Captain,
USAF;
bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering, Arizona State University,
1957; Master of Fine Arts, University of Denver, 1977; 1963 as military
astronaut - class-4 selected; retired from active duties; then working for the
private industry. Dwight owns and operates Ed Dwight Studios, based in Denver,
Colorado. Dwight has designed memorials and sculptures all over the
world.
According to his daughter only a few days after John F. Kennedys
death he received orders shipping him out to Germany, to be a liaison officer
for a non-existent German test pilot school. Germany had not an own space
program. He was never officially notified that he was no longer in the space
program, but by order of President Johnson, Dwight was transferred out of the
astronaut training program. The main reason was, that he was black. He was then
asked to go quietly. Today, as an acclaimed sculptor, he records history in his
art.