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- Birth nameRobert Franklin Overmyer
- Joined the U.S. Marine Corp in January of 1958. By 1969 he moved to NASA becoming an astronaut. Retired with the rank of Colonel from NASA and the Marine Corps in May 1986.
In 1954 he graduated from Westlake High School, moving on to Baldwin Wallace College, graduating in 1958 with a degree in Physics. His post graduate work from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School resulted in a masters of science degree in 'Aeronautics' with a major in 'Aeronautical Engineering' by 1964. Overmyer later received an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from Baldwin Wallace College, in 1982.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Marshall P. Smith
- SpouseKatherine(? - March 22, 1996) (his death, 3 children)
- In 1983 he was awarded the USMC Distinguished Flying Cross and NASA Space Flight Medal. Col. Overmyer was also presented the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Distinguished Engineers Award.
- Born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered Westlake, Ohio, his hometown.
- He piloted STS-5, the first fully operational flight of the space shuttle, in November 1982. He commanded STS 51-B, a Spacelab mission, in 1985.
- He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
- He was killed while test-piloting a prototype airplane in Duluth, Minnesota.
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