Swigert

Personal data:

Birthdate:  30 Aug 1931 Birthplace:  Denver / Colorado Marital status:  unmarried Children:  none Selection date:  04 Apr 1966 Selection group:   Job:  CMP Status:  Ret. Apr 1973 Date of death:  27 Dec 1982 Place of death:  Washington D.C., of complications of cancer

Spaceflights:

Additional information:

• Bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from University of Colorado, 1953; master of science in aerospace science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1965; master of business administration from the Hartford College, 1967;
  fighter pilot, USAF, in Japan and Koreat; test pilot Massachusetts and Connecticut Air National Guard;
  From 1973 - 1977 executive director of the Committee on Science and Technology in the U.S. House of Representatives; was selected for the U.S. House of Representatives, but a week before he would have taken this seat in Congress he died on complications of cancer;
  Hobbies: Golf, handball, bowling, skiing, swimming, basketball, photography.