040
know how to cook so he became a great

980
00:56:11,650 --> 00:56:09,530
cake baker he watched her he listened he

981
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:11,660
paid attention to what she said and she

982
00:56:15,359 --> 00:56:13,130
had her favorite set of wooden bowls

983
00:56:17,770 --> 00:56:15,369
that she had gotten from her own mother

984
00:56:19,839 --> 00:56:17,780
he would make the cake in the wooden

985
00:56:24,609 --> 00:56:19,849
bowls test the temperature in the oven

986
00:56:26,950 --> 00:56:24,619
and bake the cake it was always good she

987
00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:26,960
said you wear shirts you need to know

988
00:56:32,740 --> 00:56:29,650
how to iron them well guess what he did

989
00:56:34,599 --> 00:56:32,750
he got the collar he got the cuffs and

990
00:56:37,900 --> 00:56:34,609
then he just pressed the front of the

991
00:56:39,790 --> 00:56:37,910
shirt because he always had to wear a

992
00:56:43,210 --> 00:56:39,800
jacket so he said nobody will see the

993
00:56:46,240 --> 00:56:43,220
rest of his book my mother said no no no

994
00:56:50,620 --> 00:56:46,250
you do the job you do the whole job you

995
00:56:53,470 --> 00:56:50,630
don't have step okay all right the other

996
00:56:55,540 --> 00:56:53,480
thing we learned to do we played my dad

997
00:56:59,230 --> 00:56:55,550
taught us chess and they taught us

998
00:57:01,390 --> 00:56:59,240
bridge and we learned to play bridge bob

999
00:57:03,790 --> 00:57:01,400
became very good at both chess and

1000
00:57:05,980 --> 00:57:03,800
bridge and he played them both for the

1001
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:05,990
rest of his life he was very good at

1002
00:57:14,109 --> 00:57:11,570
both me not so much but I could stumble

1003
00:57:16,570 --> 00:57:14,119
along what the principle of the bridge

1004
00:57:20,170 --> 00:57:16,580
game was was to learn how to count to

1005
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:20,180
learn how to pay attention you could

1006
00:57:25,390 --> 00:57:22,970
then tell who played what card what cars

1007
00:57:27,460 --> 00:57:25,400
were outstanding which hand was likely

1008
00:57:29,950 --> 00:57:27,470
to hold the remaining cards and so you

1009
00:57:32,230 --> 00:57:29,960
were able to assess your chance of

1010
00:57:35,170 --> 00:57:32,240
success and the outcome of the game it

1011
00:57:38,770 --> 00:57:35,180
was all about learning the same thing

1012
00:57:41,109 --> 00:57:38,780
was true with the chest as you all know

1013
00:57:44,140 --> 00:57:41,119
it's a game that requires a great deal

1014
00:57:45,940 --> 00:57:44,150
of thought and skill but we made the

1015
00:57:48,870 --> 00:57:45,950
investment because that's what we were

1016
00:57:52,140 --> 00:57:48,880
taught to do learn how to do things

1017
00:57:55,150 --> 00:57:52,150
think about what you do stick with it

1018
00:57:56,270 --> 00:57:55,160
persevere these are lessons you learn it

1019
00:57:59,480 --> 00:57:56,280
from childhood

1020
00:58:03,680 --> 00:57:59,490
I want to move on to the school part

1021
00:58:06,020 --> 00:58:03,690
well before I depart my mother wanted us

1022
00:58:09,560 --> 00:58:06,030
to learn to play a musical instrument so

1023
00:58:13,010 --> 00:58:09,570
we had appealed at piano she had bought

1024
00:58:15,410 --> 00:58:13,020
a piano during the war she had arranged

1025
00:58:18,080 --> 00:58:15,420
for us to take music lessons at one of

1026
00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:18,090
the downtown conservatories so we would

1027
00:58:24,710 --> 00:58:22,170
troupe off once a week to a lesson but

1028
00:58:26,990 --> 00:58:24,720
we also it was expected we would

1029
00:58:28,790 --> 00:58:27,000
practice every day at least an hour a

1030
00:58:31,370 --> 00:58:28,800
day so when we came home from school we

1031
00:58:34,340 --> 00:58:31,380
had a routine but practice for one hour

1032
00:58:39,140 --> 00:58:34,350
was part of that routine I did it

1033
00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:39,150
diligently but not enthusiastically vibe

1034
00:58:44,990 --> 00:58:41,730
did it diligently and enthusiastically

1035
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:45,000
such that one day he's on his way to a

1036
00:58:49,370 --> 00:58:47,370
music lesson some of you may have heard

1037
00:58:51,170 --> 00:58:49,380
this story before he's on his way to the

1038
00:58:54,050 --> 00:58:51,180
music lesson and he's about to be late

1039
00:58:57,170 --> 00:58:54,060
and he dashes for in those days it was a

1040
00:58:59,690 --> 00:58:57,180
trolley to go downtown to take his

1041
00:59:02,570 --> 00:58:59,700
lesson and he gets hit by a car as he's

1042
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:02,580
crossing the street he picks himself up

1043
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:05,130
dusts himself off and keeps running for

1044
00:59:08,290 --> 00:59:06,450
the trolley and the man who hit him

1045
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:08,300
stopped he said stop stop little boy

1046
00:59:14,270 --> 00:59:11,610
stop are you hurt he said no I'm not

1047
00:59:15,830 --> 00:59:14,280
hurt he said he said do you want me to

1048
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:15,840
take you to the doctors no I have to go

1049
00:59:21,410 --> 00:59:17,610
to my music lesson if I miss my lesson

1050
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:21,420
my mother will kill me so off you went

1051
00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:25,770
the men stayed at our house he waited

1052
00:59:29,570 --> 00:59:27,330
for one of our parents to come home

1053
00:59:31,370 --> 00:59:29,580
because he wanted to be sure that Bob

1054
00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:31,380
had not been hurt now this is a

1055
00:59:35,450 --> 00:59:33,570
responsible person my mother got home

1056
00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:35,460
first and he explained her what happened

1057
00:59:40,310 --> 00:59:38,130
by then Bob got back from music lesson

1058
00:59:41,450 --> 00:59:40,320
she said well are you all right Bob he

1059
00:59:44,900 --> 00:59:41,460
said I'm fine

1060
00:59:48,710 --> 00:59:44,910
and she said well thank you sir for

1061
00:59:51,470 --> 00:59:48,720
being so attentive but he's all right he

1062
00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:51,480
said that's remarkable his main concern

1063
00:59:57,890 --> 00:59:55,050
was to go to his class so that you would

1064
01:00:00,800 --> 00:59:57,900
not be disappointed and she said well

1065
01:00:01,930 --> 01:00:00,810
that's the kind of boy is very

1066
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:01,940
responsible

1067
01:00:09,460 --> 01:00:05,450
the man said you

1068
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:09,470
have a remarkable child and that was

1069
01:00:14,290 --> 01:00:12,290
sort of the tenor of his life he was a

1070
01:00:17,770 --> 01:00:14,300
remarkable child he learned to play the

1071
01:00:22,030 --> 01:00:17,780
piano and he was very very good at it he

1072
01:00:24,490 --> 01:00:22,040
learned it wasn't just notes and I had

1073
01:00:27,099 --> 01:00:24,500
hoped that we might have heard one of

1074
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:27,109
the recital pieces that he played it was

1075
01:00:31,270 --> 01:00:28,730
interesting because it was Chopin's

1076
01:00:34,770 --> 01:00:31,280
military march military as it's called

1077
01:00:37,990 --> 01:00:34,780
and he loved it and he played it

1078
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:38,000
throughout his piano playing days when

1079
01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:39,410
he went to Europe he didn't have a piano

1080
01:00:43,420 --> 01:00:42,170
to play so he stopped and I think while

1081
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:43,430
he was in the Air Force he didn't have a

1082
01:00:48,190 --> 01:00:46,010
piano so he didn't play anymore one of

1083
01:00:52,390 --> 01:00:48,200
my regrets is that his son Tracy never

1084
01:00:55,990 --> 01:00:52,400
heard him play the piano but I did and

1085
01:00:59,530 --> 01:00:56,000
he was very good in any case again

1086
01:01:02,470 --> 01:00:59,540
playing the piano taught discipline that

1087
01:01:04,599 --> 01:01:02,480
practice makes perfect you don't get

1088
01:01:06,810 --> 01:01:04,609
something for nothing you make an

1089
01:01:11,050 --> 01:01:06,820
investment

1090
01:01:14,859 --> 01:01:11,060
moving on to school we were fortunate in

1091
01:01:19,990 --> 01:01:14,869
that we grew up in Chicago during the

1092
01:01:23,170 --> 01:01:20,000
war it was amazing that the city we had

1093
01:01:24,220 --> 01:01:23,180
we experienced rationing we experienced

1094
01:01:27,190 --> 01:01:24,230
blackouts

1095
01:01:29,589 --> 01:01:27,200
we had Victory Garden because everybody

1096
01:01:32,460 --> 01:01:29,599
was committed to the war effort and

1097
01:01:36,970 --> 01:01:32,470
doing what you needed to do to help

1098
01:01:40,359 --> 01:01:36,980
America win the war we grew up with an

1099
01:01:41,980 --> 01:01:40,369
emphasis on patriotism and service we

1100
01:01:44,380 --> 01:01:41,990
were proud of our Father and his

1101
01:01:47,650 --> 01:01:44,390
brothers for their military service and

1102
01:01:50,290 --> 01:01:47,660
believe it in schools I'm somewhat

1103
01:01:54,069 --> 01:01:50,300
surprised that the direction things have

1104
01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:54,079
taken but we stood up with saluting the

1105
01:01:59,440 --> 01:01:55,430
flag and singing the national anthem

1106
01:02:02,280 --> 01:01:59,450
every day patriotism was something that

1107
01:02:05,530 --> 01:02:02,290
was built in us and we appreciate it

1108
01:02:07,990 --> 01:02:05,540
even though the Society was not perfect

1109
01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:08,000
we appreciated the opportunities that we

1110
01:02:15,740 --> 01:02:12,690
had we got wonderful public education

1111
01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:15,750
and in fact one of the few sources of

1112
01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:17,730
discontent between my sister-in-law and

1113
01:02:24,380 --> 01:02:21,210
my brother when the time came to put

1114
01:02:28,010 --> 01:02:24,390
their child in school was she wanted a

1115
01:02:30,410 --> 01:02:28,020
private school and he wanted public he

1116
01:02:32,630 --> 01:02:30,420
said I got a great education in public

1117
01:02:35,210 --> 01:02:32,640
schools she said but they're not the

1118
01:02:37,849 --> 01:02:35,220
same they're not like they used to be

1119
01:02:40,970 --> 01:02:37,859
when you went until we have to send him

1120
01:02:44,839 --> 01:02:40,980
to a private school anyway my point was

1121
01:02:47,329 --> 01:02:44,849
we got great public education we went to

1122
01:02:49,099 --> 01:02:47,339
schools that were racially mixed so we

1123
01:02:51,230 --> 01:02:49,109
learned how to get along with everybody

1124
01:02:55,670 --> 01:02:51,240
and everybody got along with everybody

1125
01:03:00,859 --> 01:02:55,680
the teachers with no exception were

1126
01:03:04,010 --> 01:03:00,869
always white that did not matter because

1127
01:03:06,500 --> 01:03:04,020
they were dedicated they loved what they

1128
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:06,510
did they were competent at it and they

1129
01:03:12,890 --> 01:03:08,970
encouraged us they not only taught us

1130
01:03:16,250 --> 01:03:12,900
but they appreciated us as people so we

1131
01:03:19,339 --> 01:03:16,260
grew up in that environment moving

1132
01:03:22,910 --> 01:03:19,349
through the world that was a real world

1133
01:03:26,029 --> 01:03:22,920
mixed with different people of all kinds

1134
01:03:29,660 --> 01:03:26,039
my brother's best friend in elementary

1135
01:03:31,670 --> 01:03:29,670
school was ping Tom if you're from

1136
01:03:34,339 --> 01:03:31,680
Chicago you know the ping Tom name

1137
01:03:37,039 --> 01:03:34,349
because he became the informal mayor of

1138
01:03:45,430 --> 01:03:37,049
Chinatown he went on to Harvard Harvard

1139
01:03:47,990 --> 01:03:45,440
Law School smart and rich very rich

1140
01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:48,000
Walter Moy was another of our friends

