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I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.' ↗
#fascinated #i #like #lost #science-fiction
Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature. ↗
#everything #growing #growing up #had #i
There are just hundreds of people that have inspired and influenced me in a number of different ways. First of all, you can't forget your parents and all they've done to help you to get here. ↗
Special honors
DistinguiMichael P. Andersond graduate of USAF Communication Electronics Officers course
Recipient of the Armed Forces Communication Electronics Association (AFCEA) Academic Excellence Award 1983
Received the USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training Academic Achievement Award for Class 87-08 (Vance AFB)
Experience
Anderson graduated from the University of Washington in 1981 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U. Avondale Elementary School in Avondale Arizona was renamed Michael Anderson Elementary in his honor. Anderson Plaza the green space in front of the Hixson-Lied Science Center at Creighton University was named after him in a compromise between the student body who wanted the Science Center named for Anderson and the administration who had already sold the naming rights to the Hixson-Lied family.
Michael Phillip Anderson (December 25 1959 – February 1 2003) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. He attended high school in Cheney Washington while his father was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base west of Spokane.
