NAME:  Charles Conrad, Jr., Captain, USN (Ret.)
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born June 2, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Conrad is 5 feet 6 1/2 inches tall and
     weighs 145 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Attended primary and secondary schools at Haverford School in
Haverford, Pennsylvania, and the Darrow School, New Lebanon, New York; received
a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton
University in 1953; an Honorary Master of Arts degree from Princeton in 1966;
an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Lincoln- Weslyan University in 1970,
and an Honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Kings College, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania in 1971.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Married to the former Jane DuBose of Uvalde, Texas, and has
four sons:  Peter, December 25, 1954; Thomas, May 3, 1957; Andrew, April 30,
1959; and Christopher, November 26, 1960.
 
OTHER ACTIVITIES:  His hobbies include golf, water skiing and automobile
racing.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Fellow, American Astronautical Society; New York Academy of
Science; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Fellow of
the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  Awarded Congressional Space Medal of Honor (October 1978);
awarded two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, two NASA Exceptional Service
Medals, the Navy Astronaut Wings, two Navy Distinguished Service Medals, and
two Distinguished Flying Crosses; recipient of Princeton's Distinguished
Alumnus Award for 1965; the U.S. Jaycee's 10 Outstanding Young Men Award in
1965; American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award for 1966;
Pennsylvania's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology in 1967 and 1969;
the Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award for Scientific and Technical Progress
in 1970; Godfrey L. Cabot Award in 1970; Silver Medal of the Union Leagp5Pof
Philadelphia in 1970; the FAI Yur Gagarin Gold Space Medal and the De La Vaulx
Medal in 1970 for Apollo 12; National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Special Trustees Award in 1970; Federal Aviation Agency's Space Mechanic
Technician Award in 1973; the Collier Trophy in 1973; FAI Gold Medal and the De
La Vaulx Medal in 1974 for Skylab I, and the AIAA Haley Astronautics Award in
1974 for Skylab I; the Harmon Trophy in 1974; enshrined in the Aviation Hall of
Fame in 1980.
 
EXPERIENCE:  Conrad entered the Navy following graduation from Princeton
University and became a naval aviator.  He attended the Navy Test Pilot School
at Patuxent River, Maryland and, upon completing that course of instruction,
was assigned as a project test pilot in the armaments test division there.  He
also served at Patuxent as a flight instructor and performance engineer at the
Test Pilot School.  He has logged more than 6,500 hours flying time, with more
than 5,000 hours in jet aircraft.
 
Conrad was selected as an astronaut by NASA in September 1962.  In August 1965,
he served as pilot on the 8-day Gemini V flight.  He and command pilot Gordon
Cooper were launched into earth orbit on August 21, and proceeded to establish
a space endurance record of l90 hours and 56 minutes.  The flight, which lasted
120 revolutions and covered a total distance of 3,312,993 statute miles, was
terminated on August 29, 1965.  It was also on this flight that the United
States took over the lead in manhours in space.
 
On September 18, 1966, Conrad occupied the command pilot seat for the 3-day
Gemini XI mission.  He executed orbital maneuvers to rendezvous and dock in
less than one orbit with a previously launched Agena and piloted Gemini XI
through two periods of extravehicular activity performed by pilot Richard
Gordon.  Other highlights of the flight included the established new world
space altitude record of 850 statute miles and the completion of the first
fully automatic controlled re-entry.
 
Conrad was spacecraft commander of Apollo 12, November 14- 24, 1969.  With him
on man's second lunar landing mission were Richard Gordon, command module
pilot, and Alan Bean, lunar module pilot.  In accomplishing all of the
mission's objectives, the Apollo 12 crew executed the first precision lunar
landing, bringing their lunar module, "Intrepid," to a safe touchdown in the
moon's Ocean of Storms.  Along with Bean, Conrad spent 7 hours and 45 minutes
on the lunar surface performing the first lunar traverse deploying the Apollo
Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP), installing a nuclear power generator
station which would provide the power source for long-term scientific
experiments, gathering geologic samples of the lunar surface for return to
Earth, and completing a close-up inspection of the Surveyor III spacecraft.
 
As spacecraft commander on his fourth flight, Conrad flew the first manned
Skylab mission which launched on May 25 and terminated on June 22, 1973.  With
him for the initial activation and 28-day flight qualification operation of
Skylab Orbital Workshop were Joseph Kerwin, science-pilot, and Paul Weitz,
pilot.  Although subjected to a 10-day delay in their planned launch, Conrad,
Kerwin and Weitz managed to complete 46 of 55 scheduled experiments and all of
the nine programmed subsystem/operation detailed test objectives. Paramount to
the completion of these objectives was deployment of a "parasol" thermal shade
to alleviate the orbital workshop thermal problem created by loss of the
micrometeoroid shield during the launch of the Skylab workshop.  Also vital to
the mission was a 3-hour and 23- minute extravehicular activity by Conrad and
Kerwin to deploy the jammed solar wing.  Their success in extending the only
remaining solar array system wing assured sufficient power for the conduct of
the full 28-day mission and would provide the needed energy to power the
subsequent Skylab 2 and Skylab 3 manned missions.  In logging 672 hours and 49
minutes each aboard the workshop, the crew established a new world record for a
single mission, and Conrad captured the individual endurance record for time in
space by bringing this total space flight time to 1,179 hours and 38 minutes.
Conrad has also logged 14 hours and 19 minutes in extra-vehicular activities.
 
In December 1973, after serving for 20 years (11 of which were as an astronaut
in the space program), Conrad retired from the U. S. Navy to accept a position
as Vice President, Operations and Chief Operating Officer of American
Television and Communications Corporation (ATC) located in Denver, Colorado.
Conrad was also a member of the Board of Directors of ATC.  As Vice President,
Operations, he was responsible for both the operation of existing systems and
the development of new cable television systems throughout the country.
 
March 1, 1976, became a Vice President, Commercial Sales International,
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.
 
In October 1978, was promoted to Vice President, Marketing, of the Douglas
Aircraft Company.
 
In October 1980, Conrad was promoted to Senior Vice President, Marketing, of
the Douglas Aircraft Company.

 
September 1969 to March 1971, Consultant, Butler Aviation, Inc., Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey.
 
March 1970 to March 1971, Director, Butler Aviation, Inc., Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey.  (Resigned due to Skylab training schedule.)
 
July 1970 to Present, Director, Hamilton Funds, Inc.; Hamilton Growth Fund,
Inc. and Hamilton Income Fund, Inc., Denver, Colorado.
 
May 1970 to December 1973, Director, Galeria Bank, Houston, Texas.  (Resigned
due to relocation to Denver.)
 
December 1973 to 1976, Member/Consultant, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Space Systems Committee, Washington, D.C.
 
September 1974 to February 1976, Consultant, Martin Marietta Corporation, Large
Space Telescope Program, Denver, Colorado.
 
January 1978 to Present, Consultant, Raytheon Marine Company, Sorensen Company,
Manchester, New Hampshire.
 
February 1981, Advisory Director, Martin Aviation, Santa Ana, California.
 
Currently Staff Vice President for International Business Development,
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.
 
NOVEMBER 1989