1141
01:03:52,760 --> 01:03:50,670
the day my brother was killed and it was

1142
01:03:57,079 --> 01:03:52,770
on the news the first person to bound

1143
01:03:59,150 --> 01:03:57,089
into our house was Walter Moy so these

1144
01:04:01,220 --> 01:03:59,160
were lasting relationships there were

1145
01:04:03,799 --> 01:04:01,230
real relationships and they taught us

1146
01:04:06,950 --> 01:04:03,809
valuable lessons about life that we were

1147
01:04:10,510 --> 01:04:06,960
each able to use as we moved through our

1148
01:04:16,950 --> 01:04:13,730
Bob learned things in

1149
01:04:18,900 --> 01:04:16,960
secondary school that stood him well in

1150
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:18,910
good stead for the rest of his academic

1151
01:04:25,530 --> 01:04:22,450
career when we went to high school you

1152
01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:25,540
chose our curriculum ours was at our

1153
01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:27,490
parents insistence the college

1154
01:04:31,859 --> 01:04:29,650
preparatory curriculum which meant that

1155
01:04:34,319 --> 01:04:31,869
you started with a foreign language and

1156
01:04:39,780 --> 01:04:34,329
different Sciences and so forth Bob

1157
01:04:42,900 --> 01:04:39,790
chose German German we had German

1158
01:04:43,500 --> 01:04:42,910
friends but he chose German as his

1159
01:04:48,030 --> 01:04:43,510
language

1160
01:04:52,050 --> 01:04:48,040
I chose French he said well German is

1161
01:04:53,819 --> 01:04:52,060
the language of the sciences okay now

1162
01:04:56,370 --> 01:04:53,829
maybe he was interested in science

1163
01:04:59,819 --> 01:04:56,380
because as it as he was growing up he

1164
01:05:03,060 --> 01:04:59,829
got erector sets and chemistry sets and

1165
01:05:04,950 --> 01:05:03,070
my stepfather and Bob would perform

1166
01:05:07,020 --> 01:05:04,960
little experiments on the chemistry sets

1167
01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:07,030
and they got progressively more

1168
01:05:12,089 --> 01:05:10,890
sophisticated as they as he got older

1169
01:05:15,900 --> 01:05:12,099
anyway

1170
01:05:18,150 --> 01:05:15,910
he studied German and his chemistry

1171
01:05:22,020 --> 01:05:18,160
teacher was one of his most important

1172
01:05:24,180 --> 01:05:22,030
influences mr. Sullivan he loved mr.

1173
01:05:26,910 --> 01:05:24,190
Sullivan mr. Sullivan loved him and

1174
01:05:28,890 --> 01:05:26,920
spent time with him I mean nobody was

1175
01:05:30,420 --> 01:05:28,900
clock-watching in those days teachers

1176
01:05:32,490 --> 01:05:30,430
spent time after school with the

1177
01:05:35,700 --> 01:05:32,500
students that they wanted to encourage

1178
01:05:38,099 --> 01:05:35,710
and support he went on to Bradley and

1179
01:05:41,190 --> 01:05:38,109
majored in chemistry and chemistry

1180
01:05:44,550 --> 01:05:41,200
majors at Bradley had to take German for

1181
01:05:46,230 --> 01:05:44,560
four years so he developed a facility

1182
01:05:48,930 --> 01:05:46,240
for the language which was partly

1183
01:05:50,940 --> 01:05:48,940
responsible for the reason he was sent

1184
01:05:54,329 --> 01:05:50,950
as part of that initial group to train

1185
01:05:57,000 --> 01:05:54,339
the retrain the German Air Force now one

1186
01:06:01,050 --> 01:05:57,010
of the stories that he told me this is

1187
01:06:04,079 --> 01:06:01,060
no secondhand story there had been a

1188
01:06:07,050 --> 01:06:04,089
number of fatal accidents at first to

1189
01:06:11,069 --> 01:06:07,060
that work air force base first years it

1190
01:06:15,210 --> 01:06:11,079
was called and being analytical he said

1191
01:06:18,079 --> 01:06:15,220
why is this happening the best pilots

1192
01:06:21,900 --> 01:06:18,089
are being sent here to train these young

1193
01:06:23,050 --> 01:06:21,910
men and we know they're qualified so why

1194
01:06:25,290 --> 01:06:23,060
is it happening

1195
01:06:27,790 --> 01:06:25,300
and he thought and you said I know why

1196
01:06:32,140 --> 01:06:27,800
because we're teaching them in English

1197
01:06:34,750 --> 01:06:32,150
and they don't have time at the speed of

1198
01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:34,760
which they are traveling to translate

1199
01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:37,490
the commands from England English to

1200
01:06:44,730 --> 01:06:40,730
German and then execute they need to be

1201
01:06:46,930 --> 01:06:44,740
taught in their native language a

1202
01:06:49,930 --> 01:06:46,940
recommendation he made to the base

1203
01:06:52,030 --> 01:06:49,940
commander who said well you know what

1204
01:06:54,660 --> 01:06:52,040
that means that means of all of our

1205
01:06:57,940 --> 01:06:54,670
instructors will have to be bilingual

1206
01:07:03,520 --> 01:06:57,950
and my brother said I bet he reported to

1207
01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:03,530
me is it yeah and so the language of

1208
01:07:07,690 --> 01:07:05,810
instruction was changed for which he

1209
01:07:09,340 --> 01:07:07,700
received recommendation by the German

1210
01:07:12,730 --> 01:07:09,350
government it was an important

1211
01:07:15,400 --> 01:07:12,740
innovation and this just like he had

1212
01:07:20,680 --> 01:07:15,410
been well taught that was one of his

1213
01:07:23,650 --> 01:07:20,690
motivations to teach well he came home

1214
01:07:26,230 --> 01:07:23,660
from Germany and the Germans as we all

1215
01:07:30,010 --> 01:07:26,240
know reconstructed their airforce then

1216
01:07:32,470 --> 01:07:30,020
there a military might today he came

1217
01:07:35,260 --> 01:07:32,480
home to go to Ohio State University

1218
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:35,270
where he studied for and received a PhD

1219
01:07:40,950 --> 01:07:38,330
in physical chemistry and as dr. white

1220
01:07:44,020 --> 01:07:40,960
will tell you that's not just chemistry

1221
01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:44,030
that's something special in chemistry a

1222
01:07:49,780 --> 01:07:47,810
very arduous part of the discipline but

1223
01:07:55,930 --> 01:07:49,790
he did get a PhD in physical chemistry

1224
01:07:58,360 --> 01:07:55,940
and when he graduated and there's a

1225
01:08:00,700 --> 01:07:58,370
photograph of him with the president of

1226
01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:00,710
Ohio State who usually always confers

1227
01:08:06,820 --> 01:08:02,450
the PhD when you get hooded that's a

1228
01:08:10,750 --> 01:08:06,830
special thing my mother said to my

1229
01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:10,760
mother said him well what is your

1230
01:08:17,559 --> 01:08:13,370
favorite thing the air force or

1231
01:08:18,789 --> 01:08:17,569
chemistry and he said I'm the luckiest

1232
01:08:22,210 --> 01:08:18,799
man in the world

1233
01:08:28,450 --> 01:08:22,220
because I get to do the two things

1234
01:08:32,170 --> 01:08:28,460
the most chemistry and flying the two

1235
01:08:35,890 --> 01:08:32,180
things I love you didn't say my wife my

1236
01:08:41,830 --> 01:08:35,900
son my mother my sister the two things I

1237
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:41,840
love most chemistry and flying that

1238
01:08:47,620 --> 01:08:43,810
gives you kind of a sense of his

1239
01:08:50,200 --> 01:08:47,630
patriotism he loved his country he loved

1240
01:08:52,360 --> 01:08:50,210
the opportunity to serve it and he

1241
01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:52,370
understood something that whatever he

1242
01:08:59,230 --> 01:08:56,210
did was important to those who came

1243
01:09:02,560 --> 01:08:59,240
after because you as we were taught you

1244
01:09:06,220 --> 01:09:02,570
lead by example not only is your words

1245
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:06,230
your bond but what you do speaks volumes

1246
01:09:09,970 --> 01:09:08,690
for who you are it's not what you say

1247
01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:09,980
it's what you do

1248
01:09:17,890 --> 01:09:14,650
I am truly proud to have been his sister

1249
01:09:20,860 --> 01:09:17,900
when he when he graduated from college

1250
01:09:24,130 --> 01:09:20,870
and went into the military our paths

1251
01:09:27,640 --> 01:09:24,140
diverged he had his life to live and I

1252
01:09:30,310 --> 01:09:27,650
left glad mine and except for trips when

1253
01:09:32,350 --> 01:09:30,320
he came home on vacations and visits I

1254
01:09:35,890 --> 01:09:32,360
didn't get to spend much time with him

1255
01:09:38,320 --> 01:09:35,900
but what I have are the memories of our

1256
01:09:40,510 --> 01:09:38,330
childhood the memories of our growing up

1257
01:09:43,210 --> 01:09:40,520
and the knowledge of the kind of person

1258
01:09:45,370 --> 01:09:43,220
he was the reason he led his life the

1259
01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:45,380
way he did and what he was able to

1260
01:09:48,190 --> 01:09:46,250
accomplish

1261
01:09:49,450 --> 01:09:48,200
he never was interested in being the

1262
01:09:52,480 --> 01:09:49,460
first of anything

1263
01:09:55,540 --> 01:09:52,490
he was only being interested in being

1264
01:09:59,170 --> 01:09:55,550
given an opportunity to do what he could

1265
01:10:04,960 --> 01:09:59,180
do and the Air Force gave him that

1266
01:10:07,150 --> 01:10:04,970
opportunity I don't want to belabor at

1267
01:10:08,170 --> 01:10:07,160
that point but he really did love his

1268
01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:08,180
time in the military

1269
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:12,290
the third thing the third force was our

1270
01:10:16,950 --> 01:10:14,330
church we grew up as Christian

1271
01:10:21,640 --> 01:10:16,960
Scientists and some of you may have

1272
01:10:23,830 --> 01:10:21,650
ideas about what that means but I can

1273
01:10:25,570 --> 01:10:23,840
tell you it doesn't mean quite what the

1274
01:10:27,220 --> 01:10:25,580
public perception of it is

1275
01:10:29,530 --> 01:10:27,230
oh you're those people who don't go to

1276
01:10:32,320 --> 01:10:29,540
doctors listen nobody keeps a medical

1277
01:10:36,530 --> 01:10:32,330
profession and business any more than me

1278
01:10:39,650 --> 01:10:36,540
so that's not true but there's a there's

1279
01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:39,660
a habit of mind that we because it's a

1280
01:10:45,530 --> 01:10:42,690
kind of intellectual religion we were

1281
01:10:47,270 --> 01:10:45,540
always taught to question one of the big

1282
01:10:49,130 --> 01:10:47,280
questions we used to ask our Sunday

1283
01:10:52,370 --> 01:10:49,140
School teachers which drove them

1284
01:10:54,740 --> 01:10:52,380
absolutely mad unsure well if everything

1285
01:11:03,860 --> 01:10:54,750
is good that was created where did it

1286
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:03,870
evil come from hmm it's not as if it

1287
01:11:10,310 --> 01:11:05,850
doesn't exist so how do you reconcile

1288
01:11:14,750 --> 01:11:10,320
your notion of good with the appearance

1289
01:11:16,310 --> 01:11:14,760
and reality of evil we talked through we

1290
01:11:17,950 --> 01:11:16,320
in Christian Science you go to Sunday

1291
01:11:22,010 --> 01:11:17,960
School till you're 20

1292
01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:22,020
okay Sunday school they got you when

1293
01:11:34,460 --> 01:11:30,920
socialized into some of the values of

1294
01:11:36,230 --> 01:11:34,470
the church but also we learned lots of

1295
01:11:37,850 --> 01:11:36,240
things about the real world the

1296
01:11:40,520 --> 01:11:37,860
Christian Science Monitor which some of

1297
01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:40,530
you may know is a nationally known and

