10505 IH-10E Houston
TX 77024
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In January, each year, the TxGC Foundation awards the Smith-McCool Sword to the Midshipment from the Chapter area, with the highest order-of-merit, going into their First Class year. The sword, is named after astronaut Michael Smith ’67, who was lost in the Challenger disaster, and astronaut William McCool ’83, who was lost int he Columbia disaster.
The award and keynote address is presented annually by NASA Astronauts. This year, Astronaut Michael Foreman USNA ‘79.
This year’s recipient is MIDN 1/C Jonathan Peck. Jonathan is from the Clear Lake Area in Houston. He studies Mechanical Engineering, accompanied with a Chinese Minor. Jonathan is a proud member of 13th Company. During his time at the Naval Academy, he has served as Plebe Summer Regimental Safety Officer, Plebe Summer Administrative Officer, Squad Leader, Company 1st Sgt, and Company Training Sgt. He is a member of the Club Water Polo Team, Midshipmen Without Borders ECA, and the 13th Company Intramural volleyball team.
Currently, he is conducting research as a Trident Scholar and will serve as a Platoon Commander next semester. He will be commissioning into the Civil Engineering Corps upon graduation.Michael James Foreman is a 1979 USNA Aerospace Engineering major, with a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. He is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. While with NASA, Foreman was part of a mission that delivered the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator to the International Space Station. Foreman was also a crewmember of the STS-129 mission in November 2009. In 2018, he was elected mayor of Friendswood, Texas. His wife Lorrie is a civil engineer.
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- Only $30 if purchased online, prior to Dec 30
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