2018 Distinguished Graduate Award Ceremony: MGen Charles F. Bolden Jr. '68, USMC (Ret

A Marine aviator and test pilot, Major General Bolden entered the astronaut program in 1980. His initial 14 years with NASA included four space shuttle missions, two as pilot and two as commander. He returned to operational duty in 1994, assuming assignments including Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy and Commanding General of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Forward in support of Operation Desert Thunder in Kuwait. He became NASA Administrator in 2009, a position he held until 2017.

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Very Awesome! I'm glad that this country has been truly blessed with dependable and hard working patriots like him.