1298
01:11:45,560 --> 01:11:43,770
highly regarded newspaper it is separate

1299
01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:45,570
from the church it's published by the

1300
01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:47,370
Christian Science publishing society but

1301
01:11:54,260 --> 01:11:49,530
it is not an organ of the church there

1302
01:11:57,680 --> 01:11:54,270
is no editorial involvement every Sunday

1303
01:12:01,610 --> 01:11:57,690
school was responsible for having a

1304
01:12:04,340 --> 01:12:01,620
monitor youth forum that meant the kids

1305
01:12:06,740 --> 01:12:04,350
in the Sunday school up to 20 not such

1306
01:12:09,710 --> 01:12:06,750
kids could participate in the youth

1307
01:12:16,120 --> 01:12:09,720
forum and it was devoted to the study of

1308
01:12:20,480 --> 01:12:16,130
current affairs so our church was a

1309
01:12:22,940 --> 01:12:20,490
quote colored church in the city of

1310
01:12:24,380 --> 01:12:22,950
Chicago it was the only one all the

1311
01:12:27,290 --> 01:12:24,390
other churches were white but that

1312
01:12:30,830 --> 01:12:27,300
didn't matter because when we had the

1313
01:12:33,890 --> 01:12:30,840
monitor Youth Forum meetings we met with

1314
01:12:36,860 --> 01:12:33,900
kids from other churches and we would

1315
01:12:38,450 --> 01:12:36,870
also have contests on the knowledge of

1316
01:12:40,100 --> 01:12:38,460
current affairs because that's what we

1317
01:12:41,339 --> 01:12:40,110
did we discussed current events as

1318
01:12:44,640 --> 01:12:41,349
reported in the news

1319
01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:44,650
and then we meet and discuss it was a

1320
01:12:48,510 --> 01:12:46,510
wonderful opportunity and here we are

1321
01:12:50,939 --> 01:12:48,520
the kids would come to our church we

1322
01:12:53,280 --> 01:12:50,949
would go to their churches so again it

1323
01:12:56,569 --> 01:12:53,290
was an opportunity to interact with

1324
01:12:59,189 --> 01:12:56,579
different people from all over the city

1325
01:13:01,500 --> 01:12:59,199
representing different ethnicities and

1326
01:13:04,350 --> 01:13:01,510
cultures and we all got along and we

1327
01:13:06,720 --> 01:13:04,360
learn things from each other so these

1328
01:13:10,530 --> 01:13:06,730
were the pillars that helped shape our

1329
01:13:16,050 --> 01:13:10,540
lives knowing others working with others

1330
01:13:20,430 --> 01:13:16,060
getting along with others I think the

1331
01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:20,440
person that you see up here reflected

1332
01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:25,690
well all those values and principles I'm

1333
01:13:31,220 --> 01:13:28,210
only sorry that he didn't have an

1334
01:13:36,510 --> 01:13:31,230
opportunity to work a little bit longer

1335
01:13:38,110 --> 01:13:36,520
but I think his job was well done thank

1336
01:14:20,950 --> 01:13:38,120
you

1337
01:14:28,860 --> 01:14:24,850
Wow that was amazing that was absolutely

1338
01:14:31,450 --> 01:14:28,870
one of the best bio presentations

1339
01:14:34,180 --> 01:14:31,460
inspirational talks I've ever heard what

1340
01:14:36,670 --> 01:14:34,190
a remarkable woman what a remarkable man

1341
01:14:41,560 --> 01:14:36,680
two incredible Americans

1342
01:14:46,330 --> 01:14:41,570
I'd like to introduce to you dr. Herman

1343
01:14:49,180 --> 01:14:46,340
white jr. CEO scientists he is going to

1344
01:14:52,030 --> 01:14:49,190
have a presentation for us looking

1345
01:14:56,290 --> 01:14:52,040
forward to it dr. white are you please

1346
01:15:02,530 --> 01:14:59,970
[Applause]

1347
01:15:06,879 --> 01:15:02,540
good morning and thank you very much for

1348
01:15:08,410 --> 01:15:06,889
inviting me here I am going to probably

1349
01:15:11,700 --> 01:15:08,420
say some things that have already been

1350
01:15:14,740 --> 01:15:11,710
said before but I've been told that

1351
01:15:16,620 --> 01:15:14,750
repetition is just fine when you're

1352
01:15:19,209 --> 01:15:16,630
talking about something that's great as

1353
01:15:23,260 --> 01:15:19,219
the person that we're talking about this

1354
01:15:26,379 --> 01:15:23,270
morning this is a slide presentation

1355
01:15:29,109 --> 01:15:26,389
that's part of what we actually did at

1356
01:15:32,919 --> 01:15:29,119
the University Bradley University in

1357
01:15:34,780 --> 01:15:32,929
Peoria I was the memorial lecturer for

1358
01:15:39,010 --> 01:15:34,790
that for that event that's the 50th

1359
01:15:41,470 --> 01:15:39,020
anniversary of of major Lawrence's

1360
01:15:44,350 --> 01:15:41,480
passing so what you see here is

1361
01:15:45,609 --> 01:15:44,360
basically some ideas that I had this is

1362
01:15:47,890 --> 01:15:45,619
a different perspective

1363
01:15:49,780 --> 01:15:47,900
the perspective is not just in terms of

1364
01:15:52,209 --> 01:15:49,790
what a person has done but the

1365
01:15:53,859 --> 01:15:52,219
preparation that was responsible for

1366
01:15:56,229 --> 01:15:53,869
getting him to the point where they made

1367
01:15:58,750 --> 01:15:56,239
the call to say major Lawrence come walk

1368
01:16:01,120 --> 01:15:58,760
in space with us and that requires a

1369
01:16:03,910 --> 01:16:01,130
great deal of effort a great deal of

1370
01:16:05,680 --> 01:16:03,920
work sometimes perseverance and a great

1371
01:16:07,510 --> 01:16:05,690
deal of vision with regard to young

1372
01:16:09,310 --> 01:16:07,520
people when I was talking to the

1373
01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:09,320
students at Bradley University it was

1374
01:16:14,770 --> 01:16:11,570
basically a speech to those students

1375
01:16:16,930 --> 01:16:14,780
because you do not know what talents

1376
01:16:19,120 --> 01:16:16,940
you're going to need when it's time for

1377
01:16:22,300 --> 01:16:19,130
you to actually do the work learning

1378
01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:22,310
German was not necessarily an absolute

1379
01:16:26,080 --> 01:16:24,530
thing that was required but it was

1380
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:26,090
something that actually changed the

1381
01:16:31,149 --> 01:16:27,770
dynamics of how you actually teach

1382
01:16:33,220 --> 01:16:31,159
German fliers to fly in the next slide

1383
01:16:35,200 --> 01:16:33,230
basically you will see essentially all

1384
01:16:37,419 --> 01:16:35,210
of these topics this is the life of

1385
01:16:40,089 --> 01:16:37,429
major Lawrence and I I have some

1386
01:16:42,669 --> 01:16:40,099
photographs in here that have some

1387
01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:42,679
younger photographs of individuals who

1388
01:16:49,540 --> 01:16:46,010
are in this room so forgive me before I

1389
01:16:52,180 --> 01:16:49,550
even start I know that you know you're

1390
01:16:54,609 --> 01:16:52,190
individuals who walk in space so I have

1391
01:16:56,859 --> 01:16:54,619
to be really special and and careful

1392
01:16:58,839 --> 01:16:56,869
about that let me just get my talk up

1393
01:17:01,000 --> 01:16:58,849
here I'm sorry about that point okay

1394
01:17:03,160 --> 01:17:01,010
here we go

1395
01:17:06,490 --> 01:17:03,170
so major Lawrence and this is a little

1396
01:17:07,810 --> 01:17:06,500
bit more of a history perspective as you

1397
01:17:11,020 --> 01:17:07,820
can see

1398
01:17:12,910 --> 01:17:11,030
a very dynamic man and in the next slide

1399
01:17:14,859 --> 01:17:12,920
you see essentially the historical

1400
01:17:16,479 --> 01:17:14,869
summary now this is the same sort of

1401
01:17:18,939 --> 01:17:16,489
information that you have actually

1402
01:17:21,510 --> 01:17:18,949
already heard about he was born October

1403
01:17:24,089 --> 01:17:21,520
2nd on the south side of Chicago

1404
01:17:27,669 --> 01:17:24,099
graduated from high school and then

1405
01:17:31,419 --> 01:17:27,679
elected as the cadet commander of the

1406
01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:31,429
Air Force ROTC in 1955 graduated Bradley

1407
01:17:36,399 --> 01:17:33,050
University with a degree in chemistry

1408
01:17:39,550 --> 01:17:36,409
and an inner flight an active duty in

1409
01:17:41,140 --> 01:17:39,560
West Germany he returned to the United

1410
01:17:43,240 --> 01:17:41,150
States and started graduate school at

1411
01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:43,250
the Ohio State University in physical

1412
01:17:48,939 --> 01:17:46,010
chemistry and got a PhD in physical

1413
01:17:52,089 --> 01:17:48,949
chemistry not to demean anybody's

1414
01:17:54,939 --> 01:17:52,099
training but sometimes I have been asked

1415
01:17:56,800 --> 01:17:54,949
about people who are interested in going

1416
01:17:58,959 --> 01:17:56,810
into the astronaut corps and what kind

1417
01:18:01,660 --> 01:17:58,969
of training you need to be able to do

1418
01:18:04,419 --> 01:18:01,670
that and I always go back to the time of

1419
01:18:07,270 --> 01:18:04,429
thinking about major Lawrence to say you

1420
01:18:09,490 --> 01:18:07,280
might want to think of getting a PhD and

1421
01:18:12,310 --> 01:18:09,500
they said well why do I need that it's

1422
01:18:15,729 --> 01:18:12,320
because Robert Lawrence got one it's

1423
01:18:19,270 --> 01:18:15,739
it's it's pretty simple and in fact if

1424
01:18:20,859 --> 01:18:19,280
you look at the next slide well the next

1425
01:18:22,899 --> 01:18:20,869
few the next slide where you see

1426
01:18:24,280 --> 01:18:22,909
essentially it's light I'm going to go

1427
01:18:26,410 --> 01:18:24,290
through these a little fast because each

1428
01:18:28,270 --> 01:18:26,420
one of these I want to highlight but I

1429
01:18:30,580 --> 01:18:28,280
don't want to delay belabor this too

1430
01:18:33,550 --> 01:18:30,590
often too long but when you actually

1431
01:18:35,229 --> 01:18:33,560
look at the graduate program and the

1432
01:18:37,390 --> 01:18:35,239
graduate studies that he actually did

1433
01:18:40,510 --> 01:18:37,400
most of the training that was actually

1434
01:18:44,050 --> 01:18:40,520
done in the next slide you will see I

1435
01:18:47,050 --> 01:18:44,060
think Barbara mentioned the the ceremony

1436
01:18:52,540 --> 01:18:47,060
for awarding the PhD and that's the next

1437
01:18:54,609 --> 01:18:52,550
slide after this that one as you can see

1438
01:18:55,689 --> 01:18:54,619
he's getting his PhD in physical

1439
01:18:59,709 --> 01:18:55,699
chemistry

1440
01:19:01,240 --> 01:18:59,719
he was the first astronaut trained in

1441
01:19:03,010 --> 01:19:01,250
chemistry now many of the other

1442
01:19:05,589 --> 01:19:03,020
astronauts and I have the list of the

1443
01:19:08,109 --> 01:19:05,599
first 17 I'm going to ask your

1444
01:19:10,030 --> 01:19:08,119
forgiveness again and I looked at the

1445
01:19:11,709 --> 01:19:10,040
backgrounds of all individuals who

1446
01:19:14,430 --> 01:19:11,719
actually had been chosen in that first

1447
01:19:17,589 --> 01:19:14,440
17 groups of people exceptional

1448
01:19:20,380 --> 01:19:17,599
exceptional individuals many from our

1449
01:19:22,540 --> 01:19:20,390
national academies many who are

1450
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:22,550
trained and aeronautical engineering

