Anthony Llewellyn
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| Dr. John Anthony Llewellyn | |
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| Born | 22 April 1933 Cardiff, Wales |
| Selection | 1967 NASA Group |
| Missions | none, resigned before being assigned to a mission |
John Anthony Llewellyn (born 22 April 1933), is a former NASA astronaut.
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[edit] Biography
Llewellyn was born in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, and graduated from Cardiff High School in 1949. He received his BSc degree in 1955 and went on to achieve his PhD degree in chemistry in 1958. He married Valerie Mya Davies-Jones, and they have three children.
[edit] Post-education
After the award of his doctorate, Llewellyn moved to Ottawa, Canada and served as a post-doctoral fellow at the National Research Council. In 1960, he went to Florida State University as a research associate in the Chemistry Department and was subsequently appointed Assistant Professor. In 1964, he was jointly appointed Associate Professor in both the School of Engineering Science and the Department of Chemistry.
[edit] NASA selection
Llewellyn was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967. He participated in flight training, however he dropped out of flight school [1] and resigned from NASA in September 1968.
[edit] Post-NASA experience
While with the University of South Florida's department of Chemical Engineering, Llewellyn also served as Director of the College of Engineering's computing department, and later as Director of Academic Computing, where he helped initiate USF's programs in High-Performance Computing and electronic and distance learning. In 2007, he retired from the directorship position and serves as Professor Emeritus in the department of Chemical Engineering.
[edit] Further Reading
Llewellyn's career is chronicled in the book "NASA's Scientist-Astronauts" by David Shayler and Colin Burgess.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Donald K Slayton with Michael Cassutt Deke!. 1994, ISBN 0-312-85918-X
