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Vance D. Brand

American officer, astronaut & test pilot, CEO of Eastern Airlines, born in Colorado

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Is a

Author of

Countdown: An Autobiography of Frank Borman

Awards Received

Honorary Citizen of Kaliningrad

Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Colorado (2000)

Brand's name inducted into the American Astronaut Hall of Fame (1997)

Honorary diploma named after V. M. Komarov (1983, 1991)

Gold Medal of the International Aviation Federation named after Yu. A. Gagarin (1976)

Gold Medal of the International Aviation Federation named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky (2005)

NASA Exceptional Service Medal

NASA Distinguished Service Medal

Congressional Space Medal of Honor

Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross

Birth Name

Frank Frederick Borman II

CEO of

Eastern Airlines

Citizenship

Birthdate

May 9, 1931

March 14, 1928

Educated at

Harvard Business School

U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School

Longmont High School

United States Military Academy

California Institute of Technology

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Colorado Boulder

United States Naval Test Pilot School

Tucson High Magnet School

Occupation

Officer (armed forces)

Birthplace

Longmont, Colorado

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