1451
01:19:26,950 --> 01:19:25,010
trained in mechanical engineering there

1452
01:19:29,650 --> 01:19:26,960
were two physicists I have to point that

1453
01:19:33,190 --> 01:19:29,660
out you know and there were also

1454
01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:33,200
individuals who were in in various areas

1455
01:19:38,860 --> 01:19:35,930
of science but there was one

1456
01:19:40,750 --> 01:19:38,870
undergraduate in chemistry and one PhD

1457
01:19:44,050 --> 01:19:40,760
in chemistry and that was Robert

1458
01:19:45,640 --> 01:19:44,060
Lawrence and you might ask if I studied

1459
01:19:48,910 --> 01:19:45,650
chemistry would I think about actually

1460
01:19:51,430 --> 01:19:48,920
flying in space well perhaps not in the

1461
01:19:53,200 --> 01:19:51,440
early days of the Apollo program many of

1462
01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:53,210
us in the academic community would ask

1463
01:19:58,120 --> 01:19:56,090
the questions about whether in fact you

1464
01:20:00,250 --> 01:19:58,130
had to have a particular background to

1465
01:20:02,260 --> 01:20:00,260
go to the moon and one of the things

1466
01:20:03,250 --> 01:20:02,270
that came up was that you might want to

1467
01:20:05,470 --> 01:20:03,260
be a geologist

1468
01:20:08,380 --> 01:20:05,480
after all you you're looking at an area

1469
01:20:10,840 --> 01:20:08,390
that no one had explored before but in

1470
01:20:14,170 --> 01:20:10,850
essence my attitude on it was that you

1471
01:20:18,640 --> 01:20:14,180
had to be an explorer Explorer the next

1472
01:20:23,020 --> 01:20:18,650
slide shows you some of the news reports

1473
01:20:26,050 --> 01:20:23,030
that identified and as Barbara said we

1474
01:20:28,750 --> 01:20:26,060
were called Negroes then the first Negro

1475
01:20:31,390 --> 01:20:28,760
astronaut and when you think about that

1476
01:20:33,100 --> 01:20:31,400
the work that actually is done by

1477
01:20:35,950 --> 01:20:33,110
individuals to train themselves

1478
01:20:39,250 --> 01:20:35,960
academically and otherwise is extremely

1479
01:20:41,650 --> 01:20:39,260
important but this university was very

1480
01:20:44,440 --> 01:20:41,660
very excited about the fact that one of

1481
01:20:46,540 --> 01:20:44,450
their alumni had actually been chosen to

1482
01:20:49,990 --> 01:20:46,550
be trained in the in the military

1483
01:20:53,290 --> 01:20:50,000
astronaut Corp Bradley University in the

1484
01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:53,300
next slide will it's is is interesting

1485
01:20:57,010 --> 01:20:55,010
in the sense that I look at that

1486
01:21:00,280 --> 01:20:57,020
University somewhat like the university

1487
01:21:03,550 --> 01:21:00,290
that well the town that I grew up in and

1488
01:21:05,740 --> 01:21:03,560
the and the Institute that in fact was

1489
01:21:08,070 --> 01:21:05,750
the basis of many of my academic

1490
01:21:10,840 --> 01:21:08,080
experiences

1491
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:10,850
Lydia Bradley who's founded the

1492
01:21:15,730 --> 01:21:13,610
University with a develop on motivated

1493
01:21:18,010 --> 01:21:15,740
to provide practical knowledge in the

1494
01:21:21,930 --> 01:21:18,020
arts and sciences was not unlike the

1495
01:21:24,790 --> 01:21:21,940
University in Tuskegee Alabama and

1496
01:21:27,730 --> 01:21:24,800
Tuskegee also was a place that provided

1497
01:21:30,310 --> 01:21:27,740
a knowledge and some practical

1498
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:30,320
experience for independent living by

1499
01:21:33,580 --> 01:21:32,690
people who had actually had not act did

1500
01:21:36,010 --> 01:21:33,590
not have access to

1501
01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:36,020
academic training but it was also the

1502
01:21:42,149 --> 01:21:38,690
home of the Tuskegee Airmen and the Army

1503
01:21:44,470 --> 01:21:42,159
Air Corps in during World War two and

1504
01:21:47,859 --> 01:21:44,480
personally I would like to believe that

1505
01:21:49,930 --> 01:21:47,869
in 1985 when when Robert Lawrence was

1506
01:21:52,120 --> 01:21:49,940
born and going to college in the mid

1507
01:21:54,490 --> 01:21:52,130
1950s and all the accomplishments that

1508
01:21:57,189 --> 01:21:54,500
he had he might very well have thought

1509
01:21:59,320 --> 01:21:57,199
about the Tuskegee Airmen during that

1510
01:22:02,080 --> 01:21:59,330
time I certainly know that I did and

1511
01:22:04,479 --> 01:22:02,090
everyone in my community did the the

1512
01:22:05,919 --> 01:22:04,489
work that those individuals did was

1513
01:22:08,830 --> 01:22:05,929
absolutely amazing

1514
01:22:11,350 --> 01:22:08,840
but remember in the next slide this

1515
01:22:14,280 --> 01:22:11,360
photograph of the people who were called

1516
01:22:17,290 --> 01:22:14,290
Tuskegee Airmen I basically called them

1517
01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:17,300
pioneers these were individuals who

1518
01:22:21,339 --> 01:22:19,730
actually took it upon themselves to go

1519
01:22:24,310 --> 01:22:21,349
out and do something that number one

1520
01:22:26,820 --> 01:22:24,320
everyone said you can't do you shouldn't

1521
01:22:30,220 --> 01:22:26,830
be able to do we're not gonna let you do

1522
01:22:33,040 --> 01:22:30,230
but they did it anyway this is in fact

1523
01:22:35,169 --> 01:22:33,050
the characteristics of a pioneer when

1524
01:22:37,510 --> 01:22:35,179
Robert Lawrence was actually chosen for

1525
01:22:39,729 --> 01:22:37,520
the man orbital laboratory and this is

1526
01:22:41,950 --> 01:22:39,739
in the next slide you'll see essentially

1527
01:22:43,689 --> 01:22:41,960
sort of an artistic picture of it

1528
01:22:46,479 --> 01:22:43,699
originally referred to as the man

1529
01:22:47,890 --> 01:22:46,489
orbiting orbiting laboratory was part of

1530
01:22:50,169 --> 01:22:47,900
the manned spaceflight program of the

1531
01:22:52,419 --> 01:22:50,179
Air Force replacing the military space

1532
01:22:54,520 --> 01:22:52,429
plane project the NASA's concepts of the

1533
01:22:56,830 --> 01:22:54,530
main of the manned space station was

1534
01:22:59,020 --> 01:22:56,840
used as a reconnaissance purposes you

1535
01:23:02,100 --> 01:22:59,030
can see essentially the place where the

1536
01:23:04,780 --> 01:23:02,110
individuals would be in that in that

1537
01:23:07,870 --> 01:23:04,790
system as well as a I think Gemini 3

1538
01:23:10,479 --> 01:23:07,880
links to Gemini 3 capsule in terms of

1539
01:23:16,209 --> 01:23:10,489
the the transport system to get back and

1540
01:23:18,129 --> 01:23:16,219
forth the next slide is a more of a you

1541
01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:18,139
know the the the pictures that you saw

1542
01:23:22,300 --> 01:23:19,730
up there earlier and Barbara mentioned

1543
01:23:25,330 --> 01:23:22,310
this to say how did we get these guys to

1544
01:23:27,790 --> 01:23:25,340
smile but this is a few seconds after

1545
01:23:29,169 --> 01:23:27,800
that photograph so here you see and some

1546
01:23:31,180 --> 01:23:29,179
of those individuals are here and I'm

1547
01:23:33,609 --> 01:23:31,190
I'm very honored to even be in the same

1548
01:23:35,620 --> 01:23:33,619
room with them but they look like

1549
01:23:39,339 --> 01:23:35,630
they're really happy and that's also a

1550
01:23:42,600 --> 01:23:39,349
characteristics of pioneers the the next

1551
01:23:44,479 --> 01:23:42,610
slide shows you essentially the f-104

1552
01:23:49,430 --> 01:23:44,489
starfighter that

1553
01:23:53,779 --> 01:23:49,440
Lawrence was a real pioneer and and

1554
01:23:55,279 --> 01:23:53,789
working with and and flying now the next

1555
01:23:59,049 --> 01:23:55,289
slide tells you something about the

1556
01:24:01,279 --> 01:23:59,059
posthumous recognition that it usually

1557
01:24:04,060 --> 01:24:01,289
provided to many people who give their

1558
01:24:08,959 --> 01:24:04,070
lives and who commit to various things

1559
01:24:11,060 --> 01:24:08,969
in our society particularly from a point

1560
01:24:12,859 --> 01:24:11,070
of view of not really knowing what's

1561
01:24:15,799 --> 01:24:12,869
going to happen in the in the future and

1562
01:24:18,379 --> 01:24:15,809
what you see of course are this the

1563
01:24:21,049 --> 01:24:18,389
various types of recognition that many

1564
01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:21,059
of the folks who we know and many of the

1565
01:24:25,430 --> 01:24:23,010
pioneers that we have in our country and

1566
01:24:28,399 --> 01:24:25,440
around the world for that matter usually

1567
01:24:32,149 --> 01:24:28,409
acquire the naming of lecture halls the

1568
01:24:36,049 --> 01:24:32,159
naming of schools the naming of various

1569
01:24:39,709 --> 01:24:36,059
lecture ships student scholarships and

1570
01:24:46,120 --> 01:24:39,719
so forth in December 8th 1997 that

1571
01:24:48,500 --> 01:24:46,130
family of Lawrence was successful in

1572
01:24:50,330 --> 01:24:48,510
inscribing and having his name inscribed

1573
01:24:52,069 --> 01:24:50,340
on the space mirror memorial here at the

1574
01:24:54,259 --> 01:24:52,079
Kennedy Space Center and that was a

1575
01:24:56,569 --> 01:24:54,269
great day I think for the whole family

1576
01:24:59,660 --> 01:24:56,579
and certainly for the memory of major

1577
01:25:02,540 --> 01:24:59,670
Lawrence let me point out that when we

1578
01:25:04,700 --> 01:25:02,550
think about recognition and it's

1579
01:25:06,350 --> 01:25:04,710
important to know this the reason that

1580
01:25:09,350 --> 01:25:06,360
we're here today is because we do not

1581
01:25:12,739 --> 01:25:09,360
allow those who pioneered and started

1582
01:25:14,839 --> 01:25:12,749
things to be forgotten it is important

1583
01:25:16,549 --> 01:25:14,849
and it's important from the point of

1584
01:25:19,250 --> 01:25:16,559
view of looking in the eyes of young

1585
01:25:21,140 --> 01:25:19,260
people and asking them what is it that

1586
01:25:23,810 --> 01:25:21,150
you want to do where do you want to go

1587
01:25:25,700 --> 01:25:23,820
in your life they can look back on other

1588
01:25:27,979 --> 01:25:25,710
people's lives and say I want to follow

1589
01:25:30,890 --> 01:25:27,989
that path well that path is usually

1590
01:25:34,220 --> 01:25:30,900
closed it's usually closed but that's

1591
01:25:36,529 --> 01:25:34,230
okay because the the road that they open

1592
01:25:38,419 --> 01:25:36,539
up and making that path makes it a lot

1593
01:25:41,089 --> 01:25:38,429
easier I think for the young people and

1594
01:25:44,899 --> 01:25:41,099
to some extent the effort that was put

1595
01:25:47,600 --> 01:25:44,909
in and the success for having dr.

