Biographies of U.S. Astronauts

Chapman

Philip Kenyon

USA

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Personal data

Birthdate:  05.03.1935
Birthplace:  Melbourne / Australia
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  04.08.1967
Selection group:  NASA-6
Position:  PLT
Status:  Ret. ??.07.1972
Day of death:  05.04.2021
Place of death:  Scottsdale, Arizona

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Additional information

Bachelor of science in physics and mathematics from Sydney University, 1956; master of science in aeronautics and astronautics in 1964 and Ph.D. in instrumentation, 1967, both from MIT; resigned in July 1972 from NASA; later he worked with Arthur D. Little Inc.; then President of Echelon Development Corporation in Cambridge; hobbies: Painting, skiing, swimming, sailing, squash.

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