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{i} Alan Bartlett Shepard (1923-1998), American astronaut, first American in space; family name
American playwright, screenwriter, and actor who won a Pulitzer Prize for his play Buried Child (1978). Shepard Alan Bartlett Jr. Shepard Roger Newland Shepard Sam Samuel Shepard Rogers
astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998) United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
born Nov. 18, 1923, East Derry, N.H., U.S. died July 21, 1998, Monterey, Calif. U.S. astronaut. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Pacific during World War II. In 1959 he became one of the original seven Mercury program astronauts. In May 1961, 23 days after Yury A. Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, Shepard made a 15-minute suborbital flight that reached an altitude of 115 mi (185 km). He later commanded the Apollo 14 flight (1971), the first to land in the lunar highlands. Retiring from NASA and the navy in 1974, he entered private business
born Nov. 18, 1923, East Derry, N.H., U.S. died July 21, 1998, Monterey, Calif. U.S. astronaut. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Pacific during World War II. In 1959 he became one of the original seven Mercury program astronauts. In May 1961, 23 days after Yury A. Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, Shepard made a 15-minute suborbital flight that reached an altitude of 115 mi (185 km). He later commanded the Apollo 14 flight (1971), the first to land in the lunar highlands. Retiring from NASA and the navy in 1974, he entered private business
born Jan. 30, 1929, Palo Alto, Calif., U.S. U.S. psychologist and cognitive scientist. He received a Ph.D. from Yale University and later worked at Bell Laboratories (1958-66) and taught at Stanford University (from 1968). He is known for his work in multidimensional scaling, the use of spatial models to show similarities and dissimilarities among data. He has also examined the phenomena of "mental rotation," a form of image transformation. He received the National Medal of Science in 1995
born Jan. 30, 1929, Palo Alto, Calif., U.S. U.S. psychologist and cognitive scientist. He received a Ph.D. from Yale University and later worked at Bell Laboratories (1958-66) and taught at Stanford University (from 1968). He is known for his work in multidimensional scaling, the use of spatial models to show similarities and dissimilarities among data. He has also examined the phenomena of "mental rotation," a form of image transformation. He received the National Medal of Science in 1995
orig. Samuel Shepard Rogers born Nov. 5, 1943, Fort Sheridan, Ill., U.S. U.S. playwright and actor. He worked as an actor and rock musician before turning to playwriting; his early one-act dramas and experimental plays were performed Off-Broadway in the 1960s, winning several Obie Awards. His successful full-length plays, noted for their often surreal images drawn from the American West, science fiction, and popular culture, include The Tooth of Crime (1972), Curse of the Starving Class (1976), Buried Child (1979, Pulitzer Prize), True West (1980), Fool for Love (1983; film, 1985), and Simpatico (1996). He wrote the screenplay for Paris, Texas (1984) and acted in numerous movies, including Days of Heaven (1978) and The Right Stuff (1983)