1596
01:25:51,080 --> 01:25:47,610
Lawrence major Lawrence mr. Lawrence

1597
01:25:53,390 --> 01:25:51,090
recognized here in the memorial wall is

1598
01:25:56,509 --> 01:25:53,400
one that I think we should be very very

1599
01:25:57,140 --> 01:25:56,519
proud of and very very concerned happy

1600
01:25:59,030 --> 01:25:57,150
with

1601
01:26:03,050 --> 01:25:59,040
let me point out in the next couple of

1602
01:26:06,680 --> 01:26:03,060
slides that he was also recognized as a

1603
01:26:08,960 --> 01:26:06,690
Distinguished Alumni in June of 1968 at

1604
01:26:17,180 --> 01:26:08,970
Bratton University that's two slides

1605
01:26:18,890 --> 01:26:17,190
from now and the next slide and this

1606
01:26:20,660 --> 01:26:18,900
this is something that happens with a

1607
01:26:22,640 --> 01:26:20,670
lot of universities around the around

1608
01:26:25,420 --> 01:26:22,650
the world to recognize the

1609
01:26:29,780 --> 01:26:25,430
accomplishments of their of their

1610
01:26:31,670 --> 01:26:29,790
graduates the next slide and the next

1611
01:26:35,390 --> 01:26:31,680
two slides actually I want to just

1612
01:26:37,310 --> 01:26:35,400
finish by saying something very I'm an

1613
01:26:39,500 --> 01:26:37,320
academic so you know I smash atoms for a

1614
01:26:41,510 --> 01:26:39,510
living and I worked at a the world's

1615
01:26:43,820 --> 01:26:41,520
highest energy particle accelerators so

1616
01:26:46,490 --> 01:26:43,830
you know I'm usually in my head more

1617
01:26:49,670 --> 01:26:46,500
than talking to people but I'm very very

1618
01:26:53,720 --> 01:26:49,680
happy to look at this particular process

1619
01:26:57,140 --> 01:26:53,730
what you see here is a list and with

1620
01:26:58,880 --> 01:26:57,150
incredible respect of the 17 individuals

1621
01:27:01,070 --> 01:26:58,890
who are part of the mold program I

1622
01:27:04,820 --> 01:27:01,080
consider these individuals to be

1623
01:27:06,740 --> 01:27:04,830
pioneers as well the idea of actually

1624
01:27:09,440 --> 01:27:06,750
being trained and what it meant to be

1625
01:27:11,900 --> 01:27:09,450
trained and live in space with something

1626
01:27:13,640 --> 01:27:11,910
entirely different than the kind of

1627
01:27:16,430 --> 01:27:13,650
pioneering that we saw and thought about

1628
01:27:19,190 --> 01:27:16,440
in the past some of the individuals that

1629
01:27:21,740 --> 01:27:19,200
you see on this list are here I know I

1630
01:27:24,410 --> 01:27:21,750
identified a number of individuals here

1631
01:27:29,180 --> 01:27:24,420
some of whom are in the room but I

1632
01:27:32,000 --> 01:27:29,190
identified commander truly specifically

1633
01:27:35,750 --> 01:27:32,010
because commander truly is in Group one

1634
01:27:37,910 --> 01:27:35,760
and major Lawrence is in group 3 and a

1635
01:27:39,830 --> 01:27:37,920
number of seven of slightly more than

1636
01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:39,840
seven actually of the individuals that

1637
01:27:45,380 --> 01:27:42,810
were part of this list went on to be a

1638
01:27:47,570 --> 01:27:45,390
part of the space transport system the

1639
01:27:51,140 --> 01:27:47,580
space shuttle program and I have no

1640
01:27:53,060 --> 01:27:51,150
doubt in my mind that had had major

1641
01:27:55,610 --> 01:27:53,070
Lawrence survived he would have probably

1642
01:27:59,480 --> 01:27:55,620
been a part of that transition as well

1643
01:28:01,160 --> 01:27:59,490
but I I know I note Richard truly

1644
01:28:04,190 --> 01:28:01,170
particularly because he was the

1645
01:28:06,890 --> 01:28:04,200
commander in the next slide you'll see a

1646
01:28:08,690 --> 01:28:06,900
copy of my flight cover of this of the

1647
01:28:10,550 --> 01:28:08,700
STS eight which is the first night

1648
01:28:13,010 --> 01:28:10,560
launch of the space shuttle and I

1649
01:28:15,590 --> 01:28:13,020
tene 83 and the next slide will show you

1650
01:28:17,330 --> 01:28:15,600
well the next couple of slides will show

1651
01:28:20,450 --> 01:28:17,340
you essentially what that group of

1652
01:28:22,760 --> 01:28:20,460
individuals look like it's its imprint

1653
01:28:25,070 --> 01:28:22,770
it's important to recognize the fact

1654
01:28:27,590 --> 01:28:25,080
that it was mentioned earlier about this

1655
01:28:29,390 --> 01:28:27,600
particular historic flight in terms of

1656
01:28:31,400 --> 01:28:29,400
the sociology that's important in our

1657
01:28:33,740 --> 01:28:31,410
country and the participation that

1658
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:33,750
people have there are people like Diane

1659
01:28:38,450 --> 01:28:35,610
Bluford there are people like Robert

1660
01:28:40,820 --> 01:28:38,460
Lawrence who are pioneers they will go

1661
01:28:42,830 --> 01:28:40,830
the extra distance they will take that

1662
01:28:46,280 --> 01:28:42,840
step out where no one has stepped before

1663
01:28:49,640 --> 01:28:46,290
and actually show the way for us in the

1664
01:28:52,580 --> 01:28:49,650
next slide on that night I was really

1665
01:28:53,300 --> 01:28:52,590
honored to have met it wasn't general

1666
01:28:56,660 --> 01:28:53,310
Bowden them

1667
01:28:58,520 --> 01:28:56,670
this is 1983 the first night launch of

1668
01:29:00,650 --> 01:28:58,530
space shuttle and so I had a chance to

1669
01:29:03,170 --> 01:29:00,660
talk in at length with with general

1670
01:29:05,150 --> 01:29:03,180
Bolden and and and I was motivated then

1671
01:29:08,720 --> 01:29:05,160
I said well I I think it's time for me

1672
01:29:10,490 --> 01:29:08,730
to go up to but there was a difference

1673
01:29:13,130 --> 01:29:10,500
in terms of that that the shuttle

1674
01:29:14,900 --> 01:29:13,140
actually was scheduled for two for 9:30

1675
01:29:15,290 --> 01:29:14,910
and it actually went off at 2:30 in the

1676
01:29:17,780 --> 01:29:15,300
morning

1677
01:29:19,780 --> 01:29:17,790
there are some other in the next slide

1678
01:29:21,650 --> 01:29:19,790
you will see there are other

1679
01:29:25,880 --> 01:29:21,660
african-americans who are part of the

1680
01:29:29,390 --> 01:29:25,890
space program this is from the a mural

1681
01:29:31,190 --> 01:29:29,400
at the Lambert International Airport in

1682
01:29:33,440 --> 01:29:31,200
st. Louis Missouri is much larger than

1683
01:29:37,040 --> 01:29:33,450
this but as you can see there's a major

1684
01:29:40,150 --> 01:29:37,050
Lawrence there general Bowden and a

1685
01:29:41,800 --> 01:29:40,160
number of other individuals my friend

1686
01:29:45,290 --> 01:29:41,810
Ron McNair

1687
01:29:48,520 --> 01:29:45,300
who is also a physicist I want to just

1688
01:29:51,260 --> 01:29:48,530
mention just briefly on the next slide a

1689
01:29:53,630 --> 01:29:51,270
incomplete list of african-americans who

1690
01:29:55,490 --> 01:29:53,640
and NASA actually puts this slide

1691
01:29:57,320 --> 01:29:55,500
together I got it from their website of

1692
01:30:00,830 --> 01:29:57,330
African Americans who are astronauts

1693
01:30:03,530 --> 01:30:00,840
these individuals benefit from the fact

1694
01:30:06,230 --> 01:30:03,540
that Robert Lawrence took that step and

1695
01:30:09,710 --> 01:30:06,240
said yes I will be trained and I will go

1696
01:30:12,140 --> 01:30:09,720
and I will be an astronaut I am really

1697
01:30:14,300 --> 01:30:12,150
honored to have known a number of these

1698
01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:14,310
individuals and the next slide

1699
01:30:20,420 --> 01:30:17,010
I will show you certainly may Jameson

1700
01:30:22,560 --> 01:30:20,430
when we were in South Africa motivating

1701
01:30:25,980 --> 01:30:22,570
in her case young women

1702
01:30:28,620 --> 01:30:25,990
in South Africa to concern to consider

1703
01:30:30,450 --> 01:30:28,630
technology as a career this is a

1704
01:30:32,970 --> 01:30:30,460
worldwide thing I think our country

1705
01:30:35,160 --> 01:30:32,980
leads the world in terms of making sure

1706
01:30:37,590 --> 01:30:35,170
that people understand that there are

1707
01:30:41,040 --> 01:30:37,600
paths in life and we actually are

1708
01:30:45,270 --> 01:30:41,050
pioneers as a as a country let me finish

1709
01:30:49,130 --> 01:30:45,280
by saying that as general Bolden said

1710
01:30:51,900 --> 01:30:49,140
earlier what was going on inside of the

1711
01:30:54,690 --> 01:30:51,910
the country during the time that he

1712
01:30:56,790 --> 01:30:54,700
actually passed away and I want to make

1713
01:30:59,550 --> 01:30:56,800
just two points in the next slide you

1714
01:31:02,730 --> 01:30:59,560
will see essentially a quote that was

1715
01:31:05,640 --> 01:31:02,740
made by a person at a community college

1716
01:31:08,010 --> 01:31:05,650
but read by Jhumpa by Jim Lovell

1717
01:31:10,350 --> 01:31:08,020
commander of Apollo 13 while many would

1718
01:31:12,030 --> 01:31:10,360
consider them exclusive Jackson notes

1719
01:31:13,590 --> 01:31:12,040
there are many interesting parallels

1720
01:31:16,470 --> 01:31:13,600
between the civil rights movement and

1721
01:31:18,260 --> 01:31:16,480
the space program in the 1957 while the

1722
01:31:20,490 --> 01:31:18,270
nation was torn by the interaction

1723
01:31:22,680 --> 01:31:20,500
integration of the Little Rock Schools

1724
01:31:26,040 --> 01:31:22,690
the country was also galvanized by the

1725
01:31:28,140 --> 01:31:26,050
launch of the Sputnik in 1962 while the

1726
01:31:31,290 --> 01:31:28,150
Freedom Riders were registering votes in

1727
01:31:33,240 --> 01:31:31,300
South John Glenn bound us all by

1728
01:31:35,190 --> 01:31:33,250
orbiting the earth and at the end of the

1729
01:31:37,770 --> 01:31:35,200
1960's Americans walked on the moon

1730
01:31:39,570 --> 01:31:37,780
while also mounting the loss of Martin

1731
01:31:40,860 --> 01:31:39,580
Luther King and throughout the entire

1732
01:31:42,900 --> 01:31:40,870
civil rights movement there were African

1733
01:31:46,410 --> 01:31:42,910
Americans also involved in a space

1734
01:31:48,120 --> 01:31:46,420
program I want to just sort of say that

1735
01:31:50,130 --> 01:31:48,130
when you look at the perspective of

1736
01:31:52,140 --> 01:31:50,140
people who start out and get their

1737
01:31:54,710 --> 01:31:52,150
training and do work in science

1738
01:31:59,340 --> 01:31:54,720
technology engineering mathematics

1739
01:32:02,340 --> 01:31:59,350
society aerospace work you have to

1740
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:02,350
remember that sometimes it's a lonely

