Search results
Edwin Eugene "Gene" Aldrin Sr. (12 April 1896 – 28 December 1974) was an aviator and officer in the United States Army during World War I and World War II.
Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Sr., known as Gene, was born in 1896. He attended Clark University, graduating in 1915. There, he studied under Robert Goddard, who encouraged Aldrin's interest in aviation. Aldrin received his doctorate in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- April 12, 1896
- December 28, 1974
Buzz Aldrin (/ ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n /; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.
Veteran Tributes. Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Sr. Rank, Service. Colonel O-6, U.S. Air Force. Veteran of: Tribute: Gene Aldrin was born on April 12, 1896, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Sr., In Flying Suit, Date & Location Unknown. His NASM biographical file (cited in the left sidebar) contains many pages of his study notes and exams from his schooling at MIT. For example, below is his neatly typed, MIT Advanced Airplane Structures exam from 1923.
Genealogy for Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Sr. (1896 - 1974) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Jul 7, 2011 · Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is interviewed by phone from Los Angeles about his father, Edwin Aldrin, Sr. Edwin Aldrin counted among his friends airplane inventor Orville Wright, and Jimmy Doolittle, whose squadron of B-25s conducted the bombing of Tokyo in 1942, known forever as Doolittle’s Raid.
