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Guy Gardner Guy began his flying career flying F-4's in the Vietnam War while stationed at Udorn, Thailand in 1972. He then served as an F-4 instructor and operational pilot at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. He attended the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1975, and served as a test pilot with the 6512th Test Squadron and as an instructor test pilot at the USAF Test Pilot School. In 1978-80, he was a test pilot and operations officer with the 1st Test Squadron at Clark Air Base, Philippines.
After his
second space flight, Guy returned to the Air Force as Head of the USAF Test Pilot
School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In 1992, he retired from
the Air Force to rejoin NASA, this time at
NASA Headquarters as the Associate Administrator for Space Flight (Russian
Programs) with the primary role of Program Director of the joint U.S./Russian
Shuttle-Mir
Program. He
also served as Mission Director and Director of Quality Assurance. In 1995, Guy joined the Federal Aviation Administration as Director of the William J. Hughes Technical Center, at the Atlantic City Int'l Airport, in New Jersey. He then moved to FAA Headquarters in 1996 as the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, leading the government organization responsible for oversight and regulation of civil aviation safety. During the
school years 1998 - 2001, Guy first served as a motivational/educational
speaker to students across the country and then as a high school mathematics
teacher at Washington-Lee High
School in Arlington, Virginia, and at The Potomac School in Fairfax
County, Virginia. He also student
taught physics at Thomas Jefferson High
School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia. Guy has
also served as Principal and Director of Omega
Systems Group, a risk management consulting company, and as Vice President
for Space Flight Development of Space
Adventures, Ltd., a space tourism company. From 2004
to 2006, Guy was the Director of Super Project Development at Purdue University, where he helped manage
research programs, taught engineering, and supported alumni and community
relations and development efforts.
From 2009
to 2013 Guy served as the President of the Williamson College of the Trades, a
residential three-year junior college trade school in
The past
couple of years Guy has been teaching physics,
government and economics to home school students. The
awesome Linda Gardner is Guy’s wife of over 50 years. She has served as an
elementary school teacher and art teacher.
They have three adult children and five grandchildren. Guy’s
volunteer activities have included: member of various advisory boards,
speaker to school and civic groups, church youth group leader, adult and
youth Sunday school teacher, and Explorer Post leader. Education
Bachelor of
Science Degree with three majors in Astronautics, Mathematics, and
Engineering Science from the United
States Air Force Academy in 1969 (Distinguished Graduate).
Master of Science
Degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University in 1970.
Master of Arts
Degree in Education from Virginia Tech in
2000 (Certified in Mathematics and Physics).
Numerous
Flight, Leadership and Management courses including the Defense Systems
Management College, Air Force Command and Staff College, USAF Test Pilot
School, USAF Pilot Training, and USAF Instructor Pilot School (Top Graduate
at the USAF Test Pilot School and Top Graduate in USAF Pilot Training).
Other Honors and Awards
2 Defense
Superior Service Medals, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, NASA
Exceptional Service Medal, National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, Air
Force Legion of Merit, 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 14 Air Medals, Test
Pilot School Outstanding Academic Instructor and Outstanding Flying
Instructor, Purdue University Outstanding Aerospace Engineer.
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