Morehouse Scientific Literacy Center

Aerospace engineer and federal government administrator Woodrow Whitlow, Jr. was born on December 13, 1952 in Inkster, Michigan. A quick-learner, he excelled at math and science. Whitlow aspired to be a chemist until space missions in the 1960s captured his imagination, changing his career goal to astronaut. Whitlow received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974, 1975 and 1979, respectively. Link: http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/woodrow-whitlow