1741
01:32:08,160 --> 01:32:06,010
lonely effort because now there are

1742
01:32:10,560 --> 01:32:08,170
people who are living in space literally

1743
01:32:14,100 --> 01:32:10,570
living in space but what do we see on

1744
01:32:16,170 --> 01:32:14,110
news programs is usually about some

1745
01:32:18,930 --> 01:32:16,180
sociological issue that we will not

1746
01:32:22,290 --> 01:32:18,940
resolve but the idea that we actually

1747
01:32:24,900 --> 01:32:22,300
have people from our planet living in

1748
01:32:28,410 --> 01:32:24,910
space around our planet doesn't make the

1749
01:32:33,240 --> 01:32:28,420
news anymore so I love I implore you

1750
01:32:36,270 --> 01:32:33,250
hunt out those particular reports be

1751
01:32:36,599 --> 01:32:36,280
very conscious of the fact that we PI

1752
01:32:39,239 --> 01:32:36,609
and

1753
01:32:41,549 --> 01:32:39,249
we'll actually do things without having

1754
01:32:43,739 --> 01:32:41,559
a great deal of recognition but that we

1755
01:32:45,659 --> 01:32:43,749
have to remember the Robert Lawrence's

1756
01:32:47,790 --> 01:32:45,669
of the world who actually did that

1757
01:32:50,939 --> 01:32:47,800
pioneering and we have to keep their

1758
01:32:54,479 --> 01:32:50,949
memory very very fresh in our in our

1759
01:32:57,209 --> 01:32:54,489
memory so the last two slides actually

1760
01:32:59,849 --> 01:32:57,219
are photographs artistic photographs and

1761
01:33:02,459 --> 01:32:59,859
I think they're very great let me thank

1762
01:33:04,560 --> 01:33:02,469
dr. Barbara Lawrence for suggesting my

1763
01:33:06,419 --> 01:33:04,570
being here today and I'm grateful to the

1764
01:33:08,639 --> 01:33:06,429
astronaut Memorial Foundation for the

1765
01:33:10,860 --> 01:33:08,649
opportunity to speak and participate in

1766
01:33:23,020 --> 01:33:10,870
this ceremony thank you very much

1767
01:33:49,010 --> 01:33:26,150
now on my program I have Winston Scott's

1768
01:33:53,570 --> 01:33:51,380
as the bank um comes forward let me do

1769
01:33:55,970 --> 01:33:53,580
one more thing real quick if you go on

1770
01:33:58,640 --> 01:33:55,980
google and put any of your names in

1771
01:34:00,710 --> 01:33:58,650
there something may come up some of you

1772
01:34:03,380 --> 01:34:00,720
have a little bit some of you have a lot

1773
01:34:04,850 --> 01:34:03,390
but if you google Marva King more stuff

1774
01:34:07,250 --> 01:34:04,860
will come up and you have time to read

1775
01:34:09,440 --> 01:34:07,260
more importantly most stuff will come up

1776
01:34:10,910 --> 01:34:09,450
then you have time to listen to we're

1777
01:34:14,150 --> 01:34:10,920
very very privileged to have their

1778
01:34:38,170 --> 01:34:14,160
national recording star Marva King

1779
01:35:33,440 --> 01:34:59,140
[Music]

1780
01:36:49,020 --> 01:35:33,450
in other words you please read

1781
01:36:56,040 --> 01:36:53,830
amongst the staff let me see what spring

1782
01:37:21,590 --> 01:36:56,050
you like all

1783
01:37:21,600 --> 01:37:28,930
you

1784
01:37:59,410 --> 01:37:38,780
[Music]

1785
01:37:59,410 --> 01:38:27,649
[Applause]

1786
01:38:38,180 --> 01:38:29,570
well thank you Marvel well that's

1787
01:38:39,830 --> 01:38:38,190
fantastic very special well in the

1788
01:38:42,890 --> 01:38:39,840
pictures that we solve the members of

1789
01:38:45,490 --> 01:38:42,900
the manned orbiting lab upon the screen

1790
01:38:48,020 --> 01:38:45,500
one of those individuals is here to

1791
01:38:49,700 --> 01:38:48,030
speak with us and it's a gentleman whose

1792
01:38:52,399 --> 01:38:49,710
resume is so long would be here the rest

1793
01:38:55,490 --> 01:38:52,409
of the afternoon but he he truly is an

1794
01:38:57,490 --> 01:38:55,500
American Hero he served with Robert

1795
01:39:01,479 --> 01:38:57,500
Lawrence on the man orbiting lab program

1796
01:39:04,640 --> 01:39:01,489
he led the Strategic Defense Initiative

1797
01:39:07,250 --> 01:39:04,650
that under President Reagan for the

1798
01:39:11,330 --> 01:39:07,260
defense of our national national assets

1799
01:39:15,350 --> 01:39:11,340
our national safety he 49 missions in

1800
01:39:18,709 --> 01:39:15,360
Southeast Asia to Major General James

1801
01:39:20,050 --> 01:39:18,719
Abramson Lieutenant General James

1802
01:39:28,820 --> 01:39:20,060
Everson

1803
01:39:36,990 --> 01:39:33,270
all of us that are here Auto first thing

1804
01:39:40,920 --> 01:39:37,000
just one minute about Bob and the

1805
01:39:44,250 --> 01:39:40,930
relationship that here we are there's

1806
01:39:48,210 --> 01:39:44,260
many many people some that I know some

1807
01:39:52,830 --> 01:39:48,220
good friends some absolute strangers and

1808
01:39:55,800 --> 01:39:52,840
we are all connected in a way built

1809
01:39:59,070 --> 01:39:55,810
around what Bob contributed and what he

1810
01:40:03,240 --> 01:39:59,080
did and I want to talk about our class

1811
01:40:07,110 --> 01:40:03,250
our test pilot class where all of us

1812
01:40:10,050 --> 01:40:07,120
came in as strangers none of us knew the

1813
01:40:13,290 --> 01:40:10,060
team that was there none of us knew

1814
01:40:18,360 --> 01:40:13,300
those who were competing for the manned

1815
01:40:22,740 --> 01:40:18,370
orbiting laboratory before and what we

1816
01:40:27,600 --> 01:40:22,750
did we all came to Edwards Air Force

1817
01:40:31,320 --> 01:40:27,610
Base now I like scribe Edwards in one

1818
01:40:32,550 --> 01:40:31,330
way there is no place in the continental

1819
01:40:38,370 --> 01:40:32,560
United States

1820
01:40:39,750 --> 01:40:38,380
that is further from anywhere it's in

1821
01:40:44,760 --> 01:40:39,760
the high desert

1822
01:40:47,370 --> 01:40:44,770
north of Los Angeles and it is really an

1823
01:40:52,080 --> 01:40:47,380
isolated place the reason that it's

1824
01:40:56,010 --> 01:40:52,090
there is that there are these being big

1825
01:41:01,070 --> 01:40:56,020
dry lakes and the best one to land an

1826
01:41:05,460 --> 01:41:01,080
airplane or a space shuttle or other

1827
01:41:09,180 --> 01:41:05,470
aeronautical vehicles is the dry lake

1828
01:41:14,070 --> 01:41:09,190
and Edwards know it's dry most of the

1829
01:41:17,550 --> 01:41:14,080
time and the reason that it makes a

1830
01:41:20,430 --> 01:41:17,560
smooth sandy hard sand surface is

1831
01:41:24,210 --> 01:41:20,440
because sometimes in a year

1832
01:41:27,780 --> 01:41:24,220
it'll get wet and the wind up there is

1833
01:41:32,150 --> 01:41:27,790
so profound sometimes that it just

1834
01:41:35,899 --> 01:41:32,160
serves to finish the surface on the lake

1835
01:41:38,060 --> 01:41:35,909
so the x-15 was flown from

1836
01:41:42,529 --> 01:41:38,070
that area so it could land on the lake

1837
01:41:45,620 --> 01:41:42,539
many other vehicles amazing vehicles

1838
01:41:50,000 --> 01:41:45,630
were flown there and at Edwards is the

1839
01:41:53,810 --> 01:41:50,010
Air Force test pilot school and we were

1840
01:41:58,879 --> 01:41:53,820
all selected along with another group to

1841
01:42:02,149 --> 01:41:58,889
be an amazing class there we had more

1842
01:42:07,580 --> 01:42:02,159
advanced degrees than all of the

1843
01:42:12,979 --> 01:42:07,590
instructors and all of these all of the

1844
01:42:17,509 --> 01:42:12,989
staff and at the place we produced more

1845
01:42:20,540 --> 01:42:17,519
general officers with more stars out of

1846
01:42:21,439 --> 01:42:20,550
that class than ever had been there

1847
01:42:24,439 --> 01:42:21,449
before

1848
01:42:27,020 --> 01:42:24,449
and and people talked about what Bob

1849
01:42:29,299 --> 01:42:27,030
could have done and would have done but

1850
01:42:33,799 --> 01:42:29,309
I want to concentrate on what he really

1851
01:42:38,179 --> 01:42:33,809
did with us and for us as students at

1852
01:42:41,469 --> 01:42:38,189
the Air Force test pilot school now what

1853
01:42:45,649 --> 01:42:41,479
did we do there was a tough tough

1854
01:42:48,859 --> 01:42:45,659
academic program and obviously Bob with

1855
01:42:54,790 --> 01:42:48,869
bringing in one of two PhDs in that

1856
01:42:59,359 --> 01:42:54,800
class was great intellect a coach for us

1857
01:43:02,000 --> 01:42:59,369
and helped us in many ways academically

1858
01:43:04,879 --> 01:43:02,010
but the best part of the school was

1859
01:43:08,629 --> 01:43:04,889
flying every machine different machine

1860
01:43:11,089 --> 01:43:08,639
good and bad that we ever had a chance

1861
01:43:16,819 --> 01:43:11,099
to get wouldn't have had a chance to get

1862
01:43:20,390 --> 01:43:16,829
our hands on in any other venue now

1863
01:43:23,060 --> 01:43:20,400
there is I'll have to say a Navy test

1864
01:43:27,949 --> 01:43:23,070
pilot school and since I'm going to be

1865
01:43:31,040 --> 01:43:27,959
followed by Bob Crippen he may want to

1866
01:43:33,949 --> 01:43:31,050
find out that that's a unique place as

1867
01:43:36,370 --> 01:43:33,959
well but that's a little closer to

1868
01:43:40,690 --> 01:43:36,380
civilization Bob and

1869
01:43:44,350 --> 01:43:40,700
and we have rarely got out so we worked

1870
01:43:48,940 --> 01:43:44,360
incredibly hard we lived in a little

1871
01:43:52,060 --> 01:43:48,950
kind of a group of small old hot

1872
01:43:56,230 --> 01:43:52,070
one-story houses that were where the

1873
01:43:59,890 --> 01:43:56,240
student body was living and we were all

1874
01:44:03,510 --> 01:43:59,900
kind of together bunched together there

1875
01:44:06,220 --> 01:44:03,520
were other houses around where the

1876
01:44:09,400 --> 01:44:06,230
instructors lived and other people who

1877
01:44:12,400 --> 01:44:09,410
worked and lived and contributed that

1878
01:44:15,100 --> 01:44:12,410
Edwards live all one story I'll

1879
01:44:18,790 --> 01:44:15,110
emphasize that later come back to the

1880
01:44:21,730 --> 01:44:18,800
one story Bob lived around the corner

1881
01:44:24,790 --> 01:44:21,740
Bob and Barbara live just kind of around

1882
01:44:27,370 --> 01:44:24,800
the corner from me and he happened to

1883
01:44:31,180 --> 01:44:27,380
have two children just about the same

1884
01:44:34,390 --> 01:44:31,190
ages as my two children and they went to

1885
01:44:39,310 --> 01:44:34,400
school together at a little school on

1886
01:44:42,840 --> 01:44:39,320
the base because it was an eternal ride

1887
01:44:46,240 --> 01:44:42,850
to get off the base to go to any school

1888
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:46,250
and they played together we had lots of

