NAME:  Gerald P. Carr (Colonel, USMC (Retired))
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born in Denver, Colorado, on August 22, 1932, but raised
in Santa Ana, California, which he considers his hometown.  His mother, Mrs.
Freda L. Carr, resides in Balboa Island, CA.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Brown hair; blue eyes; height: 5 feet 9 inches; weight:
160 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from Santa Ana High School, Santa Ana, California;
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Southern California in 1954 and in Aeronautical Engineering from
the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1961, and a Master of Science degree in
Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton University in 1962; also presented an
Honorary Doctorate of Science from Parks College of Saint Louis University,
Cahokia, Illinois, in 1976.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Divorced.  Remarried in 1979 to Dr. Patricia L. Musick.
 
CHILDREN:  Jennifer Anne, July 31, 1955; Jamee Adele and Jeffrey Ernest, July
3, 1958; John Christian, April 4, 1962; Jessica Louise and Joshua Lee, March
12, 1964.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  He enjoys sailing, playing racquetball, bird hunting,
and fishing.  His hobbies include woodworking and restoration of an old
automobile.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Fellow of the American Astronautical Society; a Director of the
Sunsat Energy Council; a Director of the Houston POPS Orchestra; a Director of
the Space Foundation; the Marine Corps Association and the Marine Corps
Aviation Association; Society of Experimental Test Pilots; Society of American
Military Engineers; Texas Society of Professional Engineers; National Society
of Professional Engineers; Executive Board, Sam Houston Council Boy Scouts of
America; Governmental Affairs Committee, Houston Chamber of Commerce; National
Space Institute; University of Southern California Alumni Association, and Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  Awarded the National Defense Service Medal; Armed Forces
Expeditionary Medal; Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, and a letter of
Commendation from the Commander of Carrier Division II; received the NASA Group
Achievement Award, 1971; NASA Distinguished Service Medal, 1974; Navy
Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Astronaut Wings, 1974; City of Chicago
Gold Medal, 1974; University of Southern California Alumni Merit Award, 1974;
Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, 1974; Robert J. Collier
Trophy for 1973, in 1974; City of New York Gold Medal, 1974; Marine Corps
Aviation Association's Exceptional Achievement Award, 1974; Dr. Robert H.
Goddard Memorial Trophy, 1975; also recipient of the Federation Aeronautique
Internationale's Gold Space Medal; De La Vaulx Medal, and V. M. Komarov Diploma
for 1974; AIAA Haley Astronautics Award for 1974; and the American
Astronautical Society's 1975 Flight Achievement Award.
 
EXPERIENCE:  When informed by NASA of his selection for astronaut training, he
was assigned to the test directors section of Marine Air Control Squadron
Three, a unit responsible for the testing and evaluation of the Marine Tactical
Data System.
 
Carr began his military career in 1949 with the Navy, and in 1950 he was
appointed a midshipman (NROTC) and enrolled in the University of Southern
California.  Upon graduation in 1954, he received his commission and
subsequently reported to the U.S. Marine Corps Officers' Basic School at
Quantico, Virginia.  He received flight training at Pensacola, Florida, and
Kingsville, Texas, and was then assigned to Marine All-Weather-Fighter-Squadron
114 where he gained experience in the F-9 and the F-6A Skyray. After
postgraduate training, he served with Marine All- Weather-Fighter-Squadron 122,
from 1962 to 1965, piloting the F-8 Crusader in the United States and the Far
East. Other aircraft he has flown include the F-4, T-1, T-28, T- 33, T-38,
H-13, and ground effect machines.
 
He has logged more than 6,100 flying hours, 5,365 hours of which are jet time.
 
Colonel Carr was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966.  He
served as a member of the astronaut support crews and as CAPCOM for the Apollo
8 and 12 flights, and was involved in the development and testing of the lunar
roving vehicle which was used on the lunar surface by Apollo flight crews.
 
Carr was commander of Skylab 4 (third and final manned visit to the Skylab
Orbital Workshop), launched November 16, 1973, and concluded February 8, 1974.
This was the longest manned flight (84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes) in the history
of manned space exploration to date.  He was accompanied on the record-setting
34.5-million-mile flight by Dr. Edward G. Gibson (science pilot) and William R.
Pogue (pilot).  The crew successfully completed 56 experiments, 26 science
demonstrations, 15 subsystem detailed objectives, and 13 student investigations
during their 1,214 revolutions of the earth.  They also acquired extensive
earth resources observations data using hand-held cameras and Skylab's Earth
Resources Experiment Package camera and sensor array.  They logged 338 hours of
operation of the Apollo Telescope Mount which made extensive observations of
the sun's solar processes.
 
From February 1974 until March 1978, Colonel Carr and his Skylab 4 teammates
shared the world record for individual time in space:  2,017 hours 15 minutes
32 seconds, and Carr logged 15 hours and 48 minutes in three EVAs outside the
Orbital Workshop.
 
In mid-1974 Carr was named head of the design support group, within the
astronaut office, responsible for providing crew support to such activities as
space transportation system design, simulations, testing, and safety
assessment, and for development of man/machine interface requirements.
 
Carr retired from the United States Marine Corps in September of 1975 and from
NASA in June of 1977.  He is a Senior Consultant on Special Staff to the
President of Applied Research, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, California,
with offices in Santa Clara, California, and Houston, Texas.
 
Currently President, CAMUS, Inc., Huntsville, Arkansas.
 
NOVEMEMBER, 1989