Two grads among 19 new astronauts
In a week of celebrating a century of achievement, KU can begin its second century with a stake in the future of the U.S. men-in-space program.
Two of 19 new astronauts appointed last Monday are KU graduates.
Both men, Air Force Capt. Joe H. Engle, 33, and Lt. Cmdr. Ronald E. Evans, 32, graduated in 1955.
Capt. Engle was the youngest pilot ever to fly the X-15 rocket craft. He won his astronaut wings
COMMANDER EVANS, a fighter pilot, has for several months been flying missions over Viet Nam from the USS Ticonderoga.
last June when he piloted the craft more than 53 miles high to 3,850 miles an hour.
The microwave relay link between the KU campuses has been used for classroom instruction since the fall semester, but the Centennial will mark the first extracurricular use of the TV hookup.
He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and was a governor's appointee for the Navy ROTC program when he was a student here.
Seminar will be televised
The electronic age will take the KU Centennial celebration to students and faculty of the KU School of Medicine in Kansas City, Kan.
Nine major sessions of the Inter-Century Seminar on Man and the Future at Hoch Auditorium will be relayed by closed circuit television to the auditorium of Wahl Hall East at the Medical Center.
Sessions to be relaxed will include the closing seminar speech Thursday by UCLA Chancellor Franklin Murphy, who was dean of the School of Medicine from 1948 to 1951 and chancellor of KU until accepting the UCLA post in 1960.
The selection of the 19 brings to 50 the number of U.S. astronauts. It was the largest group of astronauts ever picked at one time. The newest team will begin training in early May.
Gov. William H. Avery last Tuesday proclaimed the 30 days beginning April 11 as Centennial Month at KU.
The new astronauts were chosen from 351 applicants.
Navy Capt. Alan B. Shephard Jr., the first American to orbit in space, said it would be at least two years before any of the new appointees would take part in a space flight.
Governor proclaims centennial
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe looked on in Topeka as the governor signed a proclamation that said in part:
"The University) is 100 years old this year; has had a long and distinguished history of scholarship and service to students, state and nation; has ahead of it a future that promises to be even more brilliant than its past; and is celebrating its Centennial with appropriate ceremonies honoring its qualities and illustrating its contributions to thought, culture and to actions."
Daily Kansan 3
Tuesday, April 12, 1966
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