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Dr. Chang-Diaz
FRANKLIN R. CHANG-DÌAZ (PH.D.)
NASA ASTRONAUT
PERSONAL DATA: Born April 5, 1950, in San Josè, Costa Rica, to the late Mr. Ramòn A. Chang-Morales and Mrs. Marìa Eugenia Dìaz De Chang. Married to the former Peggy Marguerite Doncaster of Alexandria, Louisiana. Four children.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Colegio De La Salle in San Josè, Costa Rica, in November 1967, and from Hartford High School in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1969; received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1973 and a doctorate in applied plasma physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1977.
SPECIAL HONORS: Recipient of the University of Connecticut's Outstanding Alumni Award (1980); 7 NASA Space Flight Medals (1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998); 2 NASA Distinguished Service Medals (1995, 1997), and 3 NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1988, 1990, 1993). In 1986, he received the Liberty Medal from President Ronald Reagan at the Sta...
FRANKLIN R. CHANG-DÌAZ (PH.D.)
NASA ASTRONAUT
PERSONAL DATA: Born April 5, 1950, in San Josè, Costa Rica, to the late Mr. Ramòn A. Chang-Morales and Mrs. Marìa Eugenia Dìaz De Chang. Married to the former Peggy Marguerite Doncaster of Alexandria, Louisiana. Four children.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Colegio De La Salle in San Josè, Costa Rica, in November 1967, and from Hartford High School in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1969; received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1973 and a doctorate in applied plasma physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1977.
SPECIAL HONORS: Recipient of the University of Connecticut's Outstanding Alumni Award (1980); 7 NASA Space Flight Medals (1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998); 2 NASA Distinguished Service Medals (1995, 1997), and 3 NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1988, 1990, 1993). In 1986, he received the Liberty Medal from President Ronald Reagan at the Sta...
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