15 Notable alumni of
University of Houston - Clear Lake
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The University of Houston - Clear Lake is 2223rd in the world, 777th in North America, and 733rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from the University of Houston - Clear Lake sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bruce McCandless II
- Occupations
- astronautengineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Bruce McCandless II was an American Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the first untethered spacewalk by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
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Guion Bluford
- Enrolled in the University of Houston - Clear Lake
- In 1987 graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- astronautaerospace engineeraircraft pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. is an American aerospace engineer, retired United States Air Force (USAF) officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, in which capacity he became the first African American to go to space. While assigned to NASA, he remained a USAF officer rising to the rank of colonel. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Orbiter Challenger on the mission STS-8, he became the first African American in space as well as the second black person in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.
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Story Musgrave
- Occupations
- astronaut
- Biography
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Franklin Story Musgrave is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996, he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees. Musgrave is the only astronaut to have flown aboard all five Space Shuttles.
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Randy Weber
- Enrolled in the University of Houston - Clear Lake
- In 1977 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- business executivepolitician
- Biography
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Randall Keith Weber is an American businessman and politician who has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2013. He was previously a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 29th district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Richard H. Anderson
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- chief executive officerlawyer
- Biography
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Richard H. Anderson is a retired American lawyer and business executive. In his early career, he served as a prosecutor and corporate attorney, before moving into executive positions. His most prominent roles were as CEO of several large companies in the transportation industry: Northwest Airlines (2001–2004), Delta Air Lines (2007–2016), and Amtrak (2017–2020).
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Michael Fincke
- Occupations
- astronautengineermilitary officer
- Biography
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Edward Michael "Mike"/"Spanky" Fincke is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). His record was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015.
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Angela Paxton
- Years
- 1960s
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Angela Suzanne Paxton is an American politician from the state of Texas. A member of the Republican Party, she has represented District 8 in the Texas Senate since 2019.
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Gregory Chamitoff
- Occupations
- engineerastronaut
- Biography
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Gregory Errol Chamitoff is a Canadian-born American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has been to space twice, spending 6 months aboard the ISS across Expedition 17 and 18 in 2008, and another 15 days as part of STS-134 in 2011. STS-134 was the last of Space Shuttle Endeavour which delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and completed the US Orbital Segment.
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Michael E. Fossum
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- biochemistastronautengineermilitary officer
- Biography
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Michael Edward Fossum is a former American astronaut, engineer, and the Chief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston. He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions STS-121 and STS-124 and served as a mission specialist of Expedition 28 and commander of Expedition 29 aboard the International Space Station.
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Richard Mastracchio
- Occupations
- physicistastronautengineer
- Biography
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Richard Alan Mastracchio is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a flight engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M (Expedition 38/Expedition 39) long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. He is currently the senior director of operations for commercial resupply services at Orbital ATK.
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Evelyn Miralles
- Occupations
- engineercomputer scientist
- Biography
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Evelyn Rodriguez Miralles is a Venezuelan-American engineer that served as the chief principal engineer with CACI International at NASA Johnson Space Center Houston Texas. Her work at the virtual reality laboratory at NASA furthered human spaceflight by training United States astronauts to perform spacewalks and working outside a spacecraft in micro-gravity. Miralles is currently the Associate vice president for Strategic Information Initiatives and Technology at the University of Houston–Clear Lake.
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Gregory J. Harbaugh
- Occupations
- astronaut
- Biography
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Gregory Jordan "Greg" Harbaugh is an aeronautical/astronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut. He flew on four space shuttle missions as a mission specialist with responsibilities that included Remote Manipulator System operation and Extravehicular Activity (EVAs). He performed three spacewalks during the shuttle missions including in support of repair/refurbishment of the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Lee Morin
- Occupations
- submarinerastronautnaval officermilitary physician
- Biography
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Lee Miller Emile Morin is a United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He flew on STS-110 in 2002.
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Bruce Webster
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Bruce F. Webster is an American academic and software engineer. He is a principal at Bruce F. Webster & Associates and an adjunct professor in computer science at Brigham Young University.
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John Muratore
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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John F. Muratore is a former NASA systems engineer-project manager and launch director at SpaceX. He is well known in the aerospace circles for his gregarious and unconventional style and use of rapid spiral development to reduce cost and schedule for introducing technical innovations.