1889
01:44:53,140 --> 01:44:50,090
things that went on and some fairly

1890
01:44:57,580 --> 01:44:53,150
unique that you wouldn't have gotten by

1891
01:45:01,720 --> 01:44:57,590
the way the decor and the architecture

1892
01:45:06,240 --> 01:45:01,730
of the yards and all that was desert

1893
01:45:10,030 --> 01:45:06,250
basic which meant that there were a few

1894
01:45:10,660 --> 01:45:10,040
animal skulls in the front yard of here

1895
01:45:14,890 --> 01:45:10,670
and there

1896
01:45:18,850 --> 01:45:14,900
there were cactus of course not much

1897
01:45:21,760 --> 01:45:18,860
green at all I happen to have in my back

1898
01:45:25,540 --> 01:45:21,770
yard because my wife really worked at it

1899
01:45:29,050 --> 01:45:25,550
a little bit of grass and a fenced yard

1900
01:45:31,960 --> 01:45:29,060
and one of the challenges that Bob's

1901
01:45:36,520 --> 01:45:31,970
children and my children together they

1902
01:45:39,810 --> 01:45:36,530
discovered a huge desert tortoise kind

1903
01:45:42,550 --> 01:45:39,820
of walking behind one of the houses you

1904
01:45:44,669 --> 01:45:42,560
may have been running but nobody could

1905
01:45:48,580 --> 01:45:44,679
tell at a corner

1906
01:45:51,430 --> 01:45:48,590
and they were able to maneuver this

1907
01:45:54,430 --> 01:45:51,440
toward us in a way through my back gate

1908
01:45:57,040 --> 01:45:54,440
and get him in there and of course he

1909
01:46:00,189 --> 01:45:57,050
found grass that was really unusual for

1910
01:46:03,669 --> 01:46:00,199
this desert tortoise and one of the

1911
01:46:06,879 --> 01:46:03,679
issues Bob and I had were to explain to

1912
01:46:10,719 --> 01:46:06,889
our kids that you can't keep this

1913
01:46:13,180 --> 01:46:10,729
tortoise you have to return him back to

1914
01:46:15,819 --> 01:46:13,190
where you really lived and work maybe he

1915
01:46:18,759 --> 01:46:15,829
had babies or a wife or something

1916
01:46:22,450 --> 01:46:18,769
somewhere and so we explained that Bob

1917
01:46:25,049 --> 01:46:22,460
was instrumental in in persuading my

1918
01:46:32,200 --> 01:46:25,059
kids who were particularly stubborn

1919
01:46:36,790 --> 01:46:32,210
about the whole process as we worked the

1920
01:46:39,450 --> 01:46:36,800
class work together and Bob was as I

1921
01:46:43,660 --> 01:46:39,460
mentioned a leader in our academic

1922
01:46:46,810 --> 01:46:43,670
efforts but he was also terrific to fly

1923
01:46:50,529 --> 01:46:46,820
with he was a great pilot

1924
01:46:54,879 --> 01:46:50,539
we had some airplanes and in the top

1925
01:46:58,029 --> 01:46:54,889
picture up there as on the nose section

1926
01:47:04,060 --> 01:46:58,039
of a 104 but that's a one place one out

1927
01:47:06,549 --> 01:47:04,070
for we had some to place 104 so in our

1928
01:47:09,729 --> 01:47:06,559
missions we were either solo in it and

1929
01:47:15,700 --> 01:47:09,739
maybe flying in formation one in chase

1930
01:47:18,189 --> 01:47:15,710
and one doing a series of tests or if we

1931
01:47:21,250 --> 01:47:18,199
had a two-place mission we were doing

1932
01:47:25,120 --> 01:47:21,260
some special maneuvers that had been

1933
01:47:29,489 --> 01:47:25,130
invented not as student maneuvers but to

1934
01:47:32,979 --> 01:47:29,499
train people in some of the new kinds of

1935
01:47:37,400 --> 01:47:32,989
vehicles that were coming and these were

1936
01:47:39,950 --> 01:47:37,410
essentially wingless lifting bodies

1937
01:47:43,880 --> 01:47:39,960
and one of the really great maneuvers a

1938
01:47:47,510 --> 01:47:43,890
strange one with these two airplanes was

1939
01:47:49,610 --> 01:47:47,520
to get at about 12,000 feet and when you

1940
01:47:52,010 --> 01:47:49,620
look down it looked like you were right

1941
01:47:54,530 --> 01:47:52,020
over the end of runway then you would

1942
01:47:57,170 --> 01:47:54,540
drop the gear and drop all the drag

1943
01:48:01,910 --> 01:47:57,180
devices on the machine put the machine

1944
01:48:04,700 --> 01:48:01,920
in and in your minimum throttle setting

1945
01:48:08,030 --> 01:48:04,710
and point it straight down and then

1946
01:48:10,550 --> 01:48:08,040
practice a landing and that was part of

1947
01:48:14,390 --> 01:48:10,560
Bob's contribution to learning in a

1948
01:48:20,390 --> 01:48:14,400
shuttle landing and in terms of all of

1949
01:48:22,130 --> 01:48:20,400
those techniques so we got to fly a lot

1950
01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:22,140
together

1951
01:48:28,520 --> 01:48:26,010
I remember just about every flight you

1952
01:48:31,220 --> 01:48:28,530
know we were all eager to go and Bob

1953
01:48:35,090 --> 01:48:31,230
would come out with me and we we'd go

1954
01:48:40,580 --> 01:48:35,100
out to the airplane and bothered be

1955
01:48:44,620 --> 01:48:40,590
strolling along very calmly he not no

1956
01:48:48,230 --> 01:48:44,630
one has mentioned that one of his unique

1957
01:48:53,420 --> 01:48:48,240
abilities was to be calm in every

1958
01:48:57,970 --> 01:48:53,430
circumstance even when his fellow pilot

1959
01:49:00,950 --> 01:48:57,980
on the mission was going nuts with

1960
01:49:06,380 --> 01:49:00,960
getting all ready for the mission and he

1961
01:49:08,510 --> 01:49:06,390
usually had a quote to like always walk

1962
01:49:10,790 --> 01:49:08,520
slow but never turn and look back

1963
01:49:12,590 --> 01:49:10,800
because something really bad may be

1964
01:49:17,800 --> 01:49:12,600
right back there and you're better off

1965
01:49:23,480 --> 01:49:17,810
not knowing it but so he taught us and

1966
01:49:25,880 --> 01:49:23,490
he helped us in what perhaps is the one

1967
01:49:28,899 --> 01:49:25,890
thing that has been inferred and talked

1968
01:49:32,159 --> 01:49:28,909
to and Barbara talked

1969
01:49:36,549 --> 01:49:32,169
a little bit about it but not directly

1970
01:49:42,219 --> 01:49:36,559
Bob's inspiration and we've all used the

1971
01:49:46,479 --> 01:49:42,229
word inspiration but Bob's humanity bob

1972
01:49:50,620 --> 01:49:46,489
was a PhD a leader in everything he did

1973
01:49:55,529 --> 01:49:50,630
he was a team builder he did all of

1974
01:49:59,679 --> 01:49:55,539
these things with just being a terrific

1975
01:50:06,689 --> 01:49:59,689
human being with the characteristics

1976
01:50:11,439 --> 01:50:06,699
that make people love respect admire and

1977
01:50:13,899 --> 01:50:11,449
in the end emulate now some of the

1978
01:50:17,799 --> 01:50:13,909
things that were emulated were not

1979
01:50:21,429 --> 01:50:17,809
always good we had a class that was in

1980
01:50:26,319 --> 01:50:21,439
fact one that had we carried on a

1981
01:50:29,350 --> 01:50:26,329
tradition out there because Edwards was

1982
01:50:32,770 --> 01:50:29,360
so isolated we had parties all the time

1983
01:50:38,109 --> 01:50:32,780
on Saturday nights not Sunday night he

1984
01:50:40,509 --> 01:50:38,119
had to fly Monday morning and and we get

1985
01:50:44,679 --> 01:50:40,519
together and we had all kinds of things

1986
01:50:47,830 --> 01:50:44,689
now once in a while there are men and

1987
01:50:50,979 --> 01:50:47,840
you know you could we want to compete we

1988
01:50:55,870 --> 01:50:50,989
had a couple of Navy people in our group

1989
01:50:58,839 --> 01:50:55,880
there maybe was it's just a tad too much

1990
01:51:04,839 --> 01:50:58,849
alcohol that was passing back and forth

1991
01:51:07,659 --> 01:51:04,849
or if the party went really late and if

1992
01:51:09,689 --> 01:51:07,669
it went really late combined with just a

1993
01:51:12,899 --> 01:51:09,699
little too much alcohol

1994
01:51:17,339 --> 01:51:12,909
there was a tradition all these were

1995
01:51:21,100 --> 01:51:17,349
one-story houses and if we had an

1996
01:51:23,379 --> 01:51:21,110
instructor and academic instructor or

1997
01:51:28,359 --> 01:51:23,389
anybody else who is really making it

1998
01:51:32,080 --> 01:51:28,369
tough we would get ladders from our

1999
01:51:35,709 --> 01:51:32,090
garages and late at night we would sneak

2000
01:51:39,039 --> 01:51:35,719
down the street to their house place the

2001
01:51:42,719 --> 01:51:39,049
ladders on different sides of the

2002
01:51:48,839 --> 01:51:42,729
climb up on the roof and do what was

2003
01:51:52,179 --> 01:51:48,849
familiarly called the roof stomp so

2004
01:51:54,519 --> 01:51:52,189
after everybody's asleep all of a sudden

2005
01:51:57,699 --> 01:51:54,529
there's a screaming and yelling on the

2006
01:52:01,059 --> 01:51:57,709
roof and people stomping at our feet and

2007
01:52:04,839 --> 01:52:01,069
making all this terrific noise and then

2008
01:52:07,809 --> 01:52:04,849
the trick was to disappear very very

2009
01:52:10,959 --> 01:52:07,819
quickly get your ladder and run off in

2010
01:52:14,099 --> 01:52:10,969
different directions so they don't know

2011
01:52:18,250 --> 01:52:14,109
which students were involved in that

2012
01:52:24,069 --> 01:52:18,260
particular exercise I'm not going to say

2013
01:52:35,109 --> 01:52:24,079
that bob was a leader in all of that but

2014
01:52:44,259 --> 01:52:35,119
he was a participant Bob's example of

2015
01:52:48,429 --> 01:52:44,269
course was what we all miss so badly and

2016
01:52:50,739 --> 01:52:48,439
it was his human example and the kind of

2017
01:52:55,419 --> 01:52:50,749
a man that he was and you've described

2018
01:52:59,009 --> 01:52:55,429
the things that that often are not fully

2019
01:53:03,399 --> 01:52:59,019
understood and what is courage what is

2020
01:53:08,139 --> 01:53:03,409
determination what is the real will of

2021
01:53:11,679 --> 01:53:08,149
human beings to break through the

2022
01:53:14,919 --> 01:53:11,689
challenge is the racial challenges that

2023
01:53:17,649 --> 01:53:14,929
were occurring at the time that Bob came

2024
01:53:23,139 --> 01:53:17,659
in the airforce and exceeded in all

2025
01:53:29,309 --> 01:53:23,149
those ways that ended on that one day

2026
01:53:32,819 --> 01:53:29,319
but it didn't end it really didn't end

2027
01:53:37,359 --> 01:53:32,829
the three of us in that bottom picture

2028
01:53:39,429 --> 01:53:37,369
on the one on this side was a really

2029
01:53:42,939 --> 01:53:39,439
amazing leader we called him our boy

2030
01:53:46,569 --> 01:53:42,949
Colonel he was our class commander Don

2031
01:53:49,209 --> 01:53:46,579
Peterson is on the other side of the

2032
01:53:52,240 --> 01:53:49,219
real star in that picture and I'm the

2033
01:53:55,270 --> 01:53:52,250
one who is so uncomfortable trying to

2034
01:53:57,430 --> 01:53:55,280
smile there and of course you just look

2035
01:54:02,470 --> 01:53:57,440
there and you look and Bob is the one

2036
01:54:04,740 --> 01:54:02,480
with the best genuine terrific smile for

2037
01:54:11,410 --> 01:54:04,750
everybody and that's the way it worked

2038
01:54:17,320 --> 01:54:11,420
Bob smiled he helped he was the best of

2039
01:54:23,740 --> 01:54:17,330
a human being and his best was better

2040
01:54:29,920 --> 01:54:23,750
than many of other people's best and so

2041
01:54:30,320 --> 01:54:29,930
what he gave us made us all better thank

2042
01:54:41,580 --> 01:54:30,330
you

2043
01:54:47,290 --> 01:54:43,930
I'd like to introduce another one of

2044
01:54:51,070 --> 01:54:47,300
Robert Lawrence's classmate and fellow

2045
01:54:53,500 --> 01:54:51,080
astronaut at the man orbiting lab

2046
01:54:56,890 --> 01:54:53,510
program Bob Crippen Robert Crippen the

2047
01:54:59,830 --> 01:54:56,900
first pilot the first astronaut to fly

2048
01:55:01,209 --> 01:54:59,840
space shuttle flew for missions was

2049
01:55:03,280 --> 01:55:01,219
commander of three missions

2050
01:55:06,670 --> 01:55:03,290
he served here at the astronaut

2051
01:55:08,290 --> 01:55:06,680
memorials our Chairman he was the head

2052
01:55:10,080 --> 01:55:08,300
of the Kennedy Space Center he was the

2053
01:55:12,459 --> 01:55:10,090
director of the Kennedy Space Center

2054
01:55:15,390 --> 01:55:12,469
real American hero and an amazing

2055
01:55:18,790 --> 01:55:15,400
astronaut and honored to have you here

2056
01:55:18,800 --> 01:55:27,660
[Applause]

