Robert Franklyn Overmyer, Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Ret. (July 14, 1936 - March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot and USAF and NASA astronaut. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered Westlake, Ohio his hometown.
Overmyer graduated from Westlake High School, Westlake, Ohio, in 1954. He received a bachelor of science degree in physics from Baldwin Wallace College in 1958 and a master of science degree in Aeronautics with a major i...
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Robert Franklyn Overmyer, Colonel, United States Marine Corps, Ret. (July 14, 1936 - March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot and USAF and NASA astronaut. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered Westlake, Ohio his hometown.
Overmyer graduated from Westlake High School, Westlake, Ohio, in 1954. He received a bachelor of science degree in physics from Baldwin Wallace College in 1958 and a master of science degree in Aeronautics with a major in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1964.
Overmyer entered active duty with the Marine Corps in January 1958. After completing Navy flight training in Kingsville, Texas, he was assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 214 in November 1959. Overmyer was assigned to the Naval Postgraduate School in 1962 to study aeronautical engineering. Upon completion of his graduate studies, he served one year with Marine Maintenance Squadron 17 in Iwakuni, Japan. He was then assigned to the Air Force Test Pilots School at Edwards...
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