NAME:  Anthony W. England (Ph.D.)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born May 15, 1942, in Indianapolis, Indiana; but his
hometown is West Fargo, North Dakota. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman U.
England, reside in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Brown hair; blue eyes; height: 5 feet 10 inches; weight:
l70 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Attended primary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, and graduated
from high school in North Dakota; received bachelor and master of science
degrees in Geology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1965,
and a doctor of philosophy degree in Geophysics from MIT in 1970.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Married to the former Kathleen Ann Kreutz, who is the daughter
of Mr. Howard B. Kreutz of Perham, Minnesota.  Her mother, Mrs. Constance E.
Kreutz, is deceased.
 
CHILDREN:  Heidi Lynd, November 5, 1968; and Heather Anne, May 15, 1970.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  He enjoys sailing and amateur radio.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Member of the American Geophysical Union, the Society of
Exploration Geophysicists, and Sigma XI.
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  Presented the Johnson Space Center Superior Achievement Award
(1970).  Winner of a National Science Foundation Fellowship.  Awarded a NASA
Outstanding Scientific Achievement Medal (1973), the U.S. Antarctic Medal
(1979), and the NASA Space Flight Medal (1985), and the American Astronomical
Society Space Flight Award (1986).
 
EXPERIENCE:  He was a graduate fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology for the 3 years immediately preceding his assignment to NASA.  He
performed heat flow measurements throughout the southwest; took part in
geomagnetic studies in Montana; performed radar sounding studies of glaciers in
Washington State, and Alaska;  performed microwave airborne research in
geothermal areas of the Western United States; and participated in and led
field parties during two seasons in Antarctica.  He was Deputy Chief of the
Office of Geochemistry and Geophysics for the U.S. Geological Survey, and was
Associate Editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research.  He served on the
National Academy's Earth Science Panel of the Space Science Board, and on
several Federal Committees concerned with Antarctic policy, nuclear waste
containment, and Federal Science and Technology.
 
He has logged over 3,000 hours in flying time.
 
NASA EXPERIENCE:  Dr. England was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in
August 1967.  He subsequently completed the initial academic training and a
53-week course in flight training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, and served
as a support crewman for the Apollo 13 and 16 flights.
 
From August 1972 to June 1979, England was a research geophysicist with the U.
S. Geological Survey.
 
In 1979 he returned to the Johnson Space Center as a senior scientist-astronaut
(mission specialist), and was assigned to the operation mission development
group of the astronaut office, and, eventually managed that group.
 
Dr. England was a mission specialist on the Spacelab-2 mission (STS 51-F) which
launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 29, 1985.  He was
accompanied by Col. Charles G. Fullerton (spacecraft commander), Col. Roy D.
Bridges (pilot), fellow mission specialists, Dr's. Karl G. Henize, and F. Story
Musgrave, as well as two payload specialists, Dr's. Loren Acton, and John-David
Bartoe. This mission was the first pallet-only Spacelab mission and the first
mission to operate the Spacelab Instrument Pointing System (IPS).  It carried
13 major experiments of which 7 were in the field of astronomy and solar
physics, 3 were for studies of the Earth's ionosphere, 2 were life science
experiments, and 1 studied the properties of superfluid helium.  During the
mission Dr. England was responsible for activating and operating the Spacelab
systems, operating the Instrument Pointing System (IPS), and the Remote
Manipulator System (RMS), assisting with experiment operations, and performing
a contingency EVA had one been necessary.  After 126 orbits of the Earth, STS
51-F Challenger landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 6,
1985.  With the completion of this flight England has logged 188 hours in
space.
 
Currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
 
NOVEMBER, 1989