2057
01:55:33,850 --> 01:55:31,300
Thank You Thad and a bug yes the Navy

2058
01:55:35,740 --> 01:55:33,860
has a great test pilot school it's at

2059
01:55:38,290 --> 01:55:35,750
Patuxent River but I was one of the Navy

2060
01:55:42,130 --> 01:55:38,300
guys they got lost and I went to Edwards

2061
01:55:45,610 --> 01:55:42,140
where you went but well it's a real

2062
01:55:50,170 --> 01:55:45,620
pleasure for me to be asked to speak at

2063
01:55:54,790 --> 01:55:50,180
this event today Bob Lawrence's death

2064
01:55:59,350 --> 01:55:54,800
and an f-104 dead words was a terrible

2065
01:56:02,979 --> 01:55:59,360
accident I was privileged to know this

2066
01:56:06,070 --> 01:56:02,989
brilliant young man and he had a great

2067
01:56:10,390 --> 01:56:06,080
future of an ahead of him if he had not

2068
01:56:13,150 --> 01:56:10,400
been lost 50 years ago today bob was

2069
01:56:16,780 --> 01:56:13,160
great he graduated from high school at

2070
01:56:20,620 --> 01:56:16,790
16 he received a Bachelor of Science

2071
01:56:23,459 --> 01:56:20,630
degree in chemistry at 20 and he joined

2072
01:56:27,939 --> 01:56:23,469
the Air Force out of his ROTC program

2073
01:56:30,520 --> 01:56:27,949
and then he earned his wings and we

2074
01:56:35,620 --> 01:56:30,530
don't ever as tour in Germany came back

2075
01:56:39,370 --> 01:56:35,630
to Ohio State to get a PhD so he was

2076
01:56:41,050 --> 01:56:39,380
definitely on a fast track I met Bob

2077
01:56:43,930 --> 01:56:41,060
when he attended the test pilot school

2078
01:56:45,729 --> 01:56:43,940
out at Edwards and was selected as an

2079
01:56:49,360 --> 01:56:45,739
astronaut on the manned orbiting

2080
01:56:51,670 --> 01:56:49,370
laboratory and well bob was selected in

2081
01:56:54,970 --> 01:56:51,680
the third group we have the picture of

2082
01:57:00,010 --> 01:56:54,980
here along with Abe I have been selected

2083
01:57:02,200 --> 01:57:00,020
in the second group with Bob's ph.d he

2084
01:57:05,650 --> 01:57:02,210
was definitely the smartest person that

2085
01:57:10,360 --> 01:57:05,660
we had in the curve more importantly was

2086
01:57:12,729 --> 01:57:10,370
his personality as they pointed out in

2087
01:57:16,060 --> 01:57:12,739
that bottom picture he really had an

2088
01:57:18,600 --> 01:57:16,070
infectious smile you couldn't help but

2089
01:57:20,979 --> 01:57:18,610
like the guy with first time you met him

2090
01:57:26,500 --> 01:57:20,989
yes he was the first african-american

2091
01:57:28,090 --> 01:57:26,510
selected to fly in space and if it had

2092
01:57:31,420 --> 01:57:28,100
really happened that he had flown he

2093
01:57:35,080 --> 01:57:31,430
would have been famous that actually

2094
01:57:36,310 --> 01:57:35,090
worried the security people on the

2095
01:57:37,280 --> 01:57:36,320
manned orbiting laboratory program

2096
01:57:40,460 --> 01:57:37,290
because it

2097
01:57:42,590 --> 01:57:40,470
was highly classified and he was so

2098
01:57:45,500 --> 01:57:42,600
visible they really wanted all of us

2099
01:57:50,060 --> 01:57:45,510
crew members to be invisible especially

2100
01:57:53,570 --> 01:57:50,070
we went out to contractors the mission

2101
01:57:59,150 --> 01:57:53,580
of mo L was only Declassified like two

2102
01:58:08,960 --> 01:57:59,160
years ago and our mission was to spy on

2103
01:58:12,410 --> 01:58:08,970
Russia that never happened but Bob was

2104
01:58:16,370 --> 01:58:12,420
going through the early phrases phase of

2105
01:58:19,210 --> 01:58:16,380
mo l training when they graduated from

2106
01:58:22,700 --> 01:58:19,220
the test pilot school it took a while to

2107
01:58:25,730 --> 01:58:22,710
to vet members that were selected for mo

2108
01:58:28,910 --> 01:58:25,740
l for their security clearance so they

2109
01:58:32,090 --> 01:58:28,920
had an advanced course at edwards which

2110
01:58:36,230 --> 01:58:32,100
they were going through and during that

2111
01:58:42,140 --> 01:58:36,240
face it's sometimes hard to get flight

2112
01:58:45,500 --> 01:58:42,150
time and bob wanted to go fly and he

2113
01:58:48,110 --> 01:58:45,510
managed to talk one of the instructors

2114
01:58:51,230 --> 01:58:48,120
out of a flight that he was going to

2115
01:58:53,300 --> 01:58:51,240
take with a new instructor that was just

2116
01:58:56,540 --> 01:58:53,310
learning how to fly these approaches

2117
01:58:59,780 --> 01:58:56,550
that Abe described which were low L over

2118
01:59:02,120 --> 01:58:59,790
D or lift-to-drag approaches and this

2119
01:59:05,540 --> 01:59:02,130
instructor new instructor had gone out

2120
01:59:07,940 --> 01:59:05,550
and he had kind of screwed up so they

2121
01:59:09,620 --> 01:59:07,950
were didn't give a reef light and the

2122
01:59:12,590 --> 01:59:09,630
instructor had been with him that day

2123
01:59:16,130 --> 01:59:12,600
was going to do it but Bob being well

2124
01:59:20,110 --> 01:59:16,140
versed in those approaches talked the

2125
01:59:26,870 --> 01:59:23,720
they described the approach that was

2126
01:59:29,210 --> 01:59:26,880
probably the toughest one to fly that

2127
01:59:31,160 --> 01:59:29,220
were trying to simulate what we call

2128
01:59:33,890 --> 01:59:31,170
lifting bodies were like and there were

2129
01:59:40,040 --> 01:59:33,900
a couple of ones being tested over at

2130
01:59:42,980 --> 01:59:40,050
NASA and it is the f-104 it's got a

2131
01:59:46,190 --> 01:59:42,990
pretty streamlined airplane but when you

2132
01:59:48,470 --> 01:59:46,200
do what Abe described and you drop the

2133
01:59:49,959 --> 01:59:48,480
landing gear put the flaps full down put

2134
01:59:55,270 --> 01:59:49,969
speed brakes out

2135
01:59:57,459 --> 01:59:55,280
it has a lot of drag and that did a

2136
02:00:00,040 --> 01:59:57,469
pretty good simulation now the Space

2137
02:00:05,259 --> 02:00:00,050
Shuttle when it comes in it's got a

2138
02:00:06,969 --> 02:00:05,269
glide slope of about 19 degrees with the

2139
02:00:10,930 --> 02:00:06,979
approach that we were talking about for

2140
02:00:14,859 --> 02:00:10,940
the dirty yellow birdie you're coming in

2141
02:00:17,680 --> 02:00:14,869
at about 25 degrees and knowing when to

2142
02:00:19,870 --> 02:00:17,690
flare and how hard to flare is a real

2143
02:00:22,140 --> 02:00:19,880
challenge sometimes and that's what the

2144
02:00:27,009 --> 02:00:22,150
instructor knew instructor had been

2145
02:00:28,959 --> 02:00:27,019
having a problem with well fifty years

2146
02:00:34,509 --> 02:00:28,969
ago today they were doing one of those

2147
02:00:39,819 --> 02:00:34,519
approaches and the guy misjudged his

2148
02:00:42,899 --> 02:00:39,829
flare he hit the runway very hard toward

2149
02:00:47,850 --> 02:00:42,909
the landing gear off burst into flame

2150
02:00:52,930 --> 02:00:47,860
bounced up the new guy in the front seat

2151
02:00:55,149 --> 02:00:52,940
ejected Bob ejected also but by that

2152
02:01:02,469 --> 02:00:55,159
time the attitude and the altitude were

2153
02:01:05,080 --> 02:01:02,479
such that it was not survivable the guy

2154
02:01:12,489 --> 02:01:05,090
that got out he was hurt pretty severely

2155
02:01:15,489 --> 02:01:12,499
also we had 14 crew members left at that

2156
02:01:16,719 --> 02:01:15,499
time we all attended the funeral in

2157
02:01:20,890 --> 02:01:16,729
Chicago

2158
02:01:23,080 --> 02:01:20,900
that's where I met Barbara the program

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was canceled two years later

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June 10th 1969 one of the lowest days of

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my life it went away for various reasons

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political financial technical but it so

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happened that NASA decided that they

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could use some of the crew and even

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though they didn't have any flights till

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something they were working on called a

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space shuttle which was about a decade

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down the road they offered everybody

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that was 35 and under

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the opportunity to come to NASA in the

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astronaut office Abe was 36 he was

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02:02:14,259 --> 02:02:12,589
really po2 the 35 though was a number

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02:02:19,779 --> 02:02:14,269
they'd been using for their when they

2174
02:02:23,709 --> 02:02:19,789
were selecting new people Bob would have

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02:02:25,349 --> 02:02:23,719
been under 35 at the cancellation so he

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02:02:29,409 --> 02:02:25,359
would have been offered the opportunity

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to go to NASA and fly eventually on a

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space shuttle and I'm sure he would have

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taken him up on it

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02:02:42,939 --> 02:02:38,739
if he had he would have been the first

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02:02:46,329 --> 02:02:42,949
black person to fly in space and he

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02:02:50,349 --> 02:02:46,339
would have been famous and he still

2183
02:02:53,920 --> 02:02:50,359
famous with a lot of us and he is still

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02:03:08,160 --> 02:02:53,930
missed today thank you

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Thank You Robert Crippen thank you I'd

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like to thank all of you for coming to

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02:03:20,410 --> 02:03:17,360
honor major Robert Lawrence jr. and his

2188
02:03:23,290 --> 02:03:20,420
family as you can see this is a

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02:03:26,680 --> 02:03:23,300
remarkable human being and it was a

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02:03:28,930 --> 02:03:26,690
remarkable loss but he's still with us

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02:03:31,060 --> 02:03:28,940
he's still inspiring and his

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02:03:33,990 --> 02:03:31,070
accomplishments will inspire many in the

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02:03:36,730 --> 02:03:34,000
future and he made a major contribution

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02:03:40,690 --> 02:03:36,740
to America's space human spaceflight

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02:03:43,360 --> 02:03:40,700
program so even after 50 years of that

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02:03:47,800 --> 02:03:43,370
tragic accident his memory moved his

2197
02:03:51,880 --> 02:03:47,810
memory continues and will grow his

2198
02:03:54,870 --> 02:03:51,890
passion for knowledge people in space is

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as we transition in the ending of this

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ceremony like to give a few little

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directions a life for the family members

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02:04:11,320 --> 02:04:08,030
first to walk and begin to walk out to

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02:04:13,240 --> 02:04:11,330
the astronaut memorial space mirror some

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02:04:16,300 --> 02:04:13,250
memorial that we have just east of year

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02:04:17,950 --> 02:04:16,310
where we have engraved 25 American

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02:04:22,750 --> 02:04:17,960
heroes astronauts that have lost their

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02:04:24,400 --> 02:04:22,760
lives on mission and training so I'd

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02:04:25,750 --> 02:04:24,410
like to ask the families the first our

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special guests than our families the

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02:04:32,650 --> 02:04:27,950
first rise and begin to walk we have

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02:04:35,710 --> 02:04:32,660
individuals that will help escort and

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02:04:37,900 --> 02:04:35,720
then as a family members start to leave