NeilA. Armstrong Director Institute of Engineering & Medicine University of Cincinnati

Neil A. Armstrong is the Director of the Institute of Engineering and Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. The Institute is a research organization concerned with interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving in a variety of engineering and medical- areas. Professor Armstrong also teaches at the university, primarily in the School of Aerospace Engineering.

As a naval aviator, he flew 78 combat missi ons during the Korean action.

As a civilian, Professor Armstrong served the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its predecessor agency, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, for 17 years, as engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator.

As a test pilot at NASA's flight Research Center at Edwards, California, he was a project pilot on many pioneering high speed aircraft, including the well known 4000 mph X-IS. He has flown over 200 different models of aircraft including jets, rockets, helicopters and gliders.

Professor Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as a command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.

As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and the first to step on its surface.

Professor Armstrong subsequently held the position of Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, Office of Advanced Research and Technology, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D. C. In this position, he was responsible for the coordination and management of overall NASA research and technology work related to aeronautics.

Professor Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. He attended secondary school in Wapakoneta; received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purd'ue Uni versi ty, and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California. He holds honorary doctorates from a number of universities. Professor Armstrong is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots; the Royal Aeronautical Society; Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Honorary Member of the International Academy of Astronautics of the International Astronautical Federation. He is a director of the Gates Learjet Corporation, the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company, the 5th 3rd Bank of Cincinnati, and the Taft Broad­ casting Company.

Professor Armstrong has been decorated by 17 countries. He is the recipient of many special honors, including the Presidential Medal for Freedom; the NASA Exceptional Service Medal; the Explorers Club Medal; the U.S. Military Academy's Sylvanus Thayer Award; the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Gold Medal; the Arthur S. Fleming Aw&rd; the National Civil Service League's Career Service Award; the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy; the Asa v. Call Achievement Award; the William J. Donovan Award; the NASA Distinguished Service Medal; the Harmon International Aviation Trophy; the Royal Geographic Society's Gold Medal; the Federation Aeronautique Internationale's ' . Gold Space Medal; the American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award; the Robert J. Collier Trophy; the Kitty Hawk Memorial Award; the Pere Marquette Medal; the General Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy; the AIAA Astronautics Award; the Octave Chanute Award; and the John J. Montgomery Award.

Professor and Mrs. Armstrong, and their two sons, reside near Cincinnati, Ohio